Local notes and sports from the Mirror region
Former resident Mrs. Joe Forlines has surgery at Baylor Hospital Dallas and is recovering in room 4023. March of Dime workers meet at 4 30 in Mrs. R C Mee Crary’s home. A Gulf coast fishing trip is planned with Longview businessmen. Birds in a reader’s yard prompt a call for identification. 8th and 9th grade basketball teams beat Pittsburg in the GHS gym. Dewey Gray wins an all expenses paid Hawaii trip. Weldon High School to hold all student prom with Peaches and Her Soul Callers performing tickets 40 cents to 50 cents. Winston Hill of the New York Jets pictured after their victory over the Baltimore Colts. Funeral notice for Frank E Kelley 82 Tyler Medical Center after fall and stroke.
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Joe
Sue) Forlines
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Forlines
Newcomb Drive
Pittsburg
GHS
Paul Dougan
Weldon High School
Weldon
Peaches
Her
Soul Callers
Longtime Glade resident Kelley remembered by family
Obituary notes the Glendale area resident survived by wife Louise and son Frank Jr. It also mentions his connection to Southwestern Drug Co. and Charlie Mullinax. The rest of the excerpt discusses Gladewater school holiday details and weathered proverbs about rumor and mothers in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Southwestern Drug Co
Charlie Mullinax
Kelley
Louise
Frank, Jr
Celluclay Caricatures From Gladewater Fifth Graders Displayed
Fifth grade students at Broadway school created celluclay caricatures of notable figures for display at the Gladewater Public Library. Works include Abe Lincoln, Daniel Boone, Sitting Bull, William of Normandy, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Babe Ruth, Mark Twain, Dolly Madison, Minnie Pearl, Geronimo and others with research-backed authentic details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater Public Library
Randy Jeter
Broadway School
Abe Lincoln
Harry Kates
Daniel Boone
Deborah Merritt
General Custer
Gary Gribble
Sitting Bull
Leonard Parkerson
Dake William of
Normandy
Duke William of
James Pritchett
Susan Hopson
Vickie Bell
Bob Hayes
Maurice Gunter
Sonny Jorgenson
Joe Louvier
Babe Ruth
Sharon Scurlock
Mark Twain
Mark Lively
Emmett Kelly
Kelly Murphy
Dolly Madison
Rhonda Thomas
Minnie Pearl
Cynthia Lyle
Geronimo
Joe Kniffen
Missouri Pacific seeks mobile routes to close four Texas depots
The Missouri Pacific Railroad asks the Texas Railroad Commission to reestablish four mobile agency routes serving about ten points and retire dismantle depot buildings in East Texas towns Gladewater Greggton DeKalb and New Boston plus Annona Mesquite Harrys Eagle Ford Eastland Strawn. A hearing is set for February 26 in Austin.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
of Texas
East Texas
Gladewater
Greggton
DeKalb
New Boston
Annona
Mesquite
Harrys
Eagle Ford
Eastland
Strawn
Mrs. Rosa Jeter Dies at 86. Rites Set Thursday
Rosa Jeter 86 of 301 West Commerce died Wednesday at a local hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Gladewater and was a charter member of First Methodist Church. Services will be held Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at the church with burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Malcolm Stone Funeral Home in charge. She is survived by two stepdaughters, a sister, three nephews, two nieces, and several other relatives. Pallbearers include Herman Williams and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T
Rosa) Jeter
W. Commerce
Jeter
Gladewater
First Methodist Church
James Brannen
Rosedale Cemetery
Malcolm Stone
Mary Faulkinberry
Hattiesburg
Herman Williams
Lyle Hendrix
Jack Phillips
C. Q. Abernathy
Bob Butcher
Carson Kennedy
Harold Victory
J. D. Bozman
Assailant Sought After Houston Woman Beating
Norma Traina of Houston was beaten Monday in Dallas and hospitalized with facial bruises and a broken left hand. She was moved to Longview as officers in Gregg County seek the assailant named by the victim. Police report not in critical condition.
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Houston
Gregg County Sheriffs
Gladewater Municipal
Norma Traina
Hane Street
Dallas
Longview
Sheriff’s Office
Emergency Course Sets Free Training in Emergency Care
A practical course on emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured is scheduled January 22 23 and 24 in the nursing classroom of Medical Center Hospital in Tyler. The course is free and diplomas will be issued to those completing it. Dr James B Mason notes that proper care and transportation after accidents can reduce permanent disability. The program is run by the Texas State Department of Health Ambulance Licensing and Training Program the Tyler Committee on Trauma and Medical Center Hospital.
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Medical Center Hospital
Tyler
James B. Mason
American College of Surgeons
Texas State Department of Health
Division of Disaster Health and Medical Services
Tyler Committee On Trauma
American College of Surgeons and Medical Center Hospital
Gladewater School Board Renews Superintendent Contract
The Gladewater School Board renewed Supt Roy Johnsons contract for three years from July 1 1969 to June 30 1972 after an executive session. Director of Business Services Raydell Goggins reported on the school business office. Three Clarks ville mothers petitioned to extend the first after noon bus route about five tenths of a mile east to let six children board earlier, but the board noted a policy limiting the early route to within the city limits. Sept Johnson briefly reviewed a supplemental report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Roy Johnson
Raydell Goggins
Clarksville City
Gay Avenue
Johnson
Teenage Panel At PTA Meeting Explores Teen Life
A quartet of high school students addressed the GHS PTA in the cafeteria, discussing teen clothes study habits family duties and parental support for activities. They urged good study habits learned early, stressed family responsibilities and noted teens face more complex modern challenges than their parents.
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GHS
Parent- Teacher Association
Neal Clark
White Oak High
Bob Peery
Gregg County
PTA
Molly Smith
Jan Berry
Union Grove
Russell Abercrombie
Jenny Wallace
Gladewater
White Oak High School
White Oak
E. E. Spencer Dies Sunday At 62 In Gladewater
Ernest Eugene Spencer 62 died Sunday at his Gladewater home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Walter Buehrle officiating. He was a retired machinist, member of the Gladewater Masonic Lodge and First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife Evelyn two brothers three sisters and two grandchildren. Burial was at Gladewater Memorial Park.
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Ernest Eugene Spencer
Malcolm Stone
Walter Buehrle
First Presbyterian Church
Spencer
Gladewater
Services Tuesday for James G. Brown
Funeral services for James Gordon Brown 64 of Gladewater were held at 9 30 a m Tuesday at St Theresa s Catholic Church Father Robert Chagnon officiated He died in a local hospital Monday He was a native of Brandenburg Kentucky born June 28 1904 moved to Gladewater in 1932 from Tulsa Oklahoma and was a retired oil pumper Survived by his wife Bonnie two sons Robert B of Tulsa and J J Combs Amarillo one daughter Marjorie Bates Houston two sisters Lucille Cisco Charlotte NC and Queenie Henderson Phoenix AZ one brother Leslie Brown Tulsa six grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and several nephews and nieces Memorial Park directed by Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Gladewater
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Mr. Brown
Brandenburg
Kentucky
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Gladewater
T. WS Lee
Lester & Duffield Oil Co
Abilene
Bonnie
Robert B
Okla
J. J. Combs
Amarillo
Marjorie Bates
Houston
Lucille Cisco
Charlotte
North Carolina
Queenie Henderson
Phoenix
Ariz
Leslie Brown
Gladewater Memorial Park
Malcolm Stone
Prayer for renewed life through faith in Jesus
A devotional prayer asks God to begin anew each day, forget yesterday’s offenses, and start over through faith in self, others, and Jesus Christ. The speaker offers thanks and seeks spiritual renewal.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
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Nn Deve
Eovel
March of Dime
R. C. Mee Crary
Gilmer Highway
Otsy Wells
Jack Barrow
Dorothy Turner
C. D. Speed
Bessie Morris
Herman Reagh
Lindley Beckworth
A. E. Shipp
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Mirror
Dewey Gray
Gray’s Food Store
Hawaii
Dewey
Island
Garfield Hill
Winston
New York Jets
Jets
Baltimore Colts
Frank E. Kelley
Medical Center
Odom
O. W
Langford
Railroad
John T. Jeter
New Delhi
Kulu
Spring Hill
Sabine
Billy Guthrie
Guthrie
Education Service Center
Kilgore
Goggins
Surplus Discount Center
Gregg County Pta
AGHS
E. E. Spencer
James G. Brown
James Gordon Brown
St. Theresa’s Catholic Church
Robert Chagnon
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