Gladewater Jaycees mark 50th founding with Rotary talk
Four Gladewater Jaycees spoke to the Rotary Club about the Jaycees history and work marking the national 50th anniversary. Presidents and officers outlined membership requirements projects funds Miss Gladewater pageant Jaycee Park expansion and ongoing membership drive with 23 current members toward a 30 member goal.
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Jimmy Brown
Gladewater Jaycees
Nationwide
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
David Lloyd
Jaycee
Jerome Denmon
Bob Ullrich
John Paul Tallent
David Holcomb
Jaycees
Denmon
Gladewater
Holcomb
Tallent
Lake Gladewater
The
David Holcombe
Johnston Files for Re election to City Council
Incumbent city councilman C G Johnston filed for re election Friday afternoon for the April 7 city elections. He is in his first term and is the second of three incumbents to file with Curtis Bright having filed earlier. The filing deadline is March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.G. Johnston
Johnston
Curtis Bright
Kilgore Chamber Honors Prominent Citizens At Banquet
Kilgore held its annual chamber of commerce banquet at the Community Inn honoring Charles K. Devall Lamar Lewis and Gussie Nell Davis. Felix McKnight praised Kilgore and urged civic faith while outgoing president Charles Dickerson passed the gavel to Julian Potter.
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Kilgore
Felix McKnight
Dallas Times-Herald
Kilgore Chamber of Commerce
Kilgore News-Herald
Charles K. Devall
Dan Morgan
Devall
East Texas
Chamber
Charles Dickerson
Hospital Board Gives Administrator Vote of Confidence
The Gladewater Municipal Hospital Board gave Administrator James Childress an informal vote of confidence at the regular meeting, addressing rumors of firing. Childress, in post since March 1967 after Ben McHenry, cited compliance with federal wage and hour laws and Medicare and Medicaid certification. In December the hospital served 151 non Medicare, 84 Medicare, and nine Medicaid patients with average stays of 4.4, 8.7, and 7.2 days respectively.
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Municipal Hospital Board
James Childress
Childress
Ben McHenry
Gladewater Ambulance Service
Gladewater Municipal
Prayer for Today and Thought for the Day
A devotional note cites Matthew 5 30 on disabling sin and prays to surrender the will to Jesus. The daily reflection stresses commitment to Christ as fulfillment of God’s purpose for humanity.
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Jesus
Christ
God
Glade Scouting Leaders Slated For Awards
Gladewater Cub and Boy Scout leaders will receive Round-Up Awards at the Tewakana District banquet on Thursday January 22 at LeTourneau College cafeteria Longview. District Commissioner Dr. Clayton Mitchell will present. recipients include J D Heath Bill Landers Don Benavides Dave Woods William Fincher Gerald Hatchell.
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Gladewater
Tewakana
LeTourneau College
Longview
Clayton Mitchell
J.D. Heath
Bill Landers
Don Benavides
Dave Woods
William Fincher
Gerald Hatchell
Psychiatrist to Present Program for Gay and Broadway PTAs
Marshall psychiatrist Dr. Lake Littlejohn will address the joint Gay and Broadway PTAs at 7:30 p.m. in the Broadway School Cafeteria. He will discuss the Gregg County Mental Health and Retardation Center, its services, and future plans. The talk aims to help parents understand the link between emotional health and school success while movies for children will be shown.
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Lake Littlejohn
Marshall
Gay and Broadway Ptas
Broadway School
Chicken and Dumping Dumpling Request Encourages Recipes
A Mirror reader seeks a durable dumpling recipe for chicken and dumplings that stays intact during cooking and does not puff up. Readers are invited to submit proven recipes addressing this cooking challenge.
McFarland To Speak at CC Banquet
Dr. Kenneth McFarland will serve as principal speaker at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at Gladewater High School gym on Monday night March 2. He is renowned as Americas foremost speaker and advocate of constitutional government and free enterprise.
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Jaycees
John Ben Shepperd
Shepperd
Gladewater
Ulrich
The
East Texas
Jack Strong
Byron Tunner
Ben McHenry
Ullrich
Don’s Restau
Charles Ethridge
Friendship Baptist Church
Crystal Lake Road
Burnsville
Minnesota
Friendship
Ethridge
Southern Baptist
Crystal Lake Church
March of Dimes Committee
Ray Walls
Kenneth McFarland
Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater High School
Chamber
Mack Wiley
Quentin Abernathy
McFarland
America
United States
Eddie Rickenbacker
Dr. McFarland
Kay
Topeka
Kans
McFarland Trade School
Coffeyville
Kansas
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Columbia University
California
Stanford University
33rd Round-Up Rodeo Plans Announced in Gladewater
Round-Up Rodeo Association President Jack Phillips reports plans for the 33rd Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo with Harry Knight producing the show. Clown bull fighter Jerry Olson of Sturgis South Carolina with a buffalo act and Quail Dobbs of Coahoma Texas will perform. Events run June 10 to 13 at 8 15 p.m. with Olson presenting his buffalo act and clowning duties.
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Gladewater
Rodeo Association
Jack Phillips
Denver
Harry Knight
Phillips
Jerry Olson
Sturgis
S.C
Quail Dobbs
Coahoma
Texas
Jim Holcomb
Quen
Tin Abernathy
Ralph Prince
Russell Lloyd
Houston Millorn
Charles Wampler
Ollie Millorn
Mel Pyeatt
Jack Hearrell
John Osteen
Charles McChesney
David Moore
Jess Turner
Charles Walker
C. O
Bud) Weiser
Don Canion
Mack Wiley
Bill Langford
Ernest Martin
Connie Griffith
Palmdale
Calif
Miss Griffith
Quentin Abernathy
RCA
Boy Vocational Agriculture
Editor Killed In Crash In East Texas
Dallas scene mourns editor Bill Bogart of the Tyler Morning Telegraph after a head on collision on SH 20 near the Dallas Kaufman county line. Several relatives were injured, with Bill Bogart dying on arrival at Parkland Hospital.
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Dallas
Bill Bogart
Tyler Morning Telegraph
East Texas
Parkland Hospital
SH 20
Dallas-Kaufman County
Bill Jr
Betty
Sally
Terrell
Effie Walker
Betty Summerfield
Maxine Simmons
Henrieze Hardy
Parkland
Bill, Jr
Dallas County Sheriff's Deputies
Ski the Alps trip planned by Texas university group
A 243 member coalition from East Texas State University North Texas State University University of Texas at Arlington and Tarrant County Junior College will depart Friday by plane for Geneva Switzerland and then Val dIsere France for nine days of skiing or countryside trips. The trip occurs during winter break. A Texas steel firm announced an air pollution control device this week.
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Commerce
East Texas State University
North Texas State University
University of Texas At Arlington
Tarrant County Junior College
Geneva
Switzerland
Val D Iser
France
Gladewater Woman Asked to Help Nation's Bird Survey
Mrs. Morrison in Gladewater has been asked by the U S Department of the Interior to serve as primary contact for the Gladewater area in a nationwide winter survey of roosting blackbirds and starlings through January 31. She seeks reports of roosts, with county location, and guidance to participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Morrison
U.S. Department of the Interior
Gladewater
W. C. Royall Jr
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Jerome Denman
Garland Ferguson
C. G. Johnston
Kilgore Publisher
Julian Potter
Dickerson
Potter
Gregg County
Special Freedoms Foundation
McKnight
Rangerettes
Betty Jo Grandberg
Anne Lawrence
Charles Devall
Glade
Charles Evans
East Texas Police Academy
Kilgore College
Leon Sharrock
Ollie M. Parrish
Tyler Medical Center
Starrville Friendship Water Corporation
Starrville
G. E. Ellis
Niceville
Florida
Union Grove Water Supply Corporation
Union Grove School
Upshur County
American Legion Hut
Ruth Marrable
Bogart
Austin
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