Gladewater News Highlights Include Band Award and Birth
Mike Davidson, Gladewater High drum major, won a military twirl trophy at a state festival and earned a Sanoa knives medal. Michael Jason Files born Jan 12 at Gladewater Municipal Hospital weighing seven pounds 15 ounces. Joe Graham undergoes major surgery at City Hospital. Memorial gifts given to Gladewater Public Library in memory of Mrs Laura Shafer and Mrs Annie Mathis.
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Mike Davidson
Gladewater High School
Gladewater
Mike
Sanoa
Bernard Davidson
Frances Davidson
Michael Wayne Files
Michael Jason
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Robert L. Files
Bill Shaddox
Wanda Shaddox
Laura Shafer
Annie Mathis
Retirement set for White Oak educator E. B. Carrington
E B Carrington to retire Aug 31 after about 46 years in teaching and administration in White Oak Upshur County native led district as superintendent since 1958 and currently serves a second year as White Oak mayor His wife also a longtime teacher retired in 1970 and they will remain residents of White Oak.
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White Oak
E. B. Carrington
Carrington
White Oak Schools
Upshur County
Harrison County
Diana
Commerce High School
East Texas State Teachers College
University of Texas At Austin
Upshur
Prayerful reflection on scripture and Augustine’s plea
A devotional passage cites 2 Corinthians 5 17 about becoming a new creature in Christ and echoes Augustine prayer requests to enlarge the heart for divine entry. The text emphasizes faith and spiritual renewal in Christian devotion.
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Augustine
Christ
Robbery at Gray's Food Store Nets Cigarettes and Cash
Burglars pried a strong metal back door at Gray's Food Store on 401 Gay Ave and stole about 600 cartons of cigarettes worth 2000 dollars and roughly 3500 dollars in cash. The break-in occurred after 10 30 p m Friday and was reported around 7 am Saturday by manager Joe Thompson. Police chief Cris Morrow and assistant chief Jimmy Davis lead the investigation with Gregg County investigator B W Acker.
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Tyler
Cartwrights
Rose Center
East Texas Fairgrounds
Grays Grocery & Market
Gay Ave
Aim
Joe Thompson
Fred Hull
Gladewater
Cris B. Morrow
Jimmy Davis
Gregg
B. W. Acker
Senator McKnight Names East Texas Legislative Breakfast
State Senator Peyton McKnight of Tyler announces a weekly Monday morning legislative breakfast for District 2. The event aims to foster camaraderie and collaborative planning among East Texas lawmakers including Representatives Hendricks Allen Cole Head Lee Williamson Hollowell and McKnight.
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Peyton McKnight
Tyler
East Texas
District 2
McKnight
Bob Hendricks
McKinney
John Allen
Longview
James Cole
Greenville
Fred Head
Troup
Doyce Lee
Naples
Billy Williamson
Bill Hollowell
Grand Saline
Centenarian Nancy Williams Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mrs Nancy Jane Williams former Gladette now at Gregg Home for the Aged marked her 100th birthday with family friends. Born Jan 18 1873 in Arkansas she lived in Texas since 1930s and moved to Gladewater in 1941. Her late husband Dr Sidney B Williams died in 1959 and she has several grandchildren and a great great grandson. Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe will address the 15th Annual Conference of County Judges and Commissioners Association at Texas A&M Feb 7 8 with Ramada Inn as headquarters.
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Nancy Jane Williams
Gladette
Gregg Home For the
Nancy Jane
College Station
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
Texas A&m University
Ramada Inn
Charles E. Lawrence
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Briscoe
J. C. Davis
Haskell
Lawrence
Wiliams
Sidney B. Williams
George Kutch
White Oak
Zelma Bumpus
Gladewater
Clay
Kyle
Kate Kutch
Casey Kutch
Williams
Nancy Jane Sisemore
Madison County
Ark
Dr. Williams
Navy
Custer County
Okla
Indian Territory
Gilmer
Austin
Hospital board approves employee pension plan
Gladewater Municipal Hospital directors approved a voluntary pension plan for permanent staff on a 4-1 vote with one abstention. Eligible employees 25 to 55 with three years service may join. the hospital covers remaining costs. Benefits begin after 20 years or at 65 with 20 years, otherwise after 10 years with one year in the plan.
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Hospital Board
Gladewater Municipal Hospital Board of Directors
Texas Hospital Association
James Gelvin
Resignations and appointments mark Texas briefs update
Henderson Rusk County Sheriff Lloyd Arthus resigns effective Jan 31 citing medical opinion. Kilgore High names Richard Marler as backfield football and assistant track coach replacing Jerry King. Austin House hosts no fault car insurance bill from State Bar of Texas with personal injury protection proposal. Washington appoints Capt. Chester M. Lee as ASTP program director for Apollo Soyuz mission. Broken Arrow reports rubella and measles outbreaks in Oklahoma with low immunization rates. Kilgore Municipal Hospital advances with Hycel 10 lab machine and affordable sprinkler system. nursing scholarships awarded. sidewalk repairs and accreditation team visit announced.
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Henderson — Rusk County
Lloyd Arthus
Commissioners Court
Texas
County Commissioners Court
Arthus
Kilgore
Richard Marler
Kilgore High School
Marler
Jerry King
Cach
Frenship High School
Wolfforth
Midland
Vernon
Spring Branch
Brazosport
Austin
State Bar of Texas
Jon Newton
Beeville
Davis Grant
Washington, D.C
Chester M. Lee
USN
United States
Nixon
Alexei Kosygin
Moscow
Lee
U.S
Broken Arrow
Okla
Oklahoma
Center of Disease Control
Atlanta
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William Arthur Ward
Joe Graham
City Hospital
Peter
Laurence J. Peter
Billie Coffey
Merle Norman Studio
Wayne
Gray's
Senator McKnight
Gov. Briscoe
Fred Lott
John Osteen
Gelvin
Jerry Carrington
Kilgore College
Teresa Berry Gothard
Karen Carrington Enloe
Bill Wagner
Municipal Hospital
Municipal Hospital Diet Kitchen
Flora Canterbury
Jean Medlin
Lorena McChesney
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