Eye Opener recap of local events and notices
UT Austin degree recipient Mrs. Carol Ann Fisher Blanton graduates as part of 657 College of Arts and Sciences candidates. Community events include White Oak pancake day, Gay Avenue PTA bake sale, and Mothers March for the March of Dimes. Census district work, live oak removal offer, Tina Smith fund benefit dance, and eighth grade basketball results noted along with tax payment deadline.
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College of Arts and Sciences
The
University of Texas At Austin
Carol Ann Fisher Blanton
Blanton
Luke Fisher
Prayer For Today Workers Together In Love
A short devotional prayer asks believers to love one another as Christ loves us. It thanks God for partnership with Him and fellow Christians and asks for guidance to speak the language of love daily.
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John
Christ
Jesus
Nominations Open for Outstanding Citizen 1969 Award
The Chamber of Commerce invites nominations for the Outstanding Citizen of 1969. Nominations must be mailed or delivered by February 15 to the Nominating Committee at 222 West Pacific. The 39th annual membership banquet on March hosts keynote Dr. Kenneth McFarland, with tickets $5.00 on sale February 2.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mack Wiley
Chamber of Commerce Nominating Committee
West Pacific
P. O
Nomi
Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Kansas
McFarland
B. P. Dake
F. Ames Lawrence
Ticket Committee
Retired Warden Duffy to Speak on Capital Punishment
Marshall Texas news notes that Clinton T. Duffy, ex warden of San Quentin and advocate of prisoner rehabilitation, will lecture at 10 a.m. Friday in Scarborough Chapel Teast Texas Baptist College on Capital Punishment Is It the Answer. He will take questions after the talk.
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Marshall
Clinton T. Duffy
Scarborough Chapel
Teast Texas Baptist College
San Quentin
Duffy
Sherri Davis Dies Sudden at 20 in Longview Rites Tuesday
Miss Sherri Davis aged 20 died Saturday in Longview after illness en route to a hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Emory with Rev. Irby Bates officiating. Interment followed at Emory City Cemetery. She was a 1968 Gladewater High School graduate. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs G D Davis two brothers Malcolm and Lane Davis sister Mrs Sylvia Negard and other relatives.
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Sherri Davis
Longview
First Baptist Church
Emory
Irby Bates
Gladewater First Baptist Church
Miss Davis
Gladewater High School
G. D. Davis
Chestnut Drive
City
Malcolm
Lane Davis
Dallas
Sylvia Negard
Riverside
Calif
Betty Davis
White Oak High School Honors At Roughneck Banquet
White Oak High School athletes were feted at a Saturday banquet in the school cafeteria. Bowie McMillan received the Roughneck Award as MVP. Miss Debi Havins was introduced as football sweetheart. and 13 players joined the Roughneck Club for 1969. Pat Collins of Louisiana Tech spoke, praising the team, students, and facilities.
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White Oak High
Roughneck
Bowie McMillan
Debi Havins
Pat Collins
Louisiana Tech
Collins
White Oak
McMillan
Jim Goss
John Griffin
Ric Wood
Miss Havins
Roughnecks
Roughneck Club
Mike Barber
White Oak High School
McMillian
Andy Griffin
Apollo 12 Astronaut Recalls Lunar Voyage For TPA Members
Apollo 12 Captain Alan Bean spoke at the Texas Press Association mid winter banquet in Longview. He described the lunar landing as fantastic and shared impressions of the moon such as the sun’s glare on an airless surface and the one sixth gravity enabling long, easy movement. Bean was named Texan of the Year. Robert Goodson received the Distinguished Service Award.
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Texas Press Association
George W. Hawkes
Alan L. Bean
TPA
Bean
Wheeler
Texas
Fort Worth
Olin Teague
Capt. Bean
Teague
House Science and Astronautics Committee
Longview
Mirror
Jimmy Brown
Moon
Contessa Inn
Arlington
Robert A. Goodson
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Goodson
D. A. Benton
Hawkes
Ellie Hopkins
Ft. Worth
Contessa
CBers Collect Funds for MOD Drive in Gladewater
Gladewater Citizens Band Radio Club raised 480.46 during the March of Dimes drive with Mothers March led by Judy Frederick collecting 279.72. MEN contributed 200.74 after and during KLTV telethon under club president Ray Walls.
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Gladewater Citizens Band Radio Club
Mothers’ March
Judy Frederick
KLTV
Ray Walls
Butler Drafted By Packers in Fourth Round
Skipper Butler, UT Arlington senior and former Gladewater star, was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round. He holds national kicking records at Arlington and had hoped to enter pro ranks. Butler announced he had not begun negotiations with Green Bay.
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Skipper Butler
University of Texas At Arlington
James Butler
Green Bay Packers
Gladewater
Arlington
the Mirror
Butler
Green Bay
Langford Elected New Chamber President in Gladewater
City Manager Bill Langford was chosen to head the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. Others elected include Royce Ford first vice president George Thomas second vice president Roy Johnson third vice president and Roy Leggitt treasurer. Directors named for three year terms include Jim Holcomb Roy Johnson F Ames Lawrence E A Martin Houston Millorn Herman Williams Don Earp Curtis Bright and Neal Clark. Ballots will mail to members with terms starting April 1 the fiscal year. A 39th annual membership banquet is planned March 2 at the high school gym with Dr Kenneth McFarland as keynote speaker. The chamber also created a Big G award for new businesses and new plants and will continue the Gold Seal of Progress for remodeling projects.
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Bill Langford
Chamber of Commerce
Don’s Restaurant
Royce Ford
George Thomas
Roy Johnson
Roy Leggitt
C. O
Bud) Weiser
Mack Wiley
Jim Holcomb
F. Ames Lawrence
E. A. Martin
Houston Millorn
Herman Williams
Don Earp
Curtis Bright
Neal Clark
Chamber
Kenneth McFarland
Gladewater
East Texas Vacation Guide
Wiley
J. E. G. Craig
Virgil Wallace
Council OKs Sewer Bid In East Side Project
The city council in a special session reviewed the stalled east side sanitary sewer project with engineer B. L. Nelson and agreed to re advertise bids. Two bids were rejected as too high. about 370000 was the lowest. The city sold 325000 in revenue bonds last July to fund the work and has around 310000 available, with about 65000 from a federal grant. Plans call for an alternate bid removing Clarksville City, if negotiations fail. Bids will be advertised in 30 days and work to begin using available funds.
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East Side Sanitary
B. L. Nelson
Clarksville City
Highway 80
Highway 271
Coun
Council
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Gay Avenue Pta
First State Bank
Penney'’s. Gay Pta
Lindley Beckworth
Union Grove
Mrs. Beckworth
Charles C. Williams
First State Bank Group
Tina Smith
Trans-Luw Airways
Ronald Jones
Tina
Baylor Hospital
Oliver Sorrell
Pittsburg
Tatum
Tatum Lions Club
Tatum High School
Andrew L. Maxey
Rusk
Rusk High School Band and Booster Club
Lester Hughes
Rusk High School
Commerce - East Texas State University
Pine Tree
Tyler
Austin
Texas Water Quality Board
Supt
GHS
Jack James
Jack Murphy
Walter Derrick
Bill Water
John Lyle
WOHS
Packers
Langford New Chamber
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