01 Jul 1973
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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1973
Page
1
Citizens read of a special call meeting for George Martin Legion Post on July 2 to elect officers with barbecue food. Local government offices close July 4 for the holiday, with few exceptions. News includes library story time, Lions Club schedule, hospital returns, and school craft workshops through the week.
Herman Walter Williams died Thursday at 6 30 p m in M D Anderson Hospital Houston after 12 days hospitalization. He was 59 and a 30 year Gladewater vocational agriculture teacher and civic church leader. Funeral was Saturday at First United Methodist Church with burial in Gladewater Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife Mary two sons a daughter parents brothers sisters and four grandchildren. Williams also led Rotary and chamber activities and held state teaching honors.
Larry Osborne, chairman of the spectacle division, led a cast auction Thursday night in the Gladewater High School choir room. About 50 people from local organizations attended as interest grew in producing From Tilling the Soil to Producing the Oil. Rehearsals start July 9, and anyone missing contact should leave name, address, and phone at Centennial headquarters. Narrators will be auditioned for multiple voice roles including a narrative, character, juvenile, and two female voices.
Texas DPS director Colonel Wilson E. Speir estimated 19 traffic fatalities over the July 4 holiday as patrols intensify. The count runs 6 p.m. July 3 to midnight July 4, 1973, with Operation Motorcide and three fatality summaries to monitor the situation and urge safe driving behavior.
The city council in a special session accepted bids for two city equipment items. Davis Truck & Equipment of Dallas bid 12100 for a garbage truck, while Allen Equipment Company of Longview bid 21500 for a John Deere front-end loader. Delivery is expected in about 15 days.
Carl Jackson, vocational agriculture instructor, announces a July welding course for interested agriculture students. The program runs July 2 to July 18, 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at Gladewater High School and covers safety rules cutting arc welding grinding blueprints and layout work.
Rotary Club installs officers for 1973 74 at the St. Clair Restaurant with about 50 Rotarians guests and Rotarian spouses present. The gathering included tributes to Herman Williams who died in a Houston hospital and to Bud Weiser, a charter member and past president. Williams had 30 years perfect attendance and was a candidate for District Governor of the new District 583.
The Mirror announces a one day holiday schedule with publication moved to Tuesday. Deadline for news and advertising is 5 p.m. Monday and advertisers must have copy ready to meet the deadline.
Governor Briscoe awarded East Texas Council of Governments a 33500 planning grant to fund a criminal justice planning program for fiscal 1974. The grant from the Criminal Justice Council supports a director, a secretary, and a part time planner. Counties served include Anderson Camp Cherokee Gregg Harrison and 10 more.
Rainfall in Gladewater dried up for June 23 to June 30 at the city filtration plant. Lake Gladewater sits a quarter inch above spillway as water remains turbid with surface temp at 83 degrees F recorded by plant superintendent Bobby Leach.
A devotional prayer asks God to hear his voice and choose divine will. It cites Philippians 2 9 11 noting Jesus is exalted above all names so every knee may bow and every tongue confess Jesus as Lord to the glory of God the Father.
Governor Dolph Briscoe unveiled a Mobile Field Office to tour every county seat at least once in the coming year. Staffed by top aides and often by Briscoe himself, the office aims to listen, answer questions, and inform residents on energy conservation and government services.
The Mirror issues a corrected note apologizing for omitting Rev. Conrad Winborn Jr. as the pastor of the First United Methodist Church in a church history story printed on page nine. The paper regrets the error and thanks readers for understanding.
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