This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
1
The Second Virginia Convention on March 23 1775 featured Patrick Henry delivering an extemporaneous speech that moved delegates to resist British compromise. The Mirror reprints his full address, highlighting his lifelong call for liberty and patriot heritage.
A group led by Mrs. C. A. Lee of Glade plans a 21 day tour July 18 to August 9 starting in Dallas to London. Cities include Copenhagen Frankfurt Wiesbaden Lucerne Rome Naples Capri Jerusalem Madrid with four generations aboard. Notes include two centenarians among the travelers and other relatives and guests.
City Water Superintendent Doug Puckett will resign effective July 12 to become Assistant Director of Public Works in Dennison Texas. Roy Perryman will serve as acting water superintendent from July 5, while the city accepts applications for the vacancy through August 1. Puckett began the post October 1, 1962 after moving from Gladewater and a brief period at LeTourneau.
A devotional prayer seeks guidance to honor Jesus teachings and be found faithful by the Master. It asks for daily diligence and a mindful life that reflects Christian principles. The supplication ends with a humble Amen and expresses gratitude.
Two day festival at Lake Gladewater features a dawn tackle box hunt with fifteen prize boxes, a fishing rodeo with weigh in at the city boat dock, live music, water skiing, and a Sunday boat race schedule, all sponsored by the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce.
Police Chief Leon Sharrock reminds parents and youngsters that a city ordinance bans firecrackers within city limits. He warns accidents can be avoided only if parents take responsibility and cooperate with enforcement as unsupervised fireworks threaten youth safety.
The City Council Tuesday night approved a 60 000 dollar capital improvements plan funded from existing funds after a report by a study committee led by Mayor Quentin Abernathy. Priorities include a city map and rezoning 4000 dollars and slurry seal tasks totaling 14 000 dollars with additional street and drainage work and shared cost paving with Gregg County.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.