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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1976
Page
2
The Gladewater Mirror reports a Monday July 5 holiday for most firms after a survey by Secretary Mary Reobertson. Grocery stores close. many others such as hardware auto furniture close. Some stores open. post office and banks observe holiday.
The Gladewater Jaycees will sponsor a rest stop on US Highway 80 at the Y near McKaig Chevrolet during the long Fourth of July weekend. Free coffee doughnuts soft drinks and ice water will be provided from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday 6 p.m. Restroom facilities and a Channel 5 CB Club communications unit will also be available. Brookshires Cannon's Johnny Service Holiday Plates and Hill's Gun and Swap Shop are listed as riders. Mike Crosby is the Jaycee chairman.
At a Thursday luncheon Rotary president Abercrombie unveiled the coming year’s committee slate. Officers include vice president David Cook and secretary Richard Herbst, with BP. Dake as treasurer and numerous directors heading service committees. Frances Ann Moore, recipient of the Paul Harris Fellowship, will study in Australia next year. District Governor Olan Thurman will visit Oct 27 and a July 7 meeting of officers and directors is set in the Chamber of Commerce room.
An obituary style note highlights Frances Ann’s four years of service to Forrest Heights United Methodist Church in Lubbock where she sang in the bell choir and participated in youth activities. The May issue of the Lubbock Conference paper featured the church on its front cover with her pictured story expressing appreciation for her contributions.
In Gregg County, Sheriff Welch and Chief Banks say the investigation remains active with more than a hundred interviews and dozens of polygraph tests yielding negative results. They emphasize ongoing work with other agencies and pursuit of every lead, while a reward for information may be reopened.
Californians visit Gladewater and praise the town. Mr and Mrs Bud Johnson of Pacific Grove California and Mr and Mrs Max Wakeland spent a week and a half here and left a note commending the town and its people calling Gladewater beautiful and the inhabitants the greatest.
Chicago AP reports on Independence Day 1976 as a bicentennial reflection. Robert Lodine, carillonneur and music professor, climbs 68 or 235 steps to play at St. Chrysostom Episcopal Church and Rockefeller Chapel. He notes there are 156 true carillons nationwide and cites Riverside Church’s 40,880 pound bells as the largest.
4-Hers Marvin and Melvin Montgomery report attending the Ecology Conference at the State 4-H Center in Brownwood Texas and working with the Aquatic Group collecting stream specimens for study. They also joined the State 4-H Council Workshop with officer training and fieldwork clearing a baseball field. New members Loraine Turner David Turner Stephanie Moseley join the club and Alesia Daniels earns multiple blue ribbons in clothing demonstrations and fashion events.
This memoir offers behind the scenes anecdotes from Groucho Marx and You Bet Your Life. It explains the show's origin and success with production staff input and includes excerpts from memorable contestants and a quiz appendix.
Readers express support for Ray Roberts for supporting the HEW appropriation including the National Cancer Institute. A citizen’s committee for the Conquest of Cancer urges votes for him in November. Also gratitude to Fredalene Clark for helping Gladewater Municipal Hospital raise the flag and support.
In a personal reminiscence, the author catalogs bell mementos from travels and gifts, notes Fourth of July traditions, flag pride, and family anecdotes. She recalls rock keepsakes from Arizona to Scotland, bell keepsakes from Iran and New Mexico, and fireworks memories from Gladewater and Claremore, urging safe, patriotic celebration.
The Interior Department year book notes that initial transportation land grants funded by the federal government went to wagon trails and canals rather than railroads, marking a shift in early infrastructure policy.
The Gladewater Mirror details pricing for home delivery and mail subscriptions in Texas and outside Texas. It notes publication twice weekly and consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969.
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