Holiday burden and idle flags highlight small town life
The Eye Opener notes holiday strains on businesses as sanitation workers miss pickups and local offices remain busy. It laments lack of American flags sold by Jaycees, mentions car wash fundraiser by Boy Scouts, pet listings at 808 Quitman, and a El Paso death of Cole Johnson with funeral plans in that city.
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Cole Johnson
el Paso
Melvin Jenkins
Harding and Orr
Mary Inez Borden
Dean Street
Gladewater
Money Street
Borden
Quartet Reunites of 1923 Four Singers at Friendship Baptist Church
Four men who began as a traveling quartet in 1923 with a Model T Ford reunion at Friendship Baptist Church. The group includes Rev. W.M. Nipper leading, Thomas Ware, Bill Fincannon, and Lee Myres. They organized with the Vaughn quartet in Jacksonville and worked with James D. Vaughn Music Co. The piece notes Myres' long radio career and the 1970 ABFP Diplomate confirmation for Dr. G. Robert Hugman, with reminiscences of early T-models and extended touring.
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Vaughn
Friendship Baptist Church
W. M. Nipper
Kilgore
Thomas Ware
Shreveport
Bill Fincannon
Ware
Beaumont
Lee My
W.M. Nipper
Nipper
Lee Myres
Georges Creek
Jacksonville
James D. Vaughn Music Company
Tennessee
Myres
the Wolf
Gladewater Honors America Day Draws Big Crowd
Gladewater hosted Honor America Day at Lake Gladewater on the Fourth. Hundreds enjoyed ski shows, a bathing beauty contest, a fireworks display by the Jaycees, and a park full of picnics, games and entertainment culminating in a police-secured celebration.
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Gladewater
Lake Gladewater
John Paul Tallent
The
Jaycees
Texas
John Paul
C. R. Roberts
J. R. Clendenen
Kay Roberts
Shreveport
Roy Haire, Jr
Longview
Hundreds Gather For 4th of July Lake Festivities
Boaters enjoyed the day on the lake while a dawn tackle box hunt attracted participants. The fireworks display lit the sky as flags adorned homes and buildings in patriotism. The observance celebrated traditional American pride amid families and veterans.
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America
United States of America
Mirror
Gafford slain by kidnapper linked to Texas case
Brady Eugene Gafford 59 was robbed and abducted Saturday night and later killed. FBI charged Bobby Ray Jones 29 of Houston with kidnapping. murder and other counts pursued in multiple parishes as investigators traced the case from Gladewater to Louisiana. Funeral services were held Tuesday. Gafford had lived in Gladewater more than 30 years and owned a service station.
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H. Ross Perot
North Vietnam
Washington, D. C
America
Bob Hope
United States
Electronic Data Systems
United We Stand
Dallas Love Field
Gregg County
Braniff
Dallas
East Texas
Texarkana
Jefferson
Atlanta
Sulphur Springs
Jacksonville
Marshall
Gladewater
Longview
Kilgore
Mark Abernathy
Bobby Ferguson
Steve Best
Clifford Russell
Larry Abernathy
Beverly Wheeler
Shelia Ford
Pam Ray
Vicky Abernathy
Brady Eugene Gafford
Mr. Gafford
Noyle Hall
Tyler
Staton
Joy Community
Interstate 20
Gafford
West Upshur
Erwin’s Handy Dandy
Gray’s Food
Jack Hollis
Malcolm Stone
Irby D. Bates
First Baptist Church
Memorial Park
Stone
Bobby Ray Jones
Houston
FBI
Bossier Parish
Tuesday Jones
Hall
Caddo Parish
Jones
Young Hall
Louisiana
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Mathews
Mathews
Federal District Court
Longview Independent School District
Texas
Young St
Bentsen To Visit Here Thursday
Democratic senatorial candidate Lloyd Bentsen will briefly visit Gladewater Thursday morning. A coffee meet is planned at St. Clair Restaurant from 1:15 to 11:45 a.m. for residents to meet the candidate, arranged by Precinct 3 Democratic chairman John Osteen. Bentsen, who defeated Ralph Yarborough in the primary, will also stop by The Gladewater Mirror office before the coffee.
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Lloyd Bentsen
U. S. Senate
Gladewater
St. Clair
John Osteen
Bentsen
Ralph Yarborough
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Earl Sheffield
Brady E. Gafford
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S. M. Thomas
Alean Dean
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Wichita
Kansas
US Air Force
Boy Scouts of Troop 194
Dr. Hugman
Diplomate of American Family Practice Board
G. Robert Hugman
American Board of Family Practice
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American Board of Family Practice, Inc
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Fort Worth
Directory of Medical Specialists
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Sharon Lawrence
Ann Hazzard
Dulles
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Lincoln Memorial
23Rd
Ohio
Kate Smith
Billy Graham
Smithsonian Institute
Elaine Hugman
Linda Kay Lyle
Glenda Mayfield
Carol Ann
Jo Lynn McMahan
Gregg Countians
Brady Gafford
Memorial Baptist Church
LaRue
Brady Leon
Brownwood
Le’view Schools
Longview Independent
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