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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1968
Page
3
Gladewater Chapter No. 831 CES 8 p.m. at the Masonic Hall on N Dean St. Visiting members welcome. In New Delhi a traffic policeman was caught taking a bribe of five rupees and swallowed the note to destroy evidence.
A stork shower for Mrs. Mike Cannon was held at the home of Mrs. Bill Selman on Monday evening July 1 from 7 30 to 9 00. Hostesses included Mrs. Selman and nine others. guests registered near the living room door beside a bowl of apple blossoms. Gifts ranged from a play pen to boxed cake squares with pink and blue accents. refreshments featured pink punch and salted nuts.
Patients admitted at City Hospital include Howell R Fisher Mrs Prudy Harkness and Mrs G The Woman's Society of Christian Service held a meeting at First Methodist Church with Reverend James Brannen presenting existentialist concepts. Dismissals listed for both hospitals include multiple names.
Mrs Margaret Smith and daughter Robin visit in town while she writes a masters thesis in Denton and Robin attends North Texas State University. Several families, including the Dunnagans and Buckalews, visit from Commerce and Dallas during the Fourth of July holiday. The Dunnagans move to Commerce to lead ETSU printing, after extended time in Natchitoches. Guests of the Vassars travel toward Puerto Rico for a three year Navy tour and visits planned from Vassar relatives. Hospital updates note Mrs Bill Falls under tests and Walter Brock nearing discharge from Municipal Hospital.
Vice Admiral R K Chatterji reportedly drops the word vice from his rank as he is elevated to Admiral of the Indian Navy, a move noted by a newspaper after the promotion.
A column by Fredalene Clark shares multiple ways to cook yellow squash including plain boiled with onion, fried in cornmeal, and a Sheppard’s squash bake. It also includes Egg Foo Yong recipe steps with optional sauce and ends with a family update about Raelynn and Tony Stegall visiting from Mobile, Alabama as Ray Stegall travels to Dallas.
Mr and Mrs Leon Warren announce the birth of a baby boy on July 8 at 2 15 a.m. The infant weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and is named Patrick Nichols.
Miss Ara Schrum, a native Upshur County resident with a long teaching career in Wood, Camp, Upshur and Rusk counties, received the 1968 Upshur County Senior Citizen Award. She has taught at Ogburn White Oak Hallsville Gladewater Big Sandy and Rusk and later contributed to historical preservation and county archives.
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