Father Son Team Plans Jamboree Trip to Idaho
Robert C. Smith and his son Curtis of White Oak prepare to join thousands of Boy Scouts at the Seventh National Jamboree in Farragut State Park Bayview Idaho. The event brings together boys and leaders from across the nation under the Boy Scouts of America banner.
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Robert C. Smith
Curtis
White Oak
Bayview
Idaho
Boy Scouts of America
Farragut State Park
Smith
White Oak School
East Texas Area Council
Spokane
Washington
Historic
Valley Forge
Penn
Dewey Huff Dies Thursday at 68 in Gladewater
Dewey George Huff, 68, of 1120 North Culver St, died Thursday in a Gladewater hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Nazarene Church with Rev. Billy Grimes officiating. Stone Funeral Home directed arrangements with burial at Union Grove Cemetery. Huff, a retired Humble Oil and Refining Company worker since 1931, came from Luling Texas and served 38 years. He was born March 20, 1901, and survived by wife Ola Bell, son J. D. Huff of Houston, daughter Dorothy Lee Dunlap of Houston, five brothers, and several relatives. Pallbearers included E. E. Copeland, Clifton Smith, and others. Honorary pallbearers were Humble Oil employees.
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Dewey George Huff
North Culver St
Gladewater
Nazarene Church
Billy Grimes
Stone Funeral Home
Union Grove
Huff
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Luling
Texas
Humble
The
Ola Bell
J. D. Huff
Houston
Dorothy Lee Dunlap
L. B
Landrum
Les Huff
Sardise
Tenn
Floyd Huff
Leff Huff
Oak Grove
Odo Huff
Cullen
E.e.copeland
Clifton Smith
Glen Kilman
Clifford Sherlock
Richard Holland
Billy Sherrod
Humble Oil Co
Local sports notes and community updates from Gladewater
Tigers baseball standings corrected after a typographical error credits a nine and six season. Rev James Sparks to deliver sermon at First Presbyterian Church with Sunday worship and Holy Communion observed. Newcomers listed including the Smiths Coffmans Brandstrups Wilsons and Strongs with origins and employments. Church revival plans announced for July 21 27. Walker Pharmacy robbery yields large quantity of medicine. Gladewater Builders Organization to meet at Don's Restaurant. Library program offers excerpts from Mrs Billy Langford selections.
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James Sparks
First Presbyterian Church
Rapid construction expands in Gladewater with three projects
Gladewater undertakes three joint city county building efforts. Foundations for the new Community Center on Eleanor St are laid by Gregg County Precinct 2 under Commissioner Bill Owens. The project includes an air conditioned 30 by 40 foot block building replacing the old Weldon school area structure. The center will house an auditorium kitchen rest rooms and a community relations office and may open within 60 days with street paving planned soon. Separately Allison Street extensions near Gladewater Oak Manor Nursing Home proceed with earthwork and paving planned as schedules permit. An asphalt plant site behind the ballpark is being cleared with drainage work underway and completion expected in about a week. In Bellefontaine Ohio burglars steal the altar from Travelers Rest Chapel citing hi fidelity gear used for church music and leaving services to continue without the altar.
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Gladewater
Eleanor St
South Main
Gregg County Precinct 2
Bill Owens
Crete
Weldon School
Bill Langford
Allison Street
Gladewater Oak Manor
Langford
Baseball Stadium
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Travelers Rest Chapel
Lloyd S. Harden
Harden
Oak Manor Near Completion Holds Formal Opening Soon
The Glade water Oak Manor Nursing Home on Allison Street near Broadway is about 95 percent finished and set for a Sunday opening. Morris Ansell, owner operator from Daingerfield, says admission inquiries are rising as staff complete training and decorations and landscaping proceed. Elwanda Walker named administrator. facility will employ about 50.
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Gladewater Oak Manor
Allison Street
Broadway
Highway 80
Hancock Hospital
Morris Ansell
Ansell
Daingerfield
Linden
Elwanda Walker
Gladewater Oak Manor Nursing Home
Dana Green
Prayer for Today Patience and steadfast spirit in faith
A devotional prayer invoking patience and spiritual strength. The speaker asks God to grant a patient spirit and greatness of soul to face life without complaint, through faith in Christ and for guidance and sustenance.
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Christ
Savior
Depot Status At Standstill
A state Railroad Commission letter to City Attorney Ernest Martin indicates the T P depot project is effectively abandoned in favor of a mobile agency. Director Walter Wendlandt notes Gladewater is not in docket 2040 RO or any pending docket, leaving the depot status unchanged after passenger service ended in late May.
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State Railroad Commission
T&p
Walter Wendlandt
Ernest Martin
Gladewater
Bill Langford
Railroad Commission
Alleged Deserter Returned After Custody Escape
Billy Lewis Hazelwood 21 of Citronelle Alabama an alleged Army deserter who escaped custody from Gladewater police last Tuesday was recaptured and jailed by Assistant Chief Cris B Morrow about 235 pm Saturday The FBI was notified and Hazelwood will stay jailed awaiting military authorities He had been with a 15 year old cousin when arrested after police received a tip two men slept in a blue Ford Mustang behind the T W Lee building on U S Highway 80 east.
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Billy Lewis Hazelwood
Citronelle
Ala
Gladewater
Cris B. Morrow
Morrow
FBI
Hazelwood
Alabama
T. W. Lee Building
Ritz Pharmacy Sold to Medco Pharmacies in Gladewater
Medco Pharmacies acquires Ritz Pharmacy in Gladewater from Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Lawrence. Charles Wilson named president. E L Baker Jr. serves as board chairman. J D Hope to manage fountain and grill. families relocating to Gladewater. Medco offers complete drug service, free delivery, 24 hour prescriptions, and Medicare claims processing.
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Medco Pharmacies
Ritz
Gladewater
Hollis Lawrence
Charles Wilson
E. L. Baker, Jr
Pharmacist
Arlington
Texas
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Wilson
Texas Pharmacist
Richardson
Medco Group
Ft. Worth
J.D. Hope
Fountain and Grill
Medco Pharmacy
White Oak
Medco
Baker Medical Services
Faye
Laraine
North Texas State University
Penny
Pat
Ladies Auxilliary
Texas Pharmaceutical Assoc
Dallas County Ladies Auxilliary
Possible revisions to Marshall water rates after audit
An audit of 1968 Marshall water revenues shows a $17 000 drop from the prior year. City Manager C K Duggins cites heavy rainfall and reduced consumption as the cause, hinting at forthcoming rate adjustments. In Washington, Postmaster General Winton M Blount is criticized by Rep Jack Brooks for not using powers to act.
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Marshall
C. K. Duggins
Washington
Winton M. Blount
Jack Brooks
Gulf Route Through G' water Under Study
Mount Pleasant leaders received a state letter outlining the Texas Highway Commission plans to study a proposed route from Oklahoma to Houston that would pass through Mount Pleasant Gladewater and Kilgore. The commission will check railroad right of way along U S 271 and assess four lane needs with local counties.
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Mount Pleasant
J.C. Dingwall
Texas Highway Commission
Oklahoma
Houston
Gulf Coast
Gladewater
Kilgore
Indian Nation Turnpike
U.S. 271
Titus County
Gladewater’s
Austin
Dingwall
Able Smith Jr
Titus County Highway Association
Highway Commission
Paris
Bogota
East Texas
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Dewey Huff
Kyoto
Japan
Nishi-Honganji Temple
Tigers
Bill Langfords
Brownsville
Jilleen
Relatves
Bill
Lewis M. Smith
General Electric
Tyler
General Telephone
Lavelle B. Coffman
CHM Manufacturing Company
Albert V. Brandstrup
Wayne L. Wilson
Charles Ethridge
Friendship Baptist Church
Herman Reagh
Union Grove Baptist Church
C. A. Hall
Walker Pharmacy
Gladewater Builders Organization
Don’s
Billy Langford
Gladewater Public
Melvin Jenkins
Gregg County
Alison Street
Oak Manor
Ritz Pharmacy
Medco Pharmacies, Inc
Dallas
University of Houston
Mading’s Drug
Kahanek Pharmacy
Hallettsville
Weaver and Whitten Pharmacies
Fort Worth
Arapaho
TPA
House of Delegates
Dallas County Pharmaceutical Society
Phi Delta Chi Pharmaceutical Frathernity
Richardson Chamber of Commerce Health
Richardson Lions Club
Richardson Police Department
Greater Richardson Heart and Cancer Fund
J. D. Hope
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