Senator Jack Strong Speaks On Special Session Highlights
Long View Senator Jack Strong addressed the Gladewater Rotary Club on the special session ending July 3. He cited three main focus areas appropriations taxes and liquor by the drink noting education funding growth and possible future programs. Strong defended Mental Health and Retardation funding and highlighted a 3.4 percent state employee raise.
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Jack Strong
Longview
Gladewater Rotary Club
John Connally
Strong
Quentin Abernathy
Senate
Lems
Sen
Rotary Club
Austin
Rotary
Irby Bates
Garland Ferguson
Birthday and wedding notices mixed with local news
Stoney Carl Stone celebrates his fifth birthday with a newborn brother Shawn Kent joining the family. A fox terrier giveaway is offered by Mrs. Elsie Barton. Johnson-Hubbard wedding set for Saturday July 20. Local quotes discuss state taxes and liquor laws, plus a Vietnam tour for William Anderson and community announcements from the Eye Opener and Gladewater Library programs.
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Stoney Carl Stone
Jerry Stone
Shawn Kent
Stoney
Mary Stone
Miss Texas Pageant Beckons Donna Russell of G'water
Donna Russell daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Russell will compete in the Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth joining 62 other contestants. Nightly performances run Wednesday July 17 to Friday July 19 at 8 p m in Will Rogers Auditorium with coronation finals to follow.
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Donald Logsdon
Mary
Roger Choice
Mrs
Gladewater
Donna Russell
Sabine
Ft. Worth
Paul Bennett
Donna
Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium
Gladewater Jaycees
G’water
Fort Worth
J. T. Russell
Will Rogers
Channel 11
Western Hills
Molly Grubb
Tyler
Atlantic City
Lenards Department Store
Casa Manana Musicals
John Robert Powers
Maria Beale Fletcher
Jack Bushong
Muskegon
Mich
William G. Carter
Springfield
Bob Evans
Little Rock
Charles Brunges
Santa Cruz
Calif
James A. Alexander
Boise
Idaho
Burris Resigns at GHS To Take Hallsville Job
Gladewater High School coach Robert G. Burris Jr resigns to become Hallsville Junior High principal and football coach. He will complete duties at GHS July 10, move to Hallsville, attend coaches school, and assume duties as principal and ninth grade coach. Burris is a 1949 Clarksville High School graduate with a BBA from ETSU.
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Gladewater High School
Robert G. Burris
Hallsville
Burris
B.H. Hudspeth
Gladewater
Roy Johnson
GHS
Clarksville
Texas
Clarksville High School
East Texas State University
Paris Junior College
Navy
ETSU
Atlanta
Ted Strickland Dies At Home In Gladewater
Ted Strickland age 66 was found dead of natural causes at his Othalia Drive home Friday afternoon graveside services will be at 2 p m Sunday in Allen Okla arrangements are by Stone Funeral Home He was a World War II veteran retired carpenter and cabinetmaker born January 31 1902 in Dennison and lived in Gladewater for several years He is survived by sisters Ona Cobb Bradshaw of Gladewater Mabel Wood of San Antonio and brothers Otto Strickland of Allen and Frank Strickland of Vesta Calif
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Ted Strickland
Othalia Drive
Allen
Oklo
Stone Funeral Home
Strickland
Dennison
Gladewater
Ona Cobb Bradshaw
Mabel Wood
San Antonio
Otto Strickland
Frank Strickland
Vesta
Calif
Glade Resident Killed in Wreck Rites on Sunday
Willis Bugg Clayton Steele, 65, of the Boyd Hotel, died at the scene when his car crashed through a bridge guard rail near Shreveport and overturned. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Erman Smith Funeral Home Pittsburg with burial at Brumeley Cemetery near Gilmer. Survivor: daughter, two grandchildren, three brothers, niece Irene Green of Gladewater.
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Willis
Bugg
Clayton Steele
Boyd Hotel
Shreveport
Mr. Steel
Erman-Smith
Pittsburg
Brumeley
Gilmer
Steele
Gladewater
Superior Oil Company
Irene Green
Prayer Text Reflects Biblical Verse and Personal Supplication
A short devotional prayer cites James 2:12 and asks for divine guidance to overcome sin, seeking strength to live by the spirit of Christ. The prayer ends with an Amen.
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Father
Christ
Attendance expected for Gladewater credit course sessions
Almost all major local firms and offices are set to attend a four night ten hour credit and collection course starting Monday July 15 at 7 30 p m at the Chamber of Commerce office. Theron Lee of The University of Texas will teach with 40 organizers expected and a six dollar registration.
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Gladewater
Chamber of Commerce
Theron Lee
University of Texas
Chamber of
Gladewater Credit Bureau
Robert Henry Ray Rites Saturday
Robert Henry Ray 88 of Gladewater died Friday morning after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Saturday July 13 at 10 a.m. at Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev. Irby Bates officiating. Burial followed at Gladewater Memorial Park. Ray, a Navajo native, lived in Gladewater 37 years and was a retired railroad employee. He is survived by son Thruman E. Ray of Miami Florida and grandson Robert Earl Ray of Jasper Texas. Pallbearers named. The Mirror notes subscription issues and asks readers to keep calling if papers are missed.
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Robert Henry Ray
Gladewater
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Stone Funeral
Irby D. Bates
Gladewater Memorial Park
Ray
Navasota
Texas
Miller St
First Baptist Church
Thruman E. Ray
Miami
Florida
Robert Earl Ray
Jasper
Red Heard
al Breeden
Windy Chronister
Ross Delay
Dick Graham
Jimmy Smith
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Atary
Elsie Barton
Lake Devernia
Highway 80
Green House
William Anderson
Vietnam
Anderson
Robbie Robertson
Wembly
Gladewater Public Library
Lovie Wilkinson
Longview Story League
C. B. McKenzie
Charlene Walker
Robert G. Burris, JR
LIONS
Joe McElroy
Gladewater Lions Club
John Sperling
Clyde Crawford
Earl Craig
Lion Taner
Ray Cumbie
Tail
McElroy
Denis C. Earp, Jr
Kenneth Allen
Virgil Wallace
Crippled Children Camp
Don Cartwright
Jim Holcoms
Glen Kent
Charles Hopson
Bobby L. Hill
Bill Holliman
Mirror Photo
Glade
Lone Star Steel
Daingerfield
Mary Jane Wiley
Kathy Jaggers
Jan Sawyer
Paula Jaggers
Gladewater Lasses
The
Mirror
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