EYE OPENER Band practice and local notices update readers
Buzz Messner announces band practice at 9 30 a m Monday August 10 in the band hall. Gladewater Shirley Elliott and chaperones stay at Green Oaks Motor Inn Fort Worth. County 4-H Dress Revue Thursday at the Longview YMCA judging at 1 p m open 2 30 p m. Congratulations to Bob Ullrich named personnel manager for Heavy Equipment division at Le Tourneau Longview. Various pets and call for homes listed. Trips and personal notices from Fort Worth to Quitman and Denver illness.
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Buzz Messner
GHS
Miss Gladewater
Shirley Elliott
Green Oaks Motor Inn
West Freeway
Fort Worth
Texas
Gladettes
YMCA
Longview
Bob Ullrich
le Tourneau
Four Bandits Captured After Longview Chase
Longview police with Gregg County sheriff and other agencies arrested four armed bandits after a Safeway robbery in Greggton. A car chase ended with a crash and tire shots, no injuries reported. Suspects A C Jones 22 Fell S Pruitt 21 Eugene Jones 20 I V Urquhart 24, all Dallas, were charged with armed robbery and jailed. bond to be set.
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Greggton
Longview
Gregg County Sheriff’s Office
Highway Patrol
White Oak
Safeway
Roy Stone
Justice of the Peace
Charles Cashell
A. C. Jones
Fell S. Pruitt
Eugene Jones
I. V. Urquhart
Dallas
Stone
Lane Wells Street
Stevens
Jones
Dick Query
Pruitt
GHS Majorettes Win Top Honors at Lamar Tech Camp
Gladewater High School majorettes led by drum major Debbie Millorn earned top honors at a week long Majorette Camp at Lamar Tech Beaumont. Miss Gray named Outstanding Camper and first in military field solo. Millorn first in Fancy T Strut. group named Most Outstanding Twirling Line. Over 200 girls from Louisiana and Texas competed.
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Gladewater High School
Debbie Millorn
Jan Sawyer
Karen Hudspeth
Mary
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Gray
Military
Millorn
Gladewater
Freda Gray
McLain Named New Manager of K Wolens Store
John McLain assumed management of the K Wolens Store Monday replacing Sid Hecker who was transferred to Sugar Land. A 17 year K Wolens veteran, McLain came from Wharton Texas and is a Corsicana native raised in Fort Worth. He and his wife Becky Hardin of Burleson have three children and live at 1004 Martha Dr.
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John McLain
K. Wolens
Sid Hecker
Sugarland
Mr. McLain
Wharton
Texas
Gladewater
Corsicana
Fort Worth
Technical
McLain
Becky Hardin
Burleson
Pamela
John Jr
Teresa
United Pentecostal Church
Martha Dr
Gladewater School Budget Approved With Slight Tax Increase
The Gladewater Independent School District adopted a 1970-71 budget of 1,799,020 dollars and a tax rate of 1.32 dollars, a 15 cent rise. Seven board members noted no public attendance at the hearing while resignations, new hires, and other actions were approved.
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Gladewater Independent
Epted
Region VII Education Service Center
Region VII
Gladewater Chamber Eyes Quarterhorse Show Growth
The Gladewater Chamber of Commerce board met to boost local participation in the East Texas Quarterhorse Breeders Association show set August 7-8 at the Roundup Rodeo grounds. President Bill Langford cited a successful July 4 Honor America Day at Lake Gladewater and noted plans for a permanent event, with several thousand attendees at the show and fireworks. He announced a July yard of the month award for Loyce Phillip’s 426 North Main Street and that the East Texas Vacation Guide is being compiled, inviting member inquiries.
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Gladewater Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
East Texas
Chamber
The
Mirror
Kees Radio
Civic Division
John Paul Tallent
Loyce Phillip
N. Main Street
Langford
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater
Team Teaching Spreads To Middle and High Schools
Gladewater schools will expand the team teaching method this year with three classrooms. At Gay Avenue, the program proved successful last year and will be used for world history at GHS and language arts and social studies at the Middle School. About 150 students will be in two sessions, with space expanded by removing walls to create the new team teaching facilities.
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Supt. Johnson
Bill Holliman
GHS
Weldon Cowan
Earl Berryhill
Holliman
Gladewater
Gay Avenue School
Middle School
Prayer For Today Reflects Gratitude For Foundations
A brief devotional note thanks God for those who guided moral formation, calling them foundation stones in character. The prayer expresses gratitude for steadfast Christian example and ends with Amen.
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Father God
Gladewater School Board Accepts Three Faculty Resignations
Resignations from Rosemary Ray Faynell Parsons and Ronnie Bob Jett were accepted with regret by the Gladewater school board. Five new teachers were approved including Lillian Sandra Erwin John Thomas Jeter Thomas J Waggoner Betty Jo McCulley and Sharon Hall Travis.
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Gladewater
Rosemary Ray
Broadway
Faynell Parsons
Ronnie Bob Jett
Ray
Rosemary Smith
Union Grove
Wesley
GHS
Parsons
Dallas
Jett
Texas State Technical Institute
Waco
Roy Johnson
Lillian Sandra Erwin
John Thomas Jeter
Thomas J. Waggoner
Betty Jo McCulley
Sharon Hall Travis
Sam Houston
Sam Houston State University
P.E
Houston
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Marshall
Glenn Walton
Denver
Colorado
Sterling Tanner
Theresa Ricketts
East Texas Tuberculosis Hospital
Tulane University
New Orleans
Louisiana
Newcomb
Sophie Newcomb College
George W. Pirtle
Sabine
Bobby Player
Steven
Mike Player
Russ Walton
Charles Ray
Delbert Vaught
Robert Easley
Douglas Mount
Dana Petty
Art Huskey
Cris Clark
Randy Herrington
Chip Finn
Ollie Parrish
Pritchett
Quitman
Parrish
Mineola
Harvey Stevens
Royal Pearson
Lora Clevenger
Haskell Taylor
White Oak City
Melvin Pitts
Jim Albie
Urquhart
Jane Wiley
Faith Merritt
Debbie Beasley
Gloria Hancock
Lou Ann Williams
Twirler
Jerry Hanszen
White Oak Band
Hanszen
Miss Milliorn
Mary Jane Wiley
Henry Bown
Chamber Talks
First Baptist Church of
Gregg County Motors
George W. Jones
Jerry Jones
Tyler
Baytown
Erwin
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District
Jeter
Ore City High School
Kilgore College
East Texas State University
Daingerfield High School
Pine Tree
Waggoner
Bear
Terrell High School
Grand Saline
Pittsburg
Richardson
Terrell
Stephen F. Austin State University
Woodville
Florida
Valdosta State College
Georgia
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