Softball Fundraiser for Special Olympics Swimmers
The CB Warriors sponsor a three day slow pitch softball tournament this weekend at Gay Avenue parks Bear Field and school campus to fund travel for Gladewater High School TARS and Special Olympics swimmers. Thirteen teams entered men’s division six women’s. Entry is 30 dollars per team. part of fees and concession profits go to the program. Admission is free and the public is invited. Teams may contact Hughes Watson or Raymond Johnson. Eight swimmers and three chaperones will attend the Arlington event.
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Texas
CB Warriors
Gay Avenue
Bear Field
Arlington
Hughes Watson
Raymond Johnson
Ice cream sale for firemen uniforms aid in West Mountain
Women of the West Mountain community plan a 2 PM Saturday ice cream sale at the West Mountain Community Center to raise funds for uniforms for the local volunteer firemen. Freezers of homemade ice cream and pound cake will be donated, with 25 cents adults and 15 cents children under 10 for ice cream and 10 cents a slice for cake.
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West Mountain
Highway 271
Fire Department
Hazel Hendricks
Rate hike hearing set on SWEPCO request for Gladewater
SWEPCO seeks a 16.72 percent rate increase across five classes with an Aug. 25, 1976 start date. The council will hold a public hearing, review the company’s justification tied to rising costs, and consider related motions including auditor appointment and fire protection talks.
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Southwestern Electric Power Company
Swepco
Gladewater
East Texas
E. J. Best
Best
Tony N. Williams
Williams
Texas
W. A. Jackson
Upshur
Smith
Gregg
White Oak Faces Growth and a Sales Tax Vote
White Oak plans a sales tax election amid rapid growth from residential development and new facilities. Mayor R L Williamson notes population exceeds 2,000 despite signs, outlines road widening projects, park expansion, and federal grants for parks and recreation. He expects outside shoppers to bear much of the tax.
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White Oak Park
R. L. Williamson
Jimmy Brown
White Oak
White Oak State Bank
Williamson
City loop hit by squeeze delays on Gregg County highways
A letter from W W Potter of the Texas State Dept of Highways to Tyler City Manager Tony N Williams warns of delays or postponement of Gregg County highway projects. It says the department faces a 20 year backlog of nearly 11 plus billion dollars in projects and that only about 1.9 billion may be available over the next two decades.
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Gregg County
State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation
Tyler
W. W. Potter
Tony N. Williams
Gladewater
Kilgore
Longview
Williams
Longview Woman Wins Johns Hopkins Ultrasound Study Slot
Shawn McCaleb 21, daughter of C G McCaleb, is one of three nationwide applicants selected to study ultrasonography at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore starting September. She just graduated top of her Baylor Medical Center Dallas class in July and plans a future helping patients with imaging.
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Cherie
Shawn
Baylor Medical Center
Dallas
Joe Gannon
Medical Center
Baltimore
Gannon
Baylor
Shawn Touts
Funeral rites held for Sam H. Bean 96 in Gladewater
Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel for Sam H. Bean 96 who died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness. Native of Bell County, he lived in Gladewater 52 years and retired as a special investigator. Survived by four daughters two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Burial in Gladewater Memorial Park. Pallbearers named with Cities Service Oil Company employees as honorary pallbearers.
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Stella L. Seelig
Loyd Funeral Home Chapel
Gilmer
Selmer Heggold
Dean Blackwell
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Seelig
William
Billy
San Antonio
Bobby
Pasadena
Calif
Tommy
Baytown
L. G. Coventry
City
Marie Adkinson
Frank
Fay Coventry
Charles Coventry
Frankston
Sam H. Bean
Malcolm Stone
B. F. Risinger
Gladewater Memorial Park
Mr. Bean
Bell County
Gladewater
The
Baptist Church
Ivy Hudson
Prayer Meditation on Wisdom and Divine Guidance
A devotional prayer passage urges believers to seek wisdom from God without reproach. It asks readers to immerse in scripture and remain aligned with the Spirit to recognize God's voice when he speaks. The excerpt emphasizes earnest prayer and reliance on divine instruction.
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James
Gladewater Police Form Officers Association
Gladewater police formed a Police Officers Association this week and elected officers to serve. Gary Speed was chosen president with reserve status, Sgt Bill Wells is vice president, Ruth Morris secretary, James Maxwell treasurer, and Duane Baushkre or Robert Harris as sergeant at arms. No installation date has been set.
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Gladewater
Police Officers Association
Gary Speed
Bill Wells
Ruth Morris
James Maxwell
Duane Baushkre
Robert Harris
Wells
Gladewater Coaches Attend Texas Coaches School
Athletic Director Bill Waters and nine Gladewater school coaches travel to Houston for the Texas Coaches School July 25 29. New hires Johnny Boston from Wills Point and Dwaine Benedict from Mineola join veterans Jack Murphy Walter Derrick Richard Fenton Bobby Bernard Oliver Sorrells Garland Clay. The trip includes the all star football game July 29 and basketball game July 28.
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Gladewater
Texas Coaches
Houston
Bill Waters
Jack Murphy
Walter Derrick Richard Fenton
Bobby Bernard
Oliver Sorrells
Garland
Butch) Clay
Johnny Boston
Dwaine Benedect
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Gladewater High School
David White
TARS
Maleta Blessing
Deborah Turner
White
Ethel Garton
Garber
Okla
Ruby Garton
Kilgore College
Opal Stewart
Department of Nursing
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
GMH Board of Directors
Hospital Authority
City of
Huddleston
Fielding Huddleston
Good Shepherd Hospital
Longview Hospital
Council
State Public Utilities Commission
EFA Calloway, Cpa
Knowlton-English Flowers, Inc
Housing Advisory Committee
Stepsewer
Hart Engineering
Bev Rutherford BR Fay
E. B. Carrington
John Hopkins
Johns Hopkins
Longview High
Shawn McCaleb
Police Alsn
Glade
Boston
Wills Point
Benedect
Mineola
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