Union Grove School Board hires three new teachers
The Union Grove School Board approved three new faculty members. Coach Joe Sears named social studies teacher, Betty Hay to teach high school home economics, and Mary Lou Cox to fill a third grade post. Adoption of new administrative policies was tabled for study.
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Union Grove
Joe Sears
Lon Cox Sears
Dekalb
Cushing
Stephen F Austin State University
Henderson High School
Betty Hay
Ray Moyers
Ray
SFASU
Mary Lou Cox
East Texas State University
Cox
E. S Truitt
K. A. Cooper
Truitt
Cooper
Houston
Doyce Cannon
Nancy Thompson
Bordsen
Gilmer
C. A. Turner
Thompson
Tommy Bynum
SWEPCO seeks rate increase across East Texas area
SWEPCO announced it seeks authority to raise electric rates for its East Texas service area with an August 25 1976 effective date. The average increase cited is 16.68 percent across customer classes, based on 12 month period ending March 31 1976, with total service to about 300 000 customers in 158 communities across 19 Texas counties 13 Arkansas counties and three Northwest Louisiana parishes.
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Shreveport Southwestern Electric Power Company
East Texas
E. J. Best
Swepco
East Texas Division
Best
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Daly
Two Sentenced in Whitter Case at Upshur Court
In Upshur County 115th District Court District Judge Virgil Mullenax sentenced Marion Coulston, 37, to 50 years for attempted capital murder of Jennings Whitter and Joe Stastny, 23, to 15 years for robbery. Coulston faces an additional charge for an attempted jailbreak and admitted beating Whitter with an ax handle and shooting him during the Feb 12 1976 farm robbery. James Beasley, 54, was injured by a chemical floor stripper during the jailbreak attempt and hospitalized.
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Virgil Mullenax
Jennings Whitter
Shady Grove
Marion Edward Coulston
Gladewater
Mullenax
Joe John Stastny
Coulston
Gilmer
Whitter
Upshur
James Beasley
Beasley
Stastny
Service set Thursday for Mrs Watkins in Hawkins
Funeral services for Mrs Maude E Watkins 70 of Hawkins will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hawkins First Baptist Church with Rev. Seth Johnson officiating. Burial in Hawkins Cemetery conducted by Malcolm Stone Funeral Home. She died Tuesday night in a Tyler hospital after a sudden illness. She was born August 15 1905 in Pineville Louisiana and lived in Hawkins 45 years. Survivors include her widower F Watkins a daughter Barbara Owen Port Neches a son Glen Smith Paterson La a brother Doyle Smith Orlando Fla two sisters R H Brown Okmulgee Okla and C C Willis Dallas and six grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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F Watkins
Hawkins
Barbara Owen
Port Neches
Glen Smith
Paterson
Doyle Smith
Orlando
Fla
R. H. Brown
Okmulgee
Okla
C. C. Willis
Dallas
Dewey Gray
Hart Reece
Bill Owen
Hap Ferris
J. H. Garrett
Lawrence Greene
Vacation Watch Praised By Gladewater Residents
Stella and A V Henderson vacationed June 22 to July 12 and praised the Gladewater Police Department for its vacation watch. Officers checked their home at 1028 Chevy Chase per shift, left a courtesy letter confirming all appeared secure, and neighbors saw patrols. Henderson, resident nine years, said no similar service exists elsewhere. He urged praise for the police and noted all members were courteous.
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A. V
Stella Henderson
Gladewater
Chevy Chase
Henderson
The
Mirror
July Weather Pleases Green Texans and Daily Life
The writer basks in a mild July with lush gardens and rain, notes knee high grass, ripe tomatoes, and a growing obsession with magazines and home projects. They praise George Burns and reflect on busy weeks, closet cleaning, and rag bags stored in a pillowcase amid domestic chores.
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East Texas
George Burns
Dallas
Grits and peanuts color the 1970s political debate
A spoof analysis jokes about grits, peanuts, and regional foods fueling a GOP Democrat clash. It lampoons campaign rhetoric with references to Carter Reagan Ford and Moonlike policy satire, mixing pork or legal battles with comfort foods.
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GOP
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Carter
U.S. Supreme Court
EPR
Equal Peanut Rights
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