Fire and police report from Gladewater on July 27, 1972
Fire department responded to two car fires on Hwy 80 and W Quitman with backfire and cigarette causes. one false alarm on Boden Lane. Missing 1-year-old boy recovered in San Antonio. Multiple accidents with minor injuries, burglaries, stolen vehicles, and aDay House film report. several vehicles found or recovered by Gilmer officers.
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Chevrolet
C W. Brumley
Boden Lane
W. Quitman
Red O’brien
San Antonio
Harold and Gay
Everett Wiseman
Wiseman Furniture Store
N. Main
Quitman
West
Hwy. 80
Pritchett Highway
Gilmer
President of Tiny Railroad Also Wears Engineer's Hat
Louis ville and Wadley Railway Co president engineer and sole operator B D Billy O Gibson runs a one man railroad. After a century old trestle collapsed on the Ogeechee River he saved the operation by rebuilding and continuing work with minimal track. He handles all roles from brakeman to brush cutter and repairs, keeping the business alive despite limited resources.
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Tiny Railroad
William L. Chaze
Associated Press
Louisville
Gaap
B.D
Billy O’ Gibson
Ogeechee River
Gibson
Louisville and Wadley Railway Co
Augusta
Wadley
L&w
Ogeechee
Sug Jackson
Jarvis Faculty Start Summer Studies Near Boston
Jarvis Christian College announces eleven faculty members will study during summer at Pine Manor Junior College near Boston in partnership with the Eight College Consortium. The program targets English mathematics science biology to develop new freshman curricular material and reduce dropout rates.
Ben Laird rites mark Kilgore funeral Thursday
Funeral services for Ben F. Laird 87 of Kilgore are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Kilgore First Presbyterian Church with burial in Kilgore Cemetery. A pioneer East Texas oil operator and former Kilgore city commissioner he helped drill the Bateman Crim wildcat well advancing the East Texas field. He is survived by his wife two daughters two sons a sister six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Kilgore
Ben F. Laird
Kilgore First Presbyterian Church
Laird
Texas Oil
Tyler Oil Driller William H. Harrison Dies at 82
William H. Harrison 82 an oil drilling contractor and Tyler resident died in a Tyler hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for 4 p m Thursday at Burks Walker Tippett with Dr Wayne McCleskey and Rev Eugene Bennett officiating. He leaves a wife Ethel and multiple children across Texas and Oklahoma.
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Wiliam H. Harrison
Tyler
Thursby
Burks-Walker-Tippett
Wayne McCleskey
Eugene Bennett
White House Schoolmarm
Book review of B K Ripley novel about a widowed schoolteacher elected president. The critique notes rushed writing and a TV like tone with oversimplified plot lines and political satire. The reviewer finds the narrative tiresome and the satire lacks substance despite a timely premise.
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B.K. Ripley
Dodd, Mead
Mary Campbell
Mary
Cuba
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Men’s Arrow
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Methodist Church
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Ethel
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Alton Harrison
Odessa
T. J Fraley
Freeport
Harry Virginia
Stewart
Ft. Worth
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Garland
Margaret Thompson
Henderson
Ola Miller Houston
T. R. Bowker
Argentina
John Murray
Gladewater Kiwanis Club
James Walker
John
Kilgore College
Wwe
White House
Quitman Street Church OF Christ
Gladewater, Texas
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