A Most Important Man Bethel P Dake
Bethel P Dake of Gladewater is honored in a tribute detailing his 40 year city service as Water Department Superintendent and later contractor partner. The piece reviews his Rotary involvement, Paul Harris Fellowship, AARP leadership, church work, Red Cross and Chamber roles, and civic projects.
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Gladewater
Bethel P. Dake
Bethel Dake
Rotary International
Paul Harris
Rotary
Wilks-Dake-Steed Contractors
Ark- La-Tex
North Main
Gay Avenue
Piney Woods
American Red Cross
Gladewater Chamber of Commerce
Rotary International Foundation
B. P
B. P. Dake
Mixed drink tax rebates rise in Texas quarter
Comptroller Bob Bullock announced April-June 1977 mixed drink sales totaled 134 million dollars, up about 25 percent from a year earlier. Checks totaling 3.9 million were mailed to 196 counties and 327 cities as their share of 10 percent tax. state general revenue kept 9.5 million. Harris County received the largest city allotment at 599,383 dollars from 39.9 million in sales.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Bullock
State General Revenue Fund
Harris County
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Comptroller's
Gregg County
Gladewater
Longview
Kilgore
Upshur County
Smith County
Alternatives to Confrontation National Policy Symposium
The University of Texas hosts a Sept 24 27 symposium on regional change and national policy aiming to unify the nation. Topics include population shifts energy policy urban rural welfare reform and economic trends. Also notes a National Geographic Society claim about early Indian decoys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Middle West
University of Texas
The Blues and Grays Across a Friday Mood Shift
In a reflective column, the author describes sliding into the blues or grays despite normal routines. She weighs mood, weather, and routine, notes rain turning grass green, and pines for a nonaddictive instant happiness aid while recalling the 1948 election context.
Gladewater Mirror subscription rates and history
The Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and mail subscription prices for Texas and out of state readers. It notes two consolidations with The Gladewater Times-Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
Caution signals up on looming economic downturn
Washington economists warn of a downswing as June shows a larger balance of trade deficit driven by oil imports. The piece criticizes the Carter Administration for welfare expansion, calls for cutting giveaway programs, and urges emphasis on free enterprise to avert recession.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
United Nations
Feds
The Twenty Third Channel Parody on TV as Shepherd
A Methodist Mottoes parody warns that the television set becomes a false shepherd guiding believers into idleness and away from church, family duties, and study of scripture. It portrays TV as a comforting but consuming companion that fills minds with worldly ideas and wastes hours, ending with the label TEE VEE VICTIM.
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God
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Mayer
Barbara Reeves
GMH
Reeves
JCAH
David Holcombe
Bennett
Texas Public Schools
UIL
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
M. A. Qureshi
Ronald Selman
Charlotte Blalock
National Geographic Society
Susan Bogan
Spring Hill
Susan
First State Bank
Patsy Gary
Delores Thompson
W. L. Bogan
Arlington
Roxie Bennett
Amer. Legion Hut
Gladewater Rodeo Grounds
Jay Rowe
Matt Mauldin
Fredalene Clark
Perrier
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Jimmy Brown
Administration
Tee Vee
Howe
Audio Paisy
Heard Interiors
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