Horse Guessing Contest Opens Rodeo Parade Week
Readers may win 150 in prize money by guessing the number of horses in the 33rd annual Rodeo Parade on Wednesday June 10. Participants must visit participating stores, submit a guess with name address and phone by 3 30 pm, and winners announced opening night.
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Holcombe Man’s Shop
Cl2o’s Grocery
Heard Feed Store
Mini-Mart
Cannon's Quikie
Gladewater Federal Savings & Loan
First State Bank
St. Clair
Earp’s
Miss Gladewater Pageant brings Friday night decision
Six contestants vie for the Miss Gladewater crown at 7 30 p m in Gladewater High School auditorium sponsored by the Jaycees. Judges include B Don Magness and Winston Measures. Tickets 150 for adults 100 for students on sale now and at the door.
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Gladewater High School
Jaycees
Royce Hart
Hart
Gilmer High School
Sheila Wilson
Lewis H. Wilson
Hawkins
Mary Morrison
Hawkins High School
Frank Morrison
Big Sandy
Linda Caughron
J. E. Caughron
Big Sandy High School
Don Magness
Carolyn Hames
Winston Measures
Barbara Mackey
Gladewater
Dale Barton
Barker Hale
John Paul Tallent
St. Clair
Jaycee
Jim Holcomb
Sherry Daniel
Howard Daniel
Pagell
Prayer for Today Blessings and faith in dark times
A devotional prayer asks God for daily blessings and guidance. The speaker gives thanks to the Lord, seeks faith and wisdom, and asks for confidence as life’s path may seem dark. The prayer invokes Jesus and the Lord’s Prayer.
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Jesus
Services Monday For Roe Tucker
Funeral services for Floyd Monroe Roe Tucker 54 were held Monday at Friendship Baptist Church with burial in Friendship Cemetery. He died Saturday night after a yearlong illness. Tucker worked 29 years in the Gladewater school maintenance department and was a WWI veteran. Survivors include his wife Evelyn two sons a daughter a granddaughter his mother and several siblings.
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Floyd Monroe (Roe) Tucker
Friendship Baptist Church
Eugene Langford
Curtis Allen
Friendship Cemetery
Stone Funeral Home
Tucker
Gladewater
Evelyn
Mrs. Mackey
H. W. Mackey
Ronald Floyd
Dallas
Michael de
Homecoming Sunday at Rock Springs
Members of the Rock Springs Cemetery Association will hold the annual homecoming Sunday at the Rock Springs school house. Planners expect a large crowd with lunch served at 1 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish. invitation is extended to all interested persons.
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Rock Springs
The
Rock Springs Cemetery Association
Services Thursday For C. T. Perdue
Funeral services for Charles Theodore Perdue 91 a Gladewater resident were held Thursday at 3 p m at the North Main Church of Christ with Hayes Reneau officiating Burial followed at Rock Springs Cemetery under Stone Funeral Home direction He died Tuesday at 2 30 p m after an extended illness He was born October 7 1878 in Upshur County and lived in Port Arthur before moving to Gladewater He retired as a machinist from Texas Co in 1943 and was a Church of Christ member He survived by his wife Emma Pearl three sons Robert Beaumont Claude Grapevine and Vernon Houston two daughters Mrs Irene Landry Beaumont and Mrs Elizabeth Smith Port Neches two sisters Mrs Sally Hays Fort Worth and Mrs Annie English Mineola nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Pallbearers were Larry Landry Peddy Landry C E Pittman Jim Beavers Travis Beavers Kendrick Phillips.
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Charles Theodore Perdue
Gladewater
North Main Church of Christ
Hayes Reneau
Rock Springs
Stone Funeral Home
Perdue
Upshur County
Port Arthur
Larry Landry
Peddy Landry
C. E. Pittman
Jim Beavers
Travis Beavers
Kendrick Phillips
Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo Eyes Largest Event Yet
The 33rd annual Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo details were finalized at a Tuesday meeting at St. Clair Restaurant. President Jack Phillips announced plans for top professional cowboys, three specialty acts, and events including a calf scramble, street dances, parade, and a daily Shetland Pony giveaway.
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Gladewater
St. Clair
Rodeo Grounds
Association
Jack Phillips
Phillips
Tu Lane grad Kicks Off Summer Degree at Tulane
Calvin R. Starnes II of Glade Water earned a Master of Business Administration from Tulane University during the June 1 graduation exercises in New Orleans. The ceremony was led by Tulane president Dr. Herbert E. Longenecker.
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Calvin R. Starnes II
Gladewater
Tulane University
New Orleans
Herbert E. Longenecker
Tulane
Gladewater High School awards 34 scholarships at commencement
At Gladewater High School commencement 34 scholarships were given to graduating seniors in the school auditorium. Recipients include Russell Abercrombie with 250 dollars from the Student Council, Frank Allen 200 dollars from Kilgore College, Theresa Berry 200 dollars from the ie Club of Gladewater, and Deborah Brannen 150 dollars from the Methodist Men's Club of Gladewater, among others.
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Gladewater High School
Russell Claude Abercrombie
Gladewater
Frank Thomas Allen
Kilgore College
Parent-Teacher Association
Theresa Ann Berry
Ie Club
Deborah Ellaine Brannen
Methodist Men’s Club of
Roger Guy Cary
Kilgore
Barbara Gail Cooper
Texas Council of Church Related
James Weldon Cowan
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
James Edward Crittenden
Choral Parents Club of
Steven Allen Davidson
Kilgore Junior College
Texas Council of Church Related Colleges
Nancy Louise Collins
Clarksville City
White Oak 1970 Seniors Honor Valedictorian and Salutatorian
John Griffin named valedictorian and Debra Gentry named salutatorian for the White Oak high school senior class of 1970 in a ceremony recognizing academic achievement.
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John Griffin
Debra Gentry
White Oak
Saturday Deadline for Floats in Rodeo Parade
The Saturday June 6 deadline applies to all parade entries including floats bikes and marching units but not mounted horsemen. Best float wins 75 dollars and second prize 35 dollars as the Jaycees sponsored board growing contest is judged just before the rodeo. Details appear in Sunday’s issue.
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Cleo Marlowe
Jaycees
Church Softball League Off to Running Start in 1970
Gladewater Slow Pitch Church Softball opened its 1970 season with Mayor Jim Holcomb tossing the first ball. 63 runs crossed home as three games unfolded with Memorial Baptist and Greenway Baptist taking wins over Friendship Baptist and Union Grove Baptist, while First Methodist B team notched a strong hitting night.
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Gladewater
Jim Holcomb
Holcomb
East Mountain Baptist
Baptist
Memorial Baptist
Friendship Baptist
Greenway Baptist
Union Grove Bap
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Gilmer
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Roe Tucker
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Wayne
Patricia Riley
Marshall
Kellie Mechele Riley
Beverly Phillips
Roy Dean Mackey
League City
Elwyn Mackey
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Charles Adams
R. L. Dorrough
Hosea Hearnsberger
Ruel Carrington
Pete Mc
C. T. Perdue
Quail Dobbs
Jerry Olson
East Texas
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FFA
Russell Lloyd
Legion Auxiliary and Legion
Riley Kennedy
Tyler
Colie Jaggers
Kansas City
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James Allen
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Kathy
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Longview
Eddie Warden
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Jayceeettes
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Debra Kay Elliott
Hopson-Milner
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East Texas University
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Hank Elrod
Charles Hopson
James Cowan
Larry Abernathy
Don Smith
Gene Fisher
East Mountain
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