Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo’s Enduring Fame and Legacy
Editorial recounts 40 years of the Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo as a community landmark with a history of donors, improvements, and scholarships. It notes the all steel arena, a National Finals Rodeo style chute, stock sales funding expansion, and the Cowboy Hall of Fame appearances by rodeo greats. Community clubs support concessions, parking, and programs while awarding 1000 college scholarships to 20 recipients since 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Round-Up Association
Association
Jack Phillips
Gregg County Official Named Outstanding for 1970s Service
BILL Owens longtime Precinct 2 commissioner and former Gladewater official received Outstanding Official honors at the North and East Texas County Judges Association convention in Waco. He has led Precinct 2 for nearly twenty years and has held national and regional leadership roles in county government associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill, Owens
Gregg
North and East Texas County Judges Association
Waco
Owens
Texas Association of Counties
East Texas ‘Council of Governments
Gladewater
Former resident Bray Jr. dies after sudden illness
Funeral services were held for Lewis Albert Bray Jr., 4%, a former Gladewater resident, who died Tuesday at his Corpus Christi home after a sudden illness. Rev. B F Risinger officiated. Burial followed at Rosedale Cemetery. Bray was a US Army veteran, a Veterans of Foreign Wars member, a Mason, and a Baptist. Survivors include his parents in Harlingen, a son in Corpus Christi, two daughters in Illinois and Corpus Christi, his maternal grandmother in Ft. Worth, and several aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Stone
Lewis Albert Bray
Gladewater
Corpus Christi
B. F. Risinger
Rosedale
Matthew
April Ann
Illinois
Molly Sue
S. R Ponder
Ft. Worth
Sister of John Weaver Dies in Midland
Funeral services for Mrs Gordon Elderkin, sister of John Weaver of Starrville, will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in Tyler. Burial is in Starrville Cemetery. Died Friday in a Midland hospital after a lengthy illness. She worked for the FBI in Washington in 1943 and for the State Department in Berlin after WWII. Survivors include her husband, her brother, one sister Mrs J M Prizendine of Little Rock Arkansas.
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Gordon
Barbara Weaver
Elderkin
John Weaver
Starrville
Tyler
Lloyd James
Charles Danheim
Midland
The
Baptist Church
FBI
Washington,d.c
Berlin
State Department
Women's Hospital Auxiliary of
J. M. Prizendine
Lattle Rock
Ark
Hill Named Deputy Superintendent in Texarkana Schools
Texarkana Texas announces Bob Hill will become Deputy Superintendent and personnel director on June 16 1977 overseeing federally funded programs curriculum and other school services across fifteen Texarkana system schools Hill previously served Hallsville as Assistant Superintendent and has held roles in Shamrock Weinert and Gladewater Texas He holds degrees from Texas Christian University and East Texas State University and is active in Lions Club Masonic lodge and several education associations. A second AP brief notes that falls are the major killer of senior citizens with about 11000 deaths annually in the United States.
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Bob Hill
Hallsville
Texarkana
Texas
W. C. Woolridge
Hill
Shamrock
Weinert
Gaston
Cooper
Gladewater High School
Texas Christian University
East Texas State University
Hallsville Lions Club
James F. Taylor Masonic Lodge
the Hills
Jean
Kathy
Cheryl
First Christian Church of
Gladewater
Bob
Texas State Teachers Association
National Education Association
Association of Supervisors and Curriculum Directors
Northeast Texas Educators Club
East Texas Schoolmen
Association of Compensatory Educators of Texas
Republicans Propose Alternate Energy Plan Emphasizing Production
The Senate Republican Policy Committee led by Senator John Tower outlines an energy strategy favoring production over punishment. It endorses insulation incentives, calls for oil decontrol and enhanced recovery, tax credits for exploration, phased decontrol of natural gas, windfall tax with plowback credits, accelerated coal development, private enrichment of nuclear capacity, and solar tax credits, while noting not all GOP members back every item.
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GOP
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
John Tower
Carter
U.S
Senate Gop
Dumb Things I Want to Do and Other Notions
A reflective piece recounting small everyday frustrations and humorous ambitions. The author notes soap brands like Ivory and Dove, dishes with Palmolive, and laundry with Wisk, then laments household tasks such as painting kitchen cabinets and loafing guilt. The essay updates a personal list of “dumb” ambitions and recalls family anecdotes and a doctor turned carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P&g
Greece
Clayton Mitchell
Ben McKenzie
Ann
Charles Ben
Jarvie Beth
Lake Gladewater
McKenzies
Dr. McKenzie
Wry Texas Traveler Sets Sail Through Europe
Jimmy Brown reflects on life in Europe with humor and satire. He jokes about language, dining, banking in Switzerland, and the absence of erotic imagery, then pivots to a satirical call for a U S European Toilet Paper standardization effort and a two ply peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Stockholm
Europe
S.E.A.T
N.A.T.O
U. S
E.T.P.C
Gladewater Mirror subscription rates and consolidation note
Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and mail rates: Texas $1.25 monthly, six months $5.00, year $8.50. outside Texas $1.50 monthly, six months $6.00, year $10.00. all subscriptions payable in advance. Consolidated with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on Nov 28, 1949 and The White Oak Texan on June 1, 1969.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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New York
American Council of Life Insurance
United States
Joyce Rebeta-Burditt
Macmillan
Cassie Barrett
Cassie
Alcoholics Anonymous
Pope
Dave
Clive
Aer Man Shop
Sao
Upshur
Gladewater Tex
Diners Club
Bankamer
John Weavers
Chicago
National Safety Council
Alaska
Ccs
Gladyce Hightower
Ivory
Jimmy Brown
France
M’sieu
Thees
Copenhagen
Zurich
Wilhelm
Evergreen Nursery & Landscaping Co
Phillips Dr. Gladewater
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