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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1973
Page
1
The 36th annual Gladewater Round Up Rodeo begins Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. with four performances. Street dance and parade precede the opening as the town marks its 100th birthday, promising the best event yet after 35 prior years.
Mrs Charles Moffett and Mr Moffett welcome son Christopher Dean born May 22 in a Houston hospital weighing 7 lbs 9 oz. Gladewater events include China Painting Teachers seminar at Community Inn, a library talent show, and Methodist appointments in Gladewater. Rodeo week promises top contestants, prizes, and a packed parade with tickets on sale.
About 200 delegates from 72 counties attended a two day conference in Longview led by the North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association. Agriculture Commissioner John White warned of a deepening energy crisis hitting farming and urged federal action on fuel. The meeting adopted eight resolutions on court costs, highway funding, and salary authority for commissioners courts. Obituaries noted Olen Paul Cary, 58, Longview resident and retired machinist, died after a short illness. A free rodeo contestants’ show by Buck Sharp and a town parade were announced for June 15 and a street dance in front of city hall with a five pony wagon and accompanying band.
Congressman Ray Roberts disclosed a $356 loan approval by the Rural Electric Administration to Rusk County Electric Cooperative Inc. in Henderson. The funds will finance 44 miles of distribution line and system improvements to serve 600 consumers across Gregg Rusk Panola Shelby and Nacogdoches counties. Funeral services for John Lee Norton were held at Friendship Baptist Church with burial in Memorial Park. Norton, 77, longtime Texan and WWI veteran, died after a long illness. He lived in East Texas 40 years and was a retired Texaco pumper. He and his wife celebrated a Golden Wedding anniversary this year.
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