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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1976
Page
10
In Buffalo, Frances Ross, 24, broke her left ankle after slipping on an icy driveway. Two hours later her 13 year old brother Andy also broke his right ankle while sledding in the same area.
At the Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo the calf scramble showcases 84 FFA and 4-H members as they compete nightly for a chance to raise and sell calves for college funding or project seed money. The event, chaired by Ernest Martin with Ralph Prince and David Moore coordinating, features sponsors and dozens of area FFA and 4-H contestants from Kilgore, Union Grove, Gregg County, and surrounding districts.
Schlitz Brewing Company will sponsor 51 PRCA rodeos in Colorado and Wyoming this summer with $100 awarded to top three in each event plus trophies and watches. The program aims to test and expand in next year as local dealers add incentives for all around champions.
A compiled roster lists numerous FFA and 4-H members from Gladewater, Kilgore, Sabine River, and surrounding areas including Steven Oller Bubba Davis Blaine Skidmore Donna Cobb T Stanley Duece Charles and Phillip Quinn. The note assigns Friday and Saturday mentions to Mike Herndon, Gilmer, and Teresa Mc Clendon among others.
New Free Flyte sunlight glasses offer light comfort and strong eye protection available with prescription or non-prescription lenses at TSO. The campaign lists numerous local 4 H and FFA members and clubs including Gladewater, Kilgore, White Oak, Sabine River, Union Grove and Shiloh groups.
A Sunday evening fire at 9:15 p.m. damaged the Douglas Wilbur home at 1304 West Lake Drive, starting in the kitchen from an electrical short. Firefighters also fought a car fire on Highway 271 North at 10:53 p.m. Thursday caused by a backfire through the carburetor and a grass fire at Rodeo and Clearview streets.
Butch Bode of Brenham won calf roping for 1799 at the Arkansas Oklahoma rodeo in Fort Smith Arkansas May 31 to June 5. Bode climbed to ninth in PRCA calf roping with 9981 season earnings and posted 19.6 seconds total on two calves. Reigning world champion Don Gay won bull riding with 86 for 1376. Monty Henson won saddle bronc for 1150. Tom Puryear and Mike Saltsman shared steer wresting money, and Jack Ward won bareback at 909. Tom Ferguson leads the season with 37035.
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