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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1970
Page
1
Big Tex will guide visitors through the Exposition of the Seven Seas at the 1970 State Fair in Dallas October 10 to 25 with Neptune assisting in the New Dimensions Pavilion developed with Texas A&M University. A UT freshman orientation runs July 5 to 9 to greet about 2,500 students across six five day sessions.
Thousands crowd Gladewater for the 33rd annual Round-Up Rodeo as top cowboys vie for the richest purse in the event’s history. The week features calf scramble 4-H and FHA participation, barrel racing, bronc and bull riding, with Jim Shoulders and Larry Mahan among notable competitors and winners honored.
Gladewater firemen double as National Guard duty as Ronnie Gothard and David Hilton serve six months at Fort Ord and Joe Free plus Dennis Smith spend June with the Naval Reserve in Orlando. Story Hour at the Gladewater Public Library selects a name for the book worm with a Mirror photographer on site. Sharon Anita Hill earns a Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling at Atlanta University. Church Vacation Bible School Parents Night, local hospitalizations, and a Upshur County Health Unit shot clinic are noted along with Dr. Kenneth McFarland’s patriotic talks and Eloquence in Public Speaking book availability. Glenn Gipson expected home from Padre Island with jellyfish stings mentioned.
Willie Crabtree of Gladewater earns mention in Southwestern Independent Jeweler for his role in Pulsar the revolutionary wrist computer developed by Electro/Data Inc for Hamilton Watch Company. The piece, titled The Mystery Watch Revealed, quotes Pat Eskew of Delas calling it the watch that shocked the world.
Max Stamps, lieutenant in charge of the Records Office at the Diagnostic Center of Texas State Prison Huntsville, will speak at the Gladewater Rotary noon luncheon next Thursday. Rotarian Neil Cooper will introduce him and discuss the interview story of George Thiess and Willie Crabtree linked to the new wrist watch development.
The Vaughan quartet dating to 1923 holds a weekend reunion at Kilgore home of Rev. W N Nipper. Members Bill Fincannon Beaumont Thomas Ware Dodson La Lee Myres Cleburne and Rev Nipper will sing at the Hallm worship service at Friendship Baptist Church Sunday. Public invited.
A devotional prayer asks Christ to restrain with his yoke and cross. It seeks compassionate guidance that respects the rights and freedom of others and requests a pathway toward the way everlasting.
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