Teacher accuses district of racial discrimination in suit
Testimony opened in a federal bench trial in Tyler as Violet Edwards sues Gladewater County Line Independent School District for reassignment as a third grade teacher and back pay after nonrenewal. District officials defended actions as based on classroom issues and parent complaints amid school integration.
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Cherie Hopkins Tyler
William Wayne Justice
Gladewater County Line Independent
Violet Edwards
Plantiff
Edwards
Roy Johnson
Broadway Intermediate
Calvin Brannen
Edward
Rudolph Phillips
Gladewater
Water's Bluff
Weldon
Gladewater Plans Bicentennial Fourth of July Program
Gladewater prepares a large Bicentennial Fourth of July celebration with a Lake Gladewater fireworks display funded by donations. Events include a 10 am parade with a flyover, 2 pm stunt flying, airplane rides, a lake picnic, a 6:7 pm boat parade, and dark fireworks. Funds raised total about $1,707.04 toward preservation goals, with $792.96 still needed.
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Gladewater
Lake Gladewater
Nanty Byrd Mayer
Mayer
Chamber of Commerce
Building committee forms plans for Gladewater community building
Fredalene Clark, chairman, said a central committee with one representative from each civic group is forming to gather ideas for a proposed community building in Gladewater. The group met with the American Legion and Auxiliary during a June fish fry to outline plans to possibly place the building on Gladewater Round-Up grounds.
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Gladewater
Fredalene Clark
Clark
American Legion and Auxiliary
Rolling Their Own Cigarettes Among Local Travelers
Two men on Sam Moore's sidewalk recounted hitchhiking to Gladewater and plans for a Waco stop while demonstrating rolling cigarettes with Prince Albert tobacco. They shared meals at Cleo's after a Longview visit, discussed future work, and noted Athens roots, asking if I knew Gurley Sanders as part of a broader city discussion on a new community building and event spaces.
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Sam Moore
Prince Albert Tobacco
George Capps
Longview
Cleo’s
Capps
Waco
Escoval
Athens
Gurley Sanders
John Escoval
Mirror
Gladewater
City to Curtail Fire Protection Service in Upshur County
The Upshur County notice states the city council has authorized Tony N. Williams to place ads in The Mirror Big Sandy and Gilmer Mirror informing Rural residents that fire protection by the Gladewater fire department will be curtailed effective July 1.
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Tony N. Williams
Mirror
Big S & +H Journal
Big Sandy
Gilmer Mirror
Upshur
Gladewater
Williams
Upshur County Commissioners Court
Upshur County
Everett Dean
the Mirror
Garden farmer Jesse Meredith reflects on a long life in East Texas
Jesse Meredith 77, a lifelong farmer and handyman, raises vegetables at his Liberty City area property and helps with his employer's office in Kilgore. He and his wife Mozelle raised two families totaling eight children, with sons in California Dallas and Gladewater and a daughter in Gilmer. He emphasizes discipline, self-reliance, and pride in his crops and family, recalling migration from Mississippi in 1917 and long years of work before retirement.
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Jesse Meredith
Loyce Phillips
Liberty City
Jack Phillips
Church of God
Kilgore
Jesse
East Texas
Mississippi
Greenville
Hunt County
Gladewater
Mozelle
Last hurrah for Gladewater July 3 fireworks
Congress reforms limit public displays after July 4 prompting Gladewater Bicentennial Committee to seek $1,200 for a Lake Gladewater fireworks show at 9 p.m. Funds aid local groups via $1 donation tickets sold by the Chamber of Commerce or Fireworks Committee.
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Congress
Gladewater
Lake Gladewater
Chamber of Commerce Office
Union Grove High School Class Reunion Set for June 26
The 1955 and 1956 Union Grove High School graduates will hold a reunion Saturday June 26 with registration from 1 to 3 p.m. at the school cafeteria. Friends of both classes may call during hours. Mrs Tom Bailey Jr of Palestine reviews So Sure of Life by Violet Wood at an AARP meeting at Lee Public Library Thursday at 2 p.m. Kirk Abercrombie to be installed Rotary Club president Thursday night by Wayne Rogers. Also David Cook named vice president Richard Herbst secretary and B Dake treasurer. Rotary Board directors Milton Bolgiano Allen Rich J C Robertson Don Mauldin. For give-away three part-Persian kittens call 845 3244 or visit 317 Sunset.
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Union Grove High School
Tom Bailey Jr
Palestine
Gladette W L. Simmons
Violet Wood
American Association of Retired Persons Aarp
Lee Public Library
Kirk Abercrombie
Rotary Club
Wayne Rogers
Longview
David Cook
Richard Herbst
B. P. Dake
Rotary Board of Directors
Milton Bolgiano
Allen Rich
J. C. Robertson
Don Mauldin
Fletcher Rites Held Monday
Funeral services for William Riley Fletcher 64 of 410 Sunset were held Monday at 10 a.m. at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev G A Stanfield officiating. Burial followed in Jacksonville cemetery. He was born in Jacksonville and lived here 46 years, a retired construction and oil field worker. Survivors include wife Gladys a daughter Virginia Freeland of Gladewater two brothers John Fletcher Maydelle Freddie Fletcher Rusk two sisters Mrs James White Rusk and Mrs Dora Barker Linden and several nieces and nephews.
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William Riley Fletcher
Malcolm Stone
G. A. Stanfield
Jacksonville
Fletcher
Gladys
Virginia Freeland
Gladewater
John Fletcher
Maydelle
Freddie Fletcher
Rusk
James White
Dora Barker
Linden
Prayer excerpt from a devotional text quoted
A short prayer snippet quotes a Bible verse about becoming like children to enter heaven. It asks for grace to surrender past and future and to live now for Christ, concluding with Amen in Jesus’s name.
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Christ
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