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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1969
Page
2
The Glade water Chamber of Commerce urges readers to join during Membership Month. The editorial stresses active involvement and financial backing, noting the chamber touches retail, industry, schools, parks, transportation and tourism, and urges every business and professional in Gladewater to contribute time and money.
Fishermen discuss albino catfish weighing about 4 pounds brought to a bait house on Lakes The Pines. The article details track meet standings with Kansas State leading at 13 points, Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma Christian also at 13, Northeastern State at 11, McNeese nine, SFA and East Texas State one and zero. Final running events set for 3 p.m. at Gras-Tex track. SFA relay favored to win the 440 with half of its title-winning NAIA relay squad returning.
Deadline for filing is 5 p.m. March 4 and absentee voting starts 20 days before the election ending four days prior. Native Texan Bennett, linked with Municipal Hospital, moved from Dallas seven years ago and lives on Hickory Street with wife and two daughters at Gay Avenue Elementary School. He is a prominent civic worker, former Jaycee president, Lions Club chair, and recipient of the Jaycee Key Award, active in First Baptist Church and W.M.U.
Gladewater Public Library adds Leaders of Our Time by Robert N. Webb featuring leaders such as Elizabeth II Erhard Hirohito Johnson King Menzies Pope Paul VI Rickover Shrivre Sukarno Tito Warren Wilson Also available The Unfinished Odyssey by David Halberstam and Ruth Moore The Gold and Silver Hooks Nova Death Trap on the Platte The Golden Collar Elizabeth Cadell New York Times praise notes for Ruth Moore’s novel series
Gladewater resident served 28 months in the South Pacific during World War II and returned in 1946 to begin a garage business. In 1954 he became the Dodge-Plymouth agent, and ten years later bought the Ford agency from N. E. Foots Formby, later dropping other new car dealerships.
The Lumberjacks achieve a landmark in SFA track history under coach Joe Richardson. White Oak track coach Tom My Atkins directs the meet with White Oak athletes assisting throughout the event.
Paul Harvey warned that professional churchmen facing tax status reassessment could trigger a national scandal. He cited inflated expenses, lavish travel, and possible kickbacks tied to publishing contracts and film deals, urging careful scrutiny without tarnishing faithful clergy.
In this potpourri column Derry Kates notes pewter’s modern revival and high demand for gift shops. He explains pewter’s metal composition past and present and recalls its place with early American colonists who melted pewter ware for lead bullets during the Revolutionary War.
A local column delivers quirky observations from 1960s daily life. It riffles on a riverbed misidentified as a big snake, Christmas cards, and Ann Landers style quips. The piece tours leap years, the Gregorian calendar, Maine trivia, and a joke about felt origins. It closes with a punny model husband anecdote.
Governor Preston Smith proclaims March 1969 American Legion Fiftieth Anniversary Month in Texas, urging citizens and organizations to commend wartime and peacetime service. Ed note notes local George Martin Legion Post surpassing 1970 membership quota with March 17 dinner. Also Public Schools Week designated in Gladewater by Mayor C Q Abernathy urging school support.
A brisk satirical note urges trying new routines, warns readers about budget choices and small insurance matters, and humorously comments on daily manners and marital mood. It preserves a local newspaper voice with wry observations and light social critique.
A snapshot of top titles across fiction and nonfiction. Notable fiction includes The Salzburg Connection by MacInnes, A Small Town in Germany by Le Carre, Airport by Hailey, Preserve and Protect by Drury, A World of Profit by Auchincloss, and The Salzburg Connection appears again in the list. Nonfiction highlights The Arms of Krupp by Manchester, Instant Replay by Kramer, Memoirs by Krock, The Money Game by Smith, and The Day Kennedy Was Shot by Bishop.
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