UG Homemakers Enjoy Fun Month
February proved busy for the Union Grove Young Homemakers with planning for the Tasting Bee and potting tips from guest speaker Mrs Perkins. Members and guests attended the meetings, received plant giveaways, and shared baked goods at the close with a macrame demonstration planned for March 10.
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Union Grove
Women's
Chamber of Commerce
Bunker Hill
Betsy Ross
Barbara Bynum
Wanda Caldwell
Patsy McDowell
Kathy Smith
Elaine McKinley
Jane Gage
Jolene McCrary
Jill Gary
Kay Moyer
Pete Perkins
Posey
Perkins
Pineapple Plants Topic At Gladewater Garden Club Meeting
Gladewater Garden Club met February 23 in Lee Library auditorium to discuss making pineapple plants grow. Glenn Carroll of Carroll Nursery Gilmer spoke in a Q and A session on gardening with Dave Swain of Ambassador College assisting. Members listed included Ralph Prince and several attendees served with punch and cookies.
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Gladewater Garden Club
Lee Library
Glenn Carroll
Carroll Nursery
Gilmer Dave Swain
Ambassador College Agronomist
Ralph Prince
Tom Armstrong
Rita Draper
MA. Pyeatt
H_ OU
Telgemeyer
Lonely Winter at Lynde Point Lighthouse in Old Saybrook
Violet Horoschak describes a bleak winter at Lynde Point Lighthouse with her Coast Guard husband Robert, their son, and neighbor Bowdler family. With minimal visitors and few summer residents, days blend with reading mysteries, TV, and watching ice churn the rocks as they await warmer shores in Hawaii.
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Old Saybrook
Conn
Violet Horoschak
Lynde Point
Fenwick
Mrs. Horoschak
Horoschaks
Coast Guard
Robert Horoschak
George Bowdler
Long Island Sound
Rawls Gullett vows read at Liddell home wedding
Miss Vickie Lynn Rawls and Ronald R Gullett will wed Saturday at 2 pm at the West Lake Drive home of Mr and Mrs Ike Liddell. A reception will follow. Rawls is of Ore City. Gullett of Orange, both with local schooling and employment in Kilgore, Texaco and Axelson.
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Vickie Lynn Rawls
Ronald R Guillett
Ike Liddell
West Lake Drive
Ore City High School
Rawls
Kilgore College
Visible Night Sky Stars With Telescopes Observed
On a clear night between 2 000 and 2 500 stars are visible to the naked eye. Binoculars or hand held telescopes reveal many more objects. Star clusters can be seen and identified as separate bodies.
Beta Sigma Phi February meeting held at Linda Wells home
The Beta Sigma Phi sorority met Feb. 2 at Linda Wells residence with Robbie Floyd as co host. Carolyn Woodward read a thanks letter from Carol Thomias about fostering children. Pledges plan for Valentine banquet and Strawberry Patch style show Feb 14 in Tyler. Members discuss Lee Gardens tour in March and reviewed budget. A white elephant sale followed. Members present listed.
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Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Linda Wells
Robbie Floyd
Carolyn Woodward
Carol Thomias
Children’s
Shirley Johnson
Strawberry Patch
Tyler
Lee Gardens
Eclectic high school designer builds dream home on West Lake Drive
Randy Fuller, still in high school, and his wife Debra and daughter Brandy live eight months in a custom home atop a wooded hill on West Lake Drive built by Jimmy Muckleroy. The design blends symbolic past lifestyles with practical decor, including a spacious 20 by 37 ft den with double French doors, antique ash paneling, a sun room, and a kitchen balustrade to ease movement.
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Randy Fuller
Debra
Brandy
West Lake Drive
Randy
Jimmy Muckleroy
Community Calendar and Home Craft Exhibit Highlights
March events include baseball and softball registration at Broadway school gym 1 to 3 pm gospel singing at Barton's Tabernacle 7 30 pm featuring Ambassadors of Atlanta Leonard Family of Fort Worth and Trinity Quartet of Tyler. A parade of local clubs and a home tour showcases Brandy and Randy Fuller’s restored Chicago brick house full of antiques.
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Broadway
Barton's Tabernacle
Ambassadors
Atlanta, Ga
Leonard
Fort Worth
Trinity Quartet
Tyler
Patrick Henry urges Virginia troops to stay with units
On March 1 1776 Col Patrick Henry spoke again in Williamsburg winning support from Virginia soldiers to remain with their units. He had offered his resignation when facing replacement, and the soldiers demanded discharges rather than serve under another commander. General Washington reportedly preferred Henry as a politician over a military man.
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Patrick Henry
Williamsburg
Virginia
Henry
Manding
Genshington
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Gwen McPherson
Annie Lou McPherson
Blanch Ulrich
Carolyn M. Wood
Nancy Sheridan
Clara Bailey
Kay Movers
Pineapple Plants Garden Club
Washington
Air Traffic Association
Ben Adams
Joe Haberling
Jack Hearrell
Carson Kennedy
Joe McElroy
Leon Meade
N. N Preston
Irby Robinson
H. C Smith
Lloyd Stevens
J. E. Thompson
William Chambers
Donald Ricks
Jack Daniel
Grady Parrish
Jerry D. Hale
Sarah Latch
Melvin Marshall
KC Fine Arts
Jane Huffstetler
Kilgore High School
Richards
Axelson, Inc
Longview
Mr. Gullett
Orange High School
Stephen F. Austin State University
Texaco, Inc
China
Mikasa
Oneida
By Malock
Main
Gladewater
Allen Bolts
Cate
Little League
Sy Kamericard Pead
Beta Sigma Phi
Pam Barber
Trudy Hatton
Lynn Goggans
Susan Pool
Darlene Steadman
Carolyn Ricks
Grace Ann Shore
Diane Keller
Lisa Henry
Yvonne Clark
Carol Ann Thomas
Catherine Pyeatt
Cathy Shipp
Margaret Phillips
American Legion and Auxiliary
Dallas Highway
Wm. E. Boyd
Lafayette
Lafayette Blvd
Fuller
Commerce
Emerson
Longfellow
Bath
South Main
Harleston
Chicago
Pine Tree Middle School
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