Starrville Social Night Aims To Welcome Neighbors At Center
Starrville Community Improvement Organization hosts a social night at Center on Saturday at 7 30. Hosts are Mr and Mrs R A Byrd and Mr and Mrs Junior Cagle. Attendees can play games or visit and meet new neighbors while renewing ties with old friends. Willie H Waldron dies in Tyler hospital. services pending. Gladewater Library adds large print books via Nicholson Memorial Public Library. books available next day. First Baptist Church youth plan Lakeview encampment trip Thursday. meet at church by 4 pm.
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Starrville
Willie H Waldron
Tyler
John Shipp
City
Lloyd Waldron
Gladewater Public Library
Frank Bauman
Longview Nicholson Memorial Puli
First Baptist Church
Lakeview
NTSU Lab Band to Perform in Gladewater Thursday
North Texas State Universitys One OClock Lab Band under Leon Breeden will play Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Gladewater High School auditorium. Sponsored by the GHS Band Parents Club with tickets at 1 25. The band has won numerous national awards since 1959 and is hailed as one of the nations best jazz ensembles.
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GHS
Leon Breeden
North Texas State University
NTSU
U. S
Breeden
Don Cartwright
Gladewater
Texas State Teachers Association
Texarkana
Texarkana Junior College
Junior College
John Furbay
Furbay
House of Delegates
Texarkana Senior High School
TSTA
Frank Setzler
Paul King
Loretta Ducey
Garfield Hill
Audrey Froneberger
Dr. Furbay
Yale
Connecticut
Hawaii
College of West Africa
Monrovia
Liberia
Latin America
Costa Rica
Colombia
Marsha Gary
Frances Ann Moore
Jobe Drug
Latressa Trawick
Don Smith Reports On Gladewater High Self-Evaluation
A 1968 visiting committee reviewed Gladewater High School’s self-evaluation study. Principal Don Smith detailed recommendations implemented, with many already completed and others under study. Vocational offerings expanded to three courses. field trips and outside resources enhanced instruction. English classes visited professional plays.
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Don Smith
Gladewater High School
Smith
Mineola
Gilmer
Longview
Dallas
Jacksonville
Kilgore
Commerce
Teacher Contracts Renewed for 1970 71 in Gladewater Schools
Contracts for 107 professional staff members in four Gladewater schools were renewed at a Monday night school board meeting following their regular session. Superintendent Roy Johnson announced four teachers would retire at year end: Enid Aycock with 45 years teaching, 28 in Gladewater, and Beatrice Brown with 44 years experience, 25 in the district.
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Gladewater
Roy Johnson
Enid Aycock
Beatrice Brown
White Oak Lions Club To Sponsor Queen's Pageant
The White Oak Lions Club will sponsor a Queen's Pageant at White Oak High School auditorium on Saturday April 4. Entrants must be female students. must be single and 16 by May 1. must display poise and talent. judges have final discretion. the club offers a $100 scholarship to the winner and $50 to the runner up. Deadline announced on Page 10.
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White Oak Lions Club
White Oak High School
Lions Club
The
Prayer and school changes face in-library notes
A prayer section emphasizes unity and kinship under one Father. Smith reports library improvements including study carrels next year and extensive use of audio visual aids in English. English teachers benefited from a linguistics workshop and a series of administrative changes updated P E scheduling, towel service, sinks, language offerings, typing equipment, furniture, and choir scheduling. The self evaluation report remains under study with further recommendations pending.
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Smith
P. E
Board OKs Cafeteria Expansion and Air Conditioning
Longview architect Gerald Foster presented cost estimates for enlarging the Middle School Cafeteria to 2800 square feet with air conditioning and seating for 300. The board authorized drafting bid plans and hoped construction would start after this term ends.
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Board of Education
Gerald Foster
Longview
Foster
Largest in City's History Budget Approved by Council
City council approves a historic budget after a public hearing and regular meeting Tuesday evening. The measure advances fiscal plans and allocations for city services, infrastructure, and programs, aiming to support growth and address community needs.
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Jimmy Brown
Jaycee Chapter
Jaycee
Jerome Denman
David Holcombe
Texas Highway Department
Holcombe
Gladewater
Terry Barber
Glade High Bears Place Two on District 14-AA Team
Gladewater High School earns two slots on District 14-AA basketball all district with George McGregor and James Cowan named among nine selected and two honorable mentions. McGregor and Paul McAllister are unanimous selections.
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Gladewater
Bears
GHS
George McGregor
James Cowan
McGregor
Jefferson
Paul McAllister
Pittsburg
West Rusk
Pittsburg Pirates
Kenneth Bedsole
Steve Spearman
Bobby Porter
Jefferson Bulldogs
McAllister
Tommy Watson
Sammy Ferguson
Tommy Fields
Danny Holt
New Telephone Directories Mailed This Week in Gladewater
Gladewater residents will receive new telephone directories this week, says Don Bishop of General Telephone Company. Directories cannot be used until March 16, 1970, with the service code update changing from 187? to 14 for reporting trouble. If a directory is missing, call the Gladewater business office to have one mailed.
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Gladewater
Bill Langford
Langford
Sanitation Department
Water Department
Don Bishop
General Telephone Company of
Southwest
Bishop
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