Gladewater Newsables and Family Milestones
Neva Hamilton shares news of Claire delivering a baby girl Elizabeth Marie Lisa weighing seven pounds nine ounces, while M Dale Smith heads his own ad firm in Dallas. Local ties include Bud Weiser memorials, a junior class rummage sale, and a new Weatherford-born grandson to the Lindley Beckworths.
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Neva
Claire
Elizabeth Marie
Lisa
M. Dale Smith
Dallas
Gladewater
Lindley Beckworths
Weatherford
Doug Wiley
Wiley
Linda Beckworth
Gordon Wiley
Gladewater Banquet Tickets Soar Prompt Move to Gym
Demand for the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce annual membership banquet on March 30 led to moving the event from the Middle School cafeteria to the high school gym and adding 250 more tickets at five dollars each. John Ben Shepperd will be principal speaker as Centennial celebrations continue.
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Chamber
Gladewater Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater
Chamber of Commerce
John Ben Shepperd
Funeral services held for Bud Weiser 77
Funeral services for Christian O. Bud Weiser, 77, were held Monday at 2 p.m. in Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev W W Schardt officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Park. Weiser, a Gladewater merchant of 40 years, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack at his store Weiser Tire and Appliance. He was a WWI veteran and active civic leader, survived by his wife Katie, a son Ralph in Magnolia Ark a daughter Mrs Jack Maxwell Dallas five brothers and one sister and five grandchildren.
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Christian O
Bud) Weiser
Malcolm Stone
W. W Schardt
Tyler Lutheran Church
Memorial Park
Weiser
Gladewater
Copperas Cove
Texas
Rotary Club
Katie
Ralph C. Weiser
Magnolia
Ark
Jack Maxwell
Dallas
Charlie
Oswald
Paul
Martin Weiser
Cisco
Henry Weiser
Erma Gerhardt
San Antonio
School board reviews VOE program and policy changes
Gladewater school board watched a VOE program in action with Mrs Billie Johnston and senior students demonstrating office machines and procedures. They also reviewed February tax collector’s report, approved bills, amended the budget, ratified textbook adoption, and discussed dress code. The board approved Kilgore College courses for next year with state funding and limited transportation costs.
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Billie Johnston
Senor Vocational Office Education
Gladewater
School Board
Roy Johnson
Bob Hill
Jack James
Kilgore College
Dr Mathews to address Gladewater NHS banquet guests
Thirty four National Honor Society members at Gladewater High School will be honored at a Thursday 7 pm banquet in the high school cafeteria. Dr Charles F Mathews executive vice president of Kilgore College will speak. Named scholars include seniors Sharon Blear Mary Ann Burney John David Cole Teresa Kay Cumbie Barbara Davis George Robert Hugman Mildred Ann Morgan Joe Moughan Scott Nichols Deborah Parkerson Herbert Setzler Nancy Waters juniors Donna Barlow Janita Derrick Peggy Elliott Patti Ford Debra Ganong Rhonda Hill Ellen Hamm Carol Ann Johnston Lynda Moore Debbie Philpot Dawna Rowley James Langrey Dorinda Sheridan Garland Wayne Shott Pamela Watson Rhonda Young sophomores Carol Bruce Mary Ann Cumbie Kerry Lee Trecia Van Houten Deborah Ann Roundtree and Dorothy Sypert. Juniors and seniors must maintain a 90 or above.
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NHS
Sharon Blear
Mary Ann Burney
John David Cole
Teresa Kay Cumbie
Barbara Davis
George Robert Hugman
Mildred Ann Morgan
Joe Moughan
Scott Nichols
Deborah Parkerson
Herbert Setzler
Nancy Waters
Donna Barlow
Janita Derrick
Peggy Elliott
Patti Ford
Debra Ganong
Rhonda Hill
Ellen Hamm
Carol Ann Johnston
Lynda Moore
Debbie Philpot
Dawna Rowley
James Langrey
Dorinda Sheridan
Garland Wayne Shott
Pamela Watson
Rhonda Young
Carol Bruce
Mary Ann Cumbie
Kerry Lee
Trecia van Houten
Deborah Ann Roundtree
Dorothy Sypert
Sabine River Near Crest as Gladewater Sees Rainfall Rise
The Shreveport Weather Bureau warned the Sabine River would reach flood stage and crest at 30 feet by Sunday. Gladewater recorded 2 inches of rainfall from 7 a.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday, bringing March totals to 1.5 inches, with the month total at 55 inches.
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Shreveport Weather Bureau
Sabine River
Gladewater
Wavemaker Struck Down by Virus
Readers learn that Wavemaker Jimmy Brown was sidelined by a virus on Sunday. In a Tuesday phone call he said his 105 degree fever had subsided but he is not yet fully recovered and hopes to return to his regular spot before Sunday.
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Jimmy Brown
Prayer Reflection Encourages Hearts and Grace
A brief religious note cites Ephesians 6 22 RSV and asks for Lord Jesus Christ to show grace that we may gladden and encourage others along our way Amen.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Gladewater Centennial names chairmen for week events
The Gladewater Centennial Corporation executive committee named division chairs for the celebration July 28 to August 4. Quent in Abernathy leads revenue, Jerry Williams handles participation and spectacle tickets, Mack Wiley heads spectacle, Ken Bennett directs special events, John Marshall oversees publicity, and Garland Ferguson leads publicity. Headquarters chair and student activities coordinator remain to be chosen.
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Gladewater Centennial Corporation
Quentin Abernathy
Jerry Williams
Mack Wiley
Ken Bennett
John Marshall
Garland Ferguson
Greenville man saves life of Gladewater resident from burning home
Fred Pool of Greenville and a Dallas worker pulled Chester Brown Oliver from a blazing house near Ambassador College after a Feb 27 fire. Oliver survived severe burns and was hospitalized in Galveston. The nearby Fred Waring Pennsylvanians faced a fatal bus accident as Martin Wolfe was struck by a westbound car while helpers aided Oliver.
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Greenville
Fred Pool
Dallas
Longview
Fred Waring
Chester Brown Oliver
Pool
Oliver
Sherman Cross
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Martin Wolfe
Mirror
The
Paol
Centennial costumes on display Monday in Centennial Building
The Centennial Corporation will display a sample of Centennial clothes on Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Centennial Building East Pacific next to First State Bank. Items for men and women will be sold above wholesale. orders guarantee delivery before the March 30 Chamber of Commerce banquet.
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Gladewater Centennial Corporation
Centennial
East Pacific
First State Bank
Chamber of Commerce
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Pat) Hamilton
Hamiltons
Pat
Honey Toys
Gladeites
Gladewater Public
Bud Weiser
James Jaggers
City Hospital
Gladewater High School
Jake Hollifield
Longview Highway
Carl Henderson and Sons
Glen
John
Larry
Hendesons
Clearview
Boy Scout Troop 194
Broadway
Max Kelly
American Legion and Auxiliary
Tyler
Legion Post
Chamber Office
North Main Street
Bill Wagner
Wagner
C. O (Bud) Weiser
Herman Williams
Gladewater Tire and
J. A. Claiborne
Jo Wiley
Tasting Bee
Gladewater Garden Club
Women's
Ronnie Gothard
Ronnie Moore
Gladewater Fire Department
Gladewater Kiwanis Club
Harold Port
C.C
Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gladewater Roundup
Hodeo Assn
Lutheran Church
Wendell Chronister
Ray Gerhardt
Mike Maxwell
Chris Weiser
Edmund Lehrmann
Ray Johnson
Walter Owen
Am, Legion and
V.flw
Ray Roberts
Highway Safety Foundation
House Public Works Committee
Roberts
Dr. Mathews
Charles F Mathews
Charles Mathews
Sabine
G’water
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