Gladewater groups agenda and events noted
Gladewater Municipal Hospital board will hear a report on personnel policies. The paper lists local happenings including beef cattle champions at Camp County show, Beta Sigma Phi Easter Parade tickets, hospital patients improving after surgeries, Union Grove banquet details, Corky Nelson guest, Chamber of Commerce banquet tickets, a first grade play Benny Bunny’s Band, a Friendship Baptist Church dinner, and a West Mountain all day sale fundraiser.
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Gladewater Municipal Hospital Board of Directors
Beta Sigma Phi
Gay Avenue
Kindergarten Census Form on Gay Avenue School
Charles Hopson, principal, urges parents of entering kindergartners in Gladewater to fill and return the census form found on page 11 for the 1975 76 term. Return to Mr. Hopson promptly to aid planning for the new school year.
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Charles Hopson
Gay Avenue School
Gladewater
Mirror
Hopson
Plans finalized for annual CC banquet
Chamber of Commerce President Roy Johnson announced at the bi monthly luncheon that all details are set for the membership banquet to be held at the GHS cafeteria Friday March 21 at 7 p.m. State Sen Peyton McKnight of Tyler will be the principal speaker. About 200 tickets have been sold with a 300 ticket cap. Tickets terminate Thursday afternoon. Mrs Jo Wiley and ticket sales chairman B P Dake reported strong demand and 10 new individual members enrolled as a new membership drive continues.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pres Roy Johnson
GHS
Peyton McKnight
Tyler
B. P. Dake
Jo Wiley
Pres Johnson
Duke
Airport survey outlines potential 4,000 foot runway plan
Airport chairman Virgil Wallace said FAA required survey by consultants is underway with details to follow. Study envisions a 4,000 by 60 foot runway and a June 1 deadline for the report.
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Virgil Wallace
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Wallace
Wiley
Union Grove School Gains Full Accreditation Status
The Texas Education Agency grants full accreditation after a mid February review by the accreditation team led by director H. F E. Phillips. Board members meet to note recent renovations, adopt a new calendar and accept the retirement of elementary teacher Mrs. Kitty Mings. They also approve final applications for 171000 dollars in state funds.
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Union Grove
Texas Education Agency
H. F E. Phillips
Kitty Mings
Gladewater Declared Bicentennial City in Ceremonial Week
Gladewater received national and state Bicentennial certificates and a commemorative flag in a 4 p.m. ceremony at Lee Public Library. Mayor C. G. Johnston accepted the flags while Roy Johnson and Mrs. Nanty Mayer led the local commission. John A. Anderson praised Ambassador College for beautification efforts along downtown’s railroad right of way. The event, attended by Scouts and citizens, marked Gladewater as one of Texas’s 150 Bicentennial communities and part of the national program with Horizons 76 projects.
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Wiley
Austin
Mildred Barker
Nanty Byrd Mayer
Lee Public Library
Gladewater
City Hall
Roy Johnson
C. G. Johnston
John A. Anderson
John Anderson
Mayer
Anderson
Ambassador College
Johnson and Mrs. Mayer
Bob Luckabaugh
Ambassador
Gladwater
Texas
United States
Fugitive Carlson Caught After Longview Burglaries
Sheriff's office announces the capture of George Franklin Carlson, 47, an escaped Huntsville inmate who allegedly burglarized four Longview homes on March 3. Loot recovered, including silverware and jewelry, with arrests planned in Houston after extradition. Carlson escaped custody in 1973 and was traced via stolen watch leads in Tyler and Cherokee County.
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Gregg County
Tom Welch
Bill Roach
Frank Odom
Longview
Tyler
George Franklin Carlson
Houston
Odom
Texas
Glen Elliott
Carlson
Sheriff Welch
Huntsville
Welch
R. FE
Peppy) Blount
Barbara Hill
Chester Wilson
Capt. Roach
Cherokee County
Roach
Rusk
Greggs
All Southeast
Enerry
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Michael Grubbs
Camp County
Pittsburg
Steve Oller
Shelia Morrow
Oris Morrow
Ats Municipal Hospital
Malcolm Stone
Municipal
Chamber
First State Bank
W. E. Mitchell
W. T. Mitchell
Mildred Bowden
Benny Bunny
Gay Ave
Friendship Baptist Church
Jerry Luck
Roy Alexander
West Mountain
West Mt
Blear’s
Gilmer Hwy
Fire Department
Jack Phillips
Quentin Abernathy
Loyce Phillips Phillips
Kemper Military School
US Air Force
University of Texas
Jack L. Phillips
Phillips
Independent Petroleum Association of America
The
Bible
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Washington
Jimmy Brown
Roach Carlson
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