Northwest Odgepodge reflects on community life and green thumbs
Fredalene Clark laments a retirement of Gladewater master gardener W E Mitchell Sr and recalls city flower beds along the railroad, noting new pansy plantings. The column covers local observations from Kilgore events to Union Grove sports banquets and a fund drive push, closing with Alaska’s vast forest acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredalene Clark
Fourth Estate
Kilgore
East Texas Press Association
W. E. Mitchell Sr
Gladewater
Lafayette Boulevard
Tenery
Melba
Wood Street
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Jack Elrod
Texas
Lions Paw It at Union Grove School All-Sports Banquet
Tommy Asaff served as speaker at the Longview El Chico event honoring Union Grove athletes. UT Longhorns link noted. UT highlights and Texas football clips shown. weather bad but attendance good. media and staff recognized for planning and decor and invitations handled by Norma Hamilton and Bernie Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Asaff
el Chico
Longview
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
University of Texas Longhorns
Austin
Tommy
University of Texas
Texas
Coach Royal
Neal Clark
Jimmy Brown
Frank Taggart
Longview News-Journal
Jonn Hill
Gilmer Mirror
Raymond Walker
KLTV
Tyler
Norma Hamilton
Coach Johnston
Bennie Jones
Miss Hamilton
Mrs. Jones
Panola Jr. College
Kilgore
Pine Tree
Union Grove
Ben Wood
England
Virgil Moore
Virgil
Doyce Cannon
Lester Wilson
Union Grove Follies
New Spring Hairdo The Question Mark Graces Women
The National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association promotes a new spring hairstyle called the question mark. The silhouette shapes the head from crown to nape with squiggly tendrils and varying curls. The feature is described as romantic and adaptable with short nape length and pieces added for fullness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Rotary Club Hears Meat Poultry Inspection Talk
Dr. George F. Kutch of White Oak outlined federal and Texas meat and poultry inspection requirements under the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967 and the 1969 state law. He noted voluntary programs, described labeling and moisture checks, and stressed sanitation and proper handling from processing to consumer. A separate incident reports a wheel theft on a Dallas freeway after a man lost a wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Brown
George F. Kutch
White Oak
Texas Public Health Department
Rotary Club
Saunders M. Thomas
Kutch
Texas
Dr. Kutch
George Kutch
Veterinary Public Health
State Health Department
Saunders Thomas
Flowers to Grow and Arrange Slide Program Available
The National Garden Bureau announces a new slide program for garden clubs Granges 4-H and service groups. Titled Flowers to Grow and Arrange the program explains forms of flowers and how each is used in arrangements. Eight programs are now available six slides two quizzes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Garden Bureau
Bureau
America
West Long Lake Road
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Sumerian Apple Polisher Told in Iran Tablets
Tablets unearthed in Iran recount the earliest known apple polisher, a Sumerian schoolboy who buttered his teacher with a home cooked meal about 2000 years before the Christian era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
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Mexico
the Mirror
United Fund
United Fund Executive Committee
Matt Kates
Kansas
Matt
Neal
Garland Ferguson
Virgin Forest
Alaska
U.S. Virgin Forest
Cone Mills
Lions Paw
By Loise Graves
Johnston
Lewisville, Texas
THE
Gladewater Mirror
Dallas
Clint Eastwood
Walt Disney
Technicolor
Malcolm Stone
Fuameral He
Gladewater, Texas
Sabine River
Upshur County
John Paul Tallent — Builder
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