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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1970
Page
1
Glyn Crane, parade chairman for the Longview Centennial Corporation, announces a parade on Saturday May 2 at 10 am during Centennial Week. Entry forms are available at the Centennial headquarters at Bank and Fredonia Streets for clubs businesses and individuals to participate.
The City of Gladewater collected $16,040.76 in sales tax money for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1969, slightly below the $16,495.95 received for the same quarter in 1968. The city has collected a total of $85,488.81 for the six quarters the one per cent city sales tax has been in effect here.
Cub Scouts from Packs 190 192 and 196 stage a Friday 7 pm show in Gay Avenue School auditorium open to public with 50 cent adults and 25 cent students to fund next year registrations. Joey Ward rings in acts including Animal Fair elephant baboon monkey clown routines Houdini style magic and clown acts by Webelos groups.
Gladewater elementary schools announce the annual Spring Round-Up for 1970-71 kindergarten and first grade enrollment on Thursday April 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Gay Elementary School Room 101. Parents must present a certified birth certificate and immunization records. a hospital certificate is not acceptable. Children must be five by September 1 1970 for kindergarten or six by September 1 1970 for first grade.
Judge James G. Denton chief justice of the 7th Court of Civil Appeals in Amarillo conducts a campaign swing through East Texas for the Texas Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Hamilton. He meets with business and civic leaders with campaign manager Mitchell Stevens. He names Claude Hodge of Longview as his Gregg County coordinator and faces two opponents in the May 2 Democratic primary.
Dr. George R. Hugman Jr. is re-elected to active membership in the American Academy of General Practice. Re-election honors physicians who completed 150 hours of accredited postgraduate study in the last three years. The Kansas City based academy, founded 1947, advances continuing education for family physicians.
The Gladewater Chamber of Commerce board agreed to form a city wide committee to combat drugs, inspired by Kilgore KEY and led by Rev. James A. Brannen. The plan seeks educational programs and coordinated law enforcement, with outreach to White Oak Greggton Sabine and other communities to aid Gregg County youth.
Voters soundly defeat both propositions in a 2 to 1 margin amid heavy turnout. The $350000 general obligation bond would fund Dean and Main Streets one way designations and a loop around the east side linking U S 27 and U S Highway 80.
Earl LeRoy Chavellier known as Happy died Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness in a Longview hospital. He was 73, a WWI veteran, Mason, and retired General American Oil Co. worker. Funeral services Thursday at 10 a.m. at Stone Funeral Chapel with Masonic graveside rites at Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife Laverne and daughter Peggy Laverne Chavellier.
Mrs. Bonnie Faye Henderson, 76, longtime Gladewater resident, died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday in Stone Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Grimes officiating. Burial followed at Gladewater Memorial Park. Survived by two step sons, Carl Henderson of Gladewater and C. J. Henderson of Grand Prairie. Pallbearers named L. B. Russom, Bob McPherson, A. B. McPherson, Leonard Abshire, Tom Irwin, and M. B. Simmons.
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