Defector to Russia Felled by Gunfire in Moscow
News from Moscow reports the death of a Texas defector to Russia killed by small arms fire. The incident involves a female pintail duck handed by Texas Parks and Wildlife in March 1967 near Port Acres and later returned by the USSR Academy of Sciences. Biologists note pintails rarely stray from the Central Flyway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Russia
Moscow
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Port Acres
Ossora
Siberia
Ussr Academy of Sciences Zoological Institute
Alaska
GHS Band Director Buzz Messner’s Jazz Era Memories
Gladewater High School band director Norman Buzz Messner recalls meeting King Frederick IX of Denmark during a 1952 Greenland posting as lead drum major and leading an 18 piece band. He also recounts early encounters with Al Hirt Pete Fountain and recording Robert Mitchum singing with his trio in Longview in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Croley
Bear Facts
Denmark
al Hirt
Pete Fountain
Robert Mitchum
Norman
Buzz’ Messner
Gladewater High School
Messner
King of
U.S. Air Force
Greenland
Frederick IX
Air Force Band
American Service Club
King
Air Force
New Orleans
Hirt
Fountain
Ronnie Cole
Lawrence Welk
Beard
Tex Beneke
Charlie Barnett
Longview
Kilgore
Mitchum
Buzz Messner
GHS
Rickey Holloway
Hospital admissions and discharges listed in Hart and City
Hospital notes list admitted and discharged patients at Hart Clinic and City Hospital. Among the names are Shirley Holcomb Phillip Dean Joyce Lowe and many others. A sober ceremony in Brighton sees Rev Richard Chambers bless a refurbished pub then serve the first pint in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Holcomb
Phillip Dean
Joyce Lowe
Dallas Jackson
Imogene Berry
Linda Whatley
Grace McFarland
James Phillips
Margaret Smith
Debra Taylor
Jean Davis
Leona Whitlow
Robbie Dent
Raeburn Allison
Brighton
England
Richard Chambers
Break-ins, wrecks, and small thefts reported in Gladewater blotter
Police logged two school break ins at Gladewater Middle and Gay Schools with minor losses. Wrecks on W Upshur and Main Upshur yielded no injuries and minor citations for fail to yield and unsafe speed. A grass fire on Hwy 80 and a transformer nest blaze were extinguished. items stolen include bucket seat billfold console and tools. A hamster hibernated in a pop group amplifier before rescue by owner Jenny Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Activites
W. Upshur
Main
Upshur
Hwy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dinah Shore
Royal
Pier 600
Bourbon Street
Spike Jones
USO
Raymond Burr
Burr
S. Tyler Road
Donald E. Telge
David O. Batterton
Pittsburg
Ford
Telege
S Auto
Batterton
Bob Harris
Dennis Smith
Ronnie Gothard
Shasta
Dietor Regular
PEPSI
East Pacific
Soft N Lite
Gladiola
Pel Minsk
Mrs. Tuckers
Ivory
U.S.D.A
Hamburger
Neuhoff
Lone Star
T-Bone
Folger’s
Southern Belle
del Monte
Hospital News
Hart Clinic
City Hospital
Bobbie Jean Wedgeworth
Doris Evelyn Shafer
Thelma E. Evers
Alphia Dora Pace
Ima Mae Brown
Lindsey Runnells
Marie A. Reynolds
Edward E. Lindsey
Thomas D. Stevenson
Myrtle Wood
Ella Jean Gordon
Opal Mae Pendarvis
Callie Marie Hancock
Mae Jessie Meredith
Judy Marie Brown
Robert Wayne Blair
Lucille Dozier
Elvis Charles Roberts
Claudia Lillian Phillips
Mary M. Stone
Anita Bell White
Emmie E. Hicks
Clarence
London
Jenny Dawson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!