Local readers honored at memorials and acknowledgments
Memorial gifts to the library in memory of E L Chavellier were presented by Mrs. H C Smith and Mr and Mrs Robert Wenzel. Don Brookshier won third place and a $15 prize in LTV’s company golf at Longview Country Club. White Oak hosts a 50th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs M V Arney with hosts listed. Juanita Love of Hawkins High School received honorable mention in Texas 1970 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow. Mary Lee Morgan of Bishop High School received a $1500 college scholarship. A 100 unit low rent housing project is proposed by Wards Plaza Charitable Trust. Texas Easter Seal Society reports 1969 income of $1,469,899.66 and care provided to 20,591 Texans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Chavellier
Chavellier
H. C. Smith
Robert Wenzel
Don Brookshier
LTV
Longview Country Club
Don
Gladewater
M. V. Arney
White Oak
T. R. Arney
Schenectady
N. Y
L. D. Howton
Fort Worth
Charles Arney
Houston
Guy L. Arney
Baytown
W. K. Shelton
Longview
Arneys
Texas
Missouri
Juanita Love
Hawkins High School
Betty Crocker
Mary Lee Morgan
Bishop High School
Wards Plaza Charitable Trust
Wards Chapel Ame Church of Marshall
Dallas
P. O. Settle Jr
Junior Tracksters Sweep West Rusk Relays
West Rusk Gladewater 8th graders win with 143 1/2 points and 9th graders take 109. Multiple firsts cited: 8th grade 440‑yard relay 47.8 by Brooks Cheeks Brannen Green. 8th 660 by Lawrence. Cheeks 100 in 11.0. Green 330 in 39.3. Cheeks 220 winner. King discus 116 ft. Coo ley pole vault 9 ft 3 in. 9th graders claim top spots in 880 dash 2:16.2 by Stevens. Cheeks 440 dash 55.6. Setzler discus 46 ft 11 1/2 in. Williams discus 129 ft 10 in. Cheeks high hur dles 70 yd. Broad jump 18 ft 5 in by Cheeks. teams to Mt Pleasant April 3. Horace Clarke Yankees lead 1969 steals with 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Rusk
Gladewater
Wendell Brooks
Jesse Cheeks
Jim Brannen
Chester Green
Mike Lawrence
Dennis King
John Coo
Ley
Mike Stevens
Mark Mills
Speedy Grady Cheeks
Clarence Tillman
Herbert Setzler
Mason Williams
Charles Hawley
Steve Elrod
Bill Clark
Terry Thompson
Grady Cheeks
Jay Edwards
Bill Hardman
Mark Kirbo
Eddie Haight
Forest Jones
Fire and Police Blotter From Local Streets
Firefighters extinguished a blaze at the W M Brooks home 502 Spencer around 8 51 Thursday believed to start from a heater with about 100 in damage. A grass fire on N Main was controlled on arrival. Police logged multiple incidents including a stolen 1970 red and silver Honda, several wrecks with no injuries, broken windows at the Dairy Queen and on S White St, a trash truck collision, and a red light citation after a Hwy 271 N Main crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Brooks
Spencer
N. Main
Miller Street
East Broadway
Hwy. 80 East
Dairy Queen
S. White St
West 80
Hwy. 271
S. Dean
Sabine
GHS All-Sports Banquet Slated at Gladewater High
Gladewater High School holds its annual All-Sports Banquet on Thursday April 2 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Athletic Director Bill Waters says guest speaker will be Bill Krisher former Oklahoma All-American and Fellowship of Christian Athletes state officer now living in Richardson Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater High School
GHS
Bill Waters
Oklahoma University
Bill Krisher
Richardson
Texas
Krisher
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Ladies Bowling Standings and Scores
East Texas Lumber Co. remains first in the Twilight league at Glade Lanes on Tuesday night. Standings include Impalas Jessie’s Gals No Marks Bottle Shop Pete McKain Motors Hugh’s Beauty School Hancock Hotshots Spencer Harris Team No One. Bottle Shop posted the high team series 1885 and Spencer Harris the high game 688. Marie Jones had a 552 series and Barbara Van Houten’s 2K high game. The second item reports Calcutta police finding a dynamite box that proved to contain soap after being opened by an explosives expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas Lumber Co
Glade Lanes
Impalas
Jessie’s Gals
No Marks
Bottle Shop
Pete McKain Motors
Hugh’s Beauty School
Hancock Hotshots
Spencer Harris
Spencer-Harris
Marie Jones
Barbara van Houten
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mt. Pleasant
Horace Clarke
New York Yankees
George Stirnweiss
Gladewater All Stars
Ambassador College
Ambassador
Kissee
Larry Haworth
Jerry Mackey
Bob Crouch
Calvin Frierson
Hughes Watson
Gregory Perry
Gaylen Floyd
Richard Berry
Russell Abercrombie
Mike Mosley
Adell McNeal
Raymond Johnson
James Scott
Eddie Kendall
Jimmy Blear
Brian Kirbo
Danny Holt
Ben Lee
James Cowan
Mike King
Jimmy White
Johnny Head
Danny Skinner
Bears
Bruins
Kilgore Bulldogs
Pacific Street
Richard Carrington
Leon Morgan
Larry Wallace
Elvin Gordon
Mike Merritt
Wade Burns
Mark Barnhill
Mike Sorrells
Horace Green
Larry Warren
Jerry Sirmans
Richard Brumley
Jerry Hancock
Kilgore
Carthage
Linden-Kildare
Hallsville
Jefferson
Pittsburg
Wells Insurance Agency
Wells Insurance
Agency
Dean Street
Dix Cleaners
S & Young
Coats
Iladies
Calcutta
India
Sheriff McCullough
United Artists
Las Vegas
Anon S
Ryan
Tarzan
In Color — Family Entertainment
Medco Pharmacy
H&t Hardware
Winston’s Washateria
Tom Sawyer’s Auto Service
Dairy Queen Shade’s Drive-in
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