Scarecrow Play Delivers Drama Fantasy and UIL Prep
Through a sequence of scenes the Scarecrow seeks happiness but dies, misreading emotion. Cast includes Scarecrow Timmy Henry Linda Martin and others with Vicki Abernathy in multiple roles. Admission 25 cents students 50 cents adults. Junior and senior students perform excerpts from Our Town The Tempest Julius Caesar Macbeth. UIL costumes by Mary Jane Wiley highlighted. District 14-AA contest at Gladewater April 11 features Gladewater Jefferson Pittsburg Hallsville West Rusk and Dallangerfield.
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Scarecrow
Timmy Henry
Linda Martin
Fairy
Donna Reneau
Everett Jobe
Old Man
Dan Liddell
Ronnie Reneau
Princess
Jean- Marie Wilkins
King
Sam Brannen
Jester
Skipper Norfleet
Julius Caesar
Faynell Connally
Macbeth
Osborne
Enid Aycock
Mary Jane Wiley
Gladewater
GHS
Jefferson
Pittsburg
Hallsville
West Rusk
Daingerfield
Police and Fire Reports From Local Beat
Charges were filed against two Mississippi men for destroying public property by ripping telephones from booths at a Mini Mart and a 4 Service station on W Upshur. Damages were listed at 19.86 dollars. Bond posted and released. Stolen amplifier and two speaker cabinets reported from Lee Starnes garage. A two-vehicle crash at West Upshur and North Dean left no injuries, damage totals 950 and 800 dollars, one ticket issued. A car fire at Dean and W Pacific caused by backfire, owner Herbert Clark of Hawkins Rt 1, extinguished by fire department.
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Mississippi
Mini Mart
W. Upshur
General Telephone Co
Lee Starnes
Tyler Rd
West Upshur
North Dean
John Mitchell Norfleet
Susie Gertrude Schmidt
Gladewater
Norfleet
Schmidt
Dean and
W. Pacific
Herbert Clark
Rt. 1
Hawkins
Fix It Tip Removing Damaged Siding
Removing a damaged section of wooden siding is easier when you pry up the board first. Drive wedges to lift it, then cut with a handsaw. A block fastened beneath the cut helps protect the surrounding wood from damage.
World Mourns Ike and Nation Remembers Leader
A sweeping tribute recalls Dwight D. Eisenhower’s life from Denison to West Point and Normandy. Nixon and Weeb Ewbank reflect on Ike and his enduring spirit as he battled heart disease at Walter Reed. The piece also notes Ike’s 1944 command and his wartime leadership.
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Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Walter Reed
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Abilene
Denison
Tex
West Point
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
England
Winston Churchill
Normandy
Eisenhower: Soldier, President, and Peacekeeper of Cold War Era
A tribute to Dwight D. Eisenhower detailing his rise from Army commander in North Africa to supreme allied commander, presidency from 1953 to 1961, and role in NATO. It notes his leadership during the Korean War end, space program start, civil rights crisis in Little Rock, and his enduring public persona.
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Nazi Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Army
George C. Marshall
North Africa
Columbia University
Harry S. Truman
Ike
Nixon
California
Adlai Stevenson
South
Herbert Hoover
Hungary
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Russia
Little Rock
Ark
America
Eisenhower
Kansas
White House
Eye Opener and Local Notices From Kilgore Area
From the Pastors n People column a Ladies Home Journal critique notes churches pushy or distant and clergy supposedly losing influence over women. In Kilgore area items include a two hour cotton chicken crash cleanup, East Texas Yamboree dates Oct 23 24 25, new president Kenneth White, Gladewater library memorial gifts, Graveston school superintendent Eli Douglas earning 25000 annually, John Morgan moving to veterans hospital Shreveport, and a quip that race horses are smarter than people as a light closer.
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Texas Presbyterian
Ladies Home Journal
Kenneth White
Fresh Wisdom on Early Birds and Ambition
A witty reflection contrasts early rising with liking to rise at dawn. It notes swelling egos when self praise soaks in and cites typical teen drive at sixteen. The piece contrasts resisting temptation with thriving beside it and quips about being taken to lunch versus taken for lunch.
Kansas brings two world record holders to Texas Relays
Kansas arrives in Austin with Jim Ryan and George Byers leading a 60-foot shot put trio and top long jumpers Ron Jessie and Stan Whitley. NCAA indoor champions from Lawrence aim to boost Kansas at the 42nd Texas Relays April 11 and 12 with 42 events across divisions and more than 1,200 athletes expected.
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Austin
Kansas
Jim Ryan
George Byers
Texas Relays
Lawrence
Bob Timmons
Jayhawks
Karl Salb
Steve Wilhelm
Doug Knop
Knop
Ron Jessie
Stan Whitley
Byers
National Federation
Houston
Ryan
Jerry Thompson
Texas
E. C
Frazier
Waco
Britain’s postwar plan for new towns since 1946
Britain has pursued a government led program to plan and fund new towns starting in 1946. The initiative aimed to relieve housing pressure by creating purpose built communities with sufficient transport and services.
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Britain
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Garth Cockerell
Weeb
NEW York (Ap
Weeb Ewbank
Baltimore Colts
New York Jets
Richard Nixon
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State
John Bennington
FurFin
Kilgore
Gladewater Public Library
C. S. Bloom
C. B. McKenzie
Malcolm Stone
J. H. Cansler
O. G. Roush
Eli Douglas
Fort Worth
Graveston
Douglas
John Morgan
Municipal Hospital
The
Veterans Hospital
Shreveport
James Walker
Strictly Fresh
HAHN
S&w
Longview Hwy
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
David Bookert
Ace Hendricks
Jack Lennon
Jack Holler
Kenny Washington
LOS Ageless Rams
Gladewater, Texas
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