Gay Avenue road work stalled by rain delay
Widening of Gay Avenue west of Glade Creek bridge is stalled due to rainy weather. Pierce Construction says four days of sun are needed to resume. The 60 working day contract began a month ago and totals 73 400 dollars. About 14 000 dollars has been completed and 7 500 has been paid. A 75 dollar daily liquidated damages clause applies for delays beyond the 60 days.
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Gay Avenue
Glade Creek Bridge
E. M Pierce
Pierce Construction Company
Tony Williams
Pierce
Nat Day
Williams
Masonic lodge plans first homecoming
Gladewater Masonic Lodge No 852 schedules a homecoming for Master Masons on Monday April 14 in the lodge hall on N Dean. Events start at 6 30 p m with a covered dish supper as members urged to attend for fellowship and togetherness.
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Masonic Lodge
Gladewater Masonic Lodge No 852
Bob Ulrich
N. Dean
Ullrich
Gladewater
Baseball deadline Saturday for Gladewater youth league
Final registration for the Gladewater summer youth baseball program is on Saturday April 5 at the ball park from 1 to 3 p.m. Players will be drafted for teams during the registration period.
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Gladewater
Ball Park
Button hook collection grows in size and value
Helen Thomas shows a 200 plus buttonhooks collection gathered over six and a half years. Prices have doubled recently, threatening the hobby. Hooks date 1860 to 1912, vary in size from 1.5 to 3 inches, with handles of ivory metal and enamel. A 24 by 25 inch shadow box will display pieces at her FM 2618 home.
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Cherie Hopkins
Helen Thomas
Mt. Pleasant
Thomas
Sallie's Flowers Open House Highlights and Local Events
Happiness floral arrangements were won by Mrs. A. O. McFadden Mrs. Jess Wood and Mrs. Mack Wiley during Sallie's Flowers open house Tuesday. The shop has enlarged its space and added a larger gift line. A first grade mother won the quiz by Louise Oder's class. Scout Troop 192 will hold an Honor Night Tuesday April 1 at 7 p.m. in the Scout Hut. Gladewater youths 11 and older invited to join with their agents. Friendship Baptist Church youth plan an overnight camping trip Friday April 4 returning the next day.
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Happiness
A. O. McFadden
Jess Wood
Mack Wiley
Sallie
Louise Oder
Pete McKain
Rusty
Gay Avenue School
Ihe Guil
Gladewater
Friendship Baptist Church
Oernight
Gladeites to vote on four city council seats Tuesday
Gladewater voters go to the polls at 8 a.m. Tuesday to fill four council positions. Incumbents George Thomas James Goggans James Walker and Melvin Jenkins term expirations. Newcomers include Roy Pynes Johnny Dishman and Mrs Harold Potts seeking first office. Absentee voting closed with 14 ballots cast.
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Gladewater
George Thomas
James Goggans
James Walker
Melvin Jenkins
Jenkins
Stan Midler
Lonnie van Zandt
Roy Pynes
Johnny Dishman
Harold Potts
Walker
Walker Pharmacy
Entex
Goggans
Dishman
Potts
Wilson Godfrey
Robbery Foiled by Employee at First State Bank
Aなら woman bank employee Mrs Mollie Busby was asked to deliver envelopes and spotted a man with a gun when the recipient opened a home door. She fled screaming pursued by a man driving her car, but hid at a neighbor's house as Hawkins police were summoned.
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Hawkins
First State Bank
Mollie Busby
Hawkins Police
Corley nabbed as four prison escapees hunted statewide
A Tyler officer recaptured Edward Elton Corley during a morning stakeout near Linden Drive as part of a regional manhunt. Four other escapees, including Petty Shaw Wilson and Nanny, remained at large after a statewide pursuit tied to bank robbery and murder charges.
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Corley
Tyler
Tyler City
Smith County
Edward Elton Corley
Lake Murvaul
Tony Leroy Petty
Nacogdoches
Thomas Walter Shaw
Georgia
Thomas Melton Wilson
Mississippi
Jimmy Wayne Nanny
Reggie McFarland
Nanny
Shaw
McFarland
Jeanette Wright
Elderville
Lake Cherokee
Rusk County
Charles Wilson
Woodrow
Woodie) Smith
Linden Drive
Vicki Morris
Dolly Jonas
Wilson
Smith
Bright wins photo honors at southwestern convention
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Bright returned from the Southwestern Professional Photographers Association Convention in Houston where several thousand 16x20 prints were judged. Two of Brights prints were selected for display and deemed among the best in the southwest, to enter national competition. Bridal Glow and I See You are the winning outdoor portraits.
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Curtis Bright
Southwestern Professional Photographers Association
Houston
Wyatt Regency
Southwestern States
Texas
United States
Mr. Bright
Southwest
Bright
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Jarvis College
Jimmy Brown
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