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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1977
Page
1
Bowlers contributed 2366.47 to the multiple sclerosis fund at Glade Lanes. Leon Dougan led with 475.32 earning a bowling ball shoes bag and 50 dollar bond. Aryllis Dance 333.84 won ball shoes bag and 25 dollar bond. Elaine Martin high 248 357 for a woman winning a ball.
Voters will choose four of ten council candidates at the fire station from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Incumbents Walker Goggans Pynes seek reelection. McKain returns. newcomers include Wells Eichel Palmer Lange Irvin. School board voting occurs at Broadway School cafeteria with boxes at Starrville Friendship and Pritchett. Incumbents Earp Finley seek reelection. Steger seeks first term after appointment. Thirty council and nine school ballots cast by Tuesday’s deadline. City officials conducted judge and clerk training on revised voter rules.
Allen Holcombe a Gladewater businessman for more than 45 years died Tuesday night in a Dallas hospital after a short illness. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church with pastors officiating. Burial in Lakeview Memorial Gardens Longview. Survived by widow Vida son David brother Harold Holcombe sisters Thresa Garen and Nan Lee Palmer and two grandchildren. He previously owned Ritz Pharmacy Holcombe House and Holcombe's Man Shop and helped start Gladewater's first cafeteria. He retired four years ago and served on Ambassador College board.
Mack Wallace, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, told a Ambassador College audience that eastern shortages of gas stem from miscalculation by officials and faulted eastern and Gulf state actions for not exploiting offshore resources. He announced upcoming MER hearings for Texas oil fields and a statewide MEA study including East Texas to assess future production and energy self sufficiency. He criticized eastern critics and warned against waste from 100 percent allowable production while praising East Texas as a model for conservation.
Featured acts Piney Wood Indians of Livingston and Crown Gospel Singers of Henderson perform at Bartons Tabernacle this Saturday at 7 30 PM. Central Assembly of God hosts a rummage sale Saturday at 10 AM in White Oak near Wagon Wheel Flea Market with clothes and old desks. Gladewater High School golfers place in Pine Tree Girls Golf Tourney in Longview with Funderburk 105 and Dishman, Telgemier, Harris among competitors. Cub Scouts plan a rummage sale. call Carolyn Linder for items. Next Tuesday Chamber of Commerce meeting covers Bicentennial unification. 1977 commission membership available for a dollar. Rain totals: 1.9 inches Saturday and 1.3 inches Sunday per City Water Department.
The 12th annual S P E B S Q S A show runs at 8:00 pm in Pine Tree Junior High auditorium. Longview barbershoppers present Music For The Good Times with QUASARS of Austin, local chorus, Wheeler Dealers and Silver Fox Four. John Bass of KLTV Tyler to emcee.
Mrs Leta Camp widow of late Gregg County Commissioner Hugh Camp was sworn in by County Judge Henry Atkinson to serve the unexpired term until November 1978. The ceremony in Longview drew more than 50 officials and neighbors as Judge Atkinson praised Camp for her long service and dedication.
Gladewater Municipal Hospital directors voted to raise intensive care unit charges to 135 dollars per day at the March meeting, following a February action to increase private and semi private room rates. The report from the building committee noted bids on a new dishwasher and approval was given for its purchase.
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