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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1977
Page
2
The Gladewater Rotary Club notes Mack Wiley as a long-time banking Rotarian and leader. He served as President and director and upheld the Poor Way Test. The club dedicates an endowment to the Rotary Foundation in his memory, signed by Abercrombie, Herbst and Dake on May 5, 1977.
Mayor J James W Goggans proclaims May 8 to May 15 1977 as National Nursing Home Week in Gladewater honoring nursing homes for their community value and the care they provide. The document notes recognition for residents volunteers and entertainment, with the May 6 signing date.
Gladewater Municipal Hospital, accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, is honored during National Hospital Week May 8 14 1977. A formal commendation praises high quality patient care and voluntary accreditation efforts.
The announcement honors Eula Coleman as a potential 1977 Gregg County Senior Citizen of the Year, praising virtue and faith. It notes the Joint Commission’s role in voluntary health care accreditation and lists member organizations and accrediting councils established since 1951.
Organist Diana Henry and her husband Clay entertained St Mark's Episcopal Church choir members with a Saturday cookout and fishing party at their Gilmer home. The event showcased community warmth in a rural setting.
Robert Welch, a ministerial student at East Texas Baptist College, is named Youth Director for First Baptist Church. He begins duties Sunday in May on a part time basis for the school term and full time in the summer. Welch is a Houston native with a high school diploma from Northwest Academy and notable roles in Student Council Youth for Christ and Senior Class chaplain. He directs spiritual and social activities for youth, collaborates with Children's Church, and leads retreats and ministry projects.
College Station health educator Carla Shearer urges regular blood pressure checks for all ages to curb hypertension. She notes hypertension is a leading risk for stroke heart disease and kidney disease and promotes a true false quiz and awareness for National High Blood Pressure Month May.
Kilgore College will feature Travis E Reed former Assistant Secretary of Commerce under Ford as the commencement speaker for about 454 graduates in Dodson Auditorium on Thursday May 12 at 7 45 p.m. Dr R C Watson and college leaders will participate with special music by Mrs Turk and Mrs Johnson.
In Skokie Illinois librarians answer life questions using information and referral centers to cut through bureaucratic red tape. Across the country libraries create community catalogs and quick information centers to provide referrals to agencies for housing nutrition legal aid and more.
Gladewater school district trustees meet Monday night to hear a report on four portable classrooms for the Gay Avenue campus. The contract went to Lockwood Construction Company. Supt. Roy Johnson will also report on tennis courts kindergarten roundup Baccalaureate and Commencement dates the swimming pool test results Title I and State Board priorities. Resignations will be accepted bills approved and tax collector's report heard. In executive session they will discuss purchasing land for a building site.
The writer frets about insomnia and a busy schedule. They plan outings to Herbtop Farm and Dallas Summer Musicals, dream of travel to Hawaii Greece and the Bahama Islands, and urge a vacation decision. May brings a fitness push with daily cycling and a urge to rearrange the home, plus thoughts of camping and garden cooking.
The Gladewater Mirror is published Thursdays and Sundays by The Gladewater Publishing Company at Glade Avenue and Dean Street Gladewater Texas 75647. It lists home delivery and mail subscription rates for Texas and outside Texas and notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on November 28 1949 and The White Oak Texan on June 1 1969.
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