Jan Risinger Named Outstanding Volunteer at GMH Auxiliary
Gladewater Municipal Hospital Auxiliary held its annual Lee Public Library meeting. Jan Risinger was named Outstanding Volunteer for 1977 78 and new officers including Mattie Finley as president were installed. The group approved purchases from a MA 1 Volume Ventilator to candy striper smocks for youth volunteers and raised funds via fall style shows and a February lasting bee.
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Lee Public Library
Gladewater Municipal
Jan Risinger
Mattie Finley
Risinger
Finley
Doris Walston
Nadine Boykin
Wanda Caldwell
Zola Johnson
Faye Wilson
Geneva Stevens
Hisrian
Emma Sue Bennett
Exa Mae Shipp
Ron Selman
Auxiliary
Betty Allen
Maggie Wood
Loretta Grissom
Margaret Sims
Lee Library
Hospital
Hospital E
Edwin Crosby
New Gladewater Chief Davis updates Lions on police progress
Gladewater newly appointed Chief Jimmy Davis told the Lions Club at the chamber of commerce that the police department is close to full staffing after a mass walkout a month ago. He cited salary raises, a lack of a certified breathalyzer operator, and plans for a teletype machine as signs of rebuilding with public support.
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Jimmy Davis
Gladewater
Gladewater Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Police Academy
Phillip Knight
Lions Club
Mother's Day roots traced to ancient Greece festival
The piece notes Mother's Day began in 1908 in Kansas City and links its origins to Greek spring rites honoring Cybele. It traces Hilaria in Rome around 250 B.C. and states today the holiday is celebrated globally with Americans expected to send over 200 million cards.
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Hallmark
Sally Reip
Greece
Asia Minor
Cybele
Rome
B.C
Hilaria
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Austria
Canada
Mexico
China
Japan
West Indies
Africa
Current Best Sellers List Snapshot
Publishers' Weekly compiles top fiction and nonfi ction titles. Featured authors include Oliver, Segal, Cheever, Erdman, Uris, Jong, Sheehy, Dyer, Haley, Hayward, and Maccoby in a diverse lineup.
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Cheever
Crash of
Erdman
Trinity
Uris
Jong
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