New Arrivals Enrich Gladewater Library Shelves
Gladewater Public Library adds Harrison Salisbury The 909 Days The Siege of Leningrad a major historical work drawing on survivors and secret records. Also Ivor Brown The Women in Shakespeare’s Life and Afterwords edited by Thomas McCormack with essays by Mailer Renault Auchincloss Crichton Capote Macdonald. Albert Mayer Follow the River set in the 1790s with frontier life and Indian wars along the Ohio River valley.
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Gladewater Public Library
Harrison E. Salisbury
Leningrad
Ivor Brown
Shakespeare
Thomas McCormack
Norman Mailer
Mary Renault
Louis Auchincloss
Robert Crichton
Truman Capote
Ross Macdonald
Albert Mayer
Ohio River Valley
New Year’s Eve Babysitting Dilemma Remains Unsettled
A humorous montage of a writer’s chaotic planning for New Year’s Eve babysitting. The piece riffs on calling neighbors and friends from Miriam to Phyllis, with references to Mrs. Poppins and Mrs. Fahrenstock, all while imagining Erma Bombeck and a water pistol caper. The narrator muses on past fiascos and the urge to stay in with a playful, self-deprecating tone.
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Ben Grauer
Mrs. Poppins
Mrs. Fahrenstock
Mod
Jill
Wendy
Bombeck
Ben
Public Apathy Blamed For Mediocre Schools
Bloomington Indiana AP Dean David L Clark of Indiana University argues public demand for mediocrity in education keeps schools from improving. He notes society tolerates average results until a noneducational crisis, like Sputnik or urban riots, forces action. The university, largest producer of new teachers, is researching ways to enhance teaching and learning.
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Bloomington
Ind
David L. Clark
Indiana University
School of Education
Sputnik
Clark
George M Chosen For State Fair Show at Music Hall
The 1969 State Fair of Texas will stage the musical George M! about George M. Cohan at the Music Hall October 3 to 19 with nightly shows October 3–18 and matinees October 4 5 11 12 18 19. Joel Grey leads the touring cast, with songs by Cohan including Yankee Doodle Dandy and Over There.
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George M
George M. Cohan
Music Hall
Joel Grey
Cohan
Broadway
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Rodgers and Hart
Assistant Conductor Jerry Hale Chosen For Dallas Summer Musicals
Jerry Hale piano instructor and Kilgore College Ranger Band director is named assistant conductor for Dallas Summer Musicals this year. Hale cites Melvin Marshall's recommendation and his training as key to the appointment. He lists extensive study with Ellen Cannon, Anne Turk, Robert Rogers, and multiple North Texas ensembles, plus teaching at Kilgore College and previous band directing work. Hale will conduct Irma La Douce and other titles, with his family and career anchored in Henderson and Kilgore.
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Jerry Hale
Ranger
Kilgore College
Dallas
Hale
Melvin Marshall
Henderson High School
North Texas State University
North Texas
Ellen Cannon
Henderson
Anne Dean Turk
Robert Rogers
Sanger
Texas
N.T.S.U
Kilgore
Errette Hale
Marla
Toni
Ranger Band
Drivers' Golden Rules From Wor ces ter Park Parish Magazine
London AP reports a parish magazine list dubbed Ten Commandments for motorists. The rules humorously urge drivers to share roadways, avoid risky acts, and respect others, while noting the White House cornerstone remains undiscovered after a 1948 52 renovation and a missing brass plaque marker.
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London
St. Mary’s Church
Worcester Park
White House
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