Expanded program plans discussed at three hour school board meeting
The board heard about high school counseling plans by Connie Joiner and noted 24 juniors scored high on the National Merit Test. Kindergarten Round-Up enrollment reached 128 with space concerns ahead of fall pupil moves. baccalaureate set for May 23 and commencement May 28 at Bear Stadium.
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Richard Goode
Broadway School
Bob Moyers
John Shipp
Roy Johnson
Broadway
Bear Stadium
Johnson
Band Booster Club
New Orleans
Jackson Square
Gladewater Council Agenda Sees 11 Items
Gladewater city council will meet in regular session Thursday night at 7 30 at city hall to consider 11 items on the agenda. Open bids on a police car and a pickup truck. Request for rate increase by Gladewater Cable Television. Speed limits on Gay Avenue. Community Development Block Grant final application. City Manager Tony Williams to sign forms. Personnel policy changes. Fire department ordinance updates including a volunteer unit. Yard grade standard revision. Reappointment to the Gladewater Municipal Hospital board.
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Gladewater
City Hall
Gladewater Cable Television, Inc
Tony Williams
Gladewater HS honors 117 graduates at May commencement
Gladewater High School will award diplomas to 117 seniors in a May 28 ceremony at Bear Stadium. Valedictorian Shane Best, salutatorian Peggy Herrmann, and historian Jay Rowe lead a large class with 33 honor graduates and 27.3 percent on the distinguished list.
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Gladewater High School
Bear Stadium
Shane Best
Bill Best
Peggy Herrmann
Kenneth Herrmann
Jay Rowe
Jimmy Rowe
Shane
Texas
Peggy
National Honor Society
Gladewater High School Bicentennial Homecoming Reunion Plans
The Bicentennial Homecoming Reunion Committees plan a two day event for Gladewater High School graduates from 1850 to 1975 on May 29 30 Contacts for class representatives are listed including Mildred Bowden and Elizabeth Osteen A 4 pm call in for class representation is advised A barbecue at Glade Tennis and Swim Club runs 4 7 pm May 29 with class visits from 7 9 30 pm A dance at the pub 10 pm to midnight features the WW Proof band Reservations via class chairs Following services on May 30 churches observe Bicentennial Homecoming and many groups plan picnics at Jaycee Park Lake Gladewater
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Gladewater
Mildred Wood Barker
Elizabeth Moore Osteen
Florine Atwood Hardman
Chester Mosley
Willine Yoder Jordan
Cecile
Nanty Bryd Pelphrey Mayer
Helen Adams Thomas
Mildred Beaver
Dallas
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Verna L. Little
Funeral services for 89 year old Verna L. Little longtime Ladewater resident were held Tuesday at 2 pm at Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev. Royce Robb of Longview officiating. Interment followed in Memorial Park. She lived at West Quitman and had resided in the Pine Tree Nursing Home Longview after a December fall. A Nashville Arkansas native and housewife, she belonged to First United Methodist Church. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Hugh Harrison and Mrs Norma Loflin of Little Rock Ark a dear friend Mrs Erma Grantham and Rex Grantham of Longview. Pallbearers were Dick Grayson Roy Pynes Jack Burnside C E McMillen Bruce Dubose and Taylor Job with honorary pallbearers Rusty Daniels E B Ballard Rusty Roberts Wilson Godfrey M Ho Stewart.
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Ladewater
Malcolm Stone
Royce Robb
Longview
Erment
Memorial Park
Nashville
Arkansas
First United Methodist Church
Hugh Harrison
Norma Loflin
Little Rock
Ark
Erma Grantham
Rex Grantham
Dick Grayson
Roy Pynes
Jack Burnside
C. E. McMillen
Bruce Dubose
Taylor Job
Rusty Daniels
E. B. Ballard
Rusty Roberts
Wilson Godfrey
M Ho Stewart
Dues restructuring eyed by Chamber of Commerce
Chamber members discussed a new point based dues plan proposed by Charles Wilson aiming to raise about twenty thousand dollars. President Jack Earp pledged a $15 000 to $20 000 budget and hiring a full time secretary and manager.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Jack Earp
Tony Williams
Gladewater High School
City Hall
Earp
Buzz Long
Industrial Manufacturers’ Council
Virgil
Europe in transition seen by a small town reporter
Mirror photographer Jimmy Brown visits Europe and reports on inflation, communist influence, and political shifts across nations from Italy and Spain to West Germany. He notes European skepticism toward U.S leadership, Kissinger’s African trip effects, and Sweden Norway trends while warning of NATO and Cold War tensions.
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Portugal
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Gladewater Considers Rodent Control Program Plan
City Manager Tony Williams met with a U S Fish and Wildlife representative to outline a rodent control program in Gladewater. Vince Hoechten from Texas Rodent and Predatory Animal Control Service offered to hold meetings to discuss eradication methods and to assist residents through the Public Works Office with inquiries and visits every two weeks.
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Tony Williams
U.S Fish and Wildlife Department
Gladewater
Vince Hoechten
Texas Rodent and
Hoechten
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Admire Mirror
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Gregg-Upshur Soil Conservation District Board of Directors
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Red River
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