East Mt News Highlights Community, Education, and Welcomes
Lydia Class co hosts at Austell home with husbands as guests and a buffet with ham turkey salads beans rolls cake coffee. HEW funds 229200 for Jarvis College EOG aid for 1970 71 with 60 to 70 percent of 800 to 900 students expected to enroll receiving aid. Smokey Tucker named Salutatorian at Union Grove 1970 and Mrs Reynolds earns degree with high honors at Stephen F. Austin University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blankenship
Arthur Austell
Lydia
East Mountain Baptist Church
Austell
Den
James Miller
Ronnie Hill
Clark Bullock
Derrell Murphy
G. W. Harbour
Mike Brown
David Reynolds
Norval Hasley
National Defense
EOG
Hubert S. Shaw
HEW
Kenneth Warren
Aubrey Pate
Frank Ryan
Blankenship
Marla
Natchitoches
Louisiana
Pate
Northwestern State College
Olive L. Cooper
Ressa Delynn
Onie Holt
Scottie
Jimmy Adkins
C. S. Starr
Starrs
Oklahoma
Starr
Ft. Worth
Smokey Tucker
Union Grove
Smokey
Gerald Tucker
Stephen F. Austin University
Jim Everhart
West Rusk Beats Gladewater 6 2 In District Baseball
West Rusk pitcher Searcy earned the win as Gladewater dropped a district 14 AA game 6 2 at Bear Park. Bears Mark Barnhill Jimmy White scored, while Richard Carrington allowed six hits in a rough outing. Gladewater hosts Pittsburg after a 7 6 loss in their previous meeting.
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GHL
Bears
Bear Park
West Rusk
Pittsburg Pirates
Pirates
Tornado Damage Tangled In Gladewater Reports
Eyewitnesses describe a tunnel formed as the tornado ripped roofs from homes. Warren sheltered with his wife under a bed as their house lost its roof. Mrs Meadows and her sister await word from the tornado city. A separate call from Germany brought a Mother's Day smile to Mrs Schmidt as her son Andy, a counselor in Frankfurt, connected by long distance. A catepillar note mentions 4000 muscles in its body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Jerry Smith
Claude Meadows
Germany
Gladewater
H. W. Schmidt
Andy Schmidt
Frankfurt
School Board Approves Transfers and Staffing Changes
The board hired a new teacher for next fall and accepted three resignations. Douglas Beare joins for 1970 71 after education in Texas and Canada. Also approved were season ticket increases for two school pools and higher salaries for pool staff. Driver education enrollment sits at 140 with 30 hours classroom 6 hours observation and 6 hours driving required for certification. Sixty four transfers for 1970 71 were approved with students from Big Sandy Gilmer Union Grove Winona and Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Beare
GHS
Beare
Gladewater High
Pine Tree High School
East Texas Baptist College
University of Houston
Stephen F. Austin State University
Houston
Canada
Linda Maloney
Geneva Cooper
Gay Avenue
Yvonne Bishop
Broadway
Cooper
Bishop
Gladewater
Supt. Johnson
Big Sandy
Gilmer
Union Grove
Winona
Tyler
Lions to Convene in Marshall for District 2X2 Convention
The Marshall Lions Club hosts 350 to 400 delegates from 65 East Texas clubs for a two day District 2X2 Convention in Marshall. Notables include Lions International Director Herman West and District Governor Edward Ferrell with events at the Holiday Inn and Marshall Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Holiday Inn
West
Marshall Junior High School
William M. Huffman
Marshall
Larry
Yank) Terrell
Holiday Inn
Danny Barrett
Harrison County Museum
Perry L. Huffman
Ward’s
Marshall City
City Hall
Huffman
J. Philip Thompson
J. W. Hagler
Longview
Ferrell
Harrison County
Don Rives
Bob
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BY Louise Ford
Jarvis
West Rusk Bobs Gladewater
Richard
Hardluck
Carrington
Bruins
Mark Barnhill
Jimmy White
Searcy
West Rush
Rudolph Phillips
Broadway School
Phillips
Sandra
Gloria
Gay
First United Methodist Church
Murphey
Lions
Panola-Harrison
R. E. McClaran
Texas Lions League For Crippled Children
Dorothy
Highway
Ahea
Refrigeration Service Company
W. Marshall
Longview, Texas
Chevrolet
America
Fisher
Impala
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