Council approves wide range of city projects and contracts
City council discusses water works master plan updates, a Friendship Starrville water contract with rates, sewer completion, landfill site requirements, mineral rights bids, and land purchases. Budgets include lake leases, railroad area parking, and a new police car. Langford to retire June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Langford
Tom Armstrong
Tobe Kindle
B L. Nelson Engineering
Langford
Nelson
Friendship-Starrville Water Supply Corporation
Cty
Sabine River
Gladewater
State Health Department
Ambassador
Gladewater Lake
Martin
Texas and Pacific Railway
Gladewater Memorial Park
Gregg County
Money Street
Epoxy Chemicals
John Osteen
Jerry Ruff
Longview
S. D. Todd
F Risinger
First Baptist Church
Martha Langford
Loyal Tower
Shell Oil Company
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Texaco , Inc
First State Bank
Amoco Oil Company
General Telephone Company
General American Oil Company
Mobil Oil Company
Gett Oil Company
Cities Service Oil Company
Southwestern Power and Electricity
A. P. Carr
Genivoc and
Rousth
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Rancho Oil Company
Sohio Petroleum Company
United Gas
Gulf Oil Company
Sigler and McCall
Robert N. McCurdy Trust
Curtis Bright
A. E. Shipp
Council
L A Walker Dies After Short Illness
Luther Albert Walker Sr. 66 of Gladewater died Friday at 3 30 am after a brief illness in a local hospital. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm in Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with the Rev B F Risinger and Rev Conrad Winborn officiating. Burial in Memorial Park. He was a retired employee of B F Phillips Petroleum Co born December 26 1905 in Ennis. Survivors include his wife Louise his mother Mrs Clarence Walker two sons L A Walker of Tyler and John C Walker of Lafayette La a brother George Walker and four grandchildren. Pallbearers named George Cummings Garland Smith John Carleton Mack Wiley Melvin Jenkins and E M Wyche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Albert Walker
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
B. F. Risinger
First Baptist Church
Conrad Winborn
First United Methodist Church
Memorial Park
Walker
B. F. Phillips Petroleum Co
Ennis
Old cameras tell a story of a bygone era
J R Cunningham of North Pt Pleasant Road preserves early photography history with a 1906 Number 3 Quick Focus Kodak, a 1909 No 2A Quick Folding Browne, a 1930s No 2 Brownie Box, and a Seneca Folding Scout. the 1906 Kodak includes its original June 1906 instruction booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man's
Kodak
J. R. Cunningham
North Pt. Pleasant Road
Eastman
Seneca Camera Manufacturing Company
Rochester
N.Y
Cunningham
Gladewater High to graduate 102 seniors in May
Gladewater High School plans 6 p.m. commencement on May 29 for 102 graduates. Valedictorian Mary Jane Wiley and salutatorian Robbie McDonald lead a class including Cathy Muntz Waldleigh as historian, with a long list of graduates such as Vicki Abernathy, Larry Allen, Donnie Barnes, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater High School
Mary Jane Wiley
Robbie McDonald
Cathy Muntz Waldleigh
Vicki Jo Abernathy
Larry Glenn Allen
Donnie Ray Barnes
Richard Alan Berry
Jimmie Dewayne Blackmon
Antoninette Boston
Brenda Sue Boykin
Daniel Ross Brooks
Wade Eugene Burns
Jack Alan Busby
Pamela Susan Cannon
Patty LaRue Cauthen
Michael Don Chappelow
Roger Lee Choice, Jr
James Earl Clay
Harvey Earl Colby
Anita Jo Cowan
Ray Edward Cox, Jr
Charles Wayne Crabtree
Marilyn Sue Cuba
Sheila Gay Day
Gasil
Mark Collins
Paul Carlton
Dougan
Mary Monette Dupree
Nola
Lucinda Edwards
Michael Wayne Files
Gaylon
Anthony Floyd
Patricia Marie Floyd
Peggy LaVerna Fortson
Calvin Ezell Frierson
Hershal Lane Gage
Galen Lewis Gary
Kathryn Gail Gipson
Allen Lee Goforth
Vevelyn Louise Green
Charles David Greer
Johnnie Gayle Gregory, Jr
Louis Wade Harris
Cynthia Rose Hart
Kathy Dianne Hart
Eddie Paul Harter
Mary Kay Holloman
Gerone
Horace Holmes
Carolyn J. Howard
Karen Ruth Hudspeth
Patricia Annette Hutchings
Kerry Lynn Hensley
Linda Joyce Henson
Ready Junior Holcomb
Joe David Holland Michael Paul King
Bryan William Kirbo
Leona Lee
Teach Carol Jean Lehman
Gladys Jackson
Raymond Louis Johnson
Willis Ervin Johnson II
Va Mozelle Jones
Peggy Louise Jones
Iverson
Kee Liddell
Myrtle Lee Lofts
Roger Dale Loftis
Dan Edwards Lowry
Robbie Nell McDonald
Melanie Ann McDowell
Paul Lee McGregor
Adel
Kenneth McNeal
Ray Alan Madden Walter Wesley Martin Charles Floyd Meadows Jr
James Lee Menefee
Lucinda Kay Moore
Herman Leon Morgan
Marianne Elizabeth Murray
Amy Elizabth Newsome
Virginia Lorraine Norfleet
Vabbie Leanne Owens
Dwight Lee Phillips
Deborah Dalphine Proctor
Ena Lynn Reed
Wilma Ruth Richardson
Joseph Mathis
Future Teachers honors Galen Gary at GHS banquet
Galen Gary, Gladewater High School senior, received a $500 Future Teachers Association scholarship at the annual banquet in the high school cafeteria. Myrtle Loftis was named Future Teacher of the Year and English teacher Lenora Amos was elected Teacher of the Year. The event featured Channel 7 Tyler personalities Michael and Sandra Brown and presentations by GHS Principal Bob Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen Gary Gladewater
Future Teachers Association
Gary
GHS
Bob Hill
Myrtle Loftis
Lenora Amos Finglish
Galen Gary
Gladewater
Lenora Amos
FTA
Michael
Sandra Brown
Channel 7
Tyler
Hill
Amos
Larry Osborne
Galen
Civitan
Longview
Myrtle
David Greer
Buzz Messner
Karen Hudspeth
Don Smith
Mary Jake Wiley
Mary Grace Clark Hearnsberger
Lucinda More
Anita Arrington
Galen Read
Tina Tuttle Jelich
Roy Johnson
Mr. Osborne
Bill Glickman
Mark Mills
Lana Walker
Ann Marlowe
Cindy Walker
Mark Collins
Jack Phillips Injured by Falling Tree on West Gay Ave
Jack Phillips was seriously hurt Friday morning when vines on his tractor pulled a tree onto him while he cleared land at his West Gay Avenue property. He was trapped for about two hours before rescuers reached him and he was hospitalized at Gladewater Municipal Hospital with a shoulder injury and cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Phillips
West Gay Avenue
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Phillips
Prayer for Today Do Not Judge with Forgiveness
A brief prayer asks for mercy to avoid judgment and to forgive others. It seeks God’s eyes of forgiveness and understanding for today, ending with Amen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew
Eye Opener items and notices in Gladewater area
A jumble of local notices includes a 2 year old collie looking for a home and a note to organic gardeners about the Ful er Organic Gardening Club meeting on the third Tuesday at Citizens Bank Auditorium. Also a charity scramble at Maxey Acres Country Club with a 2 entry fee and prizes, plus Lily display at 506 Gay Avenue and senior day at Gladewater High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuler Organic Gardening Club
Citizens Bank
Maxey Acrea Country Club
Mack Wiley
Gladewater Band Parents Club
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Mark Henry
W. L. Henry
University of Texas School of Deniistry
Houston
Park Place Baptist Church
Henry
Kilgore College
Briscoe
Austin Dolph Briscoe
San Antonio
County Tax Assessors and Collectors Association
Mayors and City Councilmens Association
Texas Medical Association
Texas
Pounds Field
East Texas
Lamar Hotel
Rice Hotel
Granpa
L. A. Walker
Jimmy Brown
Future Teachers Group
Silver City
N.M
Silver
Jack T. Stewart
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Bruce Palmer, Jr
Pentagon
Stewart
Maj
Jack Stewart
Nale Collie
Clyde Merritt
Fred H. Mayes
Mrs. Mayes
Marietta, Oklahoma
W. M. Stokes
Gay Avenue
E. D. Dillard
Charles F Dillard
Gordon, Ark
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