Gladewater Rodeo Centennial Bus Trip Reservations
Reservations are open for the Gladewater Rodeo and Centennial trip on May 31 and June 1. Return to Gladewater June 1 at 2 p.m. Call Jim Holcombe at 845-2402 or Jerry Williams at 845-2222 to book.
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Gladewater
Jim Holcombe
Jerry Williams
Rogers Company
Nanty Byrd Mayer
Wayne C. Lemmon
Mayer
Mildred Barker
Elizabeth Osteen
Mrs. Mayer
Marcella Formby
Mary Brooks
Virginia Baker
Mildred Bowden
Fay Mackey
Eulalia Hill
Jack Hearrell
Centennial Corporation
Barker
Osteen
Prayer For Today Love at the Center of My Life
A devotional fragment urging Christlike love to guide today. The passage cites I Corinthians 13:4-5 and prays that love be more than words, a living force in the speaker’s daily life, under divine blessing.
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Christ
Gladewater Honors Police and Fire Departments at Banquet
Gladewater officials honored the police department and fire department at a Friday night banquet in the Middle School cafeteria hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Sgt. Troy Godwin received Patrolman of the Year, Jerry Henderson was promoted to Sergeant, and City Manager John Marshall praised the departments and ambulance service.
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Troy Godwin
Jerry Henderson
Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater
Chamber
Cris Morrow
Morrow Chamber
Jack Finley
John Marshall
United States
Public Hearings on Constitutional Revision
Inside Page 9 report details public hearings on proposed constitutional revision. Community leaders and residents attend to debate changes, with officials outlining implications and timeline for potential voter action. Local groups press for clarity, while opponents raise concerns about specific amendments.
Educator minister looks back on full life in Texas
Longview / Rev George H Adams at 93 reflects on nine decades as Baptist minister and pioneer Negro educator. Founder of Judea High School in Marion County. built five schools. served St James in Red Rock for 57 years and Macedonia in Jefferson for 42 years. Have not retired, he says, and continues teaching and preaching.
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Longview
George H
Herschell
Adams
Rev
St. James Baptist Church
Red Rock
Gladewater
Macedonia Baptist Church
Jefferson
George
Marion County
Judea High School
Rusk County
Cass County
Effie Kaye Adams
Jarvis Christian College
Miss Adams
Unesco
St. James
Fredonia and
Friendship
Judea Baptist Church
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Denver
Colo
Two Kilgore men die in oil tank explosion
A flash fire and explosion at the Texas Pipeline Monroe Pump Station near Longview killed Johnny Roberson and John Rufus Lacy, both 21, while two Kilgore workers attempted a rescue. Firefighters from Longview and Kilgore responded promptly, entering the tank to recover the bodies after a delayed blast. The incident was ruled accidental. debris and rescue efforts dominated the scene as neighbors and local ministers reacted to the tragedy.
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John Roberson
Kilgore
Eddie Hadaway
Roberson
John Rufus Lacy
Pany
Johnny Roberson
Justice of the
Charles Cashell
Texas Pipeline Company
Monroe
Longview
Arthur Owens
Hadaway
Roberson and Lacy
Elmer Calico
Louis Howell
Calico
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Tommy Farmer
Gladewater High School
Margaret Sims
Band
Tommy
Betty Liedtke
United States Air Force Band
March Air Force Base
California
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Nancy Waters
Herbert Setzler
Nancy
Bill Waters
Herbert
Frank Setzler
Garland Ferguson
Rotary Club
C. Q. Abernathy Rotary Club
Jimmy Brown
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Conrad Winborn
First United Methodist Church
Garfield Hill
CME Methodist Church
Aubrey Pate
East Mountain Baptist Church
Donnie Stribble
Emmanuel Baptist Church
White Oak
B. B. Fields
First Baptist Church
C. F. Hineman
Centennial Group
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