Editorial on trash parade and town cleanup effort
The piece praises teenagers for leading a Tuesday trash parade and thanks civic leaders for supporting a May 19 to end week of paint up clean up and fix up. It urges residents to repair paint and tidy yards and to hold garage sales, avoid littering, and dispose of trash properly to present a clean, growing Gladewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Wallace
Gladewater High School
Felix Wells
George Thomas
Civic Division
Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater
Park and Recreation
Advertising Upholds Free Press Says Newspaper Official
An official of the National Newspaper Association defends advertising as rich in useful product information and essential to a free market. He notes the industry’s self regulation guards against fraud better than laws, preserving marketplace fluidity and the newspaper’s underpinning role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Newspaper Association
Place Names of Northeast Texas book details origins
A Texan professor Dr Fred Tarpley at East Texas State University presents Place Names of Northeast Texas a new book released May 4. It catalogs 2692 origin stories for towns rivers lakes and landmarks based on extensive research from books newspapers and interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Texas
Sweat Box
Hunt County
Grayson County
Gospel Ridge
Fred Tarpley
East Texas State University
Tarpley
Grass Lake
Fern Lake
Student Backlash Over Campus Turbulence
The piece argues student majorities drove campus change while politicians and administrators mostly failed. It notes high presidencies turnover and many campuses without leaders. It profiles militants as revolutionaries and argues some radicals acted from self-hate per Dr. Bruno Bettelheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno Bettelheim
University of Chicago
Early Blooms and Seeds Guide Spring Garden Plan
The piece praises planting pansies and English daisies from August seeds to ensure early next year blossoms, advising soil refining with peat and continual weed control. It then shifts to a campus talk noting student protests waning and university openings anticipated, with a humorous Cowboy Studies demand from New Mexico State University students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Vietnam
Robert Finch
Harvard
SDS
New Mexico State University
Cowboy Studies
The Boss Daughter Story and the Rise After 50
Paul Harvey recounts Clarence Leverenz who married the boss’s daughter, was fired, then built a four factory shoe business. He and partner Carl Esch led long, active lives in faith and community, showing success can come after early setbacks and even after age 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Clarence
Carl Esch
Horatio
J. C. Penney
Winston Churchill
Theere
United States
Dwight David Eisenhower
Debut at Wits End Beach Ends With Tense Miss America Tale
Erma Bombeck recounts a Miss America contestant recalling the dread of bikini nerves. A humorous, vivid stream shows a mother and daughter at a beach pageant, laughter hiding insecurity and social scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wits End Beach
Erma Bombeck
Noah
Hay fever jokes and gambler truths headline
A playful satire notes hay fever jokes stay funny until sneeze hits. It contrasts gamblers who win consistently with those who tell the truth, and quips that old accountants never die they merely lose their balance.
Proclamation for Paint-up Clean-up Week in Gladewater 1969
Gladewater Mayor Melvin Jenkins proclaims May 19 to 24 1969 as Paint-up Clean-up Fix-up week urging citizens to improve the city. Provisions also note Poppy Day May 23 1969 and memorial aims for veterans, honoring fallen and living support through donations to Disabled Veterans and destitute families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
City of
M. L. Jenkins
Texas
OF Gregg
American Legion Auxiliary
I. M. L. Jenkins
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Sullivan
Ill
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Aiken
S.C
Standard and Review
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Gay Avenue
Loretta Ducey
Audrey Froneberger
Paul King
Garfield Hill
Paul Harvey News
Clarence Leverenz’ Shoe Company
Clarence Leverenz
The
American Red Cross
Harry
Ed Sullivan
Mrs. Frizbee
Jan
Strictly Fresh
Tokyo
H. . McAfee
Gladetwater
Harry Kates
Bae Nee Eseseseseeer
Cccccaes
Neal Clark
Iacececaneess
Jack Elrod
Reb Saee Bi Dobivasey
Fredalene Clark
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
Gladewater Times- Tribune
TEXA
Press Association
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