Billy Williams to showcase art in parish house Sunday
Corpus Christi painter Billy Williams will host a one man show and sale at St. Mark's parish house Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The 18-year-old former Gladewater resident has sold over 100 works in a bright abstract impressionist style. The event supports his ongoing speech and coordination rehabilitation after a life changing bike truck crash seven years ago.
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Corpus Christi
St. Mark's Parish
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Medical Center Hospital
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Art Museum of South Texas
Jane Pierce
Martin Rex
Munds Hall
Church of the Good Shepherd
St Bartholomew's Church
Art Jamboree
San Antonio
Ingleside Kingsville
University of Corpus Christi
Selby
Williams
East Texas
Chamber Briefs Include New Member and Building Rules
The Chamber of Commerce held a brief Tuesday noon meeting with Vice President Jack Finley presiding. Leaton Ready Mix Concrete of Gilmer joined as a new member and a building committee was appointed to draft usage rules.
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Jack Finley
Chamber of Commerce
Leaton Ready Mix Concrete Company of
Gilmer
B. P. Dake
Lorena McChesney
Royce Ford
Mack Wiley
Marilyn Godfrey
Janice Walker
Jo Wiley
Wiley
Athens
Avinger
Hughes Springs
Linden
Prayer For Today Contentment and Peace in Faith
Prayer noting contentment in all states and asking for forgiveness of rebellions. Requests peace by centering the mind on Thee through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Jesus
Local notices seek Pony League sponsors and pet adoptions
A community drive funds Pony League uniforms at ten dollars per player with sponsor names on shirts. Also seeking homes for six mixed Shepherd and Collie puppies, five week old kittens available for giveaway, free country show tickets, a Scout car wash, and various local notices from General Telephone including band wins and personnel changes.
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Pony League
John Cox
Jerry Adams
SFA music camps draw hundreds of junior high students
Stephen F. Austin University sponsors three summer camps led by Mel Montgomery. Over 625 students from Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma are expected. The twirling camp runs June 11–16 with 325 plus attendees. drum major camp June 18–23. band camp June 25–30.
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Nacogdoches
Stephen F. Austin University
Mel Montgomery
SFA
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mrs. Wilda Calvin 93 Dies. Funeral Thursday in Graham
Mrs. Wilda Calvin 93 longtime Gladewater resident died Wednesday in a local rest home after years of illness. Funeral services at 4 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Graham with Rev. Hubert Foust officiating. burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by two daughters, three grandchildren, five great grandchildren, a brother, and former husband T. Calvin who died in 1957. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Wilda Calvin Student Scholarship Fund.
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H. L. MecKaig
Gladewater
First Baptist Church
Graham
Hubert Foust
Oak Grove Cemetery
Calvin
Raymond Rush
Midland
Louwilda McKaig Rogers
Alexandria
Calvin McKillig
Arlington
Ron Rush
el Paso
Will Leayeaux
Butte Montana
T. ©. Calvin
Graham First Baptist Church
Grand Prairie
Glad
John Marshall Named New City Manager in Gladewater
Gladewater city council unanimously chose John Marshall of Forest Hill as city manager effective after current manager Bill Langford leaves in June. Acting city manager Roy Perryman will oversee duties until Marshall arrives. Marshall, 28, holds a BBA and a master's in public administration from North Texas State University and served in the U S Army earning the Bronze Star. He is married to Carol Sue, a speech therapist, and the couple attend Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth.
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Gladewater Aty
John Marshall
Forest Hill
Bill Langford
Roy Perryman
Marshall
Fort Worth
General Dynamics
Durant
Okla
North Texas State University
U.S. Army
Pi Sigma Alpha
Graduate Public Administration Association
Carol Sue
NTSU
University of Kansas
Tarrant County
National Honor Society Initiates 32 Students at Gladewater High
The Ruth Aston chapter of the National Honor Society at Gladewater High School initiated 32 pledges in ceremonies this month. A tea followed in the homemaking department hosted by Mrs Roy Pynes and Mrs Joe Smith. Mary Jane Wiley presided with officers Scott Richard Nichols and Sharon Flame Blear.
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Ruth Aston
National Honor Society
Gladewater High School
NHS
Roy Pynes
Joe Smith
Mary Jane Wiley
Scott Richard Nichols
Sharon Flame Blear
Ray Edward Cox
Barbara Lee Davis
Lucinda Kay Moore
Joe Dale Moughan
Cathy Muntz Wadleigh
Antoinette Boston
Pamela Susan Cannon
Charles Crabtree
Patricia Hutchings
Myrtle Lee Loftis
Robbie McDonald
Dwight Lee Phillips
Mary Ann Burney
John David Cole
Teresa
Sharon Elaine Blear
Keith Ronald Allen
Carol Diane Bruce
Mary Anne Cumbie
Robert &. High
Melessa Lynn Stevens
Dorothy Lane
Trecia Gale van Houten
Deborah Ann Roundtree
Gladewater High School Baccalaureate Service
Gladewater High School held a baccalaureate service with a processional invocation and benediction led by local pastors. The event featured scripture reading by Rev. Harry Hunt, a Jackson High School Choir performance, and remarks from senior class president Terry Sasser.
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Gladewater High School
Terry Sasser
Harry Hunt
Friendship Baptist Church
Big Sandy approves school bond issue
The Big Sandy school bond plan won by 53 votes and authorizes 890000 to build a new district plant on Haw kings Street near the existing track. Construction starts this fall for the 1973 74 year. The Board of Education will meet to canvass returns tonight and Mrs Lucille Wimberley notes strong turnout in both owner and non-owner boxes.
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Big Sandy
Hawkins Street
Board of Education
Lucille Wimberley
Beard contest heats up at Gladewater Round Up Rodeo
Kiwanis sponsored beard growing contest reaches halfway mark with 27 entrants vying for 225 in prize money. Judges from Kilgore College Rangerettes, poster art from Randy Wakefield's classes, and Shaving permit sales support the Kiwanis youth program.
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Kiwanis Club
Gladewater
Kiwanis
Stan Midler
City Hall
Kilgore College
Gussie Nell Davis
Buzz Long
Randy Wakefield
Dub Floyd
Frank Pence
Jack Elrod
Charles Fulmer
Allen Pullin
Richard Causey
Dale Barton
Jerry Stone
Bill Parrish
Bonnie Huggins
Warren Bascom
Douglas Wilbur
Jim Johnson
Larry Dauster
Jack MccFarland
Royce Davis
Howard Senter
Ron Clark
Barker Hale
Johnnie Gregory
Ed Haight
J. M Dobbins
Charles Wallace
Royce Ford
James Wallace
Howard Clifton
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