The Mugwump on Graduation and Late Bloomers
The piece reflects on graduation time, aging, and the mix of success and unfulfilled potential. It notes that in America many pick their chance, with some surprising the world by rising late, while others fail to adapt to adult competition. Old Charley is cited as an emblem of unlikely achievers.
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America
Charley
Old Charley
School of Life
Robert Kimmel Smith
Sadie Shapiro
Sam Levenson
Sadie
Hammond Innes
Innes
Alec Falls
Alee Falls
P. D. James
Cemetery World
San Augustine
Southwestern Electric Power Company
Carl
Community notes praise for family planning ad support
Readers thank Mr. Elrod and the Gladewater Mirror for free promotional space aiding the Longview Junior Service League Family Planning Clinic. The letter highlights appreciation for the paper’s ongoing assistance and stresses the service's value to the community.
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Elrod
Longview Junior Service League
Editor's Quote Book Quotation From Shakespeare
An excerpt quotes William Shakespeare urging readers to first see design as just and true and to pursue it resolutely. The line echoes his emphasis on discerning justice before action.
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William Shakespeare
Unforgettable Uncle Carl Graham Remains 19th Century Character
A memoir of Carl Graham who died in May 1959 at age 83. The author recalls a plain funeral and a life spent resisting modern progress, clinging to old ways, a stubborn nonconformist and beloved family figure who enjoyed simple pleasures and old devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Graham
Veterans Administration
Carl
Optimistic Mindset and Uncle Carl Reminisce
A reflective piece blends a Monday quest to conquer chores with a jokey optimism about weather, gas, and daily tasks. It then profiles Uncle Carl a rugged East Texas figure born 1876, a former Confederate officer’s son, painter of stoic values, naturalist, shipper of beekeeping and hunting lore, who lived on Big Cypress River near Caddo Lake.
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Jefferson
University of Baltimore
University of Maryland
North Woods
West
Texas
Carl
Army Medical Corps
Ft Sam Houston
San Antonio
Big Cypress River
Caddo Lake
van Dyke
Jack
Kate
Uncle Carl
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Y Jerry Kat
Rotary
L. Eugene Harris
Longview
Herman Williams
Rev Harris
Club
Bill del Monte
Marshall
Parks & Wildlife Department
The
Lions Club
Paul Bennett
del Monte
Union Grove
Jack Barrow
Anne Pool
Cathy Hill
Paul Copeland
Wade Maberry
Glenn Wells
Melba Martin
Debbie Bailey
Lion Grove
Lions
Mirror
Jack Elrod
Gladewater Mirror Box
Gladewater, Texas
W. D. Northcutt, III
Joe Collier
MADE
Jimmy Brown
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