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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1970
Page
3
On Saturday morning May 23 Judy Kay Gleason was honored by her mother Mrs. Chester Gleason with a brunch at the new First Christian parsonage 1033 Chevy Chase. Tables were centered with yellow and white marguerites.
The White Oak Needle and Thimble Club halted weekly meetings after May 21 at Wyatt's Cafeteria and will meet monthly on the first Thursday through the summer. Members present included Winnie Brownewell Bessie Kirkland Myrtle Woods Bessie Littlejohn May Bell Thelma Bearden Flo Khler Mary Lang Julia Bell Granberry Leatha Miles and Toby Jackson guest of Mrs Ehler.
A listed selection of novels including The French Lieutenant's Woman Love Story Delberance Travels With My Aunt Mr Sammier's Planet Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex and Mary Queen of Scots is noted. The fragment ends with a cooking tip about briquette ash and spreading coals for an even fire.
Miss Karen Davis daughter of Rex and Mrs Davis of Mesquite won the Miss Mesquite title in a Jaycees pageant. She is a Mesquite High senior, cheerleader National Honor Society student council secretary and Contempo 70 member. Other finalists and judges named.
June events include Gladewater Chapter 831 CES meetings June 2 installation June 5 at the Masonic Building North Dean Street and a car wash June 4 behind city hall to raise funds for Teenagers Aid to the Retarded. Lambda Xi Beta Sigma Phi picnics June 6 Sabine Park. American Legion June 11 meeting at the Legion Hut. YOU meets June 29 at the Chamber of Commerce. Nearby AP report from Wynberg, South Africa, shows a parliamentary candidate clash with hecklers and a voting remark by a rival.
Mrs. H. W. Jenkins, secretary of the First United Methodist Church, returned home from a Virginia trip that included Springfield and Arlington. She visited relatives, met former East Texas residents, and watched her grandson Steven play little league baseball with his father as coach.
Dr. and Mrs. Bill Holliman invite friends and the friends of their daughter Carol to the wedding of Carol Holliman and Craig D. Lacy Friday evening June 5 at 7 30 in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church Gladewater A reception will follow in the church social room with officiant Dr. Doyle Smith of Fort Worth.
Mrs. Jake Truitt Sr. and Mrs. Robert Reese of Kelso Washington announce the birth of Stephanie Jill on May 21 in Kelso. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reese of Ariel Washington and the late J. A. Truitt Sr. Mrs. Anne Truitt of Gladewater is the former mother. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Marsh of Tallahassee Florida were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Selph and Mrs. Lewis Jones this week. Marsh is a brother of Mrs. Selph and Mrs. Jones.
Miss Carol Holliman bride elect of Craig D. Lacy received a rice bag party lingerie shower at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches on May 7 hosted by Miss Emily Cox and Miss Quitn Jones. A White Bible ceremony followed May 20 at the First Baptist Church with YWA participants. A May 23 presentation tea in Mineola and a Piney Grove Baptist Church shower near Pittsburg continued the festivities with gifts and a quilt.
Four Gladewater High School seniors from the 1970 class were honored with a Mexican dinner at El Chico's in Longview. Honorees were Glen Sheridan Randy Nunnally David Mecey and Raymond Murray with Neal and Mrs. Clark hosting. The event featured decorative senoritas donkeys and a sombrero centerpiece as guests discussed school plans for fall and college choices.
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