Gladewater Chamber Maps Christmas Parade Plans
The Gladewater Chamber of Commerce Retail Division outlines a 4:30 p.m. December 1 parade with Santa, bands, floats and two float divisions. Stores may stay open until 7 p.m. for four days before Christmas Eve, with JC Penney planning 8 p.m. openings from Dec 16. Planners also announce cash and plaque awards and a special advertising promo.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater
Santa Claus
Eddie Nelson
J. C. Penney Company
Area V Division hosts Beckworth and educators
State Senator Lindley Beckworth headlined a meeting of Area V Division of the Texas Home Economics Association in Sulphur Springs with Dr. Wathena Temple of East Texas State University. Attendees included home economists, teachers, agents, retirees, and degree holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulphur Springs
Lindley Beckworth
Texas Home Economics Association
Beckworth
Wathena Temple
East Texas State University
Local notices mix found dog ad art show and community events
A Fox Terrier left at 404 West Street near Mrs. Cole is up for adoption with contact 845-3780. Emily Guthrie Smith opens a one man show Sunday at 1 p.m. at L and L Gallery in Longview. Gladewater features an active art scene with Dr. David Morrison as Gregg Art Guild president. Eddie Crews recovers from surgery at Good Shepherd Hospital Longview and welcomes cards at Room C-197. Scouts sell $2 auto first aid kits for tents and delivery by Blane Adams 845-4267. Starrville Community Building hosts a covered dish supper Saturday Nov 6 at 6:30 p.m. Puppies and kittens seek homes at 318 N. Lee Drive and 845-2887. Texarkana couple announce Laura Kelli born Wednesday weighing seven pounds two ounces with Huck Runnels as grandfather. A Traveling Exhibit of Children’s Books runs at Gladewater Library for National Book Week November 14 to 20. Gladewater Ministerial Alliance meets Monday Nov 8 at 1 p.m. at Municipal Hospital for dutch treat lunch and fall volleyball talk. Revival starts Nov 7 at First Assembly of God with Rev. Hugh Bowers and Rev. Conrad Winborn.
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Emily Guthrie Smith
L and L
North Fourth
Longview
Gladewater
Gladeites
Gregg Art Guild
David Morrison
Smith
Gladewater Ministerial Alliance
Municipal Hospital
Chester E. Gleason
Conrad Winborn
Mrs. Avis Macomber Funeral Services Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Avis Lorene Macomber 64 of Route 1 Gladewater were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel with Murphy Phillips officiating. Burial followed in Wood Cemetery. Mrs Macomber died Sunday in a Gladewater hospital after a long illness. She is survived by her husband J. E. Macomber two brothers Bruce Wood Kilgore and George Wood Gladewater two sisters Iris Smith and Kate Bouknight both of Gladewater a step son Eddie Macomber Dallas a step daughter Mildred Dyer San Antonio and two grandchildren. Pallbearers were Bob Sypert Fred Sessions Tim Bland Gene Causey Loyece Hancock and Bob Reed.
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Avis Lorene Macomber
Route 1
Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
Murphy Phillips
Church of Christ
Wood Cemetery
Stone
Macomber
Gladeite
J. E. Macomber
Bruce Wood
George Wood
Kilgore
Iris Smith
Kate Bouknight
Eddie Macomber
Dallas
Mildred Dyer
San Antonio
Mrs. Minerva Bell Dies at 92 in Gladewater Texas
Mrs. Minerva N. Bell 92 of Rodeo Street died Monday after a long illness in a local hospital. Graveside services will be at Mixon Cemetery at 2 p.m. Thursday. Survivors include three daughters two sons eight grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. The death notice notes her Cherokee County origin and longtime residence in Gladewater with church affiliation.
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Minerva N. Bell
Rodeo Street
Mixon
Texas
Cherokee County
Bell
Gladewater
Worldwide Church
Ina Mae Dowell
Letha Rice
Dorothy Fisk
Yuma
Arizona
F. R. Bell
Albuquerque
N. Mex
W. O. Bell
Pittsburgh
Kansas
Gregg County Voter Registration Hits 11 500 in First Month
Gregg County Tax Assessor-Collector Bill Harper reports about 11 500 residents registered to vote in the first month of the 1972 cycle. About 28 000 applications were sent out. Certificates will be sent to those who returned their forms by week end or early next week.
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Longview
Gregg County
Bill Harper
Harper
Kilgore GHS students attend UIL Student Activities Conference
Six Kilgore High School students and two teachers joined the University Interscholastic League event at Kilgore College. Participants demonstrated poetry interpretation, debate, drama, ready writing and other activities with coaches Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Brooks present and Barbara Davis, Trey Hugman, and Jim McCrummen in attendance.
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Kilgore
GHS
Northeast Texas
Kilgore College
UIL
Karen Hudspeth
Rhonda Hill
la Nita Derrick
Barbara Davis
Trey Hugman
Jim McCrummen
Eulalia M. Hill
Mary Brooks
Baby dies in Maple Street accident
Jack Louis Hearrell III, four months old, died Sunday morning at the family home when a plastic sheet over the mattress suffocated him. Funeral services were held at First Methodist Church and burial followed at Gladewater Memorial Park. He is survived by his parents, a sister Laura Lea, and his maternal and paternal grandparents.
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Jack Louis Hearrell III
Jack Hearrell, Jr
Maple Street
First Methodist Church
Conrad Winborn
Gladewater Memorial Park
Malcolm Stone
Jack
Laura Lea
Juanita Hammond
Jack Hearrell
Country Club Sold to Longview Developer
The Gladewater Country Club and 164 acres were sold by Quentin Abernathy to Longview developer Fred Maxey. Maxey plans a 40 acre subdivision called Maxey Acres Country Club Estates with about 40 homes priced over 20,000, add nine holes, remodel the clubhouse, and start construction within six months while maintaining current membership rules.
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Gladewater Country Club
Quentin Abernathy
First State Bank
Longview
Fred Maxey
Maxey
Smith County
Gladewater
Maxey Acres Country Club Estates
Maxey Acres
Claudia
Ringgold
Texas
Greggton Rotary Club
East Texas Bank & Trust Company
Alpine Presbyterian Church
Prayer For Today Reflects Season Of Silence And Compassion
A devotional piece urges readers that there is a time for silence and a time to speak. It prays for God to teach silent speech of the heart to those needing love, compassion, comfort, and renewed strength.
Put Out Your Bags For Good Turn Day
Gladewater Boy Scouts join Good Turn Day on Sunday November 7 distributing paper bags for pickup of repairable clothing and household items. Items support Goodwill Industries vocational training and sales funds provide jobs for handicapped individuals.
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Gladewater Boy Scouts
Goodwill Industries
Goodwill
Two Injured In Cycle-Car Crash In Tyler
Mr and Mrs Donald LeRoy Stanley of Route 1 Old Longview Highway Tyler were injured when their 1966 Harley Davidson collided with a 1969 Ford driven by Rogers Kirkland of Quitman at the S Dean Street and Highway 271 intersection. Police charged Kirkland for failure to yield. The Stanleys were taken to Municipal Hospital then Medical Center. Mrs Stanley was reported in satisfactory condition.
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Donald LeRoy Stanley
Tyler
Rogers Kirkland
Quitman
Stanley
Kirkland
Old Longview Highway
S Dean St
Highway 271
Cris Morrow
Jimmy Davis
Jerry Henderson
Stanleys
Municipal Hospital
Medical
Dean Street
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Chamber Retail Division
Natchitoches
Natchitoches Parish
Squirrel Hunter
Northwestern State University
Ronald Miley
William F. Buckley, Jr
University of Dallas
Buckley
Maher Athletic Center
Tyler Museum of Art
Arnold Cooke
Franz Shhubert
East Texas
United Fund
United Gas
City of Gladewater
David Moore
A. F. Shepperd
Jack Finley
Curtis Bright
E. E. Wilson
Helen Purdue
St. Clair
West Street
Eddie Crews
Good Shepherd Hospital
Eddie
James Connally Technical Institute
Waco
Boy Scouts of Troop 194
Blane Adams
Starrville
Allen
Sawyer
Longview Highway
N. Lee Drive
Laura Kelli
Jerry Runnels
Texarkana
L. L. (Huck) Runnels
Mirror
Gladewater Public Library
Texas State Library
ALA
Children’s Book Council, Inc
First Assembly of God Church
Clarksville
Hugh Bowers
Kingman
Mrs
Bob Sypert
Fred Sessions
Tim Bland
Gene Causey
Loyece Hancock
Bob Reed
Minerva Bell
Gladewater Citizens Band
Radio Emergency Action Citizens Team
REACT
American Legion Hut
Rainbow Twins
Follow the Bears
Henderson
Jack Hearrell II
Country Club
Jimmy Brown
Gladewater High School
Anita Crean
Latressa Trawick
Lucinda Moore
Nancy Waters
Karen Rogers
Toni Boston
City Hall
Bobby Frazier
White Oak
Allen's
Clarksville City
Justice of the Peace
Henry McKinney
Lee Peyton
Clyde Arthur
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