District VIII FTA Convention Hosts Notable Speakers
Gladewater High School's Future Teachers of America hosted the District VIII convention with Dr. Howard C. Bennett of East Texas Baptist College delivering the keynote. The event featured assemblies, workshops by Region VII leaders, awards, and the Mr. and Miss FTA contest. Bennett urged students to face the future with faith and responsibility, calling them history in the making as they move toward 2025.
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FTA
Gladewater High School
Future Teachers of America
GHS
Jarvie McKenzie
Benjamin Bright
John
Howard C. Bennett
East Texas Baptist College
Marshall
Hugh Bowden
Larry Osborne
Gladewater
T. T. Broom
Athens
Bill Scantlin
John Hall
Jody Pearson
John All
Carl Hoffmeyer
Kilgore
Jessie Mae Pynes
Mary Smith
Kimberly Audas
Ava Hines
Mark Mills
Scott Toland
Paris
Martha Smith
Big Sandy
Alfred Lacy
Roy Johnson
Hugh Mixon
Janice Lancaster
Quinlan
Ty Page
Pine Tree High School
Susie Swingler
Osborne and
Bowden
General Assembly
District VIII
Mildred Bowden
Gay Avenue
Dr. Bennett
ETBC
America
Werner van Braun
Bennett
City Dwellers Pick Their Own In Sonoma
Petaluma Calif AP harvest time brings city visitors to Sonoma County farms for pick your own crops. The 1975 Farm Trails map lists 150 members offering berries apples herbs mushrooms and poultry with savings seen as freshness and quality over supermarket produce. Bob Larson Petaluma president notes new members add 20 to 30 yearly. Mrs Helaine Campbell emphasizes freshness and shorter time from farm to table.
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Petaluma
Calif
Sonoma County
San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Larson
Helaine Campbell
Mood Stone rings promise color based mood reading
A new Mood Stone ring claims to reflect inner feelings by color changes tied to body temperature. Inventor Josh Reynolds alongside wearers like Mohammed Ali and Sophia Loren touts color charts and relaxing guidance, with rings priced from $5 to $45 and a two year life before turning black.
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New York
Josh Reynolds
Reynolds
Mohammed Ali
Joe Namath
Polly Bergen
Steve McQueen
Sophia Loren
Neiman-Marcus
Dallas
Mood Stone ring delights Margaret and friends in Texas
Margaret Jenkins of Dallas owns a Mood Stone ring that shifts color from blue to dark blue with wear. She recalls a first day where bank staff and a president wore the ring, and reports broad curiosity at a church secretary seminar near Palestine. The wearer believes temperature drives color change and plans to keep enjoying the ring even if it fades, aside from a granddaughter snagging it briefly.
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Margaret Jenkins
The
United Methodist Church
Elizabeth Taylor
Margaret
Dallas
First State Bank
C. Q. Abernathy
First United Methodist Church
Palestine
Houston
Cherie Hopkins
The Saturday Night Massacre rocks Ford era cabinet shakeup
Reporters describe the sudden firing of Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and CIA Director William Colby by President Ford, with Henry Kissinger stepping down as NSA head. The events, leaked to the media within minutes, triggered a dramatic government reshuffle and loud public reaction.
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Pres. Ford
Defense
James Schlesinger
CIA
William Colby
Henry Kissinger
National Security Agency
Kissinger
Henry
NSA
NSC
Taiwan
Schlesinger
Kissinger-Schlesinger
Colby
Mao
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Secretary of
Navy
Cleaning and a shopping bag hiding the church meeting
A diarist recalls a Sunday redding up routine and a new stash method using shopping bags hung in a closet. She notes the church Presbyterian Women meeting, family help, and a satirical political dialogue about a cabinet reshuffle and hair secrets between the President and Kissinger.
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Presbyterian Women of the Church
Unity
Wheeler rites held Wednesday
Funeral services for Samuel Wheeler 52 of 104 Blackstone Drive White Oak were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Clayton Battles officiating. Burial followed in Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Wheeler died Monday in a Longview hospital after a brief illness. He worked 27 years for Atlantic Richfield Co. and was a World War II veteran. He lived in White Oak 30 years moving from Tatum. Survived by his wife four daughters two brothers three sisters and six grandchildren.
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Samuel Wheeler
Blackstone Drive
White Oak
Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home
Clayton Battles
Lakeview Memorial Gardens
Wheeler
Longview Hospital
Gladewater
Gladewater Country Club
Atlantic Richfield Co
Tatum
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Shirley Ciancio
Fort Bragg
Calif
Janell Langdale
Dallas
Sandra Davis
Longview
Beverly Arnold
Houston
Henry Wheeler
Freeport
James Albert Wheeler
Schertz
Lonnie
Gladewater Mirror Subscription Rates and Consolidations
The Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and mail rates for Texas and out of state subscribers. It notes a consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on Nov 28, 1949 and with The White Oak Texan on June 1, 1969.
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Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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Fleetwood
Quitman Street Church OF Christ
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