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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1971
Page
2
A speaker jokes about marriage and money, noting taxes and spousal influence. He recounts advising a single coworker and skewers government and household spending. The piece ends by predicting that by 1980 villagers in Brazil and India will learn to read and farm via educational TV broadcasts from satellites 22,000 miles high.
Twenty students earn spots on the Middle School honor roll. Sixth grade selections include Terri Denton Karen Kerns Rusty McCulley and Patti Winborn. Seventh grade names Logan Ashby Leslie Blount Holly Ford Kathy Hill Charles McKenzie Jill Rame Nancy Walker and Patti Wallace. Eight eighth graders make the list: Shane Best Jim Hugman Sharon Scurlock Sharon McNutt Glinda Newman Scott Wagner Cindy Wilborn and Harriett Clark.
In Years Gone By feature notes First Baptist Church moved into a new building at Dean and Upshur. McKaig Chevrolet marked its 50th anniversary with an open house. Boy Scout Troop 192 awarded 200+ honors at Lake Gladewater. Cub Scout Pack 196 toured the Mirror plant. Beta Sigma Phi chili supper was held at the high school cafeteria. Shepperd Hills Community Club collected 56 cakes for East Texas TB Sanitarium patients. Liberty Theatre showed Black Jack Ketchum Desperado with Howard Duff and Victor Jory. 1957 fund drive exceeded its $15 000 goal. November saw 2.57 inches of rain in five days. Eisenhower won reelection with 457 electoral votes. Gregg County awarded road paving contracts for Ames Street and nearby roads. Light snow fell in Gladewater and Longview for three hours on Friday November 2. Price clinics to end in Gladewater per the Dallas district OPS.
An essay blends reflections on wealth and debt with a call for philanthropy to fund a new library building. The writer recalls personal budgets, car costs, and home payments, then shifts to admiration for memorial gifts, naming libraries, plaques, and the value of libraries to youth and community memory through generous donations.
Mrs Elizabeth Payne and her brother Fred McDorman traveled to Little Rock Arkansas Tuesday after the death of their brother J Bert McDorman. He had been in ill health for some time. Funeral services will be in Little Rock though arrangements were not known at press time. McDorman was a retired railroad man.
A religious notice from Gladewater Texas announces a sermon series on Galatians 1 6 led by the Quitman Street Church of Christ The brief card invites worshipers to attend and hear the preacher expound the verse in a community church setting.
A spoof campaign exposé shows a candidate railing against the two party system while lampooning campaign finance and policy. The piece ridicules supporters, tax questions, and imagined platforms proposing universal freebies and a large government check for all, ending with a taut critique of federal overreach.
The notice lists home delivery rates: Texas residents pay $1.25 per month by mail, $5 for six months, and $8.50 per year. Texas outside rates and general mailing options provide $1.50 per month, $6 for six months, and $10 per year, all payable in advance.
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