United Fund Gifts Reach Eleven Thousands
A long list of contributors to the United Fund accumulates toward the campaign total, with many individuals and businesses named. The drive reports a 100 percent club including Ben Franklin, Waggoner’s Cleaners, and Gladewater High School plus an overall total of 7 298.00 dollars. In other news, First Governor Frankfort Isaac Shelby is recorded as Kentucky’s first governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Franklin
Waggoner’s Cleaners
Gladewater High School
LeMay Benefit Held November 1
The Henry LeMay benefit occurred November 1 1970 from 1 to 10 p.m. at the Cities Service Recreation Hall in Longview. Sponsors included East Texas Motor Freight T and P Motor Freight plus Longview and Gladewater Citizens Band Clubs. Admission was 1.50 for adults 1.00 for children over 12. Cakes drinks and sandwiches were sold. Local donors included Coca Cola Bottling Company Golden Flake Donut Shop McDonald’s and Longview merchants who supplied door prizes. Entertainment featured the Calhoun family Gregg County Play Boys Country Fables Leo Pierce and daughters Johnny Pomonis and wife State Rep John Allen and son. Speakers were Ed Asberry Dallas General Office East Texas Motor Freight and Lewis Hoffman Longview East Texas Motor Freight. The event raised 703 for the LeMay family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry LeMay
Cities Service Recreation Hall
East Texas Motor Freight
T&p Motor Freight
Longview Citizens Band Club
Gladewater Citizens Band Club
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Golden Flake
McDonald’s
Longview
Calhoun Family
Gregg County Play Boys
Country Fables
Leo Pierce
Daughters
Carthage
Johnny Pomonis
Houston
John Allen
Ed Asberry
Dallas
Lewis Hoffman
Longview East Texas Motor Freight
LeMay
White Oak News Honors and Local Updates
Lita Marie and Jimmy Cobb sign for a film in Durango Mexico with the picture titled Dont Spit On The Side walk. A November 5 reception at White Oak Community Center honors junior high cheer sponsors and lists students and adults present. Airman Curtis Joe Modisette transitions from Lowry to Cannon AFB with wife Kathy. Local hospital admission for Mrs L A Hardwick and extensive elementary class favorites by grade with named teachers and students. Mr and Mrs Tony Strong of Dallas visit relatives. Charles McClane undergoes ear surgery at Markham Hospital Longview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lita Marie
Jimmy Cobb
Lita
Dina Ravelli
Durango
Mexico
White Oak Community Center
Judy Meredith
Meredith
Kay Kemph
Cathy McFarland
Debbie Tuttle
Cindy Geske
Pam Voss
Debra Holley
Lou Tuttle
W. D. Holley
Kevin McFarland
Johns
Curtis Joe Modisette
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colorado
Curtis
Kathy
Cannon Air Force Base
Clovis
New Mexico
L. A. Hardwick
Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital
Kilgore
Roe
Nancy Silvertooth
Stevie Cline
Thomas
Sheryl Starr
Kyle Orms
Brestford
Terri
Holloway
Debra Copeland
Billy Todd
Lain
Christiane Guinn
Jon King
Reynolds
Cristi Gese
Joey Phillips
Mr. Rogers
Cindy Odom
Scott Creighton
West
Vicki Cogdell
Ricky Adkinson
Lanie Witt
Jamie Coker
George Cloud
Tony Strong
Dallas
Bill Strong
Charles McClane
Markham Hospital
Longview
Saving New Orleans Streetcars Hold On Amid Decline
The last New Orleans streetcar line on St. Charles Avenue persists as officials argue over efficiency and future plans. The piece profiles motorman August Louis Hess and the aging system, noting 28 cars on a 13 mile route and the challenges of maintenance, parts, and ridership since streetcars began in 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Steinberg
New Orleans
Desiré
Progress
St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans Public Service Inc
NOPSD
NOPSI
August Louis Hess
Hesse
Gillespie Rites Held in Overton
Funeral services for 80 year old Will A. Gillespie of Overton were held this week under Pearson Funeral Home. A longtime Overton resident since 1918 he owned Gillespie Drug Store and later ran a grocery. He retired in 1956 after 20 years as postmaster and was a registered pharmacist and church and club leader. Survived by Ora his wife, son Bruce Overton, daughters Louise James Ruston La Molly Heath Fairbanks Alaska, one brother four sisters nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesse
New Orleans
Will A. Gillespie
Overton
Pearson Funeral Home
Gillespie
Pritchett
Frank Phillips
Marcia Foshee
Mae Sherman
City
Gillespie Drug Store
Ora
Bruce
Louise James
Rusten
Molly Heath
Fairbanks
Alaska
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United Fund
C. Allen
Wilson Godfrey
E. S. Hartshorn
O. Lewis Staerker
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Chester Gleason
George Jones
B. B. Fields
J. W. Cain
E. D. Dillard
W. G. Coleman
John Paul Tallent
Jack Elrod
Glenn Walton
Neal Clark
Ron Clark
Steve Tipps
Charlie Williams
Bill Sergeant
Bob Moyers
R. M. Houser
Tommy Allen
Glade Sewing Center
Hightower’s
Lois Gary
James Gelvin
Howard LaPrade
D. H. Stephenson
Mildred Barker
Cox
Builder’s Supply
Louise Minter
Edith Coach
Nell Starks
Wanda Wendell
Edna Murray
Pauline Norris
Abram Daneiels
Willie Jeffery
Ella Hicks
Noah Clay
Reuben Barnes
Archie
Otis Greer
Bennie K. Johnson
D.S. Alexander
James E. Allen
Arthur Allen
Horace H. Audas
James Beasley
David Blear
William Borden
McKinley Bowman
Walter Brown
Harry Briggs
Joyce Buehrle
Bobby Cooper
Andrew Daniel
Roy Daniels
Jimmy L. Davis
Mary Alene Dean
Stella Dickinson
Charles Evans
Melvin Farrar
Joe Free
J. R. Fuller
Dorothy Galbraith
Tommie Green
Judy Gibbons
Thomas Gothard
Troy Godwin
Leon Griffith
James Heatherlin
David Hilton
Charles Hill
Tillie Howard
Ruben Jimison
Ernest Kopecky
Bill Langford
Thomas Mackey
Cris B. Morrow
H. J. McAfee
Dwight McFall
Eunice McKinley
Myra Nichols
W. H. Parrott
Roy Lee Perryman
Harold Potts
Doyle Roe
James Wade
Jerry Watson
Charisse Wilkins
Blum Williams
Isiah Smith
Ronnie Gothard
Pat Cowan
Bob Brown
Jewel Ward
Walter Strickland
William Landrum
Betty Brown
Glen Goza
Gloria Goza
Irma Grantham
T. B. Harper
T. W. Hardness
Thornton Moore
Neill Roberts
A. E. Wilkins
Frankfort, Ky
Kentucky
Isaac Shelby
Longmont
Colo
A. T. Semple
I Customs
Ceed
Daddy
White Oak News
Griffin's Crystal
Southern Belle
Griffin
Texas
East Pacific
Gladewater
U.S.D.A
Gladiola
Nhole
Jd Salas
del Monte
Concho
Neuhoff
Sig
Detroit
First Methodist Church
Stewards
Methodist Men’s Club
The
Texas Parks & Wolf Hunters Association
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