Green Carpet proposal eyed by C C directors and carnival income noted
Chamber of Commerce President Jack Earp reports the Halloween Carnival raised 591.47 at the baseball park on Oct. 30 including 89.75 from the dunking booth 174.85 from advance tickets and 326.87 from gate sales. Directors vote to pay 200 toward Green Carpet Route and plan Christmas lights and parade details while considering multi town adjuncts and Thanksgiving closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Brown
Earp
E. A. Martin
State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation
Gladewater
Green Carpet Group
Harold Wells
Kiwanis Club
SWEPCO Plans Two New Coal Units At Welsh Plant
Southwestern Electric Power Company announces two additional coal fired units at the Welsh site between Pittsburg and Daingerfield in Titus county. Each unit will total 1.95 million KW with three units by 1982 and a 25 percent boost to SWEPCO's capacity. First unit begins 1972, others operational by 1980 and 1982.
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Cason
Swepco
J. Lamar Stall
Southwestern Electric Power Company
East Texas
Pittsburg
Daingerfield
Titus County
Stall
Flint Creek
Arkansas
Amax Coal Company
Belle Ayr
Gillette
Wyoming
Turk
Big Sandy Man Injured When Tractor Rolls Over
Elmo Splawn, 59, of Rt. 1 Big Sandy, was listed in stable condition after a tractor rolled onto him Tuesday afternoon. He suffered multiple fractures and other injuries and had surgery Tuesday night in a field near Sanders Street and Rick's Circle north of Gladewater off Highway 135 while hauling logs up an embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Splawn
Rt. 1
Big Sandy
Splawn
Sanders Street
Rick
Board opens laboratory bids at Gladewater hospital
Gladewater Municipal Hospital board meets to open three bids for a cardio-pulmonary lab. Allen and Patrick bid 122,500. Kerr Engineering 128,898. John Waddell Construction 143,433. All bids exceed the 100,000 estimate. architect to meet low bidder to adjust plans. Board to reconvene November 17 at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Allen and Patrick
Jacksonville
Kerr Engineering
Kilgore
John Waddell Construction Company
Longview
School finance plan discussed by Gladewater board
Gladewater school board heard Bill Carroll outline Governor Dolph Briscoe's public school financing proposals. Highlights include raising minimum state support from 75 to 90 percent, and provisions for transportation funding, renewal and accountability, tax office assistance, and a State Tax Assessment Board to update taxable estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Bill Carroll
Dolph Briscoe
Carroll
Roy Johnson
Austin
Briscoe
MSA
State Tax Assessment Board
Yamboree tennis champs Polly Williams Joyce Erickson win
Polly Williams and Joyce Erickson won first place at the first annual Yamboree tennis tournament in Gilmer defeating a Tyler team 6 1 6 2 and a Denton team 3 6 6 3 7 4 to take the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Williams
Joyce Erickson
Gilmer
Tyler
Denton
Light agenda for council meeting
City council sets a light agenda for Thursday’s regular session with no appearances or old business. New business includes approving an asphalt bid for the lake road project, approving payment to Cole and Smithen Construction for water treatment plant improvements, and receiving a status report on the airport project by Knowlton English Flowers Inc. of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole and Smithen Construction Company, Inc. of
Denton
Knowlton, English, Flowers, Inc
Bedford
Gladewater School Board Hears Audits and Plans December Contracts
Gladewater school board spent over three hours reviewing the 1975 76 audit showing the district in the black with a $136 000 spendable balance and proper records. They approved a 1976 77 textbook committee and discussed a joint city tax office contract with an upcoming November 22 meeting. A juvenile student was expelled for marijuana on campus while two executive sessions addressed the student and the tax office. The superintendent announced new buses arrived and a vocational agriculture building totaling about $126 621 should be completed soon. a December contract signing for the office is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater
Dolph Briscoe
Henry Bown
Bown
Roy Johnson
Richard Goode
Harold Keller
C. W. Dawson
Frank Setzler
Garland Willett
Glendora Carter
Bill Waters
Jeanette Irwin
Patricia Harrison
Margaret Bell
Larry Osborne
Garfield Hill
O. G Johnston
Hugh Mixon
Johnson
Maple Street
Enrollment hits 500 at Gay Avenue School
Gladewater school board heard from Principal Charles Hopson about rising enrollment at Gay Avenue School, now 500 students after a 499 count. He urged four new classrooms and four teachers as temporary buildings expand capacity. the board authorized a cost study by an engineer for next December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hopson
Gay Avenue
Gladewater
Hopson
Supt
Roy Johnson
United Fund Nears Goal Amid Strong 100 Percent Givers
The United Fund stood less than $2,000 from its $15,500 target with $1,899.13 reported by UF Secretary Jo Wiley at noon. Gay Avenue School Holiday of Texas Inc and First State Bank staff achieved 100 percent gifts, while many firms have yet to pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Gay Avenue School
Holiday of Texas, Inc
First State Bank
Jo Wiley
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C-C
Longview Chamber of Commerce
White Oak
Hallsville
Clarksville
Warren City
Longview Chamber
Gladewater Chamber
Jess Wilson
John W. Turk, Jr
Power
Erskine Best
Jeter Hall
Broadway
American Legion Hut
Willa Keoun
Overton
American Association of Retired People
Senior Citizens Center
Buck
Alice McGee
England
Tommy McGee
Tommy
Union Grove Boosters Club
Joe A. Louvier
Kelly Louvier
Windamere
Ronald A. Goebel
Tryon Road
Lions Club
C. H. Bellatti
Supt. Johnson
School Board
Pritchard
Abbott
TSTA
Callie Smith
George Kendall
Gay Ave
Kelly D. Butler
Odell Boles
Gladewater Federal Savings
H. D. Victory
Credit Bureau of Gladewater, Inc
Pauline M. Merritt
Shipp’s Marine Service, Inc
Blanche Twibell
Joe C. Tuttle
Gladewater United Fund
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