Camp Fire Council Banquet Highlights East Texas Leaders
Gladewater was well represented at the Camp Fire Girls annual council meeting and banquet held November 21 at First Methodist Church in Greggton. Area president Ray E. Vaughan presided as new board members and awards were announced.
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Gladewater
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
First Methodist
Greggton
Area Council
Ray E. Vaughan
Aubrey Leverett
Gilmer
East Texas Area Council
Walter A. Buehrle
Mack Wiley
C. B. McKenzie
Local Family News From Galveston and Kilgore
Visiting with Dr and Mrs G R Hugman and four children this week are her parents and her nephew Rickie Plummer all of Galveston. Mr and Mrs Reuben Painter travel daily to Kilgore to help their daughter Beverly and Roy Laird and their three sons. The Lairds had a Kilgore auto crash when a pickup ran a stop sign injuring Mrs Laird and Laird. Mr and Mrs Ross Jones come from Corpus Christi for the holiday for the first visit home since August. They will stay with Jim Jones and Tommy Allen families and share Thanksgiving at Mrs Claude Dailey’s home.
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G. R. Hugman
J. T. Plummer
Rickie Plummer
Galveston
Reuben Painter
Kilgore
Beverly
Roy Kirk Laird
Mrs. Laird
Kil
Ross Jones
Corpus Christi
Corpus
Jim Jones
Tommy Allen
Julia
Buddy
Former Resident’s Mother Dies in Fort Worth Hospital
Mrs May Kellams Russell mother of Mrs George Mercer and Mrs William E Miller died early Monday in a Fort Worth hospital. She owned the Glenrose Hotel in Glenwood where she resided. Survivors include two daughters one son Joe of Glenrose ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Harveson and Cole Funeral Home. Burial was in Rosehill Cemetery.
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May Kellams Russell
George Mercer
William E. Miller
Ft. Worth
Gladewater
Longview
Russell
Glenrose
Glenwood
Joe
Tommy Mercer
Jolene Nunn
Russell Miller
Helen Miller
Harveson and Cole Funeral Home
Rosehill Cemetery
Funeral Director E R Baker rites held in Kilgore
Funeral services for E. R. Gene Baker funeral director for Bader Funeral Home were held at 2 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev J Howard Edington officiating. Burial followed in Kilgore Cemetery. Baker served 17 years with Bader and lived in Kilgore 22 years. He died Saturday in a Kilgore hospital after a long illness. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and Kilgore Lions Club and a World War II veteran who earned a battlefield commission with the 44th Combat Engineers during the Battle of the Bulge. He is survived by his wife Helen two sisters and a stepmother.
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Kilgore
E. R
Gene) Baker
Bader Funeral Home
First Presbyterian Church
J. Howard Edington
Kilgore Cemetery
Baker
Bader
Former Resident Dies Following Short illness
Mrs. James Sherman died Monday in a New Iberia Louisiana hospital after a brief illness. She was the daughter in law of Mr. and Mrs. John Sherman of Vesta Drive and a former Gladewater resident. She worked at Honey Toys during her stay here. The Sherman family moved to New Iberia years ago where Mr. Sherman works offshore. Funeral services and burial will be in New Iberia. The family left Tuesday to be with their son and his family. She is survived by two children Maxine and Jimmy at home, her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. J. McCain of Tyler, and a brother Durwood McCain of Arlington.
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James Sherman
New Iberia
John Sherman
Vesta Drive
Gladewater
Honey Toys
Shermans
Sherman
Immigrants to Liberia Face Rebuff After U S Roots
The piece recalls earlier Liberian colonization by freed American slaves who formed a nation with a U.S. like constitution and seal, then cites a 1967 exodus of 173 Chicago Negroes to Liberia near Gbatala. It notes Liberian government urging return and restricting further mass migrations as journalist George Mellon visits the camp.
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Africa
Liberia
Chicago
Mudhut
Gbatala
United States
Wall Street Journal
George Melloan
Paul Harvey Column Schedule Expands in Mirror
The Mirror announces it will carry all three Paul Harvey columns weekly with two appearing on the editorial page each Thursday and one on Sunday, due to wide reader interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
the Mirror
Disparities Abroad and a Final Weekend at Astroworld
The piece outlines Liberia’s tensions with transplanted Americans and campus unrest, urging maturity and responsibility in student protests. It notes Canada and Mexico as less welcoming alternatives, then announces Astroworld’s final weekend, with a new carousel added to the lineup and guest invitations for underprivileged Houston-area groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hofheinz
Houston
Astroworld
Cleburne State Park Offers Much In Fall
Cleburne State Park invites visitors to enjoy fall color and fishing. The 16 acre lake yields bass crappie and channel catfish while a flock of 200 to 300 vultures gathers in trees below the dam. Park superintendent M F Horton notes the park is 12 miles southwest of Cleburne and colors along sumac shin oaks willows and junipers provide a vivid backdrop.
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Cleburne State Park
Cleburne
M. F
Red) Horton
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Horton
Subscriptions Rates For Gladewater Paper 1949
Second class postage paid at Gladewater Texas 75647 By Mail in Texas 125 per month 5.00 six months 8.50 per year Outside Texas 150 per month 6.00 six months 10 90 per year All mail subscriptions payable in advance Consolidated with The Gladewater Times Tribune Nov 28 1949
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Gladewater
Texas
The
Gladewater Times-Tribune
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Longview District
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Carolyn Langston
J. Leslie Moore
John Osteen
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Commerce and Industry
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