Former GHS grid stars shine for NLU in two sports
Two Gladewater athletes thrive at Northeast Louisiana University. John Floyd, joining as a football sophomore, has 11 receptions for 220 yards and a touchdown this season, including 139 yards in the Texas-Arlington game. Mike Lawrence leads NLU cross country with two early wins and strong times. Floyd also excels on track in hurdles and the 440, while Lawrence, the sole upperclassman on cross country, runs the mile in track season.
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Monroe
Gladewater
Northeast Louisiana University
John Floyd
Texas-Arlington
Floyd
NLU
Arlington
Mike Lawrence
Lawrence
Centenary
Northeast Texas Fire Control School Set For October
The sixth annual Northeast Texas Fire Control School will be held October 6 and 7 at the Texas Eastman Corporation training field in Longview. Gladewater firemen and area departments will attend with about 600 participants expected. Fire officials will instruct on breathing apparatus use propane and butane fire response and extinguishment methods using water chemical and foam. Fire Chief Ronnie Gothard will help teach the flamable liquid fires project. The event is a long-running training success for both paid and volunteer firemen.
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Northeast Texas Fire Control
Texas Eastman Corporation
Longview
Gladewater
Ronnie Gothard
Bee beard wins Bicentennial contest in Clearbrook
Twenty year old Jerry Stoker of Clearbrook grows a bee beard for the Bicentennial event and wins the most unique beard prize. He removed a queen bee, attached a box to his chin, and kept bees swarming with honey and water spray as judges observed from a distance. His family, including father Earnest and 18 year old Tom, earns a livelihood from honey production in Clearbrook.
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Clearbrook
Minn
Jerry Sticker
Stoker
Earnest
Tom
Upshur County Auditor Bruce Morris Jr Leaves Post
Upshur County auditor for 26 years Bruce Morris Jr has accepted a position with Upshur Rural Electric Coop. Dist Judge Virgil Mulanax did not reappoint Morris last month and plans to announce a replacement auditor soon. Keeneland Racetrack in Lexington Ky began operations in 1936.
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Gilmer Bruce Morris Jr
Upshur
Upshur Rural Electric Coop
Morris
Dist
Virgil Mulanax
Homecoming planned at Sabine in Liberty City
Larry Odoms announces Sabine Ex-Student Association will hold the 20th Homecoming on Friday October 8 at Sabine School Liberty City. Exes from Sabine and North Chapel attend, 6:30 registration at Cardinal Field, 7 p.m. pregame events crown Homecoming Queen, 7:30 Sabine Cardinals vs Union Grove Lions, reception after the game at Sabine Middle School Cafeteria. contacts Larry Odoms and Milton Sullivent for details.
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Larry Odom
Sabine Ex-Student Association
Sabine School
Liberty City
Sabine
North Chapel
Cardinal Field
Sabine Cardinals
Union Grove Lions
Sabine Middle School
Harmony School Returns to Basics Under New Policy
Harmony School adopts a back to basics policy after a user driven plan by superintendent Curtis Lock and the school board. The 1976-77 year targets improved reading comprehension and math, with social studies added at the junior high level.
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Harmony
Harmony School
Curtis Lock
Big Sandy Wildcat Band to Parade in Two Events
Under Ronald Best the Big Sandy Wildcat band will march in the East Texas Jamboree in Gilmer and compete in the marching contest on October 23. They are invited to East Texas University Homecoming in Commerce on October 30. New band officers are April Cowan president, Bubba Gorman vice president, Martha Smith secretary, Lisa Smith treasurer, Sharon Chalk reporter. Band Booster Club meets October 4 at 6 30 p.m. in the band hall.
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Big Sandy Wildcat
Ronald Best
Gilmer
East Texas University
Commerce
April Cowan
Bubba Gorman
Martha Smith
Lisa Smith
Sharon Chalk
Band Booster Club
Medicare hospital costs rise with new year increases
The government announces a 19 percent base daily rate hike for Medicare hospitals plus higher charges for extended stays and post hospital care. Beginning January, beneficiaries pay the first 124 dollars of a bill, and daily costs rise for 61st to 90th day and post discharge days, with the HEW spokesman citing mandatory increases due to rising hospital costs.
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Washington
Medicare
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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