EYE OPENER CITY NEWS AND RODEO TRIBUTES
City Council PTA meeting announced for Monday at 10 a.m. in Roy Johnson’s Glade Water High School office. Mirror reports two barrel racing contestants killed in a June rodeo auto crash near Hope Arkansas, Sissy Thurman and Ann Lewis. Ann’s mother Rose Lewis also died. they were from Sulphur Oklahoma. Ida P. Fields to celebrate 88th birthday on October 8 with family. Free German Shepherd puppies offered from 1001 Mary Avenue after 5 p.m. Odell Applegate and Patricia McKay welcome baby Judy Kathaleen, 6 lbs 6 oz, Gladewater area.
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Three Injured In Auto Mishap At Intersection
Three people were injured at 12 07 p m Saturday in a two car wreck at the intersection of rain slick Highway 80 and North Lee Drive. They were taken to Gladewater Municipal Hospital by ambulance. Injured were Jack Davidson Marion Dell and her daughter Theresa Dell all of Longview. Davidson driving a 1967 Chevrolet pickup skidded and hit the Dell 1957 Ford on Highway 80. The Dell car was totaled. Investigating officer Sergeant Richard Davis cited damages at about 1000 dollars to the Davidson vehicle and two traffic citations were issued.
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Gladewater Municipal Hospital
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Marion Dell
Theresa Dell
Longview
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Ford
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Gladewater
Services Sunday For Mrs. Josie Price
Funeral services for Mrs. Josie Price 77 will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel. She died after a short illness at a local hospital. She lived at 211 E Miller and is survived by four daughters Betty Jaynes Longview Mattie Porter Tyler Emma Jean Thompson Ardmore Okla and Ruby Lively Gladewater and a son Henry Price Oil City La. Burial is in Gladewater Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev Irby Bates of First Baptist Church will conduct the services.
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Malcolm Stone
Josie Price
E. Miller
Price
Betty Jaynes
Longview
Mattie Porter
Tyler
Emma Jean Thompson
Ardmore
Okla
Ruby Lively
Gladewater
Walter Bennett longtime Gladewater dealer dies
Walter Henry Bennett a Gladewater automobile dealer died unexpectedly Thursday morning at 5 am in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 at Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev. James Brannen officiating. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery Tyler. He was a Tyler native, Methodist, Shriner and 32nd degree Mason. Survived by wife Ruby one son Walter Jr Tyler a sister Ruth Jeffries Tyler and two grand sons.
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Gladewater
Malcolm Stone
James Brannen
First Methodist Church
Eugene Harris
Houston
Rose Hill
Tyler
Bennett
Methodist Church
Ruby
Walter, Jr
Longview
Ruth Jeffries
Hill Recognized For Leadership In South
Garfield Hill longtime Weldon school principal named to the 1969 Outstanding Personalities of the South. The profile notes his East Texas service as educator and Methodist minister, his Weldon family, and his son Winston Hill a Jets tackle.
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Nacogdoches County
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Prairie View A&m College
Joaquin
Shelby County
Weldon
East Texas
Eulalia Hill
Hills
Winston
Texas Southern University
Houston
New York Jets
World-Wide Church Festival Draws 15 000 Attendees
Ambassador College hosts the Fall Festival of the World-Wide Church of God with an expected 15 000 attendees from midwestern states. A 220 by 445 foot tent seats 16 000, and Big Sandy remains the main site as growth continues with new festival locations opening across Georgia California Pennsylvania and Utah. The 1953 start saw 750 attendees and the movement has expanded under Herbert W. Armstrong with Garner Ted Armstrong as vice chairman and radio programs extending nationwide.
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Church of God
Ambassador College
Big Sandy
College
Georiga
California
Pennsylvania
Ozark Mountains
Texas
Squaw Valley
Herbert W. Armstrong
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Ambassador Colleges
Harding College President Warns Lions of Student Unrest
Dr Clifton L Ganus Jr Harding College president told the Lions Club that leftist student movements in the U S and abroad seek to destroy established order. He argued youth lack ideals and favor revolution praising American free enterprise and faith in God. He noted SDS and unrest threaten 1968 Olympic Mexico City and urged learning from abroad.
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Clifton L. Ganns, Jr
Harding College
Searcy, Ark
Lions Club
Gladette
Billy Ray Cox
Jerry Williams
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Mexico
France
Japan
Germany
Ganus
School of American Studies
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
U.S
USO Supported By Gladewater United Fund Drive
The Gladewater United Fund began a campaign to support the USO as a major voluntary group aiding U S armed forces. The USO runs 121 stateside and 58 overseas operations, with 113000 civilian volunteers and 4 409 live shows reaching service members in 36 countries.
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United Service Organizations
USO
Gladewater United Fund
USC
United States
Gregg County Signs Mental Health Facility Contract
Gregg County and four cities signed an agreement with the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to establish outpatient diagnostic and treatment services. A $15 000 grant funds operations and services for emotionally disturbed children adults and families with community advisory control and state local support. Developments include follow up care for state hospital and special school releases and prevention planning with local leaders.
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Longview
Gladewater
Kilgore
Gregg County
Texas Department of Mental Health and
D. A. Benton
Quentin Abernathy
Foster Bean
Gregg
Henry Atkinson
Bill Owens
John Allen
Hugh Camp
Jack Bean
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
J. B. Poston
Long
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Mary Avenue
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Brenda Sue Cole
Georgia State University
Atlanta
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Texas Women’s University
Denton
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Saunders Street
Library of Congress
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Freedom Foundation
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Gregg County Association For Retarded Children
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