Local News Snippets From Gladewater Area
Mrs Tom Crabtree undergoes major surgery at Tyler Medical Center on Wednesday. Bryan Kirbo a GHS Bear starter questions playing Kilgore after knee injury during Gladewater Henderson game. George Spears son of R G Spears undergoes surgery at Medical Center Tyler. Volunteers wanted at Gladewater Public Library. Gregg County touted as oil leader despite small size. Weather notes mention snow in the Colorado Rockies.
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Tom Crabtree
Tyler Medical Center
Bryan Kirbo
GHS Bear
Gladewater-Henderson
Kilgore
Bryan
Bears
Municipal Hospital
Gladewater Center
The
George Arthur Spears
R. G. Spears
Medical Center
Tyler
White Oak Lions Club Chicken Dinner Set
The White Oak Lions Club will host a barbecue chicken dinner at the community center on Saturday October 17 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dine in or take out. Plates with all trimmings cost 1.50 each.
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White Oak
The
In This Issue United Fund Benefits 13 Agencies
The bulletin highlights the United Fund campaign supporting thirteen agencies. Readers are directed to page 15 for full details, including distribution goals and participation options.
Prayer for Today from Aquila and Priscilla
Aquila and Priscilla salute you in the Lord from their house church. A prayer asks blessing on homes, eager praise in families, sanctuaries of prayer and worship through Christ. Amen.
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Aquila
Priscilla
Father
Christ
Gladewater Home Building Sees Rising Permits and Values
City records show continued growth in Gladewater with new homes, apartments, and alterations. From January through September, construction totals reach 296,731 dollars with 174,200 dollars in new home value and 55,300 dollars in commercial permits. Since 1963, 167 new family homes have been built, with peak years noted in 1966 and steady activity through 1969.
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Gladewater
Harold Potts
Y.O.U. Plans Aid Cards Distribution in Gladewater Area
Y O U. aid cards to be issued for teens and young people with local phone contacts including a Longview number 759 7788. Volunteers offer around the clock help via a four contact card and larger versions in strategic spots. Local contacts include Hugh Mixon Chester Gleason Jack Finley Eddie Kendall. Blue Cross Blue Shield to provide 500 drug abuse booklets for a seminar November 16 and 17 with Ed Baker as the first night speaker.
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Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Gladewater
Longview
Hugh Mixon
Chester Gleason
First Christian Church
Jack Finley
Eddie Kendall
Gladewater High School
Planning Committee
Charles Wilson
Blue Cross
Blue Sheild
Wilson
Ed Baker
Memorial gifts reach $2000 for Shepperd Texana collection
Donors added to the John Ben Shepperd Jr Texana Collection Memorial at Gladewater Public Library push gifts past two thousand dollars. The fund supports Texas history works in memory of John Ben Shepperd Jr who died in a Mexico traffic accident.
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Shepperd Texana
John Ben Shepperd, Jr
Gladewater Public Library
Ellen Bauman
Ralph Randel
Panhandle
Texas
Barry Scobee
Fort Davis
Scurry County
S. F. Hignett
San Angelo
Texas State Historical Association
Austin
Charles Thomas
Fort Worth
A. M. Pate, Jr
John Worth Cloud
Albany
Texans
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Gladewater
Young Shepperd
East Texas Lt Governor Candidates Campaign In State
Republican Bryan Fullerton and Democrat Ben Barnes campaigned across East Texas this week. Fullerton opened Gregg County Republican headquarters in Longview and attacked Barnes while Barnes visited Kilgore Gladewater and Mineola arguing for greater Democratic turnout.
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Gregg Gop
Byron Fullerton
Fourth Street
Longview
LeVan Harris
Gregg County
GOP
Byron Ful
Lerton
Fullerton
Gillett Shepperd
E. Texas
Texas
Bryan Fullerton
University of Texas Law School
Ben Barnes
Austin
Barnes
Senate Election Law Study Committee
Absentee Voting Period for Nov 3 Election in Texas
Voters may cast absentee ballots in person from October 14 through October 30. Qualified residents absent from their county on election day may use their registration certificate at the county clerk's office. The November 3 ballot includes seven constitutional amendments on judges, beverage law, land assessment, the State Building Commission, county road bonds, homestead exemption, and government consolidation.
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Texas
State Building Commission
GHS Choir and Band at Texas State Fair Performance
The GHS choir directed by Ken Bennett will join invited massed choirs at the Texas State Fair in Dallas on Monday October 12 as part of Texas Music Education Day. Burt Bacharach will be honored. a 7:30 p.m. fireworks display follows in the Cotton Bowl. The GHS band under Buzz Messner will perform outdoors the same day.
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GHS
Dallas
Ken Bennett
Burt Bachrach
Cotton Bowl
Buzz Messner
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Grand Prairie
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Dallas Morning News
Texas Historical Survey Committee
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