Eye-Opener and Local Notices From Rusk State Hospital Event
A community appeal asks for aluminum foil pie tins or ready baked pies for a Halloween carnival at Rusk State Hospital on October 26. Miss Emma Sue Bennett leads the drive aided by Mrs. Barbara Dowell students making masks. about 1800 masks and noise makers are requested for patients. Also reports of a dog fight incident where James Walker lost part of a finger, Gladewater Masonic Lodge meeting on October 9, funeral services for Mrs Pearl E Murray of Bossier City, and a Chamber meeting at St Clair Restaurant.
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Junior Red Cross
Rusk State Hospital
Emma Sue Bennett
Barbara Dowell
Gladewater library bids discussed by board and council
Gladewater library board and city council met to review five bids for the new Lee Public Library project at Pacific and Tenery Streets. Hunt Bros. Co. of Longview submitted the low bid of 117648 dollars. total project cost is about 200000 dollars with land site work and furnishings. No action was taken. bid acceptance must go to council by October 15 with next meeting October 12 due to lack of quorum.
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Gladewater
Pacific and
Tenery Streets
Longview
Hunt Bros. Company
Johnston
Tenery longtime resident dies after brief illness
James Buchanan Tenery 78 of West Highway 80 died Friday night in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was a retired rural mail carrier and U S Postal Service employee. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p m in Stone Funeral Home Chapel with Walter Tally officiating. Burial in Gladewater Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Willie two daughters three sons a brother a sister thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He lived in Gladewater 56 years and was a Church of Christ member. Born in Paulask Tennessee March 8 1894.
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James Buchanan Tenery
West Highway 80
U. S. Postal Service
Tenery
Stone Funeral Home
Walter Tally
Church of Christ
Gladewater Memorial Park
Stone
Mr. Tenery
Gladewater
Paulask
Tenn
Willie
Sue Morgan
Longview
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Lurlene Whitefield
Dallas
J. B. Tenery
John Tenery
Fort Worth
Frank Tenery
George B. Tenery
Taft
Jennie Tribble
Waxahachie
Battleship Texas Gets First Major Restoration Work
The 60 year old vessel at the San Jacinto Battlegrounds begins a new phase of restoration after a $70 000 contract funds repair of the forward superstructure. The ship a historic figure in U S history has survived two wars and drawn millions of visitors.
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Houston
Texas
United States
San Jacinto Battlegrounds
Play producers sue Gladewater city officials
Tyler reports that several Gladewater city officials including Police Chief Cris Morrow were named as defendants in a federal suit filed Friday in Tyler seeking injunctive relief and damages alleging city officials interfered with a stage production.
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Tyler
Gladewater
Cris Morrow
George Gupter
Jeffery Lynn Ward
U. S
Jerry Henderson
Jimmie Davis
John Ellis
Kenneth Freeman
Texas Department of Public Safety
Billy D. Langford
Harold Potts
Ernest Martin
Gunter
Ward
Morrow
Merrow
Mel S. Friedman
Houston
Gunter and Ward
Friedman
the Mirror
Potts
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Rusk
Hopkins County vital registration lags despite drive
In Hopkins County, voter registration remains below normal with 15 deputy registrars processing applications as the Saturday deadline nears. Tax Assessor-Collector Leeman Teetes estimates total registration at 8 810 despite efforts. Kilgore notes ETCOG membership rose to 80 with three new members Panola County Junior College Beckville Wells.
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Hopkins
Leeman Teetes
Teetes
Kilgore
East Texas Council of Governments
Panola County Junior College
Beckville
Wells
Virgil M. Holland
ETCOG
Bob Nolan
Dalford Stewart
East Mountain School property sold to Dallas man
Charles L. Brown of Dallas buys the East Mountain School property for a private school to be co educational with modern courses. He plans a five acre East Texas Private Swim and Tennis Club beside the school with indoor Olympic pool and tennis courts. Brown also intends to settle nearby acreage as his home site.
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East Mountain
Charles L. Brown
Dallas
Brown
East Texas
East Mountain Independent School District
Gilmer
TJC President Guides New Tyler State College’s Rotary Address
Dr. James H. Stewart Jr., the first president of the new Tyler State College, outlined plans for a January start with about 300 students in 15 to 20 courses and a broader 1980 enrollment goal of 3,500 to 3,600. He described two-year offerings, eventual bachelor and master options, a permanent 200-acre campus, and an $16 million construction plan with evening classes to be emphasized.
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James H. Stewart, Jr
Tyler State College
Rotary Club
Roberts Junior High
Tyler
Stewart
Quentin Abernathy
H. J. McKenzie
Board of Regents
TSC
Rotary
Bank and Post Office to Close for Columbus Day
The First State Bank and Post Office will close Monday for Columbus Day and resume normal hours Tuesday. Roy Pynes, officer in charge at the Post Office, said incoming mail and newspapers will be boxed Monday morning. Out of town mail should be deposited in the alley collection box before 4:45 p.m. for holiday dispatch.
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First State Bank
Roy Pynes
Prayer For Today A Holy Way Guide
A devotional excerpt cites Isaiah 35 8 and prays for guidance through temptation and error. The writer asks God to help believers follow Christ who is the way the truth and the life. The prayer emphasizes devotion and steadfast faith.
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God
Christ
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