East Texas Industrial Group Welcomed by New York Firms
The East Texas Industrial tour was warmly received by top New York firms with 164 executives dining at a Roosevelt Hotel luncheon. Mack Wiley of Gladewater reported by telephone from Detroit that group members included local leaders Quentin Abernathy and city manager. The tour continues to Milwaukee and Chicago before returning to Texas as Wiley joins a Connecticut Edison factory side trip with 24 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
New York
Mack Wiley
Gladewater Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Wiley
Roosevelt Hotel
Quentin Abernathy
Bomb damages Texas A&M dorms with no injuries
A homemade bomb exploded at Texas A&M University during a Corps of Cadets assembly, breaking 31 windows across four dormitories, tearing bark from a tree, and gouging a four-inch ground hole. Authorities suspected nitroglycerin though unconfirmed. Texas Ranger and Brazos County deputies joined the probe.
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College Station
Corps of Cadets
Texas A&m University
Ed Powell
Texas Ranger
Brazos County
Walter Buehrle Re elected CFG Board Chairman
Walter Buehrle pastor of Gladewater First Presbyterian Church was reelected president of the Gladewater District Board East Texas Area Camp Fire Girls Inc The meeting at the Camp Fire Center covered needs at Camp Natowa the upcoming area dinner on November 13 at the Masonic Hall and the 1969 70 officer slate Area Director Aubrey Leverett urged father involvement in Camp Fire work and highlighted building painting repairs at Camp Natowa Mrs Langford was named candy sale chairwoman marking Camp Fire Girls 25th anniversary in the East Texas area Reservations for the area dinner were encouraged this month
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Walter Buehrle
Gladewater
First Presbyterian Church
East Texas Area
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Camp Fire Center
Buehrle
Camp Natowa
Bill Langford
Aubrey Leverett
Camp Fire Girls
Masonic Hall
East Texas
Langford
Eye Opener highlights Texas Oklahoma gridiron buzz and local notes
The column notes the Texas vs Oklahoma game as the season’s marquee event played in Dallas, mentions a newspaper timing quirk about the score, and records local items from Gladewater and Bonham. It also observes cigarette tax effects, hobbyist candy sales at Gladewater High, and squirrel hunting reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas University
UF Campaign Kicks Off Monday At Breakfast
All divisions of the United Fund began full swing with the Kick-Off Breakfast on Monday. Mrs V C Hightower was the first Retail Division captain to return her cards. John Paul Tallent was added to Retail Captains. Cards due back by October 20. Donations this week by division include Advanced Jack Phillips Wilson Godfrey Gordon Godfrey and Mr and Mrs Clyde Crawford Mailing E D Sutton and Mrs S J Kay Retail Kevun Music Dillard Feed Store and Sassers Johnston News Stand.
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United Fund
V. C. Hightower
John Paul Tallent
Jack Phillips
Wilson Godfrey
Gordon Godfrey
Clyde Crawford
E. D. Sutton
S. J. Kay
Kevun Music
Dillard Feed Store
Sasser’s
Johnston News
Firemen Win Attendance Award At Jacksonville
Gladewater Fire Department won first place in district Pumper Races for the fourth year. At Jacksonville the event drew 29 observers with Gladewater finishing second. A fire extinguisher was given for attendance. Meetings occur semiannually in district cities. A state pumper race at the Dallas State Fair will involve over 60 teams, with Gladewater planning to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater Fire Department
Jacksonville
Gladewater
Dallas
Harding College Dedicates Claud Rogers Lee Music Center
Harding College in Searcy Arkansas dedicated its expanded music facilities naming the center for Claud Rogers Lee and honoring his mother Mrs. Claud A. Lee of Gladewater after a $125 000 gift. The $300 000 complex includes a band room equipment room rest rooms and six practice rooms with new carpeting sound treatment and air conditioning. The program featured performances by the Band and the A Cappella chorus along with remarks by President C L Ganns and music department chair Dr Erle Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle Moore
Harding College
Harding
Belles and Beaux
G. E. Baggett
Kenneth Davis Jr
Claud Rogers Lee
Gladewater
Claud Lee
Calf Scramble Winners Receive Prize at Glade Round-Up Rodeo
Area 4-H and FFA youths finally got their calves in October after winning at June's Glade Round-Up Rodeo. Winners include David Stone Daryl Ferguson Keith Stokes Dennis Chafin John Watkins Bobby Lynn Walker Joe Watkins Bill Tucker and more. Calves averaging 325 to 350 pounds were distributed by rodeo directors David Moore and Russell Loyd. The youngsters will show at the May FFA Steer Show in Longview and may return next June for another scramble.
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FFA
Gladewater
The
Rodeo Association
David Stone
Judson
Dennis Chafin
Union Grove Ffa
Daryl Ferguson
John Watkins
Bobby Lynn Walker
Keith Stokes
Gladewater Ffa
Bill Tucker
Sabine
Danny Gary
Gregg County
David Moore
Joe Watkins
Russell Loyd
Longview
Prayer for Today and Psalm Reflections
A devotional urging readers to seek inner truth through prayer. The piece asks God to search the heart and guide believers toward wisdom power and peace for daily living, ending with Amen.
Fleming Services Held In Overton
Funeral services were held in Overton for Janet Fleming 17 who died from injuries after a blank cartridge fired into a stuffed bulldog at a Kilgore College pep rally. She was a Leverett's Chapel resident daughter of D P Fleming, survived by parents a brother Jimmy two nephews and grandmothers.
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Overton
Janet Fleming
Kilgore College
D. P. Fleming
Leverett’s Chapel
Janet
Miss Fleming
Medical Center Hospital
Tyler
Jimmy Fleming
C. C. Still
Jefferson
Bell Fleming
Turnertown
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East Texas Industrial Group
Austin
Preston Smith
J. M. Souter
Nacogdoches
Military Science
Stephen F. Austin State University
James E. Calaham
SFA
Stewart Blood Bank
Commerce
East Texas State University
ETSU
Lone Star
Sam Houston State
Harpers Bizarre
Uniques
University
Sam Rayburn Memorial
Ben Barnes
Senate
Barnes
Jack Strong
Helena
Mont
Mastercraft Homes
CFG Board
American Legion
Legion
Highway 80
Don’s
Gladewater High School
Mirror
Bonham
Tom Galhausen
H. L. Hearnsberger
L. L. Runnels
UF Campaign
Searcy College
Wiseman Furniture Company
Everett Wiseman
Dals
Wiseman
Clam Rogers
Round-Up Rodeo Association
Fleming
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