County plans court expansion and health care growth
County officials discuss moving departments from the courthouse to ready space, and a possible jail rebuild. They note Good Shepherd Hospital expansion funded by 5 million in revenue bonds, seeking 80 more rooms, plus airport grants with FAA support. Growth and urbanization are seen driving population toward 150000.
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County Agriculture Extension Service
Texas Highway Patrol
Atkinson
Good Shepherd Hospital
Hotarians
Texas
Good Shepherd
FAA
Gladewater
United Fund drive details for 1977 include local aid and major recipients
The United Fund outlines local spending to aid Camp Fire Girls and transients, with $25 maximum per person annually. Red Cross receives $1,600, Salvation Army $850, Texas United Community Services $100, and East Texas Treatment Center funds assist Gladewater and area residents. Marilyn Godfrey chairs the drive. many workers are named across divisions. The note ends with a trivia line about U S paved roads forming a belt circling the globe.
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American Red Cross
Salvation Army
USD
Texas United Community Services
Gladewater
East Texas Council On Alcoholism
Tri-City
East Texas
Marilyn Godfrey
United Fund
Kev HF Risinger
Faye Mackey
Jo Wiley
Carson Kennedy
Mally Abercrombie
C Q Abernathy
Roy Johnson
Paul Bennett
Rev Risinger
Harold Wells
Willie Hagen
Sabine Area
Norma
Jerry Barrow
Weldon
Garfield Hill
Red Rock
Mattie Cooksey
Royce Ford
Royce Foard
Stan Midler
Susan Pool
Jack Earp
Molly Abercrombie
Sharon Finstead
Jim Edwards
Kirk Abercrombie
Joe McElroy
Richard Phillips
Rick Kuehler
Fredaiene Clark
Bill R. Johnston
Jack Guthrie
Paul Goodchild
Christie and Krueger address UAW-CAP conference in Texas
Former Texas Insurance chief Joe Christie and Rep. Bob Krueger spoke to 125 delegates at a UAW CAP two day conference in Longview. Christie urged关注campaign timing and criticized Tower's influence while Krueger pressed deregulation of oil and gas prices and better export markets for agricultural products. Christie touted his record on minority hiring and insurance policy reforms and said he could beat Tower in a Texas Senate race.
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Longview
State Insurance Commission
Joe Christie
el Paso
John Tower
United Auto Workers Community Action Program
CAP
Texas
Christie
the Mirror
Bob Krueger
New Braunfels
Krueger
Pentagon
Gladewater School Board Agenda Sets Executive Session
The Gladewater school board will meet in executive session in October to discuss property purchase. Superintendent Roy Johnson will report on enrollment, certificates, WTR deposit, school transportation, and board policy updates. September TASA-STASE attendees will give reports.
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Gladewater
Roy Johnson
Tasa-Stase
San Antonio
Family seminar me and the kids any age Gregg County event
A Longview Texas family living seminar titled Me and the Kids Any Age is sponsored by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. It offers two identical sessions Tuesday at 9:15 am and 7 pm at First Christian Church 420 North Sixth Street Longview. Fees total 2 for preschoolers and 50 cents for each additional child. The program features discussion groups for Parents with Small Children Teenagers Single Adults Couples and more led by local ministers and educators. Gladewater residents and others of all ages are urged to attend with registration from 8:45 am for the first session and 6:30 pm for the evening session.
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Gregg County
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
First’ Christian Church
North Sixth Street
Longview
Laster
Eugene Langford
Judy Hine
Joe Bronson
Avyl Terrell
Gladewater
Septembers Mess and DIY Window Shades Reappear
A dated column recalls a busy September with travel to Mexico and Dallas, a near work pile, and a desire for a simple do it yourself guide. The writer shares a household project about old fashioned blinds, notes drifting work, and muses on fashion trends like blouson.
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Blouson
Briscoe names Clements coordinator for 1978 campaign
Governor Dolph Briscoe appointed Bill Clements Jr as area coordinator overseeing a 20 county region for the 1978 re election effort. Clements will liaise between county coordinators and Austin campaign HQ. He is a rancher businessman Kilgore College UT trustee and Build East Texas chair. Applications to volunteer should go to the Texas state campaign HQ in Austin.
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Austin
Bill Clements
Jrad
Longview
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Clements
Briscoe
Bill
Kilgore College
University of Texas
Animal Health Research Foundation
Build East Texas” Organization
Rascoe
P.O. Box
Water hearing set on Gladewater waste permit amendment
The Texas Water Commission schedules a public hearing in Longview on Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. to discuss an amendment to Gladewater's waste discharge permit. The proposal funds new sewage treatment facilities to improve effluent quality and increase flow, with attorney James Shawn presiding.
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Austin
Gladewater
Texas Water Commission
Longview
City Hall
James Shawn
The
Water Commission
Texas Department of Water Resources
Texas Water Quality Board
Water Development and
Water Rights Commission
Stroupe district FFA officer elected in Longview district
Earnest Stroupe of Gladewater FFA was elected district vice president of the Longview District FFA. Elections were held Monday October 3 at Carthage High School. Stroupe is son of Mr and Mrs B J Stroupe and has held multiple FFA and school offices. Also elected were James Irwin president Waskom Shawn Young secretary Kilgore Chuck Sawders treasurer Bartly Bass reporter West Rusk and Mark Jackson sentinel Mt Enterprise.
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Earnest Stroupe
Gladewater Ffa
Longview
FFA
Carthage
Earnest
Gladewater High
B. J. Stroupe
Star
Waskom
F.T.A
F.C.A
James Irwin
Shawn Young
Kilgore Ffa
Chuck Sawders
Carlise Ffa
Bartly Bass
West Rusk Ffa
Mark Jackson
Mt. Enterprise Ffa
Notable Vices of the Modern Plastic Age
The essay catalogs everyday annoyances from malfunctioning vending machines to unreliable mail and failing cars. It critiques television culture, consumer promotion, and flimflam in business, urging common sense, law enforcement, and humor to curb petty societal irritants while noting boxer James Corbett’s clean face in his long career.
Gladewater Mirror Subscription Details and History
The Gladewater Mirror lists home delivery and mail rates for Texas and out of state subscribers. It notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969, indicating historical publishing changes.
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Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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Mirror
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Tower
William Blakely
Waggoner Carr
Barefoot Sanders
Democratic Party
Steven Westmoreland
J B Collingsworth
Alvin White
Susan Jones
G. K Norton
Bob Parrott
Michael Macey
Betty Stephens
Judy Rawson
Wally Willams
Thomasine Lally
Larry Faunt
Laverne
Lawrenceville, N.J
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Boston College
Rider College
Trenton
N. J
Sumrall
University of Denver
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Union For Radical Political Economics
John Petty Construction Company of
Pete
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Davidson Ford Saies
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