Determined Tulsa Quadripelegic Eyes Independent Life
31 year old Jack G Fair of Tulsa Oklahoma, a quadriplegic since a 1954 diving accident, pursues complete independence. He paints with a brush in his teeth, studies via correspondence, and sells works through Tulsa art associations. He aims to run a copying and laminating service and live independently in a personal room at a nursing home with a telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack G. Fair
Tulsa
Okla
Fair
Art Association
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
Worldwide Church of God
Atist
Oak Manor
Mirror
Bill Owens Set as Kiwanis Speaker in Gladewater
Gregg County Commissioner Precinct 2 Bill Owens will address the Gladewater Kiwanis Club on Tuesday at 6 30 a m. at the St Clair Restaurant. He will discuss the federal revenue sharing program and take questions from the floor. Owens has served over a decade and recently moved his office to Longview after redistricting removed Gladewater from his jurisdiction. Visitors may attend. note references to his station wagon travel and a quadriplegic feature on page 2.
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Bill Owens
Gregg County
Gladewater Kiwanis Club
St. Clair
Owens
Gladewater
Longview
Chamber of Commerce
St. Clair Restaurant
City building permits approach yearly million dollar mark
Nine month total of $735,964 includes new residences, commercial, and alterations. Harold Potts reports 35 new homes totaling $435,195, 9 commercial permits at $235,900, and 25 alterations at $10,264. This signals substantial growth over last year’s full total of $509,581 and compares with the record $1,193,505.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Potts
Friends Pay Tribute To Dr Bain Leake In Gladewater Honor Night
In Gladewater Texas friends patients and former staff gathered at the First United Methodist Church on Oct 2 to honor Dr Bain Leake who has spent about 45 years in medicine. The event featured a This Is Your Life program with messages from Dr Michael DeBakey and Jack Dempsey among others. Leake a Oklahoma native moved to Texas in youth and began practice in Burkburnett before relocating to East Texas during the oil boom. He served in the U S Army from 1942 to 1945 and has practiced in Gladewater for decades with only a three year interruption.
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Bain Leake
Gladewater
First United Methodist Church
Leake
Michael DeBakey
Jack Dempsey
Felix Wells
al Mueller
Leroy van Wormer
George Reeves
Leroy Wilson
Jess Turner
Dr. Leake
Texas
Arbuckle Mountains
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territory
West Texas State College
University
United States
Burkburnett
East Texas
U.S. Army
Taulbee
Pearl
Daisy Taulbee
Charles Senning
Funeral Services Saturday Morning For Mrs Smith
Funeral services for Mrs Jessie Mae Smith 78 a Gladewater resident were held Saturday at 10 30 in the North Main and Gay Church of Christ with Walter Talley officiating Graveside services followed at 2 p m at Highland Cemetery in Deport under Malcolm Stone Funeral Home She died after a short illness and is survived by two sons two daughters two sisters ten grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren Pallbearers were grandsons Ronnie Eddie Randy Morris Bobby and John
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Jessie Mae Smith
Route 2
North Main and Gay
Church of Christ
Walter Talley
Highland Cemetery
Deport
Malcolm Stone
M. T. Smith
Robert Lee
Tex
C. E. Smith
City
Clayton Burks
Thelma Threadgill
Gladewater
Nellie Crosson
Maude Franks
Ronnie Smith
Eddie Smith
Randy Smith
Morris Smith
Bobby Chandler
John Burkett
Banks to Observe Public Holidays in Texas
The Congress and Texas Legislature designate the second and fourth Mondays in October as public holidays. Banks and state and federal offices must close in Texas on those days. Oscar Lindemann of Dallas, president of the Texas Bankers Association, explains the change.
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Congress of the
United States
Texas
Oscar Lindemann
Dallas
Texas Bankers Association
Congress
Texas Legislature
Prayer The Son of Man Came To Serve And Save
A devotional prayer invites divine cleansing to remove hindrances to loving service. It asks for the Holy Spirit to kindle love and affection for others and to empower believers to go forth in God's name.
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God
Eye-Opening Weekend Activities Highlight Local Winners and Events
Betty Duke and her husband won first in the Gilmer Couple's Gold Scramble at 7 under par. Ann Dauster tried bass fishing and landed a 6 lb 12 oz whopper. George Kendall aboard Jamestown’s first ship and Johnny Morgan’s eighth grade football injury are noted. Fire Department thanks schools and parents for Fire Prevention Week. Lions Turkey Shoot advance tickets offer four shots for 1 with turkey prize proceeds to Kerrville Crippled Children’s Home. Plants and feed offers, a memorial gift to Gladewater Public Library, Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting, and band parents club gathering are listed.
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General Telephone Company
Betty Duke
Gilmer
Ann Dauster
Larry Dauster
Pat Kendall
George
Jamestown
George Kendall
Kenny Maddox
Mildred Maddox
Sabine
Lions Club
Lions Crippled Childrens Home
Kerrville
Garland Ferguson Leads TSTA Membership Drive in Texas
Garland Ferguson, superintendent of Union Grove ISD, serves a second term as state chairman of the Texas State Teachers Association organizational affairs committee and heads the 1971-72 membership drive targeting a record 142,000 members. Over 60,000 had joined by Oct. 1, with last year’s drive reaching 138,888. The committee handles constitution credentials and resolutions along with the annual drive, with members Louise Self, Linda Bennett, Shirley Smith, Dorma Davis, Lola Stevens, Frank Murphy, Jewel Howard, Willa Coe, and Tom Carter.
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Austin
Garland Ferguson
Union Grove
Texas State Teachers Association
Ferguson
TSTA
Louise Self
Abilene
Linda Bennett
Fort Worth
Shirley Smith
Tomball
Dorma Davis
Lindale
Lola M. Stevens
Denison
Frank Murphy
el Paso
Jewel Howard
Dallas
Willa D. Coe
Kountze
Tom Carter
San Antonio
East Texana Collection Planned For Gwater Library
The John Ben Shepperd Jr Texana Memorial Collection at Gladewater Public Library aims to build an East Texas archive with books pamphlets manuscripts speeches and newspaper articles. Founding to honor John Ben Shepperd Jr who died in 1970 the collection totals over 1100 items and relies on voluntary contributions from publishers authors colleges and historians.
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East Texana
John Ben Shepperd, Jr
Gladewater Public Library
East Texas
John Ben — Shepperd, Jr
National Newspaper Week reflects press freedoms in the United States
A Coloradoan editorial from Ft. Collins stresses that National Newspaper Week underscores the free press as essential to a lawful society. It argues newspapers defend against abuses, expose deception, and unite citizens with responsible discourse, urging renewed dedication to journalistic principles.
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United States
Free Press
Ft. Collins
Colo
Funeral services for Marion N. Carnutt
Marion N. Carnutt 82 died Saturday morning in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services are pending at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home.
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Marion N. Carnutt
Malcolm Stone
Mr. Carnutt
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Kiwanis
Big Sandy Festival
University of Texas At Austin
School of Medicine
Galveston
Mrs. Smith
Lindemann
Mark
Mildred Stevenson
Bert Morgan
Tanya
Dr Leake
Stevenson
Johnny Morgan
Jacksonville
Johnny
Pope Kelly
Brookhaven
Carl B. Everett
Ministerial Alliance
Municipal Hospital
Pat Allred
East Lake Drive
Gladewater Public
Ray Bumpus
A. L
Red) O’brien
Gladewater High School
East
Texana
G’water Library
National Newspaper Week
Bulletin
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