Community Notes and Obituary from White Oak
Died Thursday Robert B. Boyd at Gladewater Municipal Hospital with service at Oakland Heights Baptist Church. Also a roundup of local events: booster club meeting, Homecoming Queen picks, birthday, Open House for golden anniversary, visits from relatives, and county conservation bond news in Denver involving John Love.
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Robert B. Boyd
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Oakland Heights Baptist Church
Joe Frazier
Shreveport
Jack Frazier
Jack Dymke
San Augustine
White Oak
Vicki Odom
Rhonda Dance
Terri Eudy
Jenny Turner
Bradley Lummus
Joe Lummus
Thomas Bryson
Christie
Arlington
Hall Cavel
Bryson
Korea
John R. Ellis
White Oak Community Center
Eugene Ellis
Tyler
Jim Eastman
Willie Thomas Boyd
Cuna Molas Grow From Local Craft to Global Art Trend
Panama City report on the Cuna Indians of the San Blas Islands who cut reverse applique molas into panels for blouses. The hand sewn textiles, depicting religious motifs and local life, now reach art collections and fetch up to 30 dollars in the United States. About 25,000 Cuna remain, with 10,000 women producing molas, while some mass produced tourist molas appear.
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Panama City
San Blas Islands
Panama
Cuna
San Blas
Euphrates Valley
Center For Inter-American Relations
New York City
John Canaday
The
New York Times
Africa
Islands
Elisabeth Hans
Arte Caribe Gallery
Welsh Pony Show Debuts at Louisiana State Fair
At the 1970 Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport from October 23 to November 1 a Welsh Pony show joins the Quarter Horse Paint and Appaloosa events. Debuting October 30 at 9 a.m. in the horse barn, judge Mrs. Charles Abeles of Washington, D. C. presides over ponies described as sociable and attractive. The Welsh breed includes two sizes under 12.2 hands and up to 14 hands, with varied colors and no spotting.
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Shreveport
Charles Abeles
Washington, D. C
Wales
Seamanship Lessons Free to Public in Austin
The U S Coast Guard Auxiliary in Austin offers an eight lesson basic seamanship course free to the public. It started October 6 and runs Tuesdays through December 1 in Building 23 at Camp Mabry. Contact Frank Eidelbach at 817 665 9437 for details.
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Austin
U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Camp Mabry
Frank Eidelbach
Kilgore Hosts 11th East Texas Police Academy Session
Thirty one officers attend the Kilgore College campus for a four week East Texas Police Academy course through Oct. 30. The 160 hour program covers criminal procedure, arrest laws, evidence handling, investigation, traffic enforcement, and police community relations. Certificates issued upon completion, with one year of service eligible for state certification.
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Kilgore
East Texas Police Academy
Kilgore College
Natural gas field found in 1963 near Greenville
About 60 wells have been drilled in a 13 square mile natural gas field near Greenville Kentucky. The field was discovered in 1963 and now supports extensive gas extraction activity in the area.
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Greenville
Kentucky
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Carlsburg
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