LTV Dedicates New Gregg County Plant
LTV Aerospace dedicates its Gregg County Plant at the airport with 400 civic leaders present. James J. Ling and Clyde Skeen speak as the 76,000 square foot facility opens to public tours and displays of A7 Corsair II and F-8 Crusader gear. The plant, begun mid 1960s, employs about 165 and targets 500 by mid 1969 with payroll over 3 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg County
LTV Aerospace Corporation
Longview
Kil
Henry Atkinson
Commissioners Court
Gregg County Industrial Commission
Atkinson
Gregg Co
J. R. Clark
LTV Aerospace
Vought Aeronautics
Kilgore Junior College
Navy
Air Force
Ling-Temeco-Vought
Clyde Sheen
Texas
James J. Ling
Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc
Dorothy Alexander
LTV
Clark
107 Year Old Organ Restored At Central Methodist Church
Mrs. Sarah Fleet, a nurse at Nightingale Nursing Home Gilmer, longed for an antique organ stored for over two decades at Haskins Chapel Central Methodist Emmanuel Church Big Sandy. A great aunt donated the instrument about 50 years ago, and repairs followed when the church was rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Fleet
Nightingale Nursing Home
Gilmer
Mattie Brown
Haskins Chapel
Central Methodist Emmanuel Church
Big Sandy
Mattie
Fleet
Edythe Tinsley
Local events roam Gladewater area events and honors
Saturday events include a Ford agency punt pass and kick contest with trophies awarded at a Jaycees meeting. Alvin Shipp joins Rotary Club. his son Glen returns from Korea to join Shipp’s Marine business. Gladewater High hosts all state choir tryouts Tuesday in the auditorium. A Jefferson Riverboat offers weekend public rides and weekday charters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Agency
The
Jaycees
Rotary Club
Alvin Shipp
Rotary
Irby Bates
Shipp
Gladewater
Sidewinder Boat Co
Gladewater High School
Mrs. Pear Mullin Dies In Sleep At 87
Mrs. Pear Mullin, 87, died at 3 30 a m Saturday of a heart attack at Highland Pines Nursing Home Longview where she had lived the past two years She had attended a birthday party in Gladewater Friday for a great grandchild and returned to the nursing home by 830 p m Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Sunday at First Methodist Church with Rev James Brannen officiating Burial will be in Union Grove Cemetery under Malcolm Stone Funeral Home direction Pallbearers were Ovid Phillips Tommy Allen Gordon Godfrey Albert McEachern B P Dake and Melvin Boucher Mrs Mullin survived by one daughter one sister one brother seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews She had lived in Gladewater since 1933 and moved to Highland Pines two years ago due to ill health.
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Pear
Mullin
Highland Pines
Longview
Gladewater
Donnie Eldridge
Bastrop
Leslie Goodenough
Trinity
James R. Adams
Ken Erickson
Nathan H. McEachern
Marshall
Wallace campaign appearances set for Longview
Wallace and LeMay backers announce a pair of Wallace events in Longview Texas with an Oct 17 arrival at Gregg County Airport. A $25 dinner at 6 p.m. precedes an 8 p.m. rally at the Gregg County fairgrounds as Alabama leaders head the gray area campaign effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview
American Independent Party
George C. Wallace
Gregg County
Downtowner Motor Inn
Alabama
Lewis Headley
Montgomery
Wallace
Dick Owen
Baldwin County
Headley
New Jersey
Gregg County Fairgrounds
Arry
Merritt Gibson
Owens
Lurleen
King of Sandwiches Opens in Gladewater with Family Run Kitchen
O'Brien, a 36-year-old Protestant from the area, runs the Sandwich King on Gilmer Highway with Gladette Cleer. He left construction to focus on quality meats and breads from New York Bakery in Dallas, making the Hoagie and other sandwiches for a growing local crowd. The business operates as a family affair with nine O'Brien members helping at different times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirror
Gladewater
O’brien
Larry O’brien
Gladette
Bob Cleer
Gilmer Highway
Honey Toys
Norman
Mike
Martina
Patrick
Big John
Matthew
Jack
Naomi
Sarah Lee
Sandwich King
New York
Dallas
King
Cowpokes Cartoonist Ace Reid Featured in The Mirror
Ace Reid, Kerrville Texas based cartoonist, starts the Cowpokes strip in The Mirror this issue and continues in every Sunday edition. The Electra native, now a Kerrville resident, is famed for humorous after dinner talks and published Cowpokes cartoon books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Reid
Kerrville
Texas
Reid
Electra
Southwest
Gladewater Mirror
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jesus Christ
Jefferson
Olive King
Marion County Chamber of Commerce Office
PTA
Mrs. Pear
Humble
United Fund
Humble Oil Company
Jim Marshall
Kilgore
Les Moore
Sid Hecker
Charles Yust
Tyler
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