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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
1
Rebekah Lodge No. 30 members sponsor a rummage and bake sale at Odd Fellow Hall on S Dean across from city hall. Sale hours are 9 am to 7 pm Friday Sunday and Monday with baked goods Sunday. Proceeds aid remodeling of the lodge front.
An interim committee presented a proposal for a volunteer Gladewater police reserve at a city hall meeting. The plan envisions strict screening, training, and uniforms under the main police force with eligibility limited to residents within the school district and no racial or creed distinctions.
The Chamber of Commerce plans a Government Day on Thursday Oct 15 with GHS students acting as mayor council members city judge and other officials. They will tour city departments start at 8 30 a m receive welcome at city hall and address Rotarians before attending the 7 30 p m city council meeting.
Friends of Jacque Stevens have started a fund to help with expenses after a serious car wreck. Jacque, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Stevens, was hospitalized at Medical Center in Tyler in intensive care for over two weeks and has since been discharged to recover at home. Donations may be made at First State Bank designated for the Jacque Stevens Fund.
The Gladewater school board met Monday in Indy to review reports and approve staff. Tax collector Arlan Woods noted 93.94 percent of 1970 taxes paid, enrollment reached 1853 with 574 in high school, and 18 girls enrolled in Vocational Office Education with 10 employed locally. New aides bring total to six under Title I. The district plans to study bus transport for out of town games and welcomed Mrs. Dorothy Raye Johnson as attendance and liaison officer.
Gladewater fire department will send a six man pumper team to Cooper Texas for the Northeast Texas Firemen and Fire Marshals Association convention. About 20 regular and volunteer firemen and their wives aim for first place. Fire Chief Harold Potts leads the delegation.
Funeral services for Doyle W. Read 62 were held Tuesday at 2 pm in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Irby D. Bates officiating. Masonic rites followed in Memorial Park under Malcolm Stone Funeral Home. Read, a Rancho Oil Co. pumper for 37 years, died of a heart attack while visiting Atlanta Georgia. He is survived by his wife Alice, son Doyle Read Jr., four brothers, three sisters, and two grandsons. Pallbearers included H P Watson and Bob Barnett. honorary pallbearers were Rancho Oil Co. employees and Gladewater Masonic Lodge members.
A Sunday 2 o'clock one car crash, three miles west of Gladewater on Highway 80, killed Harley White Jr., 34. Four other men from Gladewater and Big Sandy were injured. Snider and Lucas remained in fair condition while Snider was in intensive care. The crash occurred when White lost control and overturned, the Plymouth Barracuda demolished. Funeral services held Tuesday at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home with burial in White Oak Cemetery. White, born May 28, 1936, was a Korean War veteran and Nazarene Church member. survived by Anita, two sons, a daughter, four stepsons, a sister, and several relatives.
A brief prayer invoking God to help believers see divine handiwork in all things including the smallest grain of sand beneath our feet. The prayer closes in Jesus name Amen.
John H. Smith, 90, lifelong Gladewater resident, died Saturday at his Route 2 home. Funeral Requiem Mass was Monday at St. Theresa's Church with burial in Union Grove Cemetery. Survived by Margaret, three sons J Pat, Joe, Jerry Smith. three daughters Bridget Fowler of Dallas, Hazel Willis of Longview, Aletha Berwick of Longview. two sisters J H Capp of Tyler and Lola Pace of El Paso. 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Also listed are several Smith and Berwick family members. Also note hunting guide: Texas Hunting Guide for 1970-71 seasons available at dealers and TPWD offices. requests to Department HQ, John H. Reagan Building, Austin.
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