Non-Graded Program at Gay Avenue Primary School
Gay Avenue Primary School reports progress on a first year non graded program that removes grade levels and allows students to advance at their own pace. Principal Charles Hopson praises reading and math focus, teacher effort, and quick student adaptation despite a four daily period schedule. Coach John Lyle resigns as head football coach. Jack Murphy named interim coach for the Gladewater Bears amid a 4-1 season.
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Charles Hopson
Gay Avenue
Hopson
John Lyle
Gladewater High School
Lyle
Jack Murphy
Guy Harrison
Harrison
Murphy
Gladewater Bears
Pittsburg
Pirates
Bears
DeKalb
University of Tulsa
Oklahoma
Tyler
Daingerfield
Gay
Arlan Woods
Roy Johnson
Union Grove hosts Gilmer in junior high grid clash
The 8th and 9th grade football teams meet Gilmer in Gilmer on Thursday with games from 5 30 to 7 p m. The junior varsity plays at Bear Stadium at 7 p m. Booster Club runs a membership drive with cards for sale at the Union Grove vs Big Sandy game Friday at 7 30 p m at Lion Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmer
Bear Stadium
Union Grove
Bob Ullrich
Big Sandy
Lion Stadium
Bear Day Proclaimed Ahead Of Gladewater Homecoming
Gladewater announces Bear Day to align with Homecoming events on October 31. Mayor Melvin Jenkins will issue the proclamation at the council meeting while cheerleaders Nancy Phillips Paula Tuttle and Connie Johnson push community participation and window decorations from October 27 to 31.
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Gladewater High School
Nancy Phillips
Paula Tuttle
Connie Johnson
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Melvin Jenkins
Chamber
Mack Wiley
Bill Langford
Texas High Department
Gladewater
Langford
Earnest Martin
John Paul Tallent
Roy Leggitt
Charles McChesney
Bill Owens
Martin
Highway Commission
Royce Ford
Wiley
Quentin Abernathy
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Abernathy
Dallas
East Texas
Kilgore Homecoming rally honors ex-students on faculty
Kilgore College continues a homecoming tradition by saluting former students now employed by the college. A special ex-student section will be set for the 10:00 pep rally in Masters Gymnasium, with the five Homecoming Queen finalists announced. Ranger Band and Rangerettes provide entertainment, and Governor Preston Smith plans a forest fire prevention conference in Beaumont on October 30. Kilgore police chief J M Climer orders nightly loiterer patrols after burglaries. Longview veteran service officer Ray Liles resigns, effective January 1, 1970, to assist the transition.
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Kilgore
Kilgore College
Masters Gymnasium
Wallace Read
Gussie Nell Davis
College Station
Preston Smith
Royal Coach Inn
Beaumont
Texas
Texas Forest Service
Texas A&m University System
J. M. Climer
Longview
Ray Liles
Gregg County Commissioners Court
Liles
Prayer For Today Be Not Conformed To This World
A brief devotional prayer asks for divine wisdom and courage to resist the temptation to conform to worldly values. The speaker seeks steadfast faith and blessing in humble trust.
Sabine High School Ex-Students Plan Homecoming Events
The Ex-Students Association of Sabine High School in Glade Water Texas announces Homecoming Friday and Saturday October 17 18. The football game starts at 7 30 p m with coronation at halftime by association president Bobby Player. A reception follows at the Sabine Community Center with honors for classes 1934 1944 1954 1964. Saturday features a country dinner at 7 30 p m with barbecue and live music. tickets at $2 available at the game or by reservations with Adrian Dozier Bill Speer or Bobby Player. reservations due by noon Saturday.
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Ex-Students Association of
Sabine High School
Gladewater
Texas
Sabine- Hawkins
Bobby Player
Ex-Students Association
Sabine Community Center
Adrian Dozier
Bill Speer
Kilgore
Board Cancels Halloween Carnival
The board of trustees canceled the annual school Halloween Carnival at Bear Stadium citing a lack of a suitable date. Halloween clashes with the Gladewater West Rusk Homecoming football game this year, and crowded conditions with no Wednesday eve ning activities or weeknight scheduling fit concerns. The event has been a long running tradition for 15 to 20 years with cake walks fortune tellers games and side shows.
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Board of Trustees
Gladewater
West Rusk
Bear Stadium
Marcus Vascocu sworn in as 188th District Court judge
Marcus Vascocu was sworn in as judge of the new 188th District Court in Gregg County by Judge Henry Atkinson at the Gregg County Courthouse. The Longview attorney, appointed by Gov. Preston Smith, will serve until the next general election and aims to reduce caseload across the 124th and 71st district courts.
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Marcus Vascocu
Herbert Boyland
Gregg County Bar Association
Oscar Jones
Gregg County
John Furrh
71St District Court
Marshall
Sam B. Hall
Wardlow Land
124Th District Court
Center
David Moore
Longview
Fred Erisman
Earl Roberts
Phillip Brin
Connally McKay
14Th District Court
Tyler
Court of Civil Appeals
12Th District
Jimmy Brown
188Th District Court
Henry Atkinson
Jacqueline
Ann
Longview High School
Kenneth Mann
First Baptist Church of
Vascoca
Preston Smith
Vascocu
Boyland
D. C
Maron Nipper
Gilmer
W. E. Shirley
White Oak
Shirley
E. D. Dillard
Earp
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Earps
Gladewater
Navy
San Diego
Mack Wiley Says Industrial Tour Well Received
Gladewater Chamber of Commerce President Mack Wiley reports East Texas business leaders were well received on the East Texas Chamber tour. A group of 100 visited New York Detroit Milwaukee and Chicago with luncheons well attended and strong interest in East Texas development. Wiley noted reception in Milwaukee by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladewater Chamber of Commerce
Mack Wiley
East Texas
Fred Pool
East Texas Chamber
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Quentin Abernathy
Earps Mark 24 Years In Business Here
Earp's Super Save owners Mr and Mrs D C Earp celebrate 24th anniversary this week. Their store is run with help from sons Jack and Sammy Earp.
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Earps
United Fund Nears Four Thousand as Retail Division Members Donated
The United Fund total climbs to 3799.50 with four clothing stores joining the 100 percent ranks Daniel's Up Town Shop Rhodes Dress Shop and J. C. Penney's. Gladewater Middle School hit 100 percent with per capita 10.15.
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United Fund
Daniel’s
Up Town Shop
Rhodes Dress Shop
J. C. Penney’s. Gladewater Middle School
Beulah Pynes Rites Held After Long Illness
Mrs. Beulah Mae Pynes 89 died Tuesday morning in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Thursday at Malcolm Stone Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wagstaff, Rev. Grimes and James Trigg officiating. Burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Survived by son Roy Pynes, sister Eula Harrington, grand and great grandchildren, and other relatives. Previously of Gladewater since 1924 she and husband Chester H. Pynes owned Pynes Grocery and Market.
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Beulah Mae Pynes
Gladewater
Roy Pynes
Malcolm Stone
W. A. Wagstaff
Billy Grimes
James Trigg
Pynes
Rosedale
Alabama
Texas
Chester H. Pynes
Pynes Grocery and Market
Mt. Vernon
Roy
Eula Harrington
Peggy Wilson
Greggton
Mignon Poteet
California
Chester Corn
Albuquerque
N.M
Wallace Borman
J. R. York
Kenneth Dowse
Calvin Ramey
Woodrow Wood
Grady Coleman
Highway Plans Discussed By State Commission
A letter from the Texas Highway Department to City Manager Bill Langford dated Oct 6 notes city plans for a one way street system on Glade and Main Streets along U S Highway 271 and an east side loop linking U S Highways 80 and 271. The Highway Commission in Austin favorable considered the proposals after Oct 1 testimony by a city delegation led by Langford.
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Bill Langford
Texas Highway Department
Glade
Highway Commission
Austin
Langford
J. C. Dingwall
U. S. Highway 271
Gladewater
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Mrs. Steele
Ft. Worth
Upshur County
American Legion
Dallas Hwy
Phillips Springs Road
John M. Thomas
S. M. Thomas
Celia Thomas
Fort Bliss
BCT
Ft. Bliss
First Methodist Church
James Brannen
First Methodist
The
Holy Land
Sabine
Exes
University of Texas
Southern Methodist University
Bar Association
VFW
Hershel Baker
Maurice Hightower
Lois Gary
Heard Feed Store
West Upshur Laundromat
Eula Barton
Gladys Lindsey
Paul Drake
Holcombe
Cannon’s Saddlery
Geneva Stevens
Vera
Walne Walker
Ray Bumpus
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