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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1971
Page
2
A speech urges readers to contribute generously to the United Fund, emphasizing personal neighborly help over impersonal government. It stresses aiding the sick, the handicapped, the old, and those lacking hospital access, and invites “as big as possible” gifts to preserve America's tradition of individual responsibility.
A stitched sample of editorials and notices from Grassroots Opinion to the Alamo Texas News. It laments taxes and bureaucracy, questions relief work incentives, and recalls a West Point memorial for astronaut Edward H. White Jr with a sermon and graveside tribute.
Lt Governor Barnes promotes tax deferment to lure manufacturers to towns under 25 000 as a key to rural Texas growth. He cites Georgia relocation success and stresses citizen participation and hard work to revitalize blighted areas and attract industry. He notes redistricting progress and cites Beckworth and Hall in the District 2 plan.
New York state officials announced that 3,614 individuals were removed from the relief rolls in July as part of ongoing welfare program reductions. The move follows prior monthly withdrawals and aims to streamline aid distribution and curb abuse.
A reflective piece considers how public buildings like libraries, auditoriums, or museums embody collective effort and the lives and desires of those who built and maintain them. It invites readers to see beyond mortar and stone to the community spirit within.
Lions Club members gathered at St. Clair Restaurant to toast the 40th year of the Gladewater organization. Past District Governor Oran Donaldson spoke, while Virgil Wallace led a brief session. A 1948 Lions story noted the club raised 16000 for the GHS band to attend a New York convention.
The Gregg County Health Department hosts a Thursday clinic offering free exams and birth control information to medically indigent women over 18. Open Thursdays 3:30 to 5:30, staffed by volunteer physicians, with intake for married women or referrals. Call 759 9444 for appointments.
The Gladewater High School marching band led by Buzz Messner unveiled new stationery in black and orange. Randy Wakefield designed it, with Jimmy Rowe supervising production, and Messner thanked Mirror staffer Jimmy Brown for support. The piece promotes community spirit and neighborliness.
In an October 15 letter to residents, Ann McKenzie and Martha Langford thank reporter Jimmy Brown for coverage of the new Gladewater library project. They acknowledge library board members Harold Victory H L McKaig Mel Pycatt Mrs Grady Coleman and applaud librarian Ellen Bauman and aides Iuka Mc Court and Glenda Richey. They urge townspeople to keep the project top of mind and support the nine-person effort.
A satirical voice laments the heated scramble to fill two vacant Supreme Court seats. The piece skewers partisan bickering, mentions possible candidates, and playfully casts the speaker as a would be justice unable to qualify, but eager to sit in the high court amid national confusion.
A reflective piece on modern change and being out of touch with trends. A writer laments missing Hugh Downs departure, learns new words and terms, and struggles to keep up with technology, music, and evolving culture while trying to stay engaged.
A quirky collection of humorous quips and cartoons. It mixes kitchen wisdom with social humor and light jabs at committees and hypocrites. The notes reference teachers and students with playful punchlines about honesty and buying habits.
The Gladewater Mirror publishes basic staff roles and contact policy with a note on correcting erroneous reflections. It lists Renece M Kates as general manager and advertising director, with editors Jack Elrod Fredalene Clark Harriett Walton and others. Subscription rates are detailed and the paper notes historical consolidations.
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