Queen Yam Thirty-Third at Rose Stadium Event
A Rose Stadium free show titled Queen Yam the Thirty-Third features professional actors with Weldon Owens as master of ceremonies. The program includes musical acts the Sunshines led by Bobby Franklin and The Don Hall Family, plus juried art exhibits at Caldwell Schools and the Tyler Art League festival with 150 works from East Texas artists at the East Texas Fairgrounds.
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Rose Stadium
West Stands
Weldon Owens
Dallas Times Herald
Sunshines
Bobby Franklin
Don Hall
Tyler
Caldwell
South College
Tyler Art League
Woman’s
East Texas Fairgrounds
East Texas
Wiginton-Mathews FTA to host Miss Dora Rose next Tuesday
Miss Dora Rose of the Texas State Teachers Association will speak to the Wiginton-Mathews Future Teachers of America Chapter at Big Sandy High School at 12 35 PM on Tuesday. Lunch will honor her.
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Dora Rose
Texas State Teachers Association
Wiginton-Mathews Future Teachers of America
Big Sandy High School
Miss Rose
East Texas State University
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
TSTA
NEA
Fort Worth Classroom Teachers Association
City Council Considers Housing Plan and Board Appointments
The Gladewater council discussed plans with architect firm Davis Cole and Associates to assess public housing needs and potentially collaborate with city planners. Other actions included delaying Mimosa Clubhouse renovations, authorizing vegetable stand ordinances, postponing post office parking decisions, supporting a mobile home park in the Sheppard Addition, approving a United Fund resolution, and appointing Raymond Allen to the Planning Commission along with Bright to the East Texas Council of Governments.
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George B. Duke
Davis- Cole and Associates, Inc
Dallas
Duke
Holcomb
Gladewater Housing Authority
Mimosa
Lake Gladewater
City Planning Commission
Sheppard
North Lynn Street
Charles Mouton
G. D. Myone
Longview
Raymond Allen
Planning Commission
Bright
Alumni speaker to headline SFA Homecoming dinner Oct 30
Alf Jernigan ex vice president of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce will be the principal speaker at the 42nd Homecoming alumni dinner at Stephen F. Austin State University. The alumni banquet occurs 6 30 p m Friday Oct 30 at Nacogdoches Hotel Fredonia with Jernigan a 1949 SFA graduate speaking on leadership.
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Alf Jernigan
Longview
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches
Fredonia
Jernigan
SFA University
Trigg
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Home Demonstration Association
Knife and silverware returned to Cafe Royal owner
A cautious London parcel from an Irish postage stamp sender contained a knife, fork, and spoon from Cafe Royal dated 1940. An accompanying note said the items were found in Onslow Square during the war and returned to the restaurant as a souvenir, signed by An Irish Worker.
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London
Cafe Royal
Vincenzo Franzini
Onslow Square
Ministry of Works
Open House at Middle School Draws Community
Plans near completion for the Middle School Open House on Tuesday October 27. The event runs 5 30 to 8 p m with tours of the facilities and displays of student work plus notes on summer improvements.
Area Men in Service From Fort Gordon and Others
Army Private James H. Attaway 24 son of Mr and Mrs Edward H Attaway Route 1 Gladewater completed a 12 week communications center specialist course at the U S Army Southeastern Signal School Fort Gordon Ga He learned to operate and maintain a communications center and acquired knowledge of equipment and systems Attaway entered the Army last April and finished basic at Fort Lewis Wash His wife Margret lived in Augusta Ga during training He is a 1964 Gladewater High School graduate Before entering the Army he worked for J C Penneys in Nacogdoches USS Mahan Navy Seaman James M Hearn son of Mr and Mrs Andrew B Hearn Kilgore serves aboard the guided missile frigate USS Mahan in the Western Pacific USS Bainbridge Navy Seaman Stephen H Paine husband of former Miss Gay M Rozier of Kilgore reports aboard the nuclear powered guided missile frigate USS Bainbridge at Long Beach Calif Captain Jerry D Jones son of Mrs Johnnie Jones Bonham is a member of a squadron earning the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the sixth consecutive year He is an aircraft maintenance officer with the 1867th Facility Checking Squadron at Clark AFB Philippines The squadron inspects navigational aids and air traffic control facilities in Southeast Asia and was cited for contributions to communications electronics readiness The captain a 1957 Bonham High School graduate earned degrees from LeTourneau College and Arizona State University He married Sharon Morrow of Gladewater Seaman Stephen H Paine son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth E Baldwin Longview has re
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FT. Gordon
Army
James H. Attaway
Edward H. Attaway
Gladewater
U. S. Army Southeastern Signal School
Pvt. Attaway
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Margret
Augusta
Gladewater High School
J. C. Penney’s
Nacogdoches
Bainbridge
Navy
Stephen H. Paine
Gay M. Rozier
Kilgore
Long Beach
Calif
Luzon
Philippines
Jerry D. Jones
Johnnie Jones
Bonham
U.S. Air Force
Jones
Clark AB
Air Force Communications Service Unit
Southeast Asia
Bonham High School
LeTourneau College
Longview
Arizona State University
Lackland Afb
Tex
Sharon
John Morrow
Wood St
Lesotho Discovers Large Diamonds in New Mine
Lesotho in southern Africa, one of the world’s poorest nations, opens its first diamond mine since independence in 1966. The operation yields several large stones including the 601.25 carat Lesotho Brown.
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Lesotho
Africa
Basutoland
Tuesday Bible Study Club Holds First Meeting of Year
The Tuesday Bible Study Club convened October 13 at 2 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Luke Fisher, 501 Tenery. Eighteen members attended with one new member Mrs Wanda McElroy and visitor Mrs Mary Brumley. President Pat Floyd led the session as Parlia mentarian Herbert Taylor presented the constitution and by laws for study.
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Luke Fisher
Tenery
Glen Kent
Claude Smith
Pat Floyd
Sherman Kennedy
Wanda McElroy
Mary Brumley
Herbert Taylor
Jerrine Dailey
Loyce Phillips
P. E. Davis
Virginia Drive
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Queen Yam
Big Sandy
FTA
America
East Texas Council of Governments
Texay
Milam County
William Allen Rogers, Jr
Crockett
George W. Pirtle
East Texas Area Council
Charles I. Lanham
Scout Rogers
Allen Rogers
Plantation
First United Methodist Church of
Council Board of Directors
National Council Board
Council
Contessa Inn
Texas
Texas Society
Ellis County
Astronaut Armstrong
Easter Seal Society
Austin
Temple Junior College
Texas Foreign Language Association
Jane Lippmann
University of Texas At Austin
Arnold Student Union
Lippmann
S. Main
Willie
George Thiess
Ducks Unlimited
East Texas Sportsmen
Wesley Ray
Betsy
Molly
Wayne Smith
Gladewater Public Library
John Smith
Smith
Andy Mae Calvert
Gilbert Smith
Houston
Forrest Park Funeral Home
White Oak Roughnecks
Arp Tigers
White Oak
Uss Mahan
James M. Hearn
Andrew B. Hearn
Pacific
USS
Bainbridge — Navy
Kenneth E
Baldwin
Owens
Gregg County Freeinc No
WHO
Pine Tree
Spring Hill
Clarksville
Bill Owens
Prus BS Es Bank
Abraham Lincoln
THE
First State Bank
Gladewater, Texas
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