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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1975
Page
2
In East Texas pine stands many pines are dying from bark beetle infestation. Gregg County Extension Agent Clarence King urges eliminating attractive conditions, proper tree care, spraying with BHC or lindane, and careful construction to reduce losses while noting beetles complete life cycles quickly.
AUSTIN Citizens to Preserve the Texas Constitution leader says opposition to the November 4 constitutional revision is gaining ground with Governor Briscoe’s help. Senator Peyton McKnight urges Texans to study the issues, voting no if unsure, warning the proposals could raise taxes, expand legislature power, and burden courts and local governments.
Kodak and the National Park Service plan a temporary multiactivity facility at the Washington Monument. A 300 seat theater will show a free 12 minute film Washington the Man starring Lorne Greene. The center will offer photo information and equipment help, open 12 hours daily through October 1976.
Rising prices have not reduced beef consumption. Prairie Farmer reports that the first half of 1975 saw Americans eat 30.2 pounds of beef per person, two pounds more than the same period in 1974, while pork consumption declined slightly.
Gilmer resident possumologist Prof Spot Baird will entertain at the first Henson Cousin Reunion in the Yamboree Exhibit Building Gilmer on Saturday November 1. Opening festivities include western music and a large family tree display with prizes and a devotional service.
A roundup of new fiction and non fiction titles includes The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh and A Bride for Hampton House by Hillary Waugh. Also highlighted are World War I memoirs by James Jones and a Washington State traffic sign test report from Olympia detailing four devices funded by 14000 dollars.
The World Book Encyclopedia notes Thomas Jefferson urged adopting the metric system in 1790 and Congress rejected it. In 1821 John Quincy Adams proposed metric conversion, but Congress again rejected the idea.
Carson Kennedy an officer at First State Bank and amateur archeologist shared his Caddo artifacts with the Lions Club. He has collected since age 10 and seeks new burial grounds, with about 5000 arrowheads 129 pottery vessels and other items. Carbon 14 tests indicate some pottery is about 700 years old. He notes productive burial sites in East Texas and Camp County along Big Cypress Creek.
The Gladewater Fire Department expresses gratitude for Mirror coverage praising its public relations impact and morale boosting. Special thanks to photographer Jimmy Brown for the photographic work and Texaco article prominence.
Controversy erupts over a World Championship Chili Cook-off in Terlingua Texas and a California rival event. The dispute spans legal challenges publicity campaigns and calls for federal intervention with remarks about chili quality and regional pride.
A writer records a morning using a mood ring to gauge emotions from emerald to blue green and sapphire. The piece weaves office work, retirement talk, and a yard project, noting coworkers, the Arizona pine saga, and a moral about selecting trees for growth.
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