Hush Puppies Tale Across the Carolinas and Beyond
In a Gladewater Mirror feature the origins of hush puppies are traced through regional yarns from North and South Carolina Maryland Florida and Georgia. The piece notes the legend grows with tellings and suggests multiple versions while highlighting the popular NC tar heels claim.
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Carolinas
Seaboard
Florida Glades
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
Florida
Georgia
React Club women honored and members gain four this year
The REACT group dedicates a column to the wives of members for their support. The club notes four new members this year, details a Jefferson coffee break, Lake o Pines catfish dinner, and recalls CB slang. A Texas Culture exhibit project models a horse from fiberglass and Perlite, with Baker and Shields leading, plus questions about household device ideas.
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Bob Harris
REACT
Mozel Gandy
Maurice Sherlock
T. W. Gandy
Clifford Sherlock
Gladewater React
Jefferson
Lake O’ the Pines
Square House Museum
Panhandle
Texas
Institute of Texas Cultures
O. T. Baker
Institute
Baker
Smithsonian Institution
Institute of Texan Culture
Sim Shields
Baker-Shields
Women educators to meet in Lufkin Delta Kappa Gamma regional meeting set at Angelina College
The Alpha State Delta Kappa Gamma regional meeting will be held November 4 at Angelina College in Lufkin. Registration 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Opening session 9:50 in the college auditorium with Mrs. Ethel Sloan presiding. Theme Don’t Just Stand There Do Something and Let’s Do It Right. Chapters Sigma Phi Alpha Zeta Beta Alpha Beta Mu Delta Gamma Epsilon Iota and Iota Theta participate.
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Delta Kappa Gamma
Angelina College
Lufkin
Ethel Sloan
Sigma Phi
Alpha Zeta
Beta Alpha
Beta Mu
Delta Gamma
Epsilon Iota
Iota Theta
Young designers help decorate rooms and make gifts at home
Miss Lynda Marley advises children to participate in room design with choices in furniture and color. They can add bulletin boards, tie dye and print fabric blocks for bedspreads curtains or wall hangings. Projects take time so start early for Christmas gifts.
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Lynda Marley
Miss Marley
Birthplaces of GHS students span continents and towns
A Gladewater High School survey maps birthplaces of 138 locals and 36 nearby Longview students. Among Gladewater natives named are Cheryl Broyles in Germany and Debra Ganong and Linda Edwards in Japan, with Keith Stokes Kathy Simmons Larry Wells Linda Hart Herbert Setzler and Marilyn Jones also listed. Gilmer records 19 Bearlanders with six mentioned by name.
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Gladewater
Germany
Japan
Cheryl Broyles
Debra Ganong
Linda Edwards
GHS
Keith Stokes
Kathy Simmons
Larry Wells
Linda Hart
Herbert Setzler
Marilyn Jones
Longview
Eva Williams
Loretta Ferguson
Neil Roach
Kerry Lee
John Hollis
Dennis Bell
Gilmer
White Oak Notables and UIL Twirlers Events Highlight Weekend
White Oak families attended weddings and visits across Texas with relatives from Houston Canton Onalaska and Daingerfield. White Oak twirlers earned eight medals at a UIL contest and prepared for Kilgore College homecoming activities while celebrating births and noting local and distant birth origins of students.
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Olin Screws
Lavonda Tamp
Shreveport
Sherry
Steve Harris
Ronnie Screws
Robert Proctor
Houston
Jackie Havard
Donna Havard
Chasity Havard
Onalaska
T. F. Mason
Chasity
Mason
Rachel Owens
Canton
Masons
White Oak
UIL
Daingerfield
Kilgore College
Thomas Tidwell
Jeffery Todd
Jeffery
Tammy
School For the Deaf
Austin
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Mike Stevenson
Scott Nichols
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Tommy Farmer
Joe Snow
Judy Garner
Bear Facts
White Oak News
By Pam Derouen
Carla Gage
Dana Rowley
Joe Moughon
Mary Angur Gilmer
Mary Ann Burney
Joe Garner
Pritchett
Gene Hulen
Joyce Timmons
Lubbock
Cindy Schmidt
Carolyn Wilkins
Big Sandy
John Floyd
Debra Cox
Tony Holcome
Jerry Green
Olivia Rhodes
Christopher Richardson
Tony Sasser
Glenda Hosch
Guy Martin
Melinda Simmons
Dottie Trumbull
Hawkins
Althea Hawley
Winona
Robert Reese
Athens
John Forester
Knox City
Danny Hamilton
Galveston
Trey Hugman
New York
Norman Peck
Tim Terrell
David Dunkin
Arkansas
Juna Butcher
Suzan Hopson
Louisiana
Rusti Coleman
Rhonda Files
New Mexico
Forrest Prater
Tony Townshed
Gilmer Saw CO. McCulloch
N. Wood-Gilmer
Ness
Tee Eee
Gladewater, Texas
Gregg County
Ewing Adams
State Bar OF Texas
Civic & Youth Service
Pol
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W. Carroll Harris
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