Tarantula sighting sparks East Texas talk and county lore
A large tarantula wandered into an East Texas yard drawing reactions from Angela and Dolores and neighbors. The piece recalls local sightings between Gilmer and Lone Star, the family watch for a mate, and a neighbor’s jar display. The note flows into kitchen tips, clock collecting, Canadian references, and poems about virtue and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Angela
Dolores
J D
Graves
Dixon
Gilmer
Lone Star
East Texas
Howdy Neighbor and a Tax on Debts
A quirky column notes riots and protests, marriage courts, class hints, and social manners. It wryly compares debt payments to home life and jokes about Christians, concentration, and autos replacing horses.
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America
Cubs Hold Regular Meeting Pack 196 Den 3
Den 3 of Pack 196 opened with a flag ceremony led by Denners Rus sell Thomas and Travis Herring. The group repeated the Pledge of Allegiance as a semicircle formed around the flag bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den 3
Pack 196
Denners Russell Thomas
Travis Herring
F. Ames Lawrence
Ryan Griffin
John Philpot
Unicef
Den
Mary Griffin
Jean Philpot
State of Liberty
Bobby Joe Leach
Gene Griffin
Cubs
Russell
Travis
Johnny
Ryan
Shane Leach
Chip Hodge
Stoney Stone
Christ Hugman
Dorothy Warenskjold Leads Kilgore Concert Season Opener
Dorothy Warenskjold headlines the Kilgore Community Concert Association opener at 8 p.m. Thursday November 4 in Dodson Auditorium Kilgore College Kilgore. The program surveys Americas musical heritage with an eight six man vocal ensemble and two women led by Warenskjold featuring opera synopsis and special American music arrangements from minstrel to musical theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Warenskjold
Dodson
Kilgore College
Kilgore
Kilgore Community Concert Association
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs. Ethel Davis
Mrs. Austin Davis hosted a surprise birthday party for her husband’s stepmother 84 year old Mrs. Ethel Davis on Tuesday October 26 in Gilmer. Guests included neighbors Mrs. John Sobey Mrs. Bertelle McCrary Mrs. M P Aldridge Mrs. Myrtle Gaston Pearl Duke Claudie Threadgill Myrtle Hill and Adalia Simms. A white roses arrangement and carnations graced a milk glass vase on the television while cake and coffee were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Davis
Ethel Davis
Lois Johnston
Davis
Ethel
Gilmer
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GHS
Jan Sawyer
Gladewater
Bear Bulldog
Miss Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
David Smith
Willis Johnson
James Turner
Seth Thomas
Turner
Betty Barraclough
Canada
Toronto
Betty
U.S
Montreal
Paris
Toronto Globeland Mail
Texas
Phillip Brooks
Our Couture
Mrs
Eve Ozburn
Longview
James F. Cox
Happy Hollow
Houston
Donna
William David Mullins
L. D. Mullins
Waltrip Senior High School
Abilene Christian College
Hermann School of Nursing
Kilgore Junior College
University of Texas In
Austin
Central Church of Christ
W. P. Hardman
City
Judy
Robert Lyle
Develeyn Lyle
Mr. Lyle
South Carolina
Biloxi
Mississippi
Lyle
Air Force
Gladewater High School
Orig
Jcpenney
Figo
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