Gladewater Schools Open Amid Rainy First Day
Gladewater schools opened for 1968-69 with 1905 students on day one and a projected 1997 for the year. Gay Ave 446, Broadway 472, Weldon 351, Gladewater High 616 enrollments. Kindergarten rose to 95 with four classes. The district will consolidate with Weldon next year as Weldon becomes a junior high. Football season begins September 13 against Wills Point.
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Gladewater
Roy Johnson
Gay Ave
Broadway School
Weldon
Gladewater High School
GHS
Bears
John Lyle
Wills
Tigers
Supt. Johnson
Susan Jones hired to teach PE at Gibson and Oak Park
Susan Jones wife of Ross Jones joins Corpus Christi School system to teach physical education at Gibson and Oak Park elementary schools with six daily classes and a 3 30 to 4 30 session preparing students for the Olympic games. Public Library launches an intensive adult reading program featuring 100 Great Books of the Western World with a special display. Chamber of Commerce reschedules its public relations course to Sept 30 due to Texas University instructor unavailability. Reporter Jimmy Brown returns to the office sporting a shaved head as a football season looms. United Fund aims to meet its goal within a month. A. E. Shipp and Glenn Walton report a 40 bass catch at Fin and Feathers Marina Toledo Bend Lake.
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Tommy Allen
Susan
Ross Jones
Corpus Christi
Mama and Papa
Public Library
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ernest Martin
Texas University
A. E. Shipp
Glenn Walton
Fin and Feathers
Toledo Bend Lake
Shipp
Glade officer narrowly escapes gunfire during traffic stop
Gladewater police Lt. Otho Black, who commands the night shift, was nearly killed around 1 30 am Wednesday when the driver of a car he stopped for no license plates suddenly opened fire as both men faced the car.
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Otho Black
Black
Gladewater
Cris Morrow
Sabine River Bridge
U.S. Highway 271
Tyler Road
Morrow
Former Gladette Takes Post at Panola College
Leland Stracener is named Dean of Student Services and Vocational Counselor at Panola College effective September 1. He will oversee the student center activities including the cafeteria book exchange and recreation, and assist in planning the vocational technical division.
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Leland Stracener
Panola College
Stracener
Myrle Bell
Gladewater High School
Sam Houston State
Stephen F. Austin State College
Carthage High School
Libby
Harry Stracener
Spring Hill
Gladewater
Max Bell
This City
One Dead in Upshur County Pickup Wreck
A one-vehicle crash near Big Sandy left Ezra Jack son Elledge of Sulphur Springs dead at 12:45 a.m. A 1966 Chevrolet pickup left the highway and overturned, crushing him. Passengers Eldora Thomas and Ruth Trump, both from Gen. Del Alba, were only slightly injured. DPS Sgt. Mathews and Patrolman Powell investigated.
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Upshur County
Big Sandy
Ezra Jackson Elledge
Sulphur Springs
Texas Department of Public Safety
Elledge
Eldora Thomas
Ruth Trump
Gen
Del
Alba
Texas
DPS
Sgt
Mathews
Powell
Gilmer
City Council Sets Bond Referendum Process
The city council unanimously voted to appoint First Southwest Company of Dallas as fiscal agents to advise on a proposed revenue bond issue for sewer improvements in the eastern section. City Manager Bill Langford recommended the investment bankers after a detailed letter from Thomas J. Wolf Jr. of Longview outlining terms. The firm would be paid a standard, unspecified fee.
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First Southwest Company of
Dallas
Bill Langford
Thomas J. Wolf, Jr
Longview
Langford
Neering
Municipal Hospital Authority
Gladewater
Marshall
Kilgore
Tyler
Gay Avenue
Canfield- Jeannette
Council
Prayer and council seek sewer bond plan details
A Dallas city council contemplates sewerage system improvements and bond financing. Mayor Pro Tem Poston urges action for favorable interest rates as HUD informs no funds are available. councilmen Holcomb and Johnston seek more engineering facts from Bill Nelson Associates.
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Dallas
Bill Nelson Associates
J. B. Poston
Quentin Abernathy
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Jim Holcomb
O. G. Johnston
Engin
Gewater S E S classes selected for testing
Kilgore College Media Center selected Gladewater schools as one of three East Texas sites to test new material for special education across six levels. 49 students enrolled. 10 in level one, 12 in level two, 11 in level three, and 16 in levels four to six. Four specially trained teachers run the program with plans to add a new junior high unit next year and eight students slated for job training stations in Gladewater, Longview, and Tyler.
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Jimmy Brown
Gladewater
Kilgore College Media Center
East Texas
Billy W. Guthrie
Guthrie
Weldon
Longview
Tyler
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Meta Rene Price
Gregg County
United Fund
Glade
Gladette
Lt. Black
Smith County
Starrville
BOND
God
Christ
Gewater S.E
Lois Moore
Mirror
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