Labor Day school closures and community notices
Supt Roy Johnson reminds parents four Gladewater ISD schools closed Monday for Labor Day with classes resuming Tuesday. Area IVB Round Robin hosted by Kilgore Jaycees Thursday lists attendees. Gladewater Jaycees to host October 6 Round Robin here. Season opening football tickets go on sale Monday at three outlets, reserved seats $1.50. Bears vs Buckeyes at Gilmer. Chamber of Commerce meets Tuesday noon at St Clair Restaurant. Band Parents meet Tuesday 7:30 pm at Gladewater High School band hall. first 1970-71 term meeting. Mrs Oleta K Allen, former Gladewater HS staff, resigns to join Oliver Wendell Holmes High School in San Antonio. She and husband J C Allen now reside in San Antonio. during Gladewater tenure helped with Crimson Masque Players.
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Roy Johnson
Jaycees
Kilgore Jaycees
Ken Bowman
Jerome Denman
David Holcombe
Don Thompson
Larry Merritt
Bob Ullrich
Barker Hale
John Paul Tallent
Gladewater
Jobe Drug
Medco Pharmacy
DuBose Pharmacy
Bears
Gilmer
Buckeyes
Gladewater High School
Band Parents Organization
Mack Wiley
Oleta K. Allen
Oliver Wendell Holmes High School
San Antonio
Allen
East Texas
J. C
San Anonio
Larry Osborne
GHS
The Death of M A Boyce and Final Rites Held
Funeral services for Marshall A Boyce 78 were held Saturday at the Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Rev Irby D Bates officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park. He died Thursday in a local hospital at his home 103 Cotton. Survivors include 13 sons 5 daughters 43 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. He was a retired farmer and Baptist church member.
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Marshall A. Boyce
Malcolm Stone
Irby D. Bates
First Baptist Church
Memorial Park
Boyce
Marlene
Cotton
The
Baptist Church
Danny
Terry
City
Bill
Aztec
New Mexico
Raymond
Farwell
Mears
Garland
Alcoa
Tenn
M. A
Marion
Paul
Marshall
Amarillo
Fred
Pasadena
Bobby
Monticello
Jil
Jerry
Big Sandy
Marene Routen
Opal Jones
Donated Foods Program Serves Gregg Countians
Donated Foods serves over 4,000 Gregg Countians as Mrs. Jo Etta York and Mrs. Etaleah C. Petty organize distribution and cooking demonstrations. The federal Donated Foods program, administered through the state welfare, issues items like corn meal cheese and dried goods from the Greggton office. Meetings planned with recipients aim to teach varied uses and recipes including corn meal cookies and bread.
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Gregg County
Jo Etta York
Etaleah C. Petty
State Welfare
West
Marshall
Greggton
Prayer to be built as living stones in worship
A devotional prayer asks God to enable worship in spirit and truth and to offer oneself anew through Jesus Christ. The prayer seeks spiritual devotion and consecration, ending with Amen.
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God
Jesus Christ
Peter
Jesus
Old Two Wheeler Plans Gladewater Stop During Texas Tour
Roland W. Witherspoon known as the Old Two Wheeler and ambassador of Good Will from Shreveport Louisiana begins a tour through East and North Texas. His itinerary includes Marshall Jefferson Paris Commerce Greenville Sulphur Springs Tyler Kilgore Gladewater Longview and back to Shreveport. Witherspoon is a veteran member of the League of American Wheelmen founded in 1880. He is familiar to Gladewater residents.
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Roland W. Witherspoon
Shreveport
Louisiana
Texas
Marshall
Jefferson
Paris
Commerce
Greenville
Sulphur Springs
Tyler
Kilgore
Gladewater
Longview
Mr. Witherspoon
League of American Wheelmen, Inc
Neal Clark
Witherspoon
Harnett T. Kane
Robert E. Lee
Man
Phillip van Doren Stern
Roy Ald
Janet Nelson
the Mirror
League of American Wheelmen, Incorporated
Mt. Pleasant
Gulf Coast Association to join three Texas travel shows
MT PLEASANT Gulf Coast Highway Association board votes to participate in three Texas travel shows with the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. CARTHAGE Panola United Fund sets a $19075 goal for this year the largest in recent years. DALLAS Three long haired gunmen rob White Rock National Bank in Northeast Dallas possibly $30000. second Dallas bank robbery in three days. GLADEWATER Library presents four Neal Clark memorial books. cycling advocate Neal Witherspoon plans a multi city ride promoting health and the League of American Wheelmen.
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MT. Pleasant
Gulf Coast Highway Association Board of Directors
Texas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Carthage
Panola County
Mary Jo Proctor
Miss Potter
Richard S. Potter
Bluebonnet Literary Club
Dallas
White Rock National Bank
Northwest National Bank
Glade Woman Rescued After Bathtub Ordeal
Rescuers forced entry to rescue 80 year old Mrs. W. P. Hunter of 402 Wood Street from her bathtub after she was trapped all night. Neighbor Mrs. Bill Olivier found her around 9 am after she did not respond. Capt. Blum Williams forced a window, an ambulance was summoned, and a Municipal Hospital spokesman described her condition at noon as fair.
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W. P. Hunter
Wood Street
Bill Olivier
Wood
Milestone of Two Lady Switchers in East Texas
Editor notes reflect that Mrs. Minnie Ellis at 75 still works as a switcher for an oil company, with over 28 years in the field. Kilgore also has a female switcher, suggesting two active women in a male dominated job. A letter from Mrs. L E Duvall recalls a past role as a U S mail carrier on Caddo Lake over four decades ago.
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Mirror
Jimmy Brown
Minnie Ellis
Jimmy
Kilgore
L. E. Duvall
Brown
Ellis
U.S
Caddo Lake
Roberts well received in Gladewater as Sabine River project nears
U S Rep Ray Roberts spoke to about 50 at a St. Clair Restaurant coffee and later at a Rotary Club luncheon. He noted a Public Works Committee hearing in October to consider Sabine River authorization and praised Gov Preston Smith for backing the $300 million project. Roberts, a Navy veteran and longtime congressman, expects little change after the November election.
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U. S
Ray Roberts
Gladewater
St. Clair
Ernest Martin
U.S
Rotary Club
James Brannen
Roberts
East Texas
Sabine River
Rep. Roberts
Sam Rayburn
McKinney
Public Works Committee
Preston Smith
House
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Chamber of Commerce
St. Clair Restaurant
Bill Langford
Shawn
Jack Elrod
Jim Holcomb
Rep
Garfield Hill
Irby Bates
M. A. Boyce
Good Food
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Commodities Division
Marshall Street
C. J. Boston
Eddice McBride
Barbara Lewis
Willis Reddie
U.S. Rep
Vietnam
Nixon
Naval Reserve
Congress
United Fund
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