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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1968
Page
5
A fragmented 1968 quotation features a driver advocating seat belt use only for long trips and a neighborly dialogue about potential accidents. The text presents casual safety reasoning and reflects era attitudes toward personal restraint and risk.
The discussion covered limiting study to 15 years, land cost concerns, local taxation for development, and state land purchases for reservoirs. Debates focused on funding for the Texas Water Development Board, possible Mississippi water imports, and a proposed broad-based tax to advance the Revised Water Plan while stressing regional cooperation and continued reservoir development.
Extension specialist on Aging Miss Bell outlines two key angles of aging nutrition: physical and mental. She cautions against outdated ideas, urges regular meals with three squares a day, and recommends versatile textures for chewing while avoiding snack habits and excessive vitamin pills unless prescribed.
The article offers shopper planning advice from Gwendolyne Clyatt and Extension specialists at Texas A&M University, promoting a structured shopping list and meal ideas. It also includes an odd dessert centerpiece suggestion with fruit, cabbage, and cream soup using leftover vegetables to save money. A brief New Delhi update notes Speaker Sonilya Reddy’s difficulty tracking jailed versus released MPs and bail status.
A reminiscence by Lonse Graves recounts Mrs Hallie Doering and Brother J D Fielden’s baptism in a creek with an oil cloth dress. Ambassador College Ranch near Big Sandy maintains over 400 beef cattle including Angus Hereford and Scottish Highlander while a blue Smith Harvesters Silo holds feed for the fattening cattle. A Jersey herd provides milk. Mr and Mrs Mack Price seek a Gladewater home after a delayed Keokuk move, with him taking a salesman job at Pete McKain Ford and a residence planned at 7103 Wood Street. she favors Siamese cat Twigey and fears stray dogs.
Local police investigated a break in at Juans Drive In on Miller Street with a missing window and about 40 dollars taken from a machine. A Broadway School bus fire caused no estimated damage. A North Main house fire ended with the resident noting a roast was removed from the oven. A Quitman and Ferry car fire damaged a 1962 Chevrolet valued at 25 dollars due to wiring on a tape player. Beavers Motor Co reported a stolen 12 volt battery from a Plymouth. A man reported being struck twice with a pistol butt by a white male in a pickup while returning a friend home. he sought hospital care and the case is under investigation. Jimmy's Auto reported a waffle iron valued at 24.95 and two antique lamps stolen.
Funeral services for Mrs Ada Newman were held Friday afternoon at 4 o clock in Welch Funeral Home Chapel Longview. The 83 year old longtime Gladewater resident died Wednesday in a Longview hospital. Rev Elmer Kelley officiated, burial in Memorial Park. Survived by one grandson Don Campbell of Texarkana Arkansas.
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