Four Lady Switchers in ET Field Highlight Community Notice
The Gladewater Mirror notes a fourth woman in Gregg County oil work, Mrs. Mary F Jackson, also known as Shag, who switches wells in the Spring Hill area northwest of Greggton. Jackson, 63, is a former Idaho Oil Company employee with a Florida origin and Texas family ties. She is celebrated alongside educator Elizabeth Smith named in Outstanding Educators of America 1970, while her family details and hobbies are outlined.
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Gladewater
Gregg County
Mary F. Jackson
Elizabeth Smith
Union Grove
Hubert Humphrey
Greggton
Spring Hill
Shag
Jackson
Idaho Oil Company
Florida
East Texas
Burglary Charges Filed in Carthage on Gregg Men
Two Glade water men and a Longview man were charged with burglary of Robbies Food King store near Carthage after a deputy stopped them on State Highway 149. Danny Ray Hubbard Jimmy Lawrence Davis and Johnny B. Boyd face charges with $10,000 bonds. Indicted by the grand jury they remain jailed as lawmen investigated a rental trailer where cigarettes and cash were found alongside a hole in Robbie's door.
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Carthage
Gladewater
Longview
Robbies Food King
Mack Perminter
Danny Ray Hubbard
Jimmy Lawrence Davis
Hubbard
Johnny B. Boyd
Justice of the Peace
W. D. Bush
Panola Sheriff's Office
Grand
Ace Henigan
Beckville
Robbie
SWEPCO Plans 345 KW Unit at Knox Lee Plant
Jefferson report on Southwestern Electric Power Company outlining H W Pirkey Jr announcing a 345000 kilowatt unit at Knox Lee near Longview with operation planned for 1974. The unit would raise SWEPCO capacity to almost two million kilowatts, doubling capacity from six months prior.
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Jimmy Brown Jefferson
Southwestern Electric Power Company
H. W. Pirkey, Jr
Shreveport
Wilkes Power Plant
Gregg County
Knox Lee
Swepco
Wilkes
Lake Cherokee
Longview
Pickey
Cherokee Water Company
Knox Lee Plant
Pirkey
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Lone Star
Pine Tree School Bonds Placed To Remodel District Buildings
In Supt. Mark Hitt’s office the Pine Tree Independent School District officers signed remaining 200000 in bonds from 1966. The five percent bonds, sold to East Texas Bank and Trust, will fund remodeling as the program evolves over five years starting 1966. LUFKIN City discusses bagging garbage with two free weekly plastic bags per customer starting in 1970. TYLER A suspect in the axe-handle murder and later leaving the scene case is jailed by Sheriff Long’s deputies. bond set at 2500 for leaving the scene. KILGORE Final rites held for Mrs. B. E. Masters at First Baptist Church.
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Longview
Pine Tree Independent School Board
Supt
Mark Hitt
East Texas Bank and Trust Company
Hitt
Tyler
Harlan Long
Leon Hicks
Kilgore
B. E. Masters
Kilgore College
First Baptist Church
Local Gregg County teens named National Merit semifinalists
Van Endel of Longview is among Gregg County students named semifinalists in the 1970 71 National Merit Scholarship program. Six other Longview students also made the list from some 14 750 semifinalists nationwide. They will compete for about 3 000 Merit Scholarships to be awarded next spring.
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van Endel
A. R. Endel
Gregg County
Longview
Richard Dworin
Laurie Guinn
Alan Haggard
William Hammons
Sarah Robinson
Martin Losland
United States
Edward C. Smith
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
NMSC
Eye Opener Punt Kick and Pass Contest Begins
Davidson Ford announces a punt kick and pass contest for boys ages 8 to 13 on Saturday Oct 3 registration at the Davidson agency. Gladewater Jaycees will judge the event. Also notes beauty talks by Camille Elliott at Jobe Drug Store and Beta Sigma Phi pom poms fundraising at local stores. A Spencer Heads project aims for world wide testing approval with a Taiwan representative. Gift shop calendar reminds buyers of due payments.
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Davidson Ford
Davidson Agency
Gladewater Jaycees
Camille Elliott
Florence Miller
Jobe Drug Store
Camille
Spencer Heads
Gladewater
Arizona Desert
Taiwan
Republic of China
Prayer for Today Faithful devotion in daily worship
A devotional prayer reflecting gratitude to Jesus for approaching God and the Holy Spirit’s access. It thanks the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, requests acceptance of worship and love, and expresses reverent praise.
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Jesus
Gladewater school board notes team teaching and new labs
The Gladewater Independent School District board met to approve August bills and a tax collector report. Superintendent Roy Johnson hailed a smooth opening and praised preschool workshop results. Innovations include team teaching in world history and social studies, with piano and guitar labs drawing student participation. The district gained Title I funding and approved buying a lot for a vocational carpentry home project, to be reimbursed after completion. A movable three bedroom frame house was built last year and sold.
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Gladewater Independent School District
Walter Henry
Roy Johnson
Johnson
West Lee
John Shipp
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Mrs. Smith
America
H. W. Pickey
Shreveport (Center
W. J. Ledberry
Marshall
Lamar Stall
Wilkes Power
Jefferson
Gregg
John Turk
Turk
Lake Gladewater
Bill Langford
Lufkin
Harvey Westerhold
W. E. Soles
Jaycee Park
MceComic Road
Lambda Xi Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Bears
Medco Pharmacy
House of Flowers
Western Auto
Good Shepherd Hospital
Lord Stinner
Mineola
Alice Timmons
Stinner
Vernon Chaney
Alba
Timmons
Gladewater Municipal Hospital
Upshur County
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