Rotary Governor to address Gladewater Rotary Club
Rotary International District Governor Robert E Layton Jr of Tyler will speak at the Gladewater Rotary Club noon meeting and meet officers Wednesday. Layton, Corsicana born, is aRegistered professional engineer and Tyler business leader active in civic groups. District 583 includes 32 East Texas cities and two Oklahoma towns Hugo and Idabel.
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Rotary International
Robert E
Bob”’ Layton, Jr
Tyler
Gladewater
Rotary
East Texas
Oklahoma
Hugo
Idabel
Rotary Internation
Layton
Corsicana
Layton Engineering Company
Layton Company
Shriner
Sharon Temple
Gladewater Arts Festival to Feature 85 Booths
Gladewater hosts its second annual Arts and Crafts Festival at Broadway School with 85 booths across 30 towns in three states. About 250 artists will display paintings pottery weaving jewelry and other crafts plus demonstrations. The event runs Sept 27 28 drawing over 10 000 attendees last year and includes entries from Connie Brazzil Nathan Jones and others.
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Gladewater
Janice Walker
The
Chamber of Commerce
Broadway School
Connie Brazzil
Lufkin
Maurice G. Brazzil
Gilbert Roy Brazzil
Miss Brazzil
Nathan Jones
Dallas
Nathan Wright, Jr
James Kemp
Kemp
Sam Tuminello
Southwest
Booth
Future Teachers of America
Larry Osborne
Osborne
FTA
Roy Johnson
Chamber
State land swap eyed for Matagorda Island park plans
A proposed 30 mile Matagorda Island swap would transfer about 18 000 acres from private and state holdings to create a scenic park. The plan seeds mixed views with Pearce Johnson questioning wisdom and federal use shifting toward a refuge for the whooping crane.
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Austin
Fort Bliss
el Paso
House
Senate
Port Lavaca
U. S. Air Force
Matagorda
U. S. Interior Department
Armstrong
Houston
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Island
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Pearce Johnson
Hospital admissions and rates amid voter registration drive
Hospital notes list numerous patients admitted and discharged at Municipal and Hart hospitals. It notes surgery payments totaling 10 800 and 7 200 in other areas, then outlines hospital rates of 420 per bed and 42 per over-100 outpatient visits. A Texas Secretary of State plan to boost voter registration for the November 4 constitutional revision is announced, with a conference by state press and broadcaster groups on September 19.
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JUA
Harris County
Mark White
White
Texas Press Association
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Texas Association of Broadcasters
Longview Man Bluford McFarland Dead at 80
Funeral services were held for Bluford McFarland 80 of Longview at Welch Funeral Home with C J Russell and Boyd Fannin officiating. Burial followed at Memory Park Cemetery. He died Monday in a Shreveport hospital after a long illness. He was a retired machinist for T P Railroad and a lifelong Longview resident. Survivors include his widow Sadie Jane four daughters three sons a brother twenty two grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
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Roy C. Blalock
Malcolm Stone
Elmer Moore
Holdenville
Oklo
Mr. Blalock
E. Primrose Lane
Longview
Rusk
Calvin
Okla
East Texas
Venus Oil Co
Church of Christ
Vassie
Troy Young
Carolyn Marchand
Sterling Heights
Michigan
Ross Blalock
Okla. City
Blalock
Carnegie
Wayne Jones
Jerry Davis
Ronnie Myers
Robert Myers
J. T. Hudspeth
Ronald Hudspeth
Bluford McFarland
McFarland
R. W. Lloyd
Gladewater
Welch Funeral Home
C. J. Russell
Boyd Fannin
Memory Park
Shreveport
T&p Railroad
Alpine Church of Christ
Sadie Jane
O. B. Hillin
Robert Tutt
Lloyd
Don Burkett
Fort Worth
James Darwin
Daniel Bluford, Jr
Spring
Noel Wayne
Houston
Sam
Social Security Changes Take Effect In 1975
The June column explains automatic benefit increases tied to the April CPI, new earnings ceilings for drawing full benefits, and the impact on 30 million recipients as well as employers. It notes the $2,520 annual earnings limit and $210 monthly threshold for benefits.
Worldwide Church Festival at Ambassador College Big Sandy
Worldwide Church of God members arrive for the Feast of Tabernacles at Ambassador College Big Sandy. Events run Sept 19 to 23 with Herbert W Armstrong and Garner Ted Armstrong present and Buck Owens performing. 95 000 members at 50 sites worldwide. Camping on campus and area lodging planned.
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Big Sandy
Church of God
Ambassador College
Herbert W. Armstrong
Garner Ted Armstrong
U.S
Texas United Way Campaign Months Declared by Governor
Governor Dolph Briscoe designates September October and November 1975 as United Way Campaign Months in Texas. He urges statewide participation and charitable contributions to local campaigns, recognizing United Way's role beyond fundraising as a vehicle for addressing human needs.
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Texas
United Way
Dolph Briscoe
Front entry spinal surgery advances at Cleveland VA Hospital
Dr Henry H Bohlman of Case Western Reserve University leads a trial of anterior spinal cord surgery at Cleveland Veterans Hospital arguing it reduces risk of damage in the neck area. Of 28 patients treated 21 gained partial hand or arm function and 15 more had better leg function. none suffered a severed cord. The hospital now serves VA centers as a referral site for spinal cord injuries.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Veterans Hospital
Henry H. Bohlman
Spinal Cord Injury Unit
Bohlman
Case Western Reserve University
Veterans Administration
Metric mania as the U.S. eyes metric adoption
A humorous voice muses on how switching to metric would alter everyday speech and culture from inches and pounds to meters and liters. The piece playfully highlights potential clumsy translations in sports, measurement phrases, and even the humble worm, illustrating a lyrical resistance to change.
Gladewater Reflections on Community and Dormant Projects
A resident praises Gladewater, notes positive local prospects for a new doctor and budding office plans, laments rumors and delays, and shares personal projects including driveway repair, tree preservation, and closet purge while maintaining a hopeful, proactive outlook.
Texas Officials Seek Federal Voting Rights Exemption
Officials in Texas filed suit in Washington to keep the state out of federal Voting Rights Act coverage. An Austin judge denied a temporary restraining order sought by the Texas Association of Proprietary Schools to block new Board of Education rules. Oscar Laurel of Laredo resigned as Good Neighbor Commission director effective December 31. September 21 27 is Highway and Transportation Week. Cigarette stamp taxes rose five point two million to two hundred forty seven point six million last fiscal year. Comptroller Bob Bullock reported twenty two point nine million in unemployment benefits paid last month. Texas Animal Health Commission declined to alter state brucellosis control rules to meet federal standards.
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Short Sports
Texas
Washington
Austin
Texas Association of Proprietary Schools
Board of Education
Oscar Laurel
Laredo
Good Neighbor Commission
Bob Bullock
Texas Animal Health Commission
Theodore Roosevelt Quote on Courage and Triumph
A Roosevelt quotation extols daring deeds and bold victories over mediocrity. It champions risk and effort, contrasting heroic failure with dull, untested living in the gray twilight.
Gladewater Mirror subscription rates and history
The Gladewater Mirror published twice weekly in Gladewater Texas lists home delivery and mail subscription rates for Texas and out of state readers. It notes consolidation with The Gladewater Times Tribune in 1949 and The White Oak Texan in 1969.
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Mirror
Gladewater Publishing Company
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gladewater
Gregg County
Texas
Gladewater Times-Tribune
White Oak Texan
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