Rural Texas landscape artist Connie Foreman at festival
Connie Foreman, artist in the Gladewater Arts and Crafts Festival, paints rural Texas scenes in oil and watercolor. She travels across Texas and the southwest for subjects, with vivid landscapes and wildlife. Foreman works in her Lufkin studio. native of Gladewater, formerly Connie Brazzil, daughter of Maurice G. Brazzil and granddaughter of Gilbert Roy Brazzil.
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Texas
Connie Foreman
Gladewater
Southwest
Connie
Lufkin
Connie Brazzil
Maurice G. Brazzil
Gilbert Roy Brazzil
Zonta Antique Show in San Antonio Supports Community Work
Texan listings note the seventh annual Zonta Antique Show and Sale in Villita Assembly Hall October 3 to 5, featuring about 100 exhibitors from multiple states. Proceeds benefit community service projects. contact Maxine Madden for details. Also brief local notes report Calude Stewart and Neil Gage health and work updates, and Mrs. Madge Holloway’s visit.
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Zonta
San Antonio
Zonta Club of
Villita Assembly
Villita Street
Maxine Madden
W. Rampart Drive
Erupt
Delbert Craig
Calude Stewart
Neil Gage
Sarah Arp
Hennessey
Okla
Madge Holloway
Fryers Stay Value Amid Price Rises In Markets
Grocery buyers face higher prices statewide with mostly steady beef and egg costs. Fryer chickens remain a good value according to Mrs. Gwendolyne Clyatt of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service while produce markets show gains in grapes apples cabbage and peppers. Also notes on Yankee Stadium costs and a string of local obituaries and community updates from College Station to Gilmer.
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College Station
Gwendolyne Clyatt
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Senior Citizens Fun Day Planned at Upshur County
Upshur County hosts its first Senior Citizens Fun Day on Tuesday September 23 at the East Texas Jamboree Exhibit Building north of Gilmer. Entries for artwork needlework shop projects and crafts are due Monday September 22 2 to 6 pm with judging Tuesday morning and public viewing 10 am to 3 pm. An awards program at 1 30 pm will honor the Outstanding Senior Citizen of Upshur County 1975 the oldest man oldest woman and the longest married couple.
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Gilmer
Upshur County
Highway 271
U.S
University Park, Pa
Hans van Manen
Pennsylvania Ballet
Pennsylvania State University
Nittany Mountain
Netherlands Dance Theater
Saint-Saens
Punt Pass and Kick Contest Opens for 1975 Entries
Registrations for the 1975 Punt Pass and Kick contest continue through local sponsorship by the Gladewater Kiwanis Club and Davidson Ford Sales. Open to youths 8 through 13, the event requires no special equipment and features three categories punting passing and kicking with scoring based on distance and accuracy. Participants register with a parent or guardian at participating Ford dealers.
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Gladewater Kiwanis Club
Davidson Ford
Pp&k
Casting tourney set in Pittsburg
NACOGDOCHES Enrollment at Stephen F. Austin State University topped 11,000 for the first time. Current total 11,025 with partial fall registration through Sept 16. Five straight semesters show record growth, following 10,884 in 1975 fall and 10,100 in 1975 spring. Summer sessions also set new marks 4,585 first term and 3,901 second term.
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Nacogdoches
Stephen F. Austin State University
SFA
Pittsburg Bass Club Casting Tournament Set for Pioneer Days
A cash award event during Pittsburg Pioneer Days will take place Saturday near the post office starting at 9 a.m. with finals at 4 30 p.m. Grady Hausenfluke, club president, announces rules for junior and senior divisions, entry fee covers five casts, and semi finals require three casts. Participants may use club equipment or their own, and club membership is not required.
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Pittsburg
Grady Hausenfluke
Bass Clubs
Cairo University Bans Western Dress For Faculty Students
Cairo's Al Azhar University moves to ban Western attire for faculty and may require female students to cover up. Rector Abdel Halim Mahmoud cites religious dignity, while critics argue dress should not be dictated by religious rules. The debate echoes past shifts, including veils, turbans, and reform efforts in Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
al Azhar University
al Azhar
Abdel Halim Mahmoud
Mahmoud
Mohammed
Sheikh Ahmed Badran
Ahmed Shehata
Fatima Ibrahim
Nawal Hassan
Kassem Amin
Cooperstown Boy Sets 60 Foot Base Distance
The note recalls a Cooperstown schoolboy circa 1839 who arranged bases 60 feet apart and had players on each side. Doubleday, who later fought in the Civil War, rose to the rank of major general.
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Cooperstown
N.Y
Doubleday
Four key subjects gain state funded help in Texas education
About 600 000 Texas school children will receive state supported classroom help in four key subjects under a new compensatory education program. The package supplements Title I federal aid and targets educationally disadvantaged students across all 1 136 districts, with a $40 per student allocation.
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Austin
Texas
R. E. Slayton
Texas Education Agency
Slayton
State Board of Education
Rain Slick Roads Cause String Of Gladewater Accidents
Police report a spate of traffic crashes in Gladewater on Friday with one minor injury. Several incidents are listed including two and three car accidents on Highway 271 and N Main Street, tickets issued for right of way violations, and a fleeing arrest. A pigeon drop and thefts were also investigated. No major damage reported by the fire department.
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Gladewater
Houston
Lee Wayne Starks
Hendricks
W. Upshur
Highway 271
Brenda Hightower
Zenobia Owens
Owens
N. Main
Marianne Herman
Gilmer
Mack Wiley
E. L. McFall
City
McFall
Durham
Pritchett Highway
Gregg Salvage
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TDC
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Tyler
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Red Carpet Inn
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Clarence Husell
Frank Jr. Williams
Gladewater Hospital
Jack Holloway
Shreveport
Dean Holloway
Charles Pope
Suffolk
D. C. Marsh Jr
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New Hope
D. O. Marsh
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E. R. Dees
Stella
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Gladewater's Factory
Brooksnire
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SFAU
Cairo University
By Ahmed Shawki
Holy Land
Abner Doubleday
New York City
Alexander J. Cartwright
ST. Louis
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Alice
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Anderson
Bandera
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Grayson
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Earp
Earnest Lane
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