The Passing Parade
By Mildred Bowden Jones & Joyce Hugman
FROM MILDRED: Gladewater Chamber of Commerce members and directors will
be greeters and ushers for the Texas Shakespeare Festival on Saturday, July
26th. Marsha needs six to eight volunteers for each of the three performances
on that day. The chamber plans to set up an exhibit on Gladewater and have
brochures, giveaways, etc., and they will be able to let those attending
the performances know about Gladewater. The children’s play, “The
Magic Lantern,” will be at 10 a.m.; “Julius Ceasar” begins
at 2 p.m. and “Twelfth Night” starts at 7:30 p.m. If you can
volunteer for one or all performances, please let the chamber office know
today. If you would like tickets to any of these productions call the KC
ticket office at 903-983-8601.
Happy birthday to Jimmy Strickland, July 17th; Jeff and Jon Keller and
Charles Wood, July 18th; Chris Baldridge, July 20th; Kendall Banks, July
23rd. Wishing you many, many more!
Youth campers and sponsors from First Baptist Church have returned from
the Pineywoods Camp. Attendees were Alyssa Rowe, Blair Abernathy, Brittany
Linder, Paige Linder, Clay Dennis, Jared Nixon, Katelyn Phillips, Lauren
Luscomb, Michaela Ellis, Ryan Allen, Samantha Clark, Whitney Guthrie, Whitney
Pearson, Cash Young, Aaron Coffey, Blane Linder, Bretta Phillips, Ellis Hayden,
Jackie Hayden, Gary Hetherington, Jeff Dennis, Melissa Dennis and Lana Rose.
Lee Public Library will be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through
August.
Graveside services for Reta Mae Shaw of Longview, formerly of Gladewater,
were held July 19, 2008, at Lakeview Memorial Gardens with Dennis Abernathy
officiating. Mrs. Shaw was a longtime Brookshire Grocery employee and member
of White Oak Church of Christ and Reel Road Church of Christ. She was a dear
lady who was loved by all who knew her.
Flowers at First Baptist Church were given Sunday, July 20th, in memory
of Robert High and Ophelia High by Bill and Barbara High.
Good fellowship and good food at McKay’s Restaurant in Kilgore were
enjoyed by the GHS Early 1940’s on July 15th. A card of sympathy was
signed for Roy Hackbarth for the loss of his wife, Doris Sherrill Hackbarth,
and a get well card was signed for Brenda Lyman, wife of Edward Lee Lyman.
Attendees from Hallsville were Wayne and Dale Powell Lyman; from White
Oak were David and Audrey Cloud Knotts; from Kilgore were Ray Bernard and
Page Gay; from Gladewater were June Strawn Gelvin, Jack Pettus, Fritzy Hickey
Glenn and Mary Thomas Allen; from Tyler were Elsie Sherrill Coleman, Robert
Stokes. Robert’s special guests were his daughter Jan Stokes Saylor
of Lake Cherokee and her grandson, Trevor...
FROM JOYCE: If you like musical drama, there is a real treat in store for
you at the Kilgore College Texas Shakespeare Festival. The production of “1776” was
terrific entertainment, as well as informative. According to the director,
Joseph Graves, “A group of underfunded, passionate, argumentative,
dedicated, egotistical and talented people come together for several weeks,
under difficult circumstances while enduring extreme heat to try to create
a miracle.” It is the story of the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Madelyn Kennedy was working there as a volunteer ticket taker.
The Union Grove Cheerleaders were honored with a request from the Sara
Lee Corp. to perform at a regional conference in Dallas. Among those attending
were Lane Williams, Kala Brown Jeri Pope, Raigan Maddox, Amber Barnes, Laney
Allen, Victoria Lee, Laura Mumford, Brianne Hagler and coach Mrs. Davis.
Ten members of the Union Grove High School Band will also perform for the
group.
Have you noticed the construction on the north loop? The Church of Christ
presently located at Quitman and Center streets is building a new home.
Happy Birthday to these July babes: 21st, Cathy Shipp; 23rd Virgil Karcher;
24th Keith Wolcott; 26th Gail Levy; and 27th Elissa Hugman.
Our streets should look better soon since the City Council voted to hire
a street sweeper service. It will only sweep streets with curbs and will
work in the mornings, so keep your car away from the curb overnight. The
city will announce the dates.
Congratulations to Melba Haralson who was voted City Secretary of the Year
for Northeast Texas, a project of the Texas Municipal Clerks Association.
Melba has been the city secretary since 1996 and is always very courteous
and helpful. She deserves to be recognized.
Keep Nancy Davis in your prayers as she has been ill and in and out of
the hospital, and then her mother, Tressie McGuire, passed away last week.
The Davises had some good news too, as daughter Amy married Danny Cater and
they are now happily at home on Mary Street. We hear the couple enjoyed a
honeymoon trip to the Smokey Mountains.
Congratulations to Sara Moore, the Chamber of Commerce’s 2008-09
representative. She will represent the chamber at this fall’s Gilmer
Yamboree, as well as at various city parades and functions...
...Continued in this week's edition of The Gladewater Mirror.
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