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a Page 2-A-Longviewi Texas THE LONGVIEW DAILY NEWS Wednesday, January 4, 1978 Longview Today according to Dimple Hutchings, president. The Association urges new members to attend the meeting which will feature a travel film program. Four Longviewites and one man from Hallsville were among the more than 340 students receiving degrees from Baylor University at the SHOE CLEARANCE By SUSAN TRAYLOR The crown of these is made of love and friendship and sits high 1 upon the forehead of humanity. John Keats American Association of University Women will have its January meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the hospitality room of Longview Bank and VAMP HUNDREDS OF SHOES MUST BE MOVEDI Save on Shoes by Sbicca, Life Stride, Abstract by Joyce, Bare Traps, Old Main Trotters Other Fine Lines.

BOOTS PUMPS SANDALS WEDGES FLATS 1001 N. 4th Street OPEN 10 A.M. 'TIL 6 P.M. (inlhonus. 116 STORE WIDE Men's Shirts and Sweaters $497 Selected groups of a variety of shirts and sweaters.

Great colors Sites Shirts Only 11.00 Group I For $397 SANNAMERICARD DOWNTOWN CHAPPARAL PLAZA W. Tyler 120 Johnston MEN'S LADIES' JUNIORS' SWEATERS OFF master charge Select group of assorted styles. Some So to $12,99. Not all szes in aft styles. (D CHILDRENS SHOES $297 Mens KNIT SLACKS $797 Special group of assorted solid color slacks in comfortable, machine washable double knit, Sizes 28 to 42.

Satisfaction Guaranteed ETBC Festivities Announced Years of Success" is the theme for the 1978 homecoming at East Texas Baptist College Feb. 25. Festivities include the alumni of the College of Marshall and ETBC, according to Dr. Jerry F. Dawson, college president.

Honor classes are those celebrating reunions of five. 10, 15 years, etc. Included are the classes of 1918, 1923, 1928. 1933, 1938. 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968 and 1973.

The new $750,000 men's dor. mitory will be dedicated during the event. The structure houses 116 men. This year's homecoming IS unique in that the first class is celebrating its 60th anniver. sary.

Classes at the College of Marshall first began in the fall of 1917 with 1918 as the first completed school year. The key to significance of a homecoming experience is that the college has a moment to stop and analyze its past, while relighting the memories of college days in hearts of thousands. "We invite all who have ever had a part in the College of Marshall or East Texas Baptist to come stir some memories Feb. 25. You'll be glad you came," said Dr.

Dawson. Ehrle Named President AUSTIN, Texas (UPI) William L. Ehrle Tuesday became president of the 500. member Texas Manufactured Housing Association. Ehrle, a former legislator from Childress, Texas, served more than five years as the legal counsel for the association of dealers, builders and transporters of mobile homes and mobile park operators.

Bruce Walters of Waco, association chairman, said Ehrie was selected by the group's board of directors from more than 160 applicants. ROYAL FOREST 2417 Gilmer Rd. BOYS' GIRLS' PRICED TO CLEAR! 1 selections of fashionoble, cardigans, pull -overs, wraps You will find several styles, colors, fabrics and designs. end of the 1977 fall semester. Laura Beth Bishop received a bachelor of arts degree, Johnny Weelley graduated with a bachelor of science degree in Jennifer Lyns House graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in education and Julia Merris Bagwell graduated cum laude with a bachelor of music degree.

James Michael Godfrey of 108 Bell St. in Hallsville, graduated cum laude with a bachelor degree in music education. Gregg County World War I Veterans and wives, Barracks 2687, will have their regular meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5.

January is the last month to pay dues. Christmas Trees Burned A pile of old Christmas trees ceased to be fire hazards Tuesday night and for a few moments created a spectacular sight for about 75 onlookers. Fire Capt. Hubert Gravley said there were about 100 trees in the bonfire, around 15 feet high and at least 20 feet at the base, It was sprinkled with. kerosene and was lighted by the two Miss Flames of the Longview Fire Department: Linda Reynolds of Longview High School and Donna Collins of Pine Tree High School.

Gravley said the dry old trees caught in a flash and quickly burned down, but firemen stayed with the embers for about 30 minutes. The occasion was the annual bonfire to which citizens are urged to bring their Christmas trees as early after Christmas as possible, the idea being to remove potential fire hazards from the home. THE FRIENDLY FAMILY Large special great looking and cowl necks. many different FAMOUS MAKER Fashion Jean Values to $20.00 Save Up To $10.00 $997 Group I $597 Special group of fashion jeans in lots of different styles, and many with novelty stitched design. All of tough wearing cotton denim.

Size 28-40 waist. Obituaries M.R. Brevard Mrs. Spiva Services for Maxie Ray Brevard, 45, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Hawthorn Funeral Horne with the Rev.

C.T. Wallace officiating. Burial will be in Langley Cemetery in Beckville. Mr. Brevard died Monday in a Longview hospital after a brief illness.

A welder, he was a member of the First Baptist. Church of Beckville and the Elks Lodge of Longview. He lived in Longview for 14 years. He was a native and former resident of Beckville. Survivors include his mother.

Mrs. Ava Ruth Brevard of Jefferson; two daughters, Miss Kimberley Ann Brevard of Longview and Miss Angela Marie Brevard of Mannsville, Ohio; one brother, Weign of Marshall; one sister, Mrs. Elsie Marie Wyatt of Jefferson; one niece and five nephews. Mrs. Maxey Services for Mrs.

Eveline Maxey of Rt. 1, Longview, will be 1 p.m. Thursday in St. Mark C.M.E. Church with the Revs.

W.L. Sneed and F.E. Chalk officiating. Burial will be in 1 Friendship Cemetery under the direction of Citizens Funeral Home. Mrs.

Maxey died early Monday morning in a a a a a a a a a a local hospital following a brief illness. A Harrison County native and longtime Longview resident, she was a member of the Vivian Chapel C.M.E. Church in Longview and a member of the Stewardetts Board and the Missionary Society, Survivors include her husband, Lesley two daughters, Mrs. Marian Webb and Mrs. Johnnie Crummed, both of Houston; one son, Leslie D.

of Longview; one sister, Mrs. Irene Maxey of Longview; one brother, Jeff Hamilton of Longview and five grandchildren. Otto Lanham GARLAND Services for Otto J. Lanham, a former Longview resident, 75, of 513 Lawson Drive, Garland, will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in Buckingham Church of Christ with Mack LeFan officiating.

Burial will be in Fox Ceme-' tery in Kaufman under the direction Williams Funeral Directors of Garland. Mr. Lanham died 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in a Garland hospital following a sudden illness. A Forney, Texas, native and a 20-year Longview resident, having moved to Garland in 1971, he was a retired mechanic instructor in the LeTourneau College aviation department and a member of the Buckingham Church of Christ in Garland.

Survivors include his wife, Lorraine; one daughter, Mrs. Ann Jameson of Garland; one son, John H. of Taipei, Taiwan; two sisters, Mrs. Katherine Davenport. of Dallas and Mrs.

Mamie Hinson of Henderson: five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. MARGARET LANIER'S TIE INN Ties Men's Slacks Spt. Shirts in Galosy's Phone 753-0303 Services for Mrs. Lura Prator Spiva, 83, of Fredericksburg will be at 10 a.m. at the Schaetter Memorial Chapel, Fredericksburg, with the Revs.

Gordon Talk and Robert Hahn officiating. Mrs. Spiva died in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs. Spiva lived in Longview from 1920 to 1970 and was a member of the First Baptist Church and Daughters of The American Revolution.

She moved to Fredericksburg in 1970. Survivors include daughter, Mrs. Charles H. Willomene Merrill of Salt Lake City; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Ralph Dawson Services for Ralph F.

Dawson, 80, of 108 Timber Trail, Longview, are pending at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Dawson is survived by wife, Mary; four sons, Ralph F. Dawson III and Henry both of Longview, William A.

of Marshall and Ralph Fenton Dawson Jr. of San Diego, one daughter, Mrs. Mary Havard of Mound seven grandchildren and one great -grandchild. Fire Damage Is Estimated Near $15,000 Fire damage to G. K.

Foster Elementary School has been estimated at between $15,000 and $15,500, according to N. L. (Rink) Field, superintendent of plant and auxiliary services. The school sustained damage to the attic beneath the heating-air conditioner unit during a fire in December. Firemen, alerted early by neighbors, quickly extinguished the fire.

Field's crews got the school building back in shape in time for re-opening following end of the Christmas holidays Tuesday. Field has been working with insurance adjusters since the fire. Screwdriver Vandal Hits School Somewhere there's a vandal with a screwdriver and maybe with a screw loose. When officials at Winter Park High School returned from the holiday weekend, they found the place littered with doorknobs, electrical outlet plates, toggle switches and other equipment. Someone had unscrewed every screw he could reach.

Some of the unscrewed pieces were missing, but no other damage was done. of The culprit "must have spent hours. else there was an army of them." Assistant Principal Bernard Bell said Tuesday. School maintenance crews spent most of the day putting the school back together. weren't sure how the vandal got in, but Bell had a hunch.

with that WINTER PARK. Fla. (AP) a screwdriver." he said. STOCK CLEARANCE BIG SAVINGS! FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE! 4 CARPET SALE HALL LIVING RM. $119 UP TO 182 SQ.

FT. COMPLETELY INSTALLED OR HOUSEFULL 5 ROOMS HALL $299 UP TO 542 SQ. FT. COMPLETELY INSTALLED Wall to WAll EAST CHOOSE: NI-LO SCULPTURE, EASY PAY PLAR SHAG, INDOOR-OUTDOOR PAYMENTS CARPET CORNER CALL Corner of Eastman Rd. 24 HRS.

1927 E. MARSHALL NOW! 758-5951 FREE ESTIMATES Stocks At Noon NEW YORK (UPI) The stock market was sharply and broadly lower today, reflecting investors' concern about the dollar's continued slide on foreign money markets. Trading was moderately active. The Dow Jones industrial average, which plunged 13.43 points Tuesday, was off 8.75 points to 808.99 shortly before noon EST. Tuesday's setback was the worst since.

the Dow fell 14.12 points on Dec. 6. Brokers said the selling was sparked by the dollar dropping to new lows on foreign exchanges early Wednesday. This is the same thing that triggered Tuesday's selloff. The weak dollar has raised fears that interest rates might rise.

A number of analysts said in light of the market's steep slide the past two sessions they expected to see some bargain hunting. Selling was heaviest in the first hour. Nevertheless, declines far outnumbered advances, 1,008 to 224, among the 1,633 issues crossing the tape. New York Stock Exchange volume at the two-hour mark amounted to about 10,000,000 shares, compared with 7,830,000 traded during the same period Tuesday. Gold mining issues, big winners Tuesday, attracted more attention as bullion prices climbed to their highest level since May 1975 in London.

Homestake Mining was ahead Campbell Red Lake 1, Dome Mines and ASA Ltd. Royal Dutch was the most active NYSE issue, up to One of the company's units is participating in a joint vinyl chloride venture in France. Quaker Oats was the second most active issue, off to 23 in trading that included a block of 119,600 shares at 23. American Medicorp, trading for the first time since Dec. 30, was the third most active issue, up to The company's directors -were scheduled to meet to discuss a sweetened offer by Humana.

TWA's Hilton International unit also has Fire Calls TUESDAY 12:30 p.m. Grass fire, 202 E. Fleming. 12:57 p.m. Report of body shop on fire, 312 E.

Tyler. Fuel heater reservoir had caught fire and filled building with smoke. Heater carried outside. WEDNESDAY 6:19 a.m. Assistance call, 410 Hillerest.

11 a.m. Electrical fire at weatherhead at Zippy Bee Quick Shop, 1301 Judson Road. Power company notified. Fort Worth Livestock FORT WORTH, Texas (UPI) Wednesday's livestock receipts: Cattle and calves: 200. Slaughter calves steady.

Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers and heifers steady to firm. Slaughter calves: good 355-520 lbs. 34.00. Slaughter cows.

utility 2-3 24.00-28.30; cutter 21.00-25.25. Slaughter bulls: yield grade 1-2 1200-1620 lbs. 31.50-33.50 Feeder steers: good and choice 300-400 lbs 41.00-46.00; good 300-500 lbs. 40.00-43.50; 500-650 lbs. 38.75-42.00 Feeder heifers: good and choice 300-600 lbs.

33.00-35.50, good 300-550 lbs. 30.00-34.50 Others: good stock cows 700-750 lbs. 25.25-27.10. Hogs: 175. Barrows and gilts: 50 higher.

US 1-2 180-240 lbs. 41.50-42.00. Sows: steady, all weights 34.00. Boars: under 300 lbs. 29.00, over 300 lbs.

27.00 Motel Fire Fatal To 2 BELLE VERNON, Pa. (UPI) A man and a woman were. killed and 21 persons were injured Monday in a fire that wrecked a motel in nearby Rostraver Township, about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. The dead were badly burned and could not be positively identified until dental records could be checked. One of the injured was hospitalized.

made a bid that American Medicorp favored. Prices were lower in active trading of American Stock Exchange issues. Giant Yellowknife Mines, a gold mining firm, was the most active Amex issue, up to 11. Houston Oil Miperals was second, off to 30. Imperial Chemical was third, up to High Alcoa 34 Am Airtin Am Motors A AmTT Armco Su Beth Boeing Borden Steel Brit Burl CaterpTr Pet Ind Celanese Chrysler Cities Sve Done Ch Cont Oil duPont CocaCola EMM Inc EastnAirL East Kodak ElPaso Co Excion Fairch Cam FordMot Gannett Co Gen Elec Gen Food Gen Motors Gen Tire Goodrich Goodyear GLAtIPac Gulf Oil Gulf StaUt HarteHnks Honeywell Houstind IBM 268 Int Paper.

Johns Manv Johnsn John Kennecot! Litton Ind Marathn Oil Martin Mobil Monsanto Penney JC PhilipsPet Polaroid Proct Gamb PubS NwMx 211 RCA Safeway Str STORES SantaFe Ind SearsRb Sony Corp Sou Pac Std0il Cal SidOil Ind SunComp Texaco Inc Texas Inst Texasgulf Timelnc Transw Air UAL Inc Un Carbide Un Nuclear Uniroyal US Steel Westgh El Woolworth 7184 Xerox Cp Candidates Pay Filing Fees Here Five candidates officially "threw their hats into the election ring" when they paid filing fees totaling $2,300 Tuesday and Wednesday morning. State Rep. Jimmy Mankins of Kilgore entered the 1978 May 6 Democratic primary for a third term Wednesday morning, County Democratic Chairman Herbert Boyland said, when he plunked down a $400 fee. Judge Marcus Vascocu of 188th District Court-who announced late Tuesday he would seek reelection- and Longview Attorney Frank Supercinski, who said several weeks ago he would run against Vascocu, each paid a $700 fee, Boyland said. He said Supercinski filed Tuesday morning and Vascocu paid his fee late the same day.

District Clerk Ruby Cooper put herself in the running for reelection with a $300 fee and Precinct I Justice of the Peace Charles Cashell filed with $200 the table." Boyland-who earlier said candidates often announce intentions late in the year before a primary, but traditionally don't file until January of the election year -said the filing deadline this year is Feb. 6. NOTICE: The Annual Meeting of the Members of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Longview, Longview, Texas, will be held at the office of said Association of the 18th day of January, 1978 at 2:00 p.m for election of Directors and for the transaction of any other bustness of the Association. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF LONGVIEW, LONGVIEW, TEXAS. Dorothy Hurst, Secretary.

us REAL ESTATE Area Wide Real Estate BY BILLY JOHNSON REALTOR LEVERAGE One of the great advantages in real estate investment is that wonderful word called leverage. In its simplest it terms, means using someone else's money to vastly increase your profit potential. Real estate has traditionally been very good security for loans. This means that real estate can be acquired with a smaller percentage of cash outlay than most other investments. Leverage arises because ALL of the income and ALL of the appreciation in property value belongs to the property holder regardless of the amount of the loan.

illustrate assume a $100,000 property was purchased for To only $10,000 cash and $90,000 mortgage loan. Five years later, the same property is sold for $150,000 (a After paying off the $90,000 mortgage, the investor gain in value). would realize not a gain, but rather a gain on his actual cash investment because he only invested $10,000 for the property. not $100,000 If there is anything we can to do help you in the field of real estate please phone or drop in at AREA WIDE REAL ESTATE. REALTORS, 805 Pine Tree Road, phone 759-0611.

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