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Gladewater Former Students’ Association A TEXAS NOT-FOR-PROFIT DEDICATED TO GHS ALUMNI

P.O. Box 1425, Gladewater, TX 75647 Phone/Fax: 903-845-2631 Email: ghsalums@suddenlinkmail.com

www.gladewaterformerstudents.com

I hope you have all had a wonderful start to 2019. As your President, I am excited about the

things we have planned for 2019. I know the Board is equally excited and ready to work for

you. A big thank you to Danny Hobbs and Christian Allen for the time they served on the

Board. I am pleased to announce that Bonny Cook Cain ’69 and Danny Sorrells ’75 have

agreed to fill the current vacancies on the Board.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Class of 1968 for the fantastic reunion

we had in September 2018. I know there were countless hours spent and many miles driven to

planning meetings that made the Class of 1968’s 50th Reunion a great success. The torch has

now been passed to the Class of 1969. I know they have already started the planning process

and I have no doubt that they have a lot of surprises in store for all of us as we celebrate their

50th anniversary in September of 2019. Be on the lookout for more information about this

event.

I would like to ask that each one of us contact a classmate about joining the Association. An

organization is only as strong as its members. Please reach out to someone and ask them to

consider joining in 2019.

Tina has listed the scheduled meeting dates for 2019 in this newsletter. Any member of the

Association is welcome to attend our Board meetings.

I know Steve Scurlock ‘68 is already working on the annual June Sporting Clays event and will

be in need of your support in putting this event together. This is our one big fundraiser for the

year and the funds raised contribute to our annual scholarship fund as well as to our building

fund. If you have never come out to this event, you are missing a really good time with former

students; so, I ask you to consider participating as a shooter or as a volunteer to help us with

the event! Contact Steve if you would like to help support this fundraising event.

Please let the Board know of anything we can do to better serve you and the members of our

Gladewater Former Students’ Association. We work for you! And, remember, if we all try to

get ONE person to join in 2019, our Association will continue to grow and flourish.

Looking forward to an exciting year! Go Bears!

Larry Clemens ‘68

Letter from GFSA Incoming President, Larry Clemens ’68

OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: LARRY CLEMENS ‘68

VICE PRESIDENT: SHIRLEY ELLIOTT WILLETT ‘68 CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: TINA TUTTLE FROST ‘68

RECORDING SECRETARY: CHERYL MOORE COPELAND ‘69 CO-TREASURERS: LOIS REED ‘66, JON KELLER ‘92

PARLIMENTARIAN: STEVE SCURLOCK ‘68

BOARD MEMBERS: LESLIE BLOUNT WILLEFORD ‘77

MARGARET LIDDELL PEVEHOUSE ‘66 DALE LANGE ’69

NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE: BONNY COOK CAIN ‘69 DANNY SORRELLS ‘75

ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS: LEON WATSON ‘59

PATRICIA MARTIN WATSON ‘60 CATHY PHILLIPS SHIPP ‘65

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SCHEDULED 2019 BOARD

MEETINGS

Upcoming Events 2019 Memorial Day Service - May 27th, 2019 Sporting Clays Fundraiser - June 8th, 2019 Retired Teachers’ Luncheon - Date to be determined Veterans’ Luncheon - November 11th, 2019 Christmas Gathering - Mid-December 2019 (Date to be announced)

Other Dates of Interest in 2019

Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 6 PM: The Gladewater Chamber of Commerce 88th Annual Banquet will be held at the Gladewater Former Students’ Building. Tickets are $25. The program will be based around the music of the Million Dollar Quartet, consisting of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Each person attending will receive a Million Dollar Quartet fan, and approximately 30 door prizes will be given away. Contact Chamber Secretary, Marsha Matlock Valdetero ’65 for ticket information. Chamber office number: 903-845- 5501. Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - GHS Scholarship Application Deadline: Forms have been delivered to GHS and can also be found available on our website - www.gladewaterformerstudents.com Sunday, June 30th, 2019: Deadline to submit nominations for GHS Outstanding Alumni. Forms are on the GFSA website: www.gladewaterformerstudents.com Monday, June 3, 6 PM - GHS Class of ’62 will celebrate their 57th reunion on Monday, June 3, at 6 PM at Saltgrass Restaurant in Longview. Contact John P. Tallent 903-845-4553 for more information.

January 8th

April 1st

June 4th

September 10th

Board Meeting Time is 5:30 PM.

The GFSA Sporting Clays Fundraiser is scheduled for June 8, 2019. DONATE, SPONSOR, VOLUNTEER! We need alumni support for this fun-filled day of fundraising for the GFSA! This is our main fundraiser! Contact one of

our board members: Steve Scurlock 903-918-3616, Jon Keller 903-374-2533, or Larry Clemens 903-845-5533.

Steve Scurlock ‘68 was the 2018 recipient of the Grizzly award. Steve’s idea for the Annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser and his unrelenting efforts to make it a success each year have contributed so much to the GFSA Scholarship, Veterans’ and other funds. We all owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude for this and for all he has done for GFSA. The Grizzly Award was initiated in 2016 in order to recognize those among us who have gone above and beyond in contributing to the success of our organization. The first recipient was John Paul Tallent ‘62 in 2015, followed by Roy T. Van Houten ‘60 and Leon Watson ‘59 in 2016 and Cathy Phillips Shipp ‘65 in 2017. Steve follows these very deserving Alums and they all serve as models of dedication and service to our Association.

~ GFSA Grizzly Award 2018 ~

Class of 1968, 50th Reunion, September 29, 2018

The 2018 Reunion is in the books. The GHS Class of 1968 had a great time planning and putting on a great party for our schoolmates. If you were unable to attend, especially the dinner, you missed out on a lot of fun and a few surprises. Over one-third of our ’68 graduating class attended and it was wonderful to see everyone and catch up.

SAVE THE DATE: 2019 All-School Reunion will be held on September 29, 2019

at the Gladewater Former Students’ Building. Class of 1969 is hosting and will be

Closing Out “The Sixties” – A Decade That Changed a Nation!

Dr. Quita Jones Crucifer, Class of 1967

Carol Ann Johnston, Class of 1974

2018 All-School Reunion Memories

Many thanks to Reunion Photographer David Holcombe, Class of ’62! (Find more ASR 2018 photos on David’s Facebook page.)

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GFSA would like to recognize other graduates who have gone on to distinguish themselves in their community, in business, in sports, the Arts, etc. We are proud to say we have many who have brought honor to our Alma Mater through the years. Please send us others that you know of so that we will be able to include them in our newsletter recognitions. Below are a few that were recently sent to us for acknowledgement:

Civic Leadership, Mayors of Gladewater

Jack Phillips, GHS Class of ’42 - Served 1963-65 O.G. Johnston, GHS Class of ’46 - Served 1971-76 John P. Tallent, GHS Class of ’62 - Served 2000-08 Walter Derrick, Weldon Class of ’48 - Served 2008-12 J.D. Shipp, GHS Class of ’92- Served 2018-to present

Arts and Letters Joe Lansdale, Class of ’70, writer of novels and Hap and Leonard series for television; Writer in Residence, Stephen F. Austin State University.

Sports James Scott, GHS Class of 1970, Chicago Bears 1976-80 and 1982-83.

James Scott experienced an

outstanding career as a wide

receiver with the Chicago Bears.

He is now retired and living in the

Dallas area. (James is pictured

with another outstanding Gladeite

and high school BEAR teammate,

Rocky Hawkins, also Class of

1970). Rocky said the highlight of

his career was a 2 point

conversion during a scrimmage

game in 1968.

CONGRATULATIONS to our GFSA

Board President, Larry Clemens,

Class of 1968, who was recently

inducted into the East Texas

Coaches Association Officials

Hall of Honor in recognition of his

four decades of service as a high

school football official. The

ceremony took place at the East

Texas Coaches Association (ETCA)

Hall of Honor Banquet held on

Saturday, February 23, at the

Texarkana Country Club.

PAY DUES & RECRUIT MEMBERS The Gladewater Former Students’ Association relies upon our

membership and the dues our members pay for the upkeep of our

facilities, the Veterans’ Memorial and Scholarship Fund as well as

other community events in which we participate or support. Please

consider paying your dues and also, encourage your classmates,

recent GHS grads and other Alumni you may know to join GFSA.

DONATE When marking the important events in your lives or as a memorial

remembrance, consider making a donation to honor a loved one

who was a graduate of GHS.

VOLUNTEER The Annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser is scheduled for June 8, 2019. Please consider participating in the annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser as a Shooter, Team or Station Sponsor, Door Prize Donor, or as a volunteer. This is our only fundraiser and it just happens to be a lot of FUN! Come out and see!

PROVIDE NEWS & INFORMATION For news or information that could be included in the GFSA Newsletter, please contact:

Leslie Blount Williford – willefordles@outlook.com Cheryl Moore Copeland – trccdc@aol.com

Shirley Elliott Willett – sgwillett@suddenlink.net Tina Tuttle Frost – ceceliafrost@att.net

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Our Alma Mater lost the following sons and

daughters from May 2018 – January 2019.

Jack Pettus, ‘41 Margie Brewer Morrison, ‘41

Jimmy Rowe, ‘48 Tommy Dunagan, ‘52

Joe Thompson, ‘56 Nell Pike Cannon, ‘59

Welton Jones, ‘59 Drucilla Mathis Shofner, ‘68

Donnie R. Barnes, ‘72 Terry Wilkens, ‘78

Gina Thompson Bauman, ‘89 Mary Ann Belton Earp, English Teacher

Mary Warren Cagle, History Teacher Faye Ballow Mackey, Physical Education

All will be sorely missed by their families, friends

and classmates to whom we extend our deepest

sympathies.

The Gladewater Museum recently honored those Gladewater gals who were Kilgore Rangerettes

with an interesting exhibit room full of memorabilia. Don’t forget to stop by the

museum on your next visit to Gladewater!

Pauline Finley Wallace, 1940-41 Lucy Finley Pettus, 1940-41 Margie Moss Lawless, 1941-42 Patsy Nichols, 1941-42 Nadine Wilcox Maerkl, 1941-43 Jimmie Jeff Gilliland, 1941-43 Jacque Halley Langdon, 1942-43 Lt. Jean Clark Hughes, 1942-43 Gloria Jean Holiman, 1943-45 Peggy Corn Wilson, 1943-45 Jo Nell Adams Lucky, 1944-45 Minette Pelphrey Goodson,1945-6 Carolyn Kearly Pyle, 1945-46 Gladys Dillard, 1947-48 Lillian Rose White, 1947-48 Joy Phillips Brooks, 1950-51 Sue Coleman Parrish, 1950-52 Patsy Borzfield Callaway, 1954-55 Marylue Watson Audas, 1955-56 Joyce Arinder Lindsey, 1956-58 Martha Berry, 1957-59 Margie Tarpley Graves, 1959-61 Betty Pace Mansfield, 1959-61 Sandra Duffy Arinder, 1961-63 Clarwanda Dawson Hill, 1961-63 Gloria Ray Colvin, 1962-63 Kay Pothoff Wallace, 1962-64

Sheila Arinder Shaw, 1962-64 Beverly Brunson Tallent, 1963-65 Lt. Mary Ann Oder, 1963-65 Carol Jernigan Govan, 1965-67 Lt. Jackie Johnson Ray, 1965-67 Nancy Nunnally Holly, 1966-68 Susan Jones Allen, 1966-68 Emily Cox Holt, 1967-69 Liz Truitt Monaghan, 1967-69 Becky Smith Hoppe, 1967-69 Capt. Sherry Daniels Robbins, 1968-70 Jenny Wallace, 1969-71 Randi Bauske Ellison, 1969-71 Elizabeth Ann Osteen Ferguson, 1970-72 Latressa Trawick Watson, 1972-74 Diane Henson Clark, 1974-76 Becky Graves Ganong, 1979-81 Ronda Williams, 1979-81 Brenda Graves Gribble, 1985-87 Melissa Cloud Lake, 2002-04 Catherine White Flowers, 2002-04 Leslie Rowe Finnegan, 2013-15

The following is from an article titled “Young dancers meet Kilgore College Rangerettes, participate in halftime show”, by Glenn Evans, Longview News-Journal, September 29, 2018.

The young ladies would soon have a chance to meet the

actual K-girl, Jackie Johnson Ray of Gladewater, who

shared her story of becoming an icon as if by accident.

“In the summer of 1966, Miss Davis decided to have a

logo drawn for the Rangerettes,” Ray said in the Deana

Bolton-Covin Rangerette Gymnasium where her figure

graces center court. “We went out in a field with a

photographer, all the sophomore Rangerettes. ... So, about

two weeks later, we were in here practicing, and she

yelled across the gym for me to come into the office. I’m

just going, ‘Omigosh. What have I done?’ I go up the

steps to her office, and she explains that she is having

a logo designed for the Rangerettes, and I’m to be the

model.”

Ray can still strike the K-girl pose, so named because the

way she positioned her limbs with a slight tilt at the waist

resembling the first letter of the college’s name and its

host city. And she revealed a little known fact. “She

didn’t tell me to do this,” Ray said of Davis, before

confessing she’d gone on to Stephen F. Austin State

University and forgotten all about the poster a Dallas

artist drew of her in that pose until the 1970s, when her

husband brought one to her.

A teacher in Tyler ISD for 30 years, Ray said her

Rangerette experience still hasn’t ended. “What an

unexpected, unbelievable joy to get to represent the

Rangerettes,” she said, confessing she also doomed

herself to forever be striking that pose. “There’s no telling

how many times.” Today, there’s no telling how many

will do it. It just happened. I still am amazed.”

Jackie Johnson

Ray, GHS ’65,

poses for a photo

with the Kilgore

College Rangerette

“K-Girl”.

Ray was a member

of the 29th line and

in the summer of

1966 modeled for

the iconic logo.

Les Hassell/News-

Journal Photo

Kay Pothoff Wallace,

GHS Class of ’62 and

Rangerette 1962-64

was a member of the

Rangerette 23rd Line.

Kay remains active in

the Rangerettes

Forever organization at

Kilgore College.

As a member of Rangerettes Forever,

Kay participates in most

all of their annual events

and also stays active as

a volunteer who gives

much of her time lending

support to incoming

young Rangerettes each

year.

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’33 Gwendolyn Hamilton Hogue (Dec’d) ’38 Lee Fisher (Dec’d) ’39 Jane Neal Sellers (Dec’d) ’39 Glenn (Squeaky) Lange (Dec’d) ’40 Ernestine Wilson Sawyer ’40 Truman Wilson (Dec’d) ’41 Johnnie Pace Brown ’41 Dr. Robert Brutsche (Dec’d) ’41 Emma Dean Hinton Fetzer ’41 Jean Clark Hughes (Dec’d) ’41 Dr. Helen Chapman Williamson(Dec’d) ’41 Charles Gilpin ’41 Dr. Harold McDowell (Dec’d) ’41 Patricia Nichols Summer ’42 Ann Ruth Stone Gentry ’44 Lafon Dorrough (Dec’d) ’44 Georgia Waters Dorrough ’44 Jo Nell Adams Lucky (Dec’d) ’44 Robert H. Schmidt ’44 Roy A. Tallent (Dec’d) ’45 Lawanna Lee Ballard ’46 Billy C. Dale (Dec’d) ’46 Gladys Ronita Dillard ‘46 Bobbie Milliorn Modisette ’46 Dr. Jack “Spot” Collins (Dec’d) ’46 B.M. “Mack” Rankin (Dec’d) ’46 Virginia Henley Mankins (Dec’d) ’48 William “Billy Bob” Green ’48 Nelda Jean Barr Young

’49 Jack Foshee (Dec’d) ’49 Robert Honeycutt ’49 Bill Looney ’49 T. E. “Ed” Maxwell ’49 Richard D. Tallent ’51 Colleen Tallent Coffman (Dec’d) ’52 Frances Ann Brown Shanks ’52 Beverly Hutson Lancaster ’53 Alice Ruth Wallace Cater ’53 Jerry Don Lancaster ’53 Sherman Kennedy (Dec’d) ’54 Barbara Smith Mackey ’54 Dr. Calvin N. McKaig ’54 Martha Williams Squibb ’54 Jimmy A. Tallent (Dec’d) ’56 Travis Stanley ’56 Donald Williams (Dec’d) ’56 Ronald Williams ’57 Homer Beck ’59 Mary Barr Price ‘59 Grace Ann Rose Shore (Dec’d) ’60 Tom & Nita Zajicek in memory of Paul & Agnes Zajicek ’62 Jack Butler ’62 Barbara Brooking Henderson ’62 Ellender “Cookie” Owens Holcomb ’62 Glenna Rush Ishmael (Dec’d) ’62 Loretta Blear Mitchell ’62 Ronny Moore (Dec’d)

’62 John Shepperd (Dec’d) ’62 Paula Jones Smith ‘62 Betty Jean Thomas Stegall ’62 Kay Pothoff Wallace ’63 Melvin A. Tallent (Dec’d) ’65 Danny Strickland ’67 Jerry D. Tallent (Dec’d) ’68 Mark Abernathy ’68 Shirley Elliott Willett ’71 Sue Clifton Moore (Dec’d) ’76 James Hugman ’76 Sharon Scurlock Berryman ‘77 Jayson Wynn (Dec’d) ’85 Cindy Tallent Rowe ’85 Jon Rowe ’89 Johnny Tallent ’90 Andrea Slover Tallent 2011 Alyssa Rowe 2013 Leslie Rowe 2015 Rebecca Rowe Class of 1943 Class of 1945 Class of 1958 Class of 1961 Class of 1962 Class of 1965 Class of 1966 Class of 1968 Beverly Brunson Tallent

‘30 George Wilkins (Dec’d) ’38 C.W. Williams, Jr. ’38 Gladys Browning Best ’39 Dr. John Heit (Dec’d) ’39 Helen Adams Thomas (Dec’d) ’40 June Strawn Gelvin (Dec’d) ’41 Dr. John Artie & Arra Browning (Dec’d) ’41 Gladys Williams Dreeson

’41 Margie Brewer Morrison (Dec’d) ’42 Jack Phillips ’42 Ralph Weiser ’43 Juanita Bagley Dusse` ’50 Janet Burnett Hill (Dec’d) ’56 Leland Stracener ’63 Alla Burago

Dorothy Dake Anderson, Class of 1943 (Dec’d) and John Paul Tallent, Class of 1962

The GLADEWATER FORMER STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION would like to RECOGNIZE and THANK the following alumni who have

supported this organization through the years with “KODIAK”

contributions of $1,000.00 or more:

’38 Nauty Byrd Pelphrey Mayer, 1989-1990 ’59 Leon Watson, 2002-2003, 2008-2009

’38 Hulon Broyles, 1991-1992, 1996 ’68 Barry Cook, 2007 ’40 Truman Wilson, 1995 ’60 Roy T. Van Houten, 2010

’61 Sherry Waggoner Beall, 1993-1994, 2011-2012 ’62 John Paul Tallent, 1997-2001, 2013-2015 ’56 Dr. Syntha Traughber West, 2004-2006 ’68 Shirley Elliott Willett, 2016-2018

~ GFSA Past President Life Members Honor Roll ~

GFSA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Tax-Deductible Annual Membership ONLY $25.00 per Member

In order that we may properly give you credit for your dues payment, please fully complete this form and mail with your check to:

GFSA, P.O. Box 1425, Gladewater, TX 75647.

YOUR GRADUATION OR CLASS YEAR____________NEW MEMBER________RENEWAL________ LAST NAME________________________________________________FIRST NAME___________________________________ MAIDEN NAME______________________________________SPOUSE NAME________________________________________ ADDRESS_______________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY_________________________________________________________________STATE__________ZIP_________________ PHONE ( )___________________EMAIL________________________________________________________________

The Gladewater Former Students’ Association relies upon our membership and the dues our members pay for the upkeep of our

facilities, the Veterans’ Memorial and Scholarship Fund as well as other community events in which we participate or support. Please

consider paying your dues and also, encourage your classmates, recent GHS grads and other Alumni you may know to join GFSA.

We need your support…Help us keep our Gladewater Former Students’ Association BEAR Strong!