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The Gilmer Mirror, Gilmer, Texas July 1, 2015 — Page 5A
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Ford and Henry Fonda starred at the Crystal in “The Round-
ers” . . . Mrs. Marie Harlon was installed as Ashland OES
worth matron . . . Donald Willis of Glenwood earned TCU
band scholarship . . . Blue Birds here turned the city park
into an “Indian Camp Ground” for a day camp ... The James
Lindsey family held its 11th reunion at Kelsey.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Gilmer banks showed an increase of more than $200,000 in
demand deposits over the year before and the Gilmer Build-
ing and Loan assets exceeded $1 million for the first time . .
. Madra Kay Webb, 14, died of a heart ailment. . . Leonard
Berry of Union Grove entered the Air Force as a second lieu-
tenant ... Glen Mathis completed round-the-world cruise on
the aircraft carrier Midway ... The Mirror reported Lyndon
Johnson’s heart attack... Hilton Webb received the 100,000th
prescription to be filled by Hogg’s Pharmacy.
SEVENTY YEARS AGO
Rotary President Romie Bishop was awarded a citation by
Dist. Gov. B.E. Masters for vocational service... A.E. Waghalter
was named commander of Gilmer American Legion Post...
Malcom L. Davis was named Hudson distributor with head-
quarters in Shreveport, La.... J.D. “Boots” Richardson was
killed in Stamps, Ark., and buried at Bettie... Commissioners
Court named E.L. Baird justice of peace for Pet. 7, Big Sandy
. . . Mrs. Ekrah Mieler went to Austin to spend the summer
with Marilyn who was attending UT summer school.
Fatal wreck occurs in East Mountain
By Phillip Williams
A Gladewater man was killed when his pickup truck struck
a tree in East Mountain during heavy rainfall early Saturday,
said East Mountain police Sergeant Marc Nichols.
James Robert Moore, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene at
6:30 a.m. by Upshur County Pet. 3 Justice of the Peace Rhonda
Welch, said Nichols, who investigated the incident.
Moore was alone when his northbound 2002 Chevrolet 2500
model pickup ran off the left side of East Mountain Road
shortly after 6 a.m.,striking a cluster of trees, said Nichols
and Welch. Moore was not wearing seatbelt.
Rain was a factor in the crash, and Moore may have fallen
asleep at the wheel, Nichols said. Welch said she believed Moore
was traveling at an excessive speed for the weather conditions
with worn tires, which lost traction when he rounded a curve
on the wet roadway.
She termed the crash “a wake-up call for people to look at
their tires.”
The road where the incident occurred runs off of FM Road
1844 toward White Oak, said Nichols. Welch said Moore was en
route to meet his uncle on Texas 300 to work, and that the crash
occurred near both that location and the victim’s home.
Moore and his uncle had talked by phone, she said.
Welch said she ordered an autopsy as a precaution “just to
rule out foul play,” and that she had not yet received autopsy
findings from the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences
in Dallas.
The East Mountain Volunteer Fire Department responded
to the crash scene as did the Texas Department of Public
Safety, which assisted with the investigation, Nichols said.
The crash remained under investigation Saturday afternoon,
he added.
Saturday will have no mail delivery
Because Saturday is a national holiday, there will be no
mail service, so Mirror suberibers who receive their paper
in the mail will, instead, receive them Monday.
The paper will be available Saturday on racks and coun-
ters, however, and the edition will be on the Internet for
subscribers.
From Page 4
Other players in the mortgage market are following suit.
Mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have
reduced down-payment requirements for first-time home-
buyers. Under the new terms, buyers will only need to put
down 3 percent of the home’s cost, rather than the previous
minimum of 5 percent.
Down payments alone are poor predictors of default. FHA
has successfully insured loans with 3.5 percent down for
decades.
Like FHA, Fannie and Freddie have retained guidelines
ensuring that potential borrowers have strong credit scores
and full documentation.
The two government-sponsored enterprises have also prom-
ised to pursue a more reasonable practice of mortgage “put
backs.” They’ll no longer require private lenders to assume
responsibility for loans simply because they had typos.
Rather than lead to another financial crisis, the federal
government’s new policies will empower folks who were
previously prevented from becoming homeowners.
That’s good for the economy. Every home sale generates
$60,000 in additional economic activity.
By committing to lower mortgage insurance costs and
reasonable lending requirements, our nation’s top housing
officials can signal that they’re serious about making hom-
eownership a reality for millions of Americans. That’s a move
we should all get behind.
Dave Liniger is CEO, Chairman and Co-Founder of
RE/MAX LLC.
Buckner to host foster care
and adoption interest meeting
LONGVIEW — Buckner Children and Family Services
will present a FREE foster care and adoption information
meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 14 at Buckner’s offices,
located at 110 E. Cotton.
A Buckner representative will give an overview of
foster care and adoption options in Texas, including
foster-to-adopt, Waiting Texas Children, domestic infant
adoption and international adoption programs. For in-
formation or a reservation to attend the meeting, please
call Debbie Sceroler at 903-757-9383 or e-mail dsceroler@
buckner.org.
For more than 136 years, Buckner Children and Family
Services has been transforming lives through hands-on
ministry, serving the most vulnerable from the begin-
ning to the ending of life. Buckner is one of the oldest
and most unique faith-based social service organizations
of its kind, serving more than half a million people each
year in the United States and worldwide. To learn more
about foster care and adoption services through Buckner,
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PRITCHETT — Bobby Rex
Gage underwent an A-fib
ablation a few weeks ago and
is reported to be doing fine.
His heart was out of rhythm
before this procedure repaired
it.
WORDS OF WISDOM: We
must learn to get along as
brothers and sisters or perish
as fools. If it is meant to be,
God will make a path.
In The Journal of Big Sandy
was an old advertisement
from 1963 for a home you could
move into for only $500 down
with the balance to be paid in
low monthly installments of
$35 each. Can you rent a house
for $500 a month now?
Thought for the day: If
you’re riding ahead of the
herd, take a look back every
now and then to make sure it’s
still there.-Will Rogers
Many people like to read
about the history of this area.
John Garner from Garland
(972-840-2681) called me this
week to say how much he
enj oyed reading about it. John
graduated from Gladewater
in 1957 and knows many
people around here, Neil Snow
and Lewis Hewitt for a few.
Myra Watts, who writes the
history, remembers John as
he graduated the year before
she did. I appreciate people
who take the time to let us
know.
Last week’s history ended
with David White enlisting
in the Civil War in 1861 and
dying of pneumonia in 1862.
His wife, Freshie, was left
a widow to raise her young
family. She was pregnant
Upsilon Delta, the Kilgore
College chapter of Sigma
Kappa Delta, the national
English honor society for
two-year colleges, inducted
54 students who qualified
for membership this spring,
including Amber Mumford
of Gilmer.
Membership in Sigma Kap-
pa Delta requires students to
maintain a grade point aver-
age of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale,
to earn no grade lower that a
“B” in a college English class,
and to complete at least one
semester of college studies.
“Membership in an honor
society always benefits the
students,” said Jason Graves,
department chair for Lan-
guage Development. “It’s a
positive mark on their ap-
plication for admission to the
universities and it’s a way
to earn scholarships. Honor
societies recognize significant
academic achievement, and
that’s what college should
be about.”
Sigma Kappa Delta is the
only national organization
that recognizes academic
excellence in English for com-
with her seventh child. Their
oldest son, Daniel, was only 11
when his father died and he
then became responsible for
helping to support his mother
and siblings.
After the war life became
very difficult because of the
military rule of post-Civil
War Texas. During this time
federal soldiers confiscated
Daniel’s family’s means of
livelihood, such as grain and
$5,000 worth of cotton which
Daniel himself had helped to
pick. Denied the fruits of their
labor and destitute, the White
family struggled to survive
an oppressive military rule,
now worthless currency and
a fatherless home. Later in
life, Dan became the president
of Pritchett State Bank and a
prominent farmer.
When David came to Texas
he brought a family slave,
Rachel, who he had inherited.
Rachel and Freshie were
close in age and became good
friends. Many times soldiers
would come to the farm
looking for slaves in order to
free them. When Rachel was
a young mother soldiers had
taken one of her babies from
her and Rachel was frightened
of soldiers, so Freshie would
hide and protect her.
When the war was over,
Freshie told Rachel she was
free to leave and return to her
family in Tennessee. Rachel
didn’t want to go at that
time, but chose to stay with
Freshie. When Dan was older
he financed a trip for Rachel
to go back to her family, but
after a few months Rachel
munity college students.
SKD was founded in 1996 at
Northern Illinois University
at DeKalb, 111.
Kilgore College started its
chapter in 2009 by submitting
an application to the national
offices, undergoing a success-
ful review of facilities and
instruction and receiving its
charter in June of that year.
The Kilgore College SKD
chapter extends membership
invitations to all eligible KC
students each spring.
returned to Texas saying she
wanted to stay with the White
family because they were her
family now. The 1870 and 1880
census records her name as
Rachel Brown but on the 1900
census records her name as
Rachel White, age 90, born
in Tennessee and had given
birth to five children. Nothing
is known about Rachel’s
husband or her children. She
is buried in West Mountain
Cemetery in an unmarked
grave close to Freshie who
died in 1902.
LaFreshie’s parents were
William Thomas Reynolds
and Martha Green. They came
to Upshur County in 1848.
They were the parents of 13
children. They moved on to
Parker County in 1856. Their
children remaining in Upshur
County were Nancy Reynolds
See, LaFreshia, Christopher
Columbus Reynolds and
Sarah B. Reynolds Bell.
Daniel WhitemarriedSarah
Samantha Mings. Her parents
were Lavina Ann Phillips and
David Wesley “Wes”Mings.
Daniel and Samantha had 10
children. Their two daughters
died young. One lived just a
few weeks and Ruth Elizabeth
married at age 15 to David
Frank Little, but died nine
months later. Their sons
were Irvin E., David “Wes”
Wesley, Edgar Eugene, Ratio,
Lenora, William Harvey, Ruth
Elizabeth, James Calvin,
Daniel Jackson “Jack” and
Jesse “Jess”.
Samantha’s obituary stated
that Mings Chapel was named
for her father.
Daniel and Samantha
White’s eldest son, Irvin
E. White, married Laura
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went to the store while Laura
was doing the wash in the
black iron wash pot over an
open fire, as all women did
in that day. She had on a long
dress and it caught fire. She
panicked and ran in a circle
(they could tell by the burned
grass).
She was still alive when
Irvin got home. He picked
her up and carried her in the
house and laid her on the bed
and soaked her with linseed
oil. That was all they could
do in that day. Her grandson,
Louis Atchley said she lived
long enough for him to get to
see her before she died. She
was the mother of my great
Aunt Mary Francis White Hail
who married my great uncle,
Ray Hail.
Dan and Samantha’s son,
James Calvin, was known as
“Little Jimmy”. He was born
with some sort of birth defect
and was crippled and small in
size and unable to walk. He
died a short time after their
daughter Ruth. Another son,
Ratio “Race” White lost a leg
in an accident at a gin where
he was working, at the age of
17. He died in 1948.
Samantha mourned the
death of her children for
years, often opening the trunk
that held the personal things
of her daughter, Ruth, and
lovingly holding them. One
day in 1930 she took everything
from the trunk into the yard
and burned them. The family
never knew why.
She was extremely loyal
to her sons and in her older
years she was known as a
“crusty old lady”. She lived
to be 80. Her obituary said she
was among the oldest native
citizens of this county.
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Parker, Vic. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 2015, newspaper, July 1, 2015; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth878377/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.