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Page 8A — THE GILMER MIRROR, Gilmer, Texas July 1, 2015
Community Calendar
Public Meetings
Gilmer City Council, 2nd and
4th Tuesdays, 5:15 p.m., City
Hall.
East Mountain City Council,
2nd Mondays, 7 p.m., East Moun-
tain City Hall.
Union Grove City Council,
2nd Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Fortson
Equipment.
Ore City City Council, 2nd
Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Upshur County Commission-
ers Court meets the 15th and last
day of each month at 9 a.m. at
the old District Courtroom in the
Upshur County Courthouse.
Gilmer ISD Board of Trustees,
3rd Monday, 6 p.m., GISD Admin-
istration Building, corner Warren
and Trinity.
Union Grove ISD School
Board, second Monday of each
month, 7 p.m., high school li-
brary.
Big Sandy School Board,
2nd Monday, 7 p.m., high school
library.
Harmony School Board, 2nd
Monday, 6 p.m., board room in
administration building.
Union Hill School Board, 2nd
Thursday of each month, 6 p.m.,
administration building.
Ore City School Board, 3rd
Monday, 6:30 p.m., board room
in administration building.
New Diana School Board, 2nd
Monday, 7 p.m., board room at
1373 U.S. 259 S„ Diana.
Gilmer Airport Board, 3rd
Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., City Hall.
Gilmer Neighborhood Im-
provement Committee, 1st
Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., City Council
chambers.
Gilmer Volunteer Fire Dept.,
Tuesdays, 6:45 p.m., Fire Sta-
tion.
Ewell Volunteer Fire Dept.
meets at Fire Station, 2217 FM
593, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each
month, 7 p.m.
Harmony Volunteer Fire Dept.,
2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7 p.m., fire
station.
Perryville Volunteer Fire
Dept., Thursdays, 7 p.m., fire
station.
Diana Volunteer Fire Dept.,
Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Diana fire sta-
tion.
Pritchett Volunteer Fire Dept.,
every2nd and 4th Tuesday, 7 p.m.,
Pritchett Community Center.
Bettie Volunteer Fire Dept.,
1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Fire
Station on Bluebonnet Rd.
Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire
Dept., meets 2nd Tuesday each
month, 7:30 p.m., at fire station.
East Mountain Volunteer Fire
Dept., 2nd Tuesday of each month,
7:30 p.m., VFD building, corner
Municipal Dr. & East. Mtn. Rd.
Lafayette Volunteer Fire
Dept., meets second Tuesday of
every month, 7 p.m., Lafayette
Volunteer Fire Dept.
Southshore Volunteer Fire
Dept., meets Thursdays, 7 p.m.,
Shady Shores Community Cen-
ter.
New Mountain Volunteer
Fire Dept., 1st Thursday of every
month, 7 p.m., fire department.
Ore City Volunteer Fire Dept.,
Tuesdays, 7 p.m., fire station.
Simpsonville Volunteer Fire
Dept., every 1 st and 3rd Thursday,
7 p.m.
Upshur County Child Pro-
tection Board, second Tuesday
each month, 5 p.m., Upshur-Rural
Electric auditorium.
Pritchett Water Supply Corp.
board meeting, 3rd Tuesday every
month, 7 p.m., Pritchett Water
Supply office on Hwy. 155 Sunless
posted otherwise.
Services
East Texas Council on Alco-
holism and Drug Abuse, toll-free
information line 1-800-441-8639,
Council office, 708 Glencrest Lane,
Longview.
New Freedom Group of
Alcoholics Anonymous, First
United Methodist Church, noon
Saturdays; 8 p.m. Thursdays.
Barbwire Cowboy Group of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Cowboy
Church-6607 Hwy 154 W., Fridays
and Saturdays, 6:30 p.m.
Narcotics Anonymous. Pine
Acres Community Center. Monday
and Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Alzheimer’s Support Group,
2nd Tuesday, 1:30 p.m., Wesley
House Assisted Living (231 Quail
Drive, Gilmer)
Social Security Agent, second
Tuesday of each month, Upshur
County Courthouse basement,
8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Call 1 -800-
772-1213 for more information.
Upshur County Literacy
Program, 201 N. Montgomery,
open Mon., Tues., Wed., 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Adult educational
service including GED preparation,
basic skills improvement, literacy
instruction. New student registra-
tion first and third Mondays each
month. 903-843-3360.
Upshur County Literacy Pro-
gram will accept memorial and
honorary donations. Acknowledg-
ments of gifts are sent. Mail to
or come by the Upshur County
Library Literacy Program, 201 N.
Montgomery, Gilmer, TX 75644,
903-843-3360.
Afraid of AIDS? Need coun-
seling or information? Call the
American Red Cross, 753-2091
for confidential information and
support. Speakers for groups
available. No fee — donations
accepted.
Memorial gifts or donations
to Civic Center may be addressed
totheUpshurCounty Civic Center,
PO. Box 1081, Gilmer, TX 75644;
797-8888.
Texas Forest Service office,
open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-
Friday, U.S. 271 South.
Texas Animal Damage Con-
trol Service, state agency set
up to assist people with wildlife
damage problems. Local Wildlife
Damage Control Specialist is John
E. Steuber. If you have a wildlife
damage problem or would like
more information, contact Steuber
at the Tyler office of Texas Animal
Control Service, 230 S. Broadway,
Suite 406, Tyler, TX 75702, or call
(903) 595-4127._
Groups
Gilmer Lions Club, 1st & 3rd
Mondays, 12 noon, Buckeye
Cafe.
Gilmer Kiwanis Club, Thurs-
days, 12 noon, FUMC in Gilmer.
Gilmer Rotary Club, Tuesdays,
12 noon, Gilmer Civic Center, U.S.
271 North.
Upshur County Hospital
Auxiliary, second Tuesday of each
month, 10:30 a.m., Black Kettle
Restaurant.
Disabled American Veterans
Chapter 204, business meeting,
4th Thursday, 6 p.m., DAV build-
ing on U.S. 271 North across from
Wal-Mart. Potluck dinner follows
the meeting.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 6715, first Tuesday of each
month, 6 p.m., VFW building, just
off Hwy. 154 West on VFW Drive;
a potluck dinner is followed by a
short business meeting.
East Mountain Women’s Club,
last Tuesday of each month.
Upshur Rural Electric
Cooperative Corporation
Customer Care Numbers
903-843-2536 • 800-259-2536 • Fax 903-843-2736
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903-680-2100 (LOCAL) • 1-866-8041674 (LONG DISTANCE)
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to pay your bill online or by mobile device.
Bethesda Masonic Lodge
No. 142 AF&AM, 2nd Mondays,
corner Harrison & Trinity Sts.
Methodist Men, 1st Thurs-
day, 6:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall,
First United Methodist Church,
Gilmer.
UpshurCounty Aggie Moms,
3rd Thursday nights, 7 p.m., Walk-
ing S Steak House.
Upshur County Democrats,
every 4th Monday, 6 p.m. at the
DAV Building on U.S. 271 North,
across from Walmart.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sen-
sibly) Chapter 1435 meets Mon-
days, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. (Weigh-ins
5:15 p.m. to 6:10 p.m.); Senior
Citizen Center on Harrison St.;
contact leader at 903-843-3873
for more information.
Overeaters Anonymous
meets Tuesday nights at 6 p.m.
at the Big Sandy Church of Christ
on Hwy. 155.
Enon Community Center
Game Night, first Saturday of
each month. Covered dish supper
and regular meeting, third Monday
of each month, 6:30 p.m.
Ewell Community Center
membership meeting first Tues-
day of each month, 7 p.m.; Good
Neighbors meeting, first Tuesday
of each month, 7 p.m.; Board of
Directors, last Thursday of each
month, 7 p.m. For information call
762-6535.
Pritchett Community Center
meets the first Tuesday of each
month at 7 p.m. Anyone wishing to
rent the Community Center build-
ing may call 903-734-3814 .
Upshur County Retired
School Employees, Upshur
County Unit, meets 4th Tuesday of
every month, 11 a.m., First United
Methodist Church.
Eastern Star, Gilmer Chapter
355, meets the 2nd Tuesday of
each month, 7:30 p.m., Bethesda
Masonic Lodge.
Glenwood Community Cen-
ter Meeting, 2nd Tuesday of each
month, 7:30 p.m., Community
Center building on FM 726.
Fairview Community meets
fourth Thursday of each month,
7 p.m., Pine Acres Community
Center.
American Legion Peppy
Blount Post 320, meets third
Thursday of each month, Upshur
County Senior Citizens Building,
201 Silver Alley. 5:30 p.m., Pot
Luck Dinner; meeting at 6:30
p.m.
Cherokee Rose Republican
Women meets 4th Monday of
each month, (except December),
at the Lantana Activity Center on
Lantana Rd., just north of town off
Hwy. 271 N. Lunch is provided with
a suggested $5 donation.
Lafayette Civic Committee
meets first Tuesday every month,
7 p.m., Lafayette Volunteer Fire
Dept.
Upshur County Nature Club,
each fourth Thursday. For more
information call Pat Williams,
734-4045.
Southern Belles TEEA Club
meets every third Wednesday at
10 a.m.; Linda Steger, President,
903-843-2570.
Glenwood TEEA Club, ev-
ery second Thursday, 10 a.m.,
Sandy Coppedge, president,
903-797-6458; Extension office,
903-843-4019.
Harmony 4-H Club, meets
1st Monday each month, 7 p.m.,
Rhonesboro Community Center.
725-5670; 843-4019.
Iris Garden Club, meets
second Saturday each month,
11 a.m., call 903-843-9380 for
location of meeting.
Upshur County Crimestop-
pers, meets 2nd Monday each
month, at the Masonic Lodge.
Upshur County Senior Citi-
zens Organization meets every
Friday at 201 Silver Alley, 12 noon.
1st Fri., business meeting & prize
ticket drawing; 3rd Fri., bingo for
prizes.,All meetings start with pot
luck lunch, followed by activities,
games, and occasional guest
speaker. All 50 years and older
are invited.
Harmony ISD Choir Booster
Club, meets ever third Monday, 6
p.m., Jr. High band hall.
Parents Anonymous, meets
every Monday, 6 p.m. 218 W. Tyler,
843-2485.
Northeast Texas Writers
Organization, meets second
Thursday of each month, 6:30
p.m., Northeast Texas Com-
munity College Student Union
Building. Everyone welcome. For
info call Georgia Henson, (903)
856-2803.
East Texas Writer’s Guild, first
Monday of each month, 6 p.m.,
Taylor Auditorium, Tyler Public
Library, 201 S. College, Tyler. In
case of Monday holidays, meet-
ing will be held on the second
Monday night.
Harmony Keynote Boosters,
first Sunday of each month, 2 p.m.,
junior high band room.
Ore City AARP, meets the
first Thursday of each month, Ore
City Community Center, with a
covered dish luncheon beginning
at noon. Everyone is invited. 903-
968-4902.
Ore City Eastern Star, meets
every second Monday, 7:30 p.m.
Ore City Masonic Lodge Hall on
Main St.
Gilmer Bass Club meets the
first Thursday of each month,
7 p.m., Pine Acres Community
Center.
Surviving the Teen Years
meets every Tuesday at Gilmer
High School Room 302 (during
school year). Family meal, 5:30
to 6 p.m.; parent group and teen
meeting, 6 to 7 p.m. Must call
Maureen Walston at 903-753-7633
every Mondayto reserve your spot
for the Tuesday meeting.
Country Patches Quilt Guild
meets every third Thursday,
Church at Grace Creek, 1001
Hawkins Parkway, Longview.
Public invited.
Upshur County Library Lit-
eracy Program, Monday through
Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
201 N. Montgomery. Call 903-843-
3360 for more information.
Friends of Upshur County
Library meets 2nd Wednesday
of each month, noon to 1 p.m.,
Library conference room. All mem-
bers and prospective members
welcome.
Libertarians meet at Las
Fuentes, 2nd Tuesday of month,
6 p.m.; informal discussions.
Everyone invited.
Daughters of the American
Revolution (DAR), a National
Geneological Society, meets every
3rd Friday at 4 p.m. at the Upshur-
Rural Electric meeting room.
Lake Country Harmony, a
women’s four-part harmony a
capella chorus, is a chapter of
Sweet Adelines International. Re-
hearsals are every Thursday from
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Gilmer High
School Music Hall, 850 Buffalo,
Gilmer. Accepting performance
requests. Call 903-490-4939.
Institutions
Historic Upshur Museum,
open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday
and Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on Saturday. 119 Simpson St., on
the square in downtown Gilmer
(former Post Office building).
Upshur County Library, open
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. M, W, T, F and 8
a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The
library located 702 W. Tyler St.,
Gilmer; 903-843-5001.
Entertainment
Gladewater Saturday Night
Opry, features Texas Smoke Band;
8-10 p.m. every Saturday night,
downtown Gladewater. Auditions
4 p.m. every Saturday. (903) 734-
4444; Opry House 845-3600.
Bluegrass Show, 4th Sat. of
every month, Carroll Green Civic
Center, Quitman, 7 p.m.
Events
Gospel Singing, every Tues-
day, 2 p.m. (except 4th Tuesday
of each month) at Upshur Manor
nursing home. All singers are
invited to attend.
Senior Citizens Dance, every
Friday night, 7:30-10:30, Dainger-
field Courthouse Annex, Hwy.
49. Live band. $3.50 per person
admission.
Yam Jammers Dance Club,
4th Saturday of each month,
Family Life Center at First United
Methodist Church.
Country-Western Dance,
every Tuesday and Thursday,
7:30 to 10 p.m., Yamboree Exhibit
Building. $5 per person.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mir-
ror has no way of knowing you
have changed the time, location,
or other information about your
meetings unless someone notifies
us. If there is a change, please let
us know so that we can correct
or update that information in our
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Wedding policy
There will be a $25 charge for engagement pictures.
Wedding pictures with cutlines only will be $25. (Example:
Date and place of wedding and parents and grandparents
of the couple).
Wedding pictures with complete write-up following The
Mirror’s standard form will be $50. (See below)
Anniversary pictures of couples married 50 years or longer
will continue to be published free.
Wedding stories must be submitted for publication within
60 days of the wedding, following The Mirror’s standard form
(available at The Mirror office).
The standard form includes a brief description of the bride’s
dress and her attendants’ dresses. Names of musicians and
a brief description of flowers are also included.
If additional details, that substantially increase the length,
are requested, or the wedding date is past the 60 day submis-
sion period, the write-up must be paid for in its entirety.
Brides and grooms with local connections, but who have
never lived here, will be limited to a briefer story.
Showers and parties must be turned in within 30 days
of the date they are held. If they are turned in as a package
with the wedding, there will be a charge.
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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/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.