The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 100, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 13, 2014 Page: 9 of 12
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THE GILMER MIRROR, Gilmer, Texas December 13, 2014 — Page 9A
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.
U pshur 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.,
every 2nd and4thTuesday,7p.m.,
Pritchett Community Center.
Bettie Volunteer Fire Dept.,
1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Fire
Station on Bluebonnet Rd.
PleasantGrove Volunteer Fire
Dept., meets 2nd Tuesday each
month, 7:30 p.m., at fire station.
East Mountain Volunteer Fire
Dept.,2ndTuesdayofeachmonth,
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., 1 st 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 1st and 3rd Thurs-
day, 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 officeonHwy. 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.
Pioneer Group of Alcohol-
ics Anonymous, ETMC Gilmer
boardroom, 8 p.m. Tuesdays and
Fridays.
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
to the UpshurCounty Civic Center,
P.O. 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
DamageControl 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 Mon-
days, 12 noon, Buckeye Cafe.
Gilmer Kiwanis Club, Thursdays,
12 noon, FUMC in Gilmer.
Gilmer Rotary Club, Tuesdays,
12 noon, Gilmer Civic Center, U.S.
271 North.
Upshur County Hospital Auxil-
iary, second Tuesday of each month,
10 a.m., Hospital Board Room.
Disabled American Veterans
Chapter 204, business meeting, 4th
Thursday, 6 p.m., DAV building on U.S.
271 North across from Wal-Mart. Pot-
luck 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.
Bethesda Masonic Lodge No.
142 AF& AM, 2nd Mondays, corner
Harrison & Trinity Sts.
Methodist Men, 1st Thursday,
6:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall, First United
Methodist Church, Gilmer.
Upshur County Aggie Moms,
3rd Monday nights, 6:30 p.m., Wesley
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 Sensibly)
Chapter 1435 meets Mondays, 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 mem-
bership meeting first Tuesday of each
month, 7 p.m.; Good Neighbors meet-
ing, 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
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Upshur County Retired
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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 sec-
ond Saturday each month, 11 a.m.,
call 903-843-9380 for location of
meeting.
Upshur County Crimestop-
pers, meets 2nd Tuesday each
month, 220 Buffalo St. (orange
store).
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.
Rosewood Good Neighbor
Crime Watch, first Monday of
each month, 7 p.m., at Rosewood
Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
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 Monday to 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 1st Wednesday
of each month, noon to 1 p.m.,
Library conference room. All mem-
bers and prospective members
welcome.
Libertarians meet at Las
Fuentas, 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 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. 119 Simpson
St., on the square in downtown
Gilmer (former Post Office build-
ing).
Upshur County Library, open
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. 700Tyler
St., Gilmer. 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.
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Parker, Vic. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 100, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 13, 2014, newspaper, December 13, 2014; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth879026/m1/9/?rotate=180: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.