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Gilmer ISD voters again
rej ect new high school
By Phillip Williams
Voters in the Gilmer Inde-
pendent School District re-
jected a proposed $28.5 million
school bond issue for a new
high school, and elected Clay-
ton Tefteller to the school
board Saturday.
The bond issue lost
by 72 votes, 755 to 683,
in complete, unof-
ficial returns. A much
heavier turnout of dis-
trict voters had rejected a
similar proposal for a new
high school in November 2013
by 490 votes (1,468 to 978.)
Tefteller defeated two oppo-
nents for a one-year unexpired
term and will serve on the
board with his father, long-
time trustee Todd Tefteller.
Clayton Tefteller won election
on the same day his brother,
Jarom Tefteller, was elected
to the city council.
Clayton Tefteller received
664 votes to 362 for Lula
Johnson and 335 for Rodney
Finch in complete, unofficial
returns. The newly elected
member, who like his father
and brother is an attorney, will
fill the unexpired term of Mike
Tackett, who resigned from
the board months ago.
Total voter turnout for
the school election was
1,451. Tefteller will ap-
parently be sworn in
at Monday night’s
board meeting.
Gilmer school super-
intendent Rick Albrit-
ton said Saturday night that
rejection of the bond issue,
which would have triggered
a 19.9-cent increase in the
school’s property tax rate,
means that in “five to six
years, somebody’s going to
have to spend a lot of money”
to remedy problems with the
current school, part of which
is 65 years old.
That is “not going to be good
for the taxpayers, ” said Albrit-
ton, who spoke at the Upshur
County Courthouse shortly
(See GISD, Page 9)
Tim Marshall elected mayor
By Phillip Williams
Tim Marshall defeated City
Councilman Brian Williams
by a nearly 2-1 margin in the
Gilmer mayoral race, while
Jarom Tefteller easily ousted
incumbent At-Large City Coun-
cilwoman Teathel Hollis in Sat-
urday’s municipal election.
Marshall, a former Houston
(See City of Gilmer, Page 9) TIM MARSHALL
CATHERINE AND MATTHEW EADES sit at their dining table off the kitchen at their home at 401 S. Montgomery, the third
home on the Historic Upshur Museum’s 5th Annual Heritage Home Tour Sunday, May 17. To the right is the long sun room
which originally served as the back porch of the oldest home on the tour.
(Mirror photo by Mary Laschinger Kirby)
Eades home to be featured on 5th annual Home Tour
By Mary L. Kirby
Matthew and Catherine
Eades are the newest owners
of the house at 401 S. Mont-
gomery in Gilmer, the third
house featured on the 5th
Annual Heritage Home Tour
sponsored by the Historic
Upshur Museum.
The tour is Sunday, May
17 from 2-4 p.m., with tickets
are available at the Historic
Upshur Museum for $10 or at
the door.
Other homes on the tour
include the home of Martha
and Larry Cowan’s at 1626
Elderberry Road and Jean
Oliver Chappell and her hus-
band, Robert’s home at 600
Ford Street.
There will also be two raf-
fles, one for an overnight stay
at the Walker Manor Bed and
Breakfast in Gladewater and a
second for a $50 gift certificate
to River Bend Restaurant on
Caddo Lake.
The Eades house purchased
by W.H. Petty from E.L. and
Carry Peteet in 1903 for his
daughter to live in. It has gone
through several owners with
the Childress family owning
it the longest. It did not have
running water and electricity
until 1956.
The Eades became the
owners at 5:40 on June 30 last
summer. The time is noted
on her mother’s clock which
sits among the collection of
antique car replicas on the
mantel in their bedroom.
In the home, they have
combined Catherine’s love for
garage sales, the modern skills
of searching eBay and Pinter-
est, and the needs to refurbish
(See Tour, Page 9)
OC voters approve all alcoholic beverage sales
Union Grove ISD
approves bond issue
By Phillip Williams
Voters in the Union Grove
Independent School District
on Saturday approved a $9.9
million school bond issue by
a margin of exactly 2-1.
In complete, unofficial
returns, the proposal passed
188 to 94. Funding is slated for
constructing a “competition
gymnasium,” dressing rooms,
and a 700-seat auditorium,
including an instructional
classroom.
Approval will raise the
school’s tax rate of $1.2945 per
$100 valuation by 23 cents, or
by $230 yearly for a $100,000
home, school Superintendent
Brian Gray said prior to the
election.
“Obviously, we’re very
appreciative to the commu-
nity for supporting our kids
and our schools,” Gray said
Saturday night moments
after learning of the bond
issue’s package. He had just
announced the outcome to
a small group of bond sup-
porters at the Upshur County
(See UGISD, Page 7)
By Vic Parker
Editor
Ore City voters last Satur-
day approved by a vote of 99-74
a measure to allow sales of
all alcholic beverages for off-
premise consumption.
At the same time, voters
re-elected a pair of incumbent
council members and sent
back to the panel a former
alderman.
Incumbents Lisa Hobbs
and Kelvin Gunnells were
re-elected to their at-large
seats, and Jeannette Orms
reclaimed a seat she lost in
a coin flip last year to Steve
Heim. That coin toss came
after Orms and Heim tied in
the May 2014 election.
Orms was the top vote-
getter in the balloting, polling
122 votes. Hobbs had 111 votes,
Heim, 64, Gunnells, 91, and
Billy Evans, 30.
Turnout in the liquor elec-
tion where 173 ballots were
cast amounted to just 28 per-
cent of registered voters.
The winners were to be
sworn in at the council’s regu-
lar meeting Tuesday.
(See Ore City, Page 9)
Judge Parish sentences 17 persons
By Phillip Williams County District Attorney Billy DanielLeonardSouza,30,of of $1,500 or more, but less than
Byrd’s office. Gladewater, received concur- $20,000.
115th District Judge Lauren Details were as follows, rent terms of 10 years in prison He was sentenced April 8.
Parish sentenced 17 persons on and all defendants pleaded for burglary of a habitation, Gladewater police investigated
felony charges between March guilty unless otherwise shown, and 20 months in state j ail for
17 and April 30, said Upshur Byrd’s office reported: theft of property of the value (See Sentences, Page 7)
FOR HIS SECOND touchdown against Waskom in the Azalea
Orthopedics 7-on-7 Tournament here last Saturday, Demarco
Boyd gets behind the defenders deep and cradles the catch as
he reaches the end zone. Behind
him is Coach Terrance Lovely
who is serving as an official of
the game. Streaks in the photo
come from raindrops as rain
interrupted the action at times.
(Minor photo by Mary Laschinger Kirby)
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BUCKEYES VARSITY celebrates after winning the Azalea Orthopedics 7-on-7 Tournament held at Buckeye Stadium last Saturday.
(Courtesy photo by Joe Dodd)
Buckeyes roll through six opponents to win annual Azalea Orthopedics tourney
By Joe Dodd 16th annual Azalea Orthope- were joined by Daingerfield, Springs, T.K. Gorman and
dies 7-on-7 Tournament on Elysian Fields, Grace Commu- Waskom.
The Gilmer Buckeyes’ Saturday with an impressive nity,Hallsville,Liberty-Eylau,
varsity 7-on-7 team won the 6-0 record. The Buckeyes Lindale, Longview, Sulphur (See Buckeyes, Page 5)
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Parker, Vic. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 2015, newspaper, May 13, 2015; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth879367/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.