Feb. 23, 1939: Nearly 100 parents and schoolchildren turned out for a meeting at the Campus Ward School to plan organization of a Boy Scout Cub pack. An explanation of the program was given by Harry Hyams and his Kiwanis Club committee, which is organizing cub packs...
Feb. 22, 1978: Former California governor and presidential candidate Ronald Reagan campaigned in Longview, stumping for District 4 congressional candidate Frank Glenn of Flint. Reagan sidestepped questions about whether he’d be a candidate for president again in 1980....
Feb. 21, 1936: A March 17 election was set to decide whether a $100,000 airport would be built in Gregg County. Unexplained was Kilgore’s last-minute action for a fight on the election after initially appearing before the Commissioners Court in support of the plan....
Feb. 20, 1970: Texas International Airlines announced six daily roundtrips to Dallas, including three with a 40-passenger Convair 600 jetliner, would begin March 1. The new schedule between Longview and Love Field would “provide a variety of convenient commuter...
Feb. 19, 1950: The new Pinewood School, located in the Pinewood Park addition in South Longview, had a Sunday afternoon open house after its first week in operation. It had opened Monday with 225 students and eight teachers, relieving crowding in other ward schools....
Feb. 18, 1942: Longview Superintendent H.L. Foster appealed to parents to get their children to school on time in light of new War Time that saw classes starting 30 minutes earlier. The shift led to a large increase in the number of tardy students, complicating the...
