Feb. 17, 1943: With the motto “Food for Freedom,” the Longview Chamber of Commerce, supported by practically every civic organization in town, launched a citywide Victory Garden contest. The purpose, organizers said, was to grow food on every available square foot of...
Feb. 16, 1931: Reports said the Arkansas Fuel Oil Co. had authorized plans for construction of a pipeline, probably from Longview, at an estimated cost of $1 million. Information was that the line would move production from the Lathrop field and other points in that...
Feb. 15, 1952: Dust clouds from West Texas drifted across Longview and into Louisiana. The brown clouds cut visibility in Longview and Shreveport, and to a lesser degree in Tyler, Waco and Austin. Feb. 15, 2003: Callers who hadn’t gotten into the habit of dialing 10...
Feb. 14, 1956: The school board reelected its nine white and five colored principals at a meeting conducted in the afternoon because of three service club banquets in the evening. Among those reelected was T.G. Field of the high school and Lavert Everhart of the negro...
Feb. 13, 1936: Word was received that Col. Carl Estes, publisher of the Longview News and Journal, was resting well after stomach surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital, Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota. It was reported the publisher withstood the operation in fine...
Feb. 12, 1955: A $500,000 bond issue for expansion of Gregg Memorial Hospital passed in an 8-to-1 landslide. While support was overwhelming in Longview, voters in Kilgore and Gladewater were strongly opposed. Smaller majorities in Liberty City and White Oak also voted...
