The Longview Public Library has scheduled sessions for residents to make audio recordings of their memories of the area for the Longview 150 Sesquicentennial podcast.
Jan. 14, 1949: Gregg County wrote a new chapter in oil history when a well was presented to the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of East Texas. All three members of the Texas Rail Commission were on hand, along with Scouting officials from the region.
Jan. 13, 1994: The City Council delayed a planned March bond election after it was learned city staff overlooked nearly $700,000 in costs on five major street projects. With business leaders supporting postponement, the council voted unanimously to del…
Jan. 12, 1958: Mobberly Avenue Baptist Church dedicated its new $200,000 sanctuary. The dedicatory address was given by J. Howard Williams, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and invocation was given by the Rev. W. Morris Ford of First Baptist Church.
Jan. 10, 1930: Teachers and trustees of Gregg County met at a banquet to begin organization of a county interscholastic league, a county teachers association and discussion of an educational exhibit for the next county fair.
Jan. 9, 1934: Longview pastors met to elect officers for the new year and unanimously voted to form a Gregg County Pastor’s Association and to immediately send invitations to other pastors of the county. “It was proposed that meetings be held monthly,” the Daily News reported, “preferably around a luncheon table.”
Jan. 8, 1930: A survey from the state health department showed Gregg County suffered 870 cases of malaria during the first 10 months of 1929. That number put it in the top three of Northeast Texas counties for the disease. Upshur County was first, with 1,358 cases; Morris County was second with 1,010.
Longview Mayor Andy Mack will be asked to give the keynote speech when the city’s Historic Preservation Commission buries the sesquicentennial time capsule.
Jan. 7, 1950: City Hall announced residents’ water and sewer bills would have a new look in February. Instead of statements in windowed envelopes, they would be mailed on a penny postcard with itemized charges for each service — and add the fee for garbage.
On Jan. 6, 1938: The Longview Lobos football queen of 1937 was crowned and players feted again at a gala celebrating the season that saw the Lobos win a Class 1A state championship. On Christmas Day, the Lobos rolled to a 19-12 victory over the Wichita Falls Coyotes at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.