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 schedules.”
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 start of schoolwork.
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 ground in the city.Feb. 17, 1955: More than 40 amateur and professional acts from across East Texas auditioned at the Longview Community Center auditorium for a spot on the Horace Heidt show, which was set for Feb. 28. The event was sponsored by the Longview Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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 area.
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. 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 high school.
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 against the plan.
Feb. 11, 1939: A Works Progress Administration sanitary sewer project was to be suspended so crews could focus on a new $75,000 water works project, said City Manager Bill N. Taylor. The sanitary and storm sewer projects employed about 65 men.