Feb. 10, 1952: A strike vote began among 400 East Texas members of the Oil Workers International Union (CIO). The vote was ordered by the union’s international office in Denver.
Feb. 9, 1965: Construction of a two-story, 35-unit AstroMotel was begun at 1515 E. Marshall Ave. The project involved an…
Feb. 9, 1965: Construction of a two-story, 35-unit AstroMotel was begun at 1515 E. Marshall Ave. The project involved an investment of more than $250,000. It was the 17th in the AstroMotel organization with others in Arizona, California, Kansas and Uta…
Feb. 8, 1965: Longview state Rep. John Allen introduced a bill to create the Sabine River Navigation District in Gregg, Rusk, Harrison and Panola counties. The district would have authority to build and operate canals and waterways along the Sabine.
Feb. 7, 1933: Greggton was announced as the name of the new post office serving the Willow Springs area 3 miles west of Longview. The name was chosen because another post office already was operating as Willow Springs in South Texas. The office was to be temporarily located in the Laird Hotel, but move to the Rodden Building when completed.
Feb. 6, 1933: Texas Airways of Dallas signed a contract with L.H. Pitkin, owner of the Longview airport, to give daily airplane passenger service from Longview to Tyler and Dallas. If traffic warranted, two planes daily were to operate from Longview.
Feb. 5, 1956: Men’s Sunday School classes from across the city and area converged on First United Methodist Church for a lesson taught by Texas Secretary of State Tom Reavley. A thousand or more were expected for what was hoped to the be the largest gathering for a Sunday School class in Longview history.
Feb. 4, 1965: After several weeks of site preparation and foundation construction, the first of 2,000 tons of steel destined for the $15 million Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. plant was erected. About 125 were employed on the site, with a peak of 600 expected in September.
Feb. 3, 1933: Relief was given to more than 1,400 Gregg County families when the Salvation Army distributed sacks of Red Cross flour. All day long, lines of people stood in the street waiting to get their flour, which was furnished free by the government through the Red Cross.
Feb. 2, 1940: No interruption in mail service was foreseen as the post office moved over the weekend from temporary quarters to the new $235,000 building at Fredonia and Methvin streets. Residents would begin receiving their mail Monday at the new building, which was completed in the previous week.