Tomlin New Trustee and Reelected President Lead G Saline Board
The Grand Saline school board held a special meeting to canvass election returns and elect officers. Lee won the presidency with 169 votes alongside Garland and Tomlin securing three-year terms. Teague named secretary for another year. a vice president will be chosen at the next regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Lee
Grand Saline School Board
Board of Trustees
John Teague
Resent
Lee
Wiley Garland III
Connie Tomlin
Murry Means
Garland
Mike Jones
Gene Ellis
Sidney ‘Shuemanke
Sherry Allen
Charles Haptonstall
Soycesioan
William
Neal
Tomlin
N of WA
Thomas
Shoemake
Calvin Rees
Truman Heddins
John Terry Rash
Teague
Means
Called meeting for Grand Saline Lodge 1269 degree conferral
A called meeting of Grand Saline Lodge 1269 is set for Thursday April 6 at 7 p.m. to confer a Fellowship Degree. Members are invited to attend and participate in the Masonry ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeting
Grand Saline Lodge
Top Citizens Fletcher and LaPrade Honored at Chamber Banquet
Fletcher and LaPrade were named Outstanding Citizen and Outstanding Lady of the Year at the 20th annual Chamber of Commerce banquet. Mack Wallace warned Congress and the nation about energy policy while praising Texas as a major oil producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
Enoch Fletcher
Chamber of Commerce
Gailen Stewart
Fletcher
Omega Phi
Ian LaPrade
Claudine Koonce
Texas
Mack Wallace
Wallace
Occasio
Fletcher and
LaPrade
David Ozment
David Davis
Chamber
Grand Saline High School
van Zandt
Fletchers
First United Methodist Church
Shirley Anderson
Howard. Woodall
United States
Edge
Van Zandt County Dog Fight Ring Raided
Van Zandt County and state officers disrupted a roving dog fight operation two miles northeast of Ben Wheeler off Stanger Springs Road. Eight men were arrested and 150 spectators questioned as 175 were detained. fights involved pit bulldogs and admission was $45. Authorities described the elaborate setup and ongoing investigation with more arrests possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
van Zandt
Ben Wheeler
Stanger Springs Road
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Travis Shafer
Justice of Peace
W.L
Chili) Campbell
Tommy Allen Hair
Taylor
Danny Dwayne Burton
Cherokee
Kenneth Ray Chandler
Garland
Dennis Wane Mayfield
Mayfield
Shafer
Walker Adams Clover Fill City Council Seats
In Saturday city section Walker Betty Adamson Clover filled council seats with 147 votes to win the first woman on the city governing body. Incumbent Hershel Walker led state with 157 votes for a fourth term, Herbert Clower 130, Ho ward Whatley 128 just shy of a fifth term. Total 215 votes cast. Canvass at April 11 city council meeting. Vernon B. Moore section judge. clerks Mrs Morgan Cumbie and Mrs Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Adamson
Hershel Walker
Herbert Clower
Howard Whatley
Vernon B. Moore
Morgan Cumbie
Moore
Two Hospitalized Following Wreck
A late Sunday accident at U S 80 and Waldrip Street injured four people with two hospitalized. Teresa Thompson drove a 1975 Ford colliding with John Rather in a 1975 Dodge van. Thompson and passenger Mary Lewellen were admitted to Corby-Germany hospital. Kath er and Elizabeth Kather, in the Kather vehicle, received ER treatment and were released. City policeman Wayne Miller investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 80
Waldrip Street
Teresa Thompson
John Rather
Dallas
Miss Thompson
Mary Lewellen
Thompson
Corby - Germany Hospital
Kather
Elizabeth Kather
Corby-Germany
Poace
Tarnhart
Wayne Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
G’saline School Board
Washington
Carter
Doug Grant
Wynell Montgomery
Gary Moore
Jay Lowe
Tom Pesnell
Main Street Baptist Church
Jimmy Newburn
Assembly of God Church
C.C. Sloan
van Zandt County
Tyler
Stuart Dowell
Billy Dean
Walker, Adamson, Clover Fill City Council
Jack Barnhart
Wiley Garland Jr
Dan Higdon
Texas Highway Patrol
Barnhart
Joy
Indian Masterson
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