Indians Run Away With Kerens Track Meet
The Indian thinclads edged eight schools to win Kerens meet, four straight wins. Grand Saline led with 73 points, Quitman 71, Canton 68. Relay team Adam Richey James Vaillant Rory Jody Lunsford Mike Maciei 44.7 for first. Hal Taylor won shot put 56 feet. Ricky Wheeler 3rd in shot, Lunsford 3rd long jump 19 10. Joe Elmore 3rd in mile 5 13.01. Next meet Whitehouse Saturday. district in Kaufman April 15.
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Grand Saline
Quitman
Canton
Adam Richey
James Vaillen Rourt
Jody Lunsford
Mike Maciei
Joe Elmore
Whitehouse
Kaufman
Tennis Association States Tournament Opens at Willie R. Person Park
The Tennis Association States Tournament will be held Saturday at Willie R. Person Park featuring men’s doubles, women’s doubles and junior doubles. Entry deadline is 7 p.m. Thursday. For entry or information call tournament director Vernon Griffin after 7 p.m. at 962-3412. Partners drawn from entered players.
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Willie R. Person Park
Vernon Griffin
Weekly school lunch menu snippets and items
The draft menu lists Monday meals of sliced potatoes with ham and cheese, peas, salad, brownies, cornbread and milk. Tuesday offers pig in blankets with beans and macaroni and cheese plus peanut butter cake and milk. Wednesday mentions unger steak and gravy.
School Menu Looks Back at Week for Thursday Friday
A readable school menu lists Thursday options including proccoli or choppea spinach creamed potatoes banana pudding French bread butter and either chocolate or white milk. Friday offers meat loaf English peas or carrots cole slaw fruit jello bread butter and chocolate or white milk.
Local families spend holidays with Reeves and Wright kin
Local relatives identified as Mr and Mrs Neely Wright and Mrs Bess Davis visited with Ann and Mrs P E Easter, traveling from Synder and Van to Grand Saline during holiday gatherings.
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Neely Wright
Bess Davis
Ann of
Synder
Grand Saline
P.E
Reeves
Van
Saturday Sign-Up For Summer Baseball Camp
Sign-ups for the summer baseball program run 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the old gym for boys and girls six and up. The fee is 10 per child or 525 per family. Director David Bragg notes older boys may form a pony league team and should sign up as well.
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David Bragg
Van Farmers Study Pecan Tree Grafting
Van Young Farmers will meet Monday April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Van High School’s vocational agriculture building. Dr. W F Jenkin of East Texas State University will lead a grafting program with wood stock and all supplies provided. Dennis Bowden says interest has surged and refreshments will be served.
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van Young Farmers
Vocational Agriculture
van High School
W.F. Jenkin
East Texas State University
Dennis Bowden
Salad Luncheon Cleared About 350 For Band Fund
Band sponsored salad luncheon last Sunday drew a large crowd and netted approximately 350 dollars. Reporter David Shively notes the event's success. Mr and Mrs B L Rains visited Duncanville for the 94th birthday dinner of her uncle Johnce Owen at the home of his granddaughter Mrs David Till.
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David Shively
B.L. Rains
Duncanville
Johnce Owen
David Till
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Curad
Grand Plaza
Toni Todd
Southwestern Electric Power Company
Southwestern Electric Power
Wills Point
Mineola
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