School Registration Dates Set For District Students
Superintendent Gailen Stewart announced pre registration for elementary to junior high on Aug 9 10 and high school pickup of books on Aug 16 17. Seniors register Aug 16 at 8 30 am juniors at 1 pm while sophomores and freshmen register Aug 17. In service days run Aug 14 15 18 with workshops Aug 16 17 in Mineola and classes begin Aug 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gailen Stewart
Shirley Anderson
Gerald Gilbert
Grand Saline Independent School District
Grand Saline
Mineola
Region VII Service Center
Back-to-School Ads Highlight Grand Saline Retailers
The Sun highlights local back-to-school ads from Darby’s Department Store Jarvis & Company W and W Variety Perry Bros and K Walens with an eight and 16 page colored circulars. Jimmie Peterson notes the sale starts today August 3rd. Readers are invited to read ads and other notices while Dr Marvin Honeycutt visits Grand Saline and discusses the lake and fishing. City officials praise street improvements funded by the one percent sales tax and plans for a Grand Saline Indian head on the water tower are mentioned as work finishes.
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Darby’s
Jarvis & Company
Perry Bros
K. Walens
Jimmie Peterson
Marvin Honeycutt
Grand Saline
Football Boys To Get Shoes And Physicals
Dates set for issuing football shoes and student physicals at Crand Saline High School. All 9th to 12th graders interested in playing report to the field house Wednesday from 2 to 7 pm for shoe distribution. Physicals by Dr Hardt and Dr Marsh are planned for Thursday at 7 am in the gym. Formal practice begins Monday with two a days to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hunter
Crand Saline High School
Sterling Hardt
George Marsh
Haisten Named Local Representative for Grand Saline Gas Co
Charles Lee Haisten formerly Senior Serviceman for United Gas in Longview is appointed Local Representative for the Grand Saline gas utility. The promotion by F F Wiggs becomes effective July 15, with Haisten succeeding Rayford Williams who moves to Crockett as manager. Haisten, from Alba, joined United Gas in 1961, served in the Army, and lives with wife Elsie and three children in a Baptist family. he was a Longview Evening Lions Club member until the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lee Haisten
United Gas, Inc
Longview
Grand Saline
F. F. Wiggs
East Texas
United Gas
Haisten
Rayford Williams
Crockett
Alba
Texas
Mineola
Golden, Texas
Haisten Ser
Ved
Elsie
Ricky
Jill
Dina
The
Baptist Church
Darby Joins National SSTP Study at Tech
Danny C Darby son of Mr and Mrs Galloway Darby Grand Saline is among 15 high school juniors and seniors in the SSTP at Louisiana Tech University this summer studying pollution ecology aquatic ecosystems and pollution effects. The program is one of 114 NSF supported programs nationwide this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny C. Darby
Galloway Darby
Grand Saline
Louisiana Tech University
Tech
National Science Foundation
Grand Saline ISD Calendar 1972 73
The Grand Saline Independent School District calendar lists start dates, holidays, and make up days for the 1972 73 academic year. It outlines class days from August through May, with in service days and six week periods, plus Easter and Christmas recess, and weather make up provisions.
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Grand Saline Independent School District
Three Grand Saline Girls Enter Queen Contest
Van Zandt County Fair schedule lists three Grand Saline girls entering the Queen Contest on Tuesday August 8 at Van High School plus events including Outstanding Citizens awards. Entries for women and youth divisions are due Wednesday with judging later that day, followed by fair activities Thursday through Saturday featuring parades, rodeo, cattle judging, 4-H events, and youth awards in the county lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt County Fair
van High School
van Chamber of Commerce
Wiley Thomas retires from Morton Salt after 82 years
Wiley E Thomas of Route 1 Grand Saline retires June 30 from Morton Salt Co after nearly 82 years with the plant. He started as a laborer, moved to package material clerk in 1963, and served as lab assistant the last six months. He and wife Ruby Lee have two children, Dr Bill Thomas and Mrs Marie Westmoreland, seven grandchildren. He is active in church, civic groups, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Masonic Lodge. Retirement plans include relaxation and family time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley E. Thomas
Route 1
Grand Saline
Morton Salt Co
Morton
Thomas
Ruby Lee Thomas
Bill Thomas
Marie Westmoreland
Mesquite
Bible Time Association
Oakland Baptist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Lodge
GS Superintendent Releases Immunization Requirements
Grand Saline Public Schools announce 1972 immunization rules per Gailen Stewart superintendent. Grades 1-5 require diphtheria tetanus polio measles and rubella with measles exemption if previously infected. Grades 6-12 require oral polio series with one dose after age four and three DPT or TD doses with at least one in 10 years.
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Grand Saline
Gailen Stewart
James E. Peavey
Water main breaks repaired after series of city line issues
Perry Pugh reports multiple water line breaks in Richland Heights and West Grand Saline over several days. A six inch break, eight inch mainline failure, clogged meters, two inch line splits and low pressure prompted repairs. Work continues on the water tower and a late night shutoff on S Houston Street for housing project fire plug installation.
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Perry Pugh
Richland Heights
Kuykendall
Norman Streets
West Grand Saline
E. High Street
E. Highway 80
W. Patterson Street
Pugh
S. Houston Street
Fast Center Baptist Sing In Friday Night
East Center Baptist Church will sponsor a monthly singing event Friday August 4 at 8 p m. Mrs Abbie Swain church clerk said the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast Center Baptist
East Center Baptist Church
Abbie Swain
Hill and Vess Remain Hospitalized After Collision
Howard Hill and Alvin Vess, injured in a two car wreck on July 21, remain hospitalized. Vess is at Corby Germany Hospital in Grand Saline with facial lacerations, broken ribs, a collapsed lung, knee and possible pelvis injuries. Hill was moved from Tyler Medical Center to Parkland Hospital Dallas, in serious condition on a kidney machine.
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Howard Hill
Alvin Vess
Vess
Grand Saline
Corby-Germany
Jack Lindey
Lindsey
Howard Uill
Tyler's Medical Center Hospital
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Ily
Hill
Coppinger Promoted to IRS Dallas District Director
Walter T. Coppinger is promoted to District Director of the IRS Dallas District in northern Texas. He succeeds Ellis Campbell Sr, who retired. The Dallas District serves northern Texas and processed 2.7 million returns totaling $4.8 billion in federal taxes for the year ending June 30, 1971.
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Internal Revenue Service Today
Walter T. Coppinger
IRS
Dallas
Grand Saline
Mr. Coppinger
Ellis Campbell, Sr
Texas
Recreation Program Faces Townwide Decision In Grand Saline
Grand Saline faces a community choice as the Chamber ends the Grand Saline Summer Recreation Program. Dr W J Thomas and W I Thomas say a town meeting may be held Aug 15 to gauge support and form a steering committee. They envision possible facilities including baseball fields tennis courts and a swimming pool for the youth.
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W. I. Thomas
Special Chamber
Koonce
Thomas
Poor Boy Rodeo Set By Grand Saline Club This Weekend
Grand Saline Riding Club announces the annual Poor Boy Rodeo at 8 30 p m Friday and Saturday in the Riding Club Arena. Ages six through sixty may compete with cash prizes in two places. Events include wild cow milking calf roping bareback riding ribbon roping barrel racing pee wee bull riding and other bull rides. Books open Thursday Aug 3 from 10 a m to 6 p m call 962 3555 to register. Entry fees are ten dollars per event except pee wee bull riding at two dollars. Admission is one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children under 12.
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Grand Saline
Family Outing at Rateliff Park Near Crockett
Mrs. Della Collet with her four daughters and their husbands gathered for a Sunday outing at Rateliff Park near Crockett.
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Della Collet
Rateliff Park
Crockett
Four Die In Auto Accident On Highway 19 Near Athens
Four Van Zandt County residents died in a two car crash on Highway 19 about five miles north of Athens Monday at about 6 p m. Dead are Dorothy An nette Wright Canton Jeneta Mae Reid Canton Harold Patterson Edgewood and Solomon Bobo Wallace community. Roy Lee Wright Canton the sole survivor was admitted to an Athens hospital Mrs Reid was the wife of Dan Henry Reid Van Zandt County juvenile officer.
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van Zandt County
Highway
Athens
Dorothy Annette Wright
Jeneta Mae Reid
Canton
Harold Patterson
Edgewood
Solomon Bobo
Wallace
Roy Lee Wright
Reid
Dan Henry Reid
Miss Ritchie Attends National 4-H Citizenship Course
Miss Catrerina Ritchie of Route 2 Grand Saline returned from Washington DC where she took part in a Citizenship Short Course at the National 4-H Center. She is among Texas youths chosen from over 6,000 4-H members nationwide to attend the week long session sponsored by the National 4-H Foundation and state land grant universities. The program aims to build citizenship responsibility and community oriented skills through discussions and seminars.
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Catrerina Ritchie
Route 2
Grand Saline
Washington, D.C
Don Ritchie
Texas
4-H
United States
National
4-H Foundation
Cooperative Extension Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Carl Samples to Lead Baptist Revival at East Center
Evangelist Carl Samples, new pastor at East Center Baptist, will conduct a revival from Sunday August 13 to Saturday August 19. Services start with song service at 7 44 p.m. and worship at 8 p.m. at the air conditioned East Center Baptist five miles southwest of Grand Saline on Farm to Market Road 1652. Public invited.
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East Center Baptist Church
Carl Samples
East Center Baptist
Grand Saline
Van transfer requests denied for Lindale ISD residents
The Texas Education Agency refused VAN transfer applications for Lindale Independent School District residents wishing to attend schools in the Van ISD. Van Superintendent Liston Barber announced the decision. Residents of the Carroll area were affected.
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VAN
Lindale Independent School District
van Independent School District
Texas Education Agency
Liston Barber
The
Carroll
Transpers
Willis Jernigan to Speak at Cross Roads Meeting
Evangelist Willis G. Jernigan will headline Cross Roads Church of Christ Gospel Meeting from August 7 to August 15 with nightly services at 8 pm. This marks his thirty fourth Cross Roads visit and he plans to return to Luling in October to work with Oak Hill church after nine and a half years in Lytle.
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Willis G. Jernigan
Cross Roads
Church of Christ Gospel
Jernigan
Church of Christ
Lytle
Luling
Oak Hill
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Supt
Hne
Haisten New GS
Danny Darby
VZ Fair
Wiley Thomas
Morton Salt
Elsie McIntyre
West Kansas
B. A. Fenter
Wills Point
Cindy Maciel
Diana Campbell
Order of Rainbow Girls
Donna Farmer
Young Homemakers Club
Mary McCasland
Cheryl Hammonds
Leann Holcomb
Stefani Harris
Business and Professional Women's Club
Cathy Clark
Rotary
Pam Miles
GS Superintendent
Coppinger
W. J. Thomas
Terest
Chamber
C of Chas
Washington, DC
Miss Ritchie
Catrennia
Willis Jernigan
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