Public Hearing Set At Van On New Budget
Van Independent School District schedules a public hearing at 7 p.m. August 3 in the high school study hall to discuss the 1972 73 budget totaling 2 774 475 dollars. The plan includes 1 250 000 for new construction and a debt service rate increase about 14 cents to 1 70, with maintenance and operation taxes unchanged. The Board of Equalization meets August 4 in the Administration Building to hear tax questions.
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Van
van Independent
Liston Barber
Board of Equalization
Barber
Eight Teachers Hired for Van ISD 1972-73
Van Independent School District fills all teaching posts for 1972-73 with eight hires. High school adds Betty Sue Waters teaching government and history, a Tyler native with three years at John Tyler High School and an SFA master's. Lynne Warner, SFA graduate from Silsbee, will teach health and physical education and seventh grade math while coaching seventh grade athletics. Pamela Gant of Fort Worth, UT graduate, will teach third grade with majors in elementary education and math minor. Other named hires include Norma Frazier, Judy Shaid, Doty Warms, Carla Shott, and Tom Halbrooks as previously reported.
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Van _ Independent
Liston Barber
Betty Sue Waters
Silsbee
Pamela Gant
Fort Worth
University of Texas
Ancient gold hoard likely equals one year of Witwatersrand output
The amount of gold hoarded by ancient civilizations probably totals not much more than what the Witwatersrand district in South Africa produced in one year.
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Witwatersrand
South Africa
Weekend visitors to the Friedline home include six couples
The E. P. Friedline family hosted weekend guests from Kansas and Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Galen Abbot of El Dorado Kansas visited with Mr. and Mrs. Elden Werner of Waco and Mr. and Mrs. James Pentecost of San Angelo. Also guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hitt and family from Shreveport Louisiana.
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E. P. Friedline
Galen Abbot
el Dorado
Kansas
Elden Werner
Waco
James Pentecost
San Angelo
J. E. Hitt and
Shreveport
Van's Vandalettes win league title in playoff thriller
Van's Vandalettes, 7 to 6 champions of the Junior Girls League, defeated the Quitman Bluebirds in Mineola to clinch the title. George Ann Douglas doubled in Tana Young for the winning run in the fifth, after Julie Hopkins and Tana Young drove in early runs.
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Van’s
Vandalettes
Quitman Bluebirds
Mineola
Van
Quitman
Grand Saline
Van's
George Ann Douglas
Tana Young
Tana
Julie Hopkins
Kim Newport
Gina Powell
Cherie Camper
Juli Gonzales
Laura Douglas
Cindy Beggs
Pam Hardwick
Daina Lewis
George Anne Douglas
Vickie Powell
Laurie Carty
Sherry Blevins
Kim Lewis
Shelley Cooley
Linda Wheeler
Debra Yates
Van’s Vandalettes
Julie Gonzales
Morgan Family Visit Highlights Oakland News
Mrs J A Morgan hosts relatives from Carrollton Maryland Charleston S C Memphis Tenn. during a farm stay. Jimmie Morgan family joins reunion in Terrell and visits kin in Wills Point. Bill Morgan Jr moves into Owens house as Oakland welcomes them.
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Jimmie Morgan
Carrollton
Mrs. Morgan
Bob Pyle
Maryland
Charleston
S.C
Memphis
Beavers
Terrell
Reception in Canton for Five Exchange Students
A reception will be held Thursday August 3 at 2 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Courthouse to honor five exchange students Shuzo Miwa and Kazuhito Akashi of Japan Barbara Meyer of Barnswill Switzerland Peter Brockenkhoff of Germany and David Norman recently returned from Germany. Lions Club sponsors the Japan and Germany students and 4H sponsors Barbara Meyer. The public is invited to meet the visitors and greet them during their weeks in the community.
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Shuzo Miwa
Kazuhito Akashi
Japan
Barbara Meyer
Barnswill
Switzerland
Peter Brockenhoff
Germany
David Norman
The
Lions Club
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Raymond Martin
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Johnnie Clower
Kenneth Brimer
Hardwick Gas Range
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