Indian football nears season with 65 to 70 players eyed
Coach Carter Elliott announced the 1978 Indians plan campus physicals starting August 9 with 1 to 9 p.m. checkins and 7:30 p.m. exams on August 10. Workouts begin August 14, two-a-days August 18, and a scrimmage with Seagoville August 25. Season opens September 8 vs Edgewood, homecoming vs Van September 15.
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Indians
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Rainshere
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Brownsboro
Kemp
Quinlan
Rains
Seagoville
County jail faces rising occupancy and limited coverage
Shafer reports jail occupancy rising from eight per day in 1976 to 18 per day in early 1978 with a peak of 37 inmates. Six deputies cover 866 square miles, aided by Highway Patrol and city police for protection. The sheriff's office also serves as dispatcher from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. and promotes a property marking program to deter burglary.
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Sheriff's Department
Highway Patrol
van Zandt
Wills Point
Canton
Van
Grand Saline
Van Zandt Bond Sales Lagging in June
Van Zandt County reports June sales of Series E and H United States Savings Bonds totaling $117,982, reaching 33 percent of the 1978 $360,000 goal as County Bond Chairman C. L. Stanford notes. Texas sales total $26,757,461 for the month, with six months of 1978 totaling $156,932,590, reaching 51 percent of the annual $306.6 million target.
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C.L. Stanford
Texas
County Fair Dates Shift to October 5 8
The 1978 Van Zandt County Fair will run October 5 6 and 8 replacing the usual August dates. Billy Don Hullum serves as president of the Van Zandt Fair committee.
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van Zandt County Fair
Billy Don Hullum
Junior and mixed doubles tennis tourneys slated for Aug 11 12
Grand Saline Tennis Association schedules an adult tourney on Friday and Saturday night August 11 12 at 6 30 p m with $2 entry per person and balls provided. A mixed doubles event requires a partner with entries due by 6 30 p m Wednesday August 9. Also a junior tournament begins Saturday August 12 at 8 30 a m with $1 entry no pre-registration. Contact Vernon Griffin or Jay Lowe for details. The fair feature is a new 40 by 60 foot covered show ring and livestock judging on October 7 with open house that afternoon. Call 567 4149 for catalogues.
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Grand Saline
Vernon Griffin
Jay Lowe
Morton Salt Declares Quarterly Dividend
Morton-Norwich board declares a regular quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share. Chairman John W. Simmons announced the payout, payable September 8 to stockholders of record August 25. The Chicago based firm manufactures and sells salt, pharmaceutical, household and specialty chemical products worldwide.
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Morton-Norwich
John W. Simmons
Correction on Van Zandt County bank figures
A correction notes an error in last week's story on Van Zandt County banks. It provides corrected 1977 assets of 10,133,000 and deposits of 8,699,000 for First National Grand Saline, and 1978 assets of 11,168,000 and deposits of 9,595,000.
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van Zandt County
First National
Grand Saline
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