County Road Bond To Come Before Voters September 15
Van Zandt County voters will decide on a $950000 road bond issue in an election set for September 15. The petition, signed by community members and certified as meeting required voter thresholds, outlines plans to raise funds for rural roads and bridges through two bond sales in 1974 and 1975. County officials state the existing 20 cent road bond tax will cover principal and interest with no tax increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners’ Court
van Zandt
Hallie Randall
Fruitvale
Bill Fisher
Van
Adrian MccAbee
Phalba
T. H. Lide
Canton
John W. Valentine
Edgewood
J. S. McLeod
Wills Point
Ben I. Cole
Richard King
Edom
J. R. Wilkerson
Little Hope
Joan Guess
Eral
Hallum
Herbert Sloan
Van Zandt County 4 H Dress Revue Highlights Local Winners
Cynthia Hanna reports from Mount Pleasant July 31 as five girls compete in District Five 4 H Dress Revue. Susan Driskill wins blue for navy and white pants dress. Debra Burton blue for floral print skirtwaist. red ribbons awarded to Leslie Benton Debbie Crawford and Debbie Driskill. Record books judged. County Fair week urged turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt County
Mount Pleasant
Cynthia Hanna
Lucille Watson
Susan Driskill
Fruitvale
Debra Burton
Wills Point
Leslie Benton
Canton
Debbie Crawford
Debbie Driskill
Leslie
Fruitvale School Calendar and In Service Dates
The schedule lists key events for Fruitvale School including start dates and holidays. It notes in service days, first day of classes, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, end of nine weeks, and mid nine weeks progress reports.
Courthouse Report Marriage Licenses List by Dates
A compilation of marriage license filings with dates in July and August. Couples live in Canton Mabank Mahank Can ton Edom Edgewood Wills Point Grand Saline Tyler Lindale Fruitvale San Francisco California and Oklahoma cited. Names include Daniel Edgar Marable Linda Merle Barrington Billy Jack Carson II Frances Ann Brown among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Edgar Marable
Mabank
Linda Merle Barrington
Mahank
Timothy Keith Davis
Canton
Judy Marie Whitaker
Billy Jack Carson II
Frances Ann Brown
Fruitvale
Joe Mack Flatt
Edom
Linda Sue Rector
Ben Wheeler
Robert Neal Melton
Edgewood
Linda Kay Sims
Wesley Dale McRoy
Wills Point
Delilah May Croom
Timothy Crocker
Grand Saline
Pamela Jean Swain
Daniel Buster Lewis
Shirley Juanita Brown
Raymond Edward Polly
Athens
Dora Frances Brigance
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Don Earl Patton
Lindale
Jill Ann Lott
Roy Wayne Carnes
Peggy Lynn Ivy
Teddy Darrell Bass
Patricia Fay McMurrey
Roy Lee Little
San Francisco
California
Patricia Ann Scott
Woodrow Crow
Tyler
Della Frances Swinney
Ronald Gene Wilson
Cherlyn
Yvonne Williams
Billy Rockbard
Judith Catherine Dykes
Kaufman
Donald James Tisdale, Jr
Cathey Ann Schitlen
County Cattlemen urged to attend brucellosis meeting in Athens
Cattle producers in Van Zandt County are urged to attend an August 29 meeting at Athens Livestock Commission Company starting 8 00 p m. A Texas Animal Health Commission veterinarian will explain upcoming brucellosis testing regulations and charges. A statewide hearing is set for September 18 in Austin.
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van Zandt
Athens
Athens Livestock Commission Company
Todd W. Berry
Texas Animal Health Commission
Austin
Texas
Land Bank Loans Interest Goes Up
Wilson H Tarpley announced rate increases for Federal Land Bank farm and rural loans effective August 1. Farm and ranch loans rise from 7 to 7. percent, rural residence loans from 7. to 8 percent. The Houston based bank cites high money market rates and says rates may stay near current levels through year end. The association serves Kaufman and Van Zandt counties with over 775 million dollars in loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson H. Tarpley
Kaufman-Canton
Federal Land Bank Association of
Canton
Federal Land Bank
Houston Bank
Tarpley
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Texas
Kaufman
van Zandt
J. Bee Me-Alister
Jeter Nimmo
H. R. Cates
Wallace Hanna
Carl R. Curtis
D. B. Hendrixson
What's Cooking HE OLS fav SCHO menu change notice
Due to meat shortages menus are subject to change. The week lists daily meals from August 20 to August 24 including hamburgers with sides, grilled cheese, barbecued ham, pig in a blanket, and fish sticks with assorted vegetables and desserts. Milk or chocolate options offered daily.
Fair Winners In Womens Division At Van Zandt Fair
Winners across categories include Baked Goods Best of Fair Mrs. J. W. Terry Canton Pickles and Relishes lead by Doris Wheeler Canton and Teddie Lee Burns Canton Jellies and Jams led by Carlye Mae Wallace Canton with multiple Canton and Wills Point entrants. Best of Fair honors go to several named winners across divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt County
Teddie Lee Burns
Canton
Co. E. Branton
Earl Ellis
J. W. Terry
Jack Johnson
Wills Point
A. 8. Brown
Ara T. Jensen
Madaline Martin
Can
Doris Wheeler
C. E. Branton
Henry Smith
Edgewood
Helen Lewis
Oma Chamblee
A. S. Brown
Carol Lide
Perry Knox
Toddie Lee Burns
Tommie Dunnigan
Carlye Mae Wallace
Ellen Barber
Faye Terry
Tommie Cunigan
Billy Ellis
Elaine Barrett
Calvin Cunigan
Myrtle Jensen
Grace Woods
Van
Bessie Beaver
T. L. Burns
Ara Jensen
Betty Adamson
Grand Saline
Gabe Scott
Roy Huffmaster
Felix Massey
Deorenda Branton
Jewel Fenter
Gladys Walters
Best Af Fair
Libby Emanuel
Lenora King
Caryle Mae Wallace
Nettie Wright
Manteen Bullard
Field and Horticulture
Homer Evans
Waylon Galloway
Mary Galloway
Bill Knowles
A. D. Jensen
L. R. Ellis
Clarence Adams
Todd Burns
Douglas Parker
Fruitvale
Christine Gilliam
Cindy Stout
W. O. Massey
Robert Knowles
W. P. Evans
A. S&s. Brown
Charles Branton
Church attendance notes and community obituaries
Sunday services drew crowds at two churches. The column lists many local residents and visitors, including illness updates for Alford Durst and Annie Rucker, plus travels, gatherings, a funeral in Alba, and a wedding in Edgewood. Sympathy extends to Billy Patton over her nephew John Wesley Paris's Memphis death.
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Our Baptist Church
Gary
Alford Durst
Tyler
Annie Rucker
Effie Moon
Dallas
Nora Williams
Houston
Alman Abrams
Ellice Sloan
Genie Dockrey
H. C. Lee
Frank Barrett
Wills Point
Garland
Ruth Eiland
Grand Saline
Wayne Blakeley
Genié Dockrey
Sid Brannan
Homer Latta
Marty
Big Spring
Dennie Latta
Ernest Burges
Mike Smith
Clyde Furgerson
Jerry
Ollie Davis
Elizabeth Caldwell
Hoyt Nations
Eugene Gaunt
Lillie Lee
Ernestine Nations
R.E.A
Don Edwards
Mesquite
Don
H. H. Darnell
Holland
Alba
Richard Hewitt
David
Richie
W. E. Berry
Billy Patton
Patton
Ruby Schwend
Henrietta
Texas
R. A. Thompson
Fort Worth
Eugene Ryans
Mineola
Louise Ryans
Frances Dean
Neil Melton
Lynda Sims
Edgewood
John Wesley Paris
Memphis
Tenn
Rex White Named Outstanding Young Man of America
Rex White, son of Mrs. Lota White and the late C. D. White, was named among the Outstanding Young Men of America for 1973. He is Lewisville Public Schools band director and head of Fine Arts, married to Kathi Kirby, both Grand Saline graduates, with a son Kevin. He holds a BA from North Texas State University 1966 and an MA in music education 1968, and has led the Lewisville High School band to nine consecutive sweepstakes awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex White
Lota White
C. D. White
America
Lewisville
Texas
Kathi Kirby
Clinton Kirby
Grand Saline High School
North Texas State University
White
Funeral Rites for Mrs Hicks Held in Dallas
Funeral services for Mrs Agnes Hicks 62 of Dallas were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Fergu son Road Baptist Church Dallas under Ed C Smith Brothers Funeral Home with graveside rites at 3 30 p.m. in Lindale City Cemetery. Ed Caudle Funeral Home Lindale oversaw local arrangements. She died Tuesday in a Dallas hospital after a short illness. Formerly of Lindale she had lived in Dallas for years. A housewife she also served as church secretary. Survivors include husband Lewis H Hicks of Dallas a daughter Peggy Haley of Dallas two sisters J R Sewell of Tyler and Dorough of Fruitvale a brother Harvey Owens of Arlington and three grandchildren. Nephews and grandsons were pallbearers.
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Agnes Hicks
Dallas
Ferguson Road Baptist Church
Ed C. Smith Brothers Funeral Home
Lindale City
Ed Caudle
Lindale
Hicks
Lewis H. Hicks
Don
Peggy) Haley
J. R. Sewell
Tyler
Dorough
Fruitvale
Harvey Owens
Arlington
Local guests visit Sutton home from multiple states
Locals report houseguests at the Joe R. Sutton residence last week including Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Sutton of Miami Arizona and Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sutton of Tucson, with relatives and friends from Oklahoma City also visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe R. Sutton
Joe D. Sutton
Miami
Arizona
John M. Sutton
Tucson
Jim Cope
Oklahoma City
Ex-resident R. E. Flowers dies after illness
Funeral services for R. E. Red Flowers 71 a Fort Worth native formerly of Grand Saline were held at 2 pm Wednesday in Bartley Chapel Grand Saline with T. E. Webb officiating Burial was in Woodside Cemetery He died Tuesday morning in a Fort Worth hospital after a lengthy illness He was a Church of Christ member and a retired plumber Survivors include his son R. E. Flowers Jr of Fort Worth a sister Mrs Grace Kirby of Dallas and two grandchildren Pallbearers were Lee Shaw Charlie Cornoch L D Rodden Riley Rodden Don Rodden and Corby Flint
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E
Red” Flowers
Fort Worth
Grand Saline
Bartley Chapel
T. E. Webb
Woodside
Mr. Flowers
Church of Christ
Funeral Rites For Mr Rowden Cillan's Brother
L. M. Rowden brother of Mrs. Cordia Caperton died at Baylor Hospital Dallas after a long illness. Funeral services were Tuesday at 10 am at Restland Memorial Chapel with Rev. Clifford Johnson and Rev. A C Corley officiating. Interment Restland. Survived by wife Theo Rowden of Dallas two daughters Nelma Miller Garland and Susan Leneau Dallas two grandchildren two brothers L B Rowden and S H Rowden both of Dallas two sisters Vera Nichols Conroe and Caperton Grand Saline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Rowden
Cordia Caperton
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Restland Memorial Chapel
Clifford Johnson
A. C. Corley
Restland
Theo Rowden
Nelma Miller
Garland
Susan Leneau
L. B. Rowden
S. H. Rowden
Vera Nichols
Conroe
Caperton
Grand Saline
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Mabel) Keahey
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E. E. Wycough
W. M. Flowers
J. S. Stricklin
Roger Earley
van Zandt County Fair
4-H
Milas
Fav ‘Scho
Maurine Fuller
Alice Todd
Larry Pendleton
Dolores Massey
Effie White
Cloval Hobbs
Lorene McClure
Truman Fincher
Aaron Jensen
Louise Ritchie
M. G. Honeycutt
Arnold Butler
Rusty McDaniel
Mer Andrews
Mildred Blackwell
P. E. Miles
Ruby Girdley
Dale Jones
Calvin Dunigan
Maxine Foster
Bra Jensen
Joseph N. Gagnon Author of
the Roamer
Lena Dean
Sutton
Sylvia Sutton
N. Hwy
Waldrip Road
Pho
Sand Flat
The
Contractors & Industrial
Ford
Capital St
Canton, Texas
van Zandt County Tractor Co
Kevin
R. E. Flowers
Mr. Rowden Cillan
Mexico
Camino Real
Best Motel
Timberon
Juarez
Q. Flyer
N. Harwood
Steve's Pharmacy
Grand Plaza Shopping Center
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