Sun Office Weekly at Grand Saline Texas
Publisher Alf Roberson leads Sun Office weekly in Grand Saline Texas with staff Sibye Dickerson and Lloyd Lewis Show. The paper lists subscriptions four fifty within Van Zandt County and five fifty outside, established July 14 1892, mailed as second class matter.
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Main Street
van Zandt Co
Alf Roberson
Sybie Dickerson
Stons
Bennie
Lloyd Lewis
Jimmy Shields
Chris Campbell
Grand Saline
Texas
Sun
Man- Siones
Immunization Schedule For G Saline Schools Announced
Gailen Stewart, Superintendent of Schools for Grand Saline, announced a mandatory immunization schedule for students. Requirements cover kindergarten to 11 year olds and older students, detailing polio, diphtheria tetanus, measles, rubella, and smallpox doses with age-based exemptions and timing guidance. Students may enter with partial immunizations and complete them by start of the Fall 1971 term.
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Gailen Stewart
Grand Saline
Stewart
East Texas State confirms record 1 031 degrees awarded
The largest graduating class in East Texas State University history earned diplomas Friday August 13. ETSA President D. Whitney Halladay spoke as Col. Wilson E. Speir observed. Van Zandt County graduates include Grand Saline Silas Kennemer Jr and Mary Castleberry among 1 031 degree candidates across B A B B A B S M Ed and M S programs.
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East Texas State University
Commerce
Texas Department of Public Safety
Wilson E
Pat) Speir
ETSA
D. Whitney Halladay
van Zandt County
Grand Saline
Rachael Delores Kitzmil
Coast Guard Increases Enlistment Quotas in Dallas Area
The United States Coast Guard has raised its enlistment quotas eliminating months of waiting. Qualified young men may join as protectors of lives and property at sea and as federal law enforcers. Contact the U S Coast Guard Recruiting Office at 1114 Commerce Street Dallas Room 120. Tel 214-749-2715.
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United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
U. S. Coast Guard
Commerce Street
Dallas
Study Plans for Disease Projects by January 1 1972
The document states that a portion of the disease projects will have been started by January 1 1972 and all will be completed as soon as medically feasible. It emphasizes timely initiation and prompt finalization within medical constraints.
Mrs. J. R. Houston Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. J. R. Houston 80 of Grand Saline were held at 4 50 p m in Grand Saline United Methodist Church with Rev Ellwood Brown and Rev Joe Wilbanks officiating Burial was in Marvin Chapel Cemetery near Van under direction of Bartley Funeral Home of Grand Saline She died Thursday night in a Van nursing home after a long illness She was a lifelong Van Zandt County resident and a member of the Grand Saline United Methodist Church and the Woodmen's Circle Survivors include two sons John Houston and Hudnal Houston two daughters Mrs Odell Young and Mrs Farris Darnell one sister rest Horton of Da AS three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Pallbearers were John Clark Jr Howard Watts Eustace Horton Louie Cobb Jr and Clark Wellmaker
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J. R. Houston
Grand Saline
Grand Saline United
4 H Beef Club Meets to Plan County Show Circuit
The countywide 4 H beef club met at Canton Courthouse Assembly Room with sixteen members and nine parents present. Representatives came from Grand Saline Canton and Wills Point. Drills on grooming Charolais Angus and Hereford calves were announced for August 30 at the Canton Fair Grounds as the club votes on officers and committee appointments. Plans for Hunt County Fair September 6 to 11 were discussed and members invited to join.
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Canton
Cetrennia Ritchie
Grand Saline
Wills Point
Dwight Brimer
Buddy Burch
Miss Ritchie
Lonnie Browning
R. L. Bozell
Bill Burch
Circuit
Saturday Rites For Preston Tunnell
Services for Preston Tunnell 77 of Van were held at 3 p m Saturday with the Rev Don Little officiating Burial followed at Union Chapel Cemetery under Hilliard Funeral Home Van Tunnell died Friday in Tyler Hospital after a short illness He was a native man and a United Methodist Church member a retired cotton gin owner in Van Zandt County Survivors include two daughters Mrs Nancy Phipps of Andrews and Mrs P O Hull of Houston one stepson Howard Watts of Dallas two brothers Homer Tunnell and G H Tunnell both of Van three sisters Mrs Willie Merle Butler Mrs Myrtle Welmaker and Mrs Ruby Clyde Smith all of Van seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Pallbearers were Bill Hunt George Reaves C L Edmonson J D Henderson Ovie Robinson and J H Brown
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Preston Tunnell
Van
van United Methodist Church
Don Little
Uniion Chapel
Hilliard Funeral Home
Tunnell
Tyler Hospital
United Methodist Church
van Zandt County
Nancy Phipps
Andrews
P. O. Hull
Houston
Howard Watts
Dallas
Homer Tunnell
G. H. Tunnell
Willie Merle Butler
Myrtle Welmaker
Ruby Clyde Smith
Bill Hunt
George Reaves
C. L. Edmondson
J. D. Henderson
Ovie Robinsoh
J. H. Brown
Miller Reunion Camped At Pryor Farm South Of Athens
A Miller family memorial reunion for L. A. Miller was held August 13 to 15 at the Pryor farm nine miles south of Athens. About 82 attendees came from Alba Quinlan Grand Saline Dallas Houston League City and other areas including California and Childress. Local relatives present included Frank Hadwins and family, H A Millers kin, Strebecks Hargroves Robisons and Ina Mays along with Sandra Robinson.
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L. A. Miller
League City
Raymond Pryor
Athens
Frank Hadwins
Grand Saline
Dorothy Rigele
Bobby Phillips
Alba
Hudgins
H. A. Miller
W. L. Strebeck
Sam Hargroves
Ina Mays
Quinlan
Minkie Robinson
Sandra
California
Childress
Dallas
Houston
Local visitors gather at Bailey home in town weekend
Locals Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith of Troup and their niece Miss Mary Braly of Ft Worth spent the weekend at the Bailey home. They were joined by Gladys Bailey, Mr and Mrs Donard Bailey and E E Bailey of Ft Worth and by J e and Nannilou Bailey Saturday night and Mrs Joyce Bailey and Mr ed Mrs M Spears Sunday.
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Walter Smith
Troup
Mary Braly
Ft. Worth
Gladys Bailey
Donard Bailey
E. E. Bailey
Bailey Home
J@e
Nannilou Bailey
Joyce
Bailey
Spears Sunny
Fruitvale Announces Free Lunch Policy for Students
Fruitvale school officials unveil a free lunch program with a sliding income scale to determine eligibility. The schedule lists income thresholds by family size from 1 to 12 and notes exceptions for unusual hardships.
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Fruitvale
Former Resident Alton Kirby Dies in Dallas
Funeral services for Alton Kirby 55 of Dallas and formerly of Grand Saline were held at Bartley Funeral Chapel with T E Webb minister officiating. Burial followed at Woodside Cemetery Grand Saline. Kirby died after a Dallas hospital admission from an auto accident near Carthage. Survivors include his mother Grace Kirby Dallas two sons Bob Kirby California Bruce Kirby Vineland N J one brother Kenneth Kirby Dallas and one sister Mae Nell Burdett Dallas.
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Alton Kirby
Dallas
Grand Saline
Bartley
T. E. Webb
Church of Christ
Woodside
Kirby
Carthage
New Jersey
South Pacific
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grace Kirby
Bob Kirby
California
Bruce Kirby
Vineland
N.J
Kenneth Kirby
Mae Nell Burdett
Free Lunch Applications Sent Home for Eligibility
Parents may apply for free lunches by returning completed forms sent home with students. Extra copies are available at the principal's office and applications may be submitted anytime during the school year. The form asks for family size and unusual circumstances to assess economic need and uses confidential data only for eligibility.
Policy allows appeals on lunch cost rulings and hearings
Under policy the principal reviews applications to determine eligibility and parents may appeal the local ruling orally or in writing. Don Travis of Fruitvale Texas is the designated Hearing Official. Policy bars discrimination for students unable to pay full lunch cost and a copy is in the principal’s office. Mrs Cooper E Wyatt and Mrs Mary Alice Greer from Dallas spent Tuesday with their sister, Mr and Mrs Carl Clements.
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Don Travis
Fruitvale
Texas
Cooper E. Wyatt
Mary Alice Greer
Dallas
Carl Clements
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Acte Eaepese
Septic
Junior Denton
Edward Denton
Grand Saline, Texas
Brown's Saline Butane Co
N. Main
Alden Wright — Rodeo Producer
Evelyn Ann Stewart
US Coast Guard
4-H Beef Club
Southwestern Electric Power Company
Your Electric Company People
Grand Saline, Tex
Church of
Marty Robbins
Buck Owens
Nashville
James Garner
Suzanne Pleshette
D 'S Wig Shop
W. Frank Grand Saline
Cheerleader
Walker
al Alba
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