Van Students Cet Degrees From ETSU
Dorothy Davis Warms and Margaret H Rushing of Van were among the degree candidates at the Friday evening commencement at East Texas State University at Commerce. They received Master of Science degrees. James L Hobbs of Ben Wheeler also received a Master of Science degree. Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi of Iran addressed the 1018 students and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law by ETSU President F H McDowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Davis Warms
Margaret H. Rushing
Van
East Texas State University
Commerce
James L. Hobbs
Ben Wheeler
Ardeshir Zahedi
Iran
ETSU
F. H. McDowell
Founding trio named pen tongue and sword of Revolution
The phrase recalls Thomas Jefferson Patrick Henry and George Washington as the pen the tongue and the sword of the American Revolution and notes the shot heard round the world at Concord as a defining moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
George Washington
Pen
Concord
Van School lists faculty for 1973 74 term
Superintendent Liston Barber releases teaching staff for Van Independent School for the 1973 74 term. Four new high school teachers join 33 returning. three new and 23 returning elementary staff. The report also notes the origin of the ice cream sundae name after Sabbath objections.
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van Independent School
Liston Barber
Kindergaarten
John Chambless
Marilou Epperson
Bob Smith
Marie Harris
Trecia Bass
Woodalls Earn Degrees at NTSU Summer Commencement
Mary Ann Nichols Woodall and Howard Woodall Jr. were among about 600 graduates at North Texas State University summer commencement in the NTSU Coliseum. Both earned Bachelor of Arts degrees. she added a teaching certificate. He earned psychology with anthropology minor. Both previously earned associate in arts at Low Morris College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Nichols Woodall
Howard Woodall, Jr
North Texas State University
Ntsu Coliseum
Woodall
Low Morris College
Lewis W. Nichols
Houston
Howard Woodall
Grand Saline
Electric Meter Hookups In Grand Saline
Southwestern Electric Service Co reports twenty new electrical hook ups in Grand Saline since August. New customers listed with addresses include Ida Norman, Betty Miller, Paulette Foster, Wayne Douglas, Jimmy D. Smith, Randall Addition residents, Bryant Marris, James L. White, Marlin J. Bobo, Bobby L. Calder, Don L. Griffin, Barry Collins, C. W. Hague Jr, Steven M. Sinclair, Ralph E. Brown, Charles Koonce, Lee Jackson, A. L. Stough, James R. McKibben, Marshall Heddin, and Charles W. Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Norman
Tremont St
Betty Miller
Circle Drive
Paulette Foster
S. Houston
Wayne Douglas
van Hwy
Jimmy D. Smith
Forest Lane Randall
Bryant Marris
Shadden St
James L. White
Canton Hwy
Marlin J. Bobo
W. Hwy
Bobby L. Calder
N. Norman
Don L. Griffin
Clearwater Rd
Barry Collins
Marshall Heddin
Hickory
Charles W. Logan
N. Washington St
Hospital Admits Large Local Roster Of Patients
Virginia Simmons, Willie Pendergrass, Ruby Tipps, Emma Hewitt, Robert Dingman, Katy Scoggins, Walter Pettigrew, Mary Viola Rogers among a long list of admissions at the hospital. James Mack Pettier, Bertie Fraiser, Addie Parker, Mattie Reynolds, Roy Wright, Charles Black, Joyce Ellison, Jess Simpson, Steven Erwin, Carol Brannon, Robert Brodnax, Minnie Johns, Arthur Pickens, Evelyn Woods, Ada Hanna, David Lindsey, David Gann, Ralph Fletcher, Norman McNorton are also recorded as admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Simmons
Willie Pendergrass
Ruby Tipps
Emma Hewitt
Robert Dingman
Katy Scoggins
Walter Pettigrew
Mary Viola Rogers
James Mack Pettier
Bertie Fraiser
Addie Parker
Mattie Reynolds
Roy Wright
Charles Black
Joyce Ellison
Jess Simpson
Steven Erwin
Carol Brannon
Robert Brodnax
Minnie Johns
Arthur Pickens
Evelyn Woods
Ada Hanna
David Lindsey
David Gann
Ralph Fletcher
Norman McNorton
Melvin Carnes Transferred to Mainz Germany
Melvin Carnes formerly stationed at Ft Bragg North Carolina has been transferred to Mainz Germany. He was home on three week leave visiting Fruitvale with his parents Mr and Mrs James Carnes Jr and family before departing for Germany. His new address is Sp4 Melvin R Carnes 457-94-9902 8th Inf HHC 1st Bde APO New York NY 09185.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Carnes
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Mainz
Germany
Fruitvale
James Carnes Jr
Melvin R. Carnes
APO
New York
N.Y
Mrs. Annie Henson Rites Held in Edgewood
Funeral services for Annie Henson 56 of Grand Saline were at Pleasant Union Baptist Church with Rev. David Cordell. burial in Small Cemetery. She died Wednesday in a Grand Saline nursing home after a long illness. She lived in Van Zandt County all her life and worked for Texas Pleating Co. in Wills Point. Survivors include her husband Porter Henson four sons six daughters three brothers four sisters twenty one grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Annie Henson
Grand Saline
Pleasant Union Baptist Church
Edgewood
David Cordell
Ly- Brand Funeral Home
Henson
Wills Point
van Zandt County
Texas Pleating Co
Porter Henson
Kenneth Mosley
Dallas
Eugene Mosley
Marshall Henson
Mickey Henson
Oakland
Virginia Huber
New Orleans
Jan Trimble
Doris Stanberry
Loretta Duarte
Lois Roach
Dorothy Mosley
California
M. R. Parks
Athens
C. C. Parks
Fort Worth
John Parks
Humble
Cora Everitt
Canton
Tillie Perkins
Cammie Robus
Terrell
Birdie Martin
Joe Henson
Billy Ray Martin
Junior Parks
Jackie Rohus
Jimmy Rohus
Gerald Howard
County To Hear Solid Waste Report Today
Patrick R. Burke of ETCOG announces Phase One of a two part solid waste study covering 14 counties. The ETCOG findings detail current problems and disposal characteristics by county and city. A joint session of Van Zandt County officials and city leaders will hear the report Thursday August 23 at 2 00 p m in Canton County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick R. Burke
East Texas Council
East Texas Council of Governments
van Zandt County Commissioners Court
Canton
Auxiliary Wins Merits at Saline Barracks Meeting
The Saline Barracks and Ladies Auxiliary 1465 held a covered dish dinner on Friday August 17 with forty-two attendees from six barracks. Dan Peterson reported on the San Antonio Department Convention of July 24 to 27 as 8th District Commander. The Auxiliary earned three merits and the next district meeting is set for Tyler on the second Saturday in September. The National Geographic Society notes a southward drifting iceberg averages 5,000,000 cubic feet and 150,000 tons, compared with 50,000,000 cubic feet and 1,500,000 tons three years ago.
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Saline Barracks
Department
San Antonio
Dan Peterson
Newfoundland
Atlantic
National Geographic Society
Free State Farm and Ranch Club Fish Fry Tour Featured
The Free State Farm and Ranch Club hosts a fish fry tour Thursday August 23 starting at 5:00 p.m. at Glen McNeill’s farm near Wills Point and ending at 6:30 p.m. at Lakeview Village Marina Lake Tawakoni with a catfish supper. Cattlemen will tour Charolais Simmental Limousine and Chianina herds and hear winter pastures and forage talks by Texas A&M agronomist George Alston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd W. Berry
Free State Farm and Ranch Club
Keith Ragland
George Alston
Agronomist
Texas A&m Extension Service
Glen McNeill
Wills Point
Highway 80
Lakeview Village
Lake Tawakoni
van Zandt
McNeill
Tom Campbell
Glenn McNeill
Lakeview Village Marina
Ted
Dewitt Deen
Alston
Mrs Copeland Funeral Service Held In Grand Saline
Ona Elizabeth Copeland 66 of Grand Saline died Sunday in Santa Paula California after a brief illness. Funeral service held Wednesday at Grand Saline Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Roy Morgan officiating. Burial in Smyrna Cemetery Rains County. Survivors include seven sons and three daughters, two sisters and numerous grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Ona Elizabeth Copeland
Grand Saline
Grand Saline Funeral Home
Roy Morgan
Smyrna
Rains County
Copeland
Santa Paula
Calif
California
Round Flat
Virgil Nelson
O. D. Copeland
Earl Ray Copeland
Mesquite
J. W. Copeland
J. R. Copeland
James Richard Copeland
Sammy Gene Copeland
Houston
Charlene Sides
Merele Faye Hellem
Lisa Williams
Pearl Moore
Pearlee Moore
Juanita Crowley
Arizona
Wink Brittain
Dean Brittain
Earnest Harris
Kenneth Harris
Sam Morgan
Marcos Villarrval
REA approves $947000 loan for New Era Electric Coop
The Rural Electrification Administration grants a $947,000 loan to New Era Electric Cooperative in Athens Texas at 5 percent. The funds will finance service for 1000 additional consumers and 88 miles of distribution line plus system improvements. New Era serves Van Zandt Anderson and Henderson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Electrification Administration
New Era Electric Cooperative, Inc
Athens
Texas
Ray Roberts
van Zandt
Anderson
Henderson
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Indianapolis
van School
Tom Malbrooks
Mike Hill
Phyllis McCeaffree
Jerry Percifield
Jim Rex
Erline Sherbert
Jerry Slayton
Linda Stringer
Lynn Warner
Tempie White
Betty Carter
Linda Hardwick
Avonne Tetrick
Nanette Atkins
Gene Blackburn
Betsy Cannon
Kelly Cole
Linda Davis
Ruthie Mae Dixon
Pat Donahue
Pat Fowler
Pamela Gant
Norma Jernigan
Nathan Lee
Eleanor Little
Theodora Love
Vinita Mitchell
Cathy Nations
Vara Pitman
Peggy Russell
Paulette Seale
Judy Shaid
Carla Shott
Glenda Thompson
Susan Till
Dorothy Warms
van Body Shop
Ronnie Goode
Pho
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Mbulance
Hilliard
NTSU
Southwestern Electric Service Co
Howell Tree Service
Don Payne
Hartford
Mrs. Henson
Tyler
Farm and Ranch Club
Simmental
Limousine
Chiana
R. D. Deen
Jack Deen
E. P. Friedline
Kansas
David Wingo
Athens Commission Company
Sulphur Springs
Texas Animal Health Commission
Bonnie Mohr
Mrs. Copeland
Regens
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D. Q
Fea
Dairy Queen
Woodbine Inn van
Sun Advertising
Brown
Mexico
Ilkt
Camino Real
Best Motel
Timberon
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