School Lunch Prices Set For 1966 67 At Grand Saline
At the recent school board session prices for student and adult lunches were raised due to higher cafeteria costs. Student lunches will cost 25 cents in advance or 30 cents at serving lines, employee lunches 35 or 40 cents, with other adults priced accordingly. Opening school is planned September 1 with staff vacancies noted and a full work calendar for teachers.
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Grand Saline
Gordon Irons
Grand Saline High
Zenobia Adrian
Ruby Anders
Margie Darnell
Eleanor Dennis
Odessa Gautier
Janet Gilbert
Clara Mac _ Irick
Ruby Kuykendall
Barbara Land
Rosa McFarland
Myrtle McMillan
Lessie Starkie
Margie Tarver
Gwendolin J. Arthur
Harlan Yates
Gladys Young
Katherine Conant
Mildred Joslin
Mary Hooks
Dow Anne McGregor
Alverine McWhorter
Harvey Compton
Manuel de la Rosa
John Keller
Glen Smith
Tommie Matthews
Harold D. Stanger
Inez Yates
R. S. Appleton
Taylor Rhodes
Ava Nell Carroll
James la Prade
Gerald Gilbert
Borden Milk Company
Lilly Ice Cream Company of Commerce
Texas
Continental Baking Company
Mineola to publicize juvenile traffic violators
Mineola officials approve higher fines to curb youth traffic misdemeanors after a police report shows a rise in 1966 cases. The plan includes publishing violators' names on radio and in newspapers to trigger parental discipline, with no curfew enacted.
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Mineola
Clarence Willingham
Joe Smith
Joe
Willingham
Old-Fogey
Jove
Smith
Grand Saline High School bids set for September 19
Grand Saline High School bids for a new 40 000 square foot one story masonry and post and beam school will be opened at a special school board meeting on September 19 1966 at 7 30 p.m. Architect E Hamilton Guice has called for bids. The board plans an August 29 special meeting to approve final plans and an August 31 meeting to discuss bond sales.
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Grand Saline High School
Gordon Irons
E. Hamilton Guice
A.la
Stemmons Tower East
Dallas
Texas
Schoo Board
Grand Saline Li School
Grand Saline Indians Scrimmage Previews 1966 Season
Grand Saline High School held an inter squad scrimmage with about 35 players, 25 varsity and 12 junior varsity. Coach John Keller said no score was kept and was pleased with the team. A Friday home game against Terrell is set for 7:30 p.m. with free admission, followed by a trip to Emory to face Rains High School a week later.
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Grand Saline High School
John Keller
Keller
Indians
Terrell
Fighting Indians
Emory
Rains High School
Colfax Annual Homecoming Set For Sunday August 28
Colfax residents and neighbors will gather for the Annual Colfax Reunion on Sunday August 28. John T. Ras’ na extends a hearty welcome and the program lists a morning service from 10 to 10 50 with songs, invocation, welcome, response, offering and memorials, followed by a noon to 130 p m dinner on the ground with singing and special music and a benediction and visitation.
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Colfax
John T. Ras
Grand Saline
Mary McNeill
Wendell H. Oliver
J. W
Dub
Fruitvale School Opens September First
Fruitvale School will open September 1 with classes starting at 8 30. Students register Wednesday morning August 31 from 8 to 4. Bus routes operate Wednesday morning and return before noon. Lunch starts Thursday September 1. Six year olds must show birth certificate and written doctors statement of inoculations.
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Fruitvale
Quick-Change Artists Net $10 At Two Grand Saline Stations
Three youths traveling toward Shreveport hit two Grand Saline service stations in a small-scale change scam. At Williams Apco they paid with a $20, attempted to shortchange a cashier, and fled with $10. The trio was apprehended in Mineola and fined $29 plus restitution. Ex-convicts among them. one man had no prior record.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Grand Saline
Williams Apco
West Highway 80
Jimmy Don Williams
Williams
Delton Yarbrough
Jackie Perritt
West Side
Chitty
Inciden Au
Mineola
Justice of the Peace
Grand _ Saline
Perritt
Senator Tower’s Wife to Visit Mineola Aug 27
Mrs. Lou Tower of Wichita Falls and Washington, D. C., will visit Mineola this Saturday afternoon August 27. She will be guest of honor at a reception hosted by Mr. and Mrs. David Lott at 609 Peachtree Drive from 4 to 5 p.m. with couples from Wood and Van Zandt counties co-hosting.
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Senator Tower
Mineola
Lou Tower
Wichita Falls
Washington, D. C
United States
John Tower
David Lott
Peachtree Drive
Wood
van Zandt Counties
Fire Department to Expand Parking Near Walens Store
Grand Saline Fire Chief Perry Pugh said the department bought the old tin building behind K Walens store. The Ryder Consolidated Freightways structure will be removed and the land converted into additional city parking in the near future.
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Perry Pugh
Grand Saline
K. Walens
Ryder Consolidated Freightways
Pugh
Jaycee Holiday Rest Stop Aids Travelers Over Labor Day
Grand Saline Jaycees join hundreds of groups nationwide for the annual Jaycee Holiday Rest Stop over Labor Day weekend. From 9 PM Friday to midnight Tuesday about 27 Jaycees will log over 200 hours offering coffee cookies and safety literature to motorists. They seek local merchant donations and plan wrecked car displays to stress safety on Texas highways.
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Grand Saline Jaycee
United States
Jaycee
Grand Saline Jaycees
Jaycees
Windell
Jaycee Holiday
Sop
Texas
Kim Pease
Grand Saline
Cheerleaders Practice For Pep Rally And First Game
Cheerleaders led by Donna Tipps prep for pep rallies and the September 9 game. Twirlers and mothers work on new routines and uniforms, with Judy Hazel to lead. Grand Saline Twirlers, under Emily Pugh, rehearse daily with two baton routines and new Indian costumes expected soon.
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Donna Tipps
Tipps
Judy Hazel
Grand Saline
Emily Pugh
Revival featuring Stalneckers at Main Street Baptist Church
The Main Street Baptist Church revival features Bette and Ed Stalnecker with accompanists Carol and David Tyson. Bette, a contralto with nine albums and LSU voice training, and Ed, a former minister of music, tour seven countries and 25 states. The program, now in progress, invites all Grand Saline residents to attend the inspirational concert.
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Main Street
Bette
Grand Saline
Fourth Sunday Singing At First Pentecostal Church
Fletcher Smith announces the Fourth Sunday Singing Class meets Sunday afternoon August 8 from 2 to 4 at the First Pentecostal Church on South Houston Street. All singers and lovers of gospel singing are invited.
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Fletcher Smith
First Pentecostal
South Houston Street
Mr. Smith
Council Approves Purchase of New Garbage Truck
Grand Saline City Council voted August 9 to buy a new garbage truck to improve pickup service. The existing compactor will be reused on the new vehicle, city secretary J C Russell said. Residents were told about curb and gutter project inquiries and tax rendition certificate signups at City Hall.
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Grand Saline
J. C. Russell
Russell
Hill, High
Oleander
City Hall
Grand Saline School Board Meeting Minutes August 1966
The Grand Saline School Board met August 8 1966 at 7 30 p m in the high school. Actions included resignations and hires.
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Sehicoli
Lake Tawakoni
Jeff Dennam
Lake Teawakoni
W. L., Akins, Declas
Luther Akins
Edgewood
Alf Roberson
Bil Duncan
West Side Oil Company
Bobby Chitty
O O. F. Blankenship
U.S. Highway 30
Rambhurst
Fire Dept
Miss Tipps
First Pentecostal Church
Council
Ronald Rowe of
Lloyd Lewis
John T. Bush
A. C. Stordal
Gordon Adamson
I. E
Gene) Ellis
Bill French
Jarrell Matthews
Gordon E. Irons
Timothy Guyton
Irons
Frank Maciel
A. W. Harris
Bill Carter
Gulf Oil Corporation
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Texaco
Continental Oil Company
Gulf
Borden Milk Co
Cabell’s
Metzger's Milk Co
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