Area bridge clubs report results from Aug 17 and Aug 22
Wills Point Duplicate Bridge Club Aug 17 North South winners Ronda Hance and Betty Anderson. Second Charlotte Currin and Mary Berry. Third Derylene Crawford and Florence Wallis. East West winners Bill Jack and Jimmy Hubbard. Second Evelyn Schmidt and Millie Nash. Third Doris Bunselmeyer and Nelda Avent. Van Zandt County Club Aug 22 winners Teddy Tunnell and Herman McGahee. Second Oscar Hamilton and Betty Hamilton. Third Tillie Reed and Roz Tullon. East West winners Mackle Turner and Bill Jack. Second Pat Ice and Dot Deen. Third Shirley Matthews and Dorothy Sharpe.
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Wills Point
Duplicate Bridge Club
Ronda Hance
Rockwall
Betty Anderson
Heath
Charlotte Currin
Mary Berry
Derylene Crawford
Commerce
Florence Wallis
Greenville
Bill Jack
Jimmy Hubbard
Evelyn Schmidt
Millie Nash
Forney
Doris Bunselmeyer
Lindale
Nelda Avent
Tyler
Teddy Tunnell
Herman McGahee
Van
Oscar
Betty Hamilton
Tillie Reed
Roz Tullon
Canton
Mackle Turner
Pat Ice
Dot Deen
Shirley Matthews
Dorothy Sharpe
Locals Visit in Grand Saline As Spears Family Reunites
Locals Maurice Spears of Little Rock Arkansas spends the week in Grand Saline visiting his mother Maudie Spears. 200 Mr and Mrs Bill Bullard of Kerens visit Mrs M J Spears after attending the Tunnell family reunion in Colfax. Mrs Bullard is the former Birdie Tunnell. Marlin Spears of Grand Prairie and Marnell McCoy and Mary Ella Read of Dallas spend Friday and Saturday in Grand Saline with their mother Mrs M J Spears.
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Maurice Spears
Little Rock
Arkansas
Grand Saline
Maudie Spears
Bill Bullard
Kerens
M.J. Spears
Colfax
Bullard
Birdie Tunnell
Marlin Spears
Grand Prairie
Marnell McCoy
Mary Ella Read
Dallas
Austin earns way to state finals in two rodeos
Matt Austin a 13 year old junior at Wills Point Junior High School and grandson of Margaret Means and John Means of Grand Saline earns qualification as a state finalist. He will ride in pee wee bull riding at the American Youth Rodeo Association finals in Fort Worth September 2 to 4 and in the Pro Youth Rodeo Association finals in Stephenville on September 2. He comes from a family with a long rodeo heritage including his mother Denise Means of Elmo and Lonnie and Robin Austin of Wills Point.
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Matt Austin
Margaret Means
John Means
Grand Saline
Austin
Wills Point
American Youth Rodeo Association
Will Rogers Coliseum
Fort Worth
Youth Rodeo Association
Stephenville
Elmo
Lonnie
Robin Austin
Boyd Austin
Denny Austin
Faye Austin
Reese hosts dinner for Republican supporters in Canton
Bob Reese and his wife Connie hosted a dinner for about 200 supporters on August 26 at the Van Zandt Farm Bureau building in Canton. The event substituted for the Van Zandt County Republican Club monthly meeting and highlighted Reese as a Texas District 2 senatorial candidate with ties to his business background and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Reese
Connie
van Zandt Farm Bureau
Canton
van Zandt County Republican Club
Paul Orf
Fall quilt workshops set for Mineola arts group
The Mineola League of the Arts Fiber Guild begins a fall quilt workshop at the league building on Line and Blair Streets in Mineola. Doris Long teaches a five lesson sampler quilt wall hanging with Monday dates September 11, 25 October 2 9 30 from 930 am to noon and evening sessions 630 to 9 pm. Angela Dickey offers a no new quilt wall hanging class on September 19. Registration via Sammy Rue at 569-5778 or Marie Sawatsky at 473-3076.
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Mineola League of the Arts Fiber Guild
League
Line
Blair Streets
Mineola
Doris Long
Angela Dickey
Sammy Rue
Marie Sawatsky
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Stanley Tull
Duane Goff
Julia Akins
Akins
Denise Means
Reese
Republican Club
Don Metch
Jenny Lynn Austin
Bossier City
Barry Goldwater
Texas
Texas State Senate
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