Grand Saline Christmas Parade welcomes Santa December 14
Downtown Grand Saline hosts a Christmas Parade with four bands an all girl drill team riding clubs and floats. Santa rides the fire truck and hands out candy while judging the kids bicycle wagon and tricycle decorated entries awarding prizes of 5 3 and 2 dollars donated by Herbert Clower. Manuel De La Rosa leads the parade with churches and civic groups invited to enter floats.
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Santa Claus
Gran Saline
Santa
Grand Saline
Main Street
Herbert Clower
Clower
Canton
Wills Point
Mineola
Sharp
Edgewood
Swingettes
C. A. Mayfield
Spon Serving Chamber of Commerce
Manuel de la Rosa
Free Turkeys Drawn By Grand Saline Merchants
The Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce will host a drawing for 25 free turkeys at Grand Saline square on December 22. Registers are in participating merchants, and one turkey per family. Participating businesses include Darby's Department Store, Grand Saline Sun, Western Auto Paris Jewelers, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Saline
Grand Saline Square
Darby's Department Store
Grand Saline Sun
Hartley Funeral Home
Fowler Ins. Agey
Perry Bros
Roberson Flowers
Russell Ins. Agey
Clower Purniture
Salt City Co
Saline Butaneta
Western Auto
Paris Jewelers
Roy Pope Barber Shop
Grand Saline Super Market
Jarvis & Co
City Pharmacy
Grand Saline Hdw. & Apps
Dr. Jack Mitchell
Redding Foods
First National Bank
Joe Bailey Purn, Co
Porch Hdw
K. Walens, Hilt Inc. Co
The
Cotton Referendum Election Set for December 11 in Van Zandt County
G C Lambdin announces a county referendum on upland cotton quotas with polling sites in Grand Saline Eidge wood Wills Point Van Canton Phalba Martins Mill Ben Wheeler and Edom. polls run 8 am to 6 pm for growers who produced upland cotton in 1952. Two thirds approval needed. outcomes include quota and price support levels for 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline— Stephens Feed
Eidgewood—Farm
Wills Point
Tpca Bldg
Van—Hilliards
Canton—Asc
Phalba -Adrian McAbee
Martins Mill
J. J. Garrison
Ben Wheeler and Edom
Linton Davidson
Lambdin
Admnistration
Cross Country Columnist Moves Toward Grand Saline Home
Weldon Owens, famed Dallas Times-Herald columnist for Cross Country and KRLD-TVV, has bought a 40 acre Providence farm near Grand Saline, eight miles southeast. He plans to move after remodeling and says Ben Wheeler roots tie him to East Texas. He and wife Polyanna searched Van Zandt County for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Ownes
Dallas Times-Herald
Grand Saline
Owens
Herald
Krld-Tvv
Dallas
Providence
Office of
the Sun
Polyanna
van Zandt County
Texas
Ben Wheeler
East Texas
Brine Washings and Local Notices in Grand Saline
A column blends school humor about first graders and science with community notes. The piece mentions students debating science topics, local residents and events, a deer hunting photo, health updates, a gun rack gift, and Virgil Shaw starting a new 25 year tenure at Wood County Electric Coop.
Wood Co Coop Mails Largest Dividend Checks
More than 7 500 members of the Wood County Electric Cooperative received dividend payments this week totaling 56 548 73 dollars. The ten percent dividend is the largest in the company's history and comes after six years of payments totaling 804 859 66 dollars. Manager W B Shaw calls the payout an uncollected gift to members and notes it funds holiday spending. The cooperative covers 1 700 miles of lines in nine East Texas counties. Mr and Mrs J C Kingston and son Jimmie of Dallas visited Grady Shirley's Saturday evening.
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Wood County Electric Cooperative
Quitman
Juan Nichols
W. B. Shaw
East
Texas
Indians Divide Two Games With Edgewood Quintets
Grand Saline split a double header with Edgewood Fulldogs. B Team won 17 11 as Wayne Rogers was injured with a double leg fracture, hospitalized for about a week. A Team lost 53 28 led by freshman Seth Adams with eight points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Grand Saline
Indians
Wayne Rogers
Rogers
Kle
Seth Adams
John Wheeler
Adams
Jerry Jack
Larry Simpson
Bees
Greg Kuykendall
James Lunsford
William Matthews
Howard Wess
Nets
West Yantis Refinery Bids March 1 Startup Date
Pan American Petroleum advances West Yantis refinery with power line work starting within a week. Testing power available Jan 1, regular operations planned March 1. Line capacity 69 000 volts, initial load 12 500 volts, 709 kilowatt plant under 25 year contract. Plant uses sour gas for distillate and sulfur. A second plant near Grand Saline costs 4½ to 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Petroleum Corporation
West Yantis Field
Pan American
West Yantis
SU 1
T&p
Grand Saline
Yantis
Shopping Days Until Christmas Signups for Free Turkeys
Consumers in Grand Scale can register for free turkeys while shopping this season. The event runs during busy days ahead of Christmas with limited quantities available.
New Land-Use Program Establishes ASC Operation Roles
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced a broad RAD plan with ASC county committees handling day to day operations and the Soil Conservation Service plus Forest Service supplying technical help. The program aims to permanently shift land from crops to suitable noncrop uses, expanding grasslands and woodlands while offering transition payments and cost sharing for conservation. Local agreements will be built from farm conservation plans in cooperation with soil and water districts.
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Eohgeca
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
ASC
Soil Conservation Service
The
Forest Service
America
ASCS
Local Figures Abe Ervin and J W Burnett Profiled in County News
Abe L Ervin operates Erwin Concrete Works in Fruitvale making tanks and sewer sections. He is a Edgewood native, longtime Fruitvale resident, former postmaster of O Brien Texas, and a church member with two children. J W Burnett, six year Van Zandt County Sheriff, former grocery partner, Canton native, three daughters, church member, Lions Club and Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe L. Ervin
Erwin Concrete Works
Fruitvale
Edgewood
Erwin
O’brien
Texas
Lane
Fayetteville
J. W
Jen) Burnett
Big Rock St
Canton
van Zandt County
Burnett
Grand Saline
Kenneth Berry
Martin’s Mill
Canton High School
Mary Jo Ashworth
E. G. Pardee
Sylvia Jo
Big Spring
Dane
Barbara
Sheriff
First Baptist Church
Lions Club
Fire Hydrants To Get Flushing Monday
Grand Saline will flush all city hydrants Monday night to test operation in case of emergency. City Secretary W. J. Hawkins Jr explains hydrants will be opened fully across town for one evening as a routine check.
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Grand Saline
W. J. (Pill) Hawkins, Jr
Land Bank Cuts Interest Rate To Borrowers
The Federal Land Bank of Houston will reduce to 5 percent the rate on new loans and temporarily cut to 95 percent the rate on outstanding loans beyond 5 percent. About 100 million of its 260 million in loans bear higher rates, saving Texas farmers and ranchers over a half million dollars in 1964. The Kaufman Canton Federal Land Bank Association serves the area with J. W. Terry as manager and officers including Frank Lakoe J. W. Wilson Felix Blythe and others in Kaufman Wills Point Canton and Kemp.
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Federal Land Bank of Houston
Hal Weatherford
Texas
Weatherford
Houston Bank
Federal Land Bank
Kaufman - Canton Federal Land Bank Association of
Canton and
Kaufman
J. W. Terry
Frank Lakoe
J. W. Wilson
Wills Point
Felix Blythe
Kemp
Wallace Hanna
J. Pee McAlister
Ben Wheeler
Carl R. Curtis
Rural Carriers Meet In Canteen Monday
Members of the Rural Letters Carriers Association of Van Zandt County and the Ladies Auxiliary met at the Service Cafe in Canton Monday night with the Wills Point Carriers as hosts. Officers Mrs. John Vensey, Mrs. Albert Sneed, and Mrs. Wayne Vick were reelected for the Auxiliary. Attendees included residents from Ben Wheeler, Grand Saline, Canton, Wills Point, and Fruitvale.
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Rural Letters Carriers Association
van Zandt County
Ladies Auxiliary
Service Cafe
Canton
Wills Point Carriers
John Vensey
Albert Sneed
Wayne Vick
Percy Blackwell
John Veazey
Ben Wheeler
W. J. Crocker
Grand Saline
W. S. Mills
A. F. Pruitt
Edwin Vick
C. L. Wilson
Warren Calloway
Dyde Manning
Alvin Jamieson
H. V. Whitaker
Wills Point
Raymond Neill
Fruit
Yule Decorations Erected Downtown Grand Saline
Downtown Grand Saline glowed with Christmas decorations on Tuesday as 14 poles and cross light strings were put up by volunteers led by Morgan Cumbie J M Dobbins O Love Oscar Worden Russell Bell and Chamber of Commerce Manager Hob Schaff in the first sunlit day after several without sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
Morgan Cumbie
J. M. Dobbins
O. Love
Oscar Worden
Russell Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Hob Schaff
Bi Null Joins Funeral Home Staff Announcement
Bill Null, former Sand Flat resident, has joined the staff of the English's Grand Sa line Funeral Home, per manager Charles Dennis. Null takes over the position previously held by Tiny Garland, transferred to the Mineola office. Mr and Mrs Homer Martin of Laling visited last week with her parents and other relatives.
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Bill Null
Sand Flat
Grand Saline Funeral Home
Charles Dennis
Null
Tiny Garland
Mineola
Homer Martin of
Laling
J. M. Moody
Lions Club Speaker Stresses Community Service Tenets
H. L. McRea district governor of Lions International told Grand Saline Lions on Tuesday that community service is the rent for using space in the town. He traced the club’s history noting it was chartered November 13 1931 with 20 members and that none remain today, with Dr. W. B. Corby as charter president and T. B. Drake as charter secretary.
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George
Grand Saline
Lions Club
H. L. McRea
Lions International
Lindale
Edison
Pasteur
da Vinci
Currie
McRea
Grand Saline Lions Club
W. B. Corby
T. EB. Drake
Van
Local Guests Share Weekend Visits Across Athens and Holly Springs
Mrs Essie Lambert and family joined Mr and Mrs Carter Hinshaw for a Sunday gathering. Mr and Mrs J M Moody visited in Athens with his sister and brother in law the Carl Joneses and attended the Holly Springs singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Lambert
Bob Harris
Kathy
Sharon and
Watsy
Milton Tucker
Carter Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Harris
Lambert
J. M. Moody
Athens
Carl Jones
Holly Springs
Christmas Program Set By PTA Groups
A joint Christmas program by the High School and Elementary School Parent Teacher Associations will be held at the Elementary School auditorium on December 13 at 7 00 p m Manuel De La Rosa will lead the program highlighted by a Grand Saline High School Band concert Members of both groups are invited Also notes a weekend visit by Mrs Leroy Magers of Fort Worth and several Williams family members from Dallas and Wills Point with Mrs Nick Williams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel de la Rosa
Grand Saline High School
Aleta Williams
Dallas
Fine Williams
Dee Williams
Wills Point
Nick Williams
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Ladiate
van Zandt
G. C. Lambdin
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Glarca
By Carter Hinshaw
Milton Garrett
Grand Saline Redding
Winnsboro
Albert
Hap) Hashert
Ike White
Utah
White
Moab
Walace Ward
Wiley Garland Hil
Money House
Harold Walker
Walker
Belman Nations
Virgil Shaw
Wood County Electric Coop
J. C. Kingston
Jimmie of
Son
Doyle Mains
Johnny Sloane
Ricky Navarro
Tommy Pettier
Jim Abram
Sam Knight Jr
Gina
Jeremy
Alf and
Virginia Robertson
Abe Erwin
J. W. Burnett
I. OL
Kennemer
Steve Burrow
Ellis Carroll
Arthur Sanders
Woodrum
Mes
J. W. Attkisson
J. Carter Alton
Bi Null
Funeral Home
Lions One Debt It Service
Alstein
Sun
Robert and
Robin Davis
Robert BR. Davidson
Sharon Robinson
M. O
PTA
Leroy Mageers
Ft. Worth
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