Uncle Dan from Doolie Says
Ed Doolittle reports to the country store crowd that Congress will go down in history with a minus. The column mocks spending cuts and lawmakers travel junkets while noting government handouts. Chuckles compare Jefferson aides and local characters like Bug and Josh Clodhopper in a rural satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Doolittle
Congress
Zeke Grubb
Washington
Clem Webster
The
Great Society
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clem
Bug Hookum
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Bug
Plymouth Rock
Josh Clodhopper
Josh
Texas roads need cleaner appearance for HemisFair visitors
In fall and winter East Texas scenery shifts to browns and golds yet roadside litter mars the landscape. The East Texas Chamber of Commerce urges stricter enforcement and personal responsibility to keep highways clean for the millions visiting Texas during HemisFair ’68, lest first impressions turn visitors away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
East
Texas
HemisFair
Fred Pool
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern
Sunday Church Attendance Attracts Large Crowd
Sunday services drew a large congregation. Guests visited from Mesquite, Winona, Van, Sand Flat, Shreveport, Athens, Dallas, and Grand Saline. Families linked include Hud son Fowler Neal Coley Har less Luckett Mc Christy Melton Carpenter Erwin, with Ed Carpenter hosting visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Hudson
Bill Fowler
Bill Neal
Mesquite
Jess Coley
Alton Harless
Sue
Judy
Greenville
Johnny McChristy
Winona
N. Y. Luckett
Butch and
Debbie Lee
Van
Rebbeca
John Melton
Sand Flat
W. A. Melton
Ed Carpenter
Joe Carpenter
Shreveport
Billy Erwin
Steve and
Carol
Athens
Arthur Erwin
Tom Hicks
Grand Saline
Paul Paris
Dallas
Athens Texas Market Report Dense Livestock Price Range
Market report from Athens Texas notes 1%7 shippers offered 843 cattle and 79 hogs to 74 buyers including 5 butchers. Prices listed for butcher calves fat cows stocker calves and yearlings, with stocker cows and pairs also detailed. Hog categories show prices from 14.00 to 17.50 per head for various grades and feeders.
Publication citation for divorce suit in Texas
Public notice commands Norman Bowers to appear in Van Zandt County District Court Canton Texas by December 31 1967 in a divorce case Colleen Bowers plaintiff versus Norman Bowers defendant No children and no community property to be divided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Norman Bowers
District Court of
van Zandt County
Canton
Texas
Yontanani County
Teras Ey Ane
1967 Menu Includes Meat Loaf And Salmon
December 11 to 15 1967 daily meals listed including meat loaf with corn or peas salad rolls butter cake squares and milk on the 11th, pintos with greens or spinach and cornbread on the 12th, oven fried chicken with mac and cheese on the 13th, hamburger with chili beans on the 14th, and salmon on the 15th.
Flooding the Sabine River Valley A public stake in dam plans
Grand Saline, Texas residents debate large scale flood control in the Sabine River valley. Letter writer urges local input on three proposed dams Mineola Lake Fork Big Sandy and questions safety and land loss from irrigation backed water storage. Citizens urged to contact Senators Yarborough and Tower with views.
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Grand Saline
Texas
Alf Roberson
Grand Saline Sun
Sabine River
Mineola
U.S. 80
Lake Tawakoni
Corp of Engineers
Golden
Alba
Lake Fork
Mineola- Qiutman
Yarborough
John Tower
Social Visits Pass Through Texas and Oklahoma Towns
Texas and Oklahoma residents made social calls across communities last weekend and holiday periods. Notable visits included Wilburn Clowers of Dallas to Fruitvale, Reed family members traveling between Sweetwater El Paso and Odessa, and Elliott family connections from Austin to Mesquite and Cushing Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn Clowers
Dallas
O. C. Reed
Robert Reed
Sweetwater
R. Q. Reed
el Paso
Pearl Campbell
Odessa
Billy Wayne Reed
Gary
Henry Brow
Leta Nell
A. M. Shields
Becky
Mesquite
C. FE. Buchanan
T. N. Dean
Barney Elliott
Carter Elliott
Austin
Crossroads Church Notices and Community Visits
Regular church services drew 102 attendees. Local families and visitors, including the Fosters, Kell er family in Copper Cove, Barbara Howard and baby, the Gillispies, and the Lewises, shared weekend time with relatives. Several illnesses and recoveries noted, with sympathy extended to the Martin Littlejohn family after a death. Travis Fagg visited from San Antonio. Kilburns and Cumplies spent time in Kaufman and Mineola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Foster
W. H. Keller
Copperas Cove
Barbara Howard
Baby
Calif
William Gillispie
Willie
Grandsame
J. H. Parker
James Lewis
Tommy
Raymond Neill
Charlie Neill
Wills Point
Jack Funderburk
Conn
Evelyn
Carol Hampton
Grand Saline
Gil Kirby
Willie Pearson
A. A. Presswood
Martin Littlejohn
Richard
Travis Fagg
San Antonio
May Kilburn
Kaufman
Laddie Cumbie
Dallas
Donald Hawkins
Mineola
A. D. Fagg
Ray Weatherall
Skinner
Funeral Services For Mrs Edna Littlejohn
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Edna McManus Littlejohn 28 of Mesquite who died in a one car crash Nov 20. The Canton burial followed at Haven of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include husband Richard and two sons Rickey 10 Randy Lynn 7 mother Claudie Brown Canton brother Clifford McManus Tyler sister Dorothy Peterson Phoenix Ariz. An unrelated notice reports grandmother Mrs Furrh gravely ill in a Terrell hospital.
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Edna McManus Littlejohn
Mesquite
Eubank
Canton
Haven of Memories
Littlejohn
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Dan
Doolie
Linstyee
Athens, Texas
Wes Ho
You Gendt County
Mrs
Jessie Smalley
Grand Saline, Texas
sureKa
Sora
Fruitvale
J. O. Freeze
Chris
South Dakota
Iowa Park
Milton Thompson
Cushing, Okla
Crossroads
Lea Cher
Church of Christ
al Veliz
Corpus Christi
F. C. Wright
Dewey Taylor
Richard L. Loughmiller
Sonotone
Tyler
Troup RD
Tyler LY
Richard Loughmiller
Edna Littlejohn
Alvin Dunbar
Mrs. Furrh
Terrell Hospital
Steve’s Pharmacy
East Side Shopping Center
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