Invi tational Basketball Tourney opens in town this weekend
The Chamber of Commerce hosts its first Invitational Basketball Tourney starting Thursday night with the Indians versus Sabine at 8:00. The team carries an 8 win 2 loss record and varsity placed third in the Rains Tournament last weekend while the junior varsity won first. Santa visits, Christmas letters, and local civic notes fill the page along with a note on school dismissals for Christmas break. Ronnie Harvey wins a $100 gift certificate at the Brookshire Grocery Company district dinner in Terrell.
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Chamber of Commerce
Indians
Sabine
Ronnie Harvey
Brookshire Grocery Company
Terrell
Re Grand Saline
Willsot, Kaufman
Corsicana Terrell
Grand Saline
Ronnie
Richard Harvey
Brookshire
Drug Charge Follows Arrest Of Man Here
A 61-year-old McAllen Texas man Porforio Vela Hinojosa a frequent visitor to Grand Saline was arrested Sunday Dec 5 after police became suspicious near Westward Ho Motor Lodge on Highway 80 East. He had 53 bottles of Benzedrina imported from Mexico and was charged with possession of narcotic drugs with a $10,000 bond. He posted bond Friday and was released.
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McAllen
Texas
Porforio Vela Hinojosa
Grand Saline
Pat Heddins
Jim Hays
Westward Ho Motor Lodge
Highway 80
Heddins
Mexico
van Zandt
Bob Bartlett
van Zandt County
Canton
B. W. Ward
Ward
Dam Damages Contained At City Lake Amid Heavy Rains
City Secretary Perry Pugh said the dam at the city lake is under control after heavy rains. High water caused a portion of the dam bank to fluff off while water splashed back. Water stood about a foot higher, with drainage trenches dug to relieve pressure and dragline standby equipment ready for emergencies.
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Perry Pugh
Pugh
Bud Davidson
Grand Saline
Saline Lumber Company
Early Sun Publishes Week Early For Christmas Greeting
The Sun will publish a day early next week to honor mer chants and give Sun employees an extra Christmas holiday. It will feature a traditional Christmas Greeting edition with greeting ads from local merchants to thank customers for their patronage. Deadline is Monday at noon.
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Sun
Van Zandt County Cancer Society Reports 1970 Data
The Texas State Health Department records 56 county cancer deaths in 1970 with breakdowns in digestive, oral, respiratory, bone, genital, and other categories. About 28 cases were diagnosed, and an estimated 14 could have been saved with early detection. The society aims to promote health habits, preventable cancers, and early diagnosis. The next meeting is January 19, 1972, at 4:00 p.m. in the District Court Room.
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Texas State Department of Health
van Zandt
van Zandt County Cancer Society
Oakland Baptist Set for Christmas Concert and Dinner
Oakland Baptist Church hosts a Sunday 6 00 p m Christmas concert by R O Wheat Jr of Dallas with Mrs Babbs Thomas at piano. The offering supports foreign missions and a social follows at the Ralph Morgan home. Dr W S Thomas speaks on The Crisis of Christmas at 11 00 a m. Sunday School meets at 9 45. The church also plans a December 22 Christmas Dinner after a teachers meeting.
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Oakland Baptist Church
R. O. Wheat Jr
Dallas
Wheat
Polk Street
Oakland
Babbs Thomas
Lottie Moon
Ralph Morgan
W. S. Thomas
Oakland Baptist
Wood County Electric Receives $586,000 Rural Grant
Senator John Tower announced that the Rural Electrification Administration approved a loan of $586,000 to Wood County Electric Cooperative. The funds will finance extensive system improvements across Wood, Camp, Franklin, Hopkins, Titus, Upshur, Rains, Smith, and Van Zandt counties.
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John Tower
Rural Electrification Administration
Wood County Electric Cooperative
Wood
Camp
Franklin
Hopkins
Titus
Upshur
Rains
Smith and van Zandt
PTA To Sponsor Christmas Band Concert
The PTA invites the public to attend the Christmas concert performed by the G S High and Junior High bands under Mr Leonard Walker on December 20 at 7 50 p m in the Elementary School Auditorium. The event is free and a holiday gift from the PTA.
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G.S. High
Leonard Walker
PTA
Gailen Stewart Named Campaign Chairman for Grand Saline MOD
Lester Slaton and Billy Hullum announce Gailen Stewart, Superintendent of Grand Saline Schools, is appointed to lead the local March of Dimes campaign this year. Stewart succeeds previous organizers and will direct fundraising efforts and activities in Grand Saline.
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Gailen Stewart
March of Dimes Campaign
Lester Slaton
Billy Hullum
Grand Saline
Ist Annual $100 Day Drawing To Be Held Dec. 18
The Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce sponsors the first One Hundred Dollar Day drawing set for Saturday December 18 at 4 p.m. in front of the Sun office. A $100 prize goes to the shopper with no show up prize options, plus a $25 consolation if not present. Participating merchants include Steve's Pharmacy Truman Heddins Chevrolet Buick Brown's Saline Butane Darby's Department Store Owens Lumber Co Kenneth Berry's Super Market City Pharmacy Brookshire's Grocery Jarvis and Co Grand Saline Hardware.
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Grand Saline
Steve’s Pharmacy
Truman Heddins Chevrolet- Buick
Brown’s Saline Butane
Darby's Department Store
Owens Lumber Company
Kenneth Berry’s Super Market
City Pharmacy
Brookshire’s Grocery
Jarvis and Company
Grand Saline Hardware
Mickey Sharp Fund Started at Grand Saline Bank
A Mickey Sharp Fund was opened at the First National Bank in Grand Saline to aid the Sharp family with mounting medical bills from Mickey Sharp long illness. The boy, son of Mrs. Marie Sharp and Harvey Sharp, has been treated at Baylor Hospital Dallas and Cor by-Germany Hospital, with limited insurance remaining.
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Mickey Sharp
First National Bank
Grand Saline
Mickey
Marie Sharp
Harvey Sharp
Gilmer
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Corby-Germany
Van Zandt WMA Holds Dec Meeting in Canton
The Van Zandt County WMA met December 9 at Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church Canton with Mrs. Glen Stovall presiding. Forty six attended eight churches as officers resigned and were replaced and the next session set for March 1972 at Grand Saline First Baptist.
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van Zandt County
WMA
Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Canton
Glen Stovall
Jesus
H. O. Lee
Sand Flat Baptist Church
Jackson
Oak Grove
Sand Flat
Dorothy Daniel
China Grove
O. C. Robinson
Oak Grove Church
Myrtle Springs Baptist Church
Wylie Dorman
Myrtle Springs Church
Phillippians
Christ
Roslin Ballard
Joe Wilbanks
Sand Flat Church
Waco
Bro
Henry Crowe
Star of Bethlehem
Allen Daniels
First Baptist Church of
Grand Saline
First Baptist Church
Prater Joins Bartley Funeral Staff In Grand Saline
Bartley Funeral Home announces Bobby E. Prater, 33, has joined the staff. A Fort Worth native with 11 years in funeral service, he now resides with his wife Sandra and daughter Kathy in Grand Saline. He holds a Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science diploma and is an ambulance driver trained in first aid.
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Joe Bartley
Bartley Funeral Home
Bobby E. Prater
Prater
Ft. Worth
Grand Saline
Stamford
Texas
Sandra
Kathy
Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science
Bartley
Mr. Prater
North
Houston
West Texas
Grand Saline Rainfall Report Shows Heavy December Rain
Weather observer E. P. Friedline reports Grand Saline received six inches of rain December 8 to 10, pushing the 1971 total to 44 inches and causing widespread flooding. He recalls 1945 floods that washed out T P and Fruitvale tracks and notes no killing frost by mid November.
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E. P. Friedline
Grand Saline
Friedline
East Prairie
T&p
Fruitvale
T&p Railway
Grand Saline Christmas Parade Draws Big Crowd After Delay
A large Saturday afternoon crowd greeted Santa as Grand Saline held its Christmas Parade despite a Thursday postponement due to heavy rain. Parade chair Steve Schifani thanked participants and merchants, citing strong local involvement and noting volunteers who helped line up floats. Winners included Omega Phi Sorority, Fowler Insurance, and Athena Club with prize money. decorated bikes and minis had first to third place finishers Mike Swain, Beverly Millorn, and Lanier Richey.
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Grand Saline
Santa Claus
Steve Schifani
Schifani
Sherry Allen
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Bartley
Bobe Sloan
R. V. Carnes
W. S. Thomas
Omega Phi Sorority
Fowler Insurance
Athena Club
Mike Swain
Beverly Millorn
Lanier Richey
Grand Saline School Board session approves trades project and audits
The Grand Saline School Board met for a routine session chaired by Superintendent Gailen Stewart. Officials approved a building trades warehouse on the old high school site, audited the 1970 71 receipts and disbursements, renewed attorney Beall’s contract, and decided to sell the last 48 passenger bus with bids to be advertised. The new 60 passenger bus arrived on Navy 22.
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Grand Saline
Gailen Stewart
Stewart
Alex Beall
Tyler
Navy
Candle Lighting Service At First Methodist Church
The Christmas candle lighting service will be held at the First United Methodist Church on Sunday December 19 at 530 p.m. Rev Ellwood Brown invites members of other congregations to share in this worship. The service includes scripture, choir and congregational carols and ends with candle lighting. A nursery is provided.
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First United Methodist Church
Ellwood Brown
Missionary to Speak at Bible Baptist
The public is invited to a Sunday night program at Bible Baptist Church featuring missionary Bro. Dahlman to Honduras. He will show color slides and literature on conditions there, stressing illiteracy as a major problem. The program starts at 6 30 pm and replaces the regular service.
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Honduras
Bible Baptist Church
Bro. Dahlman
UT Engineering announces class of seniors candidates
Glynn David Martin of 1411 Glenlain is among over 150 University of Texas seniors named tentative degree candidates for Bachelor’s in the College of Engineering at the close of the fall term. No public commencement exercises will be held.
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Glynn David Martin
Glenlain
University of Texas
College of Engineering
Sun subscription policy update cuts second notices
Postal rate rises and higher costs lead The Sun to stop mailing second notices for due subscriptions. Readers are urged to renew after the first notice and mail in their payments.
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