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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
6
The old telephone building was being cleaned Saturday for possible new tenants. Unconfirmed reports say the Rebekahs might be considering it. Christmas shopping continues with many pretty items in stores. An astronomer named Kepler noted a planetary conjunction involving Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars in historical records.
In 1906 a theorist linked a historical Bethlehem star to a now familiar event. The piece notes Christmas light displays at local entrances and warns pedestrians of darker hours and traffic risks. It mentions a bi-district game broadcast and sends season greetings from residents including the Herron family and J F B Millers.
Dr J O Crim 80 year old veterinarian died of a heart attack while on a call a few miles east of Grand Saline. He practiced in Van Zandt County since 1916 and once rode horseback before cars. He delivered many calves and even traveled to Austin for rabies shots in a dangerous case. Survived by wife, two daughters Clara Smith and Cecil McRight, two sisters Ida Stokes and Ellie Hall. Funeral at Corinth with burial in Corinth Cemetery.
Dickerson from Dallas borrows the Sun occasionally while visiting Grand Salige with Howard Lucan. Eddie Carpenter says his father J W Carpenter, aged 80, helps clear new ground. Leona Whisenhunt celebrates her 15th birthday. congratulations are belated.
Create a festive centerpiece using a ring salad mold a C-7 light string and a sparkling gold angel. Clip the lights to the mold edge stand the ornament in the center and fill with greens and tiny shiny decorations for a bright holiday display.
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