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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
2
The Sun urges residents to make constructive pledges for 1956. Citizens should boost the town, support schools, attend church, display Christian values in commerce, and face each day as if it were the most important, seeking divine help for their best efforts.
The piece celebrates Grand Saline’s outdoor lighting growth sparked by a farmer lighting a yard tree. It notes a big turnout for a recent drawing, compliments C A Mayfield and local merchants, and suggests future prizes to encourage streetside displays and downtown activity. The writer references Life Magazine potential fame and compares to a Dallas promotional event.
Texas officials shut 14 U S Trust offices amid accusations of fraud while Senate investigators preserve records on the firm. 128 000 depositors face losses as legal actions mount against related insurers and the old veterans land scandal resurfaces.
Mr and Mrs W F Fowler host Mr and Mrs A D McPhail and Penny of Tyler as they stay over the New Year holidays with the Fowler family in town.
Thousands of acres of water hyacinths have been destroyed in Texas fresh water lakes but the job has scarcely begun. The work is financed mainly under Dingell Johnson grants from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service. Caddo Lake and Lake Corpus Christi are cited as principal areas of destruction with fishing conditions improving in places. The control uses a form of 2 4 D plus water soluble oil and funds are limited by a sports fishing tackle tax.
A local report hints Jan Roberson was coached by an Indian man and another woman to pass a driving test. The goal was to drive a Ford Christmas gift given by her parents.
The federal fiscal year starts on July 1 and ends on June 30, marking a 12 month budget period for Congress and federal agencies. This cycle governs appropriations, funding priorities, and financial reporting throughout the government.
NBC will televise the Cotton Bowl between TCU and Mississippi at 2 p.m. on Jan 2 over WFAA and WBAP with radio also. The Sugar Bowl from New Orleans airs at 12:55 p.m. on ABC. Georgia Tech meets Pittsburgh. CBS carries the Orange Bowl Oklahoma vs Maryland starting 1 p.m. on KRLD TV with KRLD radio. The Rose Bowl from Pasadena at 8:45 p.m. features Michigan State and UCLA on WFAA TV and radio. A broadcast of the Auburn vs Vanderbilt game with local band performances is listed for Dec 21 with uncertain TV/radio outlet.
Nathan Adams and Ed Gossett, co chairs of the Savings Bonds Committee for Texas, announced November sales at 13.2 million. January through November sales total 175.7 million, up 17 percent from the same period in 1954, with 87 percent of the 1955 quota of 201.9 million reached.
J. M. Hollingsworth Lone Star Steel Dallas Fort Worth East Texas district manager was named outstanding salesman for 1955. A luncheon at the Adolphus Hotel with W. T. Moreland presenting the award followed company officers voting. Hollingsworth joined Lone Star in 1949 and is a Texas A&M graduate.
Announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage of Linda Kay Beall to Don Dickerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dickerson of Van. The bride elect is the daughter.
A rush of federal income tax payers to file their returns is expected next week as instruction booklets and forms are distributed by the local post master. George T. Daye, Administrative Officer, urged taxpayers to file promptly after receiving W-2 statements and to read instructions before using forms.
Mr and Mrs Robert L Beal of Edom announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter a piano major at North Texas State College to a pre dental student and member of Phi Kappa Sigma and Beta Beta Beta They have set the wedding for June 1 at the First Baptist Church Edom.
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