Candidates Begin Filing For May Primary Ballot
Democratic candidates started lining up for the May 4 primary with incumbents first to announce. Three county races include Bob Bartlett for Criminal District Attorney, Joan Guess for Tax Assessor-Collector, and Sheriff seeking a second four year term. Local races in Precinct No 1 feature Bill Fisher and Dee Roy Tunnel, while Bill Bass seeks a second term as State Representative for the 12th District. Congressman Ray Roberts indicated he would run for a second term, representing multiple counties.
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Bob Bartlett
Joan (Dubose) Guess
van Zandt County
B. W. Ward
van Zandt
Bill Fisher
Fisher
The
Sun
Dee Roy Tunnel
Bill Bass
Martins Mill
Base
Bass
Henderson
Kaufman
Ray Roberts
Grand Saline
Fast
Roberts
Rains
Smith
Dwokiin
Fannin Grayson
Gregg
Hunt
Rockwall
New Year Leadership and Reflections in Grand Saline
Miss Barbara Bever, formerly with the Edgewood Chamber of Commerce, is selected to head the Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce for 1968. The piece urges community support for Bever and the Chamber, offers New Year blessings, and shares reflections on leftover world issues and renewal. It also notes sympathy for friends who lost loved ones, including J. W. Jarmon.
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Barbara Bever
Edgewood Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Saline
Bever
Grand Salne
Miss Bever
Jesus
God
Man of Galilee
J. W. Jarmon
Route 4
Dee Roy Tunnell Seeks Com Precinct 1 Office
Dee Roy Tunnell, a Precinct 1 native, announces a bid for the County Commissioners seat now held by Bill Fisher. He cites deep local roots, family history in Precinct 1, and plans to visit every voter before the May primary.
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Dee Roy Tunnell
Grand Saline Sun
Mr. Tunnell
Precinct 1
Colfax
Jones
Bill Fisher
Homer E. Tunnell
C. W. Tunnell
Precinct No. 1
Tunnell
Lillie Hitt
Truett FE. Tunnell
Virginia Hunt
Ward Seeks Second Term as Van Zandt County Sheriff
Sheriff B. W. Ward announces candidacy for a second four year term in Van Zandt County. He cites firm fair and impartial law enforcement, diligence and effectiveness, asking citizens, grand jurors and courts to evaluate his first term and support his continuation.
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van Zandt County
FIA to Make Emergency Loans in Van Zandt County
Senator Ralph Yarborough announced the Farmer's Home Administration is authorized to issue emergency loans to farmers in Van Zandt County after excessive rain damaged cotton crops. Farmers should contact Bill Boyd at the agriculture building in Canton for details.
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FIA
Ralph Yarborough
Farmer's Home
van Zandt County
Yarborough
Bill Boyd
Agriculture Building
Canton
Voter registration urged as deadline nears in Grand Saline
Mrs. Foge S. Fowler, voter registration center head, says registration is slow with January 31 the last day to vote. About 200 have registered. Parents or spouses can register for others living at home or in service. Registration hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Past turnout in Grand Saline boxes reached around 700 west and 400 east.
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Grand Saline
Van Zandt County Agents Honored at Surprise Dinner
Alma Flippo and Todd Berry of Van Zandt County received plaques at a Canton dinner reading in appreciation of invaluable service. Floyd Pitts was named 1967 most valued citizen. Judge Mayo served as emcee and presented the honorees in a This Is Your Life style program. Local guests included Mr. and Mrs. Flippo and extended family, with music by Colonel Luther and Dorothy Davis. The event, at Howell's Service Cafe, was organized by Mrs. Todd Berry and others, with Rev. Richardson delivering the invocation.
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van Zandt
Alma Flippe
Todd Berry
Canton
Floyd Pitts
Marvin Henry
Doris Burns
Sue Griffith
Judge Mayo
Nell Pate
Eunice Travis
Pattie Pitts
Merle Dunn
Flippo
Pitts
Mayo
Free State
Berry
Joe
John
Mrs. Berry
Larkin Gooch
Porter Norwoods
Detroit
Texas
Lois Evans
Lindsay
Oklahoma
Miriam Malone
Clarksville
Hansford Flippo
Charles B. Flippo
Grand Prairie
Van
Colonel Luther
Dorothy Davis
D. G
Pure Oil Lake
Howell's Service Cafe
Canton Baptist
Richardson
Shaw retires from Wood County Electric. Nichols named manager
Wood County Electric Cooperative announces Virgil B. Shaw will retire January 1 1968 after guiding the co op to a four and one half million dollar enterprise since 1937 Juan D Nichols will become manager effective that date Shaw will remain as consultant Nichols 36 a former power use advisor and assistant manager since 1966 is a Wood County native with a BS in agriculture from East Texas State University He has Navy service and local civic roles including Quitman School Board vice president Rotary president and farm supply background.
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Wood County Electric Cooperative, Inc
W. B. Shaw
Nichols
Shaw
Ernest Burgess
Wood County
Coke
Winnsboro
East Texas State University
U.S. Navy
Methodist Church
Quitman
Franklin Roosevelt
REA
Jack Hudson
Bill Morrison
Waco
Bell
Barbara Bever Named Manager Of Local Chamber Of Commerce
The Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce appoints Barbara Bever of Edgewood as its Manager. Bever, last two years Edgewood Chamber manager, aims to boost citywide sales events and attract industry to Grand Saline. She began duties January 2 and invites residents to visit.
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Barbara Bever
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Saline
Texas
Mrs Bell Improves After Fall Breaks Arm
Mrs. John Bell is slowly improving after suffering a broken arm in a fall at her home on Saturday December 23.
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John Bell
PTA Executive Committee Meeting Set for January 9
The PTA executive committee will meet Tuesday night January 9 at 7 30 in the high school office per publicity chairman Mrs Eugene Bates. All committee members are urged to attend.
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PTA
Eugene Bates
Behold a New Life Embraced in Truth and Courage
A devotional message invites readers to begin anew. It speaks of leaving behind yesterday's patterns and stepping forward with courage and strength into a transformed life, free in the moment of Truth.
Snowy Yard Tour Shows Local Homes and Happy Children
Reading left to right the scene begins at the home of Mr and Mrs J E Persons, proceeds to the Milam residence, then a group of youngsters plays with snowballs on the Darby lawn, concluding with a scene described as one of the most beautiful.
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J. E. Persons
Bud Milam
Galloway Darby
Dave Calhoun
Thomas Campbell
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Town
Alf Roberson
Ted Jones
Ted
Pol. Adv
van Zandt Co
Pol
Miss Flippo
Virgil B. Shaw
Juan Nichols
V. B. Shaw
Commissioners Precinct No
PTA Executive
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