$2000 Goal Set For 1968 March Of Dimes Drive
Van Zandt County plans a January fund campaign to aid birth defects and polio. 1208 volunteers kick off with a Canton banquet and reports from Lester Slaton on fund use. Coin collectors will tour Grand Saline and highway routes, while Telethon and Country and Western Show fundraisers run January 20 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt County
Bob Johnson
Canton
Lester Slaton
Kenneth Ralph
Dallas
Grand Saline
W. B. Moore
Clyde Darnell
Morgan Cumbie
U.S, Highway 80
Morgan
Dot” Jennings
Dalphine Bouzman
Tyler
Judge Truett Mayo
MC van Zandt
Citizens Band Radio Club of
KLTV
Lloyd Lewis
Bill Harris
Harris
Newsprint Molasses Feed Tested on Heifers
Penn State dairy scientists fed a ground newsprint and molasses mix to a test group of heifers for 56 days. The cows digested the blend as well as a standard high quality supplement, suggesting a cheap fiber rich feed could ease future world food deficits without using human food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
Pennsylvania State University
Earl M. Kesler
Marine son writes home as Vietnam service continues
Community features a letter request for service members to write home and share location and news. The piece highlights Charles Louderman, a Marine from Grand Saline, serving in Vietnam since 1967, now two months into his deployment, and includes a buddy written poem about battlefield deaths.
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Charles Louderman
W L. Louderman
Rt. 2
Grand Saline
Vietnam
Charles
Former Resident Boxie Box Declared Dead in Vietnam
Houston Box Jr. known as Boxie Boxie Boxie is reported missing in action in Vietnam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Houston Box Sr formerly of Grand Saline now in Sacramento California. Family was notified Tuesday night that Boxie Boxie was officially declared dead.
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Houston Box, Jr
Boxie
Vietnam
Houston Box Sr
Grand Saline
Sacramento
Calif
Bob Box
Winter Weather Woes Hit Grand Saline Area
Local residents report one of the worst winters in years with rain snow and sleet dominating the past days. Weather observer Earl Friedline notes 11 inches of rain for Grand Saline since October and a cool year with 12 degree cold snap on January 12.
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Grand Saline
Earl Friedline
Friedline
Tyler
Tax Assessor-Collector to Visit Grand Saline for 1967 Taxes
Mrs. Joan Guess will collect 1967 taxes and issue voter registration certificates in Grand Saline at City Hall on Thursday January 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Taxpayers should bring tax statements. Additional sessions occur in Edgewood January 18, Van January 23, and Wills Point January 16 at local banks and fire hall. All must register to vote.
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Joan Guess
Grand Saline
Joan (DuBose) Guess
van Zandt
Guess
Wills Point
First National Bank
Joan (Dubose
Canton
Texas
van Zandt County
Foye S. Fowler
John L. Hill
Hill
United States
Ecounty
Coun
Hollowell and Roberts visit Van Zandt County in holiday tour
Bill Hollowell escorted Congressman Ray Roberts through Canton Grand Saline and other Van Zandt County communities meeting residents. Roberts spoke at Canton Lions Club about tax Vietnam and inflation ahead of the 1968 session while Hollowell recently began work as Legal Advisor and Administrative Assistant to Clerk of the House W Pat Jennings after active duty in the Air Force.
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Grand Saline
Canton
van Zandt County
Bill Hollowell
Bill
Ray Roberts
McKinney
Roberts
W. Pat Jennings
United States House of Representatives
Washington
United States Air Force
Lions Club
Vietnam
First Singing In New Church At Creagleville
Minter White, president of the Creagleville singing class, announces the first meeting in the new church on Sunday January 14 at 1 30 p m. The group meets monthly and last convened in August in the old building. He expects top Texas singers and urges attendance if weather permits.
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Minter White
Creagleville
Burglars Hit Grand Saline Hardware For Third Time
Thieves burglarized Grand Saline Hardware and Appliance Score again just before daybreak stealing five guns and two TV sets valued at over 400 dollars. Returns note the prior three break ins totaled roughly 2 300 and 500 in losses with multiple TVs guns and radios. Authorities continue investigations with a local youth undergoing a lie detector test in Dallas though no results released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burges
Dallas
B. W. Ward
Cafe Opens In Herb Carroll Shopping Center
Mr and Mrs Jim Battles former Grand Saline cafe owners announce a new cafe in the Herb Carroll Shopping Center one mile east of Fruitvale and four miles from Grand Saline on US 80 They lease the new cafe from Herb Carroll and plan a Grand Opening Friday and Saturday January 12 13 with special prices during the two days and invite Grand Saline residents to visit.
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Herb Carroll
Fruitvale
Grand Saline Cafe
Grand Saline
U. S. Highway 80
Battles
Mrs. Battles
The
Sun
Local Realtors Installed At Terrell Meeting
Mr and Mrs Howard Hill were installed as officers of the Kaufman Rockwall Van Zandt Board of Realtors at the last regular meeting in Terrell Hill serves as Director and Mrs Hill as Secretary treasurer The board is the local unit of the Texas Real Estate Association and the National Association of Real Estate Boards Both Hills are members of the National Institute of Farm and Land Brokers The organizations work together with citizens to improve the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hill
Kaufman, Rockwall, van Zandt Board of Realtors
Terrell
Hill
Lions Club to Hear March of Dimes Program January 16
Grand Saline Lions Club sets a Tuesday night meeting to discuss March of Dimes spending. Randall Gary announces Alf Roberson as local chair and Rev. Kenneth Ralph as principal speaker with a film on birth defects and the 1968 drive.
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Grand Saline Lions Club
Lions
Randall Gary
March of Dimes
Alf Roberson
Kenneth Ralph
van Zandt County
Ralph
Six-Cent Postage Goes Into Effect Nationwide
The Post Office Department activated a major rate change at midnight, raising five-cent letters to six cents and four-cent postcards by one cent, with airmail and greeting card stamps up two cents. Revenue tops $915 million annually, and new stamp booklets and vending machine updates begin this week.
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Post Office Department
Lawrence F. O'Brien
W. H. Roberson
EB. A
Bud) Burrow
Fruitvale
Critica
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Grand Saline church league basketball opens Saturday
The Grand Saline Ministerial Alliance Church Basketball League starts play this Saturday January 13. Boys must be in the second grade and under 14 by January 1 1968. Saturday games include Main Street Baptist versus First Baptist Bible Baptist versus First Methodist and Main Street Baptist versus Nazarene. The Sun will publish full schedule and rules next week.
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Grand Saline Ministerial Alliance Church Basketball League
Sun
Call on God's Power Within Us to Grow Strength
Feelings of weakness fade as believers claim strength in the Lord. The message urges stirring up the God power within, calling on reserves of energy and might housed in every believer to remain strong in faith and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel
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Alf Rebergon
Earuh
Boxie” Box
Hollowell
Robert
Rains County
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Senate
House
Congressman Roberts
Hoellewell
New Church
Mr. White
County Tex Assessor
County
Grand Saline Hardware
Marlin Burges
Jim Battles
Postal Revenues
Church League
Main Street Baptist
First Baptist
Bible Baptist
First Methodist
Nazarene
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