Speedy recoveries and community notices in Grand Saline
Town segment covers Lisa Means injury from a trunk incident, Pat Magee’s recovery after major surgery, M A Buddy Boyles retirement from the Dallas Fire Department, a Dallas News route mishap near High Street, five Tyler Junior College Band members set for the Cowboy Dophin game in New Orleans, voter registration reminders, upcoming school holidays, Lt. Joe Bartley’s 20000 foot glare over Grand Saline, and locals braving 20 degree weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Davis
Robert
Dallas News
Mr. Davis
High Street
Grand Saline
Tyler Junior College
New Orleans
Karen Haptonstall
Teresa Weatherall
Yvonne Carter
Kim Adkins
Seven candidates file for Van Zandt County Precinct One seat
Van Zandt County voters will choose among seven announced candidates for Commissioner Precinct No 1 as Bill Fisher retires after 20 years. The field includes Dee Roy Tunnell Sloan Bud Herron Thompson Lambert Davidson and Joseph C Russell, all with long local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt County
Bill Fisher
Previnct No. 1
Grand Saline
MOD Kick-Off Banquet Sets Wednesday Night
The March of Dimes Kick-Off Banquet will be held Wednesday at 7:00 PM at Ward's Restaurant in Canton. Local chairman Gailen Stewart states Mrs. Junior Jennings will attend along with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and other MOD workers. Plans include fund raising projects, no telethon this year, with Lions Club support and additional entertainment to replace the telethon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward’s
Canton
Gailen Stewart
Lion
Billy Koonce
Stewart
van Zandt County
Lester Slaton
Nine-Year-Old Breaks Leg In Home Accident
Lisa Means, nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Means of Grand Saline, is in Medical Center Hospital Tyler with a broken left thigh from a 600 to 700 pound linoleum roll that fell on her while helping move into a new home. She will stay in traction with a knee pin for about five weeks before casting, and is listed in Room 318. She attends Grand Saline Elementary and is the granddaughter of Mrs Gladys Howell and Mrs H M Means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa Means
Carl Means
Grand Saline
Medical Center Hospital
Tyler
Lisa
Grand Saline Elementary School
Gladys Howell
H. M. Means
City Receives Fourth And Largest Tax Check
The City of Grand Saline reports its fourth and largest 1 percent city sales tax check, $7,760.84, bringing total receipts to $26,888.13 since October 1970. Funds fund street projects, repairs, and materials, with about $3,000 already spent on a new street from High Street to Richland Heights. The council approved minutes and monthly bills while discussing sewer tile costs, training tuition for a city officer, and water plant upgrades required by the State Health Department, to be completed by February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
Perry Pugh
Pugh
High Street
Richland Heights
Bill McKinney
Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co
Pat Heddins
Richard Koonce
Commerce
J. C. Gipson
State Health Department
Second Monthly $100 Drawing In Grand Saline Saturday
The Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce will hold its second monthly $100 drawing Saturday January 15 at 3 00 p m in front of Brown's Saline Butane Co W S Thomas Chamber president says registration runs Thursday January 13 to Saturday noon at participating merchants You may register at each place once The winner if present receives a $100 gift certificate redeemable at participating merchants If not present the winner gets a $25 show up prize and another name is drawn Participating merchants include Darby s City Pharmacy Saline Butane Heddins Chevrolet Buick Owens Lumber Steve s Pharmacy Jarvis Grand Saline Hardware Berry s Rash Ritchie and Brookshire s
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Saline
Brown’s Saline Butane Co
W. S. Thomas
Chamber
Darby’s
City Pharmacy
Saline Butane
Heddins Chevrolet-Buick
Owens Lumber Co
Steve’s Pharmacy
Jarvis
Grand Saline Hardware, Berry’s, Rash & Ritchie, and
Brookshire’s
Maximum Sentences Assessed Tuesday In Cattle Theft Cases
Van Zandt County cases yield 10 year terms for Felix Denton and Curtis Hollingsworth on cattle theft with five year counts for mortgaged property. Both sentences probated for full restitution within a year. Additional notices cover bank honors and local law enforcement updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt County
Felix Junior Denton
Curtis V. Hollingsworth
Grand Saline
Thomas H. Crofts
Bob Bartlett
Jim Hays
Garland Farm
van Zandt
B. W. Ward
Arkansas
Bartlett
John Mings
Star
Texas
Tyler
U. S. District Court
Monte Jack Gamble
Van
First National Bank of
U. S
William M. Steger
Sheriff's Department
Ward
Edom
Smith County
Chandler
Tax Collector to Visit Area Towns in January 1972
Van Zandt County Tax Assessor-Collector Mrs. Joan DuBose Guess will visit Wills Point Edgewood Van and Grand Saline in January to collect 1971 taxes and issue voter registration forms. Delinquent tax deadline is January 31 1972. Voter registration closes days before the May 6 1972 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan DuBose Guess
van Zandt
Wills Point
First National Bank
Edgewood
Van
First State Bank
Grand Saline
City Hall
Guess
Upper Sabine Project Receives $12 000 Yet Moves Forward
Texas Sabine River Authority proceeds with the Upper Sabine Project three new reservoirs Mineola Lake Fork and Big Sandy authorized by Congress in 1970 despite only 12 000 in federal planning funds. John W Simmons orange executive vice president and GM notes preplanning study funds of 218 000 and a 18 city memorandum with the Texas Water Development Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Sabine River Authority
Sabine
U.S. Public Works
John W. Simmons
Orange
Corps of Engineers
Mineola
Lake Fork
Big Sandy
Upper Sabine
Congress
The
Authority
Texas Water Development Board
Simmons
Grand Saliners To Attend FFA Awards Banquet
The Mineola District FFA will hold its annual District Awards Banquet at the Mineola school cafeteria on Wednesday Jan 19. Grand Saline participants include Patti Sutton as District Co Sweetheart and Dwight Brimer seeking Area office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America of
Mineola
Grand Saline
Patti Sutton
Dwight Brimer
David Crain
Thomas Gipson
Marshel Tipps
Greenhand
Robert Grier
Mike Monk
Lone Star Farmer
Douglas Parker
Joe Sutton
Taylor Rhodes
Stanley Appleton
Grand Saline Board Names E. B. Germany Field at New High School Park
Grand Saline School Board approves naming the new high school baseball field E. B. Germany Field after a local figure. Lights will be installed by spring with partial funding from the Chamber of Commerce while the district covers the remainder. Ernest Morgan won the old school bus bid at 210 dollars. The board also backs Superintendent Stewart’s trip to the AASA convention in Atlantic City and moves the February meeting to February 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
Gailen Stewart
Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Germany
Stewart
Ernest Morgan
American Association of School Administrators
Atlantic City
Bid Date For Housing Project Is Postponed
Charles Parker, executive director of the Housing Authority of Grand Saline, announces the January 18, 1972 bid date for 50 low rent units and one management building is postponed awaiting wage scale determination. About 10 contractors have shown interest. bidders with plans will be notified by letter and The Sun announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Parker
Housing Authority of
City of
Grand Saline
Parker
The
Sun
Former Resident Promoted at State Farm in Dallas
Jim B. Lathem of Grand Saline has been promoted to work management control analyst in the service and systems department at State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance. He joined State Farm in 1968 as an underwriter in Dallas and holds a University of Texas personnel management degree. Lathem and his wife Barbara Ann live at 217 S. Marsalis in Dallas and will move to Bloomington, Illinois area soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim B. Lathem
J. B. Lathem
Grand Saline
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Lathem
University of Texas
State Farm
Southwestern
Dallas
Barbara Ann
S. Marsalis
Bloomington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl
Pat Magee
Pat
Baylor Hospital
M. A
Buddy) Boyles
VZ Co
Joan Guess
Air Force
Joe Bartley
Bartley
Altus
Oklo
Bill
Bartleys
Dee Roy Tunnell
Herbert Sloan
A. L
Bud
Herron
J. M
Thompson
Loyd Lambert
R. E
Bud) Davidson
Joseph C. Russell
Fruitvale
West Grand Saline
East Grand Saline
Sand Flat
Dee Roy Tunnell Tunnell
Precinct
Homer E. Tunnell
Jones
W. Tunnell
Colfax
Lillie Hitt
Truett E. Tunnell
Virginia Hunt
All
Bud) Herron Nlerron
Lawrence Springs
Morton Salt Company
B. E. Herron
Gloria Parkerson
Donna Kay
Mona
Lawrence Springs Baptist Church
Annie Thompson
Monroe Thompson
Grand Saline High School
Korea
Man
Main Street Baptist Church
Lambert
Precinct 1
G. R. Lambert
Oakland
J. S. Lambert
Ile
Juanita Warn
Sharon Barbosa
Helen Stevison
Nettie Lynn Lambert
Joe Lambert
Oakland Baptist Church
A. BE
Bud) Davidson Davidson
Bertha
Robert Rhea Davidson
Patsy Sue Newcombe
Farmerville
Davidson
Fisher
Joseph C. Russell Russell
Myrtle Russell
Claude
van Zandt Rural Water Board Commission
Dallas Bank
Jack Haptonstall
Citizens National Bank of Dallas
Haptonstall
Mary Jo Jennings
Windy Hill
East
North Park
Southland
R. A. Hanaman
Grand Saliners
FFA
New High School
B’ball
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