Van Zandt County 1970 Census Highlights Income and Demographics
The 1970 census reports Van Zandt County average family income at 6776, below Texas at 8490, with per capita income 2392. Population 22,155. 4,434 residents 5 and over lived in another county in 1965, 412 in another state. Labor force participation varied by sex. 23.3 percent white collar and 13.7 percent government workers.
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van Zandt County
Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Fishing Report Highlights Bass Crappie and Catfish Activity
The report notes good fishing over the past week with bass active early and late in two to three pound range. Spinners and bayou boogies prospected around mossy banks and the dam while crappie were strong at night in forty to fifty feet, and channel cats at night in twenty feet. Government documents priced at six dollars are listed at the end.
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Jim Brawner
Dallas
Bennie Glen McNorton
Corinth
Curtis Cooper
Tyler
Mike Martin
de Benshouf
M. L. Mattingly
Bobby
Jackie
Red McNorton
Bubba Cypert
Grand Saline
Worship by the New Testament pattern in five acts
The churches of Christ follow a simple direct worship plan guided by New Testament teaching. Worship includes the Lord's Supper on the first day of each week, teaching, fellowship, prayers, and singing with understanding and melody as commanded. They avoid human commandments and aim to stay within the divine pattern.
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Churches of Christ
Paul
Mary Class Picnic At Kleer Park
Members of the Mary Class of First Baptist Church met at Kleer Park on Thursday evening July 20 for a picnic. Families attended and enjoyed plentiful food and a wonderful time.
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Mary
First Baptist Church
Kleer Park
Local visits and space research notes dominate small town roundup
Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. L R McLain and families visit relatives in Magnolia Arkansas and Omaha Nebraska as Captain Glen Stovall prepares for a new Air Force assignment. The piece also surveys NASA funded space research outcomes from fabrics to assistive devices and public health impacts, noting weekly accident fatalities and hospitalizations.
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Captain Stovall
Air Force
Omaha
Nebraska
Mark Baker
Greenville
Granny Lois Quinn
Mike
Pat Staggs
Dallas
Ken Staggs
Kenneth Berry
Boiling Springs Families Visit Grand Saline Relatives
Mr and Mrs Bob Lamb and their children from Boiling Springs North Carolina visited Mary and Beth with relatives in Grand Saline. They spent time with Gordon Bryant and Phillip Koonce and saw Phillip Koonce Sr, in Weslaco highway patrolman Butch Koonce is noted as part of the family visit.
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Bob Lamb
Robert
Mary
Beth
Boiling Springs
N.C
Gordon Bryant
Phillip
Butch) Koonce
Weslace
Texas
Grand Saline
Butch
Phillip Koonce
Weslaco
Bring A Guest Lions Club Meeting Tuesday
Lions Club will meet Tuesday August 1 at the Rebekah Hall from noon to 1 PM. Lunch will be served and a slide-tape program on Texas state budgeting issues will be shown by the Texas Manufacturers Association. John Hardin coordinated the TMA center and Cindy Henderson will present the program.
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Lions Club
Rebekah Hall
Pany
Tyler
Texas Manufacturers Association
Cindy Henderson
Hardin
Lee
Youngbloods and friends vacation in Arkansas last week
Mr and Mrs Austin Youngblood of Jacksonville visited relatives including Mr and Mrs Milton Youngblood and Mr and Mrs J C Russell along with Mr and Mrs Lovell Smith and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Lewis during a trip in Arkansas last week.
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Austin Youngblood
Jacksonville
Milton Youngblood
J. C. Russell
Lovell Smith
Lloyd Lewis
Arkansas
VA Questions And Answers from Veterans Administration
The VA addresses common queries on memorial markers for WWII lost in action, nursing home care limits for veterans, and changing the address for compensation checks. It explains where to obtain forms, who administers benefits, and how to arrange direct deposit and authorization through power of attorney.
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Veterans Administration
Office of
Chief Support Services
Department of the Army
Washington, D.D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Bennie McNorton
Lake Tawakoni
Fishing Report
Holiday Marina
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
The
Church of Christ
Fruitvale
California
Mark Downs
Jimmie Peterson
Texas A&m University
Homemakers
Lucille Watson
Huntsville, Tex
Huntsville
John Hardin
Clanahan Construction Com
Hardwick
Hardwick Gas Range
West Frank St
Marlin Burges
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