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Grand Saline's 1937 milestones and local tales
In 1937 Grand Saline saw Gabbert's bakery set up in the Louie Rose building with Joe Gabbert in attendance despite a broken leg. Allen Pinkerton became Worshipful Master of the Masonic lodge, and a Dallas beauty crowned queen Harriet Griffith at McFarland Auditorium. A new local flying club formed, with pilots from Dallas and Greenville using a pasture airstrip. The Grand Saline Sun noted a pear tree planted in 1853 by James A. Geddie still bearing fruit, and local hog deaths from butter bean hulls. A salt mine accident injured John Trego, and W L Baker returned to recall 1900 dining days with Aunt Clancy.
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Grand Saline
Gabbert
Louie Rose
Frank Street
Joe Gabbert
C.C. Sinclair
Allen Pinkerton
Jack Miller
Archie Abell
Nig McRight
James Miller
Dallas
Greenville
Poe
Wilderspin’s
Mary Adkins
Grand Saline Sun
North Carolina
James A. Geddie
Cumberland County
N.C
Greene County
Alabama
Owlet Green
J.C. Stewart
Ben Gentry
Brady Gentry
John Trego
Trego
W.L. Baker