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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1956
Page
4
Sally Ryan of ETSTC interviews Vern Caperton of Grand Saline for The Sun. Caperton details a life of多 varied jobs since high school, including nurse training, telephone work, secretary duties, and church organist roles, and recalls her long marriage as she turns 64 years wed.
Sun meets Aunt Betty Morris daughter and son in law D E King recall her 84 year old mother, a devoted Christian influence on food and life in Grand Saline. Betty Morris raised a large family with three daughters and four sons, totaling 26 grandchildren and several great grandchildren, living on North Spring Street with a prized garden.
The junior of Grand Saline, Vern, recounts a varied career path from telephone operator to church organist and bilingual typist. She also trained as a nurse, sold items during travels, and worked as secretary for French and Spanish departments while pursuing library science and English studies with plans to become a librarian after marrying Marvin Myers in June.
Delayed Providence visitations as families travel to Dallas and Palestine. Edgewood residents Bea and Mary Carter join Mrs. J. Martin and EA Short for Sunday singing at New Hope. Carroll’s Rev Louis Goodson and family attend events with Short and Brunner. Cindy Brunner and others share ice cream at Marshall Smith home. Funeral of Mrs. Short’s grandmother Mrs. Ruple in Winnsboro noted. Various family visits span Grand Prairie Dallas Palo Pinto Jamestown Hawkins Baytown and Shreveport with multiple local households hosting and traveling relatives.
Jacksonville reports the second day of the 1956 tomato shipping deal with light offerings and firm prices. Tuesday's ruling price begins at eight cents per pound and higher. bushel lots reach five dollars and up, while Monday stays near three fifty to three seventy six. Growers show improved quality control and grading, with production in the immediate area about half of 1955 and total processing tonnage likely to match last year as movement widens to the broader region.
Oscar Barbee, longtime Grand Saline resident, died June 8 in Louisiana. Funeral services were conducted June 9 in Bunkie. He was born and raised in Grand Saline, worked for Western Union, and is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter in El Paso, and several Lindsey and Marion relatives in Grand Saline.
The Lebews Ledew and wife Corrine visit Grand Saline this week. They live in Baton Rouge where Lebew works for Southern National Life Insurance. They left here in 1924 and have daughter Jimmie Dee married and an office supervisor at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Their son James Dudley is a minister in North Carolina.
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