Hoover cites Bible as guide to life and FBI work
In a late interview Hoover says the Bible shaped his daily life and FBI leadership. He asserts honesty integrity and fair play guide operations and that religion strengthens character and judgment, warning a nation without God loses moral competence for living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Trude B. Feldman
FBI
Mr. Hoover
Miss Feldman
Hoover
God
Ten Most Wanted Men 9 The man who tries to be the right example
A call to emulate virtuous conduct as a model for children. Emphasizes honesty, humility, self discipline, faith, responsibility, church participation, and generosity as core traits. Encourages readers to strive for all ten qualities in daily life.
Middle American discussed as price squeeze grows
Uncle Dan recalls a country store session where Clem Webster argues the middle American faces rising costs and limited relief. Zeke Grubb agrees the middle class bears the burden while older folks gain benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Webster
Country Store
Clem
Zeke Grubb
Zeke
Bug Hookum
Bug
Uncle Sam
Uncle Dan
Letters and To The SUN Note on Submissions
Readers are invited to send letters limited to 300 words with legible typing. All communications may be edited to fit space and for libel safety. Letters must be signed and include the author’s address.
Request for Woodside Cemetery article and class reunion details
Beatrice Swain Prather asks the paper to run an article on Woodside Cemetery to aid fundraising and upkeep. She notes peace at the cemetery, asks who is in charge of maintenance, and seeks information on a Class of 1946 reunion every five years with local classmates. She also includes a subscription payment and mentions plans to publish the cemetery piece soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Swain Prather
Beatrice
Woodside Cemetery
Defamation and a Court Ruling on Insulting Words
A discussion of how slander is judged in varying settings with examples at a golf course, a jewelry firm conference, and a club meeting. Courts weigh whether remarks are general bluster or specific accusations affecting trust and office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
G. S. Sun Occupies First Brick Building Built Here
Grand Saline records an early brick era as Bob McBride recalls building Grand Saline’s first brick structure in 1892. The sunken tale follows brickmaking by E. D. McBride and sons, noting lime binding, clay sources, and major projects including Marett and Morton Salt Company walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Sun
Grand Saline
McBride
E. D. McBride
Bob
Bill
John
Bob McBride
Marett
Main Street
Parsons
J. E. Andrews
Grand Saline Hardware Company
Morton Salt Company
Salt City Company
John McBride
Social Security Q&A Tips on Quarter Credit and Benefits
Questions and answers explain quarter credit rules for earnings whether in part of a calendar quarter, potential benefits for a disabled adult child, continued student benefits despite scholarships, and reporting work during disability. Include mail contact in Tyler Texas and note attribution to ABA and State Bar of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Office
P. O. Box
Tyler
Texas
Vacation Bible School Notes and Local Visits
Sunday services and Vacation Bible School details fill a Busy Bee Club and church notices. Residents from Grand Saline Tyler Dallas Canton Gilmer Greensboro and other nearby towns are listed with weekend visits and family stops. Aug 14 to 20 at Calvary Baptist School invites volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cauren
Opal Bruner
Grand Saline
Mary Carpenter
Jim Ellis
Clyde Fowler
West Mineola Baptist Church
Claude Ballard
Sand Flat
Effie Louton
J. B. Steel
Troup
Milton Nipper
Johnny Glen
Billy Jack
Gilmer
Kenneth Dickerson
Lindale
Lettie Dickerson
Jarrel Dean
Wastie Sweeten
Dallas
Rue Wyatt
Tyler
Jess Coley
Jarrel Dean Dickerson
Keith Clements
Colfax
W. C. Fowler
Gertrude Erwin
Effie Lauton
Jarrel Hazzard
Conroe
Weldon Graham
Canton
F. D. Crouch
Lorena Marshall
Vickie
Sam Luckett
Arlington
Gladys Luckett
Barton
Van
Diana Shirley
Kenneth Brooks
Linda
H. G. Shirley
Vernon
Busy Bee Club
R. L. Box
Donnie Burges
Nath Lee
James Ellis
Clyde
Bill Neal
Coley
Ada Black
Baton Rouge
Jerry Erwin
Raymond Erwin
Buddy Carpenter
Greensboro
North Carolina
Mitchell Brown
Groesbeck
Hugo Carpenter
Amy Ruth Emmons
Felton Smith
Baileus Crouch
Rey
Jarres Dean
Durham Riggs
Mineola
Larry Hathcock
Mesquite
Miles Langley
Cedar Hill
Jack Moore
Calvary Baptist Church
Lois Powell
Rites Held For Dillard W Boyd
Final rites for Dillard W. Boyd 59 of 626 Blackwell Tyler were held Friday at Burks Walker Tippit Chapel. Burial followed in Primrose Cemetery Van Zandt County. Boyd died Wednesday in a Dallas hospital after a brief illness. He lived in Tyler and Smith County most of his life and was a Pentecostal Church member. He worked as a yard maintenance man for Howe Baker Co. of Tyler and served in World War II with the American Legion. Survivors include his wife Viola Boyd of Tyler. three sons Bobby Ray Boyd Joe Benny Boyd and the Rev Billy Joe Boyd. two daughters Dianne Crawford Ben Wheeler and Norma King of Tyler. two sisters Donne Smith Van and Revie Dean Chandler. 12 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard Boyd
Dillard W. Boyd
Blackwell, Tyler
Burks-Walker-Tippit Chapel
A. L. Hubbard
Gaye Weaver
Primrose Cemetery
van Zandt County
Boyd
Dallas
Tyler
Smith County
Pentecostal Church
Howe Baker Co
American Legion
Viola Boyd
Bobby Ray Boyd
Joe Benny Boyd
Billy Joe Boyd
Grapeland
Dianne Crawford
Ben Wheeler
Norma King
Donne Smith
Van
Revie Dean
Chandler
Rites Held For Mrs Rodden's Kin
Mrs Avanell Rodden Flint died at her Kemp Route 5 home on May 21. Funeral services were held June 1 at Anderson Clayton Bros Chapel in Kemp with Rev. Housewright and Rev. Quatlebaum officiating. Interment followed in Shiloh cemetery. pallbearers were her nephews. She was a former Grand Saline resident who lived in Dallas and Kemp after marriage. She was a Baptist, member of the Kemp Wednesday Club, and past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star. Surviving: husband Cosby Flint of Kemp, son Yancy Dixie Flint of Dallas, step-daughter Jewell Roberts of DeRidder LA, five grandchildren, mother Willie B. Rodden of Grand Saline, brothers Riley Rodden of Dallas and L D Rodden Jr. of Fort Worth, sisters Appie Franklin of Arlington, Marjorie Shaw of Fort Worth, and Rena Cernoch of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Avanell Flint
Kemp
Anderson- Clayton Bros
B. C. Housewright
S. R. Quatlebaum
Shiloh
Avanell Rodden Flint
Grand Saline
Dallas
The
Baptist Church
Wednesday Club
Eastern Star
Cosby Flint
Yancy Dixie Flint
Jewell Roberts
de- Ridder
Willie B. Rodden
Riley Rodden
L. D. Rodden Jr
Fort Worth
Appie Franklin
Arlington
Marjorie Shaw
Rena Cernoch
Purchases Junior Membership in Cattle Association
Jesse D. Harrell of Grand Saline Texas has joined the American Shorthorn Association as a Junior Member. The program grants registration privileges without voting and supports education and participation in junior beef events as part of the breed promotion efforts for Shorthorns, the oldest beef breed in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse D. Harrell
P. O. Box
Grand Saline
Texas
American Shorthorn Association
Sherman Berg
Berg
Jesse
United States
Locals Spotlight Elizabeth Thomas at Glorietta Assembly
Locals report Miss Elizabeth Anne Thomas daughter of Dr and Mrs W S Thomas serves her first term on the staff of Glorietta Baptist Assembly in Glorieta New Mexico. She recently completed her first year at Tyler Junior College. Mrs Hallye Watson and Mrs Marie Sharp were Irving Sunday for the christening of Jason Anthony Walker son of Thomas and Suzi Walker at First United Methodist Church. Mrs J E Andrews and Mrs Eba Hill of Dallas visited Grand Saline with Mrs Raymond Robert-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Anne Thomas
W. S. Thomas
Grand Saline High School
Glorietta Baptist Assembly
Glorieta
New Mexico
Tyler Junior College
Hallye Watson
Marie Sharp
Irving
J. E. Andrews
Eba Hill
Dallas
Grand Saline
Raymond Robert
C of C Directors Meet Tuesday
Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce board meets at Westward Ho to discuss summer baseball program sponsorship, upcoming membership drive, replacing the monthly drawing, and plans for a July holiday closure urging merchants to close July 3 and 4. Roy Nelson of Canton is lined up for a potential housing edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce
Westward Ho
Chamber
Sherry Allen
Billy Koonce
Allen
Roy Nelson
Canton
Nelson
C of C
Austin A. Smith Rites Held Sunday
Funeral services for Austin A. Smith 82 of Rt. 2 Lindale were held at Union Chapel United Methodist Church near Van with Elder T. O. Darling and Rev. Hubert McClenny officiating. Burial followed at Union Chapel Cemetery. He died Friday night in a Tyler hospital. He was a lifelong Garden Valley resident, Alabama native, retired farmer, and member of Trinity Baptist Church Van. Survivors include wife Lora, three sons A. D. Smith Venus L. G. Smith Edom and A. A. Smith Jr. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin A. Smith
Rt. 2
Lindale
Union Chapel United Methodist Church
Van
T. O. Darling
Hubert McClenny
Union Chapel Cemetery
Smith
Tyler
Garden Valley
Alabama
Trinity Baptist Church of
Rites Held For Van Residents Kin
Final rites for Oke Humphrey 64 of Mesquite a former Tyler resident were conducted at Ealam Road Full Gospel Church Dallas. Burial followed at Laurel Oaks Memorial Park Mesquite. He died Tuesday after a long illness in a Mesquite hospital. He served in World War II and was a Mesquite School District custodian for 11 years. Family includes wife Frances and children James Frances Bannister and Sharon Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oke Humphrey
Mesquite
Tyler
Ealam Road
Full Gospel Church
Dallas
Clifford Copendege
Laurel Oaks Memorial Park
Anderson-Clayton Funeral Home
Humphrey
van Zandt County
Frances L. Humphrey
James O. Humphrey
Frances Bannister
Sharon Foster
Mary Humphrey
Van
Alvin Thomas Humphrey
Edom
Hailstone Size Records In U S Weather History
Mrs Joyce Bailey of Dallas visited the Spears and Bailey families over the weekend. National Geographic notes the largest hailstone in U S history weighed 1.67 pounds and measured 17% inches in circumference, falling in Coffeyville Kansas during September 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Bailey
Dallas
Spears and Bailey
United States
Coffeyville
Kansas
National Geographic
Tomahawks overpower Van No. 1 for 21 to 6 win
Friday scores show the Tomahawks defeating Van No. 1 21 to 6 in the baseball softball SRA standings. Other results include Hawkins 28 GS Squaws 25 and a schedule of future games across Free State League divisions with multiple matchups and venues listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomahawks
Hawkins
GS Squaws
PEE Wee Boys
GS Braves
Fruitvale
GS Apaches
GS Cubs
GS Astros
Canton
GS Chiefs
Van
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J. Edgar Hoover and the Bible
Dan
Coolie
Jimmie Peterson
Thomas F. Guy Tyler
Social Security Administration
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Will Bernard
Silver Lake
Cattle Assn
Rhonda Kay Heddins
Stanley Glen Reves
Lockney
Truman Heddins
Walter Reves
Miss Heddins
Reyes
Lockney High School
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