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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1975
Page
1
A burpless seedless cucumber grown by R W Newberry is shown in the Sun Office window. It is about 15 inches long and shaped like a boomerang. Regular gospel singing at Anderson Nursing Home on June 24 from 6 30 to 8 p m. Dewey Pierce, chairman, invites singers and gospel fans to attend.
The Summer Reading program recognizes school age children for reading 12 or more books with certificates and prizes for top readers. Story hours run on the first and third Saturdays, starting June 21 at 10 a.m. at the library.
John T. Pryor was elected master of Grand Saline Masonic Lodge 1269 at the meeting on June 10. Rex Hood, David Gann, Murry Means, Doug Nichols, and John Teague named as senior warden, junior warden, treasurer, tiler, and secretary respectively for the 75 76 year. Installation set for June 24 at 7 30 p.m. in the lodge hall. public invited.
A Texas Airport System joint planning conference will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Tyler City Hall. Don Rae Smith and Wood Counties will be discussed with East Texas Council of Governments officials and airport leaders. The meeting covers benefits of air transport, aviation facilities, forecasted demand, and financing alternatives for system growth.
Ronald D. Sherbert an osteopathic doctor will begin practice in Grand Saline July 7 at the Grand Saline Clinic. He completes internship at Dallas Chiro practic Hospital June 30 and is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and Texas College of Osteopathy Fort Worth. He and his wife Kay Petty from Van Zandt County move with their 19 month old son Blake to a new home on Glenlain Drive.
A Grand Saline drive raised 283 for the Texas Association for Mental Health. Tom J. Caldwell Jr, president of the citizens' association, thanked drive chair Faye Adkins. The group, a nationwide advocate for the mentally ill, has 20 Texas chapters and over 10,000 members. The association aims to boost child mental health and community services. An 18 part education newsletter on child development, produced with state agencies, now reaches 81,000 Texas families and will reach 120,000 by 1978.
SWEPCO president J Lamar Stall warned employees and reporters that public understanding is low as the energy crunch grows. He said coal and nuclear power will become essential, with a coal unit near Daingerfield and Pittsburg to begin in early 1977 and lignite-fired plans in the mid 1980s. Stall cited rising construction costs and financing hurdles while noting residential fuel costs rose modestly in 1974. He criticized Texas Utilities Commission and urged media to educate the public about the necessity of coal and nuclear options.
Auditors from the U S Treasury Department arrived at the Van Zandt County Courthouse on June 13 to audit Revenue Sharing funds received by the county government over the past three years totaling about 861 950 dollars. The review checks compliance with federal law and guidelines governing federal money passed to local governments. No discrepancies have been indicated so far.
Local age data show fewer than 32 percent of residents were alive in 1918 and under half had been born by 1933. Postwar birth rates lifted the youth share, with more than half of the U S population under 30 and Van Zandt median age at 38.4 compared with national 28.1 and Texas 26.4.
Canton police found two men aged about 50 to 60 at Canton's lake area around 3 a m on Wednesday after a midnight death. Names withheld pending relatives' notification. Authorities from Canton police Van Zandt County Sheriff's department and Texas Rangers are investigating. The men were camping at the scene and died from unknown physical blows. no murder weapon located. Local address reportedly linked to Red River County. Further details awaited.
Van Zandt County deputy Ward linked two dead men near Canton City Lake to a double homicide. The victims Paul Brown, 64, of Canton Route 1, and Eunice Hastings of Bagwell were killed with a blunt instrument, with an autopsy confirming the cause of death.
Shirley Anderson was installed as president of the Grand Saline Lions Club with District 2S2 Governor B C Schaefer presiding. New officers include Marvin Dietel, Charles Haisten, and Fernando Maciel as first to third vice presidents, and Earlon Lee, Clarence Barfield and Marion Quinn as directors. Secretary-treasurer roles go to John Penn, Robert Wil, and Vernon Moore. Schaefer praised Lions in 146 nations, noting Mexico's Lions built 456 schools and raised funds for materials and construction. He urged attendance at the national convention in Dallas, June 25 through 28.
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