Voters to Decide on TJC Annexation Proposal in Grand Saline
Grand Saline taxpaying voters may cast ballots Saturday June 25 at Grand Saline High School Library from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the Tyler Junior College annexation proposal. If approved, Grand Saline students would gain tuition savings and access to a junior college district. rejection would end certain benefits.
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TJC
Grand Saline
Grand Saline Independent School District
Tyler Junior College
Grand Saline High School
Van
Junior College Coordinating Committee
Tyler
Faw
All Over Town highlights Grand Saline city updates
Grand Saline unveils a new City Hall with improved parking and a rear downtown lot. City leaders praise Jack Funderburk for free landscaping worth about 80 dollars and Floyd Pitts for donating the flag and pole valued at over 100 dollars. Dr and Mrs Marvin Honeycutt host fish thinning at their lakes. A brass elevation marker near Morton Salt prompts a search, and June is declared Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up month.
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Grand Saline
Pat Heddine
Darby
United States
Floyd Pitts
Pitts
W. L. Garland
Grand Saline Women Softball Win 9 8 In Seven Inning Thriller
Grand Saline defeated Edom 9 to 8 in seven innings as Edom powered up late but Grand Saline held the visitors scoreless in the seventh. The Grand Saline lineup included Coach Ronald Gray catcher Darlene Presswood pitcher Adene Lowe and players Billy Davis Helen Brown Lucille Monk Nona Parkerson Patsy Means Ranell Gray Jeanie Brown. The team travels to Brownsboro Thursday for the next game. Nearby visits noted Roger Dale Curnutt entrusted to Texas Lions Camp. Kerrville trip by Mr and Mrs Herbert Clower and grandson Russ.
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Grand Saline
Edom Ladies
Edom
Ronald Gray
Darlene Presswood
Adene Lowe
Billy Davis
Helen Brown
Lucille Monk
Nona Parkerson
Patsy Means
Ranell Gray
Jeanie Brown
Brownsboro
Herbert Clower
Russ
Kerrville
Tex
Roger Dale Curnutt
Texas Lions Camp
Grady Shirleys
Frank Wallace
Mineola
Lillian Nations
Boate Burges
Grand Saine
Independents to Play Lindale Colored Team
The Grand Saline Independent baseball team will play a colored team from Lindale on Sunday afternoon at 2:00. Manager Jimmy Don Williams invites all to watch good play. Jerry Jackson will likely pitch. he can really throw. The Independents recently lost to Kilgore and hold a 4 and 2 record.
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Grand Saline
Lindale
Jimmy Don Williams
Jerry Jackson
Williams
Kilgore
Morton Salt hires college students for summer work since 1959
Morton Salt Company expands its summer program at Grand Saline employing ten college students this year under a long running policy begun in 1959. The program aims to help students pay education costs and ease family finances while meeting plant labor needs.
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Morton Salt Company
Jack Brumbaugh
Grand Saline
Morton College
Brumbaugh
Morton
Ellis G. Carroll
Doug W. Carroll
Billy D. Bell
Ray L. Yarbrough
Jerry E. Hines
R. C. Williams
Orville Marett Jr
Phil Stordal
James McMakin
Phil Byford
Morton Chain
Lou Carroll
Larry Davis
William N. Fulgham
Richard Hill
Jerry Johnson
James Kuykendall
Ronnie Johnson
Darrell Lewis
Kenneth Kuykendall
E. R. Scott
Paul Sellers
Robert F. Smith
H. M. Wallace
Rex White
L. R.woodall
Ronald White
Oakland Singing Saturday Night at Baptist Church
According to Mrs. L. J. Fisher the regular fourth Saturday night singing in Oakland will be held June 25 at 7 p.m. in the Baptist Church. Everyone is invited to attend and join in the singing.
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L. J. Fisher
Oakland
Baptist Church
P.m
Grand Saline Area Receives Good Rain
The Grand Saline area recorded 1 inches of rain last Friday and 0.75 inch on Thursday, first rainfall this month. E P Friedline notes 2.25 inches last week bring yearly total to 28.25 inches, about 9 inches above average, with benefits for farmers and tomato growers after May’s 15 inches.
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Bo” Cason
Iola
Kansas
van Zandt County
Cason
Grand Saline
E. P. Friedline
New City Hall Open House Set For Tuesday June 28
Grand Saline mayor W L Garland Jr announces a city open house for the new City Hall complex on June 28 from 7 to 9 PM. The event will showcase the City Hall, Chamber of Commerce, Library, City Jail and fire facilities plus landscaping. A staff member recovering from an auto accident on June 11 will miss the event.
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New City Hall
Grand Saline
City Hall
W. L. Garland, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Garland
Stanley Appleton Installed as Grand Saline Lions President
Stanley Appleton was installed as the Grand Saline Lions Club president at a Tuesday night ceremony at the Rebekah Lodge. Jerry Dicken resigned to take a Perry Bros. Stores posting near Houston. Guest speaker Lion Lou Scudder led the installation and new officers include Randall Gary, Taylor Rhodes, Vernon Moore, Alf Roberson, Taner, Lou Carroll, with directors Ray Rucker and E. B. Germany.
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Rebekah
Lion Appleton
Lion’s
Lion Jerry Dicken
Perry Bros
Houston
Lion Lou Scudder
Tyler Lions
Lion Scudder
Randall Gary
Taylor Rhodes
Vernon Moore
Alf Roberson
Lion Taner
Lou Carroll
Ray
Rev Schafer and Family Take Two Week Vacation
James H. Schafer pastor of the First Baptist Church and his wife Billie with children Debbie and Jimmie left Monday for a two week vacation. They will visit Six Flags Over Texas and spend the first week in Dallas, then relax fishing at Lake Hawkins during the final week.
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James H. Schafer
First Baptist Church
Texas
Dallas
Schafer
Billie
Debbie
Jimmie
Lake Hawkins
Travis Shafer To Head G. Saline Masons For New Year
Jake Dickerson retires as Worshipful Master of Grand Saline Masonic Lodge No. 1269 and W. T. Shafer assumes the 1966 67 year. Officers elected June 9 include Fernando Maciel senior Warden Paul Bell junior warden Harold Cheser treasurer Jim Allen secretary (deceased) Tiler Dickerson. Installation June 30 at 7 30 pm with J. W. Carnutt installing officer and Howard Berry marshal.
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Jake Dickerson
Grand Saline
Bill Buchanan
William Ray Boyles
Clyde Darnell
Shafer
J. W. Carnutt
Howard Berry
Marshall
Little League Teams Face Mixed Results in June
SRA Little League Team No 7 beat Team 11 9 to 5 on June 13 then lost to Fruitvale 14 to 6 on June 16. Galloway Darby coaches Team 7 while Doug Carroll leads Team 11. SRA Pony League, led by Ray Rucker, beat Edgewood 11 to 10 in June. Pony League tied Wills Point 3 to 3 on June 13 at Wills Point, curfew halted play at 11. They later beat Van 12 to 4 on June 20. Doug Scott’s Little League Team No 13 defeated Van 18 to 3 on June 20 in Van and then beat SRA Team No 2 18 to 17 on June 16 here. They also beat Galloway Darby’s squad 21 to 6 on June 5 and Fruitvale 17 to 8 on June 6 at Fruitvale.
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SRA
Fruitvale
Doug Carroll
Galloway Darby
Ray Rucker
SRA _ Pony League
Edgewood
Pony League
Wills Point
Van
Doug Scott
Sth
Memphis Youth Choir Delights Grand Saline Audience
The Trinity Baptist Church Youth Choir from Memphis Tennessee directed by Archie Fray performed at Main Street Baptist Church on a Tuesday night in June for about fifty minutes. The thirty four member group sang hymns and spirituals and will tour Camden Arkansas Grand Prairie Texas Tyler Texas and Mena Arkansas sharing faith and fellowship. They stayed in local homes through a church hospitality network. Dr Bill Thomas pastor of Trinity Baptist is a Grand Saline native son.
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Quita Russell
Cue Russell
Hawkins
Steve Lacy
C. D. Lacy
Mineola
Washington, D.C
Government In Action
Wood County Electric Cooperative
Wood County
Texas
Dallas
Little Rock
Nashville
Roanoke
Washington
Knoxville
Memphis
Texarkana
Quita
Steve
Mount Vernon
W. B. Shaw
Juan Nichols
Trinity Baptist Church of
Tennessee
Archie Fray
Main Street Baptist Church
Christ
Camden
Arkansas
Grand Prairie
Tyler
Mena
Grand Saline
Bill Thomas
Trinity Baptist Church
Wiley Thomas
Condition Of Accident Victims
The latest report on the four accident victims at Tyler's Medical Center shows Hugh Bennett has left intensive care and walked some this week. Louise Bennett remains in intensive care with little change, Herman Ball is improving, and Lucille Ball remains in intensive care with only a slight chance of recovery. friends are invited to send cards or short visits.
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Hugh Bennett
Herman Ball
Hugh
Louise
Herman
Lucille
Tyler
Grand Saline
Fourth Sunday Singing at First Pentecostal Church
Fletcher Smith describes a good old fashion singing event at the First Pentecostal Church on Houston Street. It will run from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with an open invitation for all attendees.
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First Pentecostal
Houston Street
Fletcher Smith
Smith
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Jack Funderburk
Funderburk Nursery
West Highway &0
Grand Saline New City Hall
Jack
Tokoro
Marvin Honeycutt
Paul Woods
Paul
Morton Salt
Tom Collins
R. A. Caperton
Bo Cason
Louise Bennett
Stanley Appleton
G. S. Lion
Lanier Richey
Lion's Club
Davis
Republic Steel Corp
Traffic Club
Republic Steel
Grand Saliner
H. F. Davis
Travis Shafer
G. Saline Masons
Earl Persons
R. C. Connor
J. M. Burges
Ray Fail
Earnest Burges
Kenneth Berry
Paul Crier
Tolly Wimpey
Floyd T. Mathews
Edd Johnson
J. V. Curnutt
Olin Dickerson
Shorty Gray
J. E. Persons
Willis Roberson
Odell Young
Harold Cheser
W. B. Moore
K. E. Tidwell
Ben Kuykendall
George Washington
Wiley Garland Jr
Gene Dickerson
Pete Pierce
Bill Blanchard
Homer Williams
Bill Bass
J. D. Yarbrough
Jimmie Jackson
Carrie Lee
Jacksonville, Fla
Frankie Best
Wichita Falls
Tom Hicks
Tom Sanders
Memphis, Tenn
John W. Vance
Mesquite
Omar
J.ll
Bennett
Ball
Jim Allen
Allen
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