Drake Williams Lead Eastern Star Chapter Installs Officers
Mrs. Effie Drake and Homer Williams were installed as worthy matron and worthy patron of Grand Saline Chapter 290, Eastern Star, in a June 17 ceremony at the Masonic Hall. The event installed an officers slate for the upcoming year with Mrs. Faye Burk as associate matron and Ray Rucker as associate patron.
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Effie Drake
Homer Williams
Grand Saline
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Beulah Zoller
van, Marshall
Oleta Curnutt
Mae Youngblood
Wimpey
Mahdeen Rucker
Ray Rucker
Faye Burk
Meeting Called For Riding Club
Grand Saline Riding Club will hold a called meeting at 8 o clock tonight in the rodeo arena to plan a junior rodeo. Club president Kenneth Berry urged all members to attend so new activity can begin. The club had been inactive since the earlier rodeo this month.
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Grand Saline
Rodeo Arena
Kenneth Berry
Berry
Local Girls Vie For FHA Honor At Grand Saline
Judy Thompson and Jane Marshall, juniors at Grand Saline High School, will compete for the State Degree of Achievement in homemaking. The FHA awards Junior Chapter and State degrees with the State Degree being the highest honor for outstanding growth and development in home, school, and community.
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Judy Thompson
Jane Marshall
Grand Saline High School
Future
Homemakers of America Clubs
FHA
City Begins Street Repair Work and Clean-Up Campaign
Grand Saline launches a summer spruce-up with oil base street coating on 2 percent of streets and asphalt, gravel, and sidewalk upgrades. Streets named include Hickory West High East High East Frank Saline and Pacific with Main Street rebuilt north of Highway 80. Fireplugs repainted, alleys patched, grass cut, mosquito spraying continued, and water supply deemed secure.
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Jin Grand Saline
Carl King
Hickory
West High
East High
East Frank
Saline
Pacific
King
Smith
Edom
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Erwin Concrete Works
Fruitvale
Oscar Worden
Miners Face Longview After Two Losses At Home
Longview’s top baseball squad travels to Grand Saline for a third meeting with the Miners this week end aiming to avenge two earlier losses. Miners manager Gene Carroll notes a new pitching staff for local fans and urges support as key league games loom toward playoffs.
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Longview
Miners
Grand Saline
Gene Carroll
Babe Ruth
Quitman
Chapel Hill
Tyler City Ball Park
Carroll
Doyle Millorn
Mineola
Summer Swimming and Tennis Programs Open at Grand Saline
The Grand Saline summer program started Tuesday with 90 to 110 youngsters in swimming lessons led by John Wheeler. Classes run 9 to 12 in three morning sessions with a 20 cent pool fee and about 10 students per class. Tennis lessons also began with free instruction and a tournament set for August 1–3 for participating students.
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Grand. Saline
John Wheeler
Wheeler
Adopts Four Objectives Grand Saline FHA Plans Year
Grand Saline High School F H A announces four yearly goals to build self worth family living education and citizenship. The group will host events including family game night a visit to the Home for the Aged a Mother Daughter Banquet and Rural Youth Day at the state fair along with candy sales and a school clean up campaign. Officers Judy Thompson Patricia Etheridge Mary Fritz Jimmi Post and Jane Marshall planned the program.
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Grand Saline
Future Homemakers of America
F.H.A
Grand Saline High School
Judy Thompson
Patricia Etheridge
Mary Fritz
Jimmi¢é Post
Jane Marshall
West Side Grocery Sold To Pete Lawrence Couple
Lee Collier and his wife announce the sale of the West Side Grocery and Market after 15 years of ownership. Pete Lawrence and his wife Verona take over the store, with Lawrence previously co owning the Lawrence Grocery and Market with his father W C Lawrence. The business will be open six days a week offering fine groceries and service.
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Lee Collier
West Side
Pete Lawrence
Lawrence
Verona
W. C. Lawrence
Lawrence Grocery and Market
Bailey Appliance & Furniture
Lawrences
Silver Lake Baptist Observes Family Day
Silver Lake Baptist Church invites the public to Family Day with events all day. Rev. O M Powell reports Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m with lunch at noon. Rev Ed Barrett of Fruitvale will preach morning service. Six miles east of Grand Saline on Highway 80.
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Silver Lake
1963 Graduates Mark Anniversary at Grand Saline High
Members of the 1953 graduating class at Grand Saline High School are reminded by Mrs. O. E. Clem that this year marks a 10 year anniversary and a class reunion is in order. Parents and friends are urged to send names and addresses of the graduates to Mrs. Clem at 002 Monterey.
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Grand Saline High School
O. E. Clem
Pat Herron
Clem
Monterey
Estes Elected County School Board President
Harrison Estes an insurance and real estate broker from Edgewood was elected president of the County School Board at the June 20 meeting. He succeeds S H Rhodes of Grand Saline who will continue as an active member. Rhodes, Wingo of Wills Point, Woolverton of Canton, and Simpson Ben Wheeter remain on the board per County Superintendent Henrietta Darnell.
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Harrison Estes
Edgewood
Estes
S. H. Rhodes
Grand Saline
Henrietta Darnell
Rhodes
van Zandt
David Wingo
Wills Point
Lester Woolverton
Canton
Charlie Simpson
Ben ‘Wheeter
Patriotic July Fourth Concert and Fireworks at Cotton Bowl
A two night Independence Day celebration at the Cotton Bowl State Fair Park will present an old fashioned patriotic concert by the Star light Concert band and a large fireworks show. Shows begin at 7 30 p m on Wednesday July 3 and Thursday July 4 with a color guard, national anthem, and audience sing along. The lighting and pyrotechnics are by Theatle Duffield Inc of Chicago featuring Liberty Bell Minuteman Capitol Dome and a Washington portrait with a torpedo firing submarine effect.
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Cotton Bowl
State Fair Park
Theatle-Duffield
Texas
Capitol Dome
George Washington
Buford Battin To Lead Revival at Nazarene Chapel
Rev. Buford Battin will lead a series of revival services at Nazarene Chapel Church starting Wednesday. The nightly services at 7 30 will run through July 14 with past revival experience noted from 1961. Church officials expect friends and neighbors to attend. Pastor Rev. John Burch, Sunday school superintendent Cliff Sansom, and song leader Mrs. Ruby Ritchie are named in the church group.
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Buford Battin
Nazarene Chapel
Lillian Sansom
Battin
Marker Site Approved For Grand Saline Civil War Marker
At the June 15 Van Zandt County Historical Survey Committee meeting in Canton Frank Churchwell and Alf Roberso of Grand Saline reported the highway department has approved a marker location on Highway 80 near Lana Flat road. The committee will have a hard surface drive built and landscape the area. The group will notify the state Historical chairman and arrange shipment.
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van Zandt
Russell Laney
Historical Survey Committee
State Historical
Canton
Wills Point
Laney
John Howell
R. A. Caperton
Grand Saline
Creagleville Cemetery
Highway 17
Brown
Fort Hood
Texas
Prairie Springs
A. T. Burnley
Route 1
Todd Berry
Besbeus
Little League Scores and Pee Wee Baseball Results
Sun reports three baseball items from Little League and Pee Wee play. MBG Little League Team No. 3, coached by Bill Dorough, beat Wills Point 4-2 on Monday and had previously defeated Darby’s Team No. 1 7-3 last week.
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the Sun
Galloway Darby
Wills
Bill Dorough
Wills Point
Darby
He Plowed The Wrong Mound On Sand Flat Farm
Joe Bennett of California plowed a wrong dirt mound at his Sand Flat farm and was stung by 33 bees. He described the swarm rising from the ground and treated the stings with Purex after a doctor’s advice. Bennett felt sick but recovered with no lasting effects, recalling the trip's odd side note.
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Joe Bennett
Sand Flat
Bennett
Picnic Hosts Relatives of Pauline Willeford in Gladewater
Relatives of Pauline Willeford from Gladewater attended a City Lake picnic on Sunday.
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Pauline
Wille
Ford
Gladewater
Lake
Tomato Harvest Going Full Blast At Local Shed
Buyer S. E. Cason reports the tomato shed is operating at full blast with steady daily arrivals since last Thursday. Quality is very good and improving, though last week's rain delayed the harvest by two to three weeks. Shipped to Kansas and Michigan. prices are strong and expectations remain high for the next four weeks if weather cooperates.
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S. E. Cason
Cason
Kansas
Michigan
David Darnell To Preach At Sand Flat Youth Day
David Darnell a 22 year old member of Sand Flat Baptist Church will deliver his first sermon at Sand Flat Baptist Church Youth Day this Sunday. He recently earned a BS in history from East Texas State College and plans to attend seminary, with prior acceptance to Texas and Houston law schools.
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Sand Flat Baptist Church
David Darnell
Ferris Darnell
Murry Gin
Dallas
Darnell
East Texas State College
Grand Saline High School
Tyler Junior College
University of Texas
University of Houston
Creagleville Cemetery Association Seeks Donations
Creagleville Cemetery Association asks for donations this week from people with loved ones buried there or others interested. Funds are depleted and upkeep such as mowing and cleaning is needed. Donors can leave money or mail it to Woodrow Joslin at the First National Bank.
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Creagleville Cemetery Association
Woodrow Joslin
First National Bank
Whitley Begins Air Force Officer Training
Miss Hilda Whitley a former Grand Saline High School homemaking teacher enters Air Force officer training at Lackland AFB San Antonio starting July 1. She resigned recently to join the program and expects three months of basic training before possible reassignment or further schooling. She cites home economics as broad and expects not to work in it in the Air Force.
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Hilda Whitley
Grand Saline High School
Air Force Officer’s Training School
Whitley
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Miss. Whitley
Miss’ Whitley
Bible Baptist Sets July 4th Fellowship
The Bible Baptist Church hosts its annual Fourth of July Fellowship on Thursday July 4 with noon and evening meals. A 10 a.m. musical program features specials and invites many out of town pastors to attend.
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Bible Baptist
Bible Baptist Church
Daniels Buy Burns Minnow Farm to Run Daniel Bait Shop
Mr and Mrs Jack Daniel bought the Burns Minnow Farm on West High and will operate Daniel Bait Shop open 24 hours a day. The store will stock minnows crawfish shrimp worms goldfish and bait hearts along with fishing tackles poles and white gasoline. The Daniels moved from Edgewood with children Linda 16 David 9 and Carolyn 2 and attend the Methodist Church. Daniel has worked for Tempco in Garland for 15 years.
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Jack Daniel
West Highway 80
Daniel Bait Shop
Daniel
Edgewood
Linda
David
Carolyn
Daniels
The
Methodist Church
Tempco
Garland
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