Red Cross Drive Opens Locally With $2000 County Goal
The 1973 Red Cross Drive is underway in Grand Saline and Van Zandt County with a $2000 county goal. Grand Saline targets $800, chaired by Mrs. Howard Hill, aided by E. P. Friedline. Last year’s disaster relief costs surpassed $25 million across 14 states, with Agnes causing 122 deaths. Local donations fund both community aid and national disaster relief.
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Red Cross
Grand Saline
van Zandt County
Grand Sa
National Red Cross
The
Friedline
Remodeling Bids Open for Van Zandt County Fair Building
Bids are invited for remodeling the Women’s Building at the Van Zandt County Fair Grounds in Canton. Plans include a kitchen storage area restrooms central heat and air conditioning with air curtains. Bids accepted until March 22 and prints are available at the Canton county agents office.
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van Zandt County Fair Grounds
Canton
Charles Branton
Woman's Building Committee
The
Fair Association
Fair Association Building Committee
Funeral Rites Held Tuesday for Mrs. John E. Persons
Mrs. John E. Persons 59 of Grand Saline died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ellwood Brown officiating. Burial was in Woodside Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, two daughters, a sister and four grandchildren. Memorials to M D Anderson Hospital were requested.
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John E. Persons
Grand Saline
First United Methodist Church
Ellwood Brown
Woodside Cemetery
Bartley Funeral Home
Persons
Waskom
Centenary College
Shreveport
Methodist Church
Mary Earle Russell
Lubbock
Luellen Smiley
Yorktown
Tex
Hot Springs
Ark
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
C. A. Mayfield
Alvin Mallory
Owen Kuykendall
Marion Quinn
Wylie Garland Jr
Harold Land
Sunday Singing at Creagleville United Methodist Church
Sunday afternoon program at Creagleville United Methodist Church set for March 11 at 2 p.m. Dewey Pierce urges the public to attend for a pleasant afternoon of gospel singing.
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Creagleville United Methodist Church
Dewey Pierce
Sevschlors
Youth-Led Revival at First Baptist Church
Bobby Tucker will be evangelist for a youth led revival at First Baptist Church from Saturday March 14 to Wednesday March 18. Services start 7 50 p m nightly. Music directed by Danny Carroll of Oak Grove Canton. Tucker a 1967 FFA officer elect and third place National FFA Speaking Contest finisher. Rev Glen Stovall invites youth and adults with nursery provided.
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Bobby Tucker
First Baptist Church
Danny Carroll
Grand Saline High School
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Canton
Tucker
Future Farmers of America
Glen Stovall
Fruitvale Saddle Tramps Plan Supper at School Cafe
Fruitvale Saddle Tramps will hold a covered dish supper on Friday March 9 at 7 50 pm in the Fruitvale School Cafe Larry Crawford president asks members to attend and bring their dominoes and other games for a social evening
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Riding Club
Leon Jones
Fruitvale Saddle Tramps
Fruitvale
Larry Crawford
Grand Saline Schools Open House Set for March 8
Grand Saline Elementary and High School host an Open House on Thursday evening March 8 inviting parents students and all citizens to tour facilities Elementary hours are 6 to 8 p m and high school 6 30 to 8 30 p m Food service runs from 5 30 to 7 p m with proceeds aiding athletic programs Principal Shir ley Anderson and Principal Gerald Gilbert will lead tours and welcome visitors Teachers and student council members will be available to discuss classrooms labs and student work. the event aims to strengthen community ties with the Grand Saline schools.
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Grand Saline Elementary
Gailen Stewart
Shirley Anderson
Gerald Gilbert
Grand Saline
Van Zandier on Hobby's ETHIC Group
Robert T. Mayo of Wills Point accepts Lt Governor Bill Hobby's invite to a Citizens Conference on Ethics in Government in Austin in March 2021. Hobby says ethics in government troubles Texans and the conference seeks grass roots input into the legislative process.
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Robert T. Mayo
Wills Point
Bill Hobby
Austin
Hobby
Four File For City Councilman In April Election
Four candidates had filed by noon Wednesday for the two city council seats to be filled in the April 7 election. Incumbent Mayor Wylie Garland Jr. is the sole mayoral candidate. Enoch Fletcher seeks city attorney, and Roy Jackson of Morton Salt is a council candidate along with incumbent R. E. Davidson, A. D. Neal, and R. L. Parrish. Filing deadline is 4 30 p m Wednesday March 7.
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Perry Pugh
Wylie Garland, Jr
Enoch Fletcher
Roy Jackson
Morton Salt
R. E
Bud) Davidson
A. D
Pete) Neal
R. L
Rusty) Parrish
Darrell Waddill
Davidson
Pugh
FFA Judging Teams Enter Houston Livestock Show
Eleven Grand Saline FFA members competed in the Houston Livestock Show Junior Dairy and Livestock Judging Contests last Saturday. Bill Love placed in the Dairy Judging top twenty and earned a $225 certificate toward a registered dairy heifer. Greenhand teams included Love, Collins, and Lawrence. other teams featured Boots Fisher, Mitzi Visher, Doug Thompson. Billy Reid, Joe Sutton, Sampson Wallace. Mike Jones and Mark Green on the Chapter Farmer-Livestock team. Team totals were not available at press time.
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Grand Saline
Future Farmers of America
Houston
Connie Collins
Talbert Lawrence
Boots Fisher
Mitzi Visher
Doug Thompson
Billy Reid
Joe Sutton
Sampson Wallace
Mike Jones
Mark Green
Stanley Appleton
Taylor Rhodes
FFA
Barbara Fisher
Sandy Collins
Saline Class of 33 Plans June 16 Reunion
Grand Saline High School's Class of 1983 members are invited to a June 16 reunion with plans under way. Nora McMahon and Ruby Dickerson of Van work on member addresses. letters will outline details. Contact the two if you can help with addresses and outreach.
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Grand Saline High School
Nora McMahon
Ruby Dickerson
Van
Doris Allen
Mildred Allen
Charles Anderson
Sybil Bailey
Duard Bailey
Houston Box
Way Box
Jack Bradberry
Marie Brawner
John H. Brown
Jane Callaway
Myrtie Carter
Van Zandt County Savings Bond Goal Set for 1978
C L Stanford, chairman of the Van Zandt County Savings Bonds Committee, announces the 1978 county goal at 260000 dollars. January sales of E and TH United States Savings Bonds reached 28535 dollars, 7 percent of the goal. Texas 1978 sales target stands at 216.0 million dollars, with January sales totaling 25026880 dollars, up from 1972 levels of 19365503.
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C. L. Stanford
van Zandt County Savings Bonds Committee
United States Savings
Texas
Indians Place Second in State AA Playoff
The Grand Saline Indians finished 1972-73 basketball season as State Class AA runners up, losing 58-60 to San Augustine in Gregory Gym Austin after a 20 win season. Fans from Grand Saline and the county packed the gym, with 3,000 supporters at the Denton regional tournament.
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San Augustine
Grand Saline
San Augustine Wolves
Grand
Robert Linker
Austin
Morton
Grants Awarded to ETCOG Area for Jail Planning and Equipment
Governor Briscoe approved two grants totaling 40 990 for the East Texas Council of Governments region. Upshur County receives 24 925 for jail architectural drawings with a 4 155 local match. ETCOG gets 15 075 to buy investigative and detection gear for 25 agencies.
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East Texas
Wood
CJC
Broom And Mop Sale By Crand Saline Lions
The Crand Saline Lions Club plans a broom and mop sale in downtown front of The Sun office Friday April 4 starting 8 30 a m. Proceeds go to District 2X2 Lions Eye Bank Vernon Moore leads the sale and urges housewives to collect orders at the downtown location due to limited residential coverage with delivery available on order.
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Crand Saline Lions Club
Sun
Lions
Pam
Lions Eye Bank
Vernon Moore
Nine Seek Four School Trustee Posts
The Grand Saline school trustee race drew activity as eight people filed for four seats in the April 7 election, with seven seeking three-year terms and two for the single one-year post created by Fernandeo Maciel’s resignation. Incumbents Cleatus Carroll and Dr. W. L Thomas sought reelection. other filers included Robert Rhea Davidson Tommy Stephens Bob Lee Frank Trent Drexel Hood Jarrell Matthews and David Gann. Lonny Humphrey did not seek reelection. March 7 was the final filing day per Superintendent Gailen Stewart.
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Grand Saline
Fernandeo Maciel
Cleatus Carroll
W. L Thomas
Robert Rhea Davidson
Tommy Stephens
Bob Lee
Frank Trent
Drexel Hood
Jarrell Matthews
David Gann
Gailen Stewart
Lonny Humphrey
Bill Love Wins Heifer In Houston Livestock Show Judging
Bill Love, a Greenhand Dairy Judging member and first year vocational agriculture student, earned a $225 certificate toward purchasing a registered dairy heifer after placing among the top twenty dairy cattle judges at the Houston Livestock Show. He and teammate Connie Collins competed amid 247 teams. plans include selecting a breed by May 1 and returning to Houston in 1974 for further shows while meeting monthly expense reporting and educational requirements.
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Bill Love
Houston
Houston Livestock Show
Bill
Vocational Agriculture Area
Not Much Rain Last Weekend
Weather observer Earl P. Friedline notes Saturday night brought only a trace of rain while Monday produced 4 inches of moisture. He warns frost remains possible and recalls the last spring frost was in mid February.
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Earl P. Friedline
Friedline
One Fined in City Court in Grand Saline
Frank Churchwell reports a quiet week in Grand Saline with little activity. One person was charged with making an alcoholic beverage available to a minor and fined $30.
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Frank Churchwell
Grand Saline
Lions Club Eye Clinic Postponed
Grand Saline Lions Club postpones the glaucoma clinic and cancels free examinations for now. A broom and mop sale is set for Friday April 6 to aid the blind and those needing glasses, with proceeds to Lions funds and a donation to East Texas Eye Bank. Jerry Casstevens of East Texas Council of Governments spoke on the council formed in 1970 with 81 members.
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Grand Saline Lions Club
Vernon Moore
Lions
East Texas Eye Bank
Grand Saline
Jerry Casstevens
East Texas Council of Governments
Kilgore
Council of Governments
The
East Texas Council
B. Germany
Lane Fuller
Department of Public Safety
Tyler
Soil surveys to begin in Lin Dale Van Hallsville area
Otho Gipe of the Soil Conservation Service says surveys will cover Lin Dale Van and Hallsville as part of a regional plan by the East Texas Council of Governments. Robert Brown will lead the plan with council cooperation. Soil teams were active in the Van area in late February and early March, aided by the Kaufman Van Zandt Soil and Water Conservation District.
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Otho Gipe
Soil Conservation Service
Lindale
Van
Hallsville
East Texas Council of Governments
Robert Brown
Brown
Gipe
Kaufman-Van Zandt Soil and Water Conservation District
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Tommy Miller
Traci Whites
Joanie Clower
Terry Davis
Kevin Visher
Mrs. McNatt
Mrs. Persons
Aline
Free State
Leon Marr
First Baptist
Vasti Davis
Opal Dodd
George Dorough Jr
Inez Fite
Odell Geddie
Stella Griffin
Zella Hanes
Ruby Hudgins
Walter Jarvis
Woodrow Keahey
Gordon Knight
Odie Knight
Ellen Land
Lucille Lambert
Charles Mundell
Ivan Lee Padgett
Mildred Rucker
Edith Shivers
Owen Shivers
Willard Shivers
Flora Smith
Eltce Swain
Bonnie Thompson
Janet Trego
Clara Tunnell
Bill Vick
Rebecca Waddill
Juanita Warn
Geneva West
Richard Walton
Jack White
Benjamin Wilhiter
Howard Gandy
Elbert Hale
Randall Rumbelow
Billie Bradford
Metairie
Louisiana
W. C
Bill) Darnell
Indians
Salt City
Gregory Gym
ETCOG
Dy Lions
Lions Club
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