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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1963
Page
2
The essay recalls annual Red Cross fund drives and urges timely aid for floods hurricanes and medical emergencies. It stresses human generosity and the lasting need for help as disasters recur with the seasons.
The national Red Cross conducts a March fundraising drive to support disaster relief and health services. Local chairmen listed include Bob Johnson, CC Cantton, Eames, Edgewood, E P Friedline, Grand Saline, Fruitvale, Wayne Dawson, Wills Point, Van Zandt county, and others.
The Internal Revenue Service releases a no cost booklet titled Farmer's Tax Guide announced by Ellis Campbell Jr. The guide explains tax rules in plain language with examples, includes a farm income and expenses checklist and a sample return, and aids 1962 tax returns as well as year round reference.
A letter-writer suggests slicing the Senate from two to one and reducing the 50 states to 12 to cut graft and save billions. Ed Doolittle and others mock the plan while Clem Webster and Bug Hookum joke about Washington reform schemes and a candidate on a 12 States 1 Senator platform.
The April draft call for Texas boards totals 471 men, announced by Colonel Morris S. Schwartz state Selective Service director. This compares with 404 in March and 173 in February as the state share of a national quota of 10,000 for the Army.
Market data from Athens Texas shows 164 shippers offering 537 cattle and 167 hogs to 92 buyers. Prices range from 22.00 to 24.50 for butcher calves to 14.00 to 16.50 for fat cows and 85.00 to 170.00 per head for stocker cows, with hogs priced 11.00 to 15.25 for various grades and feeders 12.00 to 14.00.
Marine Corporal Jack R. Whatley, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Whatley of Grand Saline, Texas, finished a six week intensive combat training with Second Battalion Fifth Regiment First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton California. The program advances from basic fire team tactics to complex company and battalion maneuvers ending with a 20 mile hike and battalion review.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Heddin and Christa visited Mr. and Mrs. Homer Arnold Saturday. Mrs. Billie Brown of Dallas has been visiting her mother Mrs. Homer Arnold who has been on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Williams of Dallas visited his parents Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Billie Ray Murphy and girls visited Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tipps over the weekend. Mrs. W. T. Savage and Sherry visited Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Pepper Sunday.
The Sand Flat correspondent reports numerous visits by Gen ie Dockrey and family of Dallas amy and other relatives from Fruitvale Wills Point Greggton Waxa hachie and other nearby towns. A baby girl Cammy Kay arrived March 7 1963. Community members note buyings of homes and charity efforts at the Texas Baptist Orphan Home and with local Sunday School groups.
Mrs P M Abram is reported to be better after a heart attack and is staying at her daughter Mrs Alvin Mallory's home following hospital discharge in Mineola. Several flu cases remain in the community as updates note recoveries and current illness.
An ad touts a new reliable QChauwalat truck for work without attention seeking. It lists light and heavy-duty variants, notes cabin comfort, double-wall construction, insulated roofs, wood floors, and rubber-wrapped tailgate chains. It invites readers to test-drive a 63 Chevrolet truck by calling for an over to visit.
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