Businessmen Attend SCS Meeting in Grand Saline
Grand Saline businessmen at a luncheon meeting of the Van Zandt Kaufman and Rockwall Soil Conservation Service board discussed how freezing federal aid to farm programs affects SCS work. Zone 2 chair Jack Lester led attendees including Bob Ritchie Arlee LaPrade Lanier Richey Buzz Collier Leon Clower John Rash and Woody Woodall.
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Grand Saline
van Zandt, Kaufman and Rockwall Soil Conservation Service
Westward Ho
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
East Texas
North East Texas
Jack Lester
Wills Point
van Zandt
Kaufman County
Rockwall
Bob Ritchie
Arlee LaPrade
Lanier Richey
Buzz Collier
Leon Clower
John Rash
Woody Woodall
Fruitvale Saddle Tramps Host Open Playday
The Fruitvale Saddle Tramps hold an Open Playday on Saturday March 17 at 2 p.m. A trophy goes to the first place winner with rib bons for second through sixth. Individual high points and the club with most entries each receive trophies. Events include Quarter horse poles clo ver leaf barrels flag relay and a special event to be announced. Entry fee is 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitvale Saddle Tramps
City Council acts on routine business and retirement note
City Council discusses water well progress and Spring Lake water sewer plans. A new water tap is approved north of the city, bills are approved, and an itemized monthly expense statement is requested. Councilmen attend with officials including Mayor Garland and Perry Pugh.
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Cil
Spring Lake
Public Health Department
Waldrip Street
City Lake Road
Perry Pugh
Pugh
Spring Creek
Arlee LaPrade
Carroll Waddill
Herschel Walker
Bud Davidson
Howard Whatley
Wylie Garland, Jr
Frank Churchwell
Jack Knauss
Bentsen Seeks GAO Findings On Texas Mail Service
Senator Lloyd Bentsen said he will be briefed this week on preliminary GAO findings about Texas mail service with a full report to follow. He noted Senate Post Office Committee will review the issue and cited a Brady resident offering 15 volunteers for one hour weekly to assist with sorting and boxing mail as a temporary measure.
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Lloyd Bentsen
General Accounting Office
Texas
GAO
Bentsen
Senator Bentsen
CofC Ballots Due By April 1 For Board Nominations
Deadline nears for Chamber of Commerce Board nominations with five terms ending March 31. Members must submit names who have sat off the board for at least a year and cannot include current directors or those with expiring terms. Ballot also requests a Man of the Year candidate. Outgoing directors listed. holdovers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber
Sherry Allen
Clarence Barfield
Taylor Rhodes
Stanley Appleton
W. J. Thomas
Murry Means
Loan Approved To S. Tawakoni Water Supply
Congressman Ray Roberts said a 33300 loan from the Farmers Home Administration will fund new water lines to serve 30 customers in Lake Tawakoni area communities including Enterprise Small Lake Edgewood Estate Board Elwood Lane Giladon and Pleasant Union. The loan runs 40 years at 5 percent interest under the rural water facilities program. Corporation president is H. W. Huseby of Wills Point Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Roberts
Two Electric Meter Hookups In Grand Saline Reported
Two electric meter hook ups were made in Grand Saline during the past week per records of Southwestern Electric Power Co. The two are Bobby W. Callahan at 1128 North Main and Joe Dean Allen at 1158 South Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Bobby W. Callahan
Joe Dean Allen
Injuries Undetermined After Dallas Motorcycle Crash
Rhonda Heddins of Dallas remains hospitalized at Parkland after a motorcycle crash last Tuesday. Doctors schedule surgery for Friday March 16 to determine the extent of her injuries. She was riding behind a friend when the rider lost control and she was thrown from the bike.
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Rhonda Heddins
Miss Heddins
Dallas
Truman Heddins
Parkland Hospital
East Van Zandt County Singing Convention This Weekend
The East Van Zandt County Convention meets at Evangelical Methodist Church Grand Saline Saturday night and Sunday March 17 and 18. Singing starts 6 45 p m Saturday and 10 30 a m Sunday. Lunch at noon. Rev D L McDonald pastor. F B Smith urges singers to attend and bring a covered dish. Visitors expected.
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East van Zandt County
Evangelical Methodist Church
Grand Saline
Richardson and
Kuykendall
D. L. McDonald
F. B. Smith
McDonald
Cadet Charles Stewart Named to Dean's List at USAFA
Cadet Charles G. Stewart son of Mr and Mrs Gailen Stewart of Grand Saline is named to the Dean's List at the U S Air Force Academy Class of 1974. He earns special privileges and a silver star designation from the academy dean. Stewart will be commissioned as second lieutenant and receive a BS degree after graduation. A 1970 Grand Saline High School graduate, he is noted for outstanding academic achievement.
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Charles G. Stewart
Gailen Stewart
N. Oak Drive
Grand Saline
U.S. Air Force Academy
Stewart
Academy
Grand Saline High School
Solid Waste Disposal Plan Discussed At Public Meeting
A public meeting on a county-wide solid waste disposal plan is set for Friday March 16 at 10 a.m. in the county courtroom. Judge Billy D Hullum advocates attendance, with East Texas Council of Governments officials detailing the service scope and implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy D. Hullum
East Texas Council of Governments
Hullum
Eight Men Seek Van Council Seats in City Election
Eight candidates file for three alderman posts in Van city. Place 1 contenders are Jack Perry and Jee Canaday. Place 2 includes C. S. Edmonson James L. Golden and Henry J. Keane. Place 3 lists C. L. Phipps Al ton Lewis and J. A. Howell. Incumbents Phipps and Edmonson. C. C. Moore declines reelection. Election judge Louise Choate. assistant Mae Bagwell. Clerks Irma Kennedy Sybil Skinner Zelma Dodson Bobby Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Van
Louise Choate
Mae Bagwell
Irma Kennedy
Sybil Skinner
Zelma Dodson
Bobby Alexander
Two County Men Die in Separate Auto Crashes
Two Van Zandt County men died in separate crashes on Highway 64 and nearby roads. Frank L. Douglas of Canton perished in a two car crash at 64 and FM 772 in Ben Wheeler. Garland Franklin Coker of Ben Wheeler died in a one car crash near Canton about 4:50 a.m. Friday. patrolman Joe Bob Bailey said Coker appeared to fall asleep and hit a concrete culvert abutment.
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van Zandt County
Ben Wheeler
Frank L. Douglas
Canton
Garland Franklin Coker
Tyler
Joe Bob Bailey
Coker
Grand Saline Board Renews All Teachers Contracts
The Grand Saline Board of Trustees renewed all teacher contracts for 1973-74 with salaries above scale. They amended graduation rules to allow 30 year graduates, awarded the building trades house for 5557.80, updated the school calendar, and approved several actions including new textbooks for 1973-74 and insurance, lighting, youth foundation field upgrades, a two man football sled, and a small administrative fee.
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Building Trades House
Grand Saline Board of Trustees
Gloria Phillips
Woody Joslin
Grand Saline Youth Foundation
Little League
Texas Association of School Boards
American Cancer Society
United Fund
Virginia Robbins
Betty Adamson
Lonny Humphrey
Twelve Seek Nod To School Board
The Grand Saline School Board race draws twelve candidates with three three year posts and a one year seat up for election on April 7 at the high school. Incumbents Cleatus Carroll and W. S. Thomas seek re election along with Robert Rhea Davidson Tommy Stephens Bob Lee Frank Trent Drexel Llood. Jarrell Matthews and David Gann contest the one year post following Fernando Maciel resignation. Lonny Humphrey term ends April 7 and he does not seek reelection. Election judge is C. T. Pearson with clerks Claudine Koonce Delois Currey Adelle Presswood Virginia Adamson.
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Cleatus Carroll
W. S. Thomas
Robert Rhea Davidson
Tommy Stephens
Bob Lee
Frank Trent
Drexel Llood
Jarrell Matthews
Fernando Maciel
David Gann
Maciel
Heddins and Nichols
Lonny Humphrey
C. T. Pearson
Claudine Koonce
Delois Currey
Adelle Presswood
Virginia Robbins
Betty Adamson
Local debt load per Van Zandt County family rises
In Van Zandt County the average installment debt per family stands at 80 dollars, with total local installment debt about 7 068 000 dollars. The rise in purchases of autos, appliances, and home improvements reflects growing consumer confidence, and credit men see little danger given current income levels.
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van Zandt
National Association of Credit Management
van Zandt County
Fraitvale to Hold Voters for City Council and School Trustees
Fraitvale voters will elect three new city councilmen to fill two vacancies and four school trustees in the April 7 election. Candidates for council are Dominick Green O B Watson Danny Lynch and Bobby Sizemore. Vacancies arise from Harold Randall's death Floyd Brown's resignation and Jimmy Monkress term ending. Trustees seeking four seats are Billy Grier A L Herron Donald Pierce Joe Ritchie Carl Evans and Clifford Woodrum. Incumbents are Herron Grieg and Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraitvale
Dominick Green
O. B. Watson
Danny Lynch
Bobby Sizemore
Harold Randall
Floyd Brown
Jimmy Monkress
Billy Grier
A. L. Herron
Donald Pierce
Joe Ritchie
Carl Evans
Clifford Woodrum
Herron
Grieg
Pierce
County Opens School Polls At 8 A.M For Elections
County Commissioners voted to open all school board election polls at 8 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. The polls close at 7 p.m. A second public meeting on April 4 in the county courtroom will discuss regulation of private sewage facilities around Lake Tawakoni per a Water Quality Board letter.
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At & A.m
Billy D. Mulna
Water Quality Board
Unt
Lake Tawakoni
Oakland Customers Receive General Telephone Opinion Survey
General Telephone Company mails a four page blue questionnaire to 70 percent of Oakland customers asking their view on service. Rod Hancock says postage paid envelope is included to return surveys promptly. The 205 Texas exchanges will be surveyed. Oakland last had one in March 1971.
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Oakland
General Telephone Company
Rod Hancock
General
Hancock
General Telephone
Texas
Youth Led Revival at First Baptist Sparks Community Interest
The First Baptist Church hosts a youth led revival from Wednesday March 14 to Sunday March 18 with services at 7 20 pm nightly. Evangelist Bobby Tucker from Mineola, FFA officer elect and recent FRA speaking finalist, preaches nightly under Pastor Rev Glen Stovall. Music director Danny Carroll guides the music from Oak Grove Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Bobby Tucker
Mineola
Tucker
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Glen Stovall
Danny Carroll
Grand Saline High School
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Canton
Local Girls POW Bracelets Not Needed Now
Cindy Talburt rejoiced when she learned her POW bracelet bearing Air Force Major Joseph F. Shanahan would be released this week. She had worn the bracelet after losing the first, and now two POW names are of concern as each returning list confirms or denies their fate. Major Shanahan had been a prisoner since August 18, 1968, and Lisa New wore a bracelet for Lt. Col. Julius 8, Juyroe of Dallas whose prisoner status was noted.
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Cindy Talburt
Cindy
Air Force
Joseph F. Shanahan
Richard Talburt
Shanahan
Lisa New
Billy New
Col
Julius 8, Juyroe
Dallas
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Fruitvale
The
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Tim Milliorn
Mark Smith Guithner
High Street
Cofc
Gene Crim
Larry Hughes
Woodrow Joslin
Billy Koonce
Houston Long Arthur Owens
S. Tawakoni Water Supply
County Singing
Charles Stewart
AF Academy
van Council
the Sun
Howard Woodall
Movita Maciel
Douglas O. Nichols
First Baptist
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