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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1973
Page
2
The piece argues the energy crisis is worsening with gasoline and oil costs rising, likely rationing, and frequent brownouts. It notes home butane shortages, coal reserves, and limits from clean-air laws, then lists conservation options such as efficient engines, factory changes, recycling, and modest home energy tweaks, urging urgency.
Funeral services for Win dell Owen Strickland age 48 of Dallas, formerly Canton, were conducted at 2 p.m. in Hilliard Chapel Canton with E C Stevens officiating. Burial followed at Oakland Cemetery. Strickland died Monday in a Dallas hospital after a sudden illness. He leaves a son Ray mond Strickland of Van, a daughter Hilda Strickland of Van, his mother Mrs Macie Strickland of Oakland, a sister Evelyn Wendt of Grant Pass Oregon, five brothers Austin, Billy, Jerry Lee Strickland of Dallas, Larry Strickland of Canton, and Troy Strickland of Texarkana, plus pallbearers N C Crabtree, Humphrey Strickland, Homer Strickland, Calvin Strickland, Shirley Strickland and Milton Fuller.
Mary Ellen Heddins Rhonda Heddins Sadie Hill Loreta Graves Robert Brodnax Effie Clark Malcolm Swafford John Copenhaver Acie Cates Robert Chucci Grover Howell Sidney Powell Oren Hamblen Virgil Dean Allen David Neely Glyn Maberry Ruth Moran Jesse Beard Mildred Joslin Olive Lynch James Pearce Cora Carroll Willie Joslin Mary Ward admitted to hospital in a dated roster.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Kindle and their children of Mesquite visited Saturday with his sister Mrs James Curtis and family.
Fred Dorough retired Friday April 27 after 81 years as a telephone installer with Western Electric a AT&T subsidiary. The Fruitvale native was honored with a dinner and dance at the Continental Inn in Longview attended by 87 Western Electric personnel and workers from Houston and Midland. He will spend retirement fishing ranching and doing honey do chores with wife Mary.
Grass Valley California residents Mr and Mrs Wilburn C Wright and their son Wilburn Jr with family spent Easter week in Texas visiting Mrs J M Moody in Grand Saline and gathering with Dr and Mrs William Wilkerson in Grapevine before returning to Dallas. The Wrights recently retired in August and moved to California after 31 years in the Navy.
Kathy McDonald daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles McDonald is a charter member of Phi Upsilon Omicron at Stephen F. Austin State University a national honorary for home economics students Eligibility requires home economics major or second semester sophomore standing and above minimum 28 grade point average leadership character and professional promise Charter members were chosen by SFA home economics faculty Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs J C Small of Terrell and Rev and Mrs E Lee Boeke
Tommy Wallace a 1971 Grand Saline High School graduate and Louisiana Tech sophomore placed fifth in the 440 intermediate hurdles with a 53.2 time at the Southland Conference track meet in Ruston Louisiana April 27 28. He ran the first leg on Tech’s mile relay as the Bulldogs totaled 69 points to win the all sports trophy with USL second at 59 Lamar 46 and McNeese 40. Arkansas State 34 and Abilene Christian 87 and UT Arlington 32 followed. The trophy was awarded to Tech’s athletic director after Saturday’s concluding events.
Steve Sharrock of Dallas visited his grandmother Mrs. Lurlyne Strebeck Monday night. Mrs. Raymond Robertson visited in Dallas over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hill.
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