Fruitvale receives second place in state improvement tour
In Fruitvale, the Community Improvement Association showcased local gains as judges from Texas Electric Companies and the Agricultural Extension Service awarded Fruitvale second in the annual state tour. Residents toured new brick homes, roads, farms, and the riding arena, while Mrs. Sintha Jobe, Van Zandt County’s oldest resident, celebrated Mother’s Day at Twilight Nursing Home.
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VZ Co
Sintha Jobe
van Zandt County
Twilight
Eustace
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Courier-Times
Johnny Jobe
Canton
Fruitvale Community, Improvement Association
Fruitvale
Texas Electric Companies
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Lida Cooper
Jimmy Gifford
Southwestern Electric Power Co
Bill Bibby
Texas Power & Light Co
R. S. Loftis
Mary Cothrane
Lucille Watson
Todd Berry
Lonnie Browning
Billy D. Hallum
Irs
Joan DuBose
W. H. Oliver
Herb Carroll
Fred Dorough
Billy Daniels
Fred Daniels
Marsha Pearson
Doug Parker
Donna Herron
Clela LaPrade
Linda LaPrade
Mrs. Janie Baker Services Held at Grand Saline
Funeral services for Mrs. Janie Baker 69 of Grand Saline were conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Main Street Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Pesnell officiating. She died Friday in a Mineola hospital after a short illness and is buried in Woodside Cemetery. Surviving are her husband H. H. Baker of Grand Saline, a step son Edwin Baker of Grand Prairie, three step daughters Mrs. Billy Gartrell Terrell Mrs. Kenneth Gunderson Arlington and Mrs. John Mosby New Mexico, plus 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mr Harold Dorough of Arlington spent the weekend with Mrs Fannie Dorough and Rose Green.
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Janie Baker
Grand Saline
Main Street Baptist Church
Tom Pesnell
Grand Prairie
Billy Gartrell
Terrell
Kenneth Gunderson
Arlington
John §. Mosby
New Mexico
Miss Linda Barker Weds Ronald Kitson of Hawkins
Miss Linda Barker marries Ronald Kitson in a double ring ceremony at the Shields home April 28. Attended by family and friends, the couple plans to reside in Hawkins after a brief Texas City wedding trip.
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Linda Gail Barker
Ronald Ray Kitson
Hawkins
R. D. Shields
Vernon Fincher
Dorcie Currey
Annette Barker
Becky Eitson
Dennis Barker
Richard Hicks
Jimmy Shields
Judy Kitson
Barbara Kitson
Zara Shields
Sherry Fritz
Effie Cone
E. P. Barker
Canton
Grand Saline High School
Tyler Junior College
G. E. Bitson
Hawkins High School
Tyler Pipe Industries
Texas City
Daughter Of Locals To Receive Degree At Tech
Mrs. Mary Persons Russell, daughter of Gran Saline residents, is among more than 2,700 degree candidates at Texas Tech University commencement in Lubbock on May 15. She holds a SMU BA and will receive a Master of Arts in late May. Her husband Bill and daughter Maria live nearby. William Pecora will deliver the principal address.
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Mary Persons Russell
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Russell
J. E. Persons
Gran Saline
Grand Saline High School
SMU
Dallas
Texas Tech
Bill
Ablock
Maria
William T. Pecora
the Interior
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Prudential Insurance Company of America
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Prudential Financial Security Program
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Fannie Dorough
Rose Green
Harold Dorough
Ronald Ray. Eitson
Perry Brothers
Polaris
Lady Fair
Mello Mist
Pixie
Mie
Bom Flournoy
Mineola
Ep Hitt
Ney
Shreveport
Lai
Milton
Exa_ Hitt
Grand Saline, Tex
Church of
Caine
Carter
Clint Eastwood
Frigidaire
Marlin Burges
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