Four Amendments Fail In Grand Saline With Light Turnout
Voter turnout in Grand Saline was sparse as all four proposed amendments failed. Election totals from West Box showed no.1 29 for 44 against, no.2 22 for 51 against, no.3 27 for 46 against, no.4 33 for 41 against. East Box totals were 7 for 33 against, 14 for 26 against, 15 for 25 against, 17 for 23 against. Countywide, 959 of 8,979 registered voters cast ballots, with no.1 399 for 644 against, no.2 300 633, no.3 399 574, no.4 416 530.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Saline
T. Pearson
West Box
Pearson
J. W. Curnutt
Billy Koonee
Richard Davis
C. J. Koonee
C. J. Koonce
W. B. Moore
Herbert Clower
van Zandt
All Over Town and Local Notices in Grand Saline
Local items note a calendar mix up at K-Wolen's blanket sale with May 18 misdated and a report of Fruitvale Saddle Tramps earning about 338.07 after expenses from a recent play. Also mention Bill Harris Jr of Dallas appearing on a country show, Rev. Ellwood Brown returning home for a 100th anniversary sermon, and mowing needs for downtown lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tullos
K-Wolen
Chuck
L. F. Crawford
Fruitvale Saddle Tramps
Mrs. Wilbanks Installs 71 72 PTA Officers
Mrs. Joe Wilbanks installed new 1971 72 officers at the Grand Saline PTA meeting attended by parents teachers and school patrons. Officers installed were Sally Anderson president Nancy McFarland vice president Gay Null secretary Ina La Prade treasurer and Babbs Thomas Salli Schifani program chairs. The group heard a fifth grade performance directed by Manuel De LaRosa and Kay Fisher accompanied on piano. A playground equipment report and budget were also presented with plans for a presen sel luncheon at the high school cafeteria on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wilbanks
Grand Saline
Manuel de LaRosa
Kay Fisher
Wilbanks
Nancy McFarland
Sally Anderson
Gay Null
Ina LaPrade
Babbs Thomas
Salli Schifani
Saline Barracks Auxiliary Luncheon Friday May 21
The Saline Barracks and Ladies Auxiliary 1465 World War I Veterans will hold their regular monthly meeting and covered dish luncheon this Friday at 12 noon. Post commander R. E. Renfro invites all veterans and their wives. Attendees from District I Convention in Sulphur Springs included Mrs. Willie Joslin and the Hawkins and Clark couples. District I Convention planned for Center Texas on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline Barracks
Ladies Auxiliary
R. E. Renfro
Sulphur Springs
Willie Joslin
Earnest Hawkins
Jerry Clark
Center
Texas
End Of School Programs Begin At Fruitvale
End of school programs at Fruitvale start Sunday May 23 at 8 00 pm with the Eighth Grade Baccalaureate Service in the Methodist Church Rev Ed die Hillyer pastor will deliver the sermon A second program Monday May 24 at 8 00 pm in the new school gym includes Kindergarten Graduation Johnny Appleseed operetta acting song Maypole Dance When Doc Meets Doc seventh eighth grade one act play Virginia Reel Mock Wedding Square Dance The Eighth grade graduation is Tuesday May 25 at 8 00 pm in the school gym Everyone is invited to attend
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Fruitvale
Eddie Hillyer
Johnny Appleseed
Doc
Memorial Services for Art Starr Sunday at Starr Church
Memorial services will be held Sunday at Starr Church eight miles southwest of Grand Saline. Mrs. Ethel Stanberry of Canton notes Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 by Pastor Tate Pitman. Lunch at noon, afternoon business meeting, and cemetery care offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starr
Grand Saline
Ethel Stanberry
Canton
Tate Pitman
Douthitt Family Reunion Set for June 6 in Fruitvale
Mrs. Linnie Douthitt announces the Douthitt family reunion will be held at Fruitvale school Sunday June 6. All friends, neighbors and relatives are invited to attend with a sack lunch to be shared at noon. Plenty of visiting and fellowship planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnie Douthitt
Douthitt
Fruitvale
To Receive Degree Raymond W Woods to Get Masters in Math
Raymond Wayne Woods son of Mr and Mrs Paul Woods will receive his Masters Degree from S M A on Sunday May 28 with a major in Math He is a 1957 graduate of Grand Saline High School and earned his BA from the University of Texas at Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Wayne Woods
Paul Woods
S.M.A
Grand Saline High School
University of Texas At Arlington
Giles
FHA
East Texas State University
San Benito
Paris
Ft. Benning
Sandra
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Barbara
Church of Christ
Canton
Kindergarten Pupils To Receive Diplomas On Tuesday Evening
Commencement exercises will be held Tuesday evening May 25 at 7 30 for students of Mrs W S Thomas Joyland Kindergarten. The program takes place in the Kindergarten Room on North Green Street at OuRa School campus. Diploma recipients include Annette Barker Claudia Koonce Danita Thomas David Currey DeAnn Stovall Karen Curtis Kyle Humphrey Pam Carpenter Scott Martin Scott Williams Stevie Schifani and Wendy Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Thomas
Joyland Kindergarten
Green Street
Ou Ra
Annette Barker
Claudia Koonce
Danita Thomas
David Currey
DeAnn Stovall
Karen Curtis
Kyle Humphrey
Pam Carpenter
Scott Martin
Scott Williams
Stevie Schifani
Wendy Fisher
Memorial Day Service Set At Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Wesley Chapel Cemetery will host the annual Memorial Day service on Saturday May 22 and then on the fourth Saturday of May each year. The event, announced by a spokesman, was moved from July last year to accommodate workers.
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Wesley Chapel Cemetery
Cancer Drive Totals $376.48 in Grand Saline Campaign
The Van Zandt County Unit of the American Cancer Society reports $376.48 raised in Grand Saline. A Board of Directors meeting is set for Friday May 21 at 4:00 p.m. in the county courthouse Canton. Co chairmen Mrs. Maribeth Darby and Mrs. Virginia Milam note two callers unfinished. Local workers listed include Betty Philips and others. Miss Traci Vaughn spent May 9 15 with Rev Glen Stovall and DeAnn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zandt
American Cancer Society
Canton
Maribeth Darby
Virginia Milam
Cochairmen
Grand Saline
Betty Philips
Bill Woods
Doris Dickerson
Nancy Swain
Jo Mathews
Margaret Green
Mary Adkins
Willie Stephens
Irene Perritt
Betty Waymire
Liz Anderson
Bobbie Adkins
Betty Adamson
Laura Scott
Mary Stephens
Barbara Pruitt
Menon Brown
Shirley Moreland
Mildred Beall
Ina LaPrade
Dorothy Carter
Marcille Martin
Traci Vaughn
Tyler
Glen Stovall
DeAnn
Burglars Arrested Here By Chief Of Police Heddins
Three suspects from Ohio California and Texas were arrested by Grand Saline police chief Pat Heddins after a shoplifting burglary spree spanning California to Ohio. They face charges in Van Zandt County and are held without bond as authorities link them to multiple burglaries theft and a stolen car across several states.
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van Zandt
Canton
California
Ohio
Texas
Grand Saline
Pat Heddins
Robert Eugene Redman
Nellie Maybell Murphy Redman
Lancaster
James Richard Carroll
Salinas
Calif
B. W. Ward
East Side
Heddins
Redmans
Carroll
Ward
Samson Wallace
Highway 17
Coy Stone
Kilgore
Smith, Gregg
Harrison
FBI
Stone
Waskom
Texas Draft Calls 640 Men for June Inductions
Colonel Melvin N. Glantz announces Texas will induct 640 men in June under the national draft plan. A combined May-June call totals 20,000 with a lottery limit of 125, while 1750 Texas men will undergo pre induction physical exams in June as local boards issue orders.
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Texas
Melvin N. Glantz
Selective Service
Glantz
Department of Defense
Two Senior Citizens Honored At Van Zandt County Fair
At the Van Zandt County Senior Citizens Fair Judge Billy Don Hullum honored Mrs. J. Gammill of Edgewood and Mrs. Edwin Wilson of Van. Gammill, reared near Mineral Wells, taught in Palo Pinto County and later chaired the county aging committee. Wilson, a lifelong educator and Van resident, taught fourth grade, earned a Master’s, and dedicates time to nursing homes, Delta Kappa Gamma member since 1085, with extensive volunteer work.
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van Zandt County
J. Gammill
Edgewood
Edwin Wilson
Van
van Zandt
Adamson Business College
Mineral Wells
Gammil
van Zandter
Gur County
Wilson
Freeport
Methodist Church of
Delta Kappa Gamma
Woodall Takes First In Regional Speech Contest
Harold W. Woodall of Grand Saline representing Texas A&M University won the regional student paper speech contest at the IEEE Southwestern Regional Conference in Houston. He earns a trip to the National Contest in New York City, a $100 prize, and a Texas A&M plaque, with UT Austin and University of Colorado placing second and third. Woodall received his BS in Electrical Engineering at the May 7 commencement from Texas A&M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Southwestern
Houston
Harold W. Woodall
Grand Saline
Texas A&m University
Woodall
L. H. Woodall
College Station
Harold
New York City
Texas A&m
Jack Williams
University of Texas At Austin
University of Colorado
Texas A&m College
Piano Pupils Of Mrs Rhodes In Sunday Recital
Ruth Rhodes’s piano students will perform in a Sunday afternoon recital at 3:00 in the High School Band Hall. Open to the public with participants Brenda Shields, Charlotte Matthews, Melinda Matthews, Leber Beall, Nina Ruth Beall, Danny LaPrade, Patti Brummett, Susan Garland, Wendy Slovacek, Denise Means, Mary Tarver, Mandy Mitchell, Claudia Worthington, Emily Hardt, Carol Stanford, Patricia Gray, Margaret Gipson, Mary dot, Ann Matthews, Suzie Walker, Judy Wilson, Danny Darby, and Karyn Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Rhodes
Brenda
Sheryl Shields
Charlotte
Melinda Matthews
Leber
Nina Ruth Beall
Danny LaPrade
Patti Brummett
Susan Garland
Wendy Slovacek
Denise Means
Mary Tarver
Mandy Mitchell
Claudia Worthington
Emily Hardt
Carol Stanford
Patricia Gray
Margaret Gipson
Mary Dot
Ann Matthews
Suzie Walker
Judy Wilson
Danny Darby
Karyn Fisher
Dough Pie Supper and Auction Aids 4-H Trip Fund
Fruitvale Community Improvement Association held a pie supper and auction in Fruitvale Gym raising about 202.70 to fund Douglas Parker’s National 4-H Citizenship Short Course trip in Washington, D. C. The event drew enthusiastic bids with pies and boxes selling from six to twenty five dollars, and the top pie bought by auctioneer Kenneth Brimer. Douglas Parker, son of Ralph and Mrs. Parker, is a Grand Saline High sophomore active in 4-H Club work.
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Fruitvale
Brimer
Douglas
Ralph Parker
Grand Saline High
Ie ’ Lo
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Bill Harris Jr
Dallas
Channel 11
Harris
Bill Harris
Corinth
Ellwood Brown
First United Methodist Church
Hearne
Grace United Methodist Church
Bro. Brown
Shirley Anderson
Bro, Brown
Confederacy
Lee Bellomy
North Green Street
Athena Club
Bellomy
Joseph
Art Starr
Wesley Chapel
Willis Roberson
F E. A. Burrow
United States Postal Service
Roberson
Burrow
Congress
Johnson
Nixon
Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service
Parcel Post
Rate Commission
Canada
Mexico
Bobby Giles
New Co
Bobby A. Giles
Farmers Home Administration
Guadalupe County
Mrs. ©. J. Gammill
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