Grand Saline Chamber Receives Industry Merit Award
Last week Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce earned The Award of Merit from the Texas Manufacturers Association for participation in Texas Industrial Week. This week volunteers from the 4 H Club lead Clean Up the Litter Time on May 29 at 8 30 a.m. meeting at Union Hall to collect cans bottles and trash. Next week the town hosts the tenth annual Grand Saline Riding Club Rodeo June 3 4 5 with a parade June 3 at 5 30 p.m. Summer recreation plans move ahead with multiple league teams and swimming instruction set to begin June 7 at local facilities.
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Grand Saline
Union Hall
Card of Thanks for support during illness and shop reopening
A note of thanks thanks readers for ecards visits calls flowers and meals during a recent illness. The writer announces the shop will reopen on June 8th.
Lake Tawakoni Fishing Report Highlights Seasonal Spawn
Holiday Marina notes black bass scarce as they guard nests with few on top water lures. Crappie shift between shallow and deep water by day, while channel catfish vary with conditions. Dallas angler Chris Tens ten of Dallas hauled 25 crappie at 2.25 pounds. T J Short of Wills Point caught 50 channel cats to three pounds on trotline bait.
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Chris Christensen Jr
Dallas
T. J. Short
Wills Point
Social visits and church attendance noted across Silver Lake
Silver Lake churches drew strong attendance on Sunday with Sunday night services. Several local residents and visitors were listed visiting friends and relatives across Sand Flat Grand Saline Brownfield Canton Farmers Branch De Soto Corinth and Canton. Families including the Carpenters Whisenhunt Coley Neals Luckett Moore Huffstutter and others are mentioned in multiple visits over the weekend.
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Ed Carpenter
Bessie Elkins
John
Bennie McNorton
Cynthia of
Corinth
N. Y. Luckett
W. C. Fowler
Clyde
Zelma Huffstutter
de Soto
Grace Peace
Canton
Jack Moore
Bradberry Receives Degree At N T S U
Doran E. Bradberry Jr of Grand Saline was among 114 senior honor graduates at the 81st spring commencement of North Texas State University on May 18. He earned cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration. the ceremony awarded 962 bachelor degrees, 169 masters and 28 doctoral degrees. Bradberry is married to Mary Ann Reid of Oakland.
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Bradberry
Doran E. Bradberry
Grand Saline
Mary Ann Reid
Oakland
Saline Barracks Dinner Draws 46 Attendees
The Saline Barracks and Ladies Auxiliary 1465 World War I Veterans held a May 21 covered dish dinner with 46 attending. Mrs. Irene Gentry, District President, was a special guest. Visitors from Terrell Wills Point Canton and Mineola also attended.
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Saline Barracks
Ladies Auxiliary
Irene Gentry
Terrell
Wills Point
Canton
Mineola
Mrs. Kearby Allen Buried At Sand Flat
Mrs. G Kearby Allen 69 of Tyler died Monday in a Tyler hospital after a short illness. Services were held at 2 p m Wednesday at Sand Flat Baptist Church. Burial followed in Sand Flat Cemetery Van Zandt County. Surviving are her husband G K Allen of Tyler two sons Julius of Shreveport and William of Dallas a daughter Ruth Patterson of Tyler four brothers and one sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Kearby Allen
Sand Flat
G. Kearby Allen
Cushing
Tyler
Julius Allen
Shreveport
William Allen
Dallas
Ruth Patterson
Jack Reynolds
T. V. Reynolds
California
H. H. Reynolds
The
Virgin Islands
C. H. Reynolds
Kleberg
Jettie Head
Jehovahs Witnesses Set Three Day Texarkana Assembly
Jehovahs Witnesses announce a three day regional assembly at the Union Convention Center Auditorium in Texarkana May 28 to 30. Speakers include Lester M. Dugan and V Sekela with talks on Bible subjects and a Ministry School training program. Wesley Patterson of Grand Saline also appears on the program.
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Assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Union Convention Center Auditorium
Texarkana
V. Sekela
Loop 151
Interstate Highway 30
Sekela
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Texas
Lester M. Dugan
Brooklyn, N. Y
Dugan
Model Ministry
Wesley Patterson
Grand Saline
Services Held For Local Man's Brother
Funeral services were held Sunday from Byrum Funeral Chapel in Dallas for Ray mond Earl Bell of that city. He was a brother to Willard Lee Bell of Grand Saline. Interment was in Trinity Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Mrs. Bessie Bell an other brother Douglas Bell of California and three sisters Mrs. Evelyn Barnett of Hutchins Mrs. Lorene Burns of Rhode Island and Mrs. Bonaville Lane of Dallas.
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Byrum Funeral Chapel
Dallas
Raymond Earl Bell
That City
Willard Lee Bell
Grand Saline
John Jackson
Trinity Cemetery
Bessie Bell
Douglas Bell
California
Evelyn Barnett
Hutchins
Lorene Burns
Rhode Island
Bonaville Lane
Mrs. Mary Read Heads Abroad for European Tour
Mrs. Mary E Read formerly Mary Ella Spears daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Spears of Grand Saline departs this week for Spain Germany and Paris where she will reunite with husband Jim Read He will fly a Vaught Aeronautics A 7D from Grand Prairie Texas to Paris to take part in Paris International Air Show demonstrations The couple living in Dallas plan a London stop on the return trip for more sightseeing
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Mary F. Read
Mary Ella Spears
M. J. Spears
Grand Saline
Spain
Germany
Paris
France
Jim Read
Jim
Vaught Aeronautics
Grand Prairie
Texas
Berrys Attend Dinner Meeting in Tyler
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Berry attended a special dinner meeting last Thursday at The Blackstone Hotel Tyler representing Berry's Supermarket. The event gathered Affiliated members in the Tyler area for this regional gathering.
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Kenneth Berry
Blackstone
Tyler
Berrys
Berry’s Supermarket
Convention Speakers Set For Weekend Assembly
The congregation will name a chairman for the day and M. C. Hollingsworth will speak Sunday. The convention ends Sunday at 3 00 pm with Mr. Dugan addressing What Is Behind The Spirit of Rebellion. Local Kingdom Hall meetings are canceled as delegates attend.
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M. C. Hollingsworth
Dugan
Patterson
Airman McCormick On Leave From Navy
Airman Robert N. McCormick II is home on leave from the Navy visiting his mother Mrs. Maxine McCormick in Grand Saline. He completed 22 weeks of aviation electrician training in Jacksonville and has 24 days leave before reporting to Moffett Field California for a two year assignment. He attended Grand Saline High School until enlisting in August 1970 and is brother of Mrs. Mins Brummett.
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McCormick
Navy
Robert N. McCormick II
Maxine McCormick
Rt. 4
Grand Saline
Jacksonville
Fla
Moffett Field
Calif
Grand Saline High School
Mins Brummett
Rt. 2
Mosley announce birth of son Danny Joe at Wills Point
Mr and Mrs Charles W Mosley of Wills Point announce the birth of their son Danny Joe on Friday May 21.
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Charles W. Mosley
Wills Point
Danny Joe
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Bill) Thomas
Westward-Ho Cafe
Mrs
Manuel Burk
Texas Rural Electrics
Lake Tawakoni
Holiday Marina
By Bennie McNorton
Silver Lake
Clyde Fowler
N.T.S.A
Wood County
Wood County Electric
Lester Slaton
van Zandt County
Mary E. Read
Into
Heflin Electric
Ray Heflin
Grand Cleaners
Jarrell Matthews
God
B. W. Ward
Corby-Germany
W&w Variety Store
Sam Savage
Bailey Furniture CO
Joe Bailey
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