Town Tales and Pet News Dominates Local Gazette
Reports of heavy rains bring anglers luck with catches on the Alba Highway. Earnest Barnes boasts two fish on one line using chicken heart bait. Town chatter covers dog removals and a quirky daily paper habit. A playful jab at sports fans, school drive signs, bumper stickers, and a fake gun quip circulate. FDA cherry pie rules amuse locals.
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Earnest Barnes
Alba Highway
Earnest
Pat Heddin
Axveny Town
Bobby Pearson
Henry Kn
Bobby
Henry
Grand Salines First National Bank
Adrian
Grand Saline School opens with 788 students in 1968
Grand Saline Independent School District opened the 1968 year with 788 students enrolled, including 70 first graders. The district reports 524 elementary and 264 high school students, with all buses on regular schedules and cafeterias open. Superintendent Gailen Stewart calls the opening smooth and notes 11 new teachers joined the 194-60 faculty.
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Grand Saline Independent School District
Gailen Stewart
Grad Saline
Stewart
Grand Saline
Shirley Anderson
Gerald Albert
Susan Land
Wiley Garland
Adam Richey
Lanier Richey
Lions Hear Coach Analyze Indian Team
Grand Saline Lions Club heard coach Harold Stanger assess the Indian football outlook after a scrimmage with Troup. Stanger praised team spirit, noted size and experience gaps, and urged more hitting to compensate for leaner numbers. Coaches LaPrade Hartley Ing and Joe Hartley will assist junior squads. Lions pledged support while noting a shortage of businessmen to help.
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Stanger
James LaPrade
Arnolding
Joe Hartley
Piez Shield
Lion's
Lions
J.C. Russell
County Savings Bond Drive Reaches 54 Percent of Goal
Van Zandt County reports July sales totaling 25 205 dollars as part of a county goal of 360 000 dollars for 1967. C L Stanford chairs the county Savings Bonds Committee and says seven months show Texas and national gains in U S Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares. July sales reach 862 130 dollars with nationwide Series E H and Freedom Shares totaling 416 million dollars.
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van Zandt
C. L. Stanford
van Zandt County
U.S
Freedom
Texas
Indian Sports Club Plans Barbecue For Next Thursday A Kick Off
The Indian Sports Club announces a kickoff barbecue to honor the 1968 Indian football team. It will be held at Persons Stadium on September 12, sponsored by the club. New officers include Billy Koonce president Adene Lowe secretary and Murry Means treasurer.
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Ndian Sports Club
Persons Stadium
The
Indian Sports Club
Billy Koonce
Adene Lowe
Murry Means
Pentagon Sets November Draft Call At Ten Thousand Men
The Pentagon issued the smallest draft call in 18 months, targeting about 10,000 inductees for November. Texas quotas show 122 men for November, the lowest since April 1865, with earlier months and state figures noted. Officials said the low quotas reflect reduced outgoing drafts despite ongoing manpower needs. All inductees will join the Army, and October figures were referenced as part of the broader trend.
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Pentagon
van Zandt
Texas
Selective Service System
Army
Offals
Strike Enters Fourth Month at Morton Salt Grand Saline Plant
AEWU Local No ss ctixe continues its strike at Morton Salt Grand Saline plant into a fourth month with no talks scheduled. Federal mediation released August 19 noting the core issue is managements right to make job changes without further negotiation, despite union discussions.
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AEWU
Morton Salt Company
Grand Saline
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Office
GSHS Band Boosters Set Meeting Monday Evening
GSHS Band Boosters plan a Monday meeting at Upam as Band Booster Club president Harold Cheser announces details for members and families. The event aims to organize support and activities for the school band program.
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GSHS
Haseen
Upam
Hal Harold Cheser
Texas vehicle inspection rules set for April 15 1969
Speir of the Texas Department of Public Safety notes more than six million vehicles will receive inspection aids by April 15 1969. Inspections cover brakes lighting equipment horns mirrors windshield wipers front seat belts and steering on all motor vehicles in the state. Trailers and mobile homes over 4000 pounds gross weight have inspection requirements. minimum fee is 1. The new two and a half inch square DPS inspection sticker will feature a red background. Motorists urged to complete 1990 inspection early for fall and winter safety.
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Speir
Texas Depo Public Safety
Texas
FHA Lets Dallas Meet and Boyd Says
Farmers Home Administration plans a Dallas meeting Sept 10 11 per County Supervisor William E Boyd. State office staff will discuss rural flow into urban areas. local office closed Sept 10 12 for the meeting. Attendees from Van Zandt County include William B Boyd Horace Sharman Thomas F Cheshier Frances Burton and Wanda Westmoreland. The agency through 138 county offices aims to loan about 130 million to rural families this fiscal year with prior year loans for operating expenses and rural Texas projects, including homes water sewer and recreation ventures.
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Farmers Home
Dallas
William E Boyd
St Louis
Farmers Home Administration
van Zandt
William B. Boyd
Horace Sharman
Thomas F. Cheshier
Frances Burton
Wanda Westmoreland
Boyd
Tex
Quiet Labor Day in Grand Saline and Van Zandt County
Labor Day passed quietly in Grand Saline and nearby Van Zandt County with no major local accidents reported by the sheriff or DPS. A carload of liquor was seized and turned over to authorities, while higher fatality counts elsewhere in Texas and the nation underscored a grim holiday weekend on the highways.
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Grand Saline
van Zandt County
Sheriff's Department of Department of Public Safety
Ine
Enser
Marvin Bail
Shriff's Department
East Texas
Mount Pleasant
Larry D. Brown
Cyelist
Brown
Texas
Department of Public Safety
California
Illinois
Michigan
Indians Chapel Hill Scrimmage Set For Friday Night
Indians host Chapel Hill at Selock at Persons Stadium Friday at 8 PM for a scrimmage. The game serves as a rugged tuneup ahead of the season opener September 13 against Winnsboro in district 17-A.
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Chapel Hill
Comrane
Indians
Selock
Persons Stadium
Chapel
Mi A
East Van Zandt Singing Convention Set This Weekend
East Van Zandt Singing Convention will be held this weekend at Elm Grove community on Canton Mabank highway. Singing starts 7 36 p m Saturday and 10 30 a m Sunday with several out of town singers expected. F B Smith is president Darmon Monk vice president and Mrs B W Ward secretary. Officers invite the public to attend and bring a basket lunch after Sunday services at noon.
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East van Zandt
Elmrove
Canton-Mabank
F. B. Smith
Darmon Monk
B. W. Ward
Forty seven students form Indian Band lineup for Winnsboro game
Grand Saline High School will field forty seven Indian Band members at Persons Stadium on September 12 for halftime. Drum Major Charlotte Sloan leads the group with majorettes Warsha Lowe Judy Russell Fvonne Carter and others. The roster includes players on flute clarinet saxophone trumpet horn trombone and tuba, with Manuel De La Rosa serving as band director.
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de la Rosa
Grand Saline High School
Winnsboro
Persons Stadium
Charlotte Sloan
Warsha Lowe
Judy Russell
Fvonne Carter
Diana Carter
Judy Land
Vicki Ste
Arah Chener Hass
Belinda Jackson
Kathy Sheppard
Vito
Jeresa Weatherall
Pesey Ivy
Patsy Adams
Connie ‘Mpbell
Teresa Walker
Dickerson
Entre
Dashes
Cornet
Maret Prench
Fern Duke
Stanley Boazman
Celia Brim
Randy Joslin
Rhonda Heddins
Donna Herron
Ruby Mays
Danny Carroll
Karen Hapstonstall
Linda Marshall
Mass Hornavid Crain
Danny Fansier
Yvonne Bailey
Vickie Marshall
Roxina Powler
Anne Campbell l
Sarah Higginbotham
Manuel de la Rosa
We’ll Have To Outhit Indians Says Stanger
Stanger comments on Indians facing a tough schedule. He praises Grand Saline team spirit, compares it to last year’s regional champions, notes 16 players left armed with 200 pound linemen and an all state fullback. Juniors and eighth graders show optimistic outlook for the season.
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Grand Salin
Stanger
Troup
Grand Saline
Arnold King
TJC School Bus Runs Daily Again This Year
Tyler Junior College announces a daily bus route starting next week with a 6 30 am departure and an estimated 5 80 pm return. The service will operate east of the Salt City Company area in Grand Fe Une, marking a repeat of prior shuttle arrangements.
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TJC
Tyler Jn College
Salt City Company
Grand Fe- Une
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