Bicentennial effort restores historic Black Cemetery in Mesquite
Fred Ward his wife and three children start a 200th anniversary project to locate identify and preserve a long neglected Black cemetery near their Mesquite home The site held about 20 graves with markers and stone tombs tied to families linked to the Ferris brick yard Local historians plan a state marker proper grave markers weed control fencing and careful planning around Peachtree Road extensions to protect the site
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Fred Ward
Mesquite
Peachtree Road
TAP Railroad
LBJ
Scyene Road
Ward
David
Rebeka
Donna
Spiceberry
Casa View Station
Dallas
East Cas
Fred
Glenda
Donma
Rebekah
T&p
Ward Ward
Mellisa Dabney
Mary Jones
Palmer
Dabney
Ferris
Lbj Freeway
David Pickett
Pickett
Volunteers to Lead Swine Flu Immunization Drive
Governor Briscoe announces the First Lady's Volunteer Program will recruit and place volunteers statewide for a massive swine influenza inoculation effort. Over 10 million Texans expected to be immunized in 90 days this fall with 254 county volunteer chairs and local committees coordinating efforts alongside the Texas Department of Resources. Weather outlook for Mesquite and Dallas: Thursday partly cloudy with possible thundershowers, cooler Friday. Highs near 90, lows around 70s, southerly winds shifting northward.
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Mesquite
United States
Dolph Briscoe
Office of the
Texas Department of Resources
Briscoe
First Lady's
Dallas
Olds Receives Master of Divinity at Golden Gate Seminary
Edgar Boyd Olds son of John L Olds among 71 candidates for graduation at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary ceremonies on June 5. He earned the master of divinity degree and holds associate of arts from Wabash Valley College and BA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has pastored San Tomas Baptist Church Campbell California since 1973 and served as US-2 missionary in Pueblo Colorado 1969 1971. He is married to Deborah Ann Carriger.
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Edgar Boyd Olds
John L. Olds
Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
Wabash Valley College
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Southern Illinois University
Carvondale
San Tomas Baptist Church
Campbell
California
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
Pueblo
Colorado
Southern Colorado State University
Stanford University
City Council Responds to Trustees Statements
Mesquite city council members issued individual remarks after a Mesquite Daily News report on the Mesquite School Board. Mayor Bob Beard defended the city’s role in growth policy while noting school budgeting challenges and zoning upgrades to support development.
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Mesquite
Daily News
Ralph Poteet
Bob Beard
Planning and Zoning Commission
Beard
Inside Today section navigation
Inside Today lists editors and page numbers for Jack Anderson Don Oakley Tom Tiede Dr Lamb and features sports classifieds comics astro-graph Polly's Pointers and TV Logs across pages 2 3 6 7 with no article text.
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Jack Anderson
Don Oakley
Tom Tiede
Dr. Lamb
Ae Comics
Astro-Graph
Polly
Mesquite Student Wins First in VICA Skill Olympics
Bernice R Laymance of Mesquite took first place in the VICA United States Skill Olympics Dental Assistant contest. She uses Mesquite High School’s Industrial Cooperative Training program with advisor M L McFarling. Meanwhile Mesquite police report an elderly white female wandered from a local nursing home. this marks multiple wandering incidents.
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Bernice R. Laymance
Mesquite
VICA
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Organization For Trade
Jlaymance
Mesquite High School
M. L McFarling
Destruction of Yard Signs Reported in Mesquite
Police investigate malicious mischief at 1122 Barclay Mesquite after vandals bent a For Sale sign broke its legs and egged a Notary Public sign and the house A separate crash on Big Town Boulevard IH 30 left a 29 year old Garland man with serious injuries and he was taken to Parkland Hospital by Mesquite Fire Department EMS
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Mesquite
Barclay
Garland
Big Town Blvd
IH 30
Daniel R. Culbertson
Chaha Road
Parkland Hospital
Mesquite Fire Department
Cooperation Needed To Boost Mesquite Growth
An editorial urges city council and Mesquite School Board to reconcile over slow tax-base growth and school financing. It notes developers shifting to Garland and Plano, calls for balanced standards, and stresses cool heads and civic duty to secure Mesquite’s economic future.
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Mesquite School Board
Mesquite
Mesquite Daily News
Garland
Plano
Richardson
Metroplex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mesquite Library Boosters Discuss Issues With City Leaders
Mesquite Library Boosters Association held a luncheon with John Pratt of the Friends of the Library and Mesquite City Council members to discuss library issues. City Manager and three council members attended and engaged with attendees on the library question.
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Mesquite Library Boosters Association
John Pratt
Friends of the Library Association
Mesquite
Mesquite Library
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Jeff Cremeens
Local Historical Society
Ww. O Gray
First Lady
Golden Gate Seminary
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Deborah Ann Carriger
Vanderbilt Drive
San Jose
Bill Ewing
City
Ordi
Nances
Richard Russell
Lems
Ewing
Miss Laymance
North Mesquite
Mitchell's Department Store
Broadway
Pratt
Dorothy Roberts
Nancy Woods
Ken Price
Shands
Library Boosters Association
Mary Tutor
Jean Anderson
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