The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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'‘Consolidated WitlTThe Salt Shaker”
Grand tSaline, Texas
Where the Salt in >our Shaker Comes From
sday, May 27, 1937
No. 28
Judge Walter Ruseell
Visited in Grand Saline
Gilmer Degree Team
Here Last Tuesday
Judge Walter Russell, who has been
presiding over the Van Zandt county
district court this week, hearing some
cases in which Judge Olin Crisp was
disqualified, was in Grand Saline
Tuesday. Court had adjourned for the
day, and the judge came over to re-
new acqhaintences.
Judge Russell is well known here,
having been reared in Rains county
a few miles from Grand Saline.
Forty members of the Gilmer Mas-
onic Lodge, including a degree team
which is second to none in Texas, were
in Grand Saline Tuesday night to con-
fer a Master’s degree at the local
lodge. Lee Hart, Grand Junior Ward-
en, accompanied the group.
The degree team members were
banqueted at a local cafe before the
meeting, and the visitors also visited
the Kleer salt mine. Following the
meeting, refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served.
In addition to the Gilmer group,
representatives from fifteen other
Reporting after a short deliber-
ation, the jury in the Albert Clark
case gave the defendant a five-year
suspended sentence.
Winners in the Yard and Service
Station beautification contests, spon-
sored by the Grand Saline Garden
Club, were announced last Friday at
the regular meeting of the group,
held at the home of Mrs. Willard Proc-
tor. The contest is annual affair.
/Grand Saline yards receiving honors
were: Mrs. Charlie Cannon, first; J.
L. Fail, second; Mrs. V. B. Cozby,
S. F. Malone, teacher of Vocation^?
Agriculture in the Grand Saline
school, is calling a meeting to be held
in the East Center community on Fri-
day, June 4. At this meeting, the
farmers will discuss the possibility of
securing a soil conservation project
on the Saline Creek watershed.
Meet at Sand Flat Today
Mr. Hauger, of the Lindale pro-^
ject, will meet with a group of farm-
ers at two o’clock today( Thursday!.
An inspection trip over the farms of
Ed Chrestman and C. L. Nations will
be made, with Mr. Hauger explaining
the work that has been done.
Twelve jurors had the Assault to
Murder case at four o’clock Wednes-
day, after the state had presented
evidence to show that Albert Clark
had shot his father-in-law, John
GUode. The alleged assault took place
ini the Postoffice Drug Store at Van
oij July 19, 1935.
Seventh Grade Students
in Graduation Exercises
Students of the Seventh Grade of
the Grand Saline grade schools, were
presented with their diplomas in ex-
ercises held last Monday night at the
Gym. Leota Davis was Valedictorian
of the class, and Marjorie Frasier was
Sahitatorian.
The address, was delivered by Rev.
Robert Fling.
The American Legion Awards,
made on the basis of scholarship,
character, courage, honor and leader-
ship, were made Monday. Leota Davis
received the medal for the girl, and
Junior Welsh received the honor fuom
among the boys.
C.. Geddie was hired as special prose-
cAor to assist County Attorney
Lewis Orsborn.
\ Waller Russell as Judge
Judge Walter Russell, District
Judge of Smith and Wood County, was
iniCunton Monday and Tuesday, where
he? occupied the bench. Judge Rus-
sell expected to try the cases against
Earl Greer, but they were temporarily j Rev Herbert
parsed. District Judge Olin Crisp is
disqualified in these cases.
Walter P. Gibson, Texas & Pacific
Railway agent in Grand Saline for
many years, and for the past 13 years
Agent at Wills Point, passed away
Wednesday night of last week at his
Wills Point home,
were conducted ""
Large Crowds Attend *!
Graduation Exerciseft
Legion to Decorate ,
Veterans' Graves Sunday
Funeral services
Thursday afternoon by
S. Springall, Dallas.
Oilie B. Webb, assistant to the presi-
dent of the Texas & Pacific, also as-
sisted in the services.
U. H. Quinn, T. <£■ P. agent in
Grand Saline, was one of the pall
bearers.
W. P. Gibson was born in Galves-
ton, Texas on September 25, 1872. He
moved with his parents to Wills Point
when a small boy, and in 1893 he be-
came Agent for the Texas & Pacific
Railway in Grand Saline. He was
stationed here until 1923, when he was
transferred to Wills Point.
Mr. Gibson was married to Miss
Mary Stevenson of Forney in 1896,
and there is one surviving son, Fred,
of College Staton. Mr. Gibson is also
survived by his wife, one sister and
two brothers.
While in Grand Saline, Mr. Gibson
_______________ was very active in the work of the
—Kineola Highway in the Sabine hot-! Masonic Lodge, and for many years
tom. For two years he has observed served as Master of the Lodge here,
the work on several Soil Conservation i Attending the services from Grand i
Cooperators farms in his nearby ter-1 Saline were:
ritory. j Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen, Mrs. Hugh
The steeper slopes and poorer soils Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Snow,
have been sodded to Grass and fenced Mr. a,M Mrs. Geo. Bell, Mr. and Mrs.
in pasture on these farms. Mr. Ruck- Quinn, Mrs. John Caldwell, Mr. J
er states he believes a man makes! ant* Mrs. Henry Beaird, V. B. Moore,J
money by working better land better.' Allen Pinkerton, Mrs. J. E. Persons,1
“I would rather give credit to a cus-| Mrs. Lucy Wilderspin, and Mrs. E.j
tomer with some good pasture and Dorough.
livestock than to one with just cotton #---
and com,” he said. Pioneer Resident Died
At the Baccalaureate services Sun-
day, where Rev,
Carlin
preached an inspirational sermon, and
again at the commencement exercises
on Tuesday night, the gymnasium was
packed to capacity as the High School
graduates of 1937 were given their
diplomas.
The students started in on their
summer vacation or summer work on
Wednesday, and on the same day
miiTiy of the teachers started off to
college or on vacation trips.
Dallas
GRASS FIRE
Old-Age Pensions
And Job Insurance
Given Court's O.
The members of the Grand Saline
Fire Department extinguished a grass
fire on Thursday of last week. Fire
on the T & P right-of-way was
threatening the Kidd Tourist Camp.
ma-
SKINNER—KENNEDY
The verdict, by a divided court,
promptly, touched off a firecracker
string of contradictory statements on
the resulting outlook for the Roose-
velt court reorganization bill, with
proponents of compromise claiming
a material gain for their cause.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson, the
majority leader, however, said the
battle for the bill will continue, un-
affected by the decision, while op-
ponents of the bill contended it is
dead. One of the latter said the Pres-
ident now has an admirable out for
withdrawing it.
The court’s decision on the Federal
social security law came in two cases
and turned on the constitutionality of
the taxes imposed to support the un-
employment insurance and old-age
pensions provisions of the legislation.
The former was upheld by 5 to 4 and
the latter, 7 to 2. r
The State Highway Department is
this week advertising for bids for the
constructing of twenty miles of as-
phftlt seal coat on Highway No. 110.
Most of the construction is in Smith
county.
The advertisement, official copy of
which is printed in this week’s Sun,
calls for the asphalt seal coat on 1.6
miles West of the Smith County line,
and 18.4 miles East of the Van Zandt
county line.
Bids are to be received not later
than’June 4, and the work will pro-
bably start very soon thereafter.
Grand Saline is one of eight East
Texas towns in the recently formed
East Texas Tennis League. The first
series of matches was held last Sun-
day, with the team from Grand Saline
defeating a team from Henderson. The
sets were played in Tyler.
S. H. Lee is captain of the Grand
Saline team, and playing with his
group are: Howard Beaird , Alton
Bryant, Allen Pinkerton, Hayden
Weaver, and Marion Quinn.
In the matches Sunday, the doub-
les team composed of Lee and Beaird,
were winners. Bryant and Quinn each
won their singles. Weaver and Pink-
1 erton lost in their doubles, and
Howard Beaird lost in the singles.
The teams plan to play on alternate
Sundays. However, due to a conflict,
the Grand Saline team will probably
play Nacogdoches at Tyler on next
Sunday.
in Van Zandt Teams in the league include, Van,
Grand Saline, Tyler, Henderson, Nac-
ogdoches, Jacksonville, Longview and
Gladewater.
HANES ENTERTAIN GROUP
AT BRIDGE PARTY THURSDAY
Health Club Organized
at Pruitt Monday
L. H. Taylor, 76, pioneer citizen of
i Van Zandt county, passed away at his
i honie in the Creagleville community
| last Saturday. Funeral services were
conducted at Creagleville Sunday, with
[ Rev. Ed Barrett in charge of the last
rites.
Mr. Taylor lived
county practically all of his life,
went to West Texas for a few years,
but returned to the Creagleville com-
munity, where he has been living for
15 years..
In addition to his wife, he is sur-
vived by one son and three daughters.
Fred R. Taylor and Mrs. Albert
Rumbelow of Grand Saline are sur-
viving children, and Mis. A. I). Robi-
son-of Forney is a surviving half- \
sister.
Old Fiddlers (convention at the wedding ceremony.
in Athens Friday Oakland school pupils
ON PICNIC LAST THURSDAY
The Sixth Annual Old Fiddlers Con-
vention will be held in Athens Fri-
day, May 28, and 25 Texas Fiddle
Bands will be represented.
The afternoon program starts at one
o’clock, with several noted speakers
present.
WPA Workers At
Wills Point Strike
George VI Is Crowned
Wills Point, Tex., May 26—The
WPA crew of laborers here walked off
the farm-to-market road project, north
of town, after being told by the fore-
man, G. Faulkner, that only a part of
the crew could work this week because
of a shortage in trucks'. The work-
ers declared they would/Btrike unless
all of them could work. One of the
workers said that the members of the
crew threw “high dice” last week to
see who could work. It is expected
the workers will return to work by
Thursday,
Spojcc at Legion Meet At the third Quarterly Conference
of the local Methodist Church, recent-
Following the fish fry, which was | }y) the temporary Building Committee,
conducted last Thursday night on the ( composed of Mr. S. II. Lee, Chr. C. G.
lawn at the Southwestern Gas & Darby, Oliver Cofer, T. B. Ray, Sam
Electric Co., Rev. Willis Jernigan de-1 Terry, Wm. Swain and E. P. FriecHine,
livered an address to ex-service nien their report.
and their wives. Rev. Jernigan is a They reported that it was their
prominent member of the Legion post judgment that the present auditorium
at Mineola, and he is a former resident should be raised about 3 feet, and •
of Grand Saline. basement built beneath, in which they
5th Sunday Singing «■
- at Canton Next Sunday
The Annual Home Coming Singing
wilj be held in Canton next Sunday,
May 30th. All lovers of the Sacred
Harp music are invited to the Metho-
dist church and the Progressives to the
baptist church. The committee is ex-
pecting all the best singers of the
county and many out of the county
singers hath places and are sure
of having a real high class singing at
both places.
Seven-Year-Old Child Dies
Opal Gertrude Music* seven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P G. Musk
1 The Quarterly Conference accepted
- their report, and thr pastor moved that
e this same committee be made a per-
manent committee, with instmetiona
* to go ahead and carry out the propos-
ed plan at the earliest possible time;
. and the Quarterly Conference unani-
mously concurred, giving this commit- 7.
^ tee the authority to go ahead. * 1
k The realixation of this long dteag»- ■ A
■ ed of Church building now only await* ?
>• the action of this committee, shidijtAm
I* interested in beginning want ha
near future. •. v£jjd
He is survived by his wife,
Id ene daughter.
jpfjcs Secured
for Local Library
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Proctor, Willard. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1937, newspaper, May 27, 1937; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1015367/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.