The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1952 Page: 1 of 12
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Stevenson — No Compromiser
Oraiid Soliiw, T.xas, Thursday, Octobw JO, 1 ?52
Vote Seen for
w WeB Started
ofSagd Flat
Absentee Balloting Said Heavy
As Deadline Nears This Friday
A record turn out at the poll? for a general elec-
tion is forecast for Van Zandt County next Ton*
day and for the entire nation as well.
According to County Ctodt Bfltar
De«n, absentee helkrtiag Si ramtog
four timee u many m four jsaia VS
*»o and u by far the 1mrges* to
the history of the county for on
general election.
Little interest is at stake fas
any of the contests sxsept ft*
president end vice-president. Btor>
ever, mueh interest has been gen-
erated in the county, and in other
section* of the state ae well to
scratch out the names of Allan
Shivers end Price Daniel. Demo-
cratic Party nominees for Gover-
nor end United States Senator, re-
spectively, who are supporting the
Republican Party nominee, Dwight
D. Eisenhower, for president
Most loeal Democrats plan onto
to scratch Shivers and Daniel al-
though there has been soaao talk
locally of writing in former At-
torney General William MeCraw
for governor and LSndley Beck-
worth for United States Senate*.
Dalles Women
Form Send Flat
Luncheon Club
11 of grass fires developing
Tbto large conflagrations is ex-
tremely dangerous.
Property owners have been ask-
ed not to start fires unless abso-
lutely necessary to destroy what
is in itself a bad fire hazard.
Those who feel that they must
burn off lots or large trash piles
are asked to call the fire depart-
ment and make arrangements for
a fire truck and a couple of fire-
men to stand by and watch.
Mayor Persona also called at-
tention to the fact that although
the city’s present water supply is
adequate to supply all needs for
several months, the city lake is
steadily decreasing, and unless
heavy rains come soon the eity
will be faced with a water short-,
age.
Ho asked that all re
frain from over use of
he emphasized that
this time is not pul
strictions on the used
r toBdPenoni and mem-
tbe Fire Department point-
this week that everything
so dry, and with the pro-
of October winds, the
If The San’s straw vote taken
last week oa the Presidential
caadidates means anything, re-
turns indicate that the R$pob-
Ikons are going to ad4dl in
the Grand Bilkdlto, polling
approximatotirone-third of the
Oliver
FitS; Mollie
fooper, Cecil
. and Jimmie
tdadnl* Eagles throw a
• into the Indian fana last
ItoS six points for throe
udf quarters didn’t look
to anyone. However, the
•d did pUy a good game.
AVID RAT CJONES**who
kfentive lina backer for
r time and who got more
share of th* tackles
backfleldjrt iw WILSON
une this year. Just for
•d book he completed nine*
gses against Lindale, and
was one of the night’s
Box Mi
ing on V
Paluxy 1
but that
hate yet
Jogs Musa, lease buyer, who has
operated in the Grand Saline area
for a number eg yean, reported to
The Sun Wednesday that ha has
been authorised by two separate
drilling concerns to got together
a block of from 8,000 to 6,000
seres southwest of town in the Cor-
inth-Oakland area, Sad also a 3,-
600 or more acre block northeast
of town towards Friendship and
up to the Sabine River.
According to Muse, he was
given expense money by both of
the. companies, and was instructed
to pay for legal and abstract work
connected with getting up the
leases sad to then deposit the
leases with a bank on terms that
they would be paid off within 30
days after the block was «E-
pleted. J
Muse stated that the kun be
wanted would carry a 90 dw drift;
ing contract. Both walls wfuldi be
ed that he is works
a deep teat to the'
» Sand Flat area,
FinaRfervicM Held
For T. R^Hopkiiis
Lost ScrtiMay Morning
Funeral servicdtomsre conduct-
ed f<* T. M. HopklStowell-known
Van Zandt County IMdent, at
10 o’clock last Saturdaytotovdng
in the Grand Saline Funeral Home
Chapel.
Interment was in the fWoodside
Cemetery. Services were under tho
direction of Rev. 8. T. Skaggs and
Rev. E. C. Barrow.
The 77-year-old retired
ter died in Palestine last!
day evening. Bom in Ar
Mr. Hopkins came to Texal
and^ftd been Agnmygnt
Jffta from tho poll gives
^BDeraocratic candidate, Adlai
Stevenson a two to one load ov-
er his opponent Dwight D. Eis-
enhower.
However, two votes, both
from farmers, split thek tickets
each voting for Stevenson for
President and Nixou for Viee-
President.
Returns in the straw vote
indicate that farmers will vote
about the same as city dwellers,
that is two to one for Stev-
^Ry at
W any ro-
oty water.
Rev. E. C. Barrow, pastor of
the Methodist Church,, was elected
president of the local ministerial
Alliance at a recent meeting.
Other pastors elected to office
were Rov. A. F. Carr, vice-preal-
dent; Rev. J. W. McGuffey, sec-
retary; and Rev. Eldon Crump,
treasurer. ’
•The pastor agreod to accept an
Thursday;
Be Friday
iurs-
prospects for this
ictor MARION V.
it the following:
) over Brownsboro
Funeri
member of the Bi
. and the Oddfel
ud Saline.
Itowvrs a A. j
’rittfs, J. E. PjJ
from the leoal public
hold a religious service
once a month. The
s^miee was held Thurs-
Collier, at ft a. m. this^fturaday
morning, wilftbe held FriaRfetoft-
ernoon at 2:Oko’clock.
The funeral rel|a are to be hen|
at the Main sftmt Christian!
Church with burial^nWkoodsido
Cemetery. Rev. A. N. jaHMU
officiate.
Mrs. Simpson was a member
of the Main Street Christian
Church.
Surviving Mrs. Simpson in ad-
dition to her daughter are a sister,
Mrs. A. L. Chadkk of Texarkana.
two granddaughters, Mrs. Jackey
Gilbert of Van and to*. Jem Leh-
eoka of Kilgore; and one great-
granddaughter and <me graat-
grandson.
Local FHA Chapter
team Special Activities
^■pbers of the Grand Saline
xtoJsr of tihe FHA plan to take
Tin in the national observance of
Future Homemakers of America
Wtok, Nov. 14.
Each day will have a apodal
activity.
Linda Goff, Slain* Skinner. and
Barbara Thompson am the nom-
inees from the chapter to hold dis-
trict office.
bile by four TD*a.
rer Canton by two
tU by two Til's. .
■t TCU by two
of Pal-
»f Van;
HOSPIT
to avoid any possibility of iftving
the Mock broke by ether gate
buyers, thus preventing them
drilling. .%
Muse left Wednesday afternooft
to return to bis home in Vealmore,
Texas. However, he said that if
land owners in the area where he
wants leases so desire .to accept
the type of leases aa offered by
the companies he is representing,
he will return to Grand Saline
and work on assembling the two
blocks. i
Patients to the l
Hospital Thursday
o’clock were:
ft Baby Boy Wfcts
^faa. Dale Jarrooj
The castor bean hulling plant
Hera in Grand Saline at the Lindsey
Oil Company warehouse started
Monday operating on -a toree-day
a week basis .instead of six days
Revival Starts; Ark.
Evangelist Preaching
The Church of th# Nasarene be-
gan a revival Wednesday night,
scheduled to continue through Now.
9.
Rev. O. S. Free of Little Roek,
Ark., is evangelist.
Rev. Free ha# spent over 14
years in the ministry of the
Church of the Nasarene, including
several years ss a pastor and
seven years in the field of evan-
gelism.
He has pastored at Prescott,
Rogers, and Little Bock, Ark..
Beat Lindale 18-0
politics. Judging
R. L. Hayes,
Mrs. Vay Nations,
Mrs. Bobbie Baldwii
Jerry Bolin, and
Ben Kuykendall.
a week.
The hulling plant will operate
Sen Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, open from 8 a. m. to 6
and all the
the Demo-
uesday, th*
yard drive.
Cosby sparked the
march running once for
passing again to end R
Davis for 88 yard*,, and
ing for 18 yards to scot
As the game neared il
Eagles rose up to stop
drive on the five when
possession of the ball
(However, an attemp
backfired on the Eagk
put toe ball on the one;
it might
4-H Clubs to Honor Local Boy
With Annual Gold Star A war
hn rabbit,
in Mineola
kater hung
the Eisen-
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■Wednesday afternoon over 108 i
•absentee ballots had been cato
with the County Clerk. This
day is the final date to
stsr- - —- *
The absentee ballots may also to
marked and cast in Deen’a office
through Friday.
Those who have secured ballets
may mail them to the clerk’s of-
fice and they will be counted Up
to as late as 1 p. m. the day at
the election.
Polling booths in Grand
will be the regular p>nci
Fire Hall for th%astGram! On-
line box, and the bank lot
West Grand Saline box.
In addition to voting on
datea for office, twe
amendments to t
tution are to be
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Harle, Neil. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1952, newspaper, October 30, 1952; Grand Saline, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1016958/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.