The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1952 Page: 1 of 12
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Construction Started
On Two Tennis Corn
FFA Barbecue
*
Honoring Fathers
Set for Tonight
C. B. Barclay, head of the agri-
cultural education department at
East Texafc State Teaehers College,
will be main speaker at the second
annual Future Fanners of Ameri-
can banquet scheduled to be held!
here tonight, Thursday.
Urn dinner will start at 7 p. m.
in the school cafeteria. Fathers oft
all the local chapter will be guests
of honor along with some 80 other
men who, in the phst year, hate
expressed interest la the school
vocational agricultural program.
ia all, MO people are expected to
attend. .. y
Hulm mil chicken which
FFA chapter ratoed, dressed, andt
barbecued, will be sorted. The
chickens are being taken from the
that batch raised by the FFA boys'
in which they were successful in
getting 504 grown birds out of
gh Bid Rejected
i Factory Building
Firemaifliequest Hetjxof Other
Civi<fGroups to Finish Project
^S^iist rnoHan work on two asphalt tennis eoui
on trlk east sideoTffl^PliaoiiMii^ tl
past %ek, u^Hfaecoujlts are
railroad property has hurt the
sale,” Rosen said, adding that
most people are not inclined to
want the building when half of
U ia on railroad property with a
90 day cancellation term in the
16,000 bid for the long
tctory building south oi
depot was rejected last
r owner of the bulling.
Five Indictments
Given Monday,
By Grand JurtT
Five indictments were rAite
by the Van Zandt County Wrl
Jury Thursday of hit vesmi
chargee are set for trial on Jiu
21 hi District Court. >
Padro V. Mijarea, Herbert 1
Robbins, and James Addis we;
indicted on a jte|i of burglary <
metefTlast Friday to discuss Um
/OJect which is baing sponaornA
Dy the Volunteer Fire Deportment.
Last week and the courts stem
staked off and the grass sod re-
moved.
This weak a grader has leveled
the site, gravel hauled in, and
forms built. County CommiaaioMNr
of Precinct One, Bill Fisher, the-
Highway Department, and the city
have all been helping on the pro*
ject.
According to fire chief Parry
Pugh, total cost of the two court*- '
has been estimated at $1,000. Hot*-- |
ever, Pugh stated this week that
with enough volunteer labor and
the cooperation of other dvie
groups the courts could be com*
plated for $600.
Although enough funds to com-
plete the project are not now *»
reliable, the Fire Department had
decided to start eon?*ruction and
hop# that other organisations mill
help out " - •
. m# Grand Saline Stid^Club
W<\l fifth in the sta|Mr Texas
jAle “Build inem With
/outlm contestnflHuch the local
^rouplntereddBt Mar, Mrs. How-
ard Hill, a^Tprement, was no-
tified jmrweek.
A^Ral of 128 tubs in Texas
gifted the contest The Grand
msTine entry has been forwarded
’to the national headquarters of
the contest for Judging in which
$25,000 in prises on' a national
plane will be awarded. First place
prise will be $10,000. .
In the state Judging, Grand Sa-
line’s score was 77. Pert Arthur
took first; Bowie, second; Crowell,
third, and Bastrop, fourth.
out of count
r occurred,
alleging cattle
[against Alfred
A two-way race for the office
of state representative developed
this week as Walter Dean of Ath-
ens announced his candUbey, sub-
ject to action of the Democratic
Primary July 26.
Dean, who la now —nfluysd in
the construction business in Ath-
ens, visited In Grand Saline Tues-
day, This is his first ttee tor ssak
.* political offloa. He I* * veteran,
of World War 1, a member of tiJ
American region, member of ne
Baptist Church, and ia .* Mono*.
Asked on what fAnMarmdke Is
running, Dunn said that tifii let-
ting the people build kisJuatform.
Bay ^
both of
FkHit Night*
WSStSBBrfx:
son. Tommy Bay, «W» i» «
11:30 a. m. ia the Cosby‘Germany
Hospital. H« weighed seven pounds
and: .tarn ounces. iM --" '
IN THE _
HOSPITAL
QiUt CUu EltkS
Predicted fir Tuceinv
The What Grand Saline bee
be the tegeut voting 1ms Ur
cswriy It was learned* tfcl* s
ns R, K. Crow, didmuur oF
county democrat hr nmrfv fthh
tsvnwwn*u> Fw* —y $ titinSSS
compfling the poll tax list.
Full voting strength of tl
with poll tax receipts in the i
cihnan and who are unopposed are
J. T. York. Sr., CHnten Kirby. mA
Dr. la* Mitchell.
Unopposed for eity eecietary Is
incumbent J. C. Allen.
Election Judge will be C. JL.
White. Clerks appointed are Mr/
Mae Wimpey, Mrs. Neely WHglJ,
and Mrs. Her hart Clover..
The election will be held in til
Fire Hall.
bos to 649. In addition to h,
of poll tax receipts, all those
exemptions, including these
W& Point, Van,
Circlt, Edgewood,
kd.SMine circuit
mind to inventing
iron retired minister
iftTESR, who wants
ie mailing machine
making an attach -
subscribers names
Canton'
and Gr
License plate sales hi Tan Zandt
County soared past the 3;000 mark
this week, but an estimated 6,000
in the county have yet to’buy their
1962 plates.
AO, are eligible to veto which, it
is estimated, will push the tots)'
strength of the west box past the
246 poll tax holders are- listed!. |
Other boxes in Precinct One and*
their number of qualified voter**
are:
Van, 648; Frultvale, 127; Stfver
Lake, 21; Short's Store, 11; North-
east Canton, 172; Pruitt, 49; Col- '
iax; 103; Sand Flat, 66; and Cor-
inth, 48. ; ' M
dll off the press,
t her pej. gold fish
RS. .LUKE BURK-
ly in the morning
the hose to add a
the pond. Then,
D to Exa’s Cafe to
iffee but forgot to
er. Husband LUKE
and reported that
not any of the
.gpIT .—t- •.'.W'vr
/PMi-. and Harold Borough
announce theMteLsfj daugh-
ter, Debra Etoine^RHIaroti 17,
in the Flow Memorial Hospital
.In Denton. Mother and baby are
poing fine. The grandmother tot
Mrs. Fannie Dorough of Grand
Grand Saline Boxe
Last Thmsday On
Up until March 17, the county
had taken in $28,256.89 from the
sales of 1,999 plates. From March
17-22, another $16,091.64 was col-
lected.
Last year, 9.386 vehicles were
registered in the county.
County tax assessor-edDactor
Doug Wood announced this week
that his office in the court house,
will remain open until 6 p. m. Sat-
urday to register vehicles. Deadline,
for buying new plates is next Mon-j
day, March 81.
In Grand Saline vehicles can b*j
registered at York Motor Co.
Roundup Club to Sturt
Drive for New Member*
A-. membership drive for this
year m ww East Texas Roundup
Club will dwart this week, it was
decided at a meeting Monday night.
Membership dtte have been set
at 85. \ ^
In other busineairvhsndlod at
Monday’s meeting, it AAs decided
to back the FFA rodeo tbJra held
at the local a*p» the ftiAiWeek,
end in May. .
The first rodeo of the club has
been set fqr May lflvtf. /’
Grand Saline school boxen were
victorious in nine out of 16 bouts
fought here last Thursday night
in competition against beys from
Toronto Turner, and Wilburn
lost cWtofighta which
split decis^jiby the
*y.
in
'judges.
Dresswood, J0K
fimbertAKnyder, 128, over Dale
te*km/F27.
Bel^ Enyder, 148, aver Tom-
rrudRurmr, 140.
jfMnt at toe bouts eras Dick
"Daria.
According to Grand Saline box-
ing coach “Hoot* Smith, there will
ba no more fight nights hero until
the last of the school year due to
other interscholastic league acti-
vities in which th* local school will
be participating.
in who knows alL
B Is MRS. V. B.
irned home Sun-
> in Akard, Tex.,
Attendance of 1,380
technical
the Mineola schools. One bout end-
ed In a dravfr.
Four of the Grand Saline hoys,
Keith Presswood, Dale Madden,
knock out were scored during the
evening, aU by Grand Saline boys.
Lonnie Humphrey, fighting at 112
pounds, in toe first round won jd
TKO over Johnnie Akin, 11$.
Knock onto ’were scored b^Buly
Don Callahan, 184. in thrfhrst
round over Fool Hall, 2R3, and
Robert Camper at 18in>ounds in
the second round evet/bek Patrick,
186 pounds.
Other local winners were:
Demby Tipps, 88, over -Bily
Crawford, 84.
Wayne Madden, 8$, over Jackie
Tindel, 86. ■ 555
BUI PptMwood, 108, ovar Ernest
Wagner, 107.
Dentil Allan, 128, over Eddie
Ray Doyle, 188. '• .
David Ray Jones, 148, over Lar-
ry Tucker, il 49.
Boyce dean Davis, MO, ever
Tommy Rboles, 168.
Fighting to a judges’ draw were
Wilford Skinner, 1M, and Mickey
.. AKiru,
ig Springs and
lere to witness
ChurcHos on 5
A tots'
Sund--
the dust blew
foot high bog
d over so the.
yver the wire,
also got stuck
when the dust
r car’s running
SPf ■
f morning at
10 Will be On Ballot
For School Trustees
of Corinth; Bryan Joslin, Clyde
Darnell, Mr*. P. B. Land, and Mid.
Morgan Fall.
;; Me Rally
This Week It has bean rummor-
Qualified voters In the Grand
Salta. Independent School District
will have a slate of 10 candidates
to pick their choice of three trus-
tees to serve on the school beard
in the election set for April 8.
Deadline for filing was Tuesday
nt mid-night. During*) the past
week only one additional candidate
announced. Ha was Johnnie Reid
of the Oakland commodity.
Other Candidates
In addition to RatA,' others run
ning are J. C. (Scout) Anders,
Perry Pugh, R. A. Davis, Odi« 8.
— J>-V. OM*......
evening
Mineola winners wars:
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Harle, Neil. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 27, 1952, newspaper, March 27, 1952; Grand Saline, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017081/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.