The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1950 Page: 1 of 16
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[-Sweet Potato
kibit Planned
Dallas Fair
$84 Raised Locally
To Promote More
I Texas Yam Eating
lat sweet potatoes
that are grown in Tex-
will be the theme of
j elaborate exhibit planned in the
)*UaB Fair this year by Van Zandt,
^Smith, Wood, Upshur, and Camp
hunties.
This week, interested citizens of
Srand Saline contributed $84 to
e local Chamber of Commerce
help defray the cost of the ex-
ibit whose total expense has been
stimated at $1,200.
J. F. Rosborough, horticulturist
cialist who is promoting the ex-
bit, says that with the large crop
sweet potatoes which will be
si-vested this year, producers will
need as much advertising as
sible to get people to consume
ore sweet potatoes.
Poor Ratio
He claims that at the present
ne there are five pounds of Irish
consumed to each pound
potatoes in Texas, and
st this proportion needs
_i«r
The Dallas Fair is providing a
■free space in the exhibit hall for
Iswect potatoes grown in East Tex-
|as. The exhibit will have moving
potato characters to attract
lattention. Lighting effects and
ned light pictures will be used
vividly illustrate the entire in-
dustry. More than two million
»ple are expected to go through
ne fair this year and view the
Khibits.
Recipes to Be Given
Home economists will be pro-
|f£yted by commercial companies
'io will be present at the exhibit
to tell people the value of sweet
potatoes as a food and to pass out
sweet potato recipes to housewives.
A map showing the area where
I sweet potatoes are grown will form
|the background of the exhibit.
John Beasley, president of the
i^al chamber of commerce who
collected Grand Saline’s share of
the expense, said that everyone
gave willingly and that a check
sd already been mailed to cover
| Grand Saline’s quota.
mi
END OF THE TRAIL— Some people claim that
horses are smarter than a lot of people. The above
i®!! mare of S. N. (Si) Brown will prove that statement
at the county fair here on Sept. 22 and 23, when
she unfolds a bag of tricks which will include solv-
ing complicated mathematical problems, answering
questions with a shake or nod of the head, and per-
forming many other feats impossible for most other
horses and many humans. Her above stance on the
pedestal is in imitation of the famous Indian paint-
ing named “End of the Trail” which hangs on the
wall of so many American homes. Brown is stand-
ing by the mare’s head. —Photo by Grand Arts
Studio.
City Acts To Encourage Installation
Of Curbs and Gutters By Residents
Insects Threaten Cotton Crop
As Wide Use of Poison Urged
County Horses Being Groomed
For Spectacular Show in Fair
Being forecast as one of the
most outstanding events ever to
be held in Van Zandt County, is
the horse show division of tha
county fair which will be held
here Saturday afternoon, Sept. 23,
following the big fair parade.
A total of $80 in prize money is
being offered in the four divisions
of the show which will be under
the direction of S. N. (Si) Brown.
Brown’s trick mare named Flick-
er, will be one of the outstanding
All Over
Town
A recent copy of The Sun must
I have found its way to far off South
| Africa. Several South African na-
have written saying they
snt Grand Saline friends and of-
fering to trade native handicraft
for American articles of clothing.
| Anyone interested in starting an
I African trading post, come by Tho
3un office where the addresses are
| available.
ALF ROBERSON, who was re-
| turned home Monday from the
lother Frances Hospital in Tyler,
I is really doing fine. Wednesday he
I was seen outside watering his
[lawn and doing a little walking
[to Umber up his legs. ALF says
[that he certainly appreciates the
many cards, letters, flowers, and
visits from his many Grand Saline
One of the biggest fish tales of
year was heard this week over
I at Clower-Pugh Hardware. C. E.
I/BRYANT swears that he has seen
catfish in the city lake which
| weighs at least 66 pounds. The
■is as long as he is tall, C. E.
sys. Let’s hope he never gets
fucked into the city pump.
Ota tho other side of the Bryant
Ifhmily, C. E’s wife follows her
(hobby of art with as much en-
[thusiasm as C. E. does his fish-
ling. For an example of MRS.
BRYANT'S work, turn to the edi-
torial page where a cartoon on
I boarding is printed, drawn by
BRYANT.
(Speaking of hoarding, a food
wt in Brazil, Ind., reported
week that it had no takers for
“hoarder’s special." The food
advertised a box of soap
at 28 cents a box, or two
. The store .also offered
the picture of any
Page 4—
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Grand Saline and Van
Teachers to Attend
Child Study Program
School teachers of Van and Grand
Saline will begin a three weeks
workshop in child study here Mon-
day to be held in the local school
cafeteria.
Under the drection of two con-
sultants from Southern Methodist
University, the workshop will be
a continuation of the child study
program which the two schools be-
gan last September.
According to Guy C. Pryor,
Grand ;Sallne school superinten-
dent, the teachers will study the
problems of children in order that
each child may be considered and
understood as an individual.
“This is one of the features of
present day schools which is en-
abling them to reach all of the
children instead of the favored
few as was true some two decades
ago,” Pryor said.
The first half of the course will
be held in Grand Saline and the
second half in Van. Teachers may
receive college and university cred-
it for the work if they so desire,
Pryor said.
exhibits among the horses pres-
ent, and she is expected to amuse
the spectators with a repertoire of
tricks that promises to be one >f
the most spectacular events of the
entire fair.
Some of K-er Tricks
Flicker is a six year old mare
of ivory color. A three gaited nov-
elty horse, she will perform such
tricks as shaking hands, answering
questions by a shake or nod of
her head, solving such mathemati-
cal problems as telling the time,
adding and subtracting, telling the
current price of oats, and giving
her age.
One of Flicker’s favorite tricks
is working a see-saw. She also
does a fancy walk called a cork-
Draft Board Calls 12
From Van Zandt County
To Take Service Physical
Twelve Van Zandt County youths
left Wednesday to go to Dallas
to take their physical prior to in-
duction into the armed services by
the draft.
Robert E. Lee of Wills Point,
chairman of the board, refused to
release the names of the men tak-
ing the physicals until they have
actually been inducted.
Asked what the draft quota was
for . Van Zandt County, £.ee said
that he did not know at this time.
However, he stated that present
plans are for 18 to be called to
take their physicals next Wednes-
day, and for 30 to be called the
following Wednesday.
The draft board in Wills Point
has already passed through the
25 and 24 year age groups, and
this week were down to the 23
year old groups in the month of
May.
School Budget Hearing Set
By Board (or Monday Night
A public hearing on the pro-
posed budget for the Grand Saline
independent School District for the
year 1960-51 will be held this Mon-
day night beginning at 7:30 o’-
clock in the high school, it was
announced today by Guy C. Pryor,
school superintendent.
Details of the proposed budget
have not yet been worked out.
Pryor said late Wednesday, and
added that the meeting Monday
will in all sense be a budget hear-
ing with the complete budget to be
gone over and all items carefully
considered.
Estimated Income
The budget is being based on
an estimated income of $35,000.
This income ia expected to come
from the school's tax rate of $1.60
p«r hundred dollar* valuation. Tha
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total valuation of the district is
expected to be somewhere around
$3,000,000.
Members of the equalization
board of the school are now work-
ing out property valuations. Mem-
bers of fhe board, which meets
every Saturday, are Sam Terry,
Seab Land, and Rube Hollowell.
The complete tax roll is expect-
ed to be compiled by Sept. 1, Pryor
said. After the tax roll is made up,
notices of the school tax state-
ments will be mailed out Oct. 1.
Division of Money
With a tax rate of $1.60 per
hundred dollars valuation, the
Grand Saline Schools set asidi
25 cents for the interest and sink-
ing fund, and use the remaining
$1.26 for school maintenance.
screw which entails winding her
front legs around each other. On
Brown’s command, she will lay
down and prepare to go to bed by
pulling her own blanket over her-
self.
Last year, approximately 40
horses were shown in the fair, and
even more entries are being ex-
pected this year including fancy
palominos from out of the country.
To Be Shown at Halter
In the judging of the various
horse entries, all animals will be
shown at halter. In all four di-
visions of the event, prizes of $10
will be given for first place, $7
for second, and $3 for third. Rib-
bons will also be awarded to the
winners.
The various classes and regula-
tions are as follows:
Class One: Colts, two years and
under.
Class Two: Saddle horses with
open class for stallions, mares, or
geldens of any age.
Class Three: Stock horses, also
an open class with any age animal
eligible.
Class Four: Palomino, open class
with any age entry eligible.
Judging Rules
Acoording to the judging rules,
all horses are to be judged in the
following points: 15 per cent for
grooming, 20 per cent for stylo
and manners, and 65 per cent for
general conformation.
The arena for the horse show
will be located on the fair grounds
behind the Fire Hall. Many of the
horses in the show will also par-
ticipate in the parade which is
forming at the high school and
then proceeding through the busi-
ness district of the town.
Black Arrow Gang
Raids Grocery Store
A l>old, but courteous, gang
of robbers broke into the Calln-
way Grocery here last Friday
night, taking about $10 worth of
groceries and then leaving a
“thank-you” note.
The thieves broke into the
store after removing molding
from around a glass window. The
glass was carefully removed
and not broken.
The note which was left said,
“We thank you, Mr. Callaway.
Only got about $10 worth of
groceries.” It was signed the
Black Arrow Gang.
Investigating the robbery are
the Shqj-iff’s department and
the State Highway Patrol.
Fingerprints were taken Sat-
urday, and the investigation is
still aaderway.
PBF
Insects are destroying cotton
crops in Van Zandt County at an
alarming rate, county agent James
W. McCown stated this week, and
added that most of the fields he
has inspected show from 40 to 75
per cent of both squares and bolls
destroyed.
McCown gave this summary of
the cotton picture in the county.
With the price good, hovering near
$40 per hundred weight, and with
growing conditions excellent, all
blooms before Sept. 15 ought to
have time to produce cotton—that
is if poisoning has been effective.
Poisoning Results Good
Fields inspected which were pois-
oned earlier in the season were
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Cora Mathews
Wednesday Afternoon
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in
the Methodist Church here for Mrs.
Cora Mathews, 72 year old long-
time resident of Grand Saline.
Mrs. Mathews died in Baylor
Hospital in Dallas Tuesday. Widely
known throughout this area, she
had lived here for about 60 years.
She was a member of the Metho-
dist Church and also belonged to
the Order of the Eastern Star.
Officiating at the funeral serv-
ices were Rev. Harold Fagan,
former Methodist pastor here, and
Rev. Darwin Andrus. Burial was in
Woodside Cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Mathews are a
son, Winston Mathews; one daugh-
ter, Miss Annette Mathews; and
two sisters, Mrs. S. N. Brown and
Miss Zenobia Shackelford, all of
Grand Saline.
Pallbearers were Woodrow Jos-
lin, Wiley Joslin, Fred Wilderspin,
Claudie Smith, Harold Cheser, and
Oliver Cofer.
reported by McCown to have a
nice crop of bolls and to now be
in full bloom. But he added that
due to weather conditions, farmers
have not been able to poison for
three weeks or more, and as a re-
sult the boll weevils and boll worms
are taking over.
Considering that there is ample
time to yet make a crop of cotton,
and the fact that poisoning has
worked, McCown advised that
poisoning is the only sensible
course to follow. He suggested
this week that farmers use three
applications every five days, start-
ing as soon as possible.
More Poison Needed
McCown also called attention to
the fact that the amount of poison
used should be stepped up from
10 to 15 pounds per acre for dust
and from two to three pounds of
actual poison per acre if a spray
is used.
With the condition that most
cotton in the county is in, McCown
said that three applications now
will hold the insects out until a
crop can be set and matured.
However, he warned that if
poisoning is not done, there is a
strong possibility that it will not
be necessary to buy a picking sack.
Stomps Quartet to Give
Program Here Tuesday
The nationally famous Stamps
Quartet, featuring gospel singing,
will be in Grand Saline, Tuesday,
Aug. 15, to present a program
being sponsored by the local A-
merican legion Auxiliary, it was
announced this week.
The program will begin at 7:30
p. m. and will be held in the gram-
mer school auditorium. Admission
will be 25 cents for children and
50 cents for adults.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Maier and
son of Celina, and Mr. and Mrs.
scheduled to begin at 3 p. m-,Tj. l. Adkins left Thursday for
Los Crusqs, and Carlsbad, N. M.
Methodist Parsonage
Moved Across Street
The parsonage for the Metho-
dist Church, formerly located next
door to the church on the west side
of Main Street, was moved across
Main to the northeast coiner of
Main and O’Hara on Monday and
Tuesday.
The parsonage is now in the
process of remodeling, and should
be ready for occupancy in about
three weeks, according to Clyde
G. Darby, chairman of the building
committee.
The primary purpose of moving
the parsonage is to provide room
for a new youth and educational
building, to adjoin the present
church, it was said. Plans for this
nev- building will be announced
some time during the fall.
W. L. Woodward of Gladewater
was the moving contractor.
Six Inch Main Breaks
A six-inch water main on High-
way 80 which broke Tuesday morn-
ing resulted in city water being
shut off for most of that afternoon
to houses on Oleander Street, in
part of the business district, and in
Stump Town.
Mrs. Opal Smart and daughters,
Cora Ann and Patricia, of Duncan,
Okla., are the guests for the week
with Mr, and Mrs. W. ,L. Pettigrew.
More THAN ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE— 57 watermelons were
available for eating Monday night at the annual Lions Club watermelon
party held on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Lindsey. With less than
60 present, there was more than a melon apiece. Caught by the camera
in tho above picture are G. R. Pyle. Morton Salt Co. pleat manager
here, who has half a melon sitting at his feet, while he 1 is teas to
Harry Jeoobe, immediate past president of tha Liona, who ia finishing
up his half of a melon. —Photo by Grand Arts Studio.
Engineer Hired;
Work Expected
To Start Soon
The long and much
talked about curb and
gutter project for Grand
Saline is scheduled to advance out
of the talking stage and into reali-
ty-
Tuesday night the city council
employed Royce Wisenbaker of
Tyler as engineer for the project.
Wisenbaker is slated to start his
engineering work Monday.
According to Mayor J. E. Per-
sons, some 20 interested residents:
have already agreed to install curb
and gutters around their property,
and many others have expressed
interest. Present plans of the coun-
cil call for doing the job piece-
meal, but with the hope that com-
plete sections of blocks can be done
together.
Estimated Cost
The cost has been estimated to
be around $1.65 per foot, but May-
or Persons emphasized Wednesday
that it would be up to the indivi-
dual person to finance his curh
and gutter as the city was unabto
at this time to do any of the fi-
nancing.
First installation of the curh
and gutter project is expected to
begin in about two weeks if the
cement is available, Mayor Per-
sons said. The first job is sched-
uled to be done by Boss Roberson
at his residence on the corner oT
Spring and High Streets.
Proposed plans for curbs and
gutters for Grand Saline have beea
talked about for the past four
years, but up until now nothing
lias never been done. Any resident
interested in installing curbs and
gutters on his property may con-
tact Mayor Persons or city secre-
tary J. C. Allen for full details.
Highway 80 Plans
At Tuesday's meeting, the city
council also announced that they
plan to contact property owner*
up and down Highway 80 within
the city limits to see whether or
not they would be interested in sl
curb and gutter project.
The State Highway Department
has agreed to provide the engineer-
ing and to extend the pavement on
the highway if the property owners
will furnish the euro and gutter.
Farm Loan Association
Elects New Directors
Russell Scott of Wills Point and
J. Bee McAlister of Route 1, Ben
Wheeler, were elected directors for
three year terms of the Van Zandt
National Farm Loan Association
at a meeting of the stockholder*
last Saturday.
During the meeting, the secre-
tary-treasurer reported that the
association had enjoyed its best
business year in history, having
closed 40 loans for a total of $132,-
820. It was also stressed in the
treasurer’s report that through
the association, there is availablo
for farmers and ranchers of Van
Zandt County almost unlimited
funds at the low interest rate of
four per cent.
Other members of the associa-
tion’s board of directors are A. B.
Davis of Canton, J. V. W’ilson,
Route 4, Wills Point, and Cnrt
R. Curtis, Route 1, Wills Point
Union Chapel Reports
Success With Revival
There has been good attendant*
and outstanding preaching by Dr.
J. F. Adams at the current rented
underway at the Union Chapel
Methodist Church, it was reported
this week by Rev. G. B. Carter,
pastor.
Attendance of friends in Grand
Saline and Van will be greats
appreciated, Rev. Carter saHL
Mi
til
Jo Marie Phillips ia in H«
this week attending the H
Maker* Conferee**.'
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Harle, Neil. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1950, newspaper, August 10, 1950; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1002650/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.