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VOL. LIV_where the Sait in Your shaker (om™ From" Grand Saline, Texas, Thursday, February 28, 1946
Ten Pages Thin Week—I'rice Five Cents
No. 15
Vets Vocational School Approved tor Van Zandt County
High School Gets Vocational Agriculture Teacher
Red Ctoss Drive Opens In
Van Zandt County Friday
M. A. Shields, War
Veteran, Comes Here
Fromldabel, Okla.
Marion Alexander Shields, 31-year-
old overseas war veteran and former
vocational agriculture teacher at Ida-
bel, Okla., has been appointed voca-
tional ag instructor in Grand Saline
High School.
Appointment of the young serv-
iceman was approved last Thursday
night by the School Board on recom-
mendation of Supt H. G. Shivers, who
had been conferring with Shields.
~ ‘ " last Sunday
Sentiment Grows
In Grand Saline
For Big Celebration
The desire for a centennial celebra-
tion in Grand Saline, coinciding with
other similar events in Texas this
year, continues to grow among loyal
residents of the community.
The latest stimulus to the occasion
to be broached recently came last
week end when Wylie E. Thomas, a-
gent for English Freight Lines, dis-
closed that “The Grand Old Opry”
will attend such a ceULration in Grand
Saline around July 4 to July 14, if
a schedule is arranged soon enough
Arrival of Shields msa j for sponsors to map an itinerary,
brought Grand Saline High its lirst Thonias ,evealed the “Grand Old
vocational ag teacher in nea y Opra” plans to be in this section of
years, when O. M. Holt left in Texas in early July and unofficially
a “,e^er Texas agreed to appear here if a date was
where* he Jhe fundamenta^ of j %.h%£ «
firming the haid y. , ‘ y* [Lions Club committee to handle such
Susie Shields of - < on a ProPost'd celebration, has expressed
teacher spent his first 19' >ears ; on | a prefel,nce for early Juiy, ‘nd re-
schrSlsmGraduating froJ Texas A&M I a number of inquiries on a .late.
College in 1938, Shields holds a bach-!
elor’s degree in agriculture edura- j com* ^, .{^ fc^Xation
tl0His first job was at Idabel High I suid recently but de-
SWdds Hi a. •,'mot.lmlth to fit Grand
second class aboard a sub-tender in|bal,ae 0,1 Uem;
the South Pacific, working out of | _ Oil companies already have assured
ew Guinea," Samoa and the” Admiral-! Chairman Jacobs sound trucks will
j*Islands from June 12, 1944, until
is return home prior to his discharge
5an. 8, 1946.
In accepting the post here Shields
I
HIGH SCHOOL GETS Page Five
Fire Boys Donate
$25 to Cafe Fund
. • with their presence, and a number
While the Parent-Teacher Associa- a]reac|y has indicated they will at-
ibe available on set days in July, if
a celebration is decided on by local
sponsors, but agents here asserted
they will have to know soon.
Thomas, whose sen, Bill, is em-
ployed by radio stations during sum-
mer vacations, said that his son has
arranged for broadcasts to be picked
up during the celebration.
With the first Democratic primary
July 27. political candidates will
glory in the opportunity to favor
Grand Saline and its many visitors
The annual membership campaign chairman at 8 o’clock in the District
of the American Red Cross will get Courtroom of the courthouse at Cun-
thing staged in East Texas, would ton. County Chairman Luke Gabbert
day nigni, with a meeting of local announced. E. P. Friedline, chair-
man for Grand Saline, will head a
delegation of local representatives to
the Friday night meeting at Canton,
he said. The campaign will open
Friday.
The Van Zandt County quota will
be only’ $4,360, considerably less than
1945, when the nation was reaching
, its peak in the war.
Benefits Under G1 Bill of Rights
Available at Home to Servicemen
Impressive Rites
Held Sunday For
It. Elwyn Shinn
One of the first vocational schools for veterans in
East Texas was approved this week for Van Zandt
County and the institution is now in operation, A. O.
Loughmiller of Canton, co-ordinator, announced Wed-
nesday.
Approval of Van Zandt County as a site for the
vocational school for war
veterans will enable eligi-
ble young men to enroll and
begin immdiately to draw
[benefits under the Cl Bill
I of Rights, Loughmiller
In on. of the most Impressive mem-) *tat<'d
'uriul services held for a Grand Sa- I « /and < ounty committM
lil (. h,.ro< who gave bis life to bis »f l.«ughi.iillerI avis S. ttingo G.
Grand Salines quota has not been jCOuntry the Kov. H. Carter of *' Gmhs, ard I*. K. doslin, directors,
set, Friedline said, but probably will Troup’ former Methodist Church lu-re|«»s organized only last Jan. 28 by
be much less than the $1,487.50 set ,ast Sunday afternoon, paid high tri- Mi-Klvany, ...unty school sup-
last year for the community, and ex- 1(Utt, ,|„. sacrifice made by First ermtendeiit. In tin.....lays less than
ceeded by nearly $1,200. Grand Saline [<t Klwvn M Shinn who died Feb. " month, this committee effected ap-
people contributed $2,623 in 1945 to jn‘ the* war over Lipm ’ proval of Van Zandt County for one
the Red Cross. The |{. v. Mr. Carter, who’ L.ew b»f the seh....is fr.mi among more than
Chairman Gal hert will distribute the young man. personally, recounted applieations pending before the
literature and go over instructions the early training of the hero and the ] "'•""'ttec^at AiHm.
with local chairman at Friday night’s indelible impression bis sacrifice bad " ...... .......... ........
meeting at Canton. On a theme that j made on the pastor,
the “Red Cross is carrying on,” will The Methodist Church, where serv-
be launched the drive this year. j were conducted, was filled to
Friedline believed the campaign capacity thy friends of the young man
will be conducted locally much inland his widow, the former Ava lsiuise i . .... . , ,........
the same manner as in 1945, w h e n Thompson, and young daughter, Lois c,"111,' ^ L ‘ ‘l 11 ‘
various groups were assessed quotas. Ann, and other members of his fain- | ‘ jJJ1 11 (< "n • 1 ° 1 1 °
il.v.
Making a quick trip to Austin only
last Monday. Loughmiller. named co-
ordinator by his county committee at
a salary of $1,300 a year, i diaries
McMillan of Kdgcwood, It. R. Joslin
of Grand Saline, T. < . F ret well.
Individual business houses were charg
ed with raising quotas.
1 Killed, Eight Injured
In Head-on Collision
State Committee before receiv-
IJeutHiunt Shinn was a/railu»‘« (>f I‘"^h? SUte‘Committw naked only a
high schoo here and Texas AAMi^. (lueBti(1,H> afu>r in»p<ctinK Ihe
ollege. entering the air corps from (.oursl. )(f stui| pnipi)st.(, lri ,V.a
the later institu ion. He was the son Zan<)t (;oUllty. „ a<lvlse(1 that th.
of Mrs. Leroy (unniff.
county school begin enrolling student*
. , . , at once and begin actual mstructic*
rved as an honor guard, entering us 800|1 a!) possih|,..
e church auditorium ... a body. "Undcr this program, any v,Arran
Before the altar, banked with floral whll is |0 for Hoho„| und„r the
offer "'■s of friends, fun
was pi nted bv M . By
and a a r d ti co
I Thel Step: "is,
n.
1 ]>o
>'..i
in e 'sic (;| -.jiii ((f may enroll," Lougb-
» -bee m- iiei .
d of Mrs. *
tabulating receipts j tend, uninvited, if necessary, to but-
from an appearance of^ Harley ^nes- tondoie voters.
To many residents, who have vol-
unteered their time and services, it
will be a golden opportunity for Grand
Saline to stage a centennial celtfara-
tion continued
from an appear----- -- - , ,
ter’s Stamps Quartet before a packed
house Tuesday night at the Grammar
School auditorium, the Voluneteer
Fire Department stepped in and boos-
ted the cafeteria fund $25 more this
"PNo receipts were available Wednes-
day and Thursday on the proceeds
netted from the quartet’s appearance,
but the P-TA was expected to reap
a neat profit from its share of the
gate receipts from local residents and
visitors. „ ,
The $25 from the Volunteer fire
Department brings the cafeteria fund
tion this summer, combining it with a }scalp injury^ and eody^ bruises;
homecoming for boys in service.
One man was tally injured and head and leg injuries,
eight persons .sere severely injured Willingham’s den n was attributed and Miss^ I ssic Starkey. The Rev.
on Highway 80 last Saturday night to the head injury at the Garland B. A. ’ ’ itsi . , ’ csident pastor, <!
in a head-on col.isio:; of two auto-! Clinic, where s«.vm of the injured - -ered ti:. scripture reading,
mobiles. ! were lorought for medical treatment.) Ou: 'f-town relatives, alio attended, '* • SCIIO.H
The dead man was Frank Willing- AH of the injured were treated by , were Mr. and Mrs. < V. Shinn, Judy
ham, 41, of Dallas. ! Dr. Garland ai d Dr. II. B. Stihvell , Shinn Mrs. A. A. Weaver, Mira Ann
The injured: i nere, and were dismissed later this | Weaver, Mrs. Wayne Maekev and
Mrs. Novis Birchfield, Dallas, severe week. _ children and Mrs. Colvin, all <>f Port
a veteran of two world wars,
aid. “The school is so set up that *
^ I* * | 1,1 '■ 1 1 • * * * i vv/i uu p\ t vi ji ti im
' tiF i>„3 veternr may s|iend approximately 18
hour: per week workj.g "o the farm,
four hour- per week in group ilis-
I’nitc Four
The Grand Saline motorists were | Arthur; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Thomp-
Lecnard Birchfield, Dallas, severe v’11 route home from Mineolu when son, Charlotti Ruth Thompson, Mrs.
body bruises and cuts; Abe accident occured, according to in- Martha Thompson. James Earl and
Robert Sanders, Clarks, La., head vestigations. With them were 'th*- Ina lU-lle Thompson all of Tyler;
and face injuries; two Louisiana hoys, iwho were hitch- Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cheatham and N.
Oliver E. Sacife, Monroe, La., head hiking to El Paso to look for work. L. Cheatham all of Kdgcwood. Mrs.
and body injuries; The Birehficlds and Willingham were | (ku t*o. wife of the Rev. Mr. Carter.
John Wesley Gipson, Grand Saline. t>n route to Ynntis, Texas near Min- and his brother and sister-in-law al-o
face end head injuries; eola, for a family reunion at the | at tended.
Junior Graves, Grand Saline, cuts i Litchfield there.
Ion head 'lnd chin' Cause of the accident was not de-I •
Mrs^ Mary Lawthorp, widow of the j t______ _____ ______, 01. termined immediately but authorities
Last Rites Today
For Mrs. Lowthorp
Bill Easen, Grand Saline, chest,
this week. No charges had been filed
late this week.
!and'b'uise^^rnd- ^ Sali'U’’
Thursday from the school board which j home of her daughter, Mrs. P. C.
authorized Supt. H. G. Shivers and Moore, cn the sixth anniversary of I
Trustee Collin Presswood to purchase her husband’s death,
materials. “It (the cafeteria) should Mrs. Lowthorp, affectionately
be ready by fall,” was Shivers’ com- known as “Aunt Mary,” would have j
I boon 89 years old on her next birth- j
| day anniversary, May 29.
She had been in ill health several ]
years and for the -past two years was T
bedridden. Her body arrived here1. Four earloads of sand and a ear- J Seven men an by th.
early today for last rites and burial. Iloai of f™nt were unloaded the company now. according to the co
A native of Middle, Tenn., she i.’.1!?.1, ^*?.k °.n the ^right-of-way of owner. When operations begin func
came to Grand Saline with her hus-iA,^'1 1{alll«'ad and East o SI u i n tiomng smoothly plans rail for two
hand, a railroad man Nov. 9, 18p4/Muriel o the Oltver- eight-hour shifts a
and resided here until about four I Ml",Tt;11 1cement block plant, re- the blocks.
ment.
Union Election
Here Announced
Cement Plant Starts Work This V'eek
With Arrival of Essential Materials
Polio Drive Nets
$710.87 In County
Grand Saline Local No. 3 of the
International Chemical Workers Union
this week announced new officers for
the ensuing year. The union is af-
filiated with the AF of L.
Cliff Sansom was elected president
to succeed B. R. Joslin.
years ago, when she moved to Sweet-
water to make her home with
daughter.
veale.l operations should get, under
way in the new Grand Saline industry
today.
CANTON Van Zandt County c n-
t'Hutted $710,87 to the March of Diup s
infantile paralysis campaign, which
concluded earlier tins month. Chair
man L. F. Saudi rs revealed here
Weilner, lay.
(hie-liulf "t this figure will remain
in the county tor polio work here lc,
local agencies.
Wills Point’s campaign -pon-uiicil
Hay. producing |,v tlm Rot.at.v Club there, iai-c.1 al
nio-t half of tin $710.87, Sander
•Morrell reported it will he only import to G orge II. Pitt m a n
"tatter of time until production is a eliainuun. Iiowed. That emu’
Funeral Held For
Mrs. Laura Oliver
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Brvr.nt and Claude Ballard; Mill com- She is survived by three daughters, plant. evangelist, 16-year-old I* L Spiar's
mittee: Wayland Shivers, Everet Mr»* Moore, who I . ... . . -I ..... .......
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and Sam Knull; Trustees: Locke
Grant, Arnie Clower and Jack Sowell;
Sick committee; Raymond Taylor,
Edgar Gray and Roy Davis; and
Andy Anderson, janitor, and Marvin
Maroney. guard.
g'“!!..Unarle t0 ati |_The,company already has orders for of Kilgore, will conclude with a spisdal BI^ Singing
Be at Sand Flat
miree: wayianu omvers, meiei - ■ -----. ^ , i ne L’omjiuny aircauy nas orders ior ........ .................
Griffin and Dean Edwards; Plant If®"" *crvices here because of perscnnl .200.000 cement blocks—150,000 to go sectional rally for young people Mot:
committee: Edd Miller. Kermit SmithTllyj!fs's’ ant^ Mrs. Pat to Dave Calhoun and J. M. Gautier
Uncle Sam's Men from
L Grind Saline
O'Donnell, both of Fort Worth; one
son, Thomas Lowthorp of Mineral
Wells, three sisters,Mirs. ;W. R. Collier,
Mrs. E. F. MrCurthen, both of Grand
Saline, and Mrs. Lou Pilkinton of
Cherokee, Ala., 17 grandchildren, 11
great-grandchildren, nnd 14 nieces
and nephews.
Sand Flat Area
Booms This Week
.While Wood nnd Smith County oil
Cordell Smith, T/S, in the amphibi-
ous tractor battalion of the U. 8.
Army, has Iboon honorably diacharirod
homo. Son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. L.
flEE ARMBD FORCES Paco Piro
for use in their sweet potato ware-
house, Murrell said. The potato ware-
house will be adjacent to the Short
Line nnd Community Grocery, which
will be rebuilt.
I he 135th session of the Fast Van
p.mcil :i garage
hk.i'ksmith shop
lust fall, announced
W’i .In.- .lay tlm putvlui e of Ins fu-
ll.,o'. ii . i ,'ss in an i sponsion pro-
g:.im f, r In- garage R. A. Penny,
uii.i linv eii the village hlacksmith
for main years, will retire temporari-
ly, ’>nt reveah ,I he will i e hack in
business soon nt another locution.
t’lvel Mnrett. who sold lii.s service
station last week to Walter Prestidge
and Ran,lull Smith. Wednesday dis-
iTose.l he bail pur.Tiused the Hughes
day night at the church, the Rev.
F. ('. Kruse, pastor, announced Wed-
nesday. Young people from through-
out East Texas are expected to at-
tend. The rally will conclude the rc-j Zandt County Singing Convention and Harris Grocery and Market on
vival. [will meet with the Tri-County Sing- Highway 80 east "of town. Murett
ing Convention of Van Zandt. Smith said that Dock Dickerson will he in
and Henderson Counties at the Satnl charge of the meat market.
Flat Singing Class Saturday night j Both o,\\tiers are veterans of many
and Sunday, officials announced this months service in World War If,
wick. A record attendance is ex pec- Mnrett is married and has one child.
I ted. He is the son of Mrs. J. M. Marett
In a signed statement to the Sun. Fenny married several weeks
| F. M. Smith, president, Isiyd Patter- "ISH Merle Teague of Wills
son, vice president, and M. E. White, Foint.
With spring just around the corner1 is 89. isecretary, declared that “we al- » i vii i auv mi.-gsp
, , . ., . and sports writers working themselves ||,, |u.|ieves that the olil iiiantnn.1 n ,r,,‘Y ,,r«mise "ome of ■ *• • , - Jf A
tests were creating quite a bit pf ,into „ |ather about the post-war pros-1P|, „ ^ ai"ip !h,‘ 'T1 *"'*'''* »' '"*“*• »''.d 1 > t c ,u*
attention of late. Van Zandt County |pec(M of varioUK pitchers and fielders I , A ‘ h«ve the promise of a wonderful con-, merk-en legion and its ladies auxlH-
was coming in for aocelerntetl play ^,inK th,. of horiH.hidl, «lf«inst ' n,. ' f„? he ventmn. As the war is ovet and our "ry will meet Friday night accord-
Dillard Seeks To Organize
Ball Club In Grand Saline
in the pust fow weeks, and the ipluy
this week was still on an upward
trend.
Sand Flat was the meccu of most
speculators, and leases and royalties
were bringing their highest in his-
tror for that section. Twenty-five
dollars and $86 were common prices
this week for the Sand Flat royalties,
with unconfirmed reports of $60 an
aero.
a neatsfoiit-oileil irlove for the first *' r01’ hoys and girls are coming flume, |ing to Contdr. It. E. Wheeler
time in veins Ira L Dillard is under-! **M' tcMm by Dillard will let's begin with this session to make Mrs. Wheeler, president of the auxili-
taking to bring back to Grand Siiliii,'1 ,,m,,t*ur' Candidates will furnish this convention a homecoming eon- »ry. The Post will meet at tilt I*
taking to bring
the one link with the pre-war era
baseball.
Dillard, an old-time East Texas
Leaguer, Is asking all young fellows
nd the old ducks interested in organls.
ing a baseball club here to gvt In
touch with him right away aa that
tkay can gat started. Bis telephone
their gloves, ixills, huts, and mitts vention. Your presence and your co- Hut nt 7;.T0 o'clock ami the auxiliary
will be donated by various organ Isa operation will make this convention will meet with Mrs. »Mel I Donoho.
lions, Dillard believed. ! much better. We haven’t missed a
Hut what ho wants right now Is the
desire of all amateur bell players
to be made known to him so that he
will know sshetber a team is wanted
hers.
single session in this convention since i Mrs. W. F. Fowler underwent a
the war began, and let’s keep ths fine minor operation In the Dallas Kurgl-
spirit of good clean gospel singing
going. Come out end help us put
It over the top.”
per _____ _____
cal Clinic Thursday, Ftb. tl. She to
reported to be doing nicely at this
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Buzbee, Byron B. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1946, newspaper, February 28, 1946; Grand Saline, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003867/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.