The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1952 Page: 1 of 10
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January 17, 1fS2
IPPi
y Man Reported Interes
ying 1,000 Acres of C
we, therefore, ask j
and the United
ommlesion to divide
tones—a forth zone
me for the purpose
the open season on
Is in Texas,
that this zone divid-
tsblished along the
«Uel beginning at
REPintVE 68ANTED
Entire Deal Being Investigated
fclaw by T&P Agriculture Advisw
A large local -market lor sweet. corn .tJus yea
loomed as a po^lMlitytftis Week1 fallowing a report
that a buyer from the Valley had e^ ^sed iutered
i: v-f-w.,. iA .if ■ t jta buying corn if he could arrangi
Union W« Beet ***•*“? 'f00 _
“SS*
III u---1 flTtlnn '• Uie project, and he is scheduled fi
” T— ’ " ‘ be in the Valley the first of mm
' Members of tocal 3 of the Chemi. week where he will penondfer M
eal Workers Union, AFL, bargain- vestigate aU details of the pis—
^^.*»***SL o£ ■**! d™™”* **
Car Inspection Law
Deadline Postponed
■tyt Louisiana line
urtty, Texas, where
isiana line striked
parallel, west to a
cpwaaea highway G9
h Polk County, TeA
- The deadline to have all care
and trucks to Texas inspected for
safety was postponed this week to
Sept. 6 due to impossibility to get
•11 vehicles inspected prior tor April
1, the old deadline.
York Motor Co. has been tbV
only safely station approved to
inspect cars and trucks to the Grand
Saline and.Van area. Charge for
the inspection is $1. ,
ton, Polk County, TeA
bag highway 59 to a
irris County where it
Uel thirty. Then along
k parallel west to a,
Austin, Texas, where
crosses parallel thirty,
MOOT POPULAR—Pictured above
is Deborah York, three months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
T. York, Jr., who was voted moft
__4-V- Q.lUa
popular .baby to t!\p Grand Saline
area borh in 1951. to n ednteat held
last December. Deborah was born
0*t 28. V"/
iway 81 southwest
Texas to a point
with highway 90
say that the buyer is interests* •»
ties to supplement early corn tout-
ing he will do to the Vnlley amt 1
his into activities to Oklahoma-.
Provide Mexlcaa Laker *
* If enough r«ssaga ran be efr-
James T. York, Jr., of to rk
Motors said at press time thin
week that he had not yet obtained
For Court on Monday -
Trial for Yancey Childs, charg-
ed with rape of an elderly Grand
Saline woman the ‘night of Oct.
22, is scheduled to by held to the
86th District Court to Chtoton on
Monday.-. >.; t«o:f
CjjjjWr^f is schedule^ to J convene
In addition to the Childs’ trial,
the court will also hear the trial
of three Dallas men charged with
burglary-of the Salt City Co. Kara
on the night of Nov. 25, and also
sever*! cases of car thefts;,
(Sox) Land and 0. L. Painter.
Seeking the treasurer’# office are
Luke Burks and Grove Harris, in.
enmbent asking for re-election.
Six committeemen
To AM Contributions
tatoed, the buyer would p
his own labor for harvesting-,
Mexican help. They would p
each field and do all the pail
At a meeting in Mineolu M
Six committeeman are to by
selected from the following list
of 14: Morris Botin, Grady Bates,
Claud McCall, Cleo McMillan, Pete
Savage, Jimmie Williams, S. R.
Attldsson, Olen Dickerson, Buck
Pits, C. E. L*o, ton Cooper, Em-
mitt Westmoreland, R. L. Y a r -
brough, and George Stump.
garages have1 tt
proved for the »
night, held to conjunction with
annual report on the f—■
market there, it waa said timg
buyer had stated be wenftf as
two pullings, and if lisww
three. All bagging and pack
operations would be carried out
the buyer.'
Present reports ere to the
feet that'the 'buyer is inter*
1 Hobert Bates, local president for
the past two years, ia not asking
for re-election.
Contract Let to Widen,
Highway to Silver Lake
. Contract-for widening of High-
way 80 by an additional four feet
from the west city limits of Grand
Saline to just east of Silver Ijake
was awarded this week by the
State Highway Dept, for $79,158.
The Public Construction Co. of
Denton was low bidder. A total of
7.9 miles «£ highway will be widen-
ed with hot-mix asphaltic concrete.
High "School principal E. R.
Slagle and elementary school prin-
cipal Clyde Holder were given ex-
tended contracts of two years each
at a meeting of the Grand Saline
Independent School Board Monday
Model Chevrolet
canasta, bridge, 42, Mbfeoes. and
checker*, will be played at the
cafeteria party. Admission will ho
A nursefy and games for chil-
dren will also be avaitoble.
At the fire hall the high. «hool
senior class will sponsor a snack
bar and game night with a floor
show as an adds*
only to a competitive market Tk
would be no guaranteed' price*
contracts, and the operation wm
not necessarily interfere wftk •
er buyers operating to the am
night
Clyde Darnell, school tax asses-
sor-collector and census trustee,
was given a one year extension to
his contract.
In other business handled by th(|
board the resignations of ffr. H.
Lewis and Milton Taylor as bus
drivers were accepted and Howard
Huff and W. W. Lewis elected Ito
fill their positions.
At the Mtoeoia meeting, It warn
also said that the Vallejr buyer*-
had expressed a desire for com
which had been sprayed bat tfmet
he would take non-sprayed ana'
There have also- beeir isi i—aj
but not verified, that the toifWt'1 ''J
would furnish seed for the np—m
dost.
Meeting# Planwed
Farmers and businessmen of Mh»
Grand Saline area who haver, beam
notified of the plan, said this wsuft
that if. after further investigutfem
the proposal seems one fit uAfedk
local farmers will be totmndke
then .meetings will be held ia e
communities to discuss the opsm
tioh and. Answer all questions-.
" fabrics that gh# the customer
an amasing 129 choices when he
buys a Chevrolet.
The models to be shown here aru
representative of eleven body tfpe*
comprising the Chevrolet passen-
ger ear line for 1952. Again this
year, the company will produce two
series, the Special and DeLuxe.
Ranging from the ultra-practical
A brilliant array of smart, new
tolors, a richness to passenger
compartments never before achiev.
ed in the low-priced field, an easier
ride and readier power response,
all haadltoe an impressive list of
advances to the 19«2 Chrrrotets,
according to Hans Elliott, local
mission to the fire hall will be 50
cents per eouplp and 86 cants for
stags.
If possible, those planning an
attending the games party are
asked to come to groups of four to
facilitate aaay arrangement at
Chevrolet agent, who will display
the new models here this Saturday.
“Distinguished to styling and
performance, the new Cbevrolets
meet in evfc-y respect ,C
standards that have w<
pany its dominating
the automobile toduat
said. In 1981 Chevrolet
ears than any othervnj
twenty-first consecu%v
Specifically, the new
display Saturday offer;
Greater comfort thi
cally rc-«ngineered poi
toga and a re-design
Improved performance under
extreme operating conditions
Politics Off to Fast Start
As Two More Announce
e com- pototmenta and accessories.
ion in in gtoappeal the latest Cbevro-
HaHoto*let, p^rbala^rbeajnf
Although voting time in the dem-
ocratic primary is still sic months
elective office. -He is. opposing
Forrest Sides and Elmer Pool. "
b Childs halls from Wills Point
where he' ia presently engaged in
the insurance business. He is mar-
ried and eight-years -ago made tftej
race for the samq effidf.^.u. . U
His only opponent to date, Deen,
also hails from Wills Point. .
« According to long time'political
observers, the sheriff's race this,
gear is expected to hold the sp^t-
sold more design. A new radiator grille,;
ke for the ornamentation and bright n
7 ,* * r* vwk impart a lower, long<Ji
• xway, interest in politics is on the
crease in Van Zandt County.
This past week two additional
Hen Next Teesday »
For the convenience of citizen?
who have not yet paid theto chdne
as announced for office,
sheriff and, one for county
(Pat) Heddins of the W»-
pkjr Water Taek Beiw
Painted and Repaired
A 23 hour shift per day has be:*
the oMlcr of work this weak fin
Grand Saline water -euperintendeal
L. R. Simmons while his assistant
J. D. Berry, has also been woririm
long hours.
r. While the elevated water towm
is being painted and repaired, tito
a day. Additional repair work m
the tower had to be autharfaod thi
week when it eras disco rretJ th*
retain thi
a y*arj*g^ but
- before? interiore
low'Springs community was t|e
candidate to enter the sheriffs
race, making that contest now a
three man affair.
Filing for County Clerk in op-
position to incumbent Billy Dean
waa J. <T. Childs.
To data the sheriff’s office and
the position of county clerk are
the only offices for which con-
tests have developed.
Heddins, now engaged to fann-
ing, wm born and reared to Me
home community of W 1 1 1 o w
Springe. Thirty-nine years old, ho
ia married and has two children.
This, id his first time to seek an
ty tax assesior-hjjlieetor § office
krill be set up in <£*& Saline next
door to the city ^fll on Tuesday,
Jan. 22. ,-
The following Tuesday, Jan. 29,
a sub-station will be located at the
First State Bank to Van.
According to Doug Wood, county
tax assessor-collector, the sub-sta-
tions will be open for huatoasa at
8:89 a. m. and continue aa long
as there are customer*.
In addition to
tmors” of 1
stance, two-1
light of interest with a full field
rtutoing since present sheriff Clyde
Elliott has indicated that he will
not seek re-election. .
Among county officers who have
nut yet announced their intention*
fur the coming year are County
able to paf
be eble to render property for 1962
taxation.
-On Feb. 1, taxes not paid will bu
assessed ,» one per pant penalty)
Jtor each-month that they art not
bCCtHSfUnVient
Van Schools Shiit Down
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Harle, Neil. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1952, newspaper, January 17, 1952; Grand Saline, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017086/m1/1/?q=divorce: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.