October 2021

The sixth week of high school football brought with it a mixed bag for county schools. Canton, Edgewood and Van each registered impressive wins while Fruitvale and Grand Saline each suffered setbacks. Things should get even more interesting in the weeks ahead with Canton, Fruitvale and Wills all starting district play Oct. 7-8 and Van set to kick off its district run Oct. 15.

With a winning percentage of 74, Glenn McNeill Jr. of Wills Point is the winner of Football Contest No.

The Canton Eaglettes continued to strengthen their bid for a top-four finish in district play last week, tallying two more wins to push their record to 3-0 with seven games left to play. The Eaglettes began play at home Sept.

Eustace was the place to be for local cross country programs last week as Canton, Edgewood, Martins Mill, Van and Wills Point all sent runners to compete at the annual Do It For Dom Invitational Sept. 30.

The number of eligible Van Zandt County residents designated as having at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or fully vaccinated continued to inch higher last week according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Virginia Reid-Yost will hold auditions for parts for a Christmas production at the Talent Box, a nonprofit community theatre, 133 N. 4th Street, Wills Point, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 10 and at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 12.

“Greater Tuna”, a Texas comedy by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, is scheduled to make multiple stops in and around the Terrell area in the coming weeks. Local performances are set to run Oct.

The Van Zandt County Genealogical Society members enjoyed the 40th annual Fall Advanced Genealogy Seminar with speaker Marynell Bryant who covered genealogy topics including War of 1812 records, cousins, DNA and deciphering old handwriting.

Services for Alma Lucille Reed Neal, 87, of Grand Saline, were held Oct. 4, 2021, at Woodside Cemetery, under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline.

Eutus Howeth Allen, 101, of Dallas, Texas, passed away on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, at his home in Dallas. Eutus was born on Jan. 24, 1920, in Bokchito, Oklahoma, to parents Howeth Allen and Grace Louise Yeager Allen.