This week in Canton history...

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By Sandra Jones Van Zandt County Genealogical Society

CANTON HERALD, Feb. 2, 1950

Thomas E. Campbell and Jack G. Campbell publisher of the Canton Herald announced this week that George Goldey has been added to the new staff of the newspaper.  Goldey assumed his duties Tuesday as news editor of the Herald prior to coming to Canton; Goldey reported news to the Herald from Van.  He is an experienced news reporter, having been a special reporter for the Dallas Morning News the Dallas Times Herald and the Tyler Morning Telegraph for the past two years. 

In addition the news reporting, Goldey will give Herald readers complete photographic coverage.  Goldey is married to the former Lois Dean Beardin of Van and his family also consists of a baby boy who is the boss of the family according to the new reporter.  They are moving to Canton in the very near future.

Edward L. Dellis school teacher at Mabank, Kaufman County was the first GI to purchase land in Van Zandt County under the veteran’s loan program according to C. L. Stanford, assistant district criminal attorney. The loan the first in the county was issued Monday.  He purchased a two hundred ten acre farm in the Isham Marshall League Survey in the southern part of the county near Mabank. Purchase price of the land was $6,000 will have 40 years to pay the loan at 3 percent interest.  Quite a number of veterans in Van Zandt County have filed application with the veterans land commission but no applications have yet been approved. Three hundred loans have been made over the state.

The Farmers Home Administration Office in the County has announced the formation of a Cotton Insect Control Committee.  This committee will work to further good practice in the control of cotton insects and growing cotton crops in the county.  Those to who have been selected to serve on the committee are T. G. Sprague, Cecil E. Page, Leland Bateman, Aude McWilliams, Francis L. Trawick and Blake C. Furrh.  The committee met Jan. 27, 1950 at which time Mr. Trawick was elected chairman.

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