This week in Canton history...

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By Sandra R. Jones Van Zandt County Genealogical Society

CANTON HERALD- Aug. 11, 1960:

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Chaney announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Bobbie Fern, to Christopher M. Hassell. Parents of the bridegroom to be are Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hassell of Sweetwater. The wedding will be solemnized at the First Baptist Church Saturday evening, Aug. 20 at 8 o’clock. Rev. Donald Brown will officiate.

Mr. and Mrs. Davon Carter are at home in Dallas following their marriage. The bride is the former Bobby Mason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Mason of Terrell. Parents of the groom are Mrs. Cleaver Carter of Canton and Truman Carter of Dallas.

Mr. and Mrs. Arnett Robinson announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Rose Annette, to Jerry Chambless, son of Freeman Chambless of Canton and the late Mrs. Chambless. The wedding will take place, Saturday evening, Aug. 27 at 7 o’clock at the First Baptist Church. L. E. Carpenter, minister of the Church of Christ, will read the double ring vows.

Canton’s hopes were dimmed momentarily with the severe burning of Jimmy Strickland, ace Eagle tackle. He was burned while burning trash on a nearby farm. According to reports doctors at Jacksonville hospital were amazed at his overall physical condition. They said he was recovering two to three times as fast as the normal person and would be ready for action in the opening game with Forney September 2. Strickland attributes his stamina and health to the fact that he’s played football plus tracking weight lifting. He is also an Eagle Scout.

Dallas- Thomas Hosie Hill, 26, died in convulsions Saturday, July 31, in the local hospital. Southwestern Medical School is running a series of tests to confirm the rabies diagnosis, but Dr. J. W. Bass, city health official, said Hill’s death “could hardly have been anything else”.

Mr. Hill was bitten June 6 while he was in Canton attending the traditional First Monday Trading Day. He had taken five dogs there to trade in his white squirrel dog got into a fight with a local dog. He tried to separate the pair and was bitten. Mr. Hill did not know which dog bit him, he told his wife. He thought nothing of the incident and did not take shots “she said”.

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