This week in Canton History...

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Canton Herald – Sept. 29, 1960: 

Funeral services for Mrs. Fay Inez Tunnell, 43 were held at 230 o’clock Tuesday afternoon the Van Methodist Church. Officiating was Rev. Frank

 Richardson, Junior, pastor, assisted by Rev. Rubal Ford of Palestine.  Interment was in Haven of Memories under the direction of Hilliard Funeral Home of Van she was a member of the Methodist Church and had lived in Van her entire life she is survived by her husband Marvin Tunnel.

            The first group of 1960 Texas 4H club winners has been released by the State 4-H office and includes 12 of the state’s most outstanding members. They are winners of Santa Fe Educational Award which are offered in conjunction with the 1960 national 4-H club Congress and are provided by the Santa Fe Railroad. Stephen Finch Van Zandt County was one of those winners. The group will be members of the Texas delegation to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, November 27 through December 1.

            This and That -We saw a former Commissioner Precinct 4, Buster Brown, chewing the fat with Cantonites Wednesday morning… The heavy rain stopped his construction work for a few days, Buster said.

Speaking of the rains… They were a big help to the cattlemen of the County and those farmers who were sowing grain and cover crops… But the sweet potato growers are crying.

H. E. Reeves, district manager of Southwestern State Telephone Co., with headquarters in Henderson, dropped by the office Wednesday and told us that his company expects to cut over with their Ben Wheeler, Jackson, Oakland, and Myrtle Springs exchanges sometime the latter part of November. This will mean that a called to any of these areas will be a local call from Canton. Sounds like good news to us.

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