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Grand Lodge of Texas will level two cornerstones for Holland ISD

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Zerne Masonic Lodge invites area Masons, public to attend ceremonies

Zerne Masonic Lodge No. 615 A.F. & A.M. in Holland, Texas, is honored to receive the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Texas Tommy F. Chapman for the purpose of presiding over the leveling of two cornerstones for the Holland Independent School District.

The leveling ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Holland ISD Campus, 501 Crockett Street in Holland.    The Grand Lodge of Texas will level the cornerstone at two buildings on the campus: the Cindy Gunn Student Center and the Holland Elementary Gymnasium.

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Early voting turnout is heavy in Bell County

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More than 1,000 vote in first two days at Salado Civic Center

Early voting began on Oct. 22 in the November General Election that will include two federal races for Senator and U.S. Representative District 31, and several state and county races.

Turnout has been heavy in Bell County as 11,888 cast ballots in person early voting in the first two days Oct. 22-23. Of that, 1,111 cast ballots at the Salado early voting location.

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Jack Oliver Day in Bell County

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Commissioners honor Oliver for his 94th birthday

Jack — as he is known to everyone in Bell County —  turns 94 on Sept. 21.

With that in mind, Bell County Commissioners Court took the opportunity earlier this week to proclaim his birthday Sept. 21 2018 as Colonel John W. Oliver, Jr. Day in Bell County.

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BoA to hear presentation on Salado Vista WWTP during Sept. 6 meeting

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By Tim Fleischer Editor-in-Chief

Aldermen will hear a presentation from Dirk Aaron with the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District on Sept. 6 concerning a proposed 250,000 gallon per day wastewater treatment plant to be built south of Salado. 

The Village may join State Representative Scott Cosper in requesting a public hearing on the proposed treatment plant. It may also add its comments to those that have already been submitted regarding the discharge location for the plant.

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UMHB honors first male graduates 50 years after school went co-ed

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Saladoan Bill Smith, Class of 1970, among those honored

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s spring commencement ceremony on May 5 was unlike any that had come before it. Along with celebrating the school’s 162nd graduating class, the university paid special tribute to the first male graduates of Mary Hardin-Baylor, some five decades ago when the school was officially still a college for women.

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