San Saba News and Star, The (Newspaper) - November 14, 1974, San Saba, Texas inc Ot Box 45436 Dan Texas 75235 Capital of At le STAR IN ITS ONI HUNDRED AMD SECOND YEAR COMMUNITY SERVICE IN SAN SABA COUNTY 15 INCLUDING TAX 1873 14 Texas 1974 SSI Ull 14 plui tox Volume 46 WELCOME HUNTERS Hunting Season Opens With Bang San Saba County is ready ing itself for an Invasion of hunters this week and the pros are good for healthy deer throughout the county but the hunter is going to have to be a lot sharper this year to get his This is the general consensus of not only area landowners and game enthusiasts but also that of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department which keeps a close watch on the deer All leased was the way Clyde Johanson of Chero kee put It when asked how things were looking in the south part of San Saba There might be a few day leasers around but I would say if you didnt have your lease now you probably wont get Just this week the deer have been showing up a little For the most part the people who watch the deer have not seen as many as they usually Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist Harmel of Kerrville and Jimmie Per kins of Junction say that the range condition in the Edwards Plateau are good and an abundant acorn This means that the white tails will be fat but it also means the deer not have to move around as much in search of Looking at the weather the advance forecast does not have any freeze indicated In the Bloodmobile Returns To San Saba 25 The Red Cross Bloodmobile will make its last visit of the fiscal year to San Saba on Mon day 25 at the First United Methodist Church from 26 have donated just 41 percent of our said Curtis San Saba We certainly want to encourage all to partici pate this time so we can con to provide this service for all county The San Saba Garden Club will be providing cookies and near future at least not before opening With much foliage in the trees and bushes it will take a very sharp eye to even see a deer let alone get a shot Those deer will be aware of the hunter a lot quicker than the hunter is aware of the deer should he leave his stand and try to search out the Commenting further Harmel and Perkins say that the deer will tend to feed for shorter periods of time and then bed This will directly affect the hunting success this Baiting with commercial feeds such as corn and range cubes will not be as effective this year either say the bio They also recommend early harvest of antlerless deer because they will be in a better physical condition in November than later in the By removing the sur plus animals additional forage will be available for See Page 2 Contract Signed For New School Building The Cherokee School Board has accepted and signed con tracts for the construction of a school building for with Speed Fab of San not the lowest said Dale But the board felt that this was a better build ing for the money Construction will begin just as soon as School Board Makes Changes Early Graduation Opportunity A agenda took Just under two hours for the San Saba Independent School Dist rict trustees to wade through in a good natured Items accomplished Included approval of graduation policy permitting students to finish school In less than four permission for the dent to rewrite the school policy granting a continuing con tract to an eligible and hearing of numerous reports from Superintendent BUI All board members were present which Included Dill Opaline Wilton David Eleanor John Hull and Elmo School In addi tion to Grusendorf who were present Included Ted High School Principal and Business It will now be possible for San Saba High School students to be eligible for graduation In three years if they have passed the required number of It is a question of achieve ment or serving said HUNTERS with a camera can be just as exciting as with a the only difference being you do not get any venison on the Our to the High lander and Burnham of Marble Falls for permission to reprint this picture for the benefit of all hunters who begin their search Saturday at daybreak and for those also who enjoy the beauty of the animal We are told the cameraman was in a camouflaged hiding place and this buck was getting auspicious at the WEATHER REPORT 4 10 HIGH LOW RAIN Monday 79 48 Tuesday 59 40 Wednesday GO 38 04 48 Friday 52 47 Saturday 54 49 Sunday 59 53 November Rainfall 1974 Rainfall to Date Average Some students are capable of completing High School requirements 20 credits In three years by tak ing some correspondence One of the problems of mak ing a student stay the full four years Is prob Some only need to take two or three courses their final year and have time to Board members were ad vised that there was not any accreditation problem In the move if they should take It nor had It been tested In the The school still has the right to select the correspondence course the student would According to there are presently three students that would benefit from the There will not be a whole lot to take advantage of Grusendorf but It is there if the student wants to work for Pat Ynostrosa was awarded a continuing con tract by Die We are very fortunate to have a bilingual Gru She Is already eligible for a continuing con tract and for some reason has been This brought on an extended discussion over the value of a continuing I dont like continuing con said Johnson recalling past problems the school board had with too sure of their benefit either and asked just what their purpose To be eligible for a continu ing contract a teacher must See Page 2 Goals Studied By COG Planning Committee The San Saba County Coun cil of Governments 5 at the San Saba Courthouse adopted provisionally a list of goals for San Saba Broken down into nine cate gories they are Ed General Human Re Natural Public Protection and Recrea tion and Open No specific dates are set to accomplish these They are subject to revision and will be considered in full at the next meeting set for Louis chairman of the goal committee and who Other Committee Action CHEROKEE ROYALTY Selected by Cherokee and honored at the annual homecoming were aj the Pep Squad and Josie Salinas the In other action by the San Saba County Council of Govern ments Planning Committee it was agreed to discontinue monthly meetings In favor of meeting We recommend said Dennis so that more would be accomplished because we would have a larger The meeting time was moved back to 6 in the same line it was approved to enlist more members to serve on the com to get a broader re presentation of the We need representation from the Civic ex Billy Don Just how many I dont know but there should be representa tion from not only youths but also senior Included in the vote was the combining of Resource Conser vation Development County Committees and COG County Committees as a move to eliminate some Charles Executive Director of reviewed the delegation trip to Washington and commended the participants from San Saba who made the Cass explained that there were 65 applicants and only 25 would be funded in It was hoped the visit of the delegation would impress the Washington so that they would be one of those The same delegation will be going to Cass J feel though we are not play ing the game as hard as we should not demanding their attention we were received well In Judy Owen gave a review on Child Abuse announcing there were 56 cases reported in Bell County in the first six months of We have a need for a crisis center In the said Marie Assistant Co ordinator of the Regional office on aging announced the new project would be utilizing people very soon as the survey was nearing Cass concluded with a dis cussion on the coming election of the COG Executive Com He commended the work of San Saba Committee members this past They included Mayor Houston Wilson County Commissioner and Opaline Hardman who re presented the school It is Important that elective See Page 13 presided over the meeting suggested members take copies to review and to make any additions or deletions they felt should be Under Economy the sug gested goals are as follows Raise the average income for area support and strengthen Agricultural In dustry improve support dignity of Also to support local busi ness and industry and create a climate for new business and industry with Area VII in This would be accomplished by advertising the products of the encourage recreational Industry and a prospectus list ing advantages of San Saba and any restrictions Under Education the plan calls for maintaining present facilities and plan orderly Im for the future air Improve academic standards of schools through encouragement of Insisting on well qualified and sup porting adequate salaries for all school teachers and With emphasis placed on edu cation at all levels the follow ing items included public civic educa tion and adult Last to be listed was the improvement of physical edu cation General Government goals call for the constant re evaluation of encourage See Page 2 Old Toys Wanted By Volunteer Firemen Got any old toys you dont need any more Regardless of their condition the San Saba Volunteer Fire Department is ready to start the yearly project of repairing and fixing these toys which will be given away to needy children at Christmas Bring all those old toys to the Fire says Don VFD and the boys will go to work on Ballot Lists Nominees Incumbent Agriculture Stabi and Conservation Community November at the San Saba County Purpose of the meeting was to select a slate of nominees to appear in the annual community commit tee NEW ASSIGNMENT Gene formerly of Texas is the new Sau Saba Policeman who began work A graduate of the Police Academy he hwa six years experience in Princeton and He and Jo haw two Johnny and Amy Those who were selected In clude Community A Mike Floyd Gossett and Casey Community B Desmond Mark Douglas Archie Rutherford and Edgar Community C Ruben Alma RUey Johnson Vann Maddox and Joe Community D Raymond Jesse Don John Wilton Martin and Jimmie Near the middle of Novem ber ballots will be mailed to all known eligible The three nominees receiving the roost votes in each community represent their community at the County Convention to be held December 11 at the county One county and two alternates will be selected by the The term of Wayne Powell wll be expiring December Because he has been a county for 3 con terms he will not be eligible for Carry over include Pennie Lively and Robert All producers are urged to cast their for good Michele was named the Football Sweetheart at San High School in halftime ceremonies Friday at the San football
