San Saba News and Star, The (Newspaper) - December 26, 1974, San Saba, Texas Texa Capital of the World STAR IN ITS ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND YEAR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN SAN SABA COUNTY INCLUDING TAX Established 1873 12 Pages San Texas 1974 U plus tax Volume 52 School Lunches Rise At Audit Is Good Trustees of the Springs Independent School District conducted two meet Ings In December the first being the regular meeting on 9 and the second a special meeting for con sideration of an audit report on accord Ing to an interview with Robert The opening order of business at the regular meet Ing was the swearing In of Merle by Susan School as a new board mem Taylor filled a vacancy caused by Board Chairman Assuming the duties as Chairman is Wendell Named to the post of Vice Chairman was Byron Because of Increased costs the lunches at the cafeteria will be increased beginning the week of January All Aliens To Report Address During January District Joe San of the Im migration and Naturalization Service estimated that aliens will report their add resses In the San Antonio Area during January under the Fed eral Alien Address Report Pro Staley said that all except those in diplomatic status and foreign represent of certain International organizations are required to file the address He added that any alien who willfully violates the address report requirement may be subject to serious In aliens who are not In the United States during January must report their add resses to the Service within 10 days after their The District Director said that address report cards will be available at United States post offices and at the Immi gration vice office at San Antonio be ginning January San Saba County is in the San Antonio Elementary grades will now pay 45 cents grades 512 will pay 55 cents GO cents and visitors will pay Student lunches were for merly 40 cents and teacher 45 The board also voted to close out the debt on the Universal Gym with Local Maintenance money only on the condition that the money be repaid through other school The school system will not be out a single ex Superintendent Hig This way we will be able to save a considerable amount of Higdon went on to explain that Woodie Parks would keep the books to make sure the money was repaid from such school functions as abene fit school An agreement was reached with the McCulloch Electric to use the Richland Springs office for the school tax office in exchange for the TaxAsses sor Collector to also answer the phone and collect bills for the The evaluation report has been drafted and is in its final stages of preparation for sub mission to the Rex PC A of Brown submitted an audit re port to the Richland Springs ISD and an nounced that the overall audit is The budget is in the See Page 2 News Star Will Print Early Edition Though you will receive your 1975 edition of The San Saba News Star on its regular Thursday because of the January 1 holi day it is necessary to move up all deadlines one day All advertising copy should be submitted Friday and correspondents should get their copy in as soon as From the staff of The News Star we extend best wishes to all for a prosperous and happy San Saba Jury Declares Myers Guilty Of Theft Found To Be Habitual Criminal THE USS SAN anchor in Los Angeles harbor at the time of this picture as USS San Saba sailed the Pa Ocean for 20 months to see the conclusion of World War II and share in the many events of that time and John Ervin of Somerset served aboard the Sad Sack as she was nicknamed and provided this picture with a com plete account of its The Saga Of The USS San Saba The USS San Saba now lays silent In the No longer are there the shout of the throb of en the target practice and secret loading and unloading of supplies and the exploding of mines the sounding of The USS San Saba is now part of a mothball an chored among many of her counterparts with her saga of activity in the South Pacific now just a memory for those who served on her and those who were transported by Commissioned on she began her Shake down Cruise from to Her captain was Bert hod USN and It is John who is pictured as serving as a who has made this story available to the County for which the ship was How did San Saba ever have a ship named in its behalf From the brown and tattered Chronological History of the USS San Saba comes this It is the tradition of the Navy for ships in this class to bear the names of famous counties in the United The USS San Saba is named after a rich in located in Central History records ing The keel was laid 1944 by the Kaiser Shipbuilder and designated as hull It was built for the Maritime Commission and later designa ted as Maritime Commission Victory Hull It was modified and converted for Navy use and was then de as On the spon Richard Bissell christened the ship and it slid down the On at Oregon It was placed in full commission under the command of Captain The USS San Saba is feet has a beam and gross The power plant consisted of a high pres sure turbine engine and the designated speed was 18 She was equipped with 26 landing boats and could carry a total of OS officers It Happened In San I and approximately 500 enlisted men in her In addition she accommodated troop officers and enlisted Her armament Is one and one dual purpose In her 20 months of service she traveled crossed the international date line 12 times and the equator four she did not engage In any actual combat as she entered the scene later In the Receives Grant of For PreSchoolers The Hill Country Community Action whose home base is In San Saba has received notice from the office of Congressman Bob Poage that a grant of has been awarded This will provide for the continuation of our head start explained Fred conducts programs in Mills and San Saba counties which serves 80 The program provides pre school children from ages to 5 years with medical and dental The grant is for nine and a half months or for u full school Nevertheless her log records participation in 14 major operations and some 670 minor Her itinerary lists over 50 different ports of call In those 20 months beginning at Oregon and concluding in San Memories of World War II flash back with the names of Mar shall the Tokyo Shanghai to name just a The USS San Saba Is listed as carrying at least them com ing home from the wars on the Magic Her first assignment was to transport ammunition to Pearl Harbor loaded to the the day was Valentines The seas were unkind to the new ship and her saltless crew and for two days she pitched and rolled tipping one time to the 40 degree All survived and the crew had its first liberty In Honolulu and The following two months were the toughest for the crew and ship as Intensive training were conducted in launching the USS San Sabas landing craft for beaching antiaircraft drills and See Page 10 Surrounded with the tightest security measures seen In Die San Saba County Elton David was found guilty of burglary and theft of Campbell Motors In Brady on or about The trial was held Wed In San Saba County Speaking in his own behalf Myers related the events that led to his escape from Ellis Prison Farm I had just received pictures of my baby boy taken when he was 10 days related I got them at 4 and at about 10 I learned of his At this point Myers cried a His Sandra who also testified briefly during the trial hurriedly left the court After not receiving special permission to attend the babys funeral Myers said he became bitter and had made up his mind to Myers then detailed the chain of events leading to his pre sent Under cross examination District Attorney Murray Jordan of McCulloch County asked Myers if the evidence presented by the state was That was said Myers as lie nervously tapped the side of the witness In summation San Saba Dist rict Attorney Louis Crump opened ior me It Is a simple said C What does the indict ment say Crump as he went on to define In detail the reasons why be found attorney Everett Grindstaff of opened the defense summation by say Ing It was a most unusual Here is a young man lack Ing In a number of things made some mistakes it took a lot of nervo to sit In that jury said He didnt He on the He deserves something for Grindstaff Illustrated his appeal with a Christmas story about a little boy at school seeing everybody else getting gifts and he didnt get The school teacher saw he was left out and made the boy happy by giving him an Its time for you to give this boy an Im plead ing for you to have He is made of lie right He just hasnt hud a The jury heard testimony from Campbell of Camp bell Motors who Identified the stolen car and from Bob Texas Ranger from who made the Defense witnesses Included Myers Myers of McCulloch Mary Alice McCain of SanSaba See Page 2 Opponents Of Equal Rights Amendment Meet In San Saba The Equal Rights Amend ment should really be called the Loss of Rights for Women declared Ray Smith of Clifton whn spoke against the ERA amendment In San Sabas High School Cafe on Monday Most people think that ERA means equal pay for she but we have that in effect without What it really means is something entirely The Equal Rights Amendment has already teen ratified by 33 states which Includes A The Pecan crop was great this year an estimated four million The Peanut harvest also was one of the best on But the live stock market plummeted to the very depths and so the basic economy picture In San Saba County reversed Last year 1973 it was the peanuts and pecans that suf heavy losses while the cattle market was The following are headline notes of key items appearing in the 52 issues of The San Saba News star for As you browse through the month by month resume it bring back memories the some good some not so We hope you enjoy the chronology of January Freezing rain blankets Hill Gordon Oliver to direct Junior Live stock Adult education classes to be Nelson Bynum had the first baby in a Candidates for county offices file for Don Wood ruff reelected Fire Marshall Fire City to protest Leonard water request from San Saba Chamber oCommerce con centrates on Rodeo No action on Superintendent Donald Crocketts Protests fade on Leonard water North San Saba Water Supply holds first annual Robbie Broy les shows Grand Champion ReRun Charolais Post Office changes delivery outlines energy problems and election scene is quiet as Sam Snod grass challenges County Judge Turley in only county REPORT 16 22 HIGH LOW R Monday 61 30 Tuesday 51 27 Wednesday 67 36 Thursday 65 27 Friday 71 27 Saturday 63 27 Sunday 71 42 December Rainfall 1974 Rainfall to Date 2 Average 2 February New City sewer plans Search begins for for farmers to get predator Winnie McKee named Home maker of the San Saba County sweeps seven championships at San School Trustee election Appeals for coach John Baskin San Saba High School King and Queen of Hearts are Mike Harris and Amy Lions Rattlesnake land Springs Accreditation re Cherokee has second man hunts for Buffalo in Land Use Planning on the Jack McKinney new pastor at Herren Baptist Postal rates Melvin Douglas Hicks first 1974 traf fic Postal rates in Farm Bureau oppose March The Siher Legend that Time Cant New records set at golf San Saba FFA win at Houston Stock Charlie Kuykendall shows Grand Local option petition circulates in Precinct Rainfall be low Richland Springs students ride horses to Robbie Broyles shows Grand Champion at San Angelo Stock Tri bute to Eddie retiring Deputy Clerk who ser ved since 1914 in the San Saba candi date election list Circus comes to San John Baskin leaves for Milton Thompson named San Saba High School Athletic Director and Blue bonnet Trail April capture District tennis cham Telephone rates to Farm Bureau estab Peanut Commodity divi Worm infestations said Bend en roll In Community Improve ment Voting light In Carroll named president of Richland Springs school May School Bond election open munity Action group calls meeting at Richland Annie Faye Carpenter granted new trial by appeals See Page 10 V AND NOW THE LEG the trial completed Elton David Myers stand outside the San Saba Courthouse among law enforcement officers who made more than sure he would not From left to right are Troy Llano an unidentified TDf Myers who is standing still while Texas applies the leg irons and Brady Sheriff Note also the leash to concentrated effort is now underway to get Texas to res cind the Both Nebraska and Tennessee have already done As scon as It Is ratified by 38 states then ERA will be come the amendment to the According to ERA will make women eligible for the military force them to be criminally liable for the of their husbands and remove the protective legislation which has already taken years to among other adverse The basis for the statements were taken from Yale Law Book Journal which printed a 114 page analysis by a pro Thomas Emmerson in which he sets out 14 legal con sequences that could happen If the ERA was Smith went on to state that under ERA homosexual marriages would legalized thus opening the door for to adopt Interested persons who are opposed to ERA are urged to write their state legislatures in urging them to re peal of The Library of Congress Research Committee has said there is no constitutional precedent to say that a state may not rescind or repeal UK Smith as long as the threefourths majority of the states have not yet ratified the Two have already rescinded ERA and Texas can do the said Smith is associated with Wo men vijit to IK The organization is tered In Fort Another visit by Smith is planned for
