San Saba Star (Newspaper) - August 5, 1963, San Saba, Texas Microfilm Service 01 Box 8066 Texas CITY NATIONAL BANK Your good will is our biggest All Deposits FDIC Insured The People of San Saba County For 62 Years SAN 1963 VOLUME NUMBER 31 By When the temperature as it has the past few and it is too hot and dry to do much we can occupy our minds by just Big pleasures and great happi ness arc but the consummation of many little pleasures and deeds of kindness bound as a loaf of bread is many crumbs in th Happiness is the art of finding joy and satisfaction in the tittle privileges of life a quiet hour in the instead of a faraway journey a little outing in the nearby woods or on the in stead of long trips away an hour with a instead of an ex tended visit wtih relatives a few pages of a of hours of reading at a time a flash of a single beautiful a passing a kindly a little gift bestowed a little here and there as the day slip These are the crumbs of happi Do not despise lest when the Oiling find you be ahungered and How character each of iu develop if we never had an obstacle to overcome thing was in perfect order for us all the would be so bore with life that we would be unable to bear An elderly watching a tennis sw how often the ball hit the she Why dont they take down the net A golfer complained how hart it was to drive the ball over the A friend I dont understand why the golf club doesnt fill up the ditch to make the game Some folks cannot the value of obstacles or They never realize the satis faction and exhilaration experienc ed by those winning against odds If the time ever comes when al of our are filled all our nets taken down when com petition and opportunity are wiped existence will become hope colorless and Ob keep us on our Stones that stand in our way are grind stones that sharpen our skill and hearten us In our future When carried too security defeats It is risky to take all the risk out of The dis of difficulties keeps men and nations Several thousand pounds of cat ish and other species have been found dead in the San Saba river as a result of Deputy Sheriff Ben Blossman announced aat Blossman said that some type Officers Jail Two Men Accused Of Car Theft Sheriff Brantley Barker and Deputy Ben Blossman picked up two held by Brownwood of accused of stealing a car near Cherokee Sunday July and jailed them accord ing to Sheriff He said that three Lewis Tijerina and Joe for merly of San and Ines Mal were returned from Llano in Maldonados 1957 Near and trosa pulled a gun on of his car and they took off in it Maldonado told the Barker Maldonado called Sheriff Barker who with Deputy Blossman went to Cherokee after He filed charges against the two Sheriff Barker said he notified Brownwood officers tq be on the lookout for Tijerina Ynostrosa and they were be fore they arrived in Bond was set for each of the two Brownwood men at Both men made bond last Their case will be brought be fore the next session of grand Sheriff Barker of believed to have been was placed in the riv er at City Farm and had drifted through the place of Haskell several hundred yards be The poisoning occurred late Saturday night or early Sunday Blossman weighing 15 to 20 pounds were seen floating on the river along the and some had washed upon the as well as many pounds of smaller ones and various scaley Local officers here reported the incident to John Woods of the Texas Fish and Game Com mission at He sent Game Wardens here to investigate the and Deputy Bloss man said they had several good leads on the Game Warden Norman Henk is due here this week with his house hold goods and his family from Blossman and he will assist in the Deputy Blossman said that all the fish in the river along the ar ea are killed by the and many of them still may be seen in the The hogs and buzzards have had a he San Saba No 1 title In LL San Saba 1 team won the championship title and trophy of the Little League Tournament here for by defeating Llano 7 to Saturday In the other Saturday night San Saba 2 team took third place victory over Johnson 11 td with fourth place going to the Johnson City Sammie was named the outstanding pitcher of the tourna He pitched for the San Saba 1 For a complete round up of the tournament watch for the story in The The Little League Tournament for the 910 begins at Cherokee tonight at and will continue on Thurs day and Friday The sec ond game each of the first three nights will be played at 9 The championship game will be played at 8 Kills One person was killed on the two others critically injur ed in a headon collision about 12 miles west of here on Highway Mary Ann of A smile costs nothing but gives much it takes but a but the memory of it usually lasts for Market Report CATTLE MARKET Lometa Commission 2 Market about steady killing calves STOCKER STEERS Light 200 steer calves higher Medium Heavy Feeder Steers STOCKER HEIFERS Medium Heavy Feeder Heifers Carnier Cutter Cows Three County Students Named Distinguished A total of three Texas AAM stu dents from San Saba county arc among the undergraduate stu dents on the latest Distinguished Student Names released by the office of Registrar Heaton show 643 students or about 10 percent of the undergraduate enrollment for the Spring To earn the honor a student must be registered for 15 credit hours or must establish n grade point ratio of points with an A equaling 3 and have no grade below a Among those named as Disting Students are Dean a sophomore in Medicine Larry a senior in AffripuHuraJ Education and John Kuykendall of Cher a senior in Animal Husband Tom Alan Sloan V i c Irial Set r or August 29 Here The trial of Tom Alan charged with negligent second in county court of Judge Warden has been set for according to the court Sloan is charged with driving a car in excess of 55 miles per causing the car to overturn and killing George Clark of who was riding in the car with him early Sunday morn George assistant to At torney General Waggoner will represent the State in the trial before Judge Warden Lee of Mason will repre sent the Although county court will be in session all of the week of a court reporter was not avail able until Kinzey of Burnet will serve as court re porter for the A total of 30 jurors has been impanelled for the county A jury of six persons will be selected from the group for the on the county court docket is the trial of Jack Calvin Staf charged with first of Richland Springs Still Has Water Sometimes Muddy By ROBERT LEWIS A muddy situation hit Richland Springs residents Wednesday af July around 6 but not in the form of a good The water lines were running mud dy water was asking citi zens to be very conservative with the It was reported a week ago by water that the pumps at the city well were pumping since the citys well had lowered below the pump Irrigation which seem to be on the same vein of water with the city volunteered to close down until the city could get wa During the the water rose in the well so that the pumps could reach They began pump and citizens were never with out but it did raise concern on the part of the water ment and some of the citizens of the Housewives were pondering this last Thursday morning whether or not to put their clothes in such dingy water to wash Some from wells snd cisterns in the the gallon storage tank was finally filled and about the muddy water cleared in the main Upon contacting the water officials Thursday they reported the wate situation is unchanged no Thorp Brings First Cotton To Gin John who farms the land of his and Lester north of San brought in the first cotton of the season for ginning last Thorp brought in a load of cot ton late Wednesday evening and the first bale was ginned early Thursday accord ing to and owners of the The load actually contained a bout one and onehalf how Shipp said they weighed out 1800 pounds which made a 505 pound bale The remainder of the load was still in the gin press Friday to be put into er The ginner said the cotton was ginning well for the drouthy Thorp had brought in more cot ton last Friday and the total a mount will gin four Shipp It had not all been ginned late This cotton was an extremely arly and he s not expecting the harvest to eally begin before two or three weeks The hot weather las advanced the harvest to some he County Dress Revue Winners Will Go To District San Saba county will be among 10 counties to have county winners cf the who will par in District VII Dress Revue in Abilene at a luncheon at the Highway Local representatives include Butcher Cows Bulls Butcher Calves Cow Cutters and Harry Doran re turned home July after a months visit in Santa with their and and family and and Mrs Jack Thomas and family Shelia senior daughter of and Myles McDowell and Gloria junior daughter of and Vance The girls will spend the ing practicing modeling and judg Merle Thornton will in struct in The senior girls judge each Judges for the Junior Division are Alien Miss Moore antl Dan The top four seniors wijl par in the State Dress Revue at the Dallas Fair on The junior girl can go no further than the Carolyn cochairman of District will serve as master of ceremonies for the luncheon and Dress Roy Taylor county will give the and Curly Hays will welcome guests and home demonstration Carolyn Taylor county 4 H Club will be commenta tor for the Style High way Suzanne an other Taylor county will playe the piano for the Fred Cowley will render some voc al numbers and Frank Hobbs will present Shelley Thorn ton will present awards to the Band Parents Will Meet Here Tuesday Evening The San Saba Band Parents Club will meet at in the Band Joe has an This will be an important meet ing and we would like for all par ents of band students to be pre Williams The election of officers for tho coming school year will be held and the band parents will have the privilege of meeting the new I VI 1C UA 11 IT lie V band Richard Young Miss District VII home demonstration will be in charge of the days ac Agents from 17 counties will serve on various West Texas Utilities is host for the luncheon and Thorntons Store will present the Besides the two San Saba Bernice county home demonstration Myles McDowell and Booker expect to attend the Dress Plans for the year will be discuss and and Sam and oJ El Paso came two weeks ago for a visit with her and Howard Skidmore returned home after the firs while Skidmore and sons remained for another week and returned home Aug by plane from San Area YA Supervisor Visits Local Teachers Area of Vocational ure of came here Mon July for a conference with he VA teachers and the schoo who assumed hi duties as a VA teacher here Aug said the supervisor VA work and the duties of VA teacher Bil y Sanders and Powell will be it charge of VA work in the loca also discussed the work with Petty and Princi pal Joe Powell also said that he will b accompanied by Sanders and Oliv er new VA teacher at Rich and to the state confer ence for VA teachers in Dallas They expected to leave today and will return some was dead in her car when ie doctor arrived on the Myrtle Kennon of roy and her ey of Odessa were The lad died t Saturday morning from he and Gray re on the critical list in San Saba Memorial r passenger in the car with Gray was Leslie who minor cuts and Patrolman Jess Askey said Miss Sprott was apparently killed im mediately when the a 1960 which she was driving east on Highway 190 collided leadon in the center of the high way with the 1959 Mercury driven jy Gray who was driving Miss Sprott received inter nal injuries and her right leg was Gray and her two great sons of Mary Can trell of were enroute to the home of her J Duncan at Richland at the time of the Dun can was to accompany them to for the annual encampment this The body of Miss Sprott was by Funeral Home to a funeral home in town early Saturday A mong her known are a Ruby Stanley of Roba town and a Frank Sprott of Corpus The body of Wesley Cantrell waa taken by Funeral Home to Mexia where funeral services will be held at 4 to day in Riddle Funeral with burial made in Mexia City Ceme Manuel Almaguer To Get Law Degree Manuel Almaguer of Route is among 67 University of Texas students who are candi dates for law degrees at the close of the summer The announcement was made Law Dean Page Keeton this son of Jesus Alma is a graduate of San Saba High HIGHWAY DEATH Pictured is the body of Mary Ann of beside her death which collided with a car driven by Myrtle Kennon of Miss Sprott was dead on the of the doctor and was believed to have died immediately following the ACCIDENT CARS Shown above are the two cars involved in a headon crash about 12 miles west of San Saba on Highway 190 about At the left is the 1959 Mer driven by Myrtle Kennon Gray of accompanied by her great Wesley Can and Leslie of The car at right is the Pontiac driven by Mary Ann Sprott of who was killed in the Gray and Wesley Cantrell were critically The lad died early Saturday
