6 Happy, ruiflu ■earsNoted By E. 4. Sains HereH \I \K(,i: FISC IIER Daily Echo Special WriterSunday, Deceber 2*». 1954. wasin * the ti!y i*ft» r Christmas fornius! of us. Hut for Mr. anci Mrs.a in it was a most import-ar.: in; estone. It was thlt; ir (anniversary and* / K-i A\ i V i i v i iti ;inI ' *la f C!'*ord ' Thon- GO veal'sM rs 11 U I I H- vi U *i..Iri»I ^ 1lt; )n Sunday• if t d i ti ! ti * 1: ii : i pec.! ] S \;ny friendsiWr.:! • v iiom*onMi g -) W' \ \ X f 1 ^ 1 ? t 1 V S i S■- h 4 t * !• • I f ’ ?•i d wishesIntwo d. Ugh * Cl'S,famili^'' andtheon the old Corpusatf I . lt;Dlt-crcake and extend tin* Hams. Onrnon. J. O San; of Houston, w o-n a bit* to attend. The oiheis, J. O C and H. T. all of Alice, tl.-i with if!*- daughtt rs. Mrs i ;t . ; R ich.i! d -on ol H* To; on \ )[[lt;'. Miss Edna Sain. la -Irmas. and most of the ton v i andchildren and 10 er-a' -urand-3trlmoved to Alice in October Development of South Texas was just beginning then. “And it looked like '.‘ood farming country1 it n a ood lt;lunate me. remarked M Sain. He originally’have been hisinterest s lt;\ er since, “There were a few sca’P red ranches around her- then. 1 figured if they could make a living I could, ' Sain added. Mr: . Sam points proudlyo the fields extending awayfioin ipe home which have beenfa1 m-i; foi 4a vi ar without neces-mo.: mu anv additional fortiliza-♦ ion All need to ml a uood ciop 1‘rnni that hind to this day i' j k11if rain now and then.“ shlt; sa idrf~i t\u \\ San .*•*'I he i : dents of Fums. Eli is county, m 181*4. Theyt a i 'mart led inMarcia McGhee Feted At Shower Here On ThursdayMrs L H. HiMycr honored her p.* anddatighter, Mis: Marcia Me-Ol et with a U a at\ 4 m1 iKrnadfromtIV♦ k r-. 1 itlit\ I. - •?■lt;j j i -:bi!. Wt(ni i ^\ na t} - Sam fnnniy home ormaial home built w lienin Alice. Addi-: nd renovations have beenJ, A. * »S liu Vi lata cl ■’ I hex e ush and nasture be-rs now iov seh o (1f nv\ rat-d 'Flu re was a building nexti if mi * Ifobbs-St rukla ndto the build-her home'Ihvnxiay from three to five-thir-l\ o'clock. Miss McGhee is tin bnde-ele.'t of Bill Ben -onJ. R Shea urected the guests on arrival, and receiving\\;lh the henoiee ?i !C Mrs, Hlll-y. ; Mrs. W M Betvtvn. Mrs William Ashmore and Mrvs M-lanieMlAceoi (iir.-i to the Sams. it. rain-ed all wintlt; 1 lone in those days It took four mules to pull an empty wayon down mam Street, during the lainy weather, the - * re* ' were .so muddy. Mrs. Sain ’( markedAnd the railroad tracks on tIt*.* o'li-i side of tin Corpus Christi wore a Id-,saver to the Sainchildren.anaarMrs. Travis Richardson, tlif Sain s daughters. “We which was most of thewhen it w as -we walkedwalked to school, andtune it seem- to me alen- theMr. and Mi* E A. S.tin\ threev * acki fl f*Mi: are o !orn i nen tcotton at id area, carry-et bv their• : a.n farmer--: ;n t hiinp on the tadition t t her. Tilt- elder Sail Still keeps an active interest in the Sain Lnmnu: activities, however, andgets ribbed occasionally about his mam hobbv -hoeinu. Family andft ieiids accuse him of always havin'... a hoe handy in his car Whenever he r out aurvevmg the field-' and ‘-jut s sonu errant weeds nothing will do but he must yi\e them an effective -om:‘ over with the hoe.■ . s.-.in's main hobby these davs--followin'* a heart attack acouple t)[ \ ea’ s hack her act ivit.iesbeen curtailed somewhatis piecing quilts The results arequite colorful and artistic but shecomes in for lies -hare oi teasme, too I’ersoiuill' ’ uin Mr Sam.• I can t see any sense m buying •ood mate) nd bringing it, home,cutting it up into little piece,, then spendmr a a it, of time sewing it back together again .For ovet 40 vear-MiiMSainj served as .'-tewaid ot tlx- Methodist church and is now an honorin''' stew aid; he has served on tla4 .school board and was county commissioner of precinct one for 12 yearsj Raising six children, farming.lots of hard work, plus an activeinterest in tne development otAlice have added up to a happy, successful tin years of marriagefor the F, A Sam. and the sin-j cere wish of all who know them.is that they have manv more toColUe.