Civil Defense: plans for family fallout shelter
In a column by W. bh. Sullivan, the piece argues for individual readiness to survive nuclear fallout. It explains that basements greatly reduce radiation, with 2 feet of earth or concrete overhead achieving substantial protection, and notes that state or federal aid may not arrive for two weeks. Local social notes mention visits and a wedding in Gatesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bh. Sullivan
Denise
Cottia
Main Street
Stroke Fatal To Riley R. Terry
Riley R. Terry 74 died Sunday after a stroke at San Saba Memorial Hospital. He was a lifelong county resident, a retired stock farmer, and a Baptist. Survivors include eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Wednesday in Howell Doran Chapel with burial in Terry Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley R
Rocky) Terry
San Saba Memorial Hospital
John T. Terry
Julia Anh Cornett
Terry
Baptist Church
F. B
W. L. White
James Reid
Terry Cemetery
Richard Murray
LeRoy Walker
Stacy Oliver
Joe Edmondson
Jody Whitley
Trenton Hamrick
Clovis Lebetter
Jack Miller
Hoewell-Doran Funeral Home
Locker News Highlights Local Events and Visits
Community updates from Locker note Mrs Sorge at Garys Beauty College in Brownwood and upcoming Homecoming August 23 with barbecue lunch and afternoon singing. About 100 former residents have been mailed notices. Merle Taylors visited Brady and San Saba links. Antique entries urged for San Saba Museum loans or gifts to support the County Historical Society. Several locals attended the REA meeting in Brady. Earl Egger mourned as a Regency native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
County Historical Society
Bob Taylor
Brentwood
Amanda Taylor
Dora Taylor
R.E.A
Brady
W. Taylor
R. V. Land
Bethel
Earl Egger
Regency
Doyle Johnsons
Cherokee News Items Highlights From Aug Letters
Local notes cover visitors from Perry to San Saba Big Spring and Brownwood. relatives staying with Kuykendalls and Smiths. surgical update on Mrs. Crain. Glen Sorge and family moving to Oregon. coaching school plans for Roddy Maddox. several trips to Abilene Fort Worth and Lubbock. deaths include Ernest Barclay. Hall Blair wedding weekend guests from Euless and Whittier Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna Cemetery
James Lee Smith
Austin
Christinan
Clereford
James Smith
Atin
Lubbock
Smiths
Clyde Estep
Odus Allen
Sylvia
Mason
Brownwood
Winters
Roddy Maddox
Dale Johanson
Rivera
Clyde Johanson
Ft. Worth
Cheroker
Louie McMurry
Lou Nell
Beeville
Roger
Melinda Daugherty
Lampoing
Cleo Daugherty
Mack
Foley Millican
Six Flags
Charley Head
Cecil Bowden
Bob Broyles
Thomas Bowden
Robert Singleton
Bob
Keith Koonce
Kendall
James Hall
James Jr
Kenneth Wayne
Euless
Warren Hall
Bobby Ofiane
James Halle
D. Standlee
Bethel
Paul Parks
San Saba
Fort Worth
Whittier
Calif
Donny Wood Returns Home As Local Hospital Discharges
Aug note: Richland Springs residents report family hospital visits and graduations. Donny Wood comes home after mother Mrs Donald Wood's discharge from San Saba Memorial Hospital. R V Land seeks doctor follow up for heart flare up. Hendricks Memorial Hospital School of Nursing grads include Mrs Jack Carroll of this area. Numerous visits by locals to relatives and outings noted, with R.E.A. meeting attendance and social visits across Richland Springs and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donny Wood
Richland Springs
Donald Wood
San Saba Memorial Hospital
Clyde Wood
Vancy Matlock
Holt
R. V. Land
Jack Carroll
Hendricks Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Abilene
John Clark McGregor
Elzy Clayton Carroll
Sherry
Billie J. Jernigan
Dianne
Tonya Jo
Lubbock
Layton Garrett
Granite Shoals Lake
Donna Garrett
Dianne Jernigan
Donna
August Kowserschke
Carl White
Larry and
Dorsey
Bowser
J. F. Edwards
Angton Garrett
Dwain
Randy Machann
Port Neches
van Lane
Robbie Terry
Houston
J. R. Lane
Texas
Arlington
R.E.A
Brady
Delores
Trenton Dean Bates
Donald
Lisa
Glen Harrell
Dwight McDaniel
Sydne and
Kern
Austin
Augusta McDaniel
Wade Hutson
Mark Striker
Ed Vogel
Edgar T. Vogel
C. Gildon and Sons
Bellefontaine
Ohio
T. L. Teal Jr
Cathy
Terry
Tommie
Craig
Happy Patch
Pepper Wells
Darrell
Nelson Smith
Richland Springa
Jesse Gober
Layton Garretts
Camp Meeting Chronicle Details Camp Ground History
The article recounts a camp meeting site near Cherokee Creek, gifts of land by Mrs. Matsler Mrs. West and R H Walton, and yearly camping rights. Families losing occupancy for three years revert land to the church. The camp moved in 1878, the brush arbor replaced by a 1941 tabernacle, built by donations and labor, located about 20 miles south east of San Saba near Chappel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Matsler
E. E. West
R. H. Walton
Brush
Arbor
Cherokee Creek
San Saba
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Civil Defense
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Bobby
Llano
Gatesville
Frank Adams
Gatesville School
J. Thomas Vogel
Vickie
Dallas
Hal Dufner
Round Mountain
Gordon Hall
Mias Lynda Blair
Riley R. Terry
Leot Page
Betty
Perry
Vanh Maddox
Eddie Mayera
Edd Ross
Phar
Howard Perry
Darrell Flanagan
Earl Moore
Homer Kuykendall
Allen Crain
Bay City
Lillie Barton
George Smith Dement
Gladiola
Maryland Club
Coca Colas
Smokey Ridge
OKRA
Brussels
Prem
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Velveeta
Libby
Oleo Margarine
Nelda
Pillsbury’s
Cess
Bethel News
Sedler Au
Chet Garvin
Rexall
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