San Saba County Fair Five Nights and Four Days Outline
Daily program outlines for the San Saba County Fair over five nights and four days. Includes designated days for San Saba Bend Lometa Lampasas Burnet Bertram and Confederate Veterans Old Settlers and American Legion Day on day one, exhibits judging, bus scouts day on day two, and multiple county and group days on subsequent days. Activities feature running and harness races, baseball, free motion pictures, carnival attractions, and daily gate and hall hours.
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San Saba County
San Saba
Bend
Lometa
Lampasas
Burnet
Bertram
Old Settlers
American Legion
Cherokee
Llano
Mason
Fredericksburg
Richland Springs
Rochelle
Brady
Eden
Menard
Coldthwaite
Brownwood
Orchard Hill Farm Cannery Packs 1100 Cans in Month
Orchard Hill Farm near Richland Springs produced 1100 cans of peaches and other fruits and vegetables last month. Mrs. H. C. Holcomb and sisters Mmes. J. E. Gary L. H. Strickland and A. F. Criswell helped gather and count the yield, highlighting the farm’s reputation for Elberta peaches.
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Orchard Hill Farm
Richland Springs
H. C. Holcomb
Mmes. J. E. Gary
L. H. Strickland
A. F. Criswell
Old Timer Observes 88th Birthday Anniversary
P H Vancleave observed his 88th birth anniversary this week. Born in Orange County Indiana, he came to Texas in 1873 and lived on Salt Branch near Cherokee before returning north. He served three years in the Union Army in the 14th Indiana, fighting at Shiloh Vicksburg Murfreesboro and other campaigns. His first vote was for Lincoln, his last for Hoover. He travels daily for his mail and hopes to attend the old soldiers day at the fair. Lon Roberson of Junction visited town, seeking farmland to return to God’s country. Huts Owen went to Oklahoma and Kansas to check on cattle. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hibler on Monday morning, August 5.
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P. H. Vancleave
Orange County
Indiana
Texas
Salt Branch
Cherokee
Mr. Vancleave
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Murfresboro
Ete
Abe Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
Lon Roberson
Junction
San Saba Fair boosters rally support across counties
Judge H. Clyde Smith and E. L. Brown led local boosters in a week of publicity for the San Saba County Fair. They swept Burnet County fair at Bertram, toured Llano with baseball leaders, and finished with a strong push through Spring Creek Locker Bowser Holt Hall Richland Springs and Algerita boosting turnout near home.
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H. Clyde Smith
E. L. Brown
San Saba
Burnet County
Bertram
Llane
Enchanted Rock
Llano County
Spring Creek
Locker
Bowser
Holt
Hall
Richland Springs
Algerita
Trial Marriage at Ritz Theatre August 12 13
A big picture titled Trial Marriage plays at the Ritz Theatre Monday and Tuesday August 12 and 13. Based on Judge Ben Lindsey's book on companionate marriage it presents a tense drama of modern married life highlighting pro and con views.
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Ben Lindesey
Ben Lindsey
Ritz Theatre
Sells Vulcanizing Shop in San Saba
Scott Sells his vulcanizing shop on East Side Square to Nicks Brothers Lewis and Fred who will operate at the same stand. They seek public patronage. Also notes travels and visits from local residents including Burrel Parke couple touring the west and a Breckenridge visitor Mrs. Louise Weathers with relatives in town.
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Scott
East Side Square
E. M. Scott
Nicks Brothers
Lewis
Fred
San Saba
Mrs. Burrel Parke
Golden
California
Washington
Canada
Yellow Stone National Park
Bethel Baptist Revival Opens Friday August 16
Bethel will host its annual Baptist revival starting Friday night August 16. Rev. C. R. Meadows of Dallas will preach. an evangelist famed across the state, editor of the Baptist Progress, there as a college man versed in Bible history. A broad invitation is issued for all to attend.
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Bethel
C. R. Meadows
Dallas
Meadows
Baptist Progress
Stores Close Afternoons for San Saba Fair
In San Saba stores will close at noon each afternoon of the Fair and stay shut until about six. The practice, long observed by town merchants, shows loyal support for the Fair as most residents attend races and ball games. A few shops will remain open to serve shoppers before people head home in the late afternoon.
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San Saba
33 Pound Yellow Cat Landed In Colorado River
Cameron Moore hooked a 33-pound yellow catfish on the Colorado River by Bills Funderburg's place in Shaw Bend last Thursday morning. The catch cheered local anglers as reports of big fish have been scarce this season. T. A. Murray returned from a Temple hospital after three weeks at home. F. L. Busby and O. W. Busby of Van Alstyne toured San Saba during a state vacation, visiting friends and enjoying fishing and outings.
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Colorado River
Cameron Moore
Bills Funderburg
Shaw Bend
T. A. Murray
Temple Hospital
F. L. Busby
O. W. Busby
van Alstyne
San Saba
Mr. Bunby
W. M. Godfrey
San Saba Wins Tight Sunday Ball Game
San Saba base ball team edged Christoval Sunday behind Bohannan’s dominant pitching and a sharp defense. The locals had eleven hits while Bohannan allowed three, with Watson, Estep, P Smith and Dick Robbing contributing doubles that drove in the three runs. Box score follows.
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Bohannan
San Saba Baseball Club
Christoval Club
Watson
Estep
P. Smith
Dick Robbing
Mrs and Mrs A A Allison Visit and Take Vacation
Mr and Mrs A A Allison of Breckenridge visit relatives and plan their annual vacation. Miss Margaret Frances McClure of Brady stays with Mrs Edgar T Neal in San Saba this week as a guest.
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A. A. Allison
Breckenridge
Inr
Margaret Frances McClure A Brady
Edgar T. Neal
San Saba
Purses Attract Many For Four Day San Saba Fair Races
Large purses offered during the San Saba County Fair racing meet draw many entrants. The four day program runs August 13–16 with total purses of 2035 dollars, daily schedules include five races on one day and harness events under Kentucky Racing Commission rules. Entries close at 6:30 each afternoon, purses distributed 0 30 10.
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Bugle
San Saba County
the Fair Association
Kentucky Racing Commission
Harness Horse Association
Call for Support of Women’s Textile Dept at the Fair
Mrs. A Woods superintendent of the Textile section of the Women’s Department at the San Saba fair issues a personal appeal to county women and girls to rally behind the fair and boost the Textile department. She urges sending as much work as possible to the department for better results and premiums with a recipient in the Woman’s Building collecting on Monday.
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A. Woods
San Saba Fair
Large Fertilizer Dealer Visits San Saba Plant
M. E. Pate of Sulphur Springs for the Pate Brothers visited the American Fertilizer & Chemical Works plant in San Saba last week. Representing four east Texas manufacturers, he explored supplying the plants with San Saba base material as they produce over 15,000 tons of fertilizer annually. The San Saba based Bluebonnet fertilizer and raw material are drawing nationwide interest from fertilizer firms.
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M. E. Pate
Pate
San Saba
Country
Filling Station Seized by A R Dockray in West End
After months away enjoying Texas and Oklahoma, A R Dockray resumes control of his West End filling station, relieving Gus Ray who ran it in his absence. Dockray takes charge of operations and ownership resumes.
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Texas
Oklahoma
A. R. Dockray
West End
Gus Ray
Mr. Dockray
Methodist Sunday School Picnic Grand Success
The Methodist Sunday School fair grounds park last Friday staged a Sunday School picnic that was a grand success in every way. The older men versus younger boys baseball game was tightly contested and the sack race drew laughs. The editor withholds many contestants’ names while praising the lavish cat spreads and the fellowship under the giant elms and pecans. W E Brown of Dallas attended in San Saba last Saturday, representing a large insurance firm and showing interest in the local fertilizer plant.
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Methodist Sunday School
Fair Grounds Park
W. E. Brown
Dallas
San Saba
Mr. Brown
J P McConnell Family Start West Tour With Beatrice Turner
J P McConnell and family with Miss Beatrice Turner began a western vacation this week traveling from Senora Saba to distant Canada and including stops near Lampasas where C B Smith of Lampasas county spent last Saturday.
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J. P. McConnell
Beatrice Turner
Sen Saba
Canada
C. B. Smith
Lampasas
Baba Telk
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Owen
Kansas
Mrs
Bill Hibler
Boosters
Mrs. Louise Weathers of
W. M. Allison
B. R. Allison
Uncle Buck" Lucky
Ellis County
C. C. Russell
Ballinger
W. H. Brown
Johnnie Grantham
Los Angeles
Bethel Baptist Revival Meeting
Bethel Meeting
Robbins
Campbell
Christoval
Judge Dean
Rotary Lunch
Rotary
W. V. Dean
Rotary Service
Lucy Walker
Bob Huffman
Tulsa
Clarence Gosch
A.R. Dockray
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