San Saba voters face August 28 run off for hill country senator
Round Up San Saba county voters weigh August 28 in a run off between Carlos Ashley and rivals for the hill country Senate seat. Campaign notes praise Ashley and other local figures including Sam Connally, Roscoe Range, Reuben Senterfitt, and Harry Shapiro as the community watches district attorney and speaker prospects. The piece reflects local pride and regional political interests.
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San Saba County
Capitol
Austin
Carlos Ashley
San
Carlos
Sam Connally
Roscoe Range
Connally
Campbell Ford
Reuben Senterfitt
San Saba
Senterfitt
Harry Shapiro
Chamber of Commerce
KTLA
San Antonio
Harry
Tax Values Boosted in San Saba to Fund City Needs
City officials after a Board of Equalization meeting announced higher post property tax values in San Saba. The plan adds roughly 200 000 to the 1947 valuation to generate about 3000 in annual taxes for maintenance repairs. Mayor Burrel Park cited rising labor and material costs and outlined street, ditch, garbage, street sweeper, and water supply upgrades.
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San Saba
Board of Equalization
Burrel Park
Mr. Park
Park
PTA Sponsors Medical Exams For Preschool Children
The PTA Summer Roundup offers free medical and dental exams for all preschool children in the San Saba Independent School District. It will be at the school gym Friday afternoon August 27 starting at 3 o'clock. Doctors and dentists donate services. parents with new school entrants should cooperate and bring an older accompanied guardian to provide health history.
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PTA
San Saba Independent School District
Jack Gwen
Owen
School Election At Locker Contested Over Consolidation
Taxpayers in Locker Common School District No 3 contest the July 10 consolidation referendum with Richland Springs Independent District. Petition cites improper conduct by officials and ineligible voters. A district court hearing is expected late next week.
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Locker Common
Town Will Not Observe V-J Day in San Saba
Nearly all business houses in San Saba will stay open on V-J Day Saturday August 14 despite an earlier agreement to observe the holiday. Jaycee secretary Slim Cobern said merchants were unclear if stores would close and noted conflicts as some signed without realizing the day fell on the week’s busiest shopping day.
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San Saba
Slim Cobern
Jaycee
Cohern
Grid schedule completed for 1948 Armadilla football
The 1948 Armadilla football schedule is set with nine games on home or away fields. District 22-A games will be played four at Rogan Field and three at opponents’ venues, plus two away practice games. The schedule lists opponents Brady Rochelle Goldthwaite Killeen Burnet Llano Fredericksburg Mason Lampasas Marble Falls with camp starting August 23 at Bagley pecan bottom. Coach Charles Chrane leads with assistant Hoyett L Browning guiding 20 to 30 players entering training.
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Armadilla
Brady
W. M. Camipbell
Rogan Field
San Saba
Rochelle
Goldthwaite
Killeen
Burnet
Llano
Fredericksburg
Mason
Lampasas
Marble Falls
Bagley Pecan
Sch
Charles Chrane
Hoyett L. Browning
Brownwond
Sam Connally Wages Intensive Campaign for District Attorney
Sam Connally conducts an intensive person to person campaign for District Attorney. He aims to meet as many voters as possible, visiting voting precincts in San Saba county this week and planning stops in Mason and Menard counties. He has already carried his campaign into Llano Burnet Blanco and Gillespie counties.
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Sam Connally
San Saba
Mason
Menard
Llano
Burnet
Blanca
Gillespie
Homemaking Project To Close August 20
The San Lana summer homemaking program reports progress since June including 117 pints of food canned 40 cartons of food prepared for frozen storage and 36 garments constructed in the sewing center The department will close August 20.
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San Lana
Auiguet i
Camp meeting opens Friday at Cherokee Creek site
Services at Texas oldest camp meeting begin Friday near Chappel on Cherokee Creek with Rev. D. D. Hogan as evangelist and E. D. Keeney as song reader. The event runs through August 29, preserving old-time preaching and singing while modern Arbor replaces the original open-air setup.
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Texas
Cherokee Creek
Chappel
D. D. Hogan
Briggs
E. D. Keeney
D. Hosan
Burnam Heads to Washington for Pecans Conference
W A Burnam president of the Texas Pecan Growers Association leaves for Washington D C to join a conference with the Marketing Division of the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation. Texas attendees include W S Price Jr of Kerns and J L Rainey of San Angelo. The group seeks federal price support similar to peanuts and other crops. Mrs Burnam accompanies him for several days in the capital after the meeting.
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W. A. Burnam
Texas Pecan Growers Association
Washington, D
Mar Eting Division
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas
W. S. Price Jr
Kerns
American Pecan Growers Association
Services At Cherokee And Spring Creek Set
Rev. W. S. White, pastor of Methodist churches in Cherokee and Spring Creek, announced this week that the meeting at Spring Creek will continue through next Sunday and invited surrounding communities to attend. Rev. T. W. Hogan will conduct services at Cherokee in White's absence.
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W. S. White
Cherokee
Spring Creek
T. W. Hogan
Ford to Open Law Offices in Burnet
Campbell Foard, San Saba county attorney since 1941 with a break during military service, will move to Burnet and open law offices in early September. Offices will be in the Yarbrough Building. He will resign as county attorney when move arrangements are finalized.
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Campbell SK
San Saba
Burnet
Yarbrough
Ford
Senterfitt Campaigns For Speaker's Post
Rep. Reuben E. Senterfitt of San Saba announced Tuesday his active bid for Speaker of the Texas House. He cited encouragement from colleagues and noted he is the sole candidate with a long ex service record.
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Reuben E. Senterfitt
San Saba
Texas
House of Representatives
Senteriitt
Pat Beckner Recovering After Gravel Pit Cave-In
Pat Beckner, 27, son of Mrs Julia Beckner of San Saba, is resting in a Temple hospital after a skull fracture from a cave-in at the Mackie pit north east of town. He was waist-deep in gravel when the rock ledge fell. Companion Dean Maxwell, 18, was buried to his knees but freed himself with Beckner pulling him clear before help arrived.
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Pat Beckner
Julia Beckner
San Saba
Temple Hospital
Mackie Pit
Beckner
Dean Maxwell
Dad Buckner
Maxwell
Jennings Used Gar
Mill Creek
Cherokee Holds Lead in San Saba Softball Tourney
Cherokee maintains top spot in the San Saba County Softball Tournament with McDillin moving to second place over VFW. Standings show Cheraken or Cherokee, McMillin, and Texaco among leaders as teams vie for position. schedule lists Shoal versus Pioneers and Texaco versus Spring Crooks tonight, with Friday’s matchups including McMillin versus VRW and Cherokee against Algeritu.
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Cherokee
San Saba
McDillin
VFW
Honeers
Texaco
Cheraken
Mrs Alpha Dick Dies at Santa Anna
Funeral services for Mrs Alpha Dick mother of Rader Dick of San Saba were held Wednesday afternoon at the Santa Anna Methodist Church. She died at her Santa Anna home on Tuesday. A Melton native, she married A T Dick in Bell County in 1895 and had resided in Santa Anna since 1908.
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Alpha Dick
Rader Dick
San Saba
Santa Anna Methodist Church
Santa Anna
Melton
A. T. Dick
Bell County
Sheriff Graves contests San Saba county primary win
J Newell Graves files in district court challenging the July 24 sheriffs nomination of Odus R. Allen. Judge Ferguson schedules Aug 19 hearing to prove ballots in San Saba No 1 Cherokee and Locker boxes were counted for Allen through error or fraud, potentially prompting a countywide recount. Attorneys Newman and McCollum of Brady represent Graves.
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J. Newell Graves
Odus R. Allen
Sherif
San Saba County
Thomas GC. Ferguson
Graves
San Saba No. 1
Odus Allen
Newman and McCollum
Brady
Jaycee Membership Meeting Tonight in San Saba
San Subu Jaycees will hold a brief membership meeting tonight at 7 in the Jaycee building. Supper features cold cuts and potato salad. A discussion on the rat eradication program is planned, per Secretary Slim Cobern. The poison bait crew is due in San Saba Monday. There is no after-dinner speaker and the meeting adjourns in time for softball games.
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Jaycee
San Subu Jaycees
Slim Cobern
San Saba
Cobern
Rancher Barton's Death While Tending Livestock Near San Saba
Henry Thomas Barton 67 died of a heart attack about 7 3 Friday morning while tending livestock in a pasture near his home six miles south of San Saba. Funeral services were held Sunday at Adams Funeral Home in Marlin with Rev. Wright officiating. Surviving are his widow Myrtle Hickman Barton of San Saba, a daughter Mrs Carroll Pearce, a son Henry G Barton of Marlin, and three brothers Lloyd, Jim both of Marlin and Lt Barton of Houston. Burial was in Martin.
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Henry Thomas Barton
San Saba
Adams Funeral Home
Marlin
Rev
W. QO. Wright
Marlin Baptist Church
Myrtle Hickman Barton
Carroll Pearce
Henry G. Barton
Deth
Lloyd and
Jim Barton
Barton
Houston
Library Adds Ten New Books To San Saba County Shelf
The San Saba Study Club has donated ten books to the San Saba County Library, announced by librarian Mrs. Wince Brown. Titles include Golden Hawk, Melissa, Golden Sleep, Bishop's Mantle, Shamma's Way, I Am the Fox, Bridal Revisited, Midnight Lace, Great Snow, and Pilertio's Ti, with staff and volunteers collecting during June and July and inviting donations from local readers.
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San Saba County
San Saba Study Club
Wincuie Brown
Yerky
Melissa
Caldwell
Connell
Turnbull
Cream
I Am the Fox
van Elten
Waweh
Kantor
Robison
Pilertio
Goudpa
DDT Fogging Machine To Be Here Next Week
Brownwood reports its first polio victim last week and uses the fogging machine currently. Local Jaycees have not set a date to receive the equipment again. The first fogging was applied on Monday August 2.
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Brownwood
Jaycees Name Committees Formed For 1949 Outlook
Jaycee president J W Patterson Jr announced fourteen committees with members named for 1949 terms through June 31. Nominating committee members were Leon Hartley chair, Jack Miller, Harry Shapiro. Committees cover Membership, Program, Finance, Roads, Youth Welfare, Publicity, Club Relations, Public Health, Agriculture, Sports and Recreation, Fire Prevention, Public Safety, Channel Activity, County Beautification, Temple Wear, and more with designated chair and co chair roles.
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Jaycee
J. W. Patterson Jr
Leon Hartley
Jack Miller
Harry Shapiro
Bernie Hart
H. B. Clark Jr
Douglas Behrens
W. E. Bryant
J. W. Edwards
George Epperson
Fred Townsend Jr
Paul Golding
L. ©. Ward
C. B. Williams Je
G. T. Walker
E. B. Keeney
Bob Sullivan
Jack Sullivan
Douglas Sullivan
Horace Sargent
Sam Connally
Bill Arnold
T. K. Anderson
Dean Rapsey
F. B. Gray
J. EE. Magan
W. L. White
O. H W. Hale
LH. Hawisher
W. A. Stith
Carter Sloan
R. E. Senterfite da
C. Watkins
Bert Weatherby
S. L. Kirk
R. L. Byrd
M. L. Bagley
Louis Crump
Tony Kirk
Oris Golden
Perry Hardin
Milton Harris
W. T. Little
Clovis E. Letetter
Charles Chrane
Buck Frizzell
Marvin Frizzell
R. M. Gage
Joe Paul Grumbles
L A. Hinwell
Ernest Jones
Andrew Lacklear
Doyle Lanvrey
George Nalls
Dan Neeper
M. N. Turley
Roy V. Fox
Nelson Rushing
James Clark
H. B. Clark
W. A. Huckabee
Hutan McIntosh
Burns Lane
Jack Moe- Kneely
F.C. Walker
Wo OW
Nance
H. Fi. Nance
Newell Oliver
M. G. Patton
W. Simany
Wy CO
Dot.myer
D. W. Cummins
Dint Baker
R. A. McHorse
Ray Eden
Neil Gunter
J. TR McConnell
Buster Martin
J. W. Patterson Je
Jack Harkey
Clay Kuykendall
JL. Sterner
M. A. Toliver
F. W. Farley
Worth Parker
Harold Behrens
Hulan Dunnakan
R. Cy Felts
4. C. Gage
Sam Laird
Mie Cutechesa
M. Oliver
W. SS. Pener
L. A. Skageys Agriculture
John Campbell
A. B. Ford
Lee Daniel
J. EB Parris
O. B. Flarkey
Tra Henry
Co. Lttadale
Geargu
B. Walker
James Harkey
Laurence Mainrick
Bo White
J. W. Longley
Charley C. Mifleton
A.P. Stewart
George Horton Sr
Ben Campbell
J. We Arhelper
I. B. Peild
Hart Taylor
Mark Hollatul
Oscar Hollaned
Billy Maulishy
Reeves Ruglendall
Be. Park
Bot Smith
W. T. Vorel
Odus R. Allan
W. R. Doran
Geerge Amthor
Ty P. Golding
Irady
EL Lehrer
Jack Owen
Weo
Ohse
BK. OT
Barsdale
H.C. Smith
U1 BF
Stewardson
Tait Tat
George
Watlave
Chaiste Wlivity
Sharry Slicepire
AL Caronabot Tari
Ryder Dick
I. MM. Mickerson
O. O. Tickson
C2 We Harden
Haasan Kelly
WM. Melaaidilin
D. A. Mays
Woon. Muppe
Hot Shaqero
Charlie ‘Tal
County Benuification
Cli We
Temple Wear
Tidan Beaker
Koy Grumiles
Newton Hath
Jev Harllay
Prank Tall Dith Bhannings
Sam Jshamy
Tous Krauss
Det. McKee
Buford Mays
Wt. Saver
Santth
Cmt
Bel Sauers
New Taxi and Delivery Service Opens in San Saba
U-hone taxi and delivery service recently started by Jill Brice. Brice also owns a service station and grocery at Commerce Street and the_Blane Highway. San Saba had been without taxi service for several years.
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TANL
Reciently
Jil Brice
Comanerce St
Blane Highway
San Saba
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