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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1930
Page
2
W A Smith editor owner and O foreman advertised weekly in San Saba San Saba County Texas with Thursday publication. Advertising rates 8c per line per issue and display 30¢ flat. Corrections policy available upon notification to management.
A meeting organized the Heart of Texas club with officers elected. Counties include Lampasas Mills San Saba McCulloch Brown Burnet Liano Bell Mason. Officers: J Wayman Murray president Martin Adams vice president Norma Lee Oliver secretary treasurer. Faculty advisers Miss King Mr Gearreald.
Holiday display highlights spring dresses coats and hats from the Norette Shoppe with new arrivals, shoppers urged to find seasonal outfits and accessories for festive events.
Amarillo News- Globe reports Texas will spend over 80 million dollars on new road building in 1981, aided by a 10 million federal allotment. Chairman W. R. Ely says 1981 will be a record year, with projects chosen to maximize federal aid and employment. Governor Moody supports hiring workers over machinery to boost buying power and circulation.
On Friday November 21 Miss Elizabeth West county demonstrator met Bowser girls to reorganize the Bowser 4 H Club. Seven girls enrolled and officers elected Clara Grimes president Eloise Cowart vice president Dorothy Germany secretary treasurer Ruth Rice reporter Mrs C H Hall local leader Plans were discussed for the year including a social event to raise funds for the club treasury and a big sale Campbell s.
Henry Colling Brown notes in Valentine's Manual that folding beds camouflaged their real use as cramped apartments crowded by residents. The device doubled as wardrobe or desk while the owner alone lived in deception, with dangers when beds collapsed or tipped, risking asphyxiation.
The piece surveys multiple explanations for the flag design, noting doubts about Betsy Ross. It cites the Grand Union flag with 13 red and white stripes and a union, possible Rhode Island banner links, and assertions about Dutch influence via Franklin and Adams. It mentions star symbolism such as Lyra and harmony.
Great Novelist's home near Melrose and Galashiels on the Tweed is Abbotsford. It houses a world collecting museum of oddities and relics. Visitors see Scott's chair desk library and famed items like Montrose sword Bob Roy's cup and sword Helen MacGregor's brooch Queen Mary's seal and Bonnie Prince Charlie's drinking cup.
The traditional site of Troy at the Hellenistic Mulum known as Higsarlik rises on a spur between the Seamander valley and its eastern tributary, about three and a half miles from the Hellespont and Aegean shore. A long scholarly dispute dating to Demetrius of Scepsis is now seen as settled by a 1898 fortress discovery atop the Higsarlik mound, dating to Mycenaean times and overlying Schliemann’s earlier acropolis.
On New York skyscraper roofs a suited man trains with shadow boxing for half an hour at noon. A second climber blasts a golf ball against a wall, teaing up with a partner critiquing stance as a slice or pull launches the ball into the street.
Path finder Magazine notes Chief Justice Chase referenced the indestructible union of indestructible states in the Texas v White ruling. The decision held Texas’s secession ordinance unconstitutional and that Texas never left the Union, preserving its state status.
A fragment urges readers that opportunity lies close at hand and that a man who does well in his current role secures the best work life. The piece promotes practical self reliance over chasing distant, vague ambitions.
Norette Beauty Shoppe advertises special prices on permanents. Read details of discounted services and available days in the local shop notice.
An old San Saba notice for John Seiders Real Estate and Loans lists a Midnight show at 11 p.m. Saturday and mentions Richard Barthel amid a disturbance in the Dawn Patrol.
A long list of Thanksgiving visits shows residents and relatives from Fort Worth Llano McKinney Handley Hutto Dallas Burnet Junction Spring Creek Llano Gatesville Mason Roselle Rochelle and others gathering with local families. Notable mentions include Rev. Sparkman from Spring Creek slated to preach next Sunday night and several teachers and students visiting kin across the region.
Social notes list visitors and family arrivals from Llano Georgetown Burnet Sweetwater and Sweetwater area including Mrs Charles Griffith Miss Katherine Carson Mrs J L Kuykendall and Lucile Hanna Thelma Daughtery Supt Silas Howell and guests Arthur Stark and children Dr A Howell L G Kelle Loyd Fry Himer Taylor and Luckie Ranch hosts Emmet Lewis and Lowel Lewis. The Kuykendall Cemetery Association postpones their bazaar from Saturday to next Saturday December 6.
The following pupils earned average grades of 00 or above to be named on the honor roll. Second grade Helen Taff. Fifth grade Nell Owens Sarah Kate Miller John Lee Taff Sophia House. Seventh grade A J House Jr J T Whitt Jr.
Dean Kyle writes to W J Millican to compile an individual pecan tree record for A M Bulletins. Millican asks pecan growers in the county to report unusual or good trees for publication and potential recognition in the San Saba News. Report trees to Bill Millican or Frank Meer in Bend.
The Spanish Club of the high school met Tuesday night with informal activities including Spanish songs and a Mexican poem in costume by Miss Hildsjean DeWolfe. A Christmas program was tentatively planned for December 1x, with a full notice to follow. W. E. Hicks and his father L. E. Hicks visited a Temple clinic to check health status. A Great Sale is advertised by Campbell's.
Governor Dan Moody rewards two former Texas House members with state posts. Adrian Pool of El Paso is named to the Board of Control for three years, and John Wallace of Teague becomes secretary of the Highway Commission with a future Board of Control appointment. Claude Teer shifts from Board of Control chair to fill the vacancy left by R Walthall, extending his service to five more years.
A brief note urging readers to start building a strong credit history as a key asset. It references the Retail Merchants Association as a possible endorsing body or source of guidance for managing personal finances and credit behavior.
M Weston was killed in a morning wreck on the Lometa road. Death reported instantaneous. Survived by a devoted wife, several children, an aged mother, two sisters, and two brothers O. Ti Weston of San Angelo and AG Weston of Mullin. A Primitive Baptist church member with many local friends. Campbell’s advertises new shoes in the Malin Enterprise.
Fragmentary OCR shows a dairy advertisement promising pleased customers and milk products with distorted words and garbled pricing text. unable to extract concrete names, dates, or locations from the snippet.
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