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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
5
San Saba merchants promote a Holiday Festival with Trades Day bargains across the town. Saturday drawings of 50 pounds and 25 dollars prizes boost shopper turnout, plus a 1935 Standard Coach giveaway on April 18. Chamber endorsement invites all to visit San Saba for seasonable merchandise and low prices.
Dr H E B Draper former pastor of the San Saba Methodist Church and builder of its marble church house died in Luling on Saturday and was buried in San Antonio Monday He served as presiding elder of Corpus Christi San Angelo and Austin districts of the West Texas Conference for over 20 years and attended General Conference sessions in several cities He is survived by his wife and several children and was a respected leader in Texas Methodism.
Mrs J W Arhelger shoots a 4 point buck with a 30 Remington on a hills southwest of town story notes she is the first home woman to harvest this season. The deer is praised as one of the nicest smaller bucks seen this season. Prentice Bloore is hospitalized in Temple with appendicitis. Dick Jackson and crew install a 14 foot windmill on the Sloan Sisters ranch southeast of town.
County Singing Convention will meet Saturday night and Sunday December 8 at Pecan Grove church six miles east of town. Everyone is invited. Out of county singers will be cared for Saturday night and Sunday. Bring your lunch and spend the day.
A Radiogram from Santa announces his San Saba appearance next Tuesday for a big parade staged by San Saba merchants and led by R L McConnell, Chamber of Commerce secretary. Children may mail letters to Santa, watch comic characters, clowns, and decorated floats in a festive, eye catching display.
The San Saba Parent Teacher Association will hold a regular meeting in the high school auditorium on Thursday afternoon December 12 at 3 30 p m Mrs A B Puckett president says a program will follow the business session Patrons are urged to attend. Mmes W H Woodall and Chas Abbott and Miss Frances Woodall of Plainview visit their mother Mrs Carrie Bowman and other relatives who moved to the Plains country years ago and prospered there.
J. M. Mauldin and his family have returned to their longtime home in San Saba County after a decade in Weslaco in the Magic Valley. He was in the county seat Monday and reports a new location in the Holt community.
The notice proclaims the birth of a baby boy, James Richard Jr., to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sullivan of Pittsbuug California. It also notes Thanksgiving visits by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edwards and Mrs. Sam D. Taylor, and a Georgetown return by Mrs. D. E. Davis and daughter Miss Marie after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith and others.
The San Saba County Teachers Association will meet at the High School auditorium tonight at 8:00 to hear W. A Steigler of the State Department of Education on Revision of Curriculum. President W. M. Campbell and secretary Miss Ethel Roberts of Bend lead the group.
Marble from San Saba county quarries shipped to a Houston firm by the San Saba Chamber of Commerce through secretary R L McConnell. The chamber reports large deposits nearby and plans to open operations, with inquiries rising in recent weeks. Formerly, a Vermont Marble Company employed workers at nearby quarries on several ranches. most material remains, unworked, in the ground.
Noted historians from University of Texas anthropology and visiting English nobleman Viscount Chetwynd toured San Saba seeking ruins tied to early presidio sites and the old San Saba Mission. They plan to document Wallace Creek treaty ground and the Old Treaty Rock for Dallas Centennial Exposition materials.
Jack Christy and son Edgar Christy of Coleman were business visitors here the first of the week. Mr and Mrs Walter Gates and daughter Marcelyn of Austin and Miss Louise Taylor of San Marcos were Thanksgiving visitors with their parents Mr and Mrs Ss T Taylor. Mr and Mrs Raymond Ellis and Mr and Mrs J W Arbelger were visiting by Brownwood Monday.
Robert Sherman eleven year old son of Rev and Mrs V L Sherman, pastors of the First Methodist church, hunted on Holmes Moss ranch in Llano County. He dropped a 9 point buck at the crack of dawn, marking his first deer hunt, first time seeing a deer with a gun, and first shot with a rifle larger than a .22.
Mrs E L Rector born Pattie Townes in Austin on March 13 1857 died at the family home in San Saba Tuesday morning from a heart attack. She was married to E L Rector in 1886 and survived by two children J K Rector Jr of Houston and Lucy Rector at home. Funeral services were held at the Episcopal church with lengthy lists of pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. She was a longtime resident and active in the church.
The season features Armadillos on top of odds as San Saba fans await Albany trip with 160 supporters and a 195 to 18 scoring edge. Shorty of Shamrock Shows issues a ring challenge while Irish Mc Shane weighs 145 pounds. Funeral notices follow for Mrs. Lou Edwards of Cherokee with family details and church services noted.
FR Ballew died at his daughter Mrs J E Conradt's home in Lometa on Wednesday. He was born in Montgomery Alabama in 1848 and moved to Texas in 1880. He lived at Old Senterfitt, drove a stage to Round Rock, moved to San Saba in 1913, and joined the Church of Christ in 1890 after leaving the Baptist church. He leaves nine children, including J T Ballew of San Angelo and J S Ballew of San Saba. Burial was in Old Senterfitt Cemetery with Elder E Nance officiating.
Local call encourages all county children to write letters to Santa for Christmas. Send letters to the San Saba News for publication next week, with clear signatures. Dec 19 will feature a colored Christmas edition and some letters may be directed to Santa.
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