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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
5
E D Keeney chairman of the USDA defense board urges San Saba County farmers to set aside time soon to inspect all farming equipment. He says determining repairs now will show the work and parts needed to put machinery in A 1 condition for next year.
By Wilmer Donahoe LOCKER Dec 1 The Locker School held a short Thanksgiving program last Wednesday night in three parts, a thanksgiving program, community singing, and a musical showing by Noble and Alton Till. Pastor Harrell of Richland Springs and Pastor Powell provided humor and remarks. A special Thanksgiving dinner followed for pupil caretakers, with Fulger and two workers saving 25 cords of wood for the school and residents. The school has added improvements including two cesspools for kitchens.
EH D Keeney chairman of the San Saba County USDA defense board urges small farmers to grow food for home use or sale to boost domestic reserves for Britain. Suggestions include breeding another sow, winter gardens, and more chickens with AAA programs supporting soil building and feed crops. A SAFETY KILL RAT EXTERMINATOR ad closes the item.
The Menard News recounts the 1863 capture of 14-year-old Alice Todd of Mason, Texas, by Indians near Mason during a bitter snowstorm. A schoolmate, Mollie Vaughn Winn, now 88, recalls the trail party that pursued the captors, the death of W. C. Hall, and the mysterious fate of Alice after her abduction amid heavy snows across San Saba and toward the Staked Plains.
T. J. Cummings advertises paying top prices on scrap iron and metal at San Saba Hatchery. The notice appears in a nov month classified line with a call to action for readers to contact the advertiser for results.
Pontotoc reports Vernon Rothmanns return from Wichita Falls to welcome friends home. Babe Mcleod traveled to Wichita Falls. Harmon Joiner and grandson Dan Miller stayed with Neal Joiner. Local illnesses include Mrs. Bertha Capps Alec McLeod and Mrs. Ben Durst. Visitors and holidays noted with several families visiting San Antonio and John Tarleton alumni Marguerite Capps.
Rev Garrett Nally and wife with baby from Brownwood visited Shiloh on Sunday. Indian Creek residents L C Trowbridge and family were weekend guests of George Watkins. Grandmother Garrett visits with son Anson Garrett and family. Brownwood visitors Jack Pierce and Harman Richman families hosted relatives. Edwin Bolinger moved to Fort Knox from Camp Bowie. Ed Dehil family and Kerri Crouch with sons visited Regency church and John Wyatt’s household.
Amarillo resident Jessica Morehead Young praises Hoyt's Compound for relief after two years of illness. She reports improved appetite, strength, sleep, and energy, with dizzy spells stopped and liver functioning noted as fine. The City Drug Store and leading area druggists sell the product.
Mrs T Townsend and Mr and Mrs Charlie Townsend of Chappel were business visitors in San Saba. Mrs Addie Krause returned home from Freer. Mr and Mrs E J Parker moved from Storey Street to their farm one mile southeast of San Saba on the Chappel road.
Citizens are told to continue boiling city water for all uses until further notice. City Health Officer Dr R G Felts signs the notice. Items advertised include a poison oak and skin irritation remedy and a dog deworming product sold at City Drug Store with pricing listed.
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