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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
5
City Drug Store features a wide range of lighting sets in all colors with varied prices. Shoppers are invited to choose from large bundles and bulky options designed to enhance rooms and create inviting atmospheres.
Gordon Scott was elected president replacing Billy Moore who resigns to move away. At the December meeting in the high school auditorium the Supervised Farming Earnings and Savings Leadership and Recreation committees reported progress while Woodrow Lindsey and John Lee of Taff’s Texas band shared trip details to Kansas City. The program included songs and contests by the FFA Sweethearts.
Fort Worth lawyer Judge Alfred McKnight hosts a visit to McKnight Farm near Arlington to view Redset and Pembroke among other horses. Jockeys Monte Parks and Frank Cagle ride Fliverty and Two Grand as the smooth racing stock is prepared for future Arlington Downs events and Texas sales. The piece notes local employment, farming income, and calls for legalized racing in Texas, ending with a light quip about advertisers.
Colony news notes a rainy week with no clear weather. Mr and Mrs Tom Means mark their 50th anniversary with family in attendance. There is a quarterly church conference, a vote trip to Cherokee, and a Colony Christmas tree program planned for Christmas Eve with school canceled by high water.
Kodak and cameras priced from $1.00 and up are available at City Drug Store with a range of models and film supplies for photographers seeking affordable options.
LASER student Miss Laura Kuykendall is due back from Auburndale Massachusetts on Friday to celebrate the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kuykendall. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Roberts returned Tuesday from Monterrey Mexico after joining a 46 Greeters group for the National Greeters convention in San Antonio. Capt. and Mrs. Douglas B. Smith recently concluded a Warm Springs Georgia vacation after a Washington DC residence.
November fines totaled 243 for Texans and out-of-state residents cited by the Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission. Offenses included headlighting deer, hunting out of season, unlawful fishing, and other violations with fines from 10 to 160 dollars. Reports mention two brothers fined 125 dollars each and incidents of deer taken in backyard and beaver flood issues in Texas counties.
Friday night hosts a school Christmas program and tree in the auditorium with children and Santa Claus invited. Social notes mention visits among local families including Mrs. Charlie Mills and Mrs. Dan Neeper, Aubry Robbins as kitchen helper, and several Monday hog killings due to cold weather.
Community invites all to Cumberland Church Friday night December 20 at 7 45 p m for a Christmas program. Old Santa Claus will attend and a fine program is planned with duet performances by Carlene and Peggy Maas and Wadene Brown, carols, speeches by local residents, and band numbers from Wheeler’s group.
In Pontotoc on a clear Monday morning students anticipate a Friday Christmas play by the first and second graders, with classrooms and the auditorium hosting trees. Classes will be dismissed until December 30. Local news notes praise Supt Perry's 9 point buck and recount visits among residents and a light hearted air sickness tale from Mrs Willis’s plane trip.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Golding and others visited San Antonio on Saturday and San Saba for holidays with relatives including Mrs. Gates of Houston and the Gates family, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Taylor, the Dayton Casparises, and the Graves Burkes of Cherokee.
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