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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
1
A short, quirky holiday note from the San Saba News editor remarks on past plowing, admitting not having done his best and hoping to improve in 1956. A lighthearted Christmas wish closes the snippet.
Editor notes a lighthearted Christmas reflection from The Country Philosopher on his Johnson grass farm by Wallace Creek. He jokes about the speed of Christmas, compares thoughts to plowing, and notes it’s not a quiet season as he enjoys letters published in 1956.
A batch of Santa letters from San Saba and San Saha Texas shows children requesting toys and items for dolls. Ted Garvin asks for a bebe gun and electric train as well as a movable doll, dress, high heels, and a little house plus a Juve sink. Mirla Mendiola asks for a ward robe, a doll bed, and thanks Santa in advance. Nancy Care, a nine year old, wants a doll with a wardrobe and a doll bed and asks not to forget mother and daddy. Kittie Lee Galloway asks for a doll that drinks water and a telephone. Tam a boy eight years old asks for a Cub Scout suit from Mease and Ben Campbel.
Local auto shop veteran Heller offers tire repairs with 25 years of experience and proper equipment. guarantees complete satisfaction on each job.
In Cherokee and Wallace Creek notes, visitors drop by to see Mr. and Mrs. Perry and family, with Nancy Altizer home for holidays from San Marcos. Local geology workers from Grants and Grants NM engage in uranium discovery near Cherokee and San Saba, returning to San Saba in spring. Community events include a well attended Christmas tree, church services, and farm family visits. Medical notes report a virus outbreak and a hospitalization for high blood pressure.
Billy Sloan on contract work at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston area. Bobby Sloan and wife moved to South Houston where he sells television and radio equipment. Hazel Wood, a San Marcos public school teacher, visits home for Christmas with her parents. E J Alderman visits Brady to see pneumonia patient niece Miss Jackie Edmondson who has recovered and left hospital. Dr Ralph L Smith of Southwestern Seminary stayed with the Grazier family and went deer hunting. FOR FARM AND RANCH LOANS TEMPLE WEST.
Mr and Mrs Howard Dickey of Kerrville visited relatives in Chappel and Mason area. Local gatherings included a Chappel H D Club Christmas party, High Valley WMS Royal Service program, and church services with Christmas hymns. Family trips to Lampasas and Austin were noted along with illness updates and a new Texas Almanac arrival at San Saba News.
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