Entered in Big Winter Event at San Saba Poultry Show
The Mid-Winter Poultry Show in San Saba County drew thousands despite a Texas blizzard, with 433 birds housed in heated court-house coops. Distinguished guests included Walter Burton and Ethel Murray, while judges awarded prizes across Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds, noting multiple grand and first place winners.
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San Saba
Walter Burton
Poultry Department
Dallas
Ethel Murray
A. & M. College
Fred Hale
Santa Fe Railway Company
Burton
E. K. Smith
Mercury
Jos
Greer
B.D. Sullivan
B. R. Allison
W. L. Parks
Troy
Texas
O. H. Whitt
Star Mail Route Between Lometa and San Saba
Postmaster J. B. Carson announces a temporary mail route between Lometa and San Saba starting Thursday, December 18. The morning mail from Lometa will reach San Saba by 9–10 a.m. and the San Saba outgoing mail departs at 4 p.m. This service precedes the daily mixed train and connects with Lometa trains, aiding same day mail handling for local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Carson
Lometa
San Saba
Carson
Edwards, Jr. Rushed to Temple After Appendicitis
Winston Edwards, Jr., recently hired as bookkeeper for Wm. Cameron Lumber in Lampasas, was rushed to a Temple sanitarium Thursday afternoon and underwent emergency appendectomy early Friday. He was reported to be recovering while his parents and mother stayed with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Edwards, Jr
Lampasas
Wm. Cameron Lumber
Alleged Mills County Turkey Thief Is Picked Up Here
Brownwood officers arrested R. H. McNurlin on Mills County information and held him until Mills County officers arrived to take charge. He is alleged to have stolen several turkeys from a Mills County farmer and was shot during a prior raid. This marks the first reported arrest in the turkey theft case. Also, Miss Mabel Wilson returned home for the holidays and local residents prepared for Christmas visits with relatives in Houston.
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Brownwood
R. H. McNurlin
Mills County
McNurlin
Milla
Brown County
Brownwood News
Boys and Girls Club Banquet Tops Mid-Winter Poultry Show
At San Saba the Boys and Girls Club gathered during the Mid-Winter Poultry Show with top poultry judging by Walter Burton A P A Judge. The Women’s Business League hosted a seven o’clock banquet at the National Guard Armory with unique place cards, pep and club pride filling the event.
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San Saba
Walter Burton
Women’s Business League of
The
Poultry Association
National Guard
Fred Brison
Santa Claus
Sam Isham
Henry School
Geneva Bryant
McMillin Club
Pross
Oliver and Terry
Live Oak
Bend
Hugh Thaxton
George Munsell
Pecan Grove
W. J. Millican
E. E. Pierce
W. T. Terry
Oliver
Lillian Holcomb
Official Cotton Ginnings Record for County
County statistician Carl Bryant reports 12 384 bales ginned to December 1, up from 10 395 a year earlier. Final 1924 total may approach 18 000. Bryant filed data through the 15th but cannot release it yet.
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Carl Bryant
Bryant
North and South High Way Meeting in Llano
San Saba delegates attend an enthusiastic Llano gathering of the North and South Highway Association. A new executive committee is named with J. F. Battery and Miss Ruth Rayburn as chairman and secretary. The group plans to present highway propositions to the Highway Commission as the new year opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
North and South Highway Association
Llano
J. F. Battery
Ruth Rayburn
Highway Commission
Dean
Geo. Horton
Jim Baker Shot Accidentally Foot at Neighbor Home
James Baker Jr son of Mr and Mrs Jas H Baker was accidentally shot in the foot while loading a .22 at a neighbor’s home. The muzzle rested on his foot and the bullet went through the shoe and into the foot. Medical aid aided his condition and he was reported to be progressing well. J R Sullivan exhibited at the Mid Winter Poultry Show and expressed satisfaction with the event’s size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Baker, Jr
Jas. H. Baker
J. R. Sullivan
School Board Officers Named in Georgia and Nearby Districts
The list names school leaders including assistant secretary Bend school John Mac Alexander as president Mc Millin school Georgia House president Beadie Snider as secretary Bethel Auburn McNatt as president Melba Brown as secretary Daphne Adams as corresponding secretary Pecan Grove George Munsell as president Cherokee Hugh Thaxton as president Georgia Broyles as secretary Alyne Richards as corresponding secretary across multiple districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bend School
John Mac Alexander
McMillin
Georgia House
Beadie Snider
Bethel School
Auburn
Worst Blizzard for Many Years Hits Thursday
The delayed storm gripped San Saba county last Thursday afternoon, dropping the thermometer from 70 to 40 by 5:30 pm and bringing sleet and freezing rain. By Friday morning temperatures were 12 above, with the blizzard persisting into Saturday. Old residents call it the coldest December in memory, but livestock losses are not yet reported in the county. elsewhere in Texas reports speak of extensive damage and cattle freezing to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba County
Weather Register
Texas
Pecan Orchard Topworked by J R Donnelly at Wallace Creek
J R Donnelly of Austin spends time at his ranch on Wallace Creek and manages 450 native pecan trees topworked. He added 2700 buds of improved varieties last year and plans more this year. Some trees topped last spring are already thriving as new timber grows. The Kincaid pecan calls this orchard home. E Watkins returns to Fairview from Winters after farming there.
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J. R. Donnelly
Austin
Wallace Creek
Donelly
Kincaid
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Reda
W. R. Baxter
O. B. Sturdivant
W. M. Brown
Richland Springs
A. Harkey
W. B. Bennett
C. C. Reynolds
C. White Leghorns
L. Carpenter
T. H. King
Algeria
Star Mail
Mabel Wilson
Wichita Falls
A. B. Wilson
Natioa Saba
Merry Christmas
City National Bank
T. A. Murray Pres. RR. W. Burleson Cashier
J. H. Hart
Henry
Jand
Boys and Girls Club
Chicago
G. L. Huckaby
Chiloh
Henry Hart
E. T. Neal
Business Women’s League
League
County Agricultural Club
Fletcher Johnson
Allene Rawls
Vivian Baskin
Elvin "Myers
Live Oak School
Jack Johnson
Alma Barker
Elois Gunter
Maurice Baskin
Cleo Laird
SAN Saba National Bank
San Saba, Texas
U.S
Bank
Jim Baker
E. ©. Watkins
Fairview
Winters
First National Bank
Jno
F. Campbell
A. Horton
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