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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
3
Harvard professor Malcolm P McNair argues consumer boycotts to force lower prices would trigger severe economic disruption including unemployment and income declines. He warns manufacturers and retailers would slash production and inventories, harming the economy and undermining mass production and distribution.
An editorial argues that fire waste is a national disgrace but luck often protects potential victims. A Portland Oregon blaze shows how prompt alarm, effective fire departments, and preventive codes could prevent disasters like the Illinois hospital fire. The piece calls for strict building codes and cautious individual care with smoking, heating and electrical devices to avoid relying on luck.
The reflection links Jesus drinking the cup in Gethsemane to humanity’s call to sacrifice. It cites John 12 as Jesus discusses dying to bear fruit and notes the personal challenge of facing danger and sacrifice, urging readers to follow Jesus from Gethsemane to Calvary for inspiring triumph.
The News details the June 2 commencement at West Texas Normal and Business College Cherokee with a long program of musical selections recitations and orations led by Misses Lela Hart Minnie Gray Jessie Barler Sallie Sloan and others. It also recalls a 1929 county wide commencement with 18 rural schools and honor students Winnie Barker and Alice Thornton plus local incidents at a hospital and a live-wire scare.
Mack Tyler drives GMC pickup from W T Vogel & Sons J L Lanham buys Chevrolet sedan from Park Chevrolet O P Claunch acquires Chrysler N Y 4 door from Jim Circle Motors James W Cummins purchases Chevrolet sedan from Park Chevrolet W G Griffay takes GMC truck from C C Pool Oldsmobile club sedan from Circle Motor Co Raleigh Reese Plymouth sedan from Bert Weatherby Wm F Brasher Plymouth club coupe from Bert Weatherby Mrs L L Rawls Dodge pickup J B Harrell Chevrolet sedan from S K Chevrolet Co Brady Tom KE Ayler Pontiac sedan from Franklin Pontiac Irene Gibson to D C Sullivan part of Block 15 Harwood Fentress Addition to San Saba 100 James O Neeper et ux to W W Johnson et ux part of Block 53 Harwood Fentress Addition to San Saba 10 and other considerations.
The piece notes a mysterious Mr X revealing info to Congress amid atomic spy hunts. It mentions bored FBI agents inside the Communist Party and the promise of atomic research offering public value. A Geiger counter comment appears as a quirky aside about safety.
Rain totals reported by Henry Taylor show .70 inches on the 25th and .45 on the 28th with 1.50 inches at his ranch. Dr and Mrs Greer hosted visitors, including Mr and Mrs Cecil Wilkerson and children, Mrs J E B Goodnight and children, and Mr and Mrs E L Helsey with Baxter Greer Jr. Helsey, a new Austin Theological Seminary graduate, is licensed by Brazos Presbytery to preach and will serve as pastor at First Presbyterian Lake Jackson, to be ordained June 19. Women of the church plan Circles meetings on June 2, Circle No 1 chaired by Mrs Frank Sloan with Mrs Greer, Circle No 2 chaired by Mrs Quimby Brown at Mrs Bert McBride's. Vacation School opens June 6 at 9 a.m.
Time nine days. All children of the community are invited to attend. Refreshments served each day. Rev. E. L. Helsey preached at 11 a.m. and again at night. A young gospel minister showed promise. Tom Alan Sloan survived a severe scalp wound from a fallen axe while cedar breaking. Pete and Jack Sloan visited Dallas. Pete seeks medical advice. Nell and Mrs. Jack Sloan hosted Sharon Brown’s birthday party with games, gifts, cake, and fruit punch. Mrs. Quimby Brown and daughter visited Austin. Sloan Pool and C. C. Pool shopped in San Antonio. John Graham and children visited Misses Laura and Amy Sloan. J. F. Chamberlain visited Hugh Taylor near Brownwood. May and Lex Polk and Mrs. Eupha Bryan from near Alg e rita visited the Sloan home. May had cataract removed and now sees.
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