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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
2
A jumble of old want ads shows items for sale or trade including a second-hand binder, various home goods, and farm livestock. Names and places appear scattered amid offers to sell, trade, or cash on delivery, with several garbled phrases and incomplete details.
Tid Watkins, a Tarleton College graduate from Stephenville with highest honors, joins San Saba News in the advertising department. He will introduce himself to readers as the former Armadellie quarterbeck and standout for the Teres conference team.
A San Saba track athlete earned gold medals at the University of Texas in Austin. The event highlighted regional talent competing in intercollegiate meets and recognized top performers in sprint and relay events.
Ecbert Timberizke, located just west of Brows & Bowers Feed Store on Wallare Street, is appointed as a sex seed and receives a stack of tires in this issue.
Mrs Tor Greter and children visited Betorday relatives. Mr and Mrs Joe Karnes and son from Richland Springs visited Mr and Mrs Albert Grambler. J W Edwards and Joel spent Sunday with T J Macushy. OMenude Gege and family visited his mother. Essie Hubbert and Alfred Walker’s family visited Sem Walker. Bill Gerad weekend with Opel Walker who will teach Bible school in San Angelo. Walker family hosting near two weeks. Guests visiting Mrs Hopkins’s mother Della Stafford and Helen. Don’t forget the social at the club house Thursday night.
Barton Dailey son of Dr and Mrs J L Dailey came home after teaching in Grand Lake Colorado for nine months. He expects to return there to teach again saying it is a cold spot for a Texan. Grand Lake sits at 9000 feet with brutal winters and heavy snowfall totaling 18 feet over seven and a half months. The last snow was four feet deep while temperatures dropped to 43 below zero and later to 21 as the Texas heat neared 95.
Rufe Thornton recalled the first real damaging San Saba River flood to white settlers occurred June 6, 40 years earlier, verified by Hiley Harkey who arrived in 1894. The interview notes prior floods affected Native peoples but the 1999 remark marks a milestone in local flood history.
A new automobile agency opens this week in town. The venture, associated with McConsen Hoovers, signals local growth in vehicle sales and service amid a expanding market.
Cheriet Nelkorell Big eee predaete at aew spring. He amending the firrt summer session at John Tarlewr tcDere. He is ae emperes at the Fouhry Plert at the imstitenon pert time. Cherles experts we con tamue bie cuadies at that school tra the entire ensuing year.
Jim Watkins explores a new barber at Fort Worth’s Benk Barber Shop as Blanton joins Watkins’ operation to expand services.
Fragmented OCR text mentions farms and ranches with varied notes about sheep, cropland, and local agriculture. The garbled lines reference produce, trenches, and a battle by someone named Jones, with unclear context.
The Littles plan a long western journey visiting San Diego El Paso and then returning home. They seek the ideal climate as noted in the article and will travel from their Southern home to San Diego before heading to El Paso and back.
A fragment mentions Mrs. W. M. Campte seeking safer transport to Harvard with a car set for the week. Named entities are unclear due to garbled OCR.
We express sincere thanks to Geer friends and neighbors for care during our wife daughter and sister's long illness and death. We appreciate the beautiful flowers sent while she lived and after her death. We especially thank the Methodists and people of China for their kindness and support.
Am Legion Post visited the grave of Corn Galloway south of Wren cemetery to honor his World War service. They removed thistles from the grave and planted the American flag in place, correcting an omission from last week's report.
Service work reported at San Saba Hardware and Furniture involving mower and binder repairs. Repair shop offers parts, maintenance, and adjustment services for farming equipment in the local area.
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