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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
3
A discussion on American know how as the source of vast industrial and scientific progress. It credits pioneers and education for ingenuity, cites electricity and chemistry as drivers, and notes wartime and postwar impacts on production and national strength.
A humorous slice discusses dogs wagging tails when happy and a pup digging up pardons while wagging his Tees. It notes sympathetic people who won’t hurt a fly yet may tell the fly to go home. The piece remarks on danger spots, a character Ma. says Pop encounters at parties with many nice girls, and mentions golf’s follow through as a guiding principle.
News notes recount a June 5 1898 marriage of Charlie Blakeney and Ethel Harrig at the Harris home with Rev Gardner officiating. Also mentions Archie Woods attending Texas Female College commencement. Emmet Kelley travels to Galveston Business University for study.
Supt W. Campbell lists 120 San Saba students on the A honor roll for the period. Seniors include Jimmie Daniel Avalee Edmondson Pat Farley Mae Eflan Hamrick Patsy Laird Caine Miffleton Calvin Daniel J Wardy Arnold Hayes Anne Holladay Marcel McQuury Bobby Avherger Tommy Hall Sophomores Helen Edwards Clarz Lou LaGow Betty Jean Lambert Mary Bess Longmire Rita Virginia Moore Shirley Norwood LaVerne Whitley Freshmen Gloria Aylar Aneece Edmondson Gladys Felts Mary
Fragmentary OCR mentions Mount McKinley in Alastoa and lacrosse origin by North American Indians with Jesuit influence, plus references to William Howard Taft as President and later chief justice. Also a Scott quote about marines and sailors appears in Vol II of Red Gauntlet.
Discussion on what it means to stand for God as Creator, righteous and merciful. Emphasizes balance of justice and mercy, love as essential, and that standing for God requires courage in crises. Ends with list of names and honor roll excerpts from a school page.
Fragmentary OCR style query asks for the highest point in Earth America number of Bermudas islands and the oldest native head in U S government branches origin of an old phrase used in wars tied to marines. Unclear source text. appears as a set of trivia questions rather than a news item.
A long list of names appears by grade from second through sixth, detailing students including Barker Bo gard Everett Franklin Green Oliver Smith Taff Walker Baker Brown Bryant Ford Ratliff Edmondson Snider Gage Neeper Moore Ward Ward Brown Ratliff Langham Reynolds Edmondson and others Continued on Page 9.
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