History of Eight Men Drowned Near the Bend
A melancholy four mile stretch of the Colorado River near Bend records eight drownings. The victims include George Petitt a former slave. Sid Pratt of Mason. a man in cowboy dress with a six gun. Hamp Marley who died after exposure. Mr Witcher of Lampasas. Mr Wild brother of Fred Wild. a Mexican youth and a Mexican child. plus a nephew of Charley Spruell and J R Smelser’s son. Most could not swim and the drownings were linked to rising water and river crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Bend
Colorado River
Marley
George Petitt
Mason
Sid Pratt
Frank Moore
Loggins
R. N. Marley
Lometa
Tan Yards
Burnet
Witcher
Lampasas
Frazier
Mr. Wild
Fred Wild
Red Bluff
High Valley
Carl Johnson’s Salt Branch Sheep Record Surfaces
Carl Johnson, Salt Branch, eight years ago invested in high grade sheep. He tracks profits and losses and last week sold his wool clip for 1661.04 with 85 head remaining. The flock required little upkeep, grazing after harvest and light winter feeding. The venture showcases diversification on the farm. Lee Whitt and family from Jacksboro visited San Saba parents W. C. Whitt and wife during their annual vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Johnson
Salt Branch
Lee Whitt
Jacksboro
Mrs
W. C. Whitt
San Saba
Teachers Reported Away At Summer Schools
Teachers listed as attending summer programs include Miss Fannie Walker Mrs Beulah Walker Ralph Walker Miss Clara Pridgeon Miss Cordie Burleson Mrs S L Kirk to Howard Payne College Eugene Walker to the University Ge logical Camp near New Braunfels Raymond Miller to John Tarleton Arthur Owen Miss Wilma Cavness and Miss Wardine Click to San Marcos State Teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie
Beulah Mae Walker
Ralph Walker
Clara Pridgeon
Cordie Burleson
S. L. Kirk
Howard Payne College
Eugene Walker
University Geological Camp
New Braunfels
Raymond Miller
John Tarleton
Arthur Owen
Wilma Cavness
Wardine Click
San Marcos
Raymond Hartley Severely Injured At Bakery Mixer
Raymond Hartley had his right hand caught in a mixer at Mrs. Howards Bakery on Tuesday morning. The first three fingers were torn off. He received first aid from Drs Stone and Farley and was taken to Temple Hospital with his brothers Leon and Kellis Hartley and Mrs. Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hartley
San Saba Pioneer Dies in California
J T McNeill received a telegram Tuesday announcing the death of his brother Charlie McNeill who was killed in a car accident in California. Charlie left San Saba county about 1875, returned circa 1887 and married Mary Rainey, sister of the late Calvin Rainey and aunt of J E Rainey. He is survived by his wife and five children, three sons and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. McNeill
Charlie McNeill
Mary Rainey
Calvin Rainey
J. E. Rainey
Royal Arch Masons Elect Officers for Ensuing Year
At the regular meeting of the Royal Arch Masons last Saturday night officers for the ensuing year were elected. J. W. Patterson was named H. P. E. L. Brown king W. H. Darley scribe W. H. Hin yard treasurer R. W. Burleson recorder J. Waisman guard. An open installation was voted in connection with the Blue Lodge on June 26. A committee including H. C. Timmins Dr G A Wilson and W A Smith was chosen to cooperate with the Blue Lodge program committee. Officers for the Council were also elected and will be installed at the joint ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arch Masons
J. W. Patterson
H. P. E. L. Brown
W. H. Darley
W. H. Hinyard
R. W. Burleson
J. Waisman
Blue Lodge
H. C. Timmins
G. A. Wilson
W. A. Smith
Miss Nell Oliver Becomes Bride of San Benito Man
Miss Nell Oliver daughter of Mrs Doris Oliver of this city became the bride of Fritz Edwards of San Benito in a nine o’clock Wednesday morning home wedding officiated by Elder Clem W Hoover. The bride, reared here, is a focal high school graduate who attended C I A at Denton and the University of Texas. The groom is a young San Benito business man. after a wedding trip they will reside in San Benito. Friends extend congratulations and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Oliver
Doris Oliver
Fritz Edwards
San Benito
Clem W. Hoover
Focal High School
Denton
University of Texas
Preaching at China Creek Baptist Church Next Weekend
The China Creek Baptist church announces services next Saturday sight, Sunday morning and night with Rev. Charlie L. Carroll preaching. John Kirk Petty arrives from New Mexico Military Institute Roswell for summer with parents at the ranch east of town. Mrs. Ben Timberlake and Sen It of Dallas have visited W. C. Timberlake and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China Creek Baptist Church
Charlie L. Carroll
Cordiny
John Kirk Petty
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
A. &E. Petty
Ben Timberlake
Sen
Dallas
W. C. Timberlake
Scouts Treat Rotarians to Fish Dinner
The Boy Scout Troop No. 14 last week treated the Rotary Club to a fish lunch. The informal program included singing and a guest speech by Rev. B. O. Wood, who spoke on world depression. Guests from Roswell, New Mexico attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scouts
Rotary Club
Roaryt Club
B. O. Wood
Roy McCall
Houston Hunter
Roswell
New Mexico
Bill Kimbrough
Marvin Weatherby
Cherokee School to Have Vocational Agriculture Teacher
H M Carter, recent A and M College graduate, has been elected vocational agriculture teacher at Cherokee and will start July 1. Reared on a Stephenville area farm, he earned a degree in agricultural education with diverse animal, crop, dairy, poultry, horticulture, marketing, insect control, veterinary, and engineering studies. Prior to A and M, he studied at John Tarleton Agricultural College and, for June, is doing pecan propagation work at Wolfe Nurseries in Stephenville as preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Carter
A. & M. College
Cherokee
Carter
Stephenville
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Wolfe
Stephenville Durin
Annual Taylor Camp Robertson Bottom This Week
At Robertson Bottom west of town camp this week hosts Dr H H Taylor and son Bob along with brothers and families from Brownwood Haskell Ft Worth and local residents. The annual Taylor family gathering promises plenty of fishing and a general good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson Bottom
H.H. Taylor
Bob
A. F. Taylor
Roy
Brownwood
L. F. Taylor
Maybelle
Maude Taylor
Haskell
Jack French
Ft. Worth
Taylor
Richland Springs 4-H Club Meeting Report
The Richland Springs 4-H Club met at 2 p m on June 5 with Mrs H C Holcomb. Eleven members answered roll call by sharing club work achievements from last season including a Poultry and a living room demonstrator, with many cooperative efforts. Misgary presented a display of household linens. After electing officers, the group served ice cream and cake to eleven members and five guests. Reporter.
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H. C. Holcomb
Mines
Geo
L. D. Pool
Students return from State University audience in Texas
Among students home from State University at Austin are Misses Dorothy Ayler Nell Skaggs Lucille Dean and Messrs Charles Little Frank Meador and Reginald Ormand. Mrs J M Wirdell and daughter Miss Lillian Clink and Mrs John H Moore left early Wednesday for Montgomery Alabama after learning the father of Mrs Wirdell and Mrs Moore had died suddenly in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University At Austin
Dorothy Ayler
Nell Skaggs
Lucille Dean
Messrs
Charles Little
Frank Meador
Reginald Ormand
J. M. Wirdell
Lillian Clink
John H. Moore
Montomery
Alabama
Mmnes
Wirdell
Moore
Son Born to W W Kirkpatrick in Brady Sanitarium
A son was born to Mr and Mrs W W Kirkpatrick in the Brady Sanitarium on Friday June 5 weighing ten pounds. The child has been named William Welker Kirkpatrick junior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Kirk
Patrick
Brady Sanitarium
William Welker Kirk
Rain Drenches San Saba County Raising Farmers’ Hopes
A general rain ranging from one to six and a half inches fell across San Saba County Tuesday afternoon and night. Cherokee Creek Rough Creek and Buffalo rivers rose their banks early Wednesday, soaking the northern and western areas. The storm brought wind but is not expected to harm grain. corn and cotton prospects look bright while cattlemen enjoy ample water and grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
Cherokee
Bend
Chappel
Rough Creek
Buffalo
Birthday Party Honoring W C Dofflemyer Dinner
Mrs. Clinton DeWolfe hosted a six oclock dinner Monday night honoring W C Dofflemyer for his birth anniversary. Attendees praised the honoree while a three tier cake was cut and a Shaeffer fountain pen and cigar lighter were given as gifts praising the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton DeWoilfe
W. C. Dofflemyer
W. H. Hinyard
James Cummins
L. Kirk
8. S. Allen
G. A. Wilson
J. Mitch Johnson
J. T. McConnell
C. D. Hayden
Bart Miller
W. A. Smith
Shaeffer
Dofflemyer
Boy Scouts Fish Fry at Fair Park Highlights Troop Scene
Troop 14 hosted parents for a Monday fish fry at Fair Park with fifteen Scouts and relatives. Scouts and leaders, led by Scoutmaster B J Morrison, caught the fish on a cabin outing near Harkeyville. Rotary Club sponsors the Troop as a fine local group.
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Boy Scouts
Fair Park
B. J. Morrison
Harkeyville
Rotary Club
Bend Man Drowns In Colorado River
J. D. Smelser, 22, of Bend, died while bathing with his family near the old Cal Brazil farm on the Colorado river Saturday. He is survived by his parents J. R. and [name unknown] Smelser and was buried Sunday at Chappel cemetery after funeral services led by Rev. E. E. Thomson and Rev. J. S. Duffy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Smelser
J. R. Smelser
Cal Brazil Farm
Bend
Chappel Cemetery
E. E. Thomson
J. S. Duffy
J. D
Methodist
Plainview
Bahhing
Colorado River
Revival at Cherokee Church of Christ Set for June Dates
Elder Claude McClung of Fort Worth will begin a revival series at Cherokee Church of Christ Friday night June 12 and continue through June 21. McClung is described as a forceful speaker with prior revival experience in the state. People are urged to attend the messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude McClung
Fort Worth
Cherokee Church of Christ
Bro. McClung
Girl Bitten by Rattle Snake at Ranch Home
Five year old Clifta Jewell Hewgley was bitten by a rattlesnake at her parents J. C. and Mrs Hewgley’s ranch residence on Tuesday afternoon. The snake measured just over a foot and had two rattles. Dr. W. S. Pence treated the wound and the child remained in a serious condition at last report.
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Little Clifta Jewell Hewgley
J. C. Hewgley
W. S. Pence
Pecan Grove Demonstration Club Meeting Notes
The Pecan Grove Demonstration Club met Tuesday June 2 at Mrs Ernest Browns. New reporter appointed. No refreshments at regular meetings. Rally Day dress contest entries discussed. A foundation pattern demonstrated for dress cutting. A linen demo will be emphasized June 15 at Mrs Doe Johnson. Members to bring needle thread scraps linen. Adjourned to meet July 7 with Mmes Helen and Joe Terry.
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Pecan Grove
Ernest Brown
Miss Dry
Miss West
Baptist Church Services Moved to Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The Baptist church will hold services at the Cumberland Presbyterian church next Sunday due to construction on their building. The Cumberland elders kindly offered their building and the pastor J. D. Coleman notes appreciation for the gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The
Cumberlands
J. D. Coleman
Masonic Lodge Public Installation Set for June 1986
The Masonic Lodge schedules a public installation Friday night in June 1986 for officers elected for the year ahead. E. L. Brown serves as worshipful master with Roy Ragsdale senior warden Jimmie Ragsdale junior warden R. W. Burleson treasurer A. Woods secretary W. R. Dismuke tiler and appointive officers to be named. A program committee led by Judge W. V. Dean was formed. A joint installation with the Chapter and Council was approved inviting all Masons and their families in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Masonic Lodge
E. L. Brown
Roy Ragsdale
Jimmie Ragsdale
R. W. Burleson
A. Woods
W. R. Dismuke
W. V. Dean
Masons
Vhold
Sunday Show Opens Again in San Saba Palace Theatre
The Palace Theatre announces Sunday showtimes in San Saba from 2 to 6 pm each Sunday. The event will not interfere with church services and resumes this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
San Saba
Palace Theatre
Hart Dunnahoo Painting Kirk's Filling Station
Hart Dunnahoo, manager of Kirk's Filling Station, has the premises bright and clean as a new spring necktie. He has painted, trimmed, washed, and decorated the front and interior, making the station look new, spank and span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Dunnahoo
Kirk
Mrs. W. E. Yarborough Dies in Corpus Christi
News came to friends that Mrs. W. E. Yarborough died in Corpus Christi. The body will be brought back and buried at Richland Springs Thursday. Surviving are the husband and seven children. A fuller funeral account will appear next week.
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W. E. Yarborough
Corpus Christi
Richland Springs
San Marcos Graduation Honors Local Students
The San Marcos Academy Grammar School graduation on May 28 1931 featured a playlet Jean Valjean and a musical number. Rev J J Strickland of Luling delivered the address on education outcomes. Dean J W Mason awarded diplomas with honors to fourteen graduates including Mack Henry Yates of San Saba and Lomita Ann Yates of San Saba who earned a scholarship for top average.
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San Marcos Academy
San Marcos
Texas
Jean Valjean
J. J. Strickland
First Baptist Church
Luling
J. W. Mason
Mack Henry Yates
San Saba
Lomita Ann Yates
New En Business Opens on Wallace Street Frontier
K New En has opened a grocery store facing Wallace street just east of the Humble Filling Station. He recently bought the lot from Carl C Jones and invites friends and the public to visit and patronize the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. New
Wallace Street
Mr. New
Carl C. Jones
Miss Christene Burke at Abilene Christian College commencement
Miss Christene Burke attended the commencement at Abilene Christian College the first of the week. Misa Lena Grace Sanderson has been attending Simmons University and accompanied her companion home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christene Burke
Abilene Christian College
Misa Lena Grace ‘Sanderson
Simmons Unive
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California
China
Robertson
4-H Club
John Mitchell Johnson, Jr
New Orleans
Tulane University
Roswell, N. M
W. H. Kimbrough
B. C. May
Houston
Misses Dorothy Belle
Nannie Louise
M. B. Hendrick
Dalian
C. A. Gaines
China Creek
I. J. Hendrick
Church of Christ Revival
Girl
Becan Grove
Blas Lodge
K. New EN Business
Vocs Oe
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