New San Saba Hotel Opens With Community Pride
The News presents a special New Hotel edition praising San Saba’s new hostelry, its owner operators Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lane, manager Mr. Andy Pool, and the strong civic support behind the project. Citizens invite the public to enjoy reception, hospitality, and top hotel service. Also notes a Denver trip by Mr. R. G. Halden, Bill Conner, and daughters Clara Genevieve and Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
Jack Lane
Andy Pool
R. G. Halden
Bill Conner
Denver
Colorado
Clara
Genevieve
Margaret
Rain Drenches Entire County Amid Severe Storms
The county sees days of heavy rain and wind with hail, damaging farms and homes. Harve Taylor residence destroyed while family hid in a storm cellar. San Saba reports about three inches of rainfall. Tuesday night’s storm blanketed the area. telephone lines to several towns are down. R Magee of Tonkawa Oklahoma visits Shaw Bend native E Q Magee after 22 years apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Taylor
Bowser
Henry Hart
Richland Springs
Cherokee
Bend
Llano
Brady
San Saba
R. Magee
Tonkawa
Oklahoma
E. Q. Magee
Shaw Bend
San Saba Service Clubs Shape Civic Life In Town
San Saba hosts its local clubs the San Saba Club and the Rotary Club promoting civic and social life. The San Saba Club sponsors dances, family evenings, and youth events under leaders J T McConnell and R G Coryell’s legacy. The Rotary Club, organized April 1927, supports Boy Scouts and holds weekly Thursday lunches led by W C Dofflemyer, with officers and directors aiding community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN Saba
San Saba Club
Elk’s Club
R. G. Coryell
Coryell
J.T. McConnell
J. T. McConnell
W. V. Dean
L. C. Ward
E. E. Fagg
C. T. Jones
R E Gray
C W. Kuykendall
W. A. Smith
Rotary Club
B. C. May
Clarence Gosch
Rotary
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Drug Store Opens in New Hotel San Saba
The Burleson Drug Store has opened in Hotel San Saba, about a week ago, offering drugs sundries toilet articles cigars cigarettes and candies. Proprietor B N Burleson from Coleman brings experience from Brady and Bangs Texas with assistant Arthur Flippin and summer help Bob Taylor. The store features a fountain seating area and curb service with plans for a prescription counter. The Burleson family has moved to Wallace Street West End and invites locals to visit and enjoy cooling music.
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Burleson
San Saba
B. N. Burleson
Coleman
Texas
Brady
Bangs
Former San Saba Man Dies at Gulf
A San Saba message said Chas. H. Hearson died at Gulf at 6:00 a m. Douglas Kennan of Galveston reported the body would be buried in Galveston on Thursday. Hearson was well known in San Saba and fondly regarded by many locals. Miss Nora Belle Biggs has gone to Brownwood to spend the summer at Howard Payne College.
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San Saba
Chas. H. Hearson
Gulf
Douglas Kennan
Galveston
Mr. Hearson
Nora Belle Biggs
Brownwood
Howard Payne College
Pecans Growers Plan July Convention in San Saba
The Texas Pecan Growers Association will convene its annual convention on July 10 11 and 12 in San Saba. The San Saba County pecan growers host a fish fry opening night and the Chamber of Commerce hosts a goat barbecue at Donnelly Pecan Orchard Wednesday evening. Registration starts the first morning at the new Hotel San Saba with sessions likely in the San Saba Club Room. An appointed steering committee and executive committee including R W Burleson Jack Lane Clarence Gosch and Mayor L Ward will coordinate the program and entertainments for the three days.
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Texas Pecan Growers Association
San Saba County
Chamber of Commerce
Donnelly Pecan
San Saba
R. W. Burleson
Jack Lane
Clarence Gosch
W. C. Dofflemyer
Clay Kuykendall
B. T. Rich
Crain
F. B. Hall
W. A. Smith
D. Howard
W. T. Little
L. C. Ward
J. W. Shook
W. V. Dean
M. R. Weatherby
S. S. Allen
Q. T. Jones
Wilson Heads to Fort Worth for West Texas Meet
W A Wilson secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce leaves today for Fort Worth to oversee headquarters and exhibits for the Heart of Texas delegation at next week's West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention. Headquarters will be at Fakes and Company furniture dealers occupying a corner on the front floor. The Fakes firm is in the Fort Worth Club building. They invite San Saba residents to visit the Heart of Texas headquarters and use the store during the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Ft. Worth
Heart of Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Fakes & Company
Fort Worth Club
San Saba
Whitt Johnson Visits San Saba Relatives Amid Southern Crop Note
Whitt Johnson and family of near Orchard visit his mother Mrs W F Johnson, Mrs Johnsons brother T S Ayler, and other relatives in San Saba. He notes crop conditions are fine in south Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitt Johnson
W. F. Johnson
Mrs Henry Goldberg Visit With Waisman Family
Mrs Henry Goldberg and her children from Houston are visiting Mr and Mrs Jack Waisman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Goldberg
Houston
Jack Waisman
Gala reception and hotel opening set for San Saba
Next Thursday June 21 the Hotel San Saba opens formally with a six to seven thirty reception and grand dance in the lobby and dining room. Local leaders Jack Lane and Andy Poole oversee the event with Guy Draper’s orchestra providing jazz and terpsichore. Many guests from nearby towns expected. county treasurer A Harkey rushed to Temple for appendix operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
Hotel
Jack Lane
Andy Poole
Guy Draper
Texas
Guy
Watkins Oil Well Drilling Near Town Reaches 1000 Feet
Drilling resumed Tuesday morning eight miles north of town after a delay caused by a lost bit. The well shows a fine result and has now reached 1000 feet in hard time formation. The Winters band camps at the Fair Grounds Park and performs daily in the city, earning friendly notices from San Saba residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
Fair Grounds Park
San Saba
Golf course at San Saba draws strong local interest
San Saba shows sport loving spirit as a nine hole course rises east of town on the Sanderson Campbell ranch. Project led by F B Hall with a 35 member pledge at $20 annually, clearings reveal long fairways and natural hazards. The course is praised for its splendid setting and challenging holes as players anticipate play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
Doc” Jarvis
Santa Fe
F. B. Hall
San Saba Light and Ice Company
Sanderson-Campbell
Hall
Gouth
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Turkey
Elaine
F B. Hall
L. ©. Ward
Wilson
Waco
A. Harkey
Temple
R. N. Grisham
Congress
17Th
Congressional
Watkins Oil
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