Road trip reflections and Texas rodeo season return
Irene Linn Gibson chronicles a family visit to Baytown and Austin, recalling Memorial Day memories, school graduations, rural scenes, and a Houston lake outing. The narrative weaves through weather, farms, churches, and a note on the annual San Saba Rodeo, underscoring small‑town life and Texan pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paytown
Peanu
Mics
Baytown
Desea
Tran
Sit
Hinde
Austin
Haneh
San Saba
Sawyer
Personal notes on visits by local residents
Mr and Mrs Harold Parrish of Lake Charles Louisiana visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Eldon Dun ran last weekend. Mr and Mrs Jerry Singleton and daughter UW Ann left Friday for Sunnyside California after a two weeks visit in the home of her mother and grandfather Mrs Mary Ayler and Wil M Baltimore. Mr and Mrs W Noble and children Kathleen Rodney and Binley from Andrews came Sunday for a short visit in the home of her sister and family Mr and Mrs Thomas Buzier.
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Harold Parrish
Lake Charles
Eldon Dun
Jerry Singleton
Uw’ann
Sunnyside
Cal
Mary Ayler
Wil M. Bmimore
Don’t Scratch That Itch In 15 Minutes
Ad claims quick relief for itchy skin with a 40e product available at Shag stores. The copy mentions atnut-drying ITCH and foot itch relief, but wording is unclear and several terms appear garbled. No verifiable brand or contact details are provided.
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Atpy Preg
Richland Springs Notes and Visitors Highlight Summer Socials
Richland Springs notes list local residents visiting relatives and guests from San Antonio to Lohn and Rocksprings. Enrollees at Howard Payne College include Mrs Powell and several others while occasional trips to Old Mexico are mentioned among local families.
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Richland Springs
Tafter
J. E. Ropers
San Saba
N. G. Brown
Rubin Koch
San Antonio
Howard Payne College
R. J. Powell
Herman Pearce
Noel Wood
Punzee Mann
Tom Atchison
Social Roundup of Local Visits and Guests
Editor and Mrs Ned Stringfel and others welcomed a new granddaughter Debra Ann born June 7. Many relatives and friends from Dallas Houston Waco Fort Worth and San Saba gathered for socials and weekend visits. Attendees included the Alstons the Rogerses the Smiths and the Bennets plus many more locals and out of town guests.
Geldings Cooperate In $425,000 Contest
A nationwide Mercury promotion offers 6 new Mercury Phaetons 200 sets and 2,400 prizes in an eight weekly contest from June 11 to August 4. Top weekly winners receive a 1956 Mercury Montclair Phaeton and a NYC trip for two with Ed Sullivan. Second prizes are Mercury Monterey Phaetons. 25 weekly winners get a 14 inch GE TV. 800 get a branded Elgin lighter.
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Joseph E.eyal
Mercury
San Saba
Goldfing Motors
New York City
General Electric
Ed Sullivan
Hartleys Welcome Son Joe Franklin Hartley
Mr and Mrs Joe Hartley of Devine announce the birth of a son Joe Franklin Hartley born June 1. The couple’s first child weighs six pounds twelve ounces. Sam Craven recently visited relatives in Greenville Sherman and Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hartley
Devine
Joe Franklin Hartley
Sam Craven
Greenville, Sherman and
Fort Worth
T-4-L Fungicide Ad Promises Fast Athlete's Foot Relief
An advertised drug store offer touts T-4-L as a powerful keratolytic antifungal that begins killing germs on contact. The grease free formula dries instantly and sloughs off tainted skin, with a refund if not pleased within one hour at City Drug Store.
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City Drug Store
Also Mentioned on This Page
Irene Linn Gibson
Deouth
Lake Houston
Vaantryside
Mro Mos
Jordan
Bernye
Hempstead
Fhirs
Banting
Elation
Frennan
Giddings
Monroe
Qurroorale
LCRA
U. S. and
Texas
Weitsk
Rodeo System of America
Chamber of Commerce
Produced
Everett
Colborn
Dublin, Texas
SAN Saba CO
T—The
San Sada
PCA
E. R. Osbourne
Llano
James Kuykendall
Cherokee
San Sada Production Credit Association
Owen Bros
Richland News
L. W. Solshery
Taylor Solshery
Lohn
Horace Davis
Rocksprings
Old Mexico
Bill Herring
Brownwood
Carrie Chiles
Chiles
Herrings
Burtis Mann
Jay
Okla
Edgar Mann
H. C. Lewis
Deving
Frank
Tittman
Debbes Gibeon
Abitene A
Mars
Nod. Gibson
Sadlei Auto Supply
Ned Stringfellow
Bill Alston
Dallas
Thomas Lee Alston
Debra Ann
J. A
Louise Rogers
Houston College
Houston
Leslie Rogers
Maine
Jimmy Rogers
Babe
J. H. Roberts
Jimmy Whitney
M. E. Reavives
Bill
Walter Jennings
Lake Buchanan
Dick Shipman
New Mexico
B. A. Hopkins
W. F. Lauderdale
Felix Valdez
Oklahoma City
Cecil Cardwell
Waco
Penny Hopkins
Bellville
Gladys Gardner
Calvin Taylor
Dick Taylor
Fam
Sly
Algerita
C. C. Basking
Ernie Rahe
Buchanan Dam
Mary McGregor
Joc McGregor
Wayland Vardeman
H. D. _ Kennedy
McCamey
Pete Miller
Joel Lewis
Pradie Miller
Hendricks
A. F. Wood
East Texas
Murray
Doll Shirley
Brady
B. F. Browns
R. C. Brown
ARROW
Arrow Sport
Nun-Bush, Jarman and Edgerton Shoes
Shortie
Justin
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