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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1962
Page
2
Editor letters discuss campaign funding costs and tax relief. J A argues deductions may not help voters and could raise broader expenses if elected. He notes a Washington study proposing campaign contribution tax deductions and questions the burden on the public versus candidates.
Local pharmacy Laird’s Corner Drug Store offers the Blackleg vaccine for cattle owners seeking herd protection. Public health notice urges timely vaccination to prevent illness and maintain livestock productivity.
Mr and Mrs Reuben Ashley returned home after a three week S M A Alumni tour. They traveled from New York by jet to Paris with visits to Paris Switzerland Milan and Venice Innsbruck Heidelberg Bad Aachen Munich and Amsterdam.
David Russell has been appointed district manager by The Indiana Laboratories of El kort Indiana maker of Thriftee Fix. He will oversee counties in the western part of the state and area around the district. He has served as local agent for years with the product in multiple stores here and at Richland Spra. Mr and Mrs John Corley and daughter of Tipton Oklahoma are visiting in the home of his brother Mr and Mrs Dan A Corley.
A roundup of town news including visits from residents and clergy, military family arrivals, and social events. Grasshopper damage reported in Rough Creek. minister conference in Georgetown. Father Cagnon assigned to San Saba. decorous Woodmen services at Odd Fellows cemetery. car gifts for Doctors Sanderson and Turner. notable visits from New York and Virginia relatives. Marine Sgt. Charles Bailey Locker returns with bride. moves of the J R Miller family to San Saba.
In Richland Springs on June 17 1943 Miss Jackie Spurlock daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Spurlock won the San Saba Rodeo and War Bond Rally popularity contest. San Saba welcomed new Mayor E E Fagg sworn in to fill an unexpired term after C W Kuykendall resigned for a Lower Colorado River Authority directorship. Linda Gay Carmen Taylors new baby daughter born June 13 and a son James Truman born to the Taylors.
R E Willingham formerly of San Saba died in a Sacramento hospital at 6 20 p m Sunday May 27 after a three and a half year illness He moved to California after 1957 and is survived by 12 children including Richard Paul Ralph Jess and several daughters all of California or Colorado He also leaves 38 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren Funeral services were held May 31 in Sacramento with burial June 1 at Oroville Cemetery Masonic rites were conducted
The Rev and Mrs Floyd Conner and their Rocksprings family former residents of San Saba accompanied Miss Katherine Ann Gilstrap home Monday after a two week visit at their home and visited friends here before returning the same day.
June rains keep the Sloan area wet with 1.88 inches over the weekend at the Jym Sloan Station. Ranchers seek more water as tanks and ponds need filling. Local gatherings include visits from Craigan Johnson and family, a barbecue at San Saba, a Homecoming in Elm Grove, and talks by William Washburn on the Congo Mission. Attendees at New Hope Presbyterian Church and Central Texas Presbytery events are listed among local residents.
Cadet Michael G. Watkins named to the Air Force Academy Honor Squadron in Colorado Springs. His unit, the 13th Cadet Squadron, won the Air Force Association Award for its achievements and attended the Honor Squadron banquet with the Colorado Springs Air Power Council. Watkins is a Washington Lee High School graduate from Arlington Virginia, son of Colonel James H. Watkins and Mrs. Watkins, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Watkins of San Saba. Selection based on graduation order of merit, athletics, academics, and extracurricular activity.
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