Revival Starts Friday At Church Of Christ
The annual revival campaign of the Church of Christ begins Friday night in a large tabernacle on the Hugh Miller lot west of Barnes Lumber Yard. Foy Wallace, a familiar speaker, will lead Bible preaching with no lectures on secular topics and no collections. Attendees will be guests of the meeting, with arrangements for comfort and seating, and volunteers will join the lines of leaders of wide repute.
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Church of Christ
Hugh Miller
Barnes -Lumber
Foy Wallace
San Saba
Carr
Teo Tur le Cting
Florence Lads Top San Saba in Weathered Ball Battle
Florence’s husky team visited San Saba at the Fair Grounds for a spirited game that stayed close throughout. Captain Smith’s side surged ahead in the eighth, the score tied twice, with both teams making errors yet delivering solid play. Lohn’s squad will be here next Sunday for another clash.
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Fair Grounds
Husky
Florence
Taylor
San Saba
Fana
Smith
Neck of the Woods
Lohn
New Officers Elected at Locker Lodge A M C June Meeting
Locker Lodge A F and A M held a June 6 inst meeting electing A Garrett W M J T Newbery S W O Fikes Hart See y J A Parks Treas R J Golinger Chap Hervey Maxecey Tiler W E Carrell Sr D W D Edwards Jr D J W Rouse Sr Stewart Otto Garrett Jr Steward Public installation set for June 24 at 6 pm all Mason members and families invited. Mrs Miles Beck of Cameron with children Hugh Bob Mary Ann staying with her parents former sheriff Hugh Miller summer plans note U S Soil Survey work in Michigan.
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Locker Lodge
A. F
A.M
A. Garrett
W. M
J.T. Newberry
S. W
Miles Beck
Cameron
Hugh
Bob
Mary Ann
Hugh Miller
Mr. Beck
Michigan
U. S. Soil Survey
Geo Hall Improving After Illness At Home
Word from his family says Geo Hall son of Mr and Mrs F B Hall who has been dangerously ill for a week or more is improving steadily rather than failing doctors report his progress as hopeful and his many friends anticipate a full recovery.
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Preas
Geo
F. B. Hall
Lampasas Boosters Parade Through San Saba Week Visit
Lampasas boosters in a 150 strong party toured towns on a 200 mile trip with the Lampasas band of about 25 pieces, shocking San Saba with honking horns and lively music. Ex mayor Roy L Walker welcomed visitors and urged friendly exchanges, noting Lampasas golf players tease at times but intent is goodwill. C W Roberts of the Lampasas Record accompanied the group as part of four spring trips by Lampasas business leaders aimed to foster ties and mutual fairs.
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Lometa
Wallace Street
Court House Square
Wallace
High Street
San Saba National Bank
Splendid Lampasas
Jtme
Roy L. Walker
Lampasas
School Boy Opens Business for Himself
Morris Lindsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J Lindsey, after school closed, rented space near the Palace Barber Shop and opened a neatly equipped cold drink and confectionery venture. He aims for a solid share of local patronage and conducts his new enterprise with steady, businesslike energy.
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Morris Lindsey
J. &. Lindsey
Morris
Palace
Oil Prospectors Visit San Saba County Visit
Hon. W. D. Cowan arrived from Austin with oil geologists and capitalists to inspect prospective territory in the western part of San Saba County. The party stayed about an hour in town before proceeding to the western area, rumored to lie near the county’s western line.
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W. D. Cowan
Austin
Harry Hopkins to go to Temple for treatment
Harry Hopkins Santa Fe Ry representative, once critically ill, has improved enough to likely undertake a trip to Temple for sanitarium treatment. Known locally, Hopkins remains a beloved figure as friends hope for his speedy recovery.
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Harry Hopkins
Temple
The
Santa Fe Ry
Harry
Unusual Hen Lays Large Eye Egg Measuring Nine Inches
Morris Lindsey, noted White Wyandotte breeder, owns a hen that periodically lays an extraordinary eye shaped egg. A reporter found one on the desk, described as a hammer sized and about nine inches around, heavy enough to feed a working man. The hen routinely lays this huge egg, a peculiar talent accompanying her otherwise fine flock.
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Morris Lindsey
Banquet of Aggie Ex-Students applauded in San Saba
The San Saba A. and M. Alumni Association hosted a June 9 banquet at the Fair Grounds pavilion. R W Burleson served as toastmaster as members and guests praised A&M work and athletic programs. A Lampasas quartet entertained, and plans for a future Heart O Texas Club were discussed. Notables from multiple towns attended with lively reports on food and fellowship.
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San Saba A. & M
R. W. Burleson
Ike S. Ashburn
Aggieland
A. & M. Alumni and
Lampasas
Monroe Mayes
Crim
Welkin Melo
Heart O' Texas
Brady
Alice-B
Donald. Brady
C. C. Jobson
Mae Bell Smith
H. D. Winters
Lewin Plunkett, Jr. Brownwood
E Glentress
Bertram
D. X. Bible
Ike ‘. .Ashburn
E. A. Miller
James Sullivan
Field Creek
Jno
V. Simpson
Fredericksburg
R. S. Miller
BE. Hf. Riley
J. V. Wilson
Leon Oliver
Duncan
BE. M. Sprott
W. H. Kimbrough
Z. D. Ledbetter
Douglas LeMaster
R. ©. Sloan
Paul Sloan
Robert Sloan
William Jooker
Kirk Baxter
S. E. Harber
W. D. Cowan
R. K. McCall
W. A. Smith
Government Nut Expert Visits San Saba for Pecan Tree Study
C A Reed chief of the Plant and Nut Food Department Bureau of Investigation of the U S Department of Agriculture arrived in San Saba on June en route to Mason for the Texas Pecan Growers Association convention. He photographed and measured Old Timer the big pecan tree on the Colorado river for official records. Accompanying him were E B Risien E G Rissen and A W Woodruff with Woodruff acting as pilot. Reed said he would not have missed the trip and hopes to return with northern nut growers. He stayed with Mrs Doris Oliver.
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C. A. Reed
Plant and Nut Food Department Bureau of Investigation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
San Saba
Mason
Texas Pecan Growers Association
Mr. Reed
E. BE
Risien
E. G. Rissen
A. W. Woodruff
Reed
Doris Oliver
Wolf Club urged to revive to combat menace
Farmers and ranchers discuss reviving an inter est in a wolf club as the existing group has fallen quiet. The wolf menace is serious and action is needed efficiently soon. Mrs N D Lidatone and daughter Miss Leslie arrived from Galveston and will spend the summer in San Saba.
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N. D. Lidatone
Leslie
Galveston
San Saba
Pioneer Citizen Here Last Week
Fry, 82, visited from Jones county and spoke of frontier life. He recalls Burnet county roots dating to 1855, Indians, war whoops, and guarding family with a gun. He toured with Joe Clark near San Saba and planned to return to Burnet.
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Fry
Jones County
Burnet County
Mr .Fry
Joe Clark
San Saba
Burnet
Off to Retailers Convention in Waco
Allen local manager for Barnes Lumber Co. left Saturday to attend the Barnes sales managers convention in Waco the first of the week. This is a big annual event for Barnes managers with all local lumber store managers as members and elaborate headquarters entertainment. He was accompanied by his wife and Mrs Cecil B Smith.
Odd Fellows Elect Officers for Six Months
Alpha Lodge I O C F elected J S Ballew Noble Grand and Bivia L Brown Vice Grand for the six months ending December 31 with installation planned in July. The lodge reports many initiations and re instatements over the past eight months as Mrs R S Duvall and her Dallas family visit their mother Mrs Piety Biggs in the old home town.
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Alpha Lodge
J.S. Ballew
Noble
Bivia L. Brown
R. S. Duvall
Dallas
Piety Biggs
Fairman Buys Sullivan & Biggs Hardware Firm in San Saba
E. T. Fairman of Goldthwaite purchases the long standing Sullivan & Biggs hardware firm in San Saba on June 16, signaling a major local business reshuffle. The retiring partners include Un Clerk Dick Sullivan and Billy Biggs, longtime figures in the trade, with Hinyard having left to join San Saba National Bank. Fairman, a prominent local businessman war veteran, is praised for fair dealing and rapid growth, while welcome notes from The News mark a new era for San Saba commerce.
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San Saba
Sullivan & Biggs
E. T. Fairman
Goldthwaite
San Saba County
Sullivan, Biggs & Hinyard
United States
Hinyard
San Saba National Bank
Dick” Sullivan
Texas
Panhandle Country
Kansas
Biggs
Billy
Fairman
Mrr. Fairman
Trent State Bank of Goldthwaite
Will Dew
Off To Mason Delegation Prep For Weekend Trip
The San Saba delegation plans a humorous trip to Mason on the 18th. The News will miss this week's press but will publish a full report next week. B. H. Norris and F. R. Brison led the advance party Tuesday morning, followed by former Sheriff E. T. Neal Tuesday evening. Pour it on'em.
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Mason
San Saba
B. H. Norris
F. R. Brison
E. T. Neal
Two Pulpits Filled by San Saba Boys Sunday Night
Last Sunday night Rev. Joe Bickley of Graham filled the Methodist pulpit. He is a San Saba county native and received warm applause as the audience thanked him for his sermon. Vertner Braazeale filled the Baptist pulpit, a San Marcos Baptist Academy graduate and former linotype operator at the News office. Mrs. Mitch Johnson and children are visiting Kosse with friends and relatives.
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Joe Bickley
Graham
Bickley
San Saba County
Central Texas Conference
Vertner Braazeale
Baptist Academy At
San Marcos
Vertner
Baylor University
Camping On The San Saba for Eighteenth Year
Dr. Hunter Gassaway, Johnnie Metcalf, and families camp along the San Saba river in their eighteenth straight year. They fish, shoot, rest, and entertain county children with a long-standing medicine show. They plan to attend the county fair as in years past, while Luther Massey and family visit from Oklahoma to see Mrs. J. W. Lewis on China Creek amid a family illness.
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Hunter Gassaway
Johnnie Metcalf
San Saba
Luther Massey
Okema
Oklahoma
J. W. Lewis
China Creek
Willard
Brownwood Sanitarium
Cherokee Locals Share News From Cold Creek to San Saba
Cherokee area notes busy with visits and arrivals. Bill Wyckoff of Cold Creek visits Cherokee. Miss Irene Hamrick of San Saba guests of Audra Mae Mc Kneely. Rev. Jon Bickley and family guests of E. P. Bickley and Tyran Bowman. Several residents travel for operations, schooling, or business, including Mrs. Don Gray heading to Austin for an operation and Prof. Nelson Gay taking a Mercedes principal job.
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Bill Wyckoff
Cold Creek
Irene Hamrick
San Saba
Audra Mae McKneely
F. S. Gray
Goldthwaite
John Hanna
San Antonio
Esther
Don Gray
Austin
Mrs. Gray
Raymond Byfield
Llano
Jon Bickley
Graham
E. P. Bickley
Tyran Bowman
Nelson Gay
Kenedy
Gay
Mercedes
P. A. Cook
Lora Ideus
Buda
W. W. Coffman
Brownwood
Cherokee
Mines
W. A
Johnnie Maultsby
B. A. English
Burkburnette
Tom Kincaid
Mary Alice Gay
Hoover Valley
Bertram
Lela Hendricks
Jos Pridgeon
Louis
Louise McEneely
Houston
C. H. Dickens
Briggs
Polk Burk
Alva Walker
Brady
John Walker
Louis Mae Burk
Rosenburg
Hollis Barber
Handley
Puesta
Tom Hartley
Jim Hulin
L. W. Barker
Visl.tor
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Church OF ‘Christ
Austin Taylor
Big Tabernacle
Barnes ‘Lumber Company
San Saba Ball Boys
Wallop
ALK
Geo. Hall
Fair Grounds Pavilion
Waco
ODD Fellows
Mitch Johnson
Kosse
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