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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
3
Northwest 4-H and Harkeyville Home Demonstration clubs feature bedroom makeovers by Gladys Ponton and peers. They describe closet builds, refinished furniture, new curtains, flooring, wall papers, and low costs through homemade supplies, totaling around twelve dollars. The efforts emphasize practical improvements and pride in improved living space.
A homemaker describes thrift style upgrades including a spring cover from sugar sacks and a mattress pad of flour sacks with an old blanket. A son built a bookcase from an old bedstead, refinishing a dressing table as a writing desk. A small table moved near the bed and lit by an old Aladdin lamp creates a bright, easy to clean, convenient room. Total spending cited as 10.85 dollars.
Akron June 17 One of the nation’s most unusual surveys ends in New York City after two months with Joseph A Faurot former New York deputy police commissioner and fingerprint pioneer leading the inquiry. He and James Cannon visited garages gas stations and backyards from New York to San Francisco and Detroit to test the G-3 All Weather tire produced by Goodyear. Faurot reports overwhelming national approval based on thousands of owner interviews and notes from Whitesville Kansas City and Albuquerque among others. He calls the findings cold facts and credits widespread satisfaction to tire owners. Faurot, head of identification for the Commercial Crime Commission, was chosen by Goodyear to gather public response.
Federal officials urge Texans to avoid giving hitchhikers rides and to reject hand-outs. State relief administrator Adam R. Johnson says independent transients face danger and unemployment elsewhere. Transients should return home or go to nearest division camp. camps exist near division depots in major cities. The piece also notes local social visits by Mr. and Mrs. Schoch including trips to Ft Sam Houston and several eastern cities.
Dr Noise of the Bureau of Animal Industry told the San Saba Commissioners Court on Tuesday June 1 that a county eradication campaign will be funded about 140 for incidental costs. A 12 member U S Veterinarians crew is at work in McCulloch County and will move to San Saba to complete within three weeks. The plan enforces the new federal tubercular control law starting January 1 1986, with penalties including quarantine for non cooperation and costs for unclean counties.
Dallas June 17 plans approved by the State Control Commission to proceed with the $1,000,000 Texas Building as the centerpiece of $15,000,000 in structures on the Centennial Exposition grounds. Dallas bonds authorized at $3,590,000 for land, sewerage, and a $500,000 art museum as part of permanent improvements. Subscriptions and bond sales progress, with expectations of strong attendance and returns to bond holders.
STOP THAT ITCHING If you suffer from a skin trouble such as Eczema Athlete’s Foot or tetter we sell you no obligation guarantee price 50 cents and 1.00 Corner Drug Store. Dance Frocks at The Bazaar. Mrs Walter Harrington of Pine is here visiting her aunt Mrs Quee Doran. Mrs Harrington will be remembered to many San Saba people as Miss Mary Lee Williams.
Austin, June 16. State Relief Director Adam R Johnson ordered registration of all employable persons on emergency relief with the national reemployment service. Acting under Federal Administrator Harry Hopkins, the move aims to classify occupation and fitness for work and enable referrals to public and private employment. The regulation covers non residents on transient relief and all rural rehabilitation families. The board of control also adopted a policy denying aid to employable persons who refuse farm labor in their county of residence.
A fragmented account from Fairview describes severe flooding from an intense downpour. Waters rose along Jerry Creek damaging oat sheaves and feeding pens, destroying a corn crop and stressing farm operations while remaining livestock survived.
Lyttepeade Erveiyas and Sta Tromaties are reported at the Nesta Office Quay for an official matter. The brief note notes a gathering and a procedural step affecting local operations. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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