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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1961
Page
4
Dear editor J A on Wallace Creek Johnson grass farm ponders advice to graduates. He jokes about warning them to stay in school vaccines and notes adults have failed world management. He concludes he will not give serious guidance and retreats to his farm.
Visitants including Mr. and Mrs. J. Hudson Kelly and Mrs. Nina Nored traveled to Seguin to support their brother R. R. McBride after bone graft surgery. They returned home briefly then went back to Seguin with Mrs. Nored to escort her home. McBride is reported doing as well as can be expected at present. Mrs. R. G. Murray returned from Azle and Ft. Worth after visiting her brothers R. E. Phillips and Sam Phillips and their families and also called on nieces in Dallas.
Mrs Frankie Polk is away from the City Drug Store this week on vacation, leaving daytime coverage by colleagues. The note indicates a temporary staffing change and orderly coverage during her absence.
The Bend News reports a Stanley Party hosted by Mrs. Alton Cagle on Thursday from 2 to 4 pm with cake and punch for attendees including Mrs. Troy Pope and several others from Chappel and nearby areas. Curent notes include plans for another Stanley Party in August and various families visiting or vacationing in the area.
The Fourth Annual Jaycee Rodeo drew capacity crowds Thursday to Saturday at Rogan Field, with standing room and limited reserve seats as gate receipts topped $2,102.73. Local banks and the post office reported San Saba County exceeded June bond sales, investing $26,080 in war bonds from June 1 to 24, while community notes record weddings, hospital updates, and regional events across the June 25, 1942 era brief.
Mr and Mrs Lee Fuller of Rochelle hosted Sunday night supper with Mr and Mrs Jim Rouse. Ernest Glenn of Breckenridge and Roy Wheeler and Charles Sloan Ranch visited the Rouse home. Charles stayed with grandparents. Dor Johnson of Spring Creek visited John McLean. Kathy McDowell, daughter of Major and Mrs Charles McDowell, visits her Johnson grandparents. Rainfall since last Thursday totals about 6 inches locally with some reporting near 8 inches. Joe Sullivan of the area also mentioned.
The Lakeview News notes a morning sun after a ground soaking rain totaling 4.65 inches from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning. It lists A F Wood and Gregory Gober vacationing in Mt Enterprise East Texas, A N Carroll of Dallas visiting his father, and multiple visits by the Rowell families from Fort Worth Hobbs New Mexico. Also mentioned are Mrs Bert Martin at a Ware demonstration, J H Mathews and G C Mathews visiting, and other Sunday visits with Mrs Mack Brown and Nora Price.
Mrs Nora Price A M and Misses Gike and Florence Carroll were in Goldth last Friday. By Lillie Carroll.
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