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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
4
Farmer J A Glad on his Johnson grass farm expresses mixed faith in economist forecasts that 1957 will be bucolic. He notes rising prices and wages while skeptically reflecting that farmers only gain hope, not certainty, as costs climb and markets wobble.
A San Saba Texas letter to the editor praises the hometown paper and the News. Signed by Mrs. Oscar Schaefer with her maiden name Josephine Cowell, the note expresses appreciation for the publication. It reflects community sentiment and reader loyalty.
From the June 24 1937 issue a liberal quantity of Bran and Sodium Arsenite poison is ordered shipped to San Saba county to be distributed free to those troubled with grasshoppers. Rural mail carrier S B Harber and Mrs Harber take their annual vacation in Galveston and other coastal resorts. The third annual reunion for the old settlers of the Lower Cherokee Camp Ground is planned for Saturday Aug 7 per County Judge J B Harrell.
Marshall Hart of Houston visited Saturday with his brother and extended family including Mr and Mrs Bernie Hart and Pegey Mr and Mrs Jim Watkins Mrs J B Ponton and daughter Bernell left Friday after a Sunday visit with Mr and Mrs QO Ponton Her son Dean Ponton stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Van T Copeland Gloria left Sunday for Fort Worth after a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Will Harper and attendance at a Christadelphian Ecclesia state meeting
Public notices list marriages Lester Eugene Williams and Sandra Sue Wallace and new car registrations for W R Collins Mercury 4 door, Charles Cunningham Oldsmobile Holiday coupe, M E Byerley Ford pick up, Melton Adams Ford pickup, YT Adams Marvin Matlock Chevrolet pickup, R D Reavis GMC pickup. Also listed are warranty deeds transferring property in San Saba, and a health note that Sterling Lindsey is ill with mumps. A Temple SSA district office representative will visit San Saba on July Fridays to assist with retirement and family insurance applications in the county court room, with no charges. Additional visits are planned for August and September Fridays. Local residents may attend farm groups, civic clubs, and organizations to learn and ask questions about the Social Security Act.
Mr and Mrs E L Jennings of Coleman long-time San Saba residents visited friends in San Saba and stayed with Mr and Mrs S C Ponton. Theldon Harrell and family left for Port Lavaca where he will work for a steel company. T L Sutton and Mack Sutton families from Joshua and Fort Worth spent the weekend with Mrs Nettie Scott.
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