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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
3
The second regular P T A meeting will be held at 3 45 p m next Wednesday with Mrs F L Sterner as main speaker on Capacity for Adjustment. Attendance urged as Well founded Attitudes is the topic for the day. The WPA hot lunch program continues with five locals employed to serve pupils and boost grades.
The People's Dept Store and the Solo Serve Store will close today and Friday for the Jewish New Year. Mr and Mrs N Landau and Mrs Friedman and Harry Shapiro left for Austin to observe the holidays. Stores reopen Saturday with the Landaus joined in Austin by daughters Mrs Pearlman and Mrs Weiner.
George J. Steinman, pastor, invites parishioners to start the new church school year at 9 45 a m with a service of worship and Holy Communion at 11 a m The morning includes infant baptism and a sermon at China Creek at 2 p m Youths meet at 6 80 p m and evening worship at 7 30 p m with the theme Jehovah Looketh On the Heart Mid week Bible study is Wednesday at 7 30 p m Only two more Sundays remain before annual Conference members are urged to support church programs by their fruits
Heroic The Howards of Virginia highlighted in a late night Palace Theatre program. See them in performances Saturday midnight and Sunday through Monday.
LIVE OAK community notes a well attended News Reporters picnic with about forty people from various county communities. German Falls is praised for beauty and a pleasant day of talks and lunch. Local residents attend visits and family gatherings, with school resumes and health updates among the updates.
The San Saba Lions Club will host Zone 2-A officers at a luncheon and zone business meeting next Tuesday. Last Tuesday the club heard a safety program on traffic accident avoidance by Lion President W. M. Campbell. Atty. F. M. Harvell attended as a luncheon guest.
The Home Demonstration Clubs of San Saba County thank the San Saba Junior Chamber of Commerce for funding prizes at Rally Day Show and Event held Tuesday. They also commend Miss Frances Prichard Home Demonstration agent for her dedicated work and guidance at the exhibit and event, expressing deep gratitude to all who assisted.
Mrs Minor Duncan of Algerita Texas thanks the San Saba Junior Chamber of Commerce for a prize awarded at the San Saba County Home Demonstration Club Rally Day on October 1. She commends their efforts to unite rural residents with city residents and expresses sincere appreciation for the prize and the group’s work.
Thomas Hamilton, 51, faced death by hunger and thirst after being missing for three days in tall grass near Perth Australia. He reached a telegraph line and damaged it with two bullets to signal for help. A Broome repair crew found him exhausted in a water-seeking hole he dug with his hands.
Ward Taylor, District Performance Engineer, is in town for a few days and notes he travels statewide for work and enjoys range projects. Mrs. Taylor is currently in Dallas. Mrs. Brison's condition at a Houston hospital has improved. Chas Milliger and his wife plan a three week California vacation to visit their son Melvin in Los Angeles and a relative in Sacramento.
The French first leveraged balloons for war, with studies during the revolutionary era. Reconnaissance balloons aided the 1859 Italian campaign, and during the 1870 71 Siege of Paris balloons carried pigeons to relay news. Federals used military balloons in the Civil War.
Li Hung Chang, dubbed the Grand Old Man of China, shaped national policy for over four decades representing the government and expanding foreign relations with skill. He held the highest rank below the emperor as first grand secretary of state and received the Double Dragon in 1899 upon returning from the United States.
Mummers were bands of men and women in medieval times who during public festivities such as Christmas dressed in fantastical clothes and masks or disguised as animals. They serenaded outside homes and in public squares and are seen as a survival of ancient masquerading traditions from Saturnalian celebrations. The practice reportedly led to outrages in England in the sixteenth century, prompting Henry VIII to issue a proclamation against wearing masks or disguises.
The term shrapnel refers to explosive shells used in field guns named for Henry Shrapnel of the British army. In 1803 his shell design was recommended for service and first used at Surinam in 1804. Shrapnel improved howitzers mortars and invented the brass tangent slide. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1837.
Mothers should remember that milk is one of the best protective foods for the children. A quart a day usually is not too much for a child, or an adult, though the latter may prefer just a pint a day. Most children like to drink milk, but if they do not, it may be supplied in the form of custards, or with chocolate added for a chocolate milk drink.
In Redding California a naval wife fitted her car with a red headlight and a green one. A highway patrolman warned that such lights may be fine at sea but are illegal on California roads.
About 100 Hindus including a woman walked over red hot embers at the Sri Mariamman temple in Singapore, observed by Europeans and 4000 Hindus. Heat from the pit required cooling by water buckets as men raked the embers with 10 foot poles.
A fragment describes Rotten Row in Hyde Park, a 1% mile bridle path from Hyde Park Corner to Kensington Gate on the south Serpentine side. The name may derive from Route ds Roi, King’s Drive, with the king the only one allowed to drive. The public may ride horses.
Dairy officials urge herds to average one pound of fat per cow daily, about 300 lbs per year, with University of Missouri and other authorities noting fat income surpasses costs. Summers of Purvis Mills endorses a fat goal, advising dairymen to cash in on top producers, while emphasizing balanced feeding, especially Purina programs, for sows and pigs to maximize milk and growth.
Dr D E Beaman addressing the American Pressive Chiropractic Association in Los Angeles bluntly instructed housewives how to avoid the adverse effects of their work. He proposed rest, five small meals daily, and washing all dishes in a single session after piling them for the day.
The National Archery Association records two astonishing shots by Ken Wilhelm of Vermo California in August 1939. He achieved 579.7 yards using regular style and 856 yards with free style while lying on his back secured to the bow. Distances were measured by a surveyor as authentic records. Glycerine Repairs Glass Scratches outlines a cleaning method for shallow marks on glass tables. The text also notes deep gouges require specialized treatment. A One Thousand Dollars Reward notice from San Saba County Texas binds landowners to urge arrest and conviction of livestock thieves with signatures from multiple locals.
Superior Judge Oscar F Nelson of Chicago proposed a spanking machine for couples seeking divorce over trivialities after Mrs Mary Yon 3 years old appeared with her 24 year old husband Edward on cruelty and desertion charges. She said they argued daily and he left for good. Nelson urged a device in the court chamber to punish such cases.
Cellar stairs bear heavy loads and are often built carelessly. They need safety focus equal to main stairs with two key points railing and adequate head room.
Mr and Mrs Roy B Bagley travel to Boling Texas to buy pecans for months Their son M L stays at their De Leon pecan house The Howards of Virginia from Elizabeth Pages stirring story of Americas glorious fight for freedom Tree of Liberty Palace Theatre shows midnight Sunday Monday
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