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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
4
China Creek reports County Superintendent E L Oliver met parents and teachers to discuss hot lunch plans. A kitchen will be set up in a teacherage room and lunch service is expected soon. The note also lists local visits, school events, and upcoming revival at First Methodist in San Saba.
Local notes recount visits among Goldthwaite residents including Mrs Thurman Byrd Maud Mathis and A M Hunt at Carson Edmondsons euchre. Families from Pottaville San Saba Burnet and Burnet area spent time with relatives and friends, with cattle and hogs shipments noted to Ft Worth and workers at George Miller's farm.
Western Auto Associate Store offers Davis DeLuxe batteries with a two year guarantee. This promotion highlights durable automotive power and dependable service for local customers seeking reliable energy for their vehicles.
Mr and Mrs Ward McKee visited with Ira Johnson and Iva joined them for a visit. Opal Terry spent Thursday with Effie Patton. David L Smith and Alton Smith hosted over weekend. Robert Lee Wolff visited Pat Billings. School closed Tuesday September 24 for funeral of E E Rissen. Mrs David Smith and Gaylin Patton visited Mrs M O Paton.
Scientists explore odor imagery by suspending aromatic substances over a mercury surface with talc. As odors reach the surface, talc recedes, leaving a design that may be unique to each odor. The process is photographed to capture these odor-imprinted patterns.
Deer Creek notes reflect 43 years ago’s Women’s Missionary Society renamed to Christian Social Relations. Eleven members and the pastor installed officers with J. Capps as president and J. Ellison as vice president. Bible study gains interest at the church. sewing circle met. several local residents occupied with farming and travel, including Mrs. J S Capps returning from Austin and Ruth working at the Naval Bus Station.
STRAUB BLACKLEG BACTER IN promotes quicker action on any age with life immunity from a single dose. Sold by CITY DRUG STORE.
W A Brown sustained a below the knee fracture during a Winters ball game and remains in Brady Hospital, with his sister Clara Brown also recovering from a crash in Wichita Falls. The piece notes community updates including Howard Hickman family’s Brady Hospital stay, Nelda Skelton’s weekend visit, and other local social notes.
L K Newlin of Bangs received a birthday dinner at his parents home with family and friends attending including A L Newlin and his wife Andrew John Miss Kin nie Swails and others. Local notices also mention visits and gatherings around town with relatives and scouts at Camp Billy Gibbons.
Leonard Longley a John Tarleton College senior in electrical engineering visited his Live Oak parents over the weekend. Mrs Marshall Hart and Abigail of Brady stayed with her parents the Watkins. The Terrys depart for San Angelo to run a tourist camp. Shelley from Hayden station moved to Marble Falls to run a Gulf station. Dallas visitors include Mrs Clifford Jackson and children, while Mrs W F Sullivan returns from Houston. Local beauty operators attended the National Cosmetology Convention in San Antonio with Edith Rich and Roger VanCleave.
A letter from Mrs Wilmon Calk of Coleman dated September 21, 1940 encloses a money order to renew the San Saba News. She says she has many friends in San Saba County and enjoys reading about them despite not visiting often.
Clyde Knight a John Tarleton student spent the weekend at home with friend Mr and Mrs H M Turner. Bobby Myra Nell and their friend Jackie Ormand visited Sunday. Ida Mae Smith and San Antonio friends LeRoy Savage Ritchie Moths and Roselle Davis were Sunday guests of her parents Mr and Mrs J M Smith. We could not attend the correspondents picnic Saturday. Mr and Mrs Jack Ford were in Brady Saturday. Mr and Mrs H E Brown and Mrs Connie Brown attended Trades Day in Richland Springs Saturday.
People in the Northwest stay busy with cotton picking peanut gathering and pecan threshing. Many seek work in Brownwood while locals share visits, family reunions, and a football game at Richland Springs. Edits note several Brownwood trips and a large singing event at the schoolhouse drawing neighbors from surrounding communities.
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