Old Settlers Third Annual Reunion Held in San Saba
The San Saba Old Settlers Association held its third annual reunion at the Fair Grounds on Tuesday August 11 1925 after a parade led by Hugh Miller. Nearly 140 long-term residents and spouses attended a picnic dinner. former Lieutenant Governor Lynch Davidson and former Representative T J Beasley were guests. Directors elected for 1926 include G S Gray J Davenport Hugh Miller and others with plans for a fourth reunion at the Fair Park during the 1926 fair and a continued picnic dinner option.
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Fair Grounds
Fair Association
Hugh Miller
Fair Park
Nica
Hady Groves
San Saba County
Association
Lynch Davidson
T. J. Beasley
G. 8
Buck) Gray
G.9. Gray
Cherokee
1. C. Davenport
Richland Springs
McMillin
W. M. Allison
San Saba
John Seiders
Sanaba
W. M. Perry
Pairview
J. T. Taylor
A. J. Walker
Pecan Grove
A. J. Harey
Harkeyville
Directora
G. S. Gray
L. C. Davenport
Louise Allison
John M. Armentrout
N. ©. Brown
M. Brown
Mary N. Brown
G. H. Brown
L. A. Brown
Maud N. Brown
John H. Brown
California
G.F. Barton
J.D. Benham
Leigh Burleson
B. A. Burleson
J. M. Churchwell
Logan E. Churchwell
E. E. Cochran
Perry A. Cook
Annie E. Cook
C. C. Colburn
Andrew J. Cowart
A. J. Crawford
S. K. Crawford
L. H. Deyton
S. GC. Deyton
Lagina A. Duncan
Joseph Eller
Emin Eiler
T. Y. Elton
Col
R. T. Harkey
James M. Jones
Tennessee J. Jones
Laura Kelly
Richard Kolb
J. M. Kuyendall
Armour B. Kuykendall
W. D. Kuykendall
J. 8. Ledbetter
W. B. Leverett
Addie Leverett
H. Lewis
John W. McConnell
Elbert McCoury
Frances McCoury
Amanda E. McCloud
H. E. McDaniel
G. T. Monk
M. Moore
Demara
Sarah J. Peeler
Mollie E. Perry
Young Pierce
Sarah A. Peisker
George R. Presley
Martha Rawls
BE. J. Rector
E. E. Rissen
John P. Robbins
J. Wealey Robbins
Wiley A. Robbing
Middie Robbing
J. M. Roper
Dama Rouse
John W
W. W. Walker
S. W. Walker
Mary Walker
John A. Wallace
Logan Wallace
J. Ty Watkins
Mya
Oy A. Watking
Fall Poultry Show in San Saba County December 16 20
The Mid Winter San Saba County Poultry Show is scheduled for December 16 to 20. County poultrymen prepare birds, aiming for advantageous show positions after last year’s large event and blizzard disruptions. Walter Burton, licensed A P A judge, expected to attend again.
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San Saba County
Walter Burton
A. P. A.indge
Joe Woods Stabbed To Death in Mills County
A fatal stabbing occurred Sunday night during a community singing in Jones Valley Mills County. Joe Woods, 14, died about 15 minutes after being stabbed in the heart. David Williams, 16, was arrested by Mills County officers on a murder charge. Both families were neighbors and had been friends until the quarrel.
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Joe Woods
David Williams
Mills County
Jones Valley
San Saba
Gip Roberts
Pat Williams
Williams
Woods
Hearst Newspaper Man Fattening On Fish and Squirrel
Fort Worth figures Chopsie Welch and J W Nichols enjoy Lackey Bottom, dining on catfish and squirrel three times daily. Welch, Fort Worth Record financial editor and Hearst paper man on vacation, plans to publish results of his San Saba fishing and fish bar findings. Nichols, a Panther City produce dealer, rusticates and probes San Saba pecans.
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Chopsie Welch
J. W. Nichols
Fort Worth
Mr. Welch
Nichols
Panther City
San Saba
J.S. and Tommie Baker Sell Filling Station
J S and Tommie Baker sold their filling station to Brock Ashby effective September 1. Ashby will rename it Brock’s Milling Station and has automotive ties in the county. The Conner Ashby Motor Company leases the adjacent Jocket building to move its Chevrolet sales room there. Weatherby is set to occupy the Kirk sales room formerly used by Conner Ashby.
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J. 9
Tammie Baker
Brock Ashby
Jack
M. R. Weatherby
Kirk
Conner-Ashby
Notable Names in Local Directory Listings
E Wells T A Wilton J E Wilson Mrs KE Winslow J B Wood W E Yarborough Mrs Alice Yarborough appear in the community roster alongside several other residents, indicating an updated local directory or social register entry. The compilation highlights multiple households and surnames prominent in the town records.
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E. Wells
T. A. Wilton
J. E. Wilson
KE. J. Winslow
J. B. Wood
W. E. Yarborough
Alice Yarborough
Ford Announces Improved Line of Body Type Cars
Ford Motor Company unveiled a major update to its body designs with no price increase. Dallas production starts September 1, featuring all steel bodies, new design across open and closed models, color finishes, larger brakes, and improved comfort. Runabout and touring cars stay black. closed models adopt harmonized colors. Cord tires become standard. enhanced brakes and transmission parts promise longer life and safety.
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Ford Motor Company
Dallas
Tigher
Ford
Heywood Edwards Returns to Naval Academy
Heywood Edwards left Wednesday morning returning to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland. He is a senior this year and will graduate next June. He has made a splendid record in this school especially in athletics as a champion wrestler and has not lost an event in his class since his first year there. The Midshipmen were on the annual summer cruise in the Pacific Ocean and he came by home on the way back to the Academy.
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Heywood Edwards
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
Heywood
Midshipmen
Pacific Ocean
Franklin Sells Interest In Sudden Service Station
Franklin sold his interest in the Sudden Service Filling Station last week to partner Arthur Taylor. The new stand is a complete equipment station at the corner where Cherokee road leaves the public square, formerly occupied by the San Saba Garage. Mrs. M F Allison and children moved to Breckenridge this week.
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Carey Franklin
Arthur Taylor
Cherokee Road
San Saba
Taylor
San Saba Missionary Baptists hold 49th session at Richland Springs
The San Saba County Missionary Baptist Association met for its 49th annual session at the Richland Springs church last week. Rev. J. A. Stovall opened proceedings, Rev. McHenry Seal elected moderator, Carey Lively secretary, and R. A. Brite treasurer. Reports from San Saba, Richland Springs, Locker, Pecan Grove, Cherokee and Hail were received. debts were cleared and the mission fund paid in full. Women’s Union and Baptist Young People’s Union elected officers, with Miss Mite Edmondson named VP and Clarence Summers delivering an address to the youth.
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San Saba County
McHenry Seal
Richland Springs
H. B. Ramcotti
Locker
Pecan Grove
Cherokee
A. J. Stovall
Wellsview
Plainview
Edgar Godbold
Howard Payne College
T. R. Adams
State Board
C. V. Carroll
Baptist Standard
Woman’s Missionary Union
H. B. Ramsour
C. M. Sanderson
San Saba
W. A. Mitchell
Henrietta Smith
The
Baptist Young People’s Associational Union
Mite Edmondson
Clarence Summers
Wallace Family Reunion Brings Old Timer Home to County
S P Mahana of Caddo Oklahoma, nephew of Mrs J A Wallace, returned after 25 years for a Wallace family reunion on the Colorado river 12 miles east of town. Eight other relatives joined in two days of fishing bee hunting swimming and meals shared with gifts and greetings. Mrs Tink Hamrick and children visit Mexia. Dr G C Berry seeks Mineral Wells for health. Mrs Alice Sloan returns from Texas.
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Wallace
S. P. Mahana
Caddo
Oklahoma
J. A. Wallace
Colorado River
P. Mahana
Geneva
J. F. Wallace
P. L. Wallace
EB. A. Wallace
Gloomy Prospects For High School Football
Gloomy outlook for San Saba Armadillos as training begins with many veterans missing. Coach Reece relies on Hartleys Watson Hubbert and others while missing guards pivot man and center threaten defense. Local support urged to back the team and aim for Lampasas and Richland opposition.
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San Saba Armadillos
Armentrout
Lane
Franklin
Recep
San Saba
KK. Hartley
Thornton
L. Hartley
Watson
Hubbert
Taylor
Cage Moore
Tirewn
Matty” Page
Reece
Lampasas
Richland
Dallas Fair to Host Radio Show from Glass Studio
Ford and Glenn known as Lulaby time boys and harmony singers of W-L-S will attend the Texas State Fair October 10-26. They will broadcast daily over WFAA Dallas News and Dallas Journal from a Sears Roebuck Foundation studio in the Sears Roebuck Building at the State Fair Grounds. The 20 by 15 foot glass studio on a raised platform will let visitors watch broadcasts while hearing them through loudspeakers.
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Ford
Glenn
W-L-S
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
Chicago
George D. Hay
Solemm
WFAA
Dallas News
The
Dallas Journal
Agricultural Foundation
Sears-Roebuck
Pecans Opening Very Early This Fall
E. E. Risien sent a pecan limb and new growth pecans to the News office on Tuesday. The pecans from the Risien orchard near town are opening unusually early this year, at least 15 days sooner than previously observed.
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E. E. Risien
Risien
Martin Improving Business House on High Street
W A Martin has a force of workmen busy this week overhauling the inside of the business house on High Street formerly occupied by the Kaiser furniture. Paper hanging, painting and decorating are the tasks. Mrs Kate Wallace will occupy the house for a restaurant, moving from Lometa. She is well acquainted with San Saba people and many will be glad she is coming back home. Miss Eula Sullivan leaves for Post to teach expression in the public school this year.
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W. A. Martin
High Street
Kaiser
Kate Wallace
Wallace
Lometa
San Saba
Eula Sullivan
Vote for band next Tuesday rally supports town progress
A town election seeks permanent band funding with a citizen commission and city council oversight. The concert and rallies urge widespread contribution to cover an estimated 1500 to 2000 dollars annually, sharing costs fairly among taxpayers.
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Help Town
Pecan Men Visit San Saba
J. T. McDonald of the R. E. Funsten Company Saint Louis and Brooks Ramey of the Ramey Brokerage Brownwood visited San Saba this week to check pecan prospects. McDonald has traveled much of Texas pecan country and expects a fairly good crop.
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J. T. McDonald
R. E. Funsten Company
Saint Louis
Brooks Ramey
Ramey
Brownwood
San Saba
McDonald
Texas
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OLD Settlers
SAN Baba
Hearst
J.S. and
Tommie Baker
Filling Station
Naval Academy
Sudden Service
Saba County Baptist Ass'n
GC. C. Berry
Mineral Wella
Alice Sloan
Martin
Friends of Progress
Court House
Brady
March of Progress
Chamber of Commerce
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