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WAGON YARD DAYS–Jack Edwards loans this picture of the Smithwick Hotel and Wagon Yard in about 1915. The horsemen riding south on Cherokee Street are Charley Pruitt (L) and O. K. Harkey. The J. M. Carter building on the left is now Bagley's and at the far end of the street is R. A. Brite's Variety Store where C & M House of Gifts is now located. Printed in the April 9, 1981 issue of the San Saba News & Star.
64 Years Ago April 5, 1956
Monday, May 7, 1956, will be called Ladies Day at the San Saba County Centennial Celebration. On this day the fair ladies of the county will present a style show, showing the dresses worn from 100 years back right up to and including this present day.
Mr. and Mrs. Burns Lane attended their son's wedding. Also attending the wedding were the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Charles W. Bowen and son, Lane, of Snyder.
The new public scales in San Saba were "broken in" last week when a truckload of maize, belonging to San Saba Produce and grossing 48,880 pounds, was the first to pull onto the weighing platform for an official weighing. The new scales, recently purchased by the county and located on the jail block, will accommodate a 60-foot vehicle.
The Rainbow Girls will observe the anniversary of the Rainbow Assembly by attending the First Baptist Church services. The 23 girls of the San Saba Chapter will be accompanied by the advisory board of 18 members. Miss Ginger Wigington is the Worthy Advisor of the Rainbow Girls and Mrs. A. A. Raesener is the Mother Advisor.
The most advanced automatic gas ranges ever to hit the retail market will be on display in San Saba during April and May when the annual spring showing of new lines is held by gas appliance dealers and Lone Star Gas Company. The 1956 gas range models have been termed by members of the gas industry as the "most improved" line from the standpoint of technical and automatic advances ever produced by manufactures.
Miss Thomas Lou Roberds of San Antonio spent the Easter holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Roberds of China Creek.
The Centennial Edition of the Texas Almanac brings all data on Texas up-to-date. It includes a review of progress in Texas for 100 years. This will be the finest and biggest Texas Almanac issued in its hundred years of publication. It contains 768 pages. There is no advance in price. Paper bound copies $1.25 - San Saba News.
39 Years Ago
April 2, 1981
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Gerber of Shiprock, N.M. are parents of a son born March 23 in San Juan Regional Medical Center at Farmington, N.M. The young man, Mark Dee, weighed eight pounds, seven and one-half ounces. The mother is the former Maria Anita Martinez. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Amos Gerber of Clinton, Utah and Mrs. Cuca Martinez of San Saba. Great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gonzales, Sr.
Polly Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Robinson of Richland Springs, has been inducted into Ko Jo Kai social club at Abilene Christian University. Miss Robinson is a sophomore accounting major at ACU. She graduated from Brady High School in 1979.
Alisha Lynn Roach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ellsworth Roach of San Saba, and Jon Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Henderson of Mansfield, exchanged wedding vows Saturday, March 7, in a candlelight ceremony performed by John Wilkerson at Bethel Temple Church in Fort Worth.
San Saba's varsity girls golf team made it "two in a row" as they won the Brady Golf Tournament March 23. Corrina Cisneroz was second medalist; Deanne Hardy was third medalist; Mona Bagley, fourth; Connie Cisneroz, fifth; other team member was Nora Hernandez. Team score was 403. They are defending regional champions.
How do they take caffeine out of decaffeinated coffee? They use a method developed at the turn of the century, says Cass Ryan-Crowe, a foods and nutrition specialist. Basically, a chemical solvent, methylene chloride, is applied either directly to the bean, or hot water is applied with the solvent, and then the solvent separates the caffeine from the solution, the specialist explains. Dr. Ryan-Crowe is on the home economics staff of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System.
On the radio this morning I heard Brown county has had trouble with people dumping trash on the highway and public roads. There is a fine of up to $200 for this offense. We also are having trouble with this. People hauling trash to the dump let it blow along the road. There was one such incident in front of our house one day last week and we don't appreciate it. After all the time and effort we put in to get this highway through here we should try to keep it clean. – Elm Grove Echos, Mrs. J. P. Cummings