80 Years Ago July 8, 1943
Improvements in the post office building, owned by the Clark estate here, are being completed this week with a partition across the rear of the large building, new flooring, with painting and kalsamining the walls. The Wm. Cameron Company is furnishing the materials with W. H. Franklin, C. W. Fagg and H. N. Winslow in charge of the work.
Pvt. Raymond Maultsby of San Antonio spent the weekend here with his mother, Mrs. Dora Maultsby.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barefoot have heard from their boy that was in the African battle. He is still living and doing fine.–– Bend.
At a meeting of the school board here the resignation of H. M. (Dan) Turner, grammar school principal for the past several years, was accepted, states Supt. W. M. Campbell. Two other vacancies have resulted recently in the release of Bernard Massey, high school principal, and of Mrs. Dorothy Ann Baker, commercial teacher in the high school.
The San Saba County War Price and Rationing Board feels that if the public is made acquainted with the facts of the rubber situation that people will make every effort to conserve their tires, and will be patient when they are unable to obtain tires.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor have as their guests at the Taylor ranch in the western part of the county their children, Mrs. Ted Price and little son, Henry Phillip, of Denton; Pvt. W. H. (Cat) Taylor, Jr., from Mississippi; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor and son and daughter of San Saba, with Misses Olive Ruth and Fannie Pearl Taylor, and 'Hoss' Taylor at home.
70 Years Ago July 2, 1953
The Palace Theatre will operate under a new schedule during July, with only one feature per week, according to Abe Willis, manager. The Corral Drive-In, however, will run a fell schedule with four program changes weekly. At the Palace the usual Saturday midnight show is to be eliminated during July, and the same program is to be shown both Saturday and Sunday, matinee and nights.
An average yield of about 50 bushels per acre on his oats harvested recently is reported by Rice Spears, who farms about nine miles north of San Saba. Spears had about 80 acres of oats which yielded 4,300 bushels. The crop, if sold at 65 cents per bushel, would bring gross of $2,795.00.
Miss Nona Ray Frizzell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Frizzell, became the bride of Frank Main, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Main of Ft. Worth, in a single ring ceremony performed at the Assembly of God Revival Tabernacle June 20.
Pvt. J. L. W. Linn, son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Linn of San Saba, recently completed a course in chemical warfare at the Eta Jima Specialist School in Japan. Linn, who is in the process of being reassigned, entered the Army in December, 1952, and received his basic training at Camp Chaffee, Ark.
Jackson A. Roberds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Roberds, San Saba, recently was promoted to sergeant with the 1st Cavalry Division in Japan. A rifleman in Company G of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, Sergeant Roberds arrived overseas last February. He first entered the Army in 1943 and was previosly stationed at Indiantown Gap, Pa.
Cpl. James S. Adams now is serving with a ground force in Korea after having served eight months off the west coast of Korea with the Checkerboard Squadron of the First Marine Air Wing. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Spincer Adams of Pecan Grove, he has been serving in the U. S. Marines for the past 18 months.