Down Memory Lane

100 Years Ago

August 19, 1920

The four days fair of the San Saba County Fair Association last week which commenced on the 10th and ended on the 13th, was one of the most successful of the seventeen annual events given by the association. The weather was ideal, and the daily attendance was between five and seven thousand people. The swine and poultry exhibits were a credit to the occasion and indeed would have graced a state fair.

Mrs. H. C. Holcomb left Wednesday for the Dallas markets, where she will buy a nice line of ladies ready-to-wear. Mrs. Holcomb contemplates opening a shop of exclusive ladies wear in the near future.

Miss Betsy Walters had as guests during the fair week: Misses Lucille Smith of Mason, Mary and Flora Mae Spiller of Menard, Willie Mae Wynn of Sonora and Mr. Roy Spiller of Menard.

Mrs. Eddie Williams has resumed her duties in the county clerks office after spending her vacation on a ranch near Abilene.

Mrs. Mary F. Bass returned to her home in Brownwood last Monday, after a week's visit in the home of her son, Dr. F. A. Bass and family.

Fred Townsend is making preparation to again go into the tailoring business here. He is having a shop fitted up in the building occupied by Wm. Kaiser furniture store.

A. Judkins has purchased the Roach & Welle cafe up the west side of the square and will keep this well known eating house up to the high standard heretofore enjoyed. Mr. Judkins will give the business his personal attention and invites his friends and the public to call on him when they want something good to eat, cooked in the best style.

ATTENTION FARMERS! There will be a meeting in the Court House Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock of all farmers interested in raising pure bred hogs. The purpose of this meeting is to organize a Swine Growers Association. – S. F. CLARK, County Agt.

70 Years Ago

August 17, 1950

Four students from San Saba are among the 450 candidates for degrees to be conferred at Southwest Texas State Teachers College at graduation ceremonies on August 24. W. W. Jackson, former president of Trinity College, San Antonio, will be the principal speaker at the commencement exercises. Luther B. Owens, Margaret Hopkins, Edwin Malcolm Shepard, Jr. and Eula Damron Kuykendall are candidates for master's degrees.

Mrs. W. R. Payne lost a wrist watch last week and placed a 50 cent want ad in The News asking the finder to return it. By 9:30 of the morning that the paper came out the watch was in The News office waiting for Mrs. Payne to come claim it.

Miss Clara Jean Sanderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Sanderson, who has been employed at Frank's Waffle Shop for the past year, enrolled at Nixon-Clay Business College, Austin.

Seven San Sabans have joined the volunteer inactive Naval Reserve, according to information released by Lt. Cmdr. E. W. Hogan, inspector-instructor at the Naval Reserve training center in Austin. Joining from San Saba were Emitt L. Byrd, Calvin F. Gage, Rufus M. Gage, Charles G. Hamrick, Wallace E. Hinyard, Joe C. Hopper and Frank C. Walker.

Black-eyed peas, planted for the first time in the Richland Springs area on a large commercial scale, started moving to market this week. R. A. Rankin who farms about four miles north of Richland Springs, was the first to market his crop, selling on Tuesday. He received six cents per pound on a 100 percent clean basis, with his peas grading 80 percent. Rankin planted about 25 acres which are yielding about 400 lbs. per acre. The peas are being bought by the San Saba County Peanut Growers Cooperative for L. R. Barron of Athens. Two of the principle uses for which peas are bought for canning and for resale as seed peas.