Down Memory Lane

83 Years Ago

September 2, 1937

Cotton picking has been started, and a great deal of the corn has been gathered. Corn on the overflowed land is fairly good. Cotton is almost a failure, as it is burnt up.

The grades of cotton from current ginnings in Texas are considerably higher than those of last year to similar date; however, they are not as high as those reported for either of the past two weeks.

Dr. G. A. Wilson, longtime resident dentist of this city, congratulates us on our long-time service and paid his subscription in advance. He believes that the Home Paper should be worth two cents to everyone, be he doctor, teacher or preacher. When the state calls for a dental clinic for the school children or any other service, he knows that the paper will tell them where and when they can receive such services. "Think it Over."

The weather is so dry that most people refuse to talk, and there are no weddings or deaths to report––just a stork party occasionally. We do not play bridge, the last time we played the other fellow got high, jack and game, and we never learned to play poker.

Mrs. C. A. Thornblom is visiting her husband at Freer.

Miss Elsie Behrens has a position with Jones Dry Goods.

In the early fall issues of THE AMERICAN BOY there'll be presented the story of a new game––six-man football––fast as professional football, wide open as basketball, thrilling as hockey! The game came to life through the need of small schools for some substitute for 11- man football, which was too expensive. Stephen Epler, a Nebraska graduate student in athletics, developed the game of six-man football to meet his need. In six-man football anybody can score, the possibility of injury from mass plays is minimized, and the game is open enough for spectators to follow every exciting development.

66 Years Ago

September 2, 1954

Texas has an estimated 1,066,000 veterans, sixth largest of any state.

More than 1000 customers will be served by the Central Texas Telephone Cooperative when all exchanges have been completed, according to Clyde Sanders of Goldthwaite, manager. San Saba county will get exchanges at Algerita, Locker, Bend and Cherokee as soon as outside connections can be completed. Installations have been underway for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. Hassell Ford of Elm Grove announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Wilma, to Robert L. Bond, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bond of Kansas.

Mrs. Wayland Lillard of Dallas, the former Flora Mae Brown and native of San Saba, has recently given about 50 books to the San Saba County Library, reported Mrs. Hamilton Brown, county librarian. Mrs. Lillard placed several of the books on the Memorial Shelf in memory of her late grandmother, Mrs. H. B. Winslow, and a cousin, Alvis Brown, who was killed in service in World War II according to Mrs. Brown.

Is the passenger train going the way of the buffalo herds? The trains are becoming fewer every year, especially on local lines. But the blame can't properly be placed on the railroads. When a train doesn't attract enough passengers to pay its cost of operation, the railroad has no choice except to discontinue it. The Southern Pacific's retention of only one daytime train each way between Dallas and Houston is lamentable but, under the circumstances, unavoidable. Objectors in towns on the routes have little ground for complaint. They have been using their own cars and the bus lines so extensively that there aren't enough rail passengers left to support the trains.