102 Years Ago
November 21, 1918
To Our Subscribers: We are looking every day for the load of stove wood and the bushel of potatoes and the bushel of apples and the Thanksgiving turkey add a few fryers in fact most anything a poor editor's family can use. We have tried to be easy on you during the drouth, but now it has rained and we are sure you all feel better. We are always ready to rejoice with you in times of prosperity and mingle our tears with yours in time of trouble. So we pray do not neglect us.
ALGERITA–Miss Marie McDaniel who graduated in the National Business College at Fort Worth, has accepted a position at Lordsburg, N.M. Leslie Davenport has a crew of hands doing some good work on the San Saba and Brady road near our little town. Dennis Sullivan and his men are doing some splendid work on the Cotton Belt road. Some of our people have been killing hogs. Spanish influenza has about run its course. The oats, wheat and rye fields are ready for grazing. Both, teachers and students of our school are doing good work.
SHILOH–We have received bountiful rains, the Spanish Influenza epidemic has passed and last but not least world wide peace has been established. Our American people realized on Nov. 11 the greatest day of thanksgiving and rejoicing in the history of our nation since July 4th, 1776. The cause for which we have fought, bled and died for the last 18 months is no dearer to American people than that of our forefathers when they bled and died for liberty nor are our hearts larger or more thankful than theirs. Long live the Stars and Stripes whose one real emblem is liberty.
The time for mailing out Christmas Parcels for the Boys Over Seas has been extended to November 30th. Arrangements have also been made that parties who do not receive their label by November 22nd, can make affidavit and file same with J. G. Holder and he will issue them labels.
ALL WHEAT BREAD Come to The Model Bakery and get a loaf of all WHEAT BREAD, the kind you will enjoy, also have a nice line of Fruit Cakes, Pies and Kings Candies. MODEL BAKERY
62 Years Ago
November 20, 1958
Last Friday's pep rally was a pretty sad occasion for most of the seniors, since it was their last one. During the rally, Mr. Lewis made a short speech and Martin Long read a poem that was a real tear-jerker; it was a sort of "senior farewell" to the school and some of us really had a hard time trying to fight back the tears.
San Saba's Golden Armadillos ended the football season last Friday night at Gatesville by edging by the Hornets 15-14, to share second place in District 17- AA with the Lampasas Badgers.
A basketball game which is expected to be a "Basket Brawl" will be played tonight, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium, announced Miss Margie Aylor, president of Student Council, the sponsoring organization. The game will be played between the girl cagers and the boys basketball players. The boys will have one hand tied behind them.
Mr. and Mrs. Med Gage spent Veterans Day in Eden visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernis Hendricks.
Mayor Harry Shapiro has proclaimed this week as Pecan Week in San Saba county, and he has set up a pecan display in his store window, featuring pecans as the "Lost Gold Mine" of San Saba county. The pecans, furnished by local buyers for the exhibit, are a variety, Onliwon, propagated by a San Saba pecan grower, E. Guy Risien, and with the display are three Grand Champion plaques won by Risien at the State Pecan Show in the years of 1955, 1956 and 1957.
A total of 230 deer had been placed on cold storage at the Hall Locker Plant in San Saba the first two days of the season with 33 more registered by 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18. Gene Conner brought in the first deer to place on storage early Sunday morning. It was a four point buck killed on the McConnell ranch. Ida Jean Bryden of Ft. Worth was the first woman to bring in a deer to the locker plant. It was a six-point buck killed on the E. Kuykendall ranch. The largest deer, a 14- point buck weighing 110 pounds, was brought in by John W. Barfield of Fort Worth from the Millican ranch. Hunters coming the farthest distance to hunt in San Saba county were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Head of Pensacola, Fla. Mrs. Head killed a 7-point buck and her husband brought in one with nine points. They hunted on the Tom Yates ranch. They came by plane and had their deer processed so that they could get it home by plane. Beginners luck favored T. A. Davenport Sunday. He had never got a shot at a deer in his life before Sunday when early that morning he brought down a buck with eight points. That afternoon he returned to his hunting ground on the Pat Murray ranch and killed his second one, a 4-pointer. He said Tuesday that it was a very exciting day for him.