93 Years Ago
August 16, 1928
The gates of the Twentyfourth annual San Saba Fair were thrown open to the biggest attendance in the history of the Fair. The crowd was variously estimated from five to seven thousand. The Street Parade was well arranged and very attractive floats were shown.
H. C. Timberlake, manager of the Garner-Alvis Company left Saturday for St. Louis where he will attend the markets and buy stock for the local store. Mr. Timberlake expects a good fall trade and will Have the goods to accommodate the large number of customers and friends of his firm.
Monday morning Commissioner Hugh Miller dropped in just like a Santa Claus–carrying a huge basket filled to overflowing with the finest Elberta peaches of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have a nice irrigated farm a few miles north of San Saba, where they grow everything that makes for a happy farm home including these nice peaches.
Wedding Bells pealed forth last Thursday, August 9th, 1928, uniting Miss Eunice Loucks and Mr. Ira Locklear in marriage.
The management of the Bazaar had made arrangements to receive a number of hats of latest designs every week. There will always be something new when you drop in. After a very success ful season in selling hats, Miss Swails is delighted and expressed her appreciation to the public for their liberality and courtesy shown her since her connection with The Bazaar, and asks the buying public to drop in, look the hats over, and she is sure she can please you.
Mack Walters of Mexia is visiting here during the fair.
73 Years Ago
August 19, 1948
The fogging machine from Brownwood will again be put in operation here today to fog streets and alleys of San Saba with DDT, it was announced yesterday by Slim Cobern, Jaycee secretary. The fog will kill most insects and goldfish, but is harmless to human beings, animals, shrubbery, foodstuffs and fabrics. Housewives are requested to let the fog drift through their house in order to kill any insects that might be indoors.
BEND–And still dry and dusty. This is a universal item for most of Texas, but who can do anything about it. Corn gathering is the order of the day. However, some corn fields were destroyed by the yellow grasshopper which ate off the foliage. There is nothing green, but they don't seem to relish the pecan foliage. They are in and on the trees, but just for shade as far as we can detect.
J. E. Jones Electromotive Service will open in the former Gunter Battery Shop building, next to the Humble Station. Mr. and Mrs. Jones recently moved to San Saba from Hobbs, New Mexico, where they operated a similar business. They have purchased a new home on Dry Street.
A jury commission for the November and February terms of County Court was appointed last week by County Judge Burns Lane. Members of the commission are Thurman Saxon of Richland Sprs., Warren Randolph of Cherokee and Frank (Bubba) Walker of San Saba.
Phil Stribling of Sweetwater is here visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Harbuck, Mrs. Rivers Morris and Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Walker.
Miss Bonnie Myrle Johnson, 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Johnson of Richland Springs, has been awarded a $100 government scholarship by Texas State College For Women in Denton. The award is made to worthy high school graduates on the basis of character, scholastic rating and popularity in high school. Miss Johnson was class vice-president, FHA president for two years, pep squad leader and was voted most popular girl in the student body of W. H. Gibbons High School in Richland Springs during her senior year. She plans to enroll at TSCW in September to major in kindergarten-primary education.