80 Years Ago December 28, 1944
The Bend Sunday School sent a nice check to the orphans home at Waco and gave apples and oranges to the Sunday School. A scene long to be remembered was the son of Cecil McCoury, now overseas, walked to the rostrum with a smiling face, tried his best to deliver an address that we could all remember that Christ was born thousands of years ago. Little Miss Rhuvon Underwood, who is seven years old, also delivered an address.
A deer with 25 points was killed south of town by Allen Crain and is believed to have had the largest set of horns of any killed in this section, thinks Mr. Crain. He was accompanied by J. W. McDoniel, another successful hunter from San Saba.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Sterner have had as their guests during the holidays their son, Lt. Kenneth Sterner, who is here from the Panama Canal Zone, with his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Townsend Jr., who are here from Orange, and who visited with Mr. Townsend’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Townsend.
A nice Christmas program was presented by teachers Mrs. Irene Nettleship, Mrs. Georgia Parks, and students. Santa Claus was present to present gifts from a nice tree.
Well Mr. Editor here’s to wishing you and all your advertisers a happy and prosperous New Year and the prayers of the praying world will be answered that all our boys will soon return home and peace on earth may prevail. So farewell 1944 and good morning 1945. Yours truly.––Gimlet.
40 Years Ago December 27, 1984
Wanda Well of San Saba is the grand prize winner of the 19 inch RCA television in a drawing held at Modern Way Supermarket in San Saba. Other winners during the store’s Grand Opening celebration included Flora Vasquez of San Saba winner of a Hamilton Beach Corn Popper; La Rue Smith, San Saba, Lawn and Garden Trimmer; Mrs. W. D. Kennedy, Richland Springs, G. E. Food Processor; Ernest Wood, San Saba, Igloo Little Kooler Chest; and Jean Reeves, San Saba, Mr. Meat Smoker. Modern Way was recently purchased by Bess Management Corporation.
Shawn Sanderson a senior at San Saba High School was named Mr. Football of 1984 during the week of Homecoming activities at the school.
Alan Trotter, son of Mrs. Bob Trotter, received a Master of Agriculture degree in Land Economics and Real Estate from Texas A&M University in College Station.
The Christmas Store located in the old Wool and Mohair Warehouse in San Saba was deemed a big success by Rev. Lynn Barton one of the coordinators who worked closely with the San Saba Ministerial Alliance to make lower priced Christmas gift items available to low income families in the San Saba area.
Jim Bob Everett received a Christmas blessing in the form of a used Christmas Tree compliments of nurses at San Saba Memorial Hospital. When delivered to Everett’s Pharmacy, the tree was accompanied by a slightly used Christmas card and a box of used Christmas candy. The tree proudly occupied space outside the Pharmacy where it was on display for the entire community to enjoy and ask the question, “What is That?”