110 Years Ago September 16, 1915
S. J. Bross returned from an extended visit with relatives at Mullin. His friends C. P. Vaughn and Cap Crockett accompanied him and spent a few days prospecting and on a pleasure visit.
Mrs. W. B. Leverett returned from Lajaunta, Colo., after spending several weeks with her daughter and other relatives. She was accompanied by her son, Boyd, who has been living at El Centro, Calif. He has enough of the golden west and will remain in San Saba indefinitely.
Miss Fanny Kirkpatrick left for Cherokee to take up her duties as primary teacher in the Cherokee Junior College.
The fences around the parks at the Santa Fe station have been repainted and the flower beds together with the lawns are kept in tip top shape presenting a striking appearance. Visitors who come to our city daily compliment the appearance of the grounds and buildings, and the people in general are proud of the way the Santa Fe and its way of looking after business.
70 Years Ago September 15, 1955
Cherokee High opened the football season at Rochelle with a 12-0 victory over the Hornets. Cherokee scored on a 20-yard pass play and on a 10-yard runback of a bad punt. The tallies were made in the first and second quarters.
Pfc. Herman F. Johnson, native San Saban and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Johnson of the Scallorn community, Mills county, has graduated recently from the Army’s 25th Infantry Division Signal School in Hawaii.
Hugh T. Jones, airman, U. S. Navy, is scheduled to return to San Francisco, Calif. aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. Jones is the son of Mrs. Fannie Jones of San Saba.
Bananas seem to find the climate healthful at San Saba Memorial Hospital. James E. Layland, lab technician, had this stalk of fruit well along its way towards becoming a fruit salad when excavation work destroyed the tree’s roots on the east and south sides and the stalk of fruit, robbed of moisture, broke from its upright position and assumed the angle usually seen in grocery stores.