100 Years Ago November 12, 1925
B. D. Sullivan who has been dealing in furniture, second hand and army goods here for the past six years has sold his business to Clyde Estep who will continue the business at the same stand. Mr. Sullivan owns a pecan nursery east of town and it will take all his time to look after the orchard.
Buster Pool and Will Doran were delivering hogs at San Saba the first of the week. We understand that they received ten cents per gross pound.
Everybody has sheep fever this fall. Most are getting a few sheep for their places. Well, we think it is a good move but think that before it is a success that the dog population will have to be reduced.
Two turkey dressing plants opened and are now in full swing of operation. Many people who were out of work are now employed and the farmers are busy bringing their turkeys which are bringing good prices.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston Hunter, Mrs. Bama Hunter, Charlie Reece and Milton Harris attended the Baylor-Texas University football game in the Capitol city last Saturday they made the trip in Mr. Hunter’s car.
70 Years Ago November 10, 1955
Mrs. Arch Clements was proudly displaying her miniature bottle of perfume, compliments of Duncan-Parks Chevrolet Company, on their Come-See-Look Day. Mrs. Mildred Moore Underwood, manager of Keeney Dry Goods, Bend, was a business visitor in town and incidentally took a peek at the 1956 Chevrolet. “I’m a Chevrolet fan,” she said.
It is noisy around the courthouse square at night now, but not nearly so messy. Two carbide “guns” hanging in the pecan trees discharge noisily at regular intervals and as a result thousands upon thousands of birds that once burdened the trees on the courthouse lawn have sought new roosting places.
Albert R. Brown, formerly of Brady, has been employed by San Saba Produce Co. as flock service man to poultrymen served by the company and as a field man to assist other farmers and stockmen in their feeding problems.
A bright object in the sky over San Saba about 10 a.m. attracted considerable attention, and several phone calls were received by The News calling attention to it. The object, which was drifting slowly eastward, was tentatively identified as a plastic weather balloon carrying recording instruments suspended beneath it.