Down Memory Lane

97 Years Ago June 26, 1924

The Civic Club of San Saba held its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. Harry Hopkins presiding. A general Clean-up Day will be called the 2nd week in July and will be given extensive publicity and prizes will be awarded to those who get the best results.

The city of Llano has granted a charter to the Central Texas Telephone Company, which has taken over the Southwestern Telephone Company, the two companies consolidating in this district, including the towns of Llano, San Saba, Mason, Fredericksburg and intermediate points. Charles Milliger will be manager of the new company with headquarters at Llano.

This is an age where everybody rides––and why not, when one can buy a good car for such little money. The Chevrolet Car is equipped with every thing that makes riding a pleasure. Give us an opportunity to demonstrate our car.––CONNER-ASHBY MOTOR CO.

The Texas National Guard company has rented the store room on the east side of the square from J. D Estep and will be quartered in that building in the future. This will give them a ground floor and will be more convenient than their upstairs quarters.

Prof. and Mrs. G. W. Webb of Richland Springs spent a day here this week. Prof. Webb is superintendent of the Richland Springs School.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Maxwell, Jr., the 22nd, was an infant daughter. This makes three for Edna and Tom, two boys and a girl.

(From the San Saba Business Women's League) – The Rest Room committee reported some half dozen applicants for matron and on a ballot, Miss Walters was unanimously elected as matron of the Public Rest Room of the San Saba Court House. The committee was instructed to at once purchase necessary furnishings for the room and Miss Walters will take charge. It is hoped that everything will be spick and span by the first of the month and all abuses of furniture and uncleanly manners and habits will be reported by the matron. The San Saba Business Women's League wants the public to use the rest room and lavatories at all times, but abuse and filth on the floor is strictly prohibited, and will be fined. Arrangements for children too small to use the stools will be made, and mothers are warned not to use the floors of the room for little children to abuse. This means you.

77 Years Ago June 22, 1944

Well, Mr. Editor, we won't waste your space this week as we presume that your mind will be taxed to the utmost capacity on the happenings that have just closed in your city and a bond drive on, which demands space to remind all the people of the importance of this as it takes money to buy ammunition and the needed supplies to keep our boys in tip-top shape.

Cpl. Dimmitt White has written to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Millican of Bend, that he has been transferred from the South Pacific to the Aleutian Islands. Cpl. White has been in Australia and New Guinea. He wrote to his grandfather that he has been receiving The Star while he was in the South and North Pacific.

Miss Anita Martinez, daughter of John Martinez and a graduate of the 1944 class of San Saba high, is now employed at Randolph Field as a typist.

Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Ball and son, Wayne, of Brownwood attended the parade and rodeo last week and saw their niece, Marjorie Collins, crowned Rodeo Queen.

Mrs. John W. Arhelger went to Kerrville Sunday to bring home some of the vacation Bible school children.

Mrs. Artie Williams left Sunday for Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, where she will spend her vacation.