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Newspaper
Burnet County Bulletin
Location
Burnet, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1976
Page
3
The record lists multiple criminal docket items with names and dates including Kenneth Peterson and others for theft by check and DWI on December 3 to December 9, 1976. It also lists marriage licenses and vehicle transfers from December 2 to December 9, 1976, plus divorces and a reciprocal child support case.
The Marble Theatre formerly the UpTown Theatre resumes operations on December 18 with The Hindinburg as the opening film. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12. New owners Ed and Dottie Yturri pledge a full interior repaint and paneling.
Marble Falls seniors seek a volunteer carpenter to finish rejuvenation of the old Marble Falls jail on Second Street. They will use 235 dollars left from the senior gift for inside refinishing to host a district wide literary and art contest with K-12 students, winners displayed in the jail.
Burnet ICA founder to speak at 7:30 p.m. District Courtroom on the governor’s school finance proposal. ICA opposes land use planning and potential tax hikes. Also on agenda: farm and ranch taxes, brucellosis rules, and public film theater plans with cartoons before features.
Marble Falls High School entrants dominated the Dallas State Fair lamb divisions October 20. Clay McCorquodale and Frita Rhoades captured Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Lamb titles, with McCorquodale also winning a first in the Suffolk class. Other MFHS students, including Fritz Rhoades, Dennis Green, Mary Kay McCorqudale, Glenda Rhoades, Lauris Baker, and Greg Confer, earned top placements across Suffolk, Dorset, Shropshire, and Southdown classes among 106 lamb entries. Mary Kay McCorqudale led the Suffolk with a first, Fritz Rhoades was second in Suffolk, and Dennis Green earned multiple top finishes.
The Highland Lakes Retired Teachers met in Llano on December 7 and elected Don Palmer of Burnet to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Jewell Cassedy who has returned to teaching. The meeting featured two Christmas stories, a carol medley, and refreshments. The next gathering is planned for Marble Falls on January 11.
Kingsland December meeting in Barrow Hall featured speaker Mrs. Leonora Terrell presenting on Christmas Symbols and decorations. A slide show showcased Madonna arrangements by members Harl Garner Sayers Weathers West, with anti litter campaign urged by Zera Schiller and presiding host J F Ross.
Rev Travis McNair led a dedication for the Ray Lawler Library at Kingsland Community Church after morning worship. Church members and Lawler family friends donate books to the former overflow room beside the sanctuary. A bronze plaque will honor the late Rev Lawler.
Burnet Texas judge W Hammond finished a three week training at the National College of the State Judiciary on the University of Nevada Reno campus. Sixty seven participants from 28 states and Israel attended with lectures workshops and discussion groups focusing on court administration sentencing evidence civil and criminal law and judicial powers. The event featured the Robert Houghwout Jackson Memorial Lecture with Associate Justice Janie Shores speaking on the Alabama experience.
American Legion Post 437 Ladies Auxiliary will hold a Christmas party at their meeting today. Members should bring a joke gift under $1 for a gift exchange with Santa Claus as a special guest. Hostesses are Rose Tyler and Kinov. Twenty two eight auxiliary meet at president Sarah Belle Craig's home for a work session making cotton corsage flowers for Wagon Wheel Nursing Home birthday gifts.
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