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Newspaper
Burnet County Bulletin
Location
Burnet, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1975
Page
7
Apr 23 Dinnie Ray Shelton and Brenda Sue Carpenter issued licenses. Apr 24 Joe Lombrano Jr and Miss Luisa Paitz granted licenses.
Burnet recorded daily temperatures over the past seven days. Data shows daily highs and lows with pattern indicating usual seasonal fluctuation. Further specifics not provided in the text.
Burnet school lunch menu for May 5 to May 9 lists daily offerings. Monday features Sloppy Joes and sides. Tuesday steak with gravy and vegetables. Wednesday ham and cheese sandwiches. Thursday hamburger with fries. Friday fish with tartar sauce, coleslaw, and green beans. Milk accompanies each day.
Burnet Library notes recent memorials for A A Milne works in memory of B Kinsey, Hattie Debo, Murriel Kassaw, Estelle Ray, and J B Priestly Salt is Leaving. Donations include The Treasury of American Indian Tales The Complete Book of Flower Preservation and Supership. A Bicentennial scrapbook project with library interviews and tours will be kept on permanent file for all citizens.
The group expresses gratitude to Edgar Funeral Home Burnet Clements Funeral Home Bur net and Waldrope Funeral Home Llano for use of their funeral tents during weekends of the Bluebonnet Trail Show. Appreciation notes their work in erecting and removing tents and aiding the show’s success.
The Texas Energy Report lauds Burnet Consolidated ISD for a substantial drop in electrical usage during the third quarter of 1974. Burnet CSD ranks fourth in the state with a 48 percent reduction as more than 1,000 districts must file quarterly energy consumption reports. Burnet adopted its conservation program early in the energy crisis.
The Burnet Volunteer Fire Department Women’s Auxiliary will host a rummage sale at the Fire Hall on Friday May 9 and Saturday May 10 from 9 am to 4 pm Local baked goods and handmade items will be for sale Used items are needed and donations are welcome at the Fire Hall.
An 1896 letter recounts Gen Clingman’s stand at Cold Harbor during Grant Meade attacks in 1864. The writer, "Old Virginia," praises Clingman and notes Meade’s nine charges against a small Confederate line, with Grant admitting thirteen thousand losses and Lee praising lighter Confederate losses. He urges publication and broader Civil War reflection.
Jill Miller, Burnet High School graduate class of 1975, was feted at a Spring Luncheon hosted at the Hoover's Valley Road country home of Mrs. R. C. Dickens. Guests enjoyed tables with polka dot cloths and handmade dolls in class colors as favors.
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