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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1958
Page
8
A contract was awarded for a steel span sixty feet by sixteen feet to sit on the old concrete pier and connect with the existing west bridge span over the Colorado River at Kingsland. Mr. and Mrs. E B Smith were...
Clem Ricketson 85 former Kingsland businessman died July 25 at his Marble Falls home funeral held July 26 at Clements Funeral Home Burnet Rev Theron Stephens. Burial in Toby Cemetery. The text also notes a Llano dairy sale to Winifred and Eli Parkhill. A memorial planned for Packsaddle Mountain veterans. Cecil Peterson 24 died from highway injuries last week. Various social announcements and visits noted including a shower at Tow Tabernacle and a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Eugene Fischer.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for James Henry Long born January 26 1883 in the Packsaddle Community a lifelong rancher and former mail carrier to Click Community. Rev Robert F Bristol officiated at Battery Funeral Home and burial was in Llano Cemetery. Survivors include his wife two sons Durwood of Llano and Leslie of Marble Falls a daughter Pauline Powledge of Mineral Wells five sisters a granddaughter and two grandsons Pallbearers were W J Williams Clayton Ligon Ray Smith C D Millorn Sherman Long and W W H Ligon.
Funeral services for Charles Marvin Myers aged 69 were held July 30 at Clements Funeral Home Burnett with Richard Robbins of the Abilene Church of Christ officiating. Burial followed in Cherokee Cemetery with survivors including his wife five sons two brothers two sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Llano County Soil Conservation District reports successful rangeland seeding with blue panic and native grasses. Several cooperators, including Sherman Long and A. Raesener, defer pastures through 1957–58 to encourage vigorous seed production and weed control, with mid May to early June timing favoring better grasses.
Final services for Charles H. Behse 92 retired tobacco manufacturer were held in Harlingen Saturday. He died Friday morning in Llano after living in Harlingen and Buchanan Dam. Born February 13 1866 in Connecticut Ohio he belonged to the Lutheran Church. Burial was in Monta Meta Burial Park. Surviving are two sons C. H. Jr. of Denver and O. C. of Buchanan Dam a daughter Hilda Hartwick of Mishawaka Indiana and two grandchildren Dale and Jean Behse.
The article notes rising enrollment in the 4-H Leadership program with a record 140,230 participants expected for 48 states. State honors competitors win a pen and pencil set, eight sectional winners become delegates to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago with expenses paid, plus a $400 college scholarship. National winners receive a silver tray and an invitation to Washington, D C, during 1959 4 H Club Week. Awards are by Edward Foss Wilson through the National Committee and the Cooperative Extension Service.
Elton Ratliff is listed with his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Ratliff in Burnet in a local family notice.
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