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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
7
The column recounts a suggestion for Grandmother’s Day and notes the strong, positive response. It honors grandmothers as remarkable women who often led families, including one who supported four daughters and three sons after her husband’s death, on a rocky hillside farm.
A reflective piece recalls a grandmother by a log cabin and a playful childhood. Vivid vignettes include a four year old hiding in a smokehouse with Abe Lincoln jokes, cheeky escapes from chores, and a view of fields and grain as a grandparent’s heart burns with memory. The column notes local journalism milestones and small Texas paper changes.
Thomas Wilson Holt, 21, died from a base of skull fracture after his truck with a water tank left the Llano Highway six miles north of Fredericksburg. The wreck spread damage to trees and a fence, and Holt, pinned in the cab, was declared dead at a local hospital Friday morning.
College Station officials report enrollment at A and M Texas rising yearly with about 6424 students last year. Col George W Moore says 600 more rooms are filled than prior year and freshmen have large block of rooms reserved. four new dormitories costing $000,009 to start immediately to ease crowding.
Notice states C Treadwell optometrist will hold an eye exam event in his Plano office on Saturday August 31 offering eye exams and glasses fittings to relieve headaches and eyestrain. Also rental ad for a two room furnished apartment and social notes of visitors and travel plans.
Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky reveals miles of unknown caverns found October 10 by four cave guides. The 7000 foot largest avenue dwarfs Mammoth Cave. Onyx and Fossil Avenues showcase white limestone and gypsum features attracting potential future visitors.
Mr and Mrs C C Morgan of K Bore spent the weekend in Llano at Mrs E P May home. Miss Hazel May will stay two weeks with them. Mrs R G Murray and son Dick of San Saba enjoyed a day in Llano visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs C J Baldwin Jr and their infant son Charles III visited Llano over the weekend. Mrs Baldwin is the daughter of Mr and Mrs S U Smith. FOR RENT One two or three rooms. FOR RENT Furnished apartments. See Howard Wallace at Piggly Wiggly.
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