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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
6
Llano High School weekly edition features student editors and staff listing roles. A spoof Confucius style column, jokes, and student polls reveal humor and social concerns among freshmen to seniors. Names include Mary Louise Waring Cassels Leverett W. J. Ricks Phillip Smith and Ebba Jean Johnson.
The Junior Class raffled a turkey donated by Margaret Grenwelge to raise money for the junior senior banquet. Tickets were sold by all juniors with Eugene Willis selling 60. The drawing occurred at Llano Drug Store at 5 p m and Mrs J H Carter was drawn winner. The turkey brought in about $35.
Students at LHS named Heart and Soul as their top song with Two Sleepy People close behind. Also popular were Ive Got a Pocketful of Dreams Stop Beatin Around the Mulberry Bush I Won't Tell a Soul I Love You and Lambeth Walk.
The Liano High student body shows a slow recovery after Thanksgiving. One hundred sixty sleepy students marked Blue Monday with a hangover from holiday activities, but Tuesday and Wednesday brought renewed energy and a full recovery by midweek.
A short poem notes uncertainty about the start and end of the Persian War. It humorously claims the Persians were untroubled by fighting and chose another feast while the Greeks won, including a cheeky line about sharing meals.
Scattered notes reveal rumors about relationships involving La Verne and Albert Bales, Roberta, Sue, and others. Mentions of Dorothy, Clyde Earl, Norma, Aliene, Jim, Henry, Wynona, Alberta, Lee, Jake, Charlotte, Joe Bailey, Ray mond, Louise, Joe Robert, La Trelle, Ruth, Austin, Muriel, and Billy hint at romantic intrigues and social dynamics among students.
A mix of personal notes and school gossip covers holiday plans, dating, exams, hunting, and social events. Mentioned are students like Kenneth, Sarah G, Wima Martin, Margaret Moran, and Wilma Martin, with references to a civics trial and a freshman class profile for George Epperson.
A list of Spring Hill High School students shares dreams and plans for the future. Cotrine Fry aims to perform vocally in an orchestra while Cecil Ray and W. J. Hicks seek to end girl troubles. Virginia Dees wants to learn football. Shannon Talley aspires to be an artist and Joe Bailey Johnson to remain optimistic. Maxine Ratliff targets a $150 monthly stenography job. AHene Pehl aims to be the alto in Southwestern State Teachers College quartet. Nelson Talley plans to finish high school. Joe Robert Hays seeks to be a great lover. Naomi Brown hopes to graduate and complete college. Mildred Stewart wants to type more words than anyone else. Janis Parkhill plans to marry Bobby. Vernon Bohannon imagines himself a creative genius. Maybeth Owen would like to live in Brady. Jake Bordera chews gum in English class. Norma Aherns wants to know her history lessons. Eugene Willis pledges to serve as Junior Class secretary.
A school scene shows a teacher teaching double letters using a sentence about Lucy and the sun rise. At breakfast a child questions cereal packaging claiming freshness since 1876. A General Math class explores weights and measures with playful mispronunciations and responses.
Janis arrives late for breakfast on the first Sunday at a rural Montana school. A farmer’s reproving greeting reveals a shared belief in rising early on rest day. The dialogue hints at community life and simple expectations in rural education.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips on life, work, and travel. Jokes about water scarcity, bus and railway trips, school, marriage, wages, and daily tasks unfold through brief dialogues and captions. Cultural observations and playful moralized lines punctuate the page.
A series of humorous lines on Christmas shopping traveling shows brains gone with the wind and light social jabs. The items mix wordplay with references to Margaret Mitchell and Franklin quotes and end with puns about pennies and savings.
A playful verse asks can you swim and uses color imagery to describe a house and feelings. It presents a lighthearted, rhyming inquiry without additional factual context or names.
A brisk collection of quirky ideas and health tips pokes fun at modern living. It mentions an electric chair for flies and proposes comical crossbreeding jokes, then shifts to practical advice on staying healthy and avoiding colds with prompt medical consultation.
A satirical noting of old time mottoes and quips as farmers, elders, and egotists respond to change. The piece parodies backward economics, hard work, and tech age humor with terse lines about dimes, weeding, reaping, and youth.
Public health notes that pneumonia incidence peaks in winter with a rise starting in fall and lasting through winter into early spring. Dr. Geo W Cox cites infectious types, serum treatments, early diagnosis, and the need for strong personal defenses and hygiene to reduce risk.
Secretary Wallace advocates a domestic subsidy to absorb crop surplus by aiding substantial income families. The concept mirrors Sweden's export subsidy used to address agricultural surpluses. Childs discusses Sweden's approach in This is Democracy, noting improved public welfare and broader distribution of benefits beyond a privileged few.
All lands owned or controlled by the undersigned are hereby posted against trespassing including hunting trapping and wood hauling. 50 4tp.
For sale breeding bronze turkeys in Llano Texas offered by Mrs J W Winkel at reasonable prices. Contact Tel No 3812 for details and availability.
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