Llano Lions Contest Seeks Best Decorated Business for Christmas
The Llano Lions Club launches a holiday contest to reward the most artistically decorated business in town with a large engraved loving cup. A second prize and later details will be announced. Five judges will choose, with rules to be published next week. The cup stays one year and is kept by a business winning it three times in succession.
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Liano Lions
Liano
Lions
Wilburn Oatman, Jr
Lions’ Committee
Oatman
Lions’ Club
Lisno
San Antonio Market Sees Steady Prices Amid Strong Calf Run
Calf supplies dominate the cattle trade at the San Antonio Market with 492 cattle and 771 calves. Prices hold steady as buyers target good calves and light yearlings, with ranges from 5.26 to 5.75 for top fat calves and 3.25 to 4.00 for common cows. Hog market opens steady, top 9.00 for 175 to 275 lb hogs. feeders 7.00 to 7.50. sows 7.50 to 8.00. sheep 154 head mostly aged wethers at 4.00. no lambs or goats on hand. receipts cover 6 am Monday to 6 am Tuesday.
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San Antonio
Sheey
Ljano men return home from Texas City work detail
A party of eight Liano men who labored for six weeks in Texas City has returned home. The group includes Newel Graves Lloyd Graves Frank Wallace Dan McDonald Earl McDonald Clyde Buttery Proctor Scott and J T Walker.
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Texas City
Tke Jenesime
Bae
Man
Newel Graves
Lloyd Graves
Frank Wallace
Dan McDonald
Earl McDonald
Clyde Buttery
Proctor Scott
J. T. Walker
Honeymooners Visit Marble Falls Couple
Mr and Mrs J R Phillips of Marble Fairy paid a flying visit to Phillips mother and stepfather Mr and Mrs Geo M Watkins of Llano yesterday. The wedding occurred on Thanksgiving Day at San Antonio. Mrs Philips is the former Miss Gladys Winn, daughter of a ranch man near Marble Falls.
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J. R. Phillips
Marble Fairy
Phillips
Geo. M. Watkins
Llano
San Antonio
Philips
Gladys Winn
Marble Falls
Llano Receives Fair Share in Buchanan Dam Labor
Statistics released by NRS assistant administrator R F McDonald show Llano workers make up 67 of 124 at Buchanan dam with Burnet and Lampasas counties contributing 65 and 2 from Travis. Burnet county reports 900 registrations and Lampasas 300 while Llano registrations total 670. McDonald did not predict the timing of the first major labor call.
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Buchanan Dam
R. F. McDonald
NRS
McDonald
Liano
Burnet
Lampasas
Travis County
Burnet County
Llano County
Tax Survey Group Reports to Sheriff in Llano County
WPA tax survey in Llano County is nearly ready to begin. Sheriff Elmon Stewart was told workers would report to him and a director would be appointed, with work pending further instructions. Names listed include Barney Mecom Kingsland N A Talley Valley Spring Mrs Vada Hill Miss Ruth Nolan and H L Winnett Llano.
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Llano County
Elmon Stewart
Barney Mecom
Kingsland
N. A. Talley
Valley Spring
Vada Hill
Ruth Nolan
H. L. Winnett
Llano
George Martin Hurt In Car Wreck
George Martin formerly of Llano and now of Brady sustained serious injuries when his car overturned on Highway 29 east of Llano. He spent nearly three hours on the operating table and received twenty one stitches for a badly lacerated scalp and a severely damaged left ear. The accident occurred after a left rear tire blew on a corner while he drove at moderate speed. He is recuperating at his mother’s home in Llano.
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George Martin
Llano
Brady
Highway 29
Martin
Nelson Davis and Son Wholesale
Texas
David Martin
Liano
Funeral for L Burkhart of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City man L Burkhart died suddenly of a heart ailment last Saturday morning. Mr and Mrs Tyson with their daughter Mrs Durward House and son Graham traveled from Llano to Oklahoma City to attend his funeral service Monday afternoon.
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L., W. Burkhart
Oklahoma City
M. W. Tyson
Where Is the Bottom of Sand in Sandy Bridge
Engineers from the State highway department seek the sand foundation depth for the Sandy bridge. Fifty-foot test holes found no rock, so the 480 foot span will rest on concrete piling driven deep into sand. The $40,000 highway project avoids federal participation delays on the Llano river bridge.
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State Highway Department
Austin
H. E. M. Stevenson
Highway Department
Llano River
Marvin Harris Dies in Beaumont at 27
Marvin Harris died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Beaumont after a throat infection followed by a brief illness. Born November 21, 1908 in Beaumont, he moved to Llano as a child, graduated Llano High in 1926, studied at Texas A and M, and worked at College Station post office to fund his schooling. He later worked for Magnolia in Austin and General Foods Sales in Bryan. Survived by mother Mrs. Etta B. Harris, brothers I. B. of Beaumont Bruce of Chicago Francis of Llano, and sister Mrs. W. L. Crownover of Llano. Burial in Llano Cemetery after funeral at Llano Methodist Church.
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Liano
Marvin Harris
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Beaumont
Marvin
Llano
Isaiah Harris
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
College Station
Ross Volunteers
United States Reserves
Magnolia Company
Austin
General Foods Sales, Incorporated
Bryan
Methodist Church
Pessev
Etta B. Harris
I. B
Bruce
Chicago
Francis
W. L. Crownover
Woman hunter bags largest buck of season on Moss ranch
Mrs. Allen Johnson shot an eight point buck about 100 yards away in a Moss pasture last Saturday. The dressed deer weighed 134 pounds, with about 50 deer already killed on the ranch and the heaviest at 125 pounds.
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Llane
Liano to Honor Veteran Archdeacon on Final Visit
The Episcopal church hosts an open house at the Southern Hotel on Saturday night December 7 starting at 8 to honor Archdeacon B. S. McKenzie on his last visit before retirement in California. He retires after 30 years in office and has chaired the diocesan financial department for 20 years.
Work Progresses on Survey of No 29 Highway Relocation
Relocation of Highway 29 is underway due to Buchanan Lake flooding the old route. Engineer H E M Stevens on the survey. Llano river bridge work paused awaiting U S Bureau of Roads plan approvals to bid by December 20.
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Highway 29
H. E. M. Stevenson
Buchanan Lake
Llano River
Highway Department
U. S. Bureau of Roads
State Highway Department
Five Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk
County Clerk J A Mayes issued five marriage licenses in the past month listing Curtis Treadwell with Irma Lee Boyd John Barroei with Eleanor Aguilar Perry Barrett with Mildred Capps August Oestriech with Mary Flint Earl McDonald with Bertie Nolen Dias Belys Mourne of Llano attended the Texas A M game last week. Mr and Mrs Milton Shirley and their son Junior visited Brownwood relatives over Thanksgiving.
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J. A. Mayes
Curtis Treadwell
Irma Lee Boyd
John Barroei
Eleanor Aguilar
Perry Barrett
Mildred Capps
August Oestriech
Mary Flint
Earl McDonald
Bertie Nolen
Dias »Belys
Llano
Texas A. & M
Milton Shirley
Little Son
Brownwood
Morrison Kin Spends Thanksgiving in Llano
H B Morrison Jr of Carthage and Bruce Morrison of Austin joined their father BE Morrison and family in Llano for Thanksgiving holidays with relatives and siblings.
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H. B. Morrison, Jr
Carthage
Bruce Morrison
Austin
Llano
BE. B. Morrison
Former Llano Friends Named Dr
Former Llano residents Howard Lange Earl Newsom and Wilburn Oatman are identified in a brief note alongside the title of a medical doctor in a local context. The fragment suggests a historical association among these individuals with a doctor.
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Llano
Howard Lange
Earl Newsom
Wilburn Oatman
Pioneer Engineer H P Bunger Named For Arnold Dam Project
The Arnold dam, named after Ward Arnold, will be the second in a four dam sequence between Buchanan and Austin. Built by the Reclamation Service with the Lower Colorado River Authority, the contract targets the fifteenth of the month. Clarence McDonough, general manager of the Colorado River authority, traveled to Denver to discuss plans and the Denver office drawing plans for all power houses.
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H. P. Bunger
Reclamation Service
Colorado River Development
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Arnold Dam
Buchanan Dam
Austin
Ward Arnold
Jay Alexander
Colorado
Clarence McDonough
Denver
Coro
McDonough
Austin Judge Opens Llano Court With Few Civil Affairs
District Judge Charles A. Wheeler of Austin presided in Llano last Wednesday for Judge Lamar Thaxton. One criminal case was tried, with the State of Texas v Zuma Avery ending in a not guilty verdict on a theft of a turkey. Civil docket included custody suit Mary Cena Swift v Damon Francis Chandain denied. Casner v Beyer damages default judgment. Badu v Dezen dorff damages, with motion for new trial set for December 14.
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Charles A. Wheeler
Austin
Llano
Lamar Thaxton
State of Texas
Zuma Avery
Mary Cena Swift
Damon Francis Chandain
T. J. Casner
H. W. Beyer
N.d. Badu
E. M. Dezendorff
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S.A. Livestock
Congress
SnAtiw
Geo. Martin
T. Q. Borte
C. E. Bludworth
Miles Buttery
Warris
Buckner and Snapp
Buchanan
Sid
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