Llano Christmas Light Contest Draws Crowds and Prizes
Llano, Texas hosts a Christmas residence lighting contest sponsored by the city, Lions Club, and Chamber of Commerce. Judges from out of town will award 15, 10, and 5 dollar prizes for top homes. lighted displays encouraged to stay up through the season. A post office alert urges correct addressing and six cent stamps, with extra mail trucks running December 9 through 23 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. through the holidays.
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A. P. Ray
Liano
Austin
Liang
A.m
Ray
Llano
City of
Llano Lions Club
Herbert Pope
Pope
Scouters to Hear Kerrville Educator at Banquet
Dr. Andrew Edington president of Schreiner Institute Kerrville will speak at the Hill Country District Boy Scout Banquet to be held at the Sunday House in Fredericksburg on Saturday night December 7. The event gathers scouters and spouses from Llano Mason Burnet and Gillespie Counties.
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Andrew Edington
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Llanu
Mason, Burnet
Gillespie
Hill Country
Lions Plan Ladies Night For Monday
The Llano Lions Club hosts a social ladies night at Kingsland Country Club on Monday December 9 at 730 pm. Kerrville entertainer Forden Barefoot Sauer will perform, gifts for a Christmas basket drive are requested, and door drawings will reveal gift exchanges.
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Llano Lions Club
Kingsland Country Club
Forden
Sauer
Kerrville
Bill Needham
Lion
Needham
Lone Star Gas Co
Texas
Lions Club
Club Liano
J. A. Jones
JH 4-H Club to Aid Lions Needy Project
JH 4 H Club votes to fund food and toys for Lions Club Christmas project. Committees are named to plan gifts and outreach including a visit by Santa Claus.
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Lions Needy
JH +H
Aes
Dug
Abie Gong Rogram
Nicholas
Duns Capen
Wetty Hodges
Copra Capps
Na Kelly My. F.cammedl
Ware Ered
Epperson
Calendar of Events Dec 5 9 10
A compressed list of community events from December 5 to December 12. Includes Junior Culture Club Bazaar wrap up at Lutie Watkins United Methodist Church Harper Girls and Bur net tournaments, FFA Area Contest in San Marcos, Pearl Harbor anniversary observance in Llano, WSCS tea with book review, Alpha Delta Zeta Christmas program, Jacket cagers in Fredericksburg, Lions Club, and other local gatherings with dates and venues.
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Lutie Watkins United Methodist Church
Harper
Marble Falls
Burnet
SWTSC
San Marcos
Pearl Harbor
Methodist Church
Llano
Sunrise Beach
WSCS
WSG
Methodist
Alpha Delta Zeta Chapter
Harold Underwood
Culture Club
Fredericksburg
Llano Lions Club
Club Llano
Banquet Honors 4-H Gold Star Recipients
A district Gold Star banquet was held on December 3 in San Angelo at Town and Country Club to honor outstanding 4 H members from District 7. Sponsored by West Texas Utilities of Abilene and San Angelo, Barb ara Lang and Gary Bauman represented Liano and received Gold Star pins with framed certificates after a short resume of their 4 H activities. Attending were Douglas Bauman, Clifford Lang, Dan Sagebiel, Ealine Houston and Joan Kuykendall.
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San Angelo
Town & Country Club
Couries
West Texas Utilities of
Ealine Houston
Joan Kuykendall
Holiday Week Weather Mixes Snow Sleet and Rain
A varied cold week marked Thanksgiving with snow sleet rain and gusty winds. Moisture totaled 1.60 inches with November rainfall at 3.82 inches and December starting dry. Temperatures ranged from 71 degrees Monday to 24 degrees Wednesday morning.
Llano 4-H Judging Team Places Fifth National Contest
The Llano County 4-H livestock judging team finished fifth in the National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago with 1582 points. Richard Rabb was sixth high individual with 539 points, and the team excelled in cattle judging finishing second with 693 points. Coach John Kuykendall accepted ribbons and gifts as team members prepared for future competitions.
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Llano County
Chicago
Llano
Ohio
Illinois
Penn
Oklahoma
Tom
John Kuykendall
Richard Rabb
Gerald Paul Mc
Bride
Reggie Osbourn
Kuykendall
T. J. Moore
Production Credit Association
Thanksgiving Guests Gather at Fowler Home
Thanksgiving visitors included Johnny Fowler and his wife of Seguin and Jimmy from Baylor along with Carol French of Marlborough Connecticut studying at Baylor University. Lottie Roberts joined in Austin with daughter and family Robert L. Smith and wife.
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Hudson Fowler
Johnny Fowler
Seguin
Jimmy
Baylor
Carol French
Marlborough, Conn
Baylor University
Lottie Roberts
Austin
Robert L. Smith
Christmas Basket Drive Expands Across Llano County
Holiday donations flow into Neighborhood Center and Llano stores for the Christmas basket program. Lions Club, O. Henry school, Llano 4-H, Junior Woman's Club join county wide drive. Community groups urge residents to drop toys and staple foods at barrels or centers. Multiple traffic crashes tackled by emergency crews near Llano and Kingsland during Thanksgiving week.
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Lions Club Committee
Llano
Bill Needham
Lion
M. A. Montgomery
O. Henry
Orion N. Lewis
Buchanan Dam Lions Club
Junior Woman's Culture Club
Llano County
John Kuykendall
Llano County 4-H Council Elects 1969 Officers
The Llano County 4-H Council elected officers for 1969. Clinton Lang and Ann Rode were named boy and girl co chairmen, with Jannelle Sagebiel and Tommy Amsler as vice co chairmen, Miranda Sue Rusche secretary, Hernadette Haseley treasurer, Vivian Lang reporter, and Barbara Lang parliamentarian. Outgoing co chairmen are Dan McBride and Barbara Lang. The group sent a telegram to Chicago congratulating the livestock team and reported on the District 4-H meeting at Ballinger in November.
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Llano County Home Demonstration Council
Leff
Alton Griffin
THDA
W. R. Miller
James Rusche
Walter Janner
Hazel Lewis
Gordon Croom
Cecil Osbourn
Roy Goff
Prairie Mountain Club
Ena Haney
J. Morris Henderson
Ranch Homes Club
Lanham Wallis
Weldon Osbourn
Bess Hemphill
Dudley Barton
Fred Shaffer
Valley Spring Club
Harold Preston
James Cowey
Buchanan Club
Fred Horlen
EEE
Llano County
4-H
Clinton Lang
Ann Rode
Jannelle Sagebiel
Tommy Amsler
Miranda Sue Rusche
Secretaeay Hernadette
Laseley
Vivian Lang
Barbara Lang
Dan McBride
Chicago
Ballinger
Llano High School FFA greendhand degree recipients
Forty six Llano High School boys earned the Greenhand FFA degree, the first active degree in FFA. They hold 28 chicken projects totaling 600 birds, 10 swine projects totaling 95 hogs, six lamb projects totaling 12 head, four cattle projects totaling 14 head, and one goat project totaling 10 head.
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Llano
PFA
FPA
Morleys Visited Lubbock and Cohen Family for Thanksgiving
Mr and Mrs John Morley of Lubbock spent Thanksgiving with Mrs Morleys parents Mr and Mrs Robert Cohen and Will Ms and Mrs Joe Sherrod and children visited relatives in Brownwood for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morley
Lubbock
Robert Cohen
Will
Joe Sherrod
Brownwood
LHS Class Favorites Elected for 1868-69
Judy Feuge Sam Lockhart and Judy Sagebiel Britt Hatfield Jenorts Hae Aha Oaee Wir Rey Gena Ramerson Carlos Ward elected as favorites at LHS class election held Tuesday. They will be honored with Long School royalty at February Gala.
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Tdano High School
Judy Feuge
Sammy Lockhart
Judy Sagebiel
Britt Hatfield
Jenorts Hae Aha Oaee Wirrey
Gena Ramerson
Carlos Ward
Cred
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Albert Jones
Lee Roy Strahorn
Charlie Justis
Bonner Lackey
Bobby Kuhn
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Lloyce McAnally
Bluffton
Kenneth Rudolph Land
David
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Lions
Cub Cartas
Kepe Davia
Alee
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Aander Wun
Burest
Rauily Boalt Ors Ronge
Lone Grove Rai
Pansy Ward
Ratliff
Nevada
Central Teas Electric Coop
Highway Department
Afernoon
Plymouth
Walter Post
Jimmy Mack Everett
Euelatoore Drive
Kingsland
Dean Rolan Maxwell
River Ranch
Heston McBride, Jr
Withoan
San Saba
Oldsmobile
Dow Dionas Hudson
Goldthwaite
Highway 16
Kenneth D. Kelly
Iven M. Bude
Darrel Foes
Arry Campbell
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