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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
2
Llano postal officials urge patrons to have parcels ready and explain postage differences for Christmas cards. Three cent letters may be sealed and forwarded, while one and a half cent circular mail cannot contain writing or be forwarded, causing delays in busy periods.
Fifth and sixth graders met on Friday December 6 for a Citizenship Club program. The good manners committee presented songs by Joe Bailey Simpson Lewis Robinson Hale Bush and J P Box, a story by Minville Simpson jokes by Amelia Barton a riddle by Wanda Jean Miller and songs by Dolores Draper Evelyn Bode and Vida Mae Davis. Evelyn Bode was elected good citizen of the week. Wanda Jean Miller organized a committee for the first aid kit. The safety first committee will present the next program Reporter Make Dennis Everybody come and see what food we have for a Christmas dinner. Sold in front of Buttery Hardware Company Saturday December 14 by the Bailey Spring Parent-Teacher Association.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Joe Tompkins of Brownwood at the Christian Church with burial in Salem cemetery. A long list of social visits and gatherings includes a shower for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bamuan, turkey purchases, and relatives visiting from California. Paul Wyckoff survived a horse incident with a stiff neck. many locals attended the Lela Warden funeral.
The family expresses sincere thanks for kindnesses shown during the illness and death of their mother Mrs W A Buster and wishes they could thank friends personally for their thoughtful acts.
Phillip Nixon and family along with Reuben Nixon and H D Nix families spent Sunday at the Red ford home. Bill Scott of Liano joined Mrs Lela Nichols for a Sunday visit. L N Bauman and Charles Bauman visited W J Bauman's home, while J C Sessom and his wife stayed with her parents Sam and Mrs Barton at Field Creek.
Mr and Mrs W A Raesener of Castell announce the engagement of their daughter Doris to Raymond F Winkel of Hillsboro. Doris is from Llano county’s respected families and a Brackenridge High School graduate. Winkel, son of Mr and Mrs J W Winkel of Llano, works in Hillsboro with the FSA after graduating from A and M College last year. The couple plan to wed in June.
A note from Mrs. H. J. Warden and family thanks friends for kindness and floral offerings after the death of their daughter and sister. A separate notice seeks twelve Hereford cows by December 23 from Earl P. Smith. A birth report: Mr. and Mrs. Jefsie Medlock Jr welcomed a baby boy on November 26 weighing eight pounds, one and a quarter ounces. mother and baby are fine.
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