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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
4
C A SH for outboard motor at 16 to 22 bp write C E Berkman Austin it Marton Fowler of Austin was in Llano this week attending to legal business.
Post office advised proper wrapping and addressing to avoid lobby crowding. Packages up to seventy pounds and 100 inches length plus girth accepted. Christmas cards use one and one half cents per ounce for unsealed local mail. three cents per ounce for cards to distant points. first class recommended. Parcels must be mailed by Friday morning for Saturday delivery. after that, dispatching shifts to noon Saturday, with Sunday and Christmas closures. Special delivery only for Christmas day.
Shelley Riley and family visited home in Lone Grove from Austin with many relatives and friends. Local residents including Dale Templeton, Emmitt Lawson, and Albert Bales spent time visiting and returning from weekend trips in nearby towns. Emmitt Lawson bagged a 121 pound eight point deer on Sunday.
Checks totaling 8,552.61 dollars for payments under the 1939 farm program have been received at the county agent's office for 141 applicants. Officials said this year’s checks arrived about six months earlier than in previous years.
A Llano resident expresses gratitude to the Llano Volunteer Fire Department for rapid and effective work that saved their home on Wednesday morning. Neighbors are thanked for prompt assistance.
Farmers and ranchers who aided in 1939 conservation programs meet at 2 p.m. December 18 to elect committeemen for the 1940 program. Eligible if qualified for current year payments and if residing in the county, with no current election to federal state or major county office. Also notes visits by Major Lindley M. Brown and Charles Brown of Arlington and Fort Worth residents, and updates on M. D. Buster and Dr. J. Duff Brown Jr. lineage.
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