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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1939
Page
6
Marjorie West of Liano uses her grandmother and great grandmother’s methods to weave a five piece luncheon set. The article notes her skill and links to family hand weaving traditions.
Miss Mattie Walker head of Tarleton home economics notes hands on weaving best teaches yarn and cloth types. The department houses several old hand looms and she says modern students now weave as well as grandmothers did. Few plan to gift woven items this Christmas, hoping to keep them for grandchildren.
Early 1921 marks the Austin Mutual Insurance growth from a single desk to full east wing occupancy on the third floor of the Littlefield building. The firm highlights loyal long serving staff and agents, announces 20 years of operation approaching, and invites policyholders and friends to visit the home offices in December during 8 am to 5 pm hours.
Austin citizens of Llano County and Central Texas are invited to the Cap City Christmas carol service at the University of Texas campus on Sunday at 4 p m December 17. The Austin Chamber of Commerce has sponsored the community ward singing for the past 15 years.
A Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association campaign begins in December with institutional advertising to showcase Texas as a leading oil producer. Executive vice president George C. Gibbons notes Texas supplies 25 percent of world oil and 40 percent of U S oil, with extensive local processing boosting employment and state revenue.
At John Tarleton College Stephenville co ed club members organize a Future Homemakers unit as a parallel to the Future Farmers of America. Marjorie West of Llano is a member for 1939 1940. Grace Cody Erath County home demonstration agent spoke on the vocation. Mattie Walker Tarleton Home Economics head serves as adviser.
The article notes that the quail and dove habitat in Texas centers on the seed of the dove weed or goat weed, with about 15 varieties reported across the state.
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