Who's Persnickle Naughty Christmas Doll Legend in Library
The Pryor International Doll Library in Greenwich Connecticut houses over 8000 dolls. Curator June Anderson Douglas notes Pelsnickle a European figure serving St Nickolas punished naughty children with coal and switches. Leonard Turner from Sul Ross arrives home for holidays.
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Pryor International
Greenwich
Conn
Pelsnickle
St. Nickolas
St. Nick
Santa Claus
June Anderson Douglas
Pryor
St. Nicholas
Holland
Germany
New Book of Knowledge
Llano area moves to permanent grass under soil plan
Chas Ratliff plans converting cropland south of Llano to permanent grass by sprigging coastal bermuda or seeding weeping lovegrass. Plowing starts soon with weed control before planting in March or April.
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Chas Ratliff
Llano
Bermuda
Nelson Garrett 49 Dies in Houston Veterans Hospital
Thomas Nelson Garrett, 49, died Thursday morning at the Veterans Hospital in Houston after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were Sunday at Waldrope Funeral Home with Rev. J. C. Turner officiating. Burial followed at Oxford Cemetery. Born January 25, 1918 in Llano County, he was a World War I Army veteran and a member of Llano First Baptist Church. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. R. J. Bryant of Houston and Mrs. Betty Alexander of Llano. Pallbearers: Paul T. Bryant, Gary Moseley, Emory Crecelius, J. L. Hoy, Charles Ratliff, Terrell Garrett.
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Thomas Nelson Garrett
Veterans Hospital
Houston
Waldrope
J. C. Turner
Oxford
Llano County
Thomas J. Garrett
First Baptist Church
Llano
R. J. Bryant
Betty Alexander
Liano
Paul T. Bryant
Gary Moseley
Emory Crecelius
J. L. Hoy
Charles Ratliff
Terrell Garrett
Rockport Rites Held For Llanoans' Kin
Funeral services for A. L. Bruhl 95 oldest Llano kin of Mrs. Frank Rothmann were held in Rockport with burial there. A. L. Bruhl died in a Corpus Christi nursing home after moving to Rockport from Waco in 1891 where he started a drug store he ran until 1946. He helped found Rockport deepwater port efforts and served as mayor multiple times. As a teen he played violin in the Waco Symphony Orchestra.
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A. L. Bruhl
Frank Rothmann
A. H. Bruhl
Llano
Rockport
Bruhl
Corpus Christi
Waco
First Navigation Commission
Waco Symphony Orchestra
Funeral Held Sunday For Newell Evans 25
Funeral services for Newell Lee Evans 25 were held Sunday Dec 17 at Waldrope Funeral Home with Rev Silas Howell officiating. Burial followed at Llano City Cemetery. Evans died Thursday Dec 14 in Llano hospital after a three day illness. He was born in Galveston Nov 11 1842 and had lived in Llano for 18 years. Survivors include his parents Alfred Levensailor and wife of Llano three sisters Barbara Hope Evans and Mrs Maxine Franklin of Norfolk VA a stepbrother Norman Hibbits of Ontario Calif and grandmother Mrs Callie Hibbitts of Llano. Pallbearers were Clifford Beasley Nelson Dahl W J Rogers James Beasley Randolph Franklin and Bill Leach.
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Newell Lee Evans
Waldrope
Silas Howell
Llano City
Evans
Llano ‘Hospital
Galveston
Llano
Alfred Levensailor
Barbara
Hope Evans
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Rev
Soil and Water Conservation News
J. J. Hardin
Elmer Smith
Liena
M. J. Stewart Jr
Nelson Garrett
Llanoans’ Kin
W. Sawyer
Suanita Duncan
Llano Feed & Supply
Spencer Weger
Jack Berryvhill, J
James Kleen
Newell Evans
S Bar
Mamie Myers
Figen
Manger
Mildred
Beauty Shop
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