Crowded Llano Christmas Shop Day Draws Big Crowds
Last Saturday in Llano was Christmas shop day with packed streets and stores as Santa Claus greeted children at the depot. A large Christ tree stood on the courthouse square while many youngsters received gifts in the yard of a local home and the day featured holiday bargains and community celebration.
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Llano
Dinary
Old Santy
Orly
Couthouse
Mornhour
Sant Claus
Methodist Special Notice Sets Village Conference Session
A called Quarterly Conference session is scheduled for January 5 1926 to elect a building committee for the local Methodist church and handle related business. The session occurs under the Presid ing Elder Rev E A Hunter and Pastor J J Mason. Several locals return home for holidays and a Christmas week visit is noted. No church services will be held next Sunday due to the absence of Rev Mason and others away for holidays.
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E. A. Hunter
J. J. Mason
Y. Mason
Methodist Church
Christmas Morning Family Altar Program
A Christmas morning program outlines a family altar with a song Holy Night scripture reading Luke 2 8 20 meditation on God s unspeakable gift and a prayer asking for Christ like humility gratitude and service amid holiday observances. local notices follow with brief family updates from Llano including visits and student travels.
Churches of Llano Observe Christmas With Tree
Churches in Llano will observe Christmas with trees for Sunday schools and additional programs. Santa Claus will visit at various churches, and children should be brought to receive their Christmas cheer portions.
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Llano
Iane
Santa ‘Clas
Christmas Festival of Joy and Savior Born
A festive gospel message proclaims Christmas as the greatest festival and the savior of all. It cites angels and biblical prophecies, urging worshipers to focus on Christ and his gift of salvation rather than material gifts. The piece urges reverence for the nativity and rejoice in the savior's birth.
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Heaven
Earth
Rev
D. Raymond Taggart
Jesus Christ
Luke
Savior
Matthew
Jesus
Christ
Joseph
Jesus the Savior
Bath-lehem
Bethlehem
Western Wallop and Holiday Film Lineup at Opera House
The Opera House presents Western melodrama Western Wallop with Jack Ho xie on December 24, followed by Goose Hangs High starring Constance Bennett and others on December 25. Dec 26 features Raisin Cain and Stand Up and Fight with Iron Man serial. Dec 28 29 shows The Code of the West and The Turmoil, plus Nero. New Year dance on Dec 31, cafe meals at midnight, Dressmaker from Paris slated for January.
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Jack Hoxie
Happy Six
Constance Bennett
Myrtle Stedman
Esther Ralston
George Irving
Edward Pier, Jr
Raisin Cain
Node
Paramount Picture
Pathe News
Universal Jewell
Nero
Janu
Paris
Local Moves and Visitations Highlight Llano Week
Mr and Mrs John Goodman moved to Valley Spring for a few months while their Llano home remains vacant. Mrs K A Wolf of Wichita Falls visits Llano to stay with her parents Mr and Mrs B Lange and assist during Mrs Lange's Temple treatment. Miss Mary Nash Battery, soon to earn a Southwestern University degree, stays home for holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs J F Buttery.
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Robi, T. Futch
Wichita Falls
John Goodman
Valley Spring
Liano
K. A. Wolf
Llano
B. Lange
Mary Nash Battery
Southwestern University
Read
J. F. Buttery
Publisher’s notice for holiday pause in publication
The paper states no issue next week to observe Christmas and prepare repairs and polishing for the new year. It extends heartfelt wishes for love peace prosperity and promises a New Year message in the upcoming issue.
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Wachinlery
Birthday party at Pontotoc marks Miss Kathryn’s fifteenth
At her Pontotoc home on December 18 Miss Kathryn Wothmann hosted seven girls for a six o clock dinner and birthday cake. Prizes included a dime ring and button won by friends. Afterward the guests received movie tickets and departed with well wishes for the birthday girl.
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Pontotoc
Kathryn Wothmann
Blake McLeod
Kathryn Rothmann
Pauline Draper
Sadie Mae
Ruth Webster
Dorothy Fidling
Doris Caley
Velma Jones
Christmas Club Party At A F I F Club
The 42 Club gathered Wednesday afternoon hosted by Mrs W Y Fowler. Gifts were placed under a Christmas tree as members played games and received the club pin for high score awarded to Mrs W W Watkins. Several members and guests attended as Walter Vander Stucken, visiting from Houston, noted the city’s busy growth and big building programs.
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W. YY. Fowler
W. W. Watkins
W J. Saunders
J. GL. Hurt
Wilburn Oatman
H. C. Roth
T. Y. Hill
Percy Brown
W J. Moore
W. B. Collins
Anna Brown
W. Torrence
J. F. Buttery
Frank Rothmann
J. D. Atkins
W. B. Haynie
Roy Banks
Dalton Visits Austin As Express Manager
B Ll Dalton now based in Austin as circulation manager of the San Antonio Express. He was in Liana the first of the week to visit friends and tend to the interests of his publication.
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B. Ll. Dalton
Austin
San Antonio Express
Liana
Heart of Texas conven tion to be held in Llano next summer
The Heart of Texas district of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce will hold its summer convention in Llano. Delegates from the district attended a Coleman meeting where West Texas development and natural resources were discussed. Llano’s W. J. Moore was chosen chair of the resolution committee. The next meeting place was debated. Llano won the bid for the summer meeting over Ballinger, with plans to announce a date after the Granitemen’s meeting in June.
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Heart of
Brady
W. J. Moore
Coleman
Llane
Ruth Rayburt
Chamber of Commeree
Liano
Ballinger
J. F. Battery
Llano
Porter A. Whaley
Mgr
Granitemen
Llano Masons Plan Banquet For January Visit
Llano Lodge A F and A M will host visiting Masons on January after work at the Temple. Banquet to follow in the Legion hall with a program being prepared. Lodges in the area are invited, with plans for entertainment of about a hundred visitors.
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Llano Lodge
A. F
A.M
Legion Hall
Married Here Sunday at Rev Murephy Residence
E C Ray once of Lone Grove and Mary Thompson of Lone Grove who taught there were married Sunday at 6 45 PM at Rev Murephy's home in Lone Grove. Both from well regarded families and their friends wish them lasting happiness.
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P. M. Murephy
E. C. Ray
Lone Grove
Wichita Falls
Misa Mary Thompson
Liano
Letter of Appreciation From P T A Here in Sanatorium Texas
Sanatorium Texas December 14 1925 Plreth Teachera Association Tiana Texas expresses gratitude as an educator confined to bed due to illness. The author praises the Parent-Teachers Association and urges merging local social groups into a strong school-centered community effort for Llano. He envisions a unified educational drive to benefit the city and notes continued support for the Little North Side School Home Fires Burn.
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Texas
Plreth-Teachera Association
Tiana
Parent
Llano
Student Herman Roth to Spend Christmas at Range
Herman Roth of the State University returns home this week and will share Christmas with his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Roth and Mrs. Roth’s mother Mrs. F. J. Ryan at Range.
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Russ Porter
Will
Mrs. O
Porter
R. H. Laning
Menard
Ilst
Robi
Lanting Pond
Herman Roth
State University
H. C. Roth
Porter Family Plans Move to Miles Texas Home
Mr and Mrs J M Porter and Edward Porter and wife left yesterday for Miles Texas to establish their future home. Llano friends wish them well and promise access to their new residence. Flayry Haltzer a student at the State University is home with her mother Mrs J M Halzer for the holiday.
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J. M. Porter
Edward Porter
Miles
Texas
Llano
Flayry Haltzer
the State University
J. M. Halzer
Miss Kathryn Brown Visits Home For Holidays
Miss Kathryn Brown, a Draughn's Business College student in San Antonio, spends holidays at home with her parents Mr and Mrs Percy Brown.
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Eleanor Norton
Lady of the Lake College
Antonio
Kathryn Brown
Draughn's Business College
San Antonio
Percy Brown
Chiropractor Notes Spinographs In San Antonio
R Elsie Thompson a rural chiropractor was in San Antonio last Saturday having spinographs taken of several patients at the x ray department of the Texas Chiropractic College. Miss Lenora Sindent in South during the holiday period. Mr J T Simpson Tate Dalrymple Board of Water Engineers arrived in Llano Sunday to visit mother Mrs B J Dairym during the holidays.
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Frank Newsom
U. and M. College of Texas
Allan Newsom
R. Elsie Thompson
San Antonio
Texas Chiropractic College
Tate Dalrymple
Board of Water
Llano
B.J. Dairym
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Hereford
Tow Valley
Oklahoma
God
Lord
Daisy Coleman
Miss Nell
el Paso
F. C. Lumm
Mr. Carr
Houston
I. ¥. Fowler
University
Mrs. W. Y. Fowler
Cristmas
Opera House
Publishers
Walter Vander Stucken
Walter
Vanier Stucken
South
Whitsett
Crystal City
Bruce Duncan
J. W. Duncan
Walter J. Ligon
Pittsburg
California
Temple
Mr. Lange
Heart OF Texas
Chas
Milton Darnell
The
Gna Darnell
Lena Lowe
Sam Watkins
Ita
8. A. Ath'ns
Vira J. Ray Moss
Bartlett
Mr. Moss
Jim Watking
Georgetown
Litford Watkins
Tulane University
Hill Watkins
8. H. Watkins
Lawrence Bruhl
Law School
University of Texas
A. H. Bruhl
E. Hargon
N. B
Little North Side
Lenora Sing Dent
J. T. Simpson
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