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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
3
Mr and Mrs John Winn reported their son Major John Winn has been released from hospitalization in Hawaii and has returned to duty in DaNang after a stop in Saigon.
Jerry Rogers was honored with a surprise supper for his fifteenth birthday on Saturday night December 19 at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Bud Rogers. Guests included Mary McCall Kenneth Adams Karen Walker Steve Pryor and Rod Decker.
Sy Margie McDougald reports crappie returning to Granite Shoals piers with many anglers boasting heavy catches. Albert Miether of Odessa records 18 crappie up to 2 lbs while others from Taylor Whitney Kingsland and Waco report sizable catches including yellow and blue cats. The lake scene shines with glassy water as readers are invited to visit and enjoy Ace Reid's Cowpokes cartoons.
Physical fitness tests for 149 Llano High School boys show 22 percent excellent 32 percent good 18 percent average 10 percent below average and 6 percent poor. Tests devised by Southwest Texas State College will be repeated year end to measure improvement.
Readable ad notes buying or selling items via classified platform. Trade offers, prices, and contact details appear in fragmented form for listing purposes.
Funeral services for Joe V. Thorpe 73 were held Friday at Walthrope Funeral Home with Minister W E Burkham officiating. Burial was in Llano Cemetery. Thorpe died Thursday morning in the VA Hospital at Temple. He was born January 31 1893 in Snyder Oklahoma and lived much of his life in Llano. He was a World War I veteran. Survivors include one son Joe O Thorpe of Houston three brothers Leonard Dallas Floyd Llano and Matt San Antonio and two sisters Mrs Ozla Norton New London Conn and Mrs Sophie McBibbony Las Vegas Nevada. Pallbearers were Russell Hill J W Brewer Henry Rhodes A J Walker Dillon Wooten and Bobby Kuhn.
Mr. and Mrs. George C Becker of Covina California write a Christmas subscription letter for their mother Mrs Meady Pittman praising Llano after a May visit. They describe the country as beautiful and say it is a good place to retire and live out their days noting it felt like home after almost 50 years.
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