New Year Prospects In Llano County 1941 Hopeful Outlook
The Llano County community surveys 1941 with optimism for cattle markets good range conditions and rising merchant prosperity. Highway projects create payrolls and spending locally while farmers anticipate better profits as markets and herds improve. Citizens urged to unite, avoid fear, and push for growth throughout the year.
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Llano County
Llano
Mason County
Mason
Liano
Algo Ting
Llano Man Found Dead Near Grocery Store
Hardy Funderburg, 68, was found dead under a culvert in front of the A. E. Crenwelge grocery store in Llano Monday morning. Officers said he died at least two days earlier from a skull fracture. Cotton Gage discovered the body and local police, with Tanger aid, pursued a quick solution.
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Hardy Funderburg
A. E. Crenwelge
Cotton Gage
P O Receipts Breaks Record Here
Postmaster W B Collins reports 1940 postal receipts beat 1939 totals by 549.91 dollars. Four quarters of 1949 show 2889.38, 3002.52, 2526.59 and 3952.04 versus 2824.15, 2724.65, 2759.35, 3383.47 for 1939.
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W. B. Collins
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Red Cross Drive Completed in Llano County
W. W. Watkins, chairman for the Red Cross in Llano County, reports a 326 member drive. Memberships cost $1 with half staying local and half for national work. He thanks town and rural helpers and notes garment production is advancing except knitting, which needs more volunteers coordinated by Mrs. W. T. Atchison. Local cleaners will block knitted sweaters to ease the process.
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W. W. Watkins
Redrasa
Llano County
Liano
Mr. Watkins
Red Cross
Linno
Watkins
Nhca
W. T. Atchison
Watking
Livestock Receipts Steady at Market News Service
Livestock market news reports salable receipts at 500 with active trading and steady prices. Top hogs paid $6.50 for good to choice 175 276 lb butchers, with best 140 175 lb at $5.50 6.50. sows $5.25 5.60. feeder pigs scarce near $6.00. Cattle receipts light, calves 600, steer activity and prices steady to strong. yearlings $8.00 8.50, 801 lb steers $8.50, 643 lb heifers $8.00. Canners $3.50 4.50, some $5.76 6.00. bulls $5.00 6.00. Common calves $7.00 8.25. some to $9.00. cull cows around $5.44.
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Federal State Market News Service Home
Llano Year in Review Highlights Local Events and Losses
A year of Llano milestones and deaths is summarized with post office records, several prominent residents’ passings in January and February, infrastructure projects, and local commerce notes. Key figures include Mrs. Tom Tomlinson, Arthur Micheal Moore, Mrs. Savannah Cummins, Frederick Lehrer, Walter L. Barr, and Max Marshall among others.
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Llano
Tom Tomlinson
Tow
Arthur Micheal Moore
Savannah Cummins
Frederick Lehrer
Mrs J C Spurlin Succumbs in Llano
Mrs. J C Spurlin a Llano resident for fifty years died Wednesday night at her son J Oliver Spurlin’s home. Born April 2 1854 in Texas she married J W Spurlin in 1871 and had six children three living Effin Wimberley Emma Leverett and J Oliver Spurlin. There are twenty two grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday at J Oliver Spurlin’s home conducted by Rev J C Jones with pallbearers Jim Boswell Albert Wimberley Willie Atchison and three grandsons Jess Brown Arthur Wofford and David E Myers. Interment followed in Llano cemetery.
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Mra. T. C. Spurlin
Liano
J. Oliver Spurlin
Spurlin
Texas
J. W. Spurlin
Effin Wimberley
Uvalde
Emma Leverett
Coleman
Llano
J. C. Jones
Jim Boswell
Albert Wimberley
Willie Atchison
Jess Brown
Arthur Wofford
David E. Myers
Miles Buttery
Llano Welcomes Students From Texas Colleges Over Holidays
Numerous university and college students from the University of Texas and John Tarleton College returned home to Llano for Christmas break. Names listed include Jane Watkins Harold Buttery G C Powell James Carl Harry Nichols Houghton Dalrymple Bobby Keyser Dorothy Moss Jack Howard Phillip Smith Bryan Summers Marjorie Moasa Marjorie West Linda Faye Foster Jack Watkins Nelson Talley Morris Henderson Claborne Sawyers Edgar James Moas John Goodman Bill Miller Billie.
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Llano
Jane Watkins
Harold Buttery
G. C. Powell
James Carl
Harry Nichols
Houghton Dalrymple
Bobby Keyser
Dorothy Moss
Jack Howard
Phillip Smith
Bryan Summers
Marjorie Moasa
University of Texas
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
Marjorie West
Linda Faye Foster
Jack Watkins
Nelson Talley
John Rabb
Morris Henderson
Stocker Calves Reach Up To $10 Mark In Mixed Market
Stocker calves traded mostly from $7.60 to $9.60 with some choice steer calves to $10.00. Common calves slipped to $7.00 while stocker heifers mostly $8.00 with highs around $8.60. Sheep receipts estimated at 200 head. Market listed as steady. A 101 head string of 85.1b fall shorn fed samba sold at $8.09. Other classes noted as Beare.
Former Llano Woman Maud Bardin Dies in Auto Crash
Mrs Maud Bardin of Rosebud died after an automobile accident near Brenham last Thursday around 11 AM. She was the daughter of G H Underwood of Llano and widow of Fred Bardin. Survived by five children two grandchildren four brothers and five sisters. Funeral at Rosebud Methodist Church Friday with burial in Rosebud Cemetery.
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Maud Bardin
Rosebud
Brenham
Bardin
G. H. Underwood
Llano
Fred Bardin
Albert L. Behne
Temple
R. B. Weaver
Houston
Harold
Marjorie Bardin
Valley Spring
Regional College Students Spend Holidays at Home
Wallace Mildred Stewart Lenodine Hardin Cliffa Geng Lange and Lillie Smith attend Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos and were at home. Douglas Bauman a Southern Methodist University student in Dallas spent the holidays at home with family. Laurie Moss and George Ann McInnis from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth also featured. Miles McInnis of Rice Institute in Houston visited Howard Wallace Maxine Ratliff Margaret Grenwelge and James Coursey at a business college in Austin. Dorothy Schuessler a Texan Lutheran College student in Seguin was in Llano. Howell Hamilton visited his parents during the holidays. he is a student in Pexae Tech in Lubook.
Six Llano Men Called For Army January Draft
Six men from Llano county are listed for army service by local board chairman T. J. Moore. Names include Willis C Watson Bertram James L Brewer Edgar H Wittichol L H Ross Earle D Boyd Buchanan Dam and Cecil C Simpson Field Creek. If any fail final physicals at Fort Sam Houston replacements are Donald E McCall and Marvin E Joseph. Another January call for degrees only will not require Llano county participation.
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Llano County
T. J. Moore
Willis Charles Watson
Bertram
James Lafayette Brewer
Edgar Harry Wittichol
Lloyd Harrison Ross
Llano
Earle David Boyd
Buchanan Dam
Cecil Carlton Simpson
Field Creek
Fort Sam Houston
Donald Edwin McCall
Marvin Edward Joseph
Mr. Moore
150 Mattresses Made in 1940
County agent C. V. Robinson reported 150 mattresses completed under the 1940 program with 181 applications approved during the past year. He also noted 225 applications have already been filed for 1941.
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C. V. Robinson
Cupid Has Busy Year of 1940 Licenses Issued
J A Mayes county clerk reports 86 marriage licenses issued in 1940, up from 77 in 1939, reflecting a busier year for marriages and the office.
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Cupid
J. A. Mayes
Moss Suffers Broken Arm After Wet Sidewalk Slip
Mrs. M. M. Moss sustained a broken arm last Monday night when she slipped on a wet sidewalk and fell. Attending physicians said yesterday Mrs. Moss was doing nicely.
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M. M. Moss
Charles Milliger Called to Harrington Kansas
Charles Milliger was summoned to Harrington Kansas last week due to the death of his foster mother. He is expected to return to Llano today.
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Charles Milliger
Harrington
Kansas
Mr. Milliger
Llano
Fire Station Project Approved for Llano Construction
Ernest Morgan of NYA reports city sponsored project for a Llano fire hall approved by Texas NYA Administrator J C Kellman to employ 75 Llano county youths. The granite building will house four fire trucks and offices on ground floor with an assembly room kitchen and dorm upstairs. Applications for ages 16 to 24 in need of employment available at the County Judge or City Marshal offices.
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Ernest Morgan
NYA
Irector
J. H. McLean
Texas Nya
J. C. Kellman
Llano
Liang County
Morgan
Highway Plans Being Made From Liane To Mason Line
W F Hutson state highway department resident engineer ordered to survey and plan highway 29 from Liane to Mason county line. He will draft several preliminary locations to determine the most practical route with the commissioners court of Liana county promising right of way in the chosen location.
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W. F. Hutson
State Highway Department
Liane
Mason County
Cassaday and Osbourn Take Office as County Commissioners
K. M. Cassaday and H. G. Osbourn took the oath of office as county commissioners yesterday along with reelected officers. The new and old commissioners met briefly to approve bonds and organize the court. Mr and Mrs John Atkins visited Llano relatives during the holidays.
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K. M. Cassaday
H. G. Osbourn
John Atkins
Llano
County Agent Reports Strong Llano Agricultural Progress
The Llano county lead in state high grade Hereford cattle production is noted, with hogs, goats, sheep, wild game, poultry, and dairy cattle ranked by importance. Land use shows 900 square miles with 30,600 cultivated acres, cotton being replaced by other crops and soil conservation urged due to erosion. The 1940 plan emphasizes soil conservation, 4 H clubs, livestock and poultry improvements, and wildlife conservation, with 160 tanks built and fields contoured to boost fertility and range health.
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Llano County
Llane County
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