Llano County Livestock Show Draws 323 Entries
The 1972 Llano County Livestock Show will be held January 4-5 at the Liang County Community Center with 323 head entered. Entries span 12 heifers 24 steers 73 swine 18 Angora goats 58 lambs 129 capons and 12 turkeys. Judging begins Friday evening with swine and poultry and Saturday morning for goats lambs heifers and steers followed by the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano County
Miranda Sue Rusche
Bill Edwards
Mary Grote
Will Inclde
Jaine Worlen
Rick Murchison
Rhonda Murchison
Cynthia Settemeyer
Gayle Epperson
Sue Rusche
Adele Wright
Elaine Horlen
Rebecca Murchison
Bl Edwards
Barrow
Rusty Rabb
Hilton Rabb
Shannon Otto
Brad Mund
Todd Mund
Ronnie Amster
Roy Lynn Flint
Nine Flint
Foods
Anna Shipp
Carolyn Osbourn
Bettye Russell
Applications Taken for Housing in Llano Units
City Manager George Rogers reports 31 applications taken for homes in the new Llano Housing project with more applications still being accepted. Architects planned gas meters with tenants paying the bill, but HUD will adjust rents to keep total payments as originally scheduled. Sidewalk delays due to cement shortages pushed inspections back, but officials expect completion soon. New Year guests of Mr and Mrs Ben Wallis included their Dallas and Houston relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
George Rogers
Rogers
Ben Wallis
Ben Alton Wallis
Dallas
Olney Wallis
Ann and
Mark
Houston
Llano Crime Wave Continues With Arrests and Burglaries
Larry Dean Moore was arrested in Austin and returned to Llano County jail after escaping Saturday while held on burglary charges. Clayton Brewer faced marijuana possession charges with a $5,000 bond. The Acme store and Donop's Grocery were burglarized Monday night. the Acme lost about $30 in change, while Donop's reported a small radio, tape player, cigarettes, and cash missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Dean Moore
Austin
Llano County
Clayton Brewer
Llano
Acme
Donop's Grocery
New Auto Repair Center to Open in Liano
A new auto repair center named M&O Auto Repair Center will open in Liano managed by three experienced men Mike McPherson Eddie Overstreet and Sam McPherson. The shop behind Wo otan Auto Supply will specialize in body repair custom painting Volkswagen and foreign car repair and diesel engine work with trained technicians and multiple years of experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liano
Mike McPherson
Eddie Overstreet
Sam McPherson
M&o
Wootan Auto Supply
Volkswagen
Overstreet
Fort Worth
Culture Club To Hear Of Drug Abuse
Culture Club to hear a program on drug abuse presented by Tom Kirchoff of Kerrville and the Texas Highway Department. He has spoken to many county groups on safety traffic laws and related topics. Hostesses are Mrs. Hollis Greer and Mrs. John L. Klepper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kirchoff
Kerrville
Texas Highway Department
Woman's Culture Club
Kirchoff
Department of Public Safety
Hollis Greer
John L. Klepper
Peoples Savings Sets Stockholders Meeting Tuesday
People's Savings and Loan Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday January 11 in its Llano office to elect board members and review 1969 operations. The Llano institution opened October 1 1969 and now reports assets above 4 million dollars. It offers six percent on passbook savings and up to seven and a half percent on certificates. Dividends are paid from the first of the month for deposits before the tenth and from deposit date for those after the tenth, with quarterly compounding on March 31 June 30 September 30 and December 31. The staff has grown to include manager and vice president John F Sanders plus Kay Schmidt Margaret Pryor and Gail Staats. Board chairman Dr Henry Hoerster presides with directors including Carlos Ashley John Pearson Walter Franklin Charles Ratliff James F Stumpfel Spencer Weber, Dr Robert Hunger of Llano and others from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People's Savings and Loan Association
Llano
Peoples Savings and Loan
Peoples
Henry Hoerster
Henry Battery
Carlos Ashley
John Pearson
Walter Franklin
Charles Ratliff
James FE
Stump Fell
Spencer Weber
Robert Hunger
Harry Shapiro
San Saba
Ray Shepperd
Burnet
Ralph Giesecke
John Nunnally
Marble Falls
Wendell Phillips
Austin
Mission School To Begin Sunday At Local Church
The Interdenominational School of Missions starts Sunday at Lotte Watkins Memorial Methodist Church, continuing for four Sundays in January. Rev. Lawrence Sellars leads the first talk on Hawaii, with other speakers covering Japan, the Holy Land, and Bolivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interdenominational School of Missions
Lotte Watkins Memorial Methodist Church
Lawrence Sellars
First Christian Church
Hawaii
Holy Land
Albert Marubia
Ward Memorial Methodist Church
Austin
Bolivia
Kingsland Water System Dedicated With Poage Address
Kingsland celebrated the dedication of its new water supply plant opened after more than five years of effort financed by a Farmers Home Administration loan. Congressman W R Poage delivered the dedicatory remarks, praising rural development and noting Kingsland’s growth potential. Three new directors were elected to the water board as distribution and operation proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Poage
Kingsland Water Supply Corporation
Mayon E. Brock
Joe Kilgore
Raymond Coe
Llano News
Kingsland
W.R
Bob) Poage
Mason E. Brock
Cooperation
Poage
Farmers’ Home Administration
James F. Harvey
H.C. Watson
W.D. Benson
Roy Moseley
Kingsland Water System
Llano Area January Calendar Of Events
A series of local meetings and activities are listed for Llano and Kingsland from January 6 to January 13. Highlights include school board and church functions, garden club meetings, a basketball tournament featuring Llano teams, and multiple club gatherings such as Optimists, Beta Sigma Phi, and the Masonic group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission School
Methodist Church
Commissioners Court
Woman's Culture Club
Kingsland
Beta Sigma Phi
Order of Eastern Star Meeting
Jackettes
Copperas Cove
Kingsland Community
Redistricting Changes Set to Rebalance Llano County Voting
Llano County redistricting completed to reflect census shifts. Precinct 1 covers Llano Main Street area toward Gillespie line. Precinct 2 northeastern sector. Precinct 3 Kingsland and west. Precinct 4 northwestern and Llano river south. City of Llano voters in Precinct 1 will cast ballots at usual courthouse. precinct 4 residents use Llano County Community Center starting Jan 1 1972. Republican and Democratic leaders react to changes and reconfigure polling sites.
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Jane County
Llano County
Highland Lakes
Charles T. Clark
University of Texas
Llano
Marble Falls
Burnet
Kingsland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Main Street
Gilles- Pie
Llano River
Sunrise Beach
Rhinco County
Liano River
Liano
Llano Chamber of Commerce To Award Outstanding Citizen
The Llano Chamber of Commerce will present its annual Outstanding Citizen Award at the membership banquet Thursday night January 20 at the Ramblin Rosa starting 8 oclock. Past recipients include M A Montgomery and Bill Needham with Hondo Crouch of Comfort as speaker. George Rogers and Eugene Russell are named earlier honorees. Needham will MC, entertainment by LHS Stage Rand, banquet by In mans Kitchen, tickets from chamber directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
O. Henry
M.A. Montgomery
Bill Needham
Euegene Russell
M.C. Dalhan
George Rogers
Hondo Crouch
Comfort
Needham
Llano Chamber of Commerce
LHS Stage Rand
Inman's Kitchen
Chamber
Pork Producers To Hold Convention In Moore State Bank Community Room
Bud Hoffman of Texas Tech will be banquet speaker as the Texas Pork Producers convene Thursday and Friday January 6 7. Banquet at 7 p.m. after directors meet at 1 p.m. Registration at Chaparral Motor Lodge and Moore State Bank. Banquet honors hog buyers statewide for five cent per head check off since August. Banquet tickets available at Chaparral and Moore State Bank. Hill Country Pork Producers host. Parkettes host parallel convention. Friday includes a 7 a.m. directors breakfast at Hotel Coffee Shop and a 10 a.m. general membership meeting at Moore State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Hoffman
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Texas Pork Producers
Moore State Bank
Chaparral Motor Lodge
Flano Chamber of Commerce
Central
Texas
Hill Country Pork Producers
Hill Country Parkettes
Ami
Gregory Hallmark Home from Vietnam
Sp.5 Gregory D. Hallmark arrived home Thursday December 23 after discharge. He served at DaNang Vietnam and is son of Mr and Mrs Randall Hallmark of Kingsland. A Llano High School graduate he will enroll at Southwest Texas State University for spring and continue employed by IBM in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory D. Hallmark
Armed Service
DaNang
Vietnam
Randall Hallmark
Kingsland
Llano High School
Southwest Texas State University
IBM
Austin
Crump Seeks Second Term as District Attorney
Louis Crump of San Saba seeks reelection to a second term as District Attorney for the 33rd Judicial District. He filed for the ballot with Democratic chairmen in Blanco Burnet Llano Mason Menard and San Saba counties. Primary set for May 6 1972 with term starting January 4 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Crump
San Saba
33Rd Judicial
Democratic Party
Blanco
Burnet
Llano
Mason, Menard
Crump
Sheriff Gale Ligon Seeks Reelection For Llano County
Gale Ligon announces via The Llano News his candidacy for re election as Llano County Sheriff subject to the Democratic Primary. He would extend two four year terms by the next election. A native Llano resident he ranched in Bluff ton prior to his 1963 sheriff win with wife Jewel Clawson and two sons Larry and Ernest. Larry serves in the Navy in Korea and Ernest attends Texas A&M University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Ligon
Llano News
Llano County
Bluffston
Jewel Clawson
Larry
Ernest
U.S. Navy
Korea
Texas A&m University
Rhodes Attends Texas School Mid-Winter Conference
Supt. Glen Rhodes heads to Austin for a Texas School Administrators Mid-Winter Conference meeting. About 2,500 public school executives attend as court decisions shape public school financing. Harry Westerman of Houston and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Westerman and family are noted attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rhodes
Austin
Texas
Texas School Administrators
Harry Westerman
Houston
Tommy Westerman
Stewart Seeks Return to Office as Llano Tax Assessor
David Stewart seeks reelection to Llano County Tax Assessor Collector in the Democratic Primary. He is in his third four year term and is married to Willie Lee Talley with two sons, David Philip Stewart and Bill Stewart, both UT graduates residing in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Stewart
Llano News
Llano County
Stewart
Willie Lee Talley
David Philip Stewart
Bill Stewart
University of Texas
Austin
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Culture Club
Peoples Savings
J.K. Moseley
Bellville
Brenham
Sandra Gray
Mesquite
Myr
Elmer Gray
Gleason Kothmann
Herbert Kothmann
Big Spring
Clifford Crider
Corpus Christi
Reeves Perry
San Marcos
Jerry Buller
Vention
Texas Pork Producers Convention
Kingsland Garden Club
Llano Lions Club Westerner
San Saha
HI Country Livestock Raisers
Llano C of C
Pork Producers
Gregory Hallmark
Ligon
Rhodes
Jin Furr
Mes
Suuidy Hodges
Gimily
B.J. Staedtter
Dig
Ansen
Mas
Kirk Hodges
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