Llano County Dominates Odessa Stock Show Placings
Llano County fared strongly at the Odessa San Hills Show with seven of ten steers from the county placing among 230 entry head. The grand champion lightweight Hereford Hot Stuff, about 775 pounds, shown by 10 year old Geep McBride, sold for 3000 dollars to the Championship Club run by Odessa area businessmen.
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Llano County
San Hills
Odessa
Geep McBride
Hiesteri Mebride
Championship Club
Llano
Janey
Dexter Sagebiel
Janey McBride
Bo McBride
Randy Kuykendall
Kay Bauman
Granite Hills Hereford Ranch
Frank Newsom
Alpine
Liano
Singleton Couples Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Cherokees Mr and Mrs Robert Singleton observed their golden wedding anniversary with an open house in Cherokee on Sunday December 30. Hosts included their children Glenn Singleton of Washington DC Me and Mire Bal Evans of San Antonio and Keith Koonce of Austin. The couple wed December 24 1912 at the San Saba Methodist parsonage. Out of town guests and grandchildren attended from Pearsall San Antonio Washington DC Fort Lee and Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Singleton
Glenn Singleton
Washington, D. C
Mire
Bal Evans
San Antonio
Keith Koonce
Austin
Robert B. Singleton
Nell Broyles
Methodist Parsonage
San Saba
HH. &. Draper
Bruce Ingram
Pearsall
Linda
Edith Evans
Bob
Jim Singleton
Bob Koonce
Fort Lee, Va
Kendall Koonce
Golden Age Party At Home On New Year’s Morn
Miss Esther Dalhau hosted a Golden Age party at her Llano home on New Year’s morning with holiday decor. Tony Morales of the U S Marine Corps became ill while visiting family in Llano during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Dalhau
Tony Morales
U. S. Marine Corps
Llano
Local Cherokee Social Notes Highlight Visits and Okays
A string of visits and family updates fills Cherokee for the period. Mrs. Vi Maddes Me and Mes G We Fry from Aus tins called on Mr. and Mrs. Boultinghouse and joined them with Mrs. Boultinghouse to see Mr. and Mrs. Robbins and Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Hamlinson in Eden. Various residents including Chuck Spivey and Reddy Mad dox of HPC spent time with the Maddox family. Barbara Maddox and Vain Maddox traveled to Chappell Hill for club calves. Other items note hospital stays, a compound leg fracture from an accident, and several gatherings including funerals, baptisms, and basketball games with local families in Edna, Abilene, Llano, Buchanan Dam, Brownwood, and surrounding areas.
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Mes. G. We Fry
Austins
George Boultinghouse
Boultinghouse
James Robbins
Davis
George Hamlinson
Eden
Chuck Spivey
Reddy Maddox
HPC
W. R. Maddox
Barbara
Vain Maddox
Chappell Hill
Mitch Broyles
San Saba
Ernest Lee Oliver
Pete Journea
Kerrville
Margie Thompson
Robert Singleton
Edna
Charley Singleton
Singleton
Austin
Keith Koonee
Richard Robins
Betty
Abilene
Nora Conley
Glenn Jones
Mary Sue
Mitchell Broyles
Wilson Kuykendall
John Lewis
Sligh Rolls
N. M
Clayton Lewis
Llano
Roy Maxwell
Elm’s Grove
R. H. Maxwell
Lovell Kuykendall
Jim
Big Springs
James Kuykendall
Wilson Burnam
Worth Jones
Buchanan Dam
James Smith
David
Thomas Bowden
Brownwood
Lee Schneider
Field Creek
James ,Smiths
Jesse Williams
Mary Walker
Erna Forehand
Cleo Daugherty
Death notice and social notices from Pontotoc region
Mrs J P Barrett received word of the death of her nephew Clive Duckworth of Eden on New Year's Day. The column lists visiting relatives and residents from Eden Cherokee Alpine Alpine E Murry from San Antonio, Del Rio visitors, Fredericksburg birth, and community sympathy for Linny Latham.
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J.P. Barrett
Clive Duckworth
Eden
Myrtle Stockbridge
Brady Hospital
Columbus Fickling
Austin
Carlos Capps
Mason
Kenneth Polk
Kenya
Ned Logan
San Antonio
Mary Cavanagh
David Webster
Bernard Capps
Houston
Clarence Capps
Mildred Stewart
Charles Lynn
del Rio
Ted Bodes
John Davis
Merlin Davis
Fredericksburg
J. F. Barrett
Prairie Mountain Club Plans January 12 Meeting
The Prairie Mountain Community Club schedules its first 1950s style meeting of the year for January 12 due to Llano Livestock Show conflicts. Hosts Oscar Schuesslers and Billy Bob Schneiders provide slides from the Holy Land and Europe with refreshments by the Al Truex and Harold Preston families.
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Prairie Mountain Community Club
Llano
al Truex
Harold Preston
Miles Buttery
Holy Land
Oscar Schuesslers
Billy Bob Schneiders
Photography program at Valley Spring 4 H meeting
Miss Bobye Riney presented a photography program at the Valley Spring 4 H gathering at the community center Tuesday night. She demonstrated camera types and basic developing, with discussion on foods and livestock entries for the upcoming Junior Livestock Show. L. P. Amsler and Riney spoke on show plans. Amsler lauded Randy Kuykendall for his Odessa steer placing. refreshments were served.
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Bobye Riney
L. P. Amsler
Culture Club to Hear Mrs Harrison on Pea and Flowers
Mrs H T Harrison will present a program for the Woman's Culture Club on Monday January 4. Her topic Pea and Flowers will draw on colonial era homes like Mount Vernon and their dried floral arrangements. Mmes John C Buttery and Bethel Pyles will host the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Harrison
Woman’s Culture Club
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Mmes
John C. Buttery
Bethel Pyles
Churches Receive 30 Acre Lake Tract
Sherwood Shores Properties Inc. donated a thirty acre tract at Granite Shoals Lake Burnet County to the First Christian Church of Llano and the Central Christian Church of Marble Falls. The gift, with a granite deposit, may be used for recreation. church delegates inspected the site last Thursday and accepted the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood Shores Properties, Inc
First Christian Church of
Llano
Central Christian Church of
Marble Falls
Sherwood Shores
Granite Shoals Lake
Burnet County
Cullie A. Carter
Llano Church
Carter
Bethel Pyles
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Lavehoia
caaHoe
Miya Mast
Shorty Fire
Rontiinsiersbie
Lindy Penco., Inc
Culvert City
Calif
THE
Llano News
C &B Grocery
Maxwell House
del Monte
Armours Star Cedar Farm
Armour’s
Armour
Vi R. Maddes
Pontotoc
Mes
Bar Bolk
Prairie ‘Mt. Plans
Valley Spring
Culture Club
Mrs. Harrison
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