Llano Post Office Notice Published Weekly
The item notes second class mail matter status and weekly publication in Llargo, Texas.
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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
1
The item notes second class mail matter status and weekly publication in Llargo, Texas.
Llano Jaycees gather at the community center at 7 30 p m for January meeting with supper and final prep for the Junior Livestock Show. Mr and Mrs Logan Templeton Jr depart Tuesday for Pass Christian Mississippi heading to Hong Kong as missionaries aboard the San Francisco voyage on February 14. They are among about 140 Baptist missionaries named in 1962.
Southwestern States Teléphone Co and Four States Telephone Co report 7 percent growth in Texas in 1962 with 7 949 telephones added across 76 exchanges. The firms, major independents in Texas, served 82 798 by end of 1962 up from 1957. D T Strickland vice president and general manager announced the increase. Southwestern States and its subsidiary also serve parts of Arkansas Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Joe Bill Watkins led the Dela Tau Delta basketball team as top scorer as the University of Texas crew crushed the Navy 41 20 to win the Interamural Class A Championship. A 1961 LHS graduate, Watkins previously starred for Liano High School and earned a trip to the 1960 state tournament in Austin.
A church offers a self guided plan to study the Bible focusing on desire, attitude, and tools. It recommends using a clear Bible King James or American Standard, a concordance, dictionary, Bible atlas, and commentaries while praying for guidance and obedience.
The Cherokee community notes the passing of Harold Barber in Houston with services at Cherokee Methodist Church. Sympathy extended to his family as Mrs. Raymond Gray is in Temple with Mrs. Flora Gray Besserer undergoing treatment at Scott and White Clinic.
Funeral services for 56 year old Mrs Rita Ussery were conducted at the Methodist Church in Marble Falls with Rev J P Manley officiating. Burial followed in Marble Falls Cemetery under Buttery Waldrope Funeral Home Llano direction. She died in Llano hospital after years of ill health. Born July 28 1906 in Marble Falls she married Paul Ussery in 1928 and they moved to Llano eighteen years ago. Mr Ussery died in October 1960. She is survived by one sister Mrs Maude Hale of Llano and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named.
Packsaddle Home Demonstration Club grew to 32 members after Mrs. Bya Kennard joined on July 10 at the Llano County Community Center where 80 members attended a morning meeting. The afternoon included a luncheon, business news, and plans for a county Valentine party on February 6. Members will gather February 14 at the home of Misses Ora Lee and Minnie Long with activities and refreshments.
William Arlt and family hosted visitors including Mrs Ed Willenberg and Mrs Rosa Foerster. Cael Matinke and daughter from Fredericksburg visited the Arlt home. Birthday wishes went to several residents. A Sabin vaccine clinic drew 137 attendees despite a frigid 8 degree cold snap.
Mrs Holmes Moss honors Diane Howe of San Antonio bride elect of Bryant Ratliff with a luncheon at Bright shawl. Pink linen table, pink and white spring flowers, corsage for Miss Howe Way, fashions from Joskes of Texas, Llano guests Mines Ratliff Charles Moss Bailey Ratliff. The couple wed in San Antonio January 19 at Christ Episcopal Church.
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