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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1972
Page
6
The document presents Moore State Bank of Llano Texas as of December 31 1971 or 1972 close of business, filed with the Commissioner of Banking. It outlines financial reporting to the state regulator in a formal submission.
The record lists members and exhibitors across multiple cattle breeds and categories including Purebred and Crossbred classes. Names such as Marvin Crabtree Gayle Epperson and Bill Edwards appear with breed designations like Heavy Purebred Hamptons and Light Fine Wool, detailing entrant lines and age groupings under seven months.
Special report finds Llano County's divorce rate below national levels based on 1970 census data. It cites 73 divorced men and 95 divorced women officially, with about 420 residents previously divorced and now remarried.
The Bluebonnet TOPS Club marks its second anniversary with a salad supper on January 25. At the Tuesday meeting Mrs. Opal Cohen was named Queen of the Week as 16 members attended, with 18.5 pounds lost and 9.5 pounds gained.
Tuesday sale showed stocker steer calves and yearlings selling steady to strong with light weights at 43.00 to 57.00 and 360 to 400 pounds. stocker heifers mostly 34.00 to 38.50 for 350 to 400 pounds. Slaughter cows traded very active on a strong market. bulls steady given weighing conditions. feeders and utility cows also quoted with typical ranges from 20.50 to 28.50 for bulls and 17.00 to 29.00 for cows.
Llano County commissioners kept salaries unan changed for county employees at a recent meeting. In other business a subdivision on Highway 29 near RM 1431 Deer Hill No 1 was approved along with a subdivision at Horseshoe Bay on Lake LBJ near the county's eastern edge.
Poem reflecting Tow Texas history and shared questions about creation and the universe. The narrator honors Texas farmers, pioneers, and Lake Buchanan’s beauty while lamenting disappearing cotton fields and old labor lifeways.
Llano livestock show participants welcomed the expected chill though milder than past years. The week saw a low near 3 degrees and a high around 79 as forecasters expect a brief warmup. Yearly rainfall for 1972 sits at .14 inch recorded earlier in the month.
Judge Jack Miller revoked the probated sentences of Alfred Cam Tate of Kingstand and Tommy Alexander, ordering them to serve three and five years respectively in the state penitentiary after arrests involving marijuana and intoxication. They were taken to Huntsville State Prison by Llano County officers.
Holidays for 1972 include New Year’s Day January 1, Independence Day July 4, Labor Day September 4, Veterans Day October 23, Thanksgiving November 23, and Christmas December 25. Committees named cover memberships agriculture game and wildlife industrial signs parade and tourism with members Dodgen Jones Epperson Schneider Sherrod Marschall Edwards Revada Virdel and Almond among others.
A gem and mineral show will be held in Fredericksburg next weekend January 22 23 at the American Legion Hall. Sponsored by the Fredericksburg Rock Hounds exhibitors include B C Long and Sons and Mr and Mrs Ed Imme of Castell.
Hospital notes list admittees and dismissals including Guy Inman Thelma Dowell Dewayne Cates John David Myers Jr Frank Schneider Roscoe Smith and others. Birth announcements name Willie Smith Jr and Dianne Williams as parents of Walter Atten born January 8 and Carl Taylor as parent of Crystal Carl born January 9 with family details.
A poignant reflection contrasts the glamorous life of the wealthy with the toil of cotton pickers in cherished fields, now overwhelmed by the incessant floodwaters of the Colorado River transforming the landscape.
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