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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1963
Page
8
The Kingsland Lions Club sponsors a fish fry at Longhorn Cavern to bolster the Kingsland fire truck fund. Meals will be served 7:30 to 8:30 PM at 1.60 dollars per plate on Friday February 8. Local fires have spurred volunteer fire department support and truck funding efforts. A. Short attends a band clinic this week.
O B Ratliff was honored on his sixth birthday January 16 with a dinner hosted by his sisters Mrs Clark Smith Mrs fT K Bush and Mrs A J Moss and daughter Mrs Leland Hallmark at the home of Mr and Mrs Clark Smith. Attending were Mr and Mrs O B Ratliff Aaron Lynn and Jesse Ratliff Mrs A F Moss Mrs T K Bush Mr and Mrs Leland Hallmark and Mr and Mrs Clark Smith. Gary Harlan has been transferred from Beeville to the Laredo office of the Great Western Finance Company and he and his wife are making their home there.
A community choir group will organize with a Monday meeting at First Baptist Church at 7:80. George Wright will direct the choir and interested residents in Liano are urged to attend to form this relaxing fellowship activity.
Miss Helen Templeton daughter of Mrs H D Templeton and the late Mr Templeton married Wayne Holley Jr son of Mr and Mrs T W Holley at the First Baptist Church on Saturday January 19 Rev William Kenney officiated organist Mrs Hudson Fowler accompanied Lynn Garrett for songs The couple will reside in Austin with Holley in the Fourth Missile Battalion and Mrs Tolley employed by the Texas Highway Department.
Kingsland residents attend the golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Orville Nance in Burnet. New arrivals include Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Moore moving to Granite Shoals Lake retirement home. Several townsfolk visit relatives, hospital stays noted and trips to Dallas Fort Worth are reported.
Mrs Laura Ellington and Mrs Della Lowell hosted the Buchanan Home Demonstration Club at First Union Church on January 22 with President Mrs Sherman Long in charge. Twenty four members and two guests attended as committees were named and yearbooks completed. Refreshments were served during a social hour. The next meeting is February 25 at Mrs Egbert Murchison’s home.
Llano Church of Christ hosted a youth fellowship after services on Sunday night. After a brief study at the church the group went to the home of Mr and Mrs Stewart for an evening of recreation. Sixteen people attended. Mr and Mrs Robert Lindsey of Austin were guests of Mr and Mrs Clay Fowler last weekend.
A Fredericksburg based Community Savings and Loan reports another strong year with assets near two trillion dollars, 869 new accounts totaling 1.156 million, and 375 home related loans. The piece notes Texas has over 250 associations with total assets above three billion and per capita holdings over 330 dollars, up 107 percent in five years. It cites US savings and loan lending at 20.5 billion in 1962 for home financing and mortgage credit growth driving owner occupancy as households rise, while private funds remain the source of savings.
Liano basketball teams travel to San Saba Friday night to end the first round of district 18AA play. The San Saba girls sit 1-3 and the boys 0-4 in district standings with Fredericksburg and Coleman leading the boys and Brady and Liano tied atop the girls.
A Sunday memorial dedication at Prairie Mountain marked a two tone oak lectern and a pulpit Bible given in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. August Keese and their son Robert C. Keese. The gifts were donated by his daughters Velma Delavan Rabke and Allen Johnson. The Keese family long lived in Prairie Mountain and contributed to church and school life. A covered dish supper preceded the worship service.
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