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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1965
Page
5
Recent visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Owenby included Seachiers from Marietta and the Arlen family, as well as the Ley family from Hobbs New Mexico. The names indicate multiple guest families from different locales.
Carol Dansby and Cynthia Raes earned certificates of completion from Trinity University's fourth annual Journalism Institute in June. More than 260 high school students and sponsors participated across the San Antonio area.
Mrs. Lola Johns has returned home after an extended visit with her son and his family in Tucson Arizona.
Ten members of Llano Boy Scout Troop No. 301 spent a week at Camp Tom Wooten near Aus. They were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Rogers C. L. Bumpas and Bill Needham. Scouts included Mabry Herridge Bumpas McDermott Rogers Wimberley Owen and others. They worked on second and first class tests with Mabry earning camping canoeing and cooking merit badges. A Friday campfire featured the Order of the Arrow and authentic Indian dances. A pirate barbecue saw dawn departures for a secret cove breakfast.
Boys earned cooking merit badges during the Llano camp with dishes like fried grasshoppers and fried rattlesnake. Scholarships from the Llano Lions Club and the Llano Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary funded attendance for one boy each, greatly appreciated by Needham.
The Prairie Mountain Home Demonstration Club met at the community center for a daylong session with a covered dish lunch. Members voted to nominate Mrs Harold Preston for the county THDA chairman and agreed to display and sell two recently made quilts. They will honor local high school graduates at a July 7 community event and sponsor a members and families picnic at Robinson City Park on July 28. On June 24 they will attend a party hosted by the Ranch Home Demonstration Club at Llano Community Center.
Liano County calf ropers start swinging lariats again with events every Tuesday and Friday night at 7 30 p.m. at the rodeo arena. The gathering invites participation from all and offers assistance for youths wishing to form teams.
Central Texas Gem and Mineral Society of Abilene spent a weekend at Annetta Hall South Pecan Ranch in June 1920. Members included J. F. Moore president and FE Buck field trip chairman, with guests O. L. Schlemeyer and Ed Immel among others. They plan a return trip this fall after collecting Indian artifacts and diverse rocks such as quartz, tourmaline, garnet, enstatite, mica quartzite, and granite.
The Ranch Homes Demonstra tion Club entertained the Prairie Mountain HD Club with a Thursday picnic at Robinson City Park. A noon barbecued chicken lunch served to Ranch Homes members and guests. 42 was played in the morning, and in the afternoon two 4-H girls Miranda Sue Rusche and Jannelle Sagebiel demonstrated safety.
Freddy Hopson, a junior high history teacher from College Station, was chosen by the College Station chapter of the Texas State Teachers Association as a delegate to the National Education Association Convention in New York City. He travels with his wife Georgianna Hoffman of Llano and they plan visits to the World’s Fair and sites in Washington, Valley Forge, and other historical locales.
Senate to 39 members and House to 150, with Senate apportionment by population. The proposal would redraw Senatorial districts and remove the limit of one senator per county. Voters will decide at the September 7, 1965 election under Senate Joint Resolution No. 44.
The amendment to increase the State Senate membership from 39 to 69 is submitted to voters on September 7 1965. Ballots will display For the Constitutional Amendment and Against the Constitutional Amendment with both proposals detailing Senate apportionment and county representation. The Governor will issue the proclamation and publication will follow state law requirements.
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