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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
4
On Sunday evening July 13 Vernice Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Sherman Johnson of Liano became the bride of Sargeant Robert M Weathers son of Mrs Mark Weathers. The ceremony united two families and marks the couple’s new life together.
The Llano wedding of Miss Nila Weathers and S/Sgt. Warren E. Weathers was held at 7:30 on the bride’s parents’ ranch lawn. Officiating pastor Rev Norman A Sanders led the ceremony with music by Martha Vernon Robinson. Attendants included Mrs N A Talville of Washington DC and Warren E Weathers. Guests from Brownwood and Camp Bowie joined. The couple will reside in Brownwood after a central Texas honeymoon.
The article profiles Coke Stevenson of Junction as conservative and rugged, detailing his ranch life, long political rise from state representative and two-term speaker, lieutenant governor, and his family situation with Mrs. Stevenson in hospital. It notes his hill country upbringing, home burning in 1929, and his reading habit.
Katherine Johnson of Waelder joins Mr. Mark Weathers and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Weathers among a group including T. L. Weathers L. J. Williams and Misses Carrie Glorian Weathers of Waco and Miss Betty Weathers Texarkana.
The Texas Canary reprints a 1841 Austin Can tinel note praising Coke Stevenson and detailing early life dates from 1888 to 1928. It contrasts public figures with press influence, while recalling mailing delays blamed on a postmaster. The piece cites multiple Texas newspapers and political shifts in the Republic era.
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