Pioneer Llano Woman Observes Anniversary
Llano community notes mark the anniversary of a prominent local woman. The piece lists numerous relatives and friends from Chillicothe Cherokee Wichita Falls Graham Vernon Houston and Llano attending the celebration and paying tribute to the McKneely family matriarch with seven children and twenty grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
Mamie Dell
Arthur Nelson
Vernon
J. C. Sawyer
Weldon
Claborne
Eula Marie
Leon
Spencer Weber
Shortage of laying hens seen for fall and winter
College Station reports a heavy shortage of laying hens with rising egg and poultry prices in fall 1927 and early 1938. George P. McCarthy of Texas A and M Extension says high feed costs and low prices led to the heaviest culling in years, with a 35 percent drop in baby chick sales. He urges poultrymen to push pullet development for early production as egg prices improve, noting little chance of Hen shortages easing before 1938.
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College Station
George P. McCarthy
Texas A. and M. Extension Service
McCarty
McCarthy
New Texas Law Targets Cattle Rustling with Special Tax
Governor James V signs a law allowing counties with high livestock renderings to levy up to 1 percent on sheep and goats and 5 cents on cattle to fund additional officers against cattle, sheep, and goat theft. Rep Clyde Bradford says rustlers with swift trucks harmed livestock. penalties for theft rise to 10 years.
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Austin
Texas
James V. Allred
Clyde Bradford
Grand Falls
Rabb and Shipp Perform June 3 Wedding in Texas
Wilma Rabb daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Rabb married W B Shipp of Austin at the home of the bride’s parents on June 3 The Rev C E Bludworth of Lutie Watkins Memorial Methodist Church officiated Both bride and groom hold University of Texas degrees and plan to reside in Austin with Shipp employed as a statistician at the university.
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Wilma Rabb
J. R. Rabb
W. B. Shipp
Austin
C. E. Blud_worth
Lutie Watkins Memorial Methodist Church
University of Texas
Shipp
University
County Court Jurisdiction Debate in Gillespie County
The Gillespie County situation over whether the County Court should retain criminal and civil jurisdiction remains unsettled. The Commissioners' Court majority favors keeping current status while Fredericksburg lawyers led by Representative Petsch push abolition. County officials and citizens face a pivotal decision on a bill passed at session end and awaiting the governor's signature.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Commissioners’ Court
Petsch
Stacanas
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Smith Motor Comp’y
Chrysler and
Plymouth
Electrolux
Streamlines Beauty
Hotel
Liano Bldg
Marvin Nichols
Fort Worth
The
Texas Planning and Civic Conference
Courthouse
J. W St.Clair
Willard
Senate
Willard’s
Scorner Drug Store
Harrison Motor Co
Wrecker Service
Cowboy
Currie’s Shoe Shop
Buckhorn Cafe & Market
Plano
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