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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
7
Marine sergeant recounts Japanese banzai attack with mortars repelled, noting 1155 enemy dead before lines and 123 near mortars. He recalls Iwo Jima and Bougainville, compares Guam to Iwo Jima, and mentions promotions and visits from Llano, Texas residents.
V E Day finds Sgt Willie A Roberts of Llano Texas on the job at First Base Air Depot Rington England. He helped ready combat planes and equipment for immediate action and has been overseas since August 1943. Brig Gen Morris Berman commends the base air depot area troops for dispatching 415000 tons of air corps supplies and assembling 12000 combat planes.
Light family matriarch Mrs Light of Llano Texas dies after eight children and many descendants. Her 12 grandsons and six great grandsons serve in the armed forces. She joined Methodists at 17 and later Pentecostal church in 1918. Funeral held at Six Mile cemetery with pallbearers among her grandsons.
A speaker recalls his grandpa like Shakespeare weaving practical maxims. He shares humorous quips about animals, luck, fools, and a family called the Greens, noting their wealth and elegant carriage as they visited the world’s fair.
Valley Spring reports a Sunday dawn rainstorm with wind and lightning. Locals Mr and Mrs Ervin Talley visited relatives. Grady Chew family moved from San Antonio with plans for his army service. Shirlene Parks visited grandparents. assorted trips to Gustine and Comanche noted. A humorous parable about farming, money and time ends the piece.
Geologists led by Dr Virgil E Barnes and Mr Cloud survey Ellenburger rock exposures in Llano county Texas. Although original petroleum escaped, findings may aid expansion of petroleum production in the state. The tour is by the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology and US Geological Survey to support wartime fuels goals.
Local notes record visits and guest stays across Llano Valley and nearby towns. Several families, including Barclay Sessom Talley Adams Tow Jeffrey Kee Bauman and Beesley, hosted or visited relatives in Llano Valley Spring Waco Tow Field Creek and nearby areas over the weekend.
Kenneth Brubl visits Lino and Wildrén relations this week. Reon Atert Mrs. Billy Lee Hazelwood Ras returned to Llano from San Diego where her Navy husband was stationed overseas. Mr. and Mrs Hardy Boyd and daughter Gwendolyn of Pampa were with relatives last week.
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