Llano rodeo praised for smooth run and community support
Hardin and J R Phillips earned citizen commendation for organizing Llano's annual rodeo. They secured stock, attracted contestants, and secured concessions income near cover costs. The team offered a nominal fee for 16 weeks of work and aimed to establish the rodeo as a lasting community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sper Hardin
J. R. Phillips E
Llano
Messrs
Hardin
Llips
Jey
Phillips
Llana
Llano School Board Elects Teachers For Ensuing Year
Llano school board elected teachers for the new year at a called meeting. Five vacancies arose with two new hires named Rosebud Willoughby and Velma Lindsey, while Lena Schorlemmer’s candidacy prompted review. Salary discussions included Willie B Carragh and proposed changes to white teacher pay. final action to set salaries to occur at the next regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
Board of Trustees
W. W. Hart
Velma Rabb
W. B. Shipp
Alva Baumann
Josle
Hart
Alfred Weber
Lena Schorlemmer
Liano
North
Miles Battery
Mart
Charles Milliger
H. C. Miller
Dan &, Ansley
Howard Lange
Evelyn Jones
John W. Bowden
J. A. Mayes
Mary May
Selma Moora
J. H. Cummins
Hazel, May
Brownie Byfield
Ann Rathi
North Side
Sherline Schuessler
Olga Hayes
Mary Louise Peacock
Willie B. Durrah
Mason Scene Of Slaying In Mason
William Sylvester Wood of Brady was shot to death in the home of his cousin Leonard Wood at Mags on Tuesday afternoon. A bullet hit his heart. Leonard Wood is held on 35000 bond awaiting an examining trial set for Thursday morning. Both men were alone in the house at the time. Dudley Wallace of San Antonio is visiting Llano with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
Wiliam Sylvester
Wood
Brady
Leonard Wood
Magson
H. S. Wood
Llano Rodeo Debut Draws 2000 Fans at Robinson State Park
The first annual Llano Rodeo at Robinson State Park ran Friday and Saturday under Jasper Hardin and J. R. Phillips. Gate receipts reached 978.30 with 2,000 attendees. expenses totaled 1130.25 leaving a planned deficit funded by prior reserves. Money winners included Frank Hoslick and Chuck OConnor among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilano
Robinson State Park
Jasper Hardin
J. R. Phillips
Rodeo Committee
Real Estate Transfers Filed With County Clerk
Deeds recorded include T C Chaudoin et al to Jim Love partition deed. Roy Hallmark to Jim Love for 24.86 acres for 69 dollars. L T Lloyd Brown to Herman Raesener two Holden add lots. W J Cummins to Thomas I Robinson 531.05 acres for 6909 dollars. Ida White to Beulah M Wooten part of Block 97 Improvement and Furnace Company addition for 50 dollars. Luther Nobles and wife to Vaughn Taylor 3 acres for 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Mayes
T. C. Chaudoin
Jim Love
Roy Hallmark
L. T.lloyd Brown
Herman Raesener
Holden
W. J. Cummins
Thomas I. Robinson
Ida White
Beulah M. Wooten
Improvement and Furnace Company
Luther Nobles
Vaughn Taylor
Mail Carrier and Postoffice Meet on Road
A Burnet star route mail carrier serving Buchanan dam Bluffton and Tow offices met Bluffton post office on the highway last Friday. The exchange of mails occurred at the moved general store and post office now relocated at Tow road where Alex Croft will reestablish Bluffton. Evacuation of the old site was due to Lake Buchanan fever rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnet
Buchanan Dam
Bluffton
Llano News
Alex Croft
Lake Buchanan
Death Takes Mrs. L A Moore of Kingsland
Mrs. L A Moore 81 a Llano county resident for over five decades died at her Kingsland home at 1 30 pm Tuesday after two years of declining health. Born Nancy Bragg in Hill county in 1855 she moved to Llano county in 1883 and had two marriages producing eight children. Surviving are four from the second marriage Oscar and Mrs Elsie Farris Lewis and Ben of West Texas Caro and Miss Ethel Moore of Kingsland with siblings in Globe Arizona. Funeral was held at Honey Creek cemetery with Rev J B Horton officiating. Interment followed under Miled Buttery direction. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Moore
Llano County
Kingsland
Lewis
Ben
West Texas
Caro
Oscar
Elsie Farris
Llano
Ethel Moore
Miled Buttery
M. C. Barnett
John Goble
J. R. Banks
J. H. Benton
Jake Harmon
Bert Barnett
Todd Building Front Changes as Merchants Plan Spruceups
Local reports indicate Liana businessmen continue to improve exteriors with renovations. Contractors work on the W. H. Todd grocery building recently purchased by Mr. Todd to install two plate glass display windows and boost storefront appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liana
W. H. Todd Grocery
Todd
Bluffton Bridge on Highway 29 Remains Under Water
Llano and Burnet counties await state highway approval to salvage the Bluffton bridge on Highway 29 while the Colorado River crossing lies submerged. Division engineer Manigault urged the state to return the segment to the counties once the new highway is ready, with a memo to state engineer Gilchrist in June.
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Liano County Commissioners
Cpurt
State Highway, Department
Bluffton Bridge
Highway
D. E. H. Manigault
Liang and Burnet
Llano and
Burnet
Colorado River
Dnd
Currie
Manigault
Gibb Gilchrist
Highway Commission
Commissioners’ Court
Agriculture Building Bond Issue Battle Looms
The ranch home of Will Stribling seven miles southeast of Llano burned Monday evening. No one was home. a distant fence crew alerted volunteers. Llano fire department saved the garage but the residence and contents were destroyed. Stribling had recently remodeled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Stribling
Llano
Liano Volunteer Fire Department
Howeer
Stribling
Grasshopper menace warned in Llano County fields
Farmers warned of a possible grasshopper plague as thousands of young insects appear in Llano County. County Agent D. D. Steele cites dry weather driving migration to cotton and corn and provides a mash formula using coarse bran, Paris green or white arsenic, amyl acetate, and molasses for field application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano County
D. D. Steele
Paris
Mesquite Killing Program Expands Near Llano County
The range improvement program plans to kill thousands of acres of mesquite timber in Llano County within three months. About 4000 acres are listed at the county agent’s office and more will be poisoned to restore pasture. Kerosene is used, with quantities from two to three gallons for light infestations to fifteen to twenty gallons for heavy areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano County
Contestees To Employ Attorneys For Llano County Vote Challenge
Llano County citizens backing the agricultural building bond plan plan to hire attorneys to represent them in a contest. Attorney Lawrence Bruh said a contest petition with allegations of voting irregularities would be filed soon. The court approved issuing $10 000 in road and bridge bonds with four and a half percent interest and annual maturities starting 1938, funded by a four cent per hundred tax initially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano County
Lawrence Brubl
Bill S. Watkins
County Commissioners’ Court
Bruhi
Commissioners’ Court
City Council Orders Audit of City Books
The Lidne city council approved a five year audit of city books at a Tuesday session. Mayor McLean and Alderman Battery may finalize terms with a chosen firm. City secretary Chesnut urged an early audit citing inadequate bookkeeping and a need for a simple system.
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City of Lidne Books
Court House
J. H. McLean
John C. Battery
S. E B. Chesnut
Inas
BE. L. Renkin
Texas Power and Light Company
Texas Public Utilities Corporation
Llano
J. J. Backnes
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