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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows advance ad pricing across counties with figures likely 2.00 2.50 and 3.00, indicating tiered rates. No clear dates or organizations are readable.
The Good Neighborhoie demonstration club hosted an all day meeting at Mrs. A. Lee Whitt home. Senior 4H girls Lawanda Osbourn and Harriet Smathers presented the electric demonstration also shown this week at the 4H Round-up at Texas A&M College. Miss Frances Meeks and Mrs. Hudson Long joined the group in the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osbourn and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Osbourn entertained members of the Osbourn Motor Company and their families with a barbecue supper at the Fred Osbourn home. Attending were Hap Sawyer and family Martha and Royce Richard Staedtler Darrell and Sandra Wilbur Conley Duane and Allan Dale Russell Osbourn Lamar Gary and Terry Fred Osbourn Kenny and Don Lee.
The Ratliff family reunion honoring John Ratliff and others was held at Enchanted Rock with 85 members and descendants attending statewide. Bailey Ratliff served as president, Roy Hays Guess as treasurer, and Mrs York Ratliff as secretary as plans for 1959 were set.
Descendants of the G W Crenwelge family gathered at Llano City Park on Sunday afternoon June 15 with about 60 attendees from Llano Gillespie and nearby areas. Honored as the oldest living descendants were Mrs Pete Ahrens of Llano and Mrs Otto Kollmeier of Fredericksburg. A brief memorial by Rev M E Mayer honored members who died in the last five years including Mrs Max Otto Mrs Sophie Holtz er Mr Pete Ahrens and Mr Wachtmann Holtzer. The family presented its history and a barbecue lunch was prepared by local members including Max Otto Arthur Ahrens and Harry Holtzer. Photos from the previous reunion were shown to renew connections across generations.
The Castell Qestreich family and close friends enjoyed a barbecue and fellowship last Friday at L. M. Rathmann home in Castell. Special guests included Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Hoerster Rev. C. C. McKinney Rev. Paul Chapman and several others. Family members listed include Ed Kothmann J A Scott Ned Kothmann G H Kothmann Marilyn Herbert Clifford Crider David Wayne Jerry Butler and Judy Kay plus W E Lehrer Elmer Smith Nancy Jo Dailon Leonard Oestreich Linda Floyd Kothmann Patricia Gladys Kothmann L M Kothmann and Mortimer. Absent were Mrs Hugo Oestreich Dale Oestreich and Gwendolyn Kothmann.
Llano County 4-H Camp plans progress for June 30 to July 2 at Granite Shoals Youth Center with Mrs. Charles Reese in charge of handicraft and a team including Mrs. T A Short Miss Joanna Gray and Mrs. Forrest Smathers coordinating foods health and safety.
Families of the late J E Sessom gathered at Bank's Place on Inks Lake for their annual reunion with fishing boating skiing and swimming. Attendees included relatives from Llano Fort Worth Glen Rose Valley Springs Dayton Abilene Boerne Big Springs and other Texas towns.
The library broke a checkout record by public count on Saturday June 7 with 85 books borrowed. Visitors included John Ledbetter Houston Wen del Fey Big Spring and Miss Carole Lehmberg Midland. New fiction added this month features To Tell Your Love The Blue Rose This is Tomorrow. Non fiction adds Am erican and English literature The Tactful Texan. New fairy tale books include Arabian Nights Black Beauty Alice in Wonderland Robinhood and His Merry Men Pinocchio. The library was closed Wednesday for a staff workshop in Burnet.
Rev. and Mrs. Milton E. Mayer marked their tenth anniversary with a June 18 reception at St. James Lutheran Educational Building. Married June 18, 1938, in San Antonio, they are parents to three sons Paul Martin and James.
Miss Gerrie Virdell daughter of Mr and Mrs B M Virdell has left Llano to attend summer school at McMurry College Abilene. A 1958 Llano High School graduate she will major in medical technology.
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