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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
5
Rainy spells delay work but Chinde Smith, Llano County road superintendent, keeps roads, bridges, and culverts maintained with long hours of labor. County commissioners receive credit for hiring and retaining him, reflecting a well run county road system and low bonded debt.
Hogs show market activity with estimated receipts around 300 and prices 10 cents lower than Monday. Butchers mostly 5.45 with some 5.40 for select hogs. best 140 to 170 lbs range 4.60 to 5.35. Cattle receipts about 500 with uneven demand. stocker calves down 60 to 75 cents, cows weak, Brahman calves rising 15 to 2.50. Grass steers scarce at 7.50, yearlings to 9.50, club yearlings to 10.25. slaughter calves 8.60 to 9.50, Brahman calves high, stocker steers 9.00 to 10.00, most heifers 8.00 to 9.00.
Limno records show nearly three inches of rain for the week per H. C. Roth observer for the United States Weather Bureau. Temperatures cooled as the week progressed with daily totals varying from 0.7 to 1.38 inches and a midpoint noon reading on Wednesday.
The Lions Club funds a drive led by Dr H J Hoerster to raise about 1600 for band uniforms at Lijano School. Committee includes Holtzer Cumming and S Watkins with monthly subs planned around 375. The Lions underwrote half of band director AL Gt. Mary’s salary last year. Chamber of Commerce contributed 60 for uniforms and 210 per trip. five trips yielded about 25 profit each.
Among the seniors receiving bachelors degrees at Daniel Baker College commencement, Mrs Dalmond Nixon earned a degree. She is a well known Shino county teacher who has taught ten years and taught at the Fradonta school the past year. She has been reeleded for the coming year.
Bro Silas Howe will conduct a revival meeting at the Church of Christ in Lone Grove starting Friday evening at 7 o'clock. The public is invited to attend the services.
Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Pontotoc for JT H Fickling age 64. The notice includes farm sale details with prices for cattle and sheep, listing weights and receipts, and market conditions for fat stock.
O K Alexander was in Liano last week from the Tow section of Buch snan when he caught a 71 pound yellow catfish on a trot line near the bowl lou of Mr Alexander. The fish is the largest recorded from the lake since its formation.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. for H A Collings who was accidentally shot last Wednesday in his Whiteriver Arizona home. Rev Walter Meyers led the service from P W P Franklin's home. He leaves a widow Theresa Franklin a daughter Marjorie Aliee Collings his parents Mr and Mrs A C Collings a brother Paul a sister Pauline all of Llano. He was born September 14 1911 in Llano and after high school and marriage moved to Whiteriver where he served as a US deputy special officer on the Fort Apache Indian reservation. He belonged to the Masonic lodge and was studying the Indian language and near completing a law course. Interment was in City cemetery with Miles Buttery directing. pallbearers were M A Reed Jr Andy McDougal J R Becker Lynn Mardin Alen Johnson and Orville Buttery.
Three Llano county cowgirls will enter the San Saba Rodeo cowgirl contest tonight. Mrs. Carl Freeman is sponsored by the Lions Club, Mrs. Clint Hardin by the Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Jasper Hardin by the Business Men's Club. The San Saba contest follows Llano rules.
York Ratliff of Llano is named among thirty civilian pilots to train this summer at John Tarleton College under the Civilian Aeronautics Authority. Ground school advances fast and flight instruction should start by June 15. The prior Tarleton cohort completed exams and earned private pilot licenses.
Rev. Sam Redford of Valley Spring officiated at burial in the Pontotoc cemetery for Mr. Wickling who died in a San Angelo hospital. Pallbearers were C Fickling BU Fickling A B Marshall G O Chew M W Carson and G O McCrohan. Mr Wickling lived on a farm near Bronte and is survived by a widow six daughters Mrs Gilbert Sanders Mrs Eugene McCrohan San Angelo Mrs Odessa Wilson and Mrs Frank Joplin Pecos and Miss Wanda Fickling and Miss Elva Joyce Fickling Coke county four sons David Kenneth Hilbert Faye and Hugh Edwin Fickling all of Coke county two brothers Montfort Fort Worth and Hugh Ri of Fredonia.
David Combs of San Saba was stabbed on Highway 16 north of Babyhead and died at Llano Hospital at 4 p.m. The incident occurred Tuesday with Sherman Russell of San Saba later bonded at $1000. District Attorney Carlos Ashley found Combs by the road and transported him. details remain scarce.
The San Saba Rodeo, set to open tonight, has been postponed until Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week June 24 25 and 26. The parade and night performances will run on the previously planned hours.
Brady hosts the Fifteenth Annual Jubilee July 1 4 and 5 with five daily running races no purse under 160 dollars and a separate nightly rodeo directed by Earl and Jack Sellers Del Rio. An outdoor religious service June 30 opens the event and Queen of 1940 crownings plus performances, dancing and acts round out three days of free grounds admission.
Tarleton plans a larger summer aviation program with a single engine plane and a new flight instructor joining the two existing staff. Dean J Thomas Davis discussed training resources with A and M College officials in College Station. The course covers ground school theory, Civil Aeronautics regulations, and engine and navigation study.
The Lower Colorado River Authority in cooperation with NYA sets up a guide and information tent at Buchanan Dam in Llano County. Young NYA participants, led by Wade Blair, greet visitors daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to explain LCRA projects, history, and Buchanan Lake data.
Mayes county clerk released the panel of jurors for the next county court term. Names include Ray Smith L H Crownayer Lenox Ligon Woodrow Wilson J J Simpson KH Parque Gee Klipp FR R Treadwell S A Graham J A Scott J H Flint J K Moseley J 3 Stotts Cecil Gray A D Goble J M Drace Hilmer Reese and J H Tumlingon. C H Slater, Austin attorney, visited Llano with his mother Mrs Slater.
The report notes Tarleton professors including E. A. Blanchard and others providing instruction in the same subjects during a long session. Training will be supervised by H. R. Bradford, manager of the local airport, with Burl Tibbs assisting as flight instructors.
Wilburn Oatman Sr. announces that all county and district candidates filed for the July 27 primary after a Llano meeting. Candidates for district offices were assessed one dollar each, while other posts carry varied charges. total county expense amounts to 1560 for two elections.
Official records from Elmon D. Stewart show ten new cars and two new trucks registered in Ilano in the first 18 days of June. Registered owners include Dan Westbrook Dodge J C Jones Ford H H Owens Oldsmobile Mrs Richard Rabb Ford Herbert Blackstock Plymouth John Cummins Packard Dr R L Sheppard Ford W H Faris Chevrolet R Fishbeck Plymouth MA Murchison Plymouth Herman Menden Ford truck and J C Virdell Ford pickup.
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