Boy Scouts Plan Overnight Camp-Out and District Prep
Troop 301 Scouts plan an overnight camp-out to August Otto Jr. place on the Llano River next weekend to finish a five mile hike and work on compass, fire building, tracking, nature study and cooking without utensils. They aim to prepare for the district camporee at Diamond X Ranch near Johnson City and Marble Falls with a Friday departure from the Methodist Church. Four Tenderfoot Scouts Evander Hallmark Dudley Marshall Steve Chrane and Bill Crawford will receive badges at Monday’s board review.
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Boy Scouts of
Troop 301
Otto, Jr
Llano River
Llano
Diamond X Ranch
Johnson City
Marble Falls
Methodist Church
Bill Simpkins
George Turner
Bill Needham
Board of Review
Evander Hallmark
Dudley Marshhall
Stave Chrane
Bill Crawford
Buchanan Lions Elect Queen for 1968
Buchanan Dam Lions Club held a social at Bluebonnet Tuesday night with guests including Mrs. Henry Sieber and Rev. Jack Hooper. Six contestants competed for queen with Jan Fields chosen and Debbie Lynely named runner-up. New officers include President Jerry Marberry and Vice Presidents Ray Beggs Levi Coble Brown Geren. The club plans to attend the Brownwood convention April 5 6 and seeks eye glasses for a needy child and Crippled Children’s camp nominations.
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Buchanan Dam
Buchanan Lions Club
Bluebonnet
Henry Sieber
Carl McDonald
Don Byrant
Lonnelfe Roach
Lon Roach
Jack Hooper
Marble Falls
Paul Sayers
Gayla Kroeger
Jill
Jan Sander
Debbie Lynch
Jan Fields
Sally Robertson
Tail Twister
Louis Marks
Clarence Smith
Kerrville
Charles Ratliffs Host Bridge Night At Hotel Llano
Mr and Mrs Charles Ratliff entertained their bridge club Thursday night with three tables of players A steak supper at the Hotel Llano preceded the games at the Ratliff home Edger James Moss won high score and couples prize while Howard Lang took bingo
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Charles Ratliff
Llano
Ratliff
Edgar
James Moss
Howard Lang
4 H District Council Set for Saturday Meet
Dane County 4 H District Council members assigned to duties will attend a meeting at the First Baptist Church Saturday. The session runs from 9 to 10 clock with about 10 people expected to attend. A luncheon will be served at GL 35 a phate.
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Dane County
First Baptist Church
Air Medal Awarded to Sp/5 Orvil Faught at Fort Leavenworth
Sp/5 Orvil Faught received the Air Medal at Fort Leavenworth Kansas on February 23. Major Robert H. Clemons Jr. presented the award for combat aerial support of ground operations from July 1966. Faught, an aviation mechanic with headquarters Company, US Army Garrison, Leavenworth, resides in Leavenworth Kansas.
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FT. Leavenworth
Splon O. Faught
Lake Shore Drive
Buchanan, Dam
Kan
Robert H. Clemons Jr
Fort
Spec
Faught
al Spec. Faugh
Gwendilyn
Leavenworth, Kan
U.S. Army
Carman Albiess Visit Highlights Local Ties
Mr Lanham visited Eldorado with Walter Lee Wallis son and high school principal. The trip included Brownwood for a weekend with daughter and son in law Guy Wayne May and a regional antique show at the coliseum.
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Carman Albiess
Lanham
Aa Ny
Eldorado
Walter Lee Wallis
Walter Lee
Brownwood
Gaughter
Sop Inlaw
Guy Wayne May
Realty
Mrs Prather Delivers Silver Book Review at Church
Mrs Thomas J Prather of Austin read The delightful story of Flossie and Bessie to the Culture Club at the Methodist Church this week. The tale follows two hens with different natures who learn from conflicts, end with reconciliation and family bonds amid village life.
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Flossie
Bessie
Culture Club
Methodist
Thomas J. Prather
Austin
Bossie
Whitie
Blacki
Ida Hopper
Jacket Track Team Loses Two Members
Llano Yellowjacket track coach James Saucier says two runners are out for the year Rex Woolan underwent an appendectomy and Dan McBride has a pulled hip muscle This affects upcoming Randolph Relays where freshmen and seniors combine The Eldorado Relays saw several Jackets place second in multiple events with Marc Miller and Mike Virdell among them The eighth grade team competed Friday and another junior high meet is planned at Brady Friday.
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Llano Yellowjacket
James Saucier
Rex Woolan
Dan McBride
Woolan
Jackets
McBride
Randolph
Eldorado
Randy Scott
Mike Virdell
Rex Wootan
Marc Miller
Carlos McKinney
Jimmy Roberson
Saucier
Brady
Bluebonnet Club Meets for Sewing and Social
Mrs. Alvin Hopson hosts the Bluebonnet Club meeting Thursday. Members sewed and embroidered, heard age reports by Nicky Ellis and Janie Hoerster, shared a covered dish luncheon, held a business meeting, and enjoyed prizes in recreation. Visitors Mary Ellis and others attended.
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Bluebonnet Club
Alvin Hopson
Nicky Ellis
Janie Hoerster
Wilbur Mig
Dan Sagebiel
Gore Shar
Mary Ellis
Alpha Chi Branch Forms At Buchanan Dam Meeting
Llano members of Alpha Chi chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma hosted a branch and business meeting at Buchanan Dam on March 23. Officers elected for the next two years include President T. L. Fancher Burnet Vice Presidents George Chrane Marble Falls and Ross Batman Llano. corresponding secretary Phil Hesler Burnet. recording secretary T. H. Norris Burnet. treasurer J. H. Rhoden Jr. Burnet. parliamentarian Jack Little Llano. The event featured an origin poem by Mrs H T Harrison arrangements chair and a color slide program by Mrs George Pechacek reflecting a trip to Japan.
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Llano
Alisha Chi
Delta Kappa Gamma
Buchanan Dam
Burnet
H.T. Harrison
8. H. Elliott
Alpha Chi
Harrison
Guy Clymer
George Pechacek
Pechacek
Japan
Jack Little
T. L. Fancher
George Chrane
Marble Falls
Ross Batman
Phil §. Hesler
T. H. Norris
J. H. Rhoden
Cloverleaf 4 H Demonstrations At Club Meeting
Cloverleaf 4 H Club met at the elementary school on Wednesday March 20. Diane Hoerster and Nan Needham demonstrated Central Texas Electric Cooperative while Judy Butler and Brenda Buie showed smoked egg dip. The club elected Christy McAnally as vice president and Jonie Jordan as reporter.
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Diane Hoerster
Nan Needham
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Judy Butler
Brenda Buie
Christy McAnally
Jonie Jordan
Joni Jordan
Llano Catering Looks Up in 1968 the County Provides
Llano's catering business shows brightness in 1968 as Inman's Catering Service reports busy schedules. They served 300 Humble Oil representatives in San Antonio on March 20 and 730 at the Tri Convention in Fredericksburg. Future events include banquets, land sales, and regional reunions through June 1969 across Llano and Hill Country.
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Llano
Lester Inman
Myrtle Oestreich
Inman
San Antonio
Humble Oil Company
River Room
Tri
American Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Round Rock
San Saba
Antique Automobile Association
San Marcos
Crystal City
Austin
Graniteills
Hereford Ranch
LCRA
Buchanan Dam
LHS
Hill Country
Highland Lakes
Cow and calf pairs fetch up to 230 at auction
Good and Choice Stocker cattle sold steadily at the Liano Auction Company sale in Norman Oklahoma despite a light run. Cow and calf pairs brought as high as 230 with stockers and steers graded by weight, bulls and other lots selling mostly in the mid teens to upper twenties per hundredweight.
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Liano
LHS Student Receives Honorable Mention in Ballinger Play
Conhie McDermott earned an honorable mention for her role in the LHS one act at the district contest in Ballinger Tuesday night. The Ugly Duckling, directed by Mrs. Vivian Newcomb, told a king and queen plot to marry off their ugly daughter. The play did not place.
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Conhie McDermott
LHS
Ballinger
Vivian Newcomb
Con
Llane High School
Bellinger
David Russdtites
Chancellor
Connie McDermott
Queen
Larry Grote
King
Marc Miller
Catio
Cynthia Johnson
Princess Camilla
Stephen Dansby
Prince Simon
Judy Wilson
Dulcipelle
Treslay
Vivien Newcomb
Pechacek
Methodists to Honor Seniors with Banquet
The Liano High School Senior Class will be honored at a banquet in the Fellowship Hall of Lutie Watkins Memorial Methodist Church tonight March 28. The event features ladies of the church as hostesses with the theme Bon Voyage. Mr and Mrs Olen Click of San Angelo visited last weekend with her mother Mrs Willie Birk.
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Liano High School
Lutie Watkins Memorial Methodist Church
Olen Click
San Angelo
Willie Birk
Mada Stewart Attends Dallas Cosmetic Meeting
Mrs Mada Stewart was in Dallas this week to attend a Merle Norman Cosmetic three day regional meeting.
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Mada Stewart
Dallas
Merle Norman Cosmetic
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Buchanan
Liana News
Boy Scouts
Buchanan Lions
Charles Ratliffs
Bridge
Orvil Faught
Air Medal
Llano Ang
Mrs. Hopson
Harold Birk
Mara Click
Teople
Harald Birk
Song
McCloskey Hospital
Llano’s
Norman, Oklahoma
Test
Newcomb
Ma&on
Llane
Methodists
C & B Grocery
Electra
Maxwell House
SANKA
Mrs, Tuckers
Oxydol
Betty Crocker
Northern Tissue Lipton
Fryers Armours Star
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