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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1933
Page
5
Final census figures show Llano County ginned 904 bales of cotton from the 1932 crop, up from 736 in 1931. Officials warn that average yields remain below the thousand-bale level in recent years and prospects for the current year are uncertain.
A shipment of about fifteen hundred pounds of Red Cross flour arrived in Llano on Monday and Tuesday. Most was stored in Red Cross rooms near Watkins Gregory, with some sent to the countryside for distribution. The relief effort continues as warmer weather approaches and gardens come into play.
The Llano and Lhaza Grate School elimination contests were held in the school auditorium on Monday and Trasday wapata of this week. Awards were given by the judges for senior girls and boys, junior categories, and grade school divisions. Mary Hart led senior girls with first place in declamations while Robert Hiessel claimed first in senior boys. Music numbers enriched the program as a large audience attended.
Judge Sylvan Bo Simpson backs an ambitious plan to convert vacant lots into urban gardens to grow vegetables for local workers and provide summer produce for landowners. He cites county tax strain and unemployment, urging owners to offer lots for cultivation and promising mutual community benefits.
A large labor force works on the north end of the Pecan sector with graders, gravel piles, and fencing being completed. Commissioner Willborn and J. C. Sawyer report finishing fence setbacks while the telephone company crews set back poles. Deeds for right of way are being secured and the project moves toward readiness for the Highway Department, with Llano County likely to have the first hard surfaced road barring Gillespie.
The passage notes several days of threatening weather with low hanging clouds since last Sunday. Rain has only been light and sporadic, not enough to settle dust, while reports indicate better rainfall to the east near Llano and Burnet.
Dudley Wallace son of Mr and Mrs C M Wallace underwent a very serious operation in San Antonio last Thursday and is reported resting well under the circumstances. His family had faced months of declining health and grave apprehension, but relatives and friends are relieved by the progress noted.
Sidney A. Beal of Bluffton and Ben Wallis drove into Llano Monday morning with a very large yellow catfish caught on a Frat line in the Colorado near Beal's home. The catch excited local fishermen who planned river trips, noting favorable fishing this season.
R L Wassell brother in law of S E K and Miss Alice Chesnut had his plane damaged on landing in Llano Sunday noon. He was on a cross country flight from Langley Field Virginia to Kelly Field San Antonio with a short stop here. Landing gear damaged a wire stay was bent and repairs completed by 2:29 yesterday morning. He then landed in San Antonio at 8 00 o clock thirty one minutes after leaving Llano. Wassell returned to Langley Field soon after. Local visit noted as pleasant while awaiting parts.
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