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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1933
Page
5
The Scout Mothers Club of Liana will meet next Tuesday afternoon at 3 30 with Mrs J L Conners All members are urged to be present.
The town’s Christian church revival continues with no services every night and two on Sunday. Last Sunday the church was filled to capacity as Rev. J. J. Ray delivered a splendid sermon. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend and join the worship.
A Llano weather note reports last Sunday reached 99 degrees in April the hottest so far this season. Observed by Mrs. EB W Torrence readings show extreme warmth drying the ground across Central Texas and delaying cotton planting as rains are badly needed. Local residents including Carl Smith and W H Lindsey note crops suffer while some improvement is seen, though conditions remain far from normal.
Shirley Wil flames president of the Llano County Singing Convention says the next session will be held at Longhorn Cavern between Burnet and Marble Falls on Sunday May seventh. The event aims for its largest attendance with prominent state singers and delegates from Burnet and Jane counties.
Llano High School seniors and faculty are invited as honored guests to a May Day breakfast in Badu Park on Saturday morning May 6 at six o'clock. The Llano Parent-Teacher Association hosts the event with special arrangements and a menu designed to please all. After breakfast, short talks by seniors will follow, with the students excited for the gathering. A lost watch chain and fob, a gold football, and a "Military Champions Unrefeated 1916" diamond-set item are listed with a $5 reward by B. Simp n Son on the reverse.
The two Liano furniture stores have moved into adjacent new locations, A. S. Johnson occupying the Simpson building and Miles Buttery taking the former Johnson site. Both firms complete moving and stock arrangements and prepare to serve the trade of the territory.
Lone Grove hosts May 6 events starting with a Cheroke Texas Lone Grove ball game at 1 PM, a rodeo at 5 PM and a 3 act comedy Bound To Marry at 8:30 PM with a cast led by Betty Jane Dove Augustus G Baker and Nelson Hallmark, admission 10 cents for barbecue.
A note of sincere thanks is extended for the generous hook shower given by the ladies of the Methodist Church Colored and other churches in Liano. The expression acknowledges support from multiple congregations.
A large crowd attended Prairie Mountain last Saturday for school closing exercises featuring student performances goats roping and a barbecue picnic. The Blue Bonnet Band from Castell provided music and the evening play drew much praise for its polished cast and direction.
The Six Mile school closes with goat roping and tournament races at 2 pm, a barbecue supper at 6 pm, cake and coffee, and the play Go Slow Mary at 8 pm. Admission is ten and twenty cents, benefiting the school. Rev J W Campbell traveled to Kerrville for a short business trip.
The Woman's Culture Club of Liano will host its annual social at Mrs. M. M. Moss's home on Saturday May 6 at 4 15 p m The program includes Club Collect roll call addressing past presidents and greetings by Mrs Raymond Rogers The club has enjoyed strong attendance this year and will study The Woman Problem and The Woman Movement from the University of Texas for the coming year It reports full membership and historically high attendance Marks HERSEY Mrs O P Garrett visited relatives in Shreveport La and Jacksonville recently.
A community event at Castell features The Deacon Himself and The Deacon's Wife in a stage play on Friday May five at 8 p m. Cast includes Dale Oegtreich Gladys Fritze Lamar Lafiesta Anita Holtzer Elva Schnai jder Gordon Buchholtz Leonard Gostreich Nelma Larre rare Geneva Merle Plunneke Ford Gep hart Charles Henry Dye. A school pageant follows at three o'clock with a goat and beef barbecue to twenty cents per plate starting at five. Cane Blue Bonnet Band provides music.
Liano league players show Van Huss leading with a strong start. The batting lineup lists Mather Brewer Taylor Weatherly Moore McLeod Reed Collings and others with varying averages and counts. Pitching notes credit Brewer and Van Huss with early wins and losses as season schedule includes May to August home games for Liang plus a sale notice for sweet potato slips.
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