LHS Seniors Honored At Junior Aqua Banquet
The Lennox High School Junior Class hosted a sea themed banquet honoring the 1971 graduating class with octopus decor and a barbecue dinner. Mike Landon emceed, Jerome Henry read the prophecy, and Ernest Ligon led the student response as plans for the senior year concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liand High School
LHS
Inman's Kitchen
Mike Landon
Rance Bell
Dean Zachary
Jerome Henry
Ernest Ligon
Milda Rothmann
Weldon Seelinger
Highland Lakes Women Golf Association Blind Draw Results
The Women's Golf Association at Highland Lakes held a blind draw for partner play. Winners include Delz and Brandyberry tied for first with 155 net, Hill and Hill 161, Davis and Merchant 166, with nine hole winners Valesco and Schiller at 82 net. Twenty-one players competed on a windy day as Packsaddle entrants returned with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Golf Association
L.V. Delz
Sally Brandyberry
Mary Anne Carpenter
Lillian Hill
Lee Hill
Rose Davis
Maxine Merchant
Bonnie Valesco
Zera Schiller
Packsaddle
Llano
Ray Bevill
Uy Munn
Walker White
Bill Jones
Tom Pittman
Ronald Huckabee
Monahans
Dub Huckabee
Glen Smith
Steve Weaver
Terry Wells
Johnny Wheeler
Lakes Women’s Softball Schedule Update
The Lakes Women’s Softball schedule lists games from May through July with start times at 7 30 p m except where noted. The schedule includes matchups among Llano Marble Falls Kingsland MisFits Strikers and Lampasas, with playoff week planned the first two weeks of July if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
Marble Falls
Strickers
Lampasas
Kingsland
Strikers
Llano golfers medalists lead after first day of play
From Llano for fifth place with a net 138 Gerry Head and Jim Smith were medalists with a 59 the first day of play. The calendar lists several May events from Griggs and Weaver one day tournament to a Dairy Products Industries Tournament and a Ladies Invitational. Social notes mention a birthday dinner and new members joining the Highland Lakes club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colse
Max Munn
A.C. Hengley
Lampasas
Lou Rice
Curtis Bozart
Gerry Head
Jim Smith
Goldthwaite
Sam Hurt
Ron McMullen
San Antonio
BH Jones
John Nunnally
Martle Falls
Till Sanders
Kingsland
Roeland Howard
San Angelo
Walker White
Tom Hill
Col
Cecil Roberts
Fort Worth
Delmar Sears
Joe Terry
Ray Bevi
Sunrise Head
Gene Gross
George Preston
Kenneth Jones
J.P. Hodgen
Llano
Devine
Austin
Houston
Marble Falls
Buchanan Dam
Junction
Griggs and Weaver
Huffat
Jim Connie
Highland Lakes Country Club
Virginia White
Clem
Henri Davis
Tom
Lillian Hil
Highland Lakes Retired Officers Association
Highland Lakes Recreation Association
Vic Mathias
Austin Chamber of Commerce
IS. Anderson
Midland
Kingsland Couple Set May 28 Wedding for Janice Vassar and Jimmy Chitwood
Mr and Mrs Troy Vassar announce the engagement of their daughter Janice Ealine to Jimmy Charles Chitwood son of Mr and Mrs Charles E B Chitwood both of Kingsland. Miss Vassar attends Llano High School and Chitwood works as a self employed welder in Kingsland. The couple plans a May 28 wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsland
Troy Vassar
Janice Ealine
Jimmy Charles Chitwood
Charles EB. Chitwood
Miss Vassar
Llano High School
USAF Honors Kin of Llano Residents and AFSC Veteran
Major Kenneth J. Langley Jr and associates at Elgin AFB are praised by Secretary of the Air Force for AFSC contributions marking the command’s 10th anniversary. Langley, son of Tucumcari residents, serves as project engineer and senior navigator with ten months in Southeast Asia, joined by notes on his education and spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Fla
Kenneth J. Langley, Jr
Elgin Afb
Air Force
Air Force Systems Command
AFSC
Langley
K.I. Langley
Sixth St
Tucumcari
N.M
Robert C. Seamans, Jr
Seamans
U.S
Air Force Aerospace Systems
Southeast Asia
Tucumcari High School
University of New Mexico
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Sue
C.M. Suggs
Bluffton, Tex
Hill Country Arts Foundation announces summer theater season
The Hill Country Arts Foundation of Ingram plans a June 9 to August 15 season at the open air Guadalupe River theater. The lineup includes You Cant Take It With You I Do I Do Harvey and Once Upon a Mattress plus a summer program of art and crafts courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country Arts Foundation of
Ingram
Llano
Guadalupe River
Harvey
Kenneth Whitley Earns SWT Degree in Education
Kenneth Whitley completed requirements for a bachelor of science in education at Southwest Texas State University San Marcos. He majored in speech and minored in English and made the Dean's List in spring. He will teach in the Houston Independent School District next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kenneth Whitley
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Llano High School
Charles Whitley
Houston Independent School
Area Churches Plan Memorial Day Worship at Inks Park
Churches in the area organize a Sunday morning worship series at Inks State Park starting Memorial Day May 30 and continuing each Sunday through Labor Day in September. Pastors from the participating churches will lead the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inks State Park
Anniversary celebration draws Llanoans to Fredericksburg
Chester Allen Thomas and Lorene Estelle Spinks joined Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rothmann as Mother's Day guests with their family in Austin. Ed Willenberg visited with Esther Dalchau and M C Dalchau. Roy Rothmann attended a Fredericksburg anniversary event with Llanoans last week, with the Rothmanns later hosting relatives including the Smittie Johnsons and Pecenkas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Allen Thomas and
Lorene Estelle Spinks
Roy Rothmann
Smittie Johnson
Debra
Derrick
Dean
A. Pecenka
Douglas Seale
Austin
Ed Willenberg
Esther Dalchau
M.C. Dalchau
Llanoans
Fredericksburg
Rain Storm Recalled WWI Era Bank Vault Tease
A muddled account recalls a Thursday night hailstorm and a World War I echo of the Royal Canadian Pipe and Drum Corps. The tale mentions a vault shift and a high loader left in a vault and hints at stacking money on a top shelf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Royal Canadian Pipe and Drum Corps
Mew Bank
Spray recommendations for pecan casebearer in Llano County
County Agent John Kendall outlines May 20 to 22 as the first spray window for pecan casebearer in Llano County based on a May 11 emergence, with a possible second spray around June 1. Malathion is recommended, with optional spray adjuvants to improve coverage and tree growth, and homeowners should follow labeled instructions and precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano County
John Kuur Kendall
Rites Set Thursday For G C Gregory
Grover C Gregory 86 died May 1 in Liane Memorial Hospital. Services set May 13 at Waldrope Funeral Home with Ray Edge officiating. Burial in Oxford Cemetery. Born Bryan August 16 1844 he lived in Liano County over 80 years. Survived by sons Thomas Willis Joe. brothers C R Freeport Arthur. sisters Bertie Adams and Brown. three grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
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Grover C. Gregory
Liane Memorial Hospital
Waldrope
Ray
Cliffford Edge
Oxford Cemetery
Bryan
Liano County
B Tooka Shire
Frankie Willis
Gregory
Methodist Church
Thomas Gregory
Willis Gregory
Liano
Joe Gregory
Los Angeles
Calif
C.R. Gregory
Freeport
Arthur Gregory
Waller
Bertie Adams
Brookshire
Jl, Brown
TOPS Club Loses 24 Pounds at Bluebonnet Meeting
There were 1 TOPS and 14 pigs among 25 members at the Bluebonnet TOPS Club gathering. A 24 pound loss and 15.5 pound gain were recorded. Ada Herridge named Queen of the Week. Mary Lou Smathers summarized the state TOPS convention in Amarillo. A Salad tasting bee was set for Tuesday May 11. Meeting now at 7:20 p.m. Tuesdays at the Neighborhood Center. Open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Herridge
Mary Lou Smathers
Amarillo
Shirley Leverett Crowned TOPS Queen at Club Session
Shirley Leverett was Queen of the Week as the Blue bonnet TOPS Club met Tuesday night with 14 members and one visitor. The group logged 16 pounds loss and nine pounds gain, with 10 TOPS, three turtles, and five pigs. May 25 meeting runs 5:30 to 6:30 due to high school commencement. A member wore 37 year old riding pants, proudly worn again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Leverett
TOPS
Hail Rains Down From Severe Weather Watch Over County
Rain totals and hail events reported around Liana County as severe thunderstorm and tornado watches were issued. Hail reached baseball size on the Castell highway near the W. E. Scott home causing roof damage while rainfall measured 1.04 inches for the month. Continuous warnings noted but no major damage beyond isolated effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Scott
W. E. Scott
Castell Highway
Liana
Hickory Creek
Scott
Weather Service
Liana County
Besse
Leslie Keese Receives Animal Science Degree at A&M
Leslie S. Keese earned his animal science production degree from Texas A&M University at College Station commencement Saturday. The Llano High School graduate, son of Mrs. Charles Kease of Prairie Mountain, was active in 4 H and FFA livestock projects, part of the State champion livestock judging team at A&M in 1970, and treasurer of the Saddia and Sirloin Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie S. Keese
Texas A&m University
College Station
Charles Kease
Prairie Mountain
Llano
Texas A&m
A&m
Construction workers finish Nicaragua water system in weeks
CARE provided pipes and fittings for a safe water project in Santiago de la Concepcion Nicaragua. An estimated two months became three weeks as 30 to 40 volunteers daily dug trenches and laid 4800 feet of pipe serving 900 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de la Concepcion
Nicaragua
Motel Construction To Begin Monday Inaga Roadrunner Motel
Construction for the 28 unit Roadrunner Motel on Highway 29 West is set to start Monday May 17. O K Jones, contractor and Ramblin Rose owner, holds the contract. Applications for a motel manager should go to 301 Granite Street Liano. CARE MEDICO hospital seeks medical staff and invites postings to Personnel CARE New York.
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Highway 29 West
Jim Moss Thks
Legend and Love Lodge
Inez
O.K. Jones
Granite Street
Liano
New York
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Edgar James Mosses
Edgar James Moss
Lisa
Dallas
Daved
Bruce Kennédy
Dallas Theology Seminary
Kennedy
University of Texas At Austin
Berachah Church
R.B. Thelme, Jr
Colla Moss
Rochelle
Dallas Theological Seminary
Gaston Avenue Baptist Church
Moss
Adolphus Hotel
George C. Wallace
David Bruce Kennedy
Highland Lakes Recreation Club
Janice Vassar
Jimmy Chitwood
Janice Elaine Vassar
USAF
Good & Choice
USA
Homer Martin
Musun
Raymond Winkel
Llang
John Crownover
Mark A. Moss & Son
the Wanderer
Washington
The
Foundation
Wanderer
Junior Woman's Culture Club
Kenneth Whitley
Inks Park
America
Savings Bonds
G. C. Gregory
Tops Club
Leslie Keese
Leslie S. Kegs
Pat's
Texas
Bubba Littrell
Melody Mustangs
J. J. Patranelle
Hill Country Community Press, Inc
E. Main ST
Fredericksburg, Texas
Little Darling
Wootan Auto Supply
Richard Staedtler
Bessemer Ave
Cowboy Boot Lovers
Central Texas
Tony Lama
Justin — Nocona
Cowtawn
Rios
Sanders
Clyde Taylor
Acme
Harry
San Saba, Texas
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