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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
10
Llano county citizens funded and built a new Llano airport two miles north on Highway 16 to serve as an emergency landing field for army planes. McKown and sons offered to construct the airport to CAA specs if land was purchased, showing strong wartime patriotism and civic effort.
Citizens raised about 28 000 dollars for land purchase and fencing of a county airport site in Llano. The 1944 field covered 10 miles of highway work and 4000 by 600 feet two runways. later transferred from county to city control in 1946 with a new airport commission appointed. The CAA called Llano’s facility among the best in the region and maps mark its presence nationwide.
Road warnings along State Highway 16 between Fredericksburg and Llano have attracted tourists and were featured in Texas Parade magazine. Motorists unfamiliar with the deer hazard note deer crossovers, especially at night when lights blind them, sometimes resulting in accidental collisions.
The county names 21 voting precinct homecoming chairmen to aid the general arrangement committee for the homecoming celebration. Notable appointees include Castell Mrs Rector Grote Buchanan Dam Kinley Murthhison Bluffton Mrs Tom Allen Tow Mrs Andrew Alexander Lone Grove Mrs Logan Templeton Sandy Mountain Mrs H L Tate Duncan Schoolhouse Frank Coursey Click Mrs John Pearson Sand Creek Gus Schmidt Field Creek J W Wooten Valley Spring Mrs Eugene Osbourn Oxford Mrs Carl Moss Pratris Mountain Robert Schneider Baby Head Mrs Ray Martin Long Mountain Sherman Long Esbow Robert Kessell Gainesville Mrs Bill Williams Six Mile Mrs Carl Phillips Kingsland Miss Edna Haywood Latham Pritz Wennmohs Oestreich Mrs Hilmar Keese.
Llano county reports 97 percent tax collection on 1945 rolls through McWilliams office. Total collected to date is 105 982 59 dollars, including delinquent taxes, with year-end outlook near 98 percent or higher. The 1945 tax roll totals 106 979 86 dollars. Texas seedmen plan 115 000 acres of certified seed crops in 1946.
The University of Texas starts authorized construction of an atomic research facility with a $35,000 investment, marking its entry into atomic science.
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