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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
24
A fragmented classified note advertises fee boxes for fishing and camping use. Mentions selling the home of Mia with a selling price of 25 dollars, Rogers in Llano shows 19.95 as a price, and signs for Samborn Motors and Mrs C P Parkhill appear as names.
For weeks Homer Bentley used a team and tractor to remove a large stump in his hayfield. He finally succeeds by blasting the roots with TNT, breaking a score of windows and frightening neighbors.
Llano County reports C. V. Robinson as agricultural agent and Miss Frances Darton as home demonstration agent. The county, largely ranchland, supports beef cattle, hoats, goats, poultry, turkeys, sheep, and dairy cattle, with peanuts corn and small grain as crops. Mesquite control, terracing, and dusting demonstrations aid soil and rainfall management. Home demonstration clubs number 11 with 145 members and four arts clubs include 112 members.
Llano County Homecoming highlights county wide participation with Llano Chamber of Commerce backing. Plans started to revive the annual event this year, relying on cooperation across 23 Llano communities and the efforts of local chairmen and committees to make the celebration a success.
The June celebration mobilizes Llano County citizens with precinct chairmen listing names and former residents now living elsewhere. Cast details list Castell Alex Westersing. Buchanan Dam Kinley Aurchison. Bluffton BR Hereford. Tow A B Behrns. Lone Grove P C Mayes. Duncans Frank Coursey. Sandy Mountain Wayne Halford. Click A T Gardin. San Creek Gua Schmidt. Field Creek Lee Schneider. Wesley Spring Horace Henderson. Oxford Joe Garrett Jr. Prairie Mountain Adolph Rusche. Baby Head J C Sawyer. Long Mountain John Modgen. Gihon R A West. Gainesville Roy Smith. Six Mile Mrs Toma Mae Phillips. Kingsland Arman D Goble. Latham Fritz Wenmmonds. Oestreich Hilmar Meare.
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