Swift Plans Automated Feed Plant in Brownwood
Swift Dairy and Poultry Companys builds an automated feed plant in Brownwood Industrial Park with 150000 tons annual capacity on two shifts. The plant features automatic punch card batching and mixing for quality control and safety and environmental systems. Houston Wedeman will manage the facility slated for completion by November 1 1972 replacing the present mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Texas
New Mexico
Swift Dairy and Poultry Company
Swift & Company
Llano High School DECA VICA pages fund raise and train students
The DECA VICA clubs sell advertising space from The Llano News, collect sales, photograph classmates at work, and lay out a working dummy for printers. The eight page tabloid salutes the 1972 seniors, highlighting college plans and vocational training. Large turnout at a Volunteer Firemen’s Convention paused for pumper races as a fire alert loomed. Junior Women’s Culture Club officers were installed after a volleyball session and photos.
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Deca«Vica
Deca-Vica
Liano News
Liano
Llano
Llano High School
Ufe
Wellses visit Dallas as brother undergoes heart transplant
Pontotoc residents report Baxter Wells in Dallas after a heart transplant. family returns home with condition described as good. Mrs. J W Capps and others attend Dave Ferguson funeral in Mason. Bess Holloway to Heart O Texas Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Armes
Bill Armes
Fount Sharp
Bill Latham
W. C. Latham Jr
Ernestine Wells
Latham Miller
Ben Polk
Connie Hey
Kristi
Gary Hey
Kerrville
Imogene Keller
Ted Bode
Martin Bodkin
Emma Mae Bode
Mrady
McCulloch County League of Vocatonal Nurses
Brady Hospital
Max Wells
Jewel Miller
Alva Schneider
Robert Wells
Suzan
Fredericksburg
Carlos Capps
Houston
Capps
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Perry
Texas Voters Turnout Signals Public Interest in Government
The commentary notes surprise among candidates after an election and highlights large statewide turnout in Texas. It argues that citizen engagement at the polls shows growing concern for government and counters public apathy as a threat to democracy.
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Texas
Clarence Edwards Dies in Burnet Texas
Clarence Edwards age 67 died Wednesday May 10 in a Burnet hospital. Funeral services were held at Clements Funeral Home Burnet with Rev Walter E Griffin officiating. Burial followed at Post Mountain Cemetery. A retired postal service employee he is survived by wife Lillie Edwards of Buchanan Dam, daughter Ann Ayres and son Steve Edwards of El Paso, and two grandchildren.
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Buchanan Dam
Clarence Edwards
Burnet
Clements Funeral Home
Walter E. Griffin
Post Mountain
Postal Serice
Lillie Edwards
Ann Ayres
Steve Edwards
el Paso
Warmer weather brings storms and social visits in Waco area
The report notes heavy rainfall of three to four inches and an 80 point total on Friday night with a severe electrical storm. Several local residents visited kin in San Antonio, Llano, Corpus Christi, Dallas and Lubbock while others attended Mother's Day gatherings. A car accident near Bell Mountain left Mrs. Moda Harlow with bruises and a demolished vehicle but no serious injuries. The community club meeting drew a small crowd amid storm warnings and bad weather conditions.
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Moda Harlow
Bell Mountiin
Amy Webster
San Antonio
Lawrence Draper
Don Hopper
Charlotte
Richard Hopper
Lubbock
Tommy Harlow
Community Club
Pickett's
Logan
May Holloway
Katemney
Roy Britton
Llanoans Attend State Farm Bureau Leadership Conference
Brownwood hosts the first state wide Leadership Conference for young farmers and ranchers May 8 to 10. Llano County delegates Tom Allen and Mr and Mrs Malcom Long join in sessions on legislation, marketing activities, and the role of youth in Farm Bureau. A slide film Farm Bureau at Work and a 30 minute The Road to Delano documentary are shown.
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Brownwood
Farm Bureau
Riverside Innn Brownwood
Llano
Delano
Farm Workers
California
Plans advance for 1972 Miss Highland Lakes Pageant
The 1972 Miss Highland Lakes World Pageant planned for June 15 to 17 at Horseshoe Bay Lake LBJ progresses. Marble Falls pageant chairman Jim Henderson appoints committee chairs with support from local and state groups.Contestants report to Austin June 15 for photo sessions then proceed to Highland Mall for an hour preview.
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Horseshoe Bay
Lake
Lbj
Jim Henderson
Marble Falls
Howard Johnson Motor Lodge
Austin
Judy Lee
Highland Mall
Ed Jungbluth
Shakey’s Pizza Parlor
Longhorn Caverns
Ktbc-Tv
Rebecca Ann Brown
Nunnally/Griffin/ Dockery Agency
Ed Tarburton
New Braunfels
Highland Lakes Tourist Association
Miss Texas World, Inc
Houseton
Hlta
Houston
London
England
Novemeber
Brucene Smith
University of Texas
Texas Draft Boards to Issue Induction Orders June Call
Colonel Melvin N. Glantz directs Texas boards to issue induction orders for 1972 First Priority Group men with lottery numbers 35 or below. Acting Director Pepitone set a 35 cut-off for June, with 15 000 nationwide inductions planned for April to June.
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Austin
Melvin N. Glantz
Selective Service For
Texas
Dssto
Selective Service
Byron V. Pepitone
United States
Defense Department
Glantz
Dor W. Brown
M.D
Gillespie, Kerr, Kendall, Blanco
Liano
Bride-Elect Cynthia Barnes Welcomed With Showers at Kingsland
Kingsland Miss Cynthia Barnes engaged to marry June 3 received several pre nuptial showers. A Buckner Church shower April 27 hosted by Mines Rex King Jack Valentine Bill McGee Bill Gray Robert Moore Henry Booth Paul Kirby Dan Hayhurst Lee Golightly Laura Natl and Harvey Raab carried blue and white decor. May 9 shower at Mrs Henry Booth home hosted by Deanne Jones and Debbie Mendenhall. Friends in Liano honored with a kitchen shower Friday afternoon.
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Kingsland
Cynthia Barnes
Buckner Baptist Church
Mines
Rex King
Jack Valentine
Bill McGee
Bill Gray
Robert Moore
Henry Booth
Paul Kirby
Dan Hayhurst
Lee Golightly
Laura Nat
Harvey Raab
Miss Barnes
Deanne Jones
Debbie Mendenhall
Liano
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Tional Corporation
Felix T. Tybor
Optometrist
N. Llane
Fredericksburg, Texme
Western Mattress Co
Austin Ave
Ramblin
Llano, Texas
Jimmy Fletcher
Hill Country Ramblers
the Wanderer
Cunningham
Main
Oatman
Vernon Weet
Ralph Fisher
Pontotoc
Imay
Patrick McGoohan
Richard Widmark
Alan Alda
Llanoans
Garland H. Lang and Sons
Gerry and Greg
Midland
C.C. Morgan
T. A. Wilton Jr
Marlin
Ben Polka
Mason
Ben Polks
Alberta Stovall
Llane
Polks
Leander
Lloyd Polk
Kevin
James Bailey
City of
Llano Utilities
Ace Rald
W. Young
Waldrope Funeral Home, Inc
den Waldrope
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