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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
2
Mrs. Bowman urges Llano county residents to compile a complete list of former inhabitants for a returning home event June 3 to 8. She envisions a yearly celebration to draw back hundreds of exiles, much like the growing Llano Rodeo.
The Woman's Culture Club will sponsor a Mexican supper in the library building from 6:30 to 8:30 tomorrow evening May 31. If weather permits there will be tables outside under a large oak tree. Proceeds go toward reducing the club's debt on the building.
The Llano News reports Clara Lou Edwards was left off the Llano grade school's honor roll due to an copying error by principal James Lesker. Sam Watkins of Houston is visiting Llano this week with brothers Bill L. Watkins and T. J. Watkins and their families.
Rev. and Mrs. J. N. Marshall thanked friends for cards after a surprise card shower marking their 40th anniversary May 6. Married May 6 1890 in Llano they have ten children eight living. He served Llano Baptist church, helped build the parsonage, and returned 25 years later to lead again.
We thank friends and relatives for kindness sympathy flowers and comforting messages after our bereavement. Reverends W P Rey and Joe Frederick offered support. Signed Mr and Mrs Irland West Mr and Mrs George Gray Mr and Mrs S C Inman.
Sunday school opens at 10 a.m. worship and Holy Communion follow at 11 a.m. The sermon will be delivered by Dr. Thomas Currie of Austin.
The Red Cross moves toward Paris as crowds flee northward in terror and hunger. Volunteers in rest homes near Versailles tend exhausted refugees walking miles daily, many too weak to eat. French Belgian Red Crosses pool resources while Americans aid relief efforts.
A long list of local businesses and individuals appears in a community notice, including retailers, service stations, cafes, a bank, beauty shops, lano drug, monument works, lumber and grocery firms, and prominent residents. The fragment reads like a directory or front page society item without a single narrative event.
The library announces a vacation story hour for children ten and under from June 12 to August 14 with tales from India Persia Arabia China Japan Greece Finland Russia Germany Holland Norway Sweden British Isles France Italy and Spain. New hours begin June 1 from 8 30 to 11 am and 3 to 6 pm. Gifts include 23 books from Mrs E H Parkhill and 19 banks from Mrs Frank Moore. Mr and Mrs B Higgs and daughter Mary Ada visited from Anderson Missouri.
Describes human misery from ongoing warfare tearing apart homes towns and villages in a region once famed for beauty. The speaker urges Americans to appreciate the Atlantic Ocean as a protective barrier against such devastation.
A Llano page item lists Baptist meeting plans with speakers Miss Bella Lazenby and Miss Gracie Knowlton, plus department conferences and an assembly. Also noted are local visitors, a fruit stand opening, rental and sale ads, and obituaries including P. C. Smith born 1859 died 1940 with a tribute to his life and faith.
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