The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1968 Page: 1 of 10
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Mr. and Mm. Jimmy Schooley
of Mason are the parents of a
son, Steven Harokl .born Sunday,
July 7. The mother U the former
Mis Lome Joyce McWilliams The
newcomer is welcomed by one
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VOLUMI 79
No. 94
July 4 Celebration
f ■ ■ ♦
Draws Large Crowd
, “There is nothing Wrong in di*-<«
agreeing with the policies of our‘
government, it is a democratic
government, formed to run accord-
ing to the wishes of the majority
of the people. The wrongness in
disagreement oomes when object-
ions are carried out in a manner
which hurts the entire country,’’
Lt. Col. Jim Moss Inks (ret) said,
speaking before a large ,gathering
at the day park during" the July
Fo urth celebration there:
Riots, draft card burnings, and
other violent forms of disagree-
ment are not the answer to prob-
lems; they only bring disgrace and
unhappiness to this, our native
land, which will also be the land
of our children and grandchildren.
We must do everything in our
power to keep it a land of free-
dom, liberty, and democracy,' he
added. -=
Tho^celebrarton, the first of its
kind to Wneld in Llano in many
years, drew a large crowd It was
sponsored by the Llano Lions
Club
The afterrtoon was spent with
games and contests such as swim-
ming. diving, volleyball, horse
shoes, •* washer pitching, fishing
derby for children under 12; nd
music by I number of different
groups
Many people enjoyed supper at
the park and concession stands
were open where refreshments
could be obtained.
Col. Inks spoke during a short
patriotic program, followed by a
fireworks display on the bank of
the city lake, as spectators watched
from the grassy hillside.
Bill Needham, president of the
sponsoring Lions Club,: was en-
thusiastic in his pnuse of the re-
sponce to this first July 4th en-
deavor of the club, and of the
manner in which members assum-
ed their responsibitiies to make
the day one to remember, par-
ticularly for Llano's young genera
lion. 4 V
Rain Causes Delay
In Airport Paving
Heavy shdwers which fell Mon
day afternoon and again Tuesda:
caused the postponement of th
paving of the* runway at the Cit;
Airport which had been planne
•terbegin Tuesday morning
The work was to be done b;
highway construction ontractor
who had been working on Slat:
Highway 29
jrhey re-arranged their schedil
to work in Mason and Fredericks
burg, hoping to get to the airpor
work late this week, weather pel
mitting.
‘The ^Tontractors have-ot-hei
comrriitments,n said City Manage
George Rogers, “and we-only hope
they can do this work while their
equipment is in this area. How-
ever, it cannot be done while the
-field is very wet.
Rainy weather, so welcomed by
ranchers and farmers, has none-
theless caused much delay in the
airport improvement work, started
last winter.
Commissioners
Talk Redistricting
The Llano County Commission-^
ers' Court has been discussing re-
ii-tricting its precincts.
The change will be made in an
effort to better equalize the nurn
voters in each precinct,
definite will be done,
however, until after January 1,
when a new commissioner. Brace
Williams, of Kingsland, will take
office, Judge. R. P McWilliajrrs
said. —
MR. AND MRS. W. W. WATKINS, shewn wit i Merry Griffiths, General Agent for Arnericin
National Insurance Company, receives a check • an insurance. policy. Watkins outlived the com-
pany's "Mortality Table," and his policy, by compiny provisions, matured es an endowment policy.
(Llano News Photo)
VA Pays Veteran
Burial Expenses
Up to $250 for burial expenses
for eligible deceased veterans will
be paid by tiftr’Vbterans Admin-
istration if the claim is filed with-
in two years after the veteran’s
burial or cremation, according to
Jack Coker. Manager of the VA
Regional Office in Waco.
Burial claims may be filed by
the undertaker, if he has not been
paid, or by the party who paid the
undertaker, the VA spokesman ex-
plained.
4-Hers Participate
In Exchange Tour
Four AH Club members accom- planned for them include a water-
panied by Mrs. Dan Sagebiel left
early Sunday morning for Perry-
ton in Ochiltree County in the
northern panhandle for a week of
activities. Last summer a delega-
tion from Perryton visited Llano
County.
The AH members and adult
leaders will be staying with AH
families in Perryton. Activities
Calendar of Events
Thursday — July 11
Llano County Historical Survey
Committee meeting, library, 4:30
p.m; Llano Uplift Rock, Club
meeting. 7:30 p.m., Hotel Llano.
Friday — July 12
Kingsland Pony team hosts
Llano. 8 p.m.; Happy Day Friend-
ship Club meeting, Neighborhood
Center, 2:30 p.ntf
Saturday — July 13
Jaycee Little League vs. Farm
Bureau at Llano. Kingsland Lions
vs. Chamber of Commerce and
Kingsland Tigers vs. VFW at
Kingsland.
Sunday — July 14
Kingsland Pony team plays at
Blanco, 5 p.m/
Monday — July IS
Women’s softball team hosts
Fredericksburg; VFW vs. Farm
Bureau and (_ of
at Llano; Kingsland Tigers vs. Jay-
cees at Kingsland.
Tuesday — July 14
Kingsland Pony team hoa®
Johnson City, 8 pm; Llano lions
Club meets, Club Llano, noon;
Golf Ladies tee off; Kingsland
Men’s Fellowship dinner meeting,
7 p.m., Bdrnasr Hall. -
Wednesday — July 17
Central Texas Hill Country Re-
sources, Conservation and Develop-
ment Ass’n. meeting at Burnet;
Women’s SoftfceU team, hosts Cop-
melon and swimming party, junior
leader party, county AH dress re-
vue, aerial tour of the county, ra-
dio and TV a. pearances and a trip
to Palo Duro Canyon and the Tex-
as outdoor theater. The group will
present a program showing slides
and telling about AH in Llano
Ccunty. They will also be taking
pictures to bring back a story to
L’ano County.
The exchange trip will last a
week and should be a very re-
warding experience for the girls
and boy attending. ,
The AH’ers attending are Clin-
ton Lang. 16-year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Lang of Castell.
Clinton has b*en an active 4-H
member fer seven years with pro-
jects in swine and goats.
Also Barbara Lang, 16-year old
daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford
Lang of Castell and a seven-year
member of the Castell 4-H Club.
Barbara has had projects in foods,
clothing, bedroom improvement,
heme management and leadership.
She has been a junior leader for
two years in clothing ami foods.
She is co-chairman of the county
AH council.
Vivian Lang. lAyear old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lang
of Castell has been a AH member
for six years. She has had many
projects including clothing, feeds,
dog care, bedroom improvement
and leadership. She is currently
dl and a junior clothing leader.
Jannelle Sagebiel,' lAyear old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sa-
gebiel of Prairie Mountain is an
active 4-H member also. She hes
completed projects In foods, clo-
thing, bedroom improvement, yard
improvement. poultry, sheep/
goats, photography and leadership
She is eoundl delegate for the
Prairie Mountain 4-H olfth.
’ ’ . - ■*->n 1
Mr. ahd Mrs John SheRon of
A • ___
Watkins Receives
Check for Insurance
Mr "an) Mrs W W Watkins are
enjoying the' proceeds of a life
insurance policy which he took
out 40 years ago.
The provision's of the policy,
with the American National Insur-
ance Company, which he purchas-
ed June 10. 1920 at-the age of 48.
required payment of premiums for
20 years, after which it was fully
paid, and was payable at his death
or until surrendered for its cash
value * '
As it turned out. he outlived the
American Experience Mortality
Table, which expires at age 96,
and the life policy, by its provi-
sions, matured as an endowment
policy on June 20. which was the
policy anniversary nearest his
96th birthday. ^
The company's general agent.
Harry Griffiths, termed this an un-
ual event, and the company is
preparing an article pertaining to
it. ,
Griffiths was in Llano last week
to present Watkins with a check
for the proceeds of the policy,
wishing both Mr and Mrs Wat-
kins good health and many more
fruitful years
Watkins, who is in the insurance
business with his son Jim. walks
The redisttieting was made nec
essary following a ruling at Mid-
land, a trial case for the nation.
The change is more, necessary
in- Llano County than for sortie
neighboring counties, since*-there
has been a rapid population
growth in the lakes areq and a
popu’ation decline in the ranch
tnt areas
Farm Bureau Queen
Contest Planned
Mr and Mrs. James Banner and
Henry Lang compose the Farm
Bureau's youth committee which
is in charge of the contest
The Llano County Farm Bureau
.jueen contest has been set for
Friday evening July 19 at the
slab at the City Park, weather
permitting, at 8 p m
Judges will be from out of
;own.
Prizes will (be given to each
eortertant aruf the winner of the
ounty contest will compete ip
:he district contest to be held at
Abilene August 16. Expenses to
.he district contest will he paid.
Contestants in the county eon
est will be required to speak
.or about one minute on Why I
am glad hy family belongs to the
Farm Bureau ’’
The contest will be followed by ported mrfe rainfall Over three
a social h >ur at which time home jnc|j#s were reported through
much of the nor hern part of the
Cold Front Dumps
More Rain on Llano
A eo’d front which zoomed into
L!ano' County Monday left Tuesday
evening after dropping an official
160 inches of rain, as reported
by the weather station in Llano
Many ranchers cf the county re-
made ice cream and cake will be
served
Old School Bell
Lost to Progress
0E0 Approves Funds
For Elderly Citizens
The Hill Country Community
Action Association. Inc , has been
advised that Project Find, a pro-
gram for eiderly citizens, has been
approved by the Office of Econo-
mic, Opportunity --
Precinct 4, which Includes "Val-
ley Spring and Freld Creek, has
only 135 registered voters for
1968
Precinct 3. which includes
Kingsland. Sunrise Beach. Buch
anan Dam. and Blue Lake Estates,
has 1.225 registered vners There
are 622 in Rrecinct 2 in the north-
ea-tern part of the county: and
Precinct L which includes the
city of Llano and the southeast -
ern part of the countv. has 1667 the local Community Action Of
The project is for a 16-cou6ty
area including the counties of
Llano. Callahan, Eastland. Erath,
Bosque, Hamilton. Comanche,
Brown, Coleman. Concho., Blanco,
Mason. McCulloch. Mills, Runnels,
and San Saba
The grant is in the hnfourrt of
S49 797 for a six-month period
This is a pilot project with Hill
Country CommiinHy~AftTtV'n Asao=—
ciation,. Inc being the sponsoring
agency Project Find ha* been pro-
moted by the Governor’s Cmmittee
n Aging
immediately applications will be
accepted far one director for the
16-dounty area; one s-cTeUry-
bo<>kkeeper, four coordinators to
cover four counties each; and nine
county aides
Applications may be obtained at
qualified' voters
The commissioners ,ani c unty
attorney Carlos Ashley Jr. are ga-
thering information preparatory
to making a study on how- the re
districting can be* be arranged
Llano Bond Savings
Reaches $53,046
fice in the court house (Phono
247-4644) or at the maio office in
San Saba
Roping Fans to Meet
Again Friday Night
A group of tpen and boys itt-
T J Moore, chairman of the tereutei in organizing a roping
Llano County Savings Bonds Com- and cutting club, mot at the com-
mittee. reporta that sales of Unit- munity center Tutnday night and
ed States Savings Bonds during voted to meet there a^ain Friday
the first five months of 1968 total- night. July 12. at ..7.J0....pjn............^
ed S53 056 May sales for the They discussed the pisaibitrty of
county were $1,112 and 35 p?r lewung stock for club use
cent of the goal has been achieved ■ E'eolion of officers was p jolpon-
Lee County, m the same district J ed until the Friday meeting .
has reached 162 per cent of its Everyone interested in this ac-
goal of 980.000. | tiwity is urged to be reset* then.
county Monday afternoon and re
ports of up to 30 inch Tuesday I
n on were rec rived at The News
office
Monday’s downpour filled many
creeks in the northern part of
he county, as well as dumping
mere water into stock tank*.
There had been no rain record
fice and back twice each day and
also works in the garden and yard
at his home.
Llano Lions Score
Three Game Wins
____
The Llano Lions Little League Martin and Rvsbriie * Alexander
team won all three of its games prtc+>ed f T the Kingsland t wrn.
dunng The Past wee^ f Pk>yi!* * Kingsland the mSST
The games scheduled for Min- , . "7 t _
lay nirht were postponed because ”****• K:ngs>and Tigers won,
of rain, game d*te will be an- 13-2. ower the Farm Bureau in a
nounced later gam - called a'ter V ur innings be-
On Friday. June 28. Bar-y Woo- ^ t^e ten-run lead,
ten pitched a 13-2 win for the 0n ^ gg.
(. hamber of ( ommerce over the , w
-- - ----- VFW team William Buttery wis[(,:'* Sn,u h and Lou,% Garcia *ere
firfl came fo~LTin<j In 1937f wsre |—Mr—ami—Mm—Charles Rail iff the losing pitcher The gamy was (the pitcher* for the Jaycee team
small *n 1 hard fir the students have returned from Dallas where called after four innings because, which' won 15-11 over the VFW
to hear To, rem -dy the ai'uation, j they shopped at the fall maakets . of a ten-run lead . Woot .-n pitched
he turned to the big o'd-t me bell, for Charlie’s Store j to 20 men. giving u t vo hits,
and the trouble was eliminated. Mr and Mrs Jimmy Watkins striking out six and walking six
Progress has taken aw-av the
neei for the big bell, used forjed jn Llano during Ju'v until that
many years at the building wh.rh which fell Monday, July 8. and
to and from bis home to his of-!nw houses 0. Henry Junior High j farmers and ranchers were grale-
Schofl students Electric buzzers ful fer it
havw replaced the b?U which is
being taken down, polished, and
donated to the Llano County Mu-
The high temperature for the
pari week was a pleasant 92 de-
grees. recorded only one day.
seua, according to word from Tues lay’s high w a* 85 The low for
Principal M A. Montgomery | the week was a chilly 58 degrees
Montgomery said the electric (rtcorded Friday morning
butters in the building when he
Hospital
Notes
Admittances
Lester Royder. Laverne Ballard ^ Farm Bureau members anl parents. Mr an 1 Mrs. Jim Watkins a 10-7 victory for the Lla*ho Lion.*
Sophia McKee, Mrs Meta livin' 1 Ifwtf families are urged to att-nd and Mr and Mrs. W W. Watkins, over the Kingsland Lions Monty
G.. T. Lusk. Monroe Helms, Tbel- — ’
Later, louder electric bells were and son of Houston have been Also on Friday night Ronnie
earn Sammy Lackey w s the VFW
pitcher
And tic L'ano Li ns g >t their
installed in the build.ng
ma Adams. E. H. Narmour. E C.
Carta, James W. Duncan. Mr*.
Lois Wallis, Mrs. Lillie Smith,
Lawrence Light, Mrs. Jimmy
Schooley, Randall Polk. Ray J.
Smith.
Diimiftuli
Mrs. Linda G Sager. Mrs. Boh-
by Morgan and daughter. James
Duncan, Laverne Ballard, Mrs So
phia McKee, Leeter Royder. G. C.
Gregory, Floyd Berry, Mrs. Meta
Myers, Lawrence Light. Monroe
Helms
I viriting his parefiri and grand-1 Ams’.er and Hilton Rah.h pitched . second win of the week with an
1 8 4 wict >ry over the Kingsiadd
Tigers Ronnie Amslar—aiad HiLtoo
tiabb pitched for thr Lion* Rabb
pitched the last three innings,
living u no hits, st iking out
igM. and wa king two. He pi rbed
o 14 men.
At Kingsland the Farm Bureau
os , 7-3, to toe Kingsland Lions
Friday night the L *n > Lions
von their Jiird game of the week.
2 2 over the Farm Bureau iq a
ame call d after the fifth inmag
’('cause of a ten-run lead James
tanner .an i Marvin Ru che p.teh
id for the Farm Bureau Amsler
ind Rabb were on the m ami fee
he Loom
And Boyd Gray pi ched a 1441
mr gime for the Ctinmhee
f C mrnercr over the Kinga and
rigors Fri day night The game
mm catted after five 'inning* ha*
casaie of the ten-run lead Gray
was the outstanding prtrher and
ilayer in t us game: In b ftiag
he. p ekei up fix runs Wtted In.
He \ftched to 31 m o. gi*f up
one hit, airuck out II and walked
four ' : , v ,• /
At Kingsfcnd the
Lnxrrs edged the Lam
m. y‘ * v, i !•
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Cunningham, T. H. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1968, newspaper, July 11, 1968; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1037827/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.