The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1977 Page: 1 of 18
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LLANO COL'NTY, TEXAS, 18643
li Pages In Two Sections
THURSDAY, MAY Hi, 1917
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tor a picture. They are (from left) Cherri#
Hopper, Jadr Hunter and Charlotte Slmpadn.
Rodeo Set For
Next Weekend
Shim- \iuir hoots ami get a
new straw ha!, he, auw the
rodeo ciinios to l lano m vt Week
I he annual even! staris
Thursdav, flu tic 2 a! 4 p ill with
Itje H.klm I’at a>le Booths writ
be set up i>i\ the courthouse
square selling arts, eratls and
,*(her interesting items
Perry Randolph
Receives Award
PERRY RANDOLPH
\ Certificate ot Service and
gold pen vs el e awarded I" I’eirs
Randolph tor T5-years ”1 sen n e
sstih the State Departtnetij' >t
Highways and I’uhlis Iranspot
lalion Department He started
work fur the state \ptd I 1^-12
at - the age n| -22 (mrslon
Helnef, supervisor, presented
the ,i»ard to Randolph April I.
|9~' at the SiJHAiMl) oil is e in
1 lane
CLEMENS RODE (right) .Chairman of the’ County
Serewworm'l onimitte, holds, a test tube with a screw-
worm larva sample and John Kuykendall, County Agent,
holds the speeial container used to send the samples to
the serewworm centner in Mission, A serewworm case
was identified this week from a sample sent in from the
Janies Kuykendall Ranch in Sun Saba County, the first
confirmed case of the parasite in the Hill Country.
Student Dies In
3-Car Collision
Alter the parade, the C amp
t.^tv Dull leant is scheduled to
pcrtorm on the square
I be rodeo will be held each
night, .lime 2. I and 1 starting
'ITT" H p m and going until 111
,p III. lop covvbovs will he
competing and the I lano Ropers
will he featured each night
A lug dance will be held on
Ihursdav and Saturdav night
starling at '> p. m A television
set will be given awav each
night also I decision are
donatedhv IVoplev Savings and
loan. Highland lakes State
Batik and the Moore State Bank
Rodeo week is also the time
when manv of Llano High
Svl-iool s students vs* 111 gather
around food and refreshments
to remind each other about the
good old davs and to till each
other m on what has happened
situ< the last time thev met
++rr" rodeb is t faiio's biggest
event each ve.ir Hundreds'ol
people ionic from -all over the
atra to wall'll the competition
ami meet old tnemls J he
dam es at ttie ( ommtimtv
< enti t ate alwavs crowded and
curvotie generally enjovs the
week So don ’ l be v .ill ght sitting
at home when there is so much
to do at the todeo
Mi and Mrs I rov Porterfield
v isited in I■ nlsa. Oklahoma
where thev alt tided Kill MA
Itibh College graduation cut
vises on Mas 20 where thev
son in law and daughter. Glenn
and IViinv -t omit II graduated
Ml;. < oiinell attended levas
f.ih I niciTsitc ma|oring in
Special I duration. Aciompanv
ing their parents to Luisa see re
Michael and I’attv I’attv will he
a summer graduate ot Howard
Pav m l nivcrsitv
A 17-YEAR OLD Llano High School Junior was killed and were waiting to take final exams, In fronl of thp school,
five others injured in this three-car accident in front of an° witnessed the collision,
the High School last Friday A large crowd of students
Museum Board
Sets Elections
I he Llano Museum’s Board of
Directors will hold a public
meeting June 2 at I p.m. for the
election of officers. Ihe mem-
bers are hoping to see all the old
members and' also some new
ones'. Anyone who would like to
serve oil the board is welcome to
attend
Several new Hems have been
added to the museum and hoard
members think eservone would
be interested in seeing them.
During April 90 people visited
the museum The visitors came
from all over l-cxas and some
came from as tar aw;iv as
Lairbanks, Alaska; Wallingford,
C onti . Bozeman. Montana;
Last I afising and Kalama/oo,
Michigan; long Reach', C alif ;
Salem. Missouri and Tallahas-
see Florida ^
Memorial donation came from
Mr and Mrs, II. Bruhl, Mrs!
Bernice Baifev ot Bartlett. Mr
and Mrs I avlor Virdell and
Mrs. C F Click in the name of
Esther Dalchau. Other dona-
tions came from Mr. and Mrs.
Rov W Kothmarrn in the
memory of Boh Arnold, from
Dan ami Hatty Sagebiel in
memory of Mrs. Walter Koth-
nianii of Fredericksburg, Mrs.
Bonnie Simpson. Mrs. Hugo
Ahrens, Mrs Schmidt, and Tom
Daniels; and from John Hender-
son and family and Dan and
Hatty Sagebiel in memory of
Mis, Ben Johnson.
Ihe end of-school excitement
w as shattered Friday as a crowd
of Llano High School students
witnessed a three-car collision
on Texas Highway 71 right In
from of the school.
William Michael "Mike"
Avelt, f7, of Kinusland was
killed w hen he was thrown from
the pickup he was driving and
five other students were injur-
ed
Those injured were Jackie
Newman, 16, daughter of Mr.
ami. Mrs. Jack Newman of
Llano; John Bradshaw . 17, son
of Mr and Mrs. James E.
Bradshaw; Don Vlcrua, 18, and
Janies Vierus. 15. sons of Mr.
and Mrs Don Vierus of Llano;
and Sandy Simpson 15. daught-
er of Mr and Mrs. Jimmy
Simpson of I lano.
The Newman girl is still at
I lano Memorial Hospital suffer-
ing a hip Injury The Bradshaw
boy was treated for a broken
arm at Llano Memorial Hose ‘
and released the neat day. I
Vierus boy* were treated u
released from Ihe Llano hospit
and the Simpson girl waa
released after being treated by a
dentist.
The accident occured when
the 1971 pickup driven by the'
Avett boy collided with the 1973
Ford Maverick, driven by the
Ms. Newman Ms. Newman'a
car then collided with the |973
Chevrolet pickup driven by Don
Vierus and cauaed his vehicle to
overturn. Avett's pickup report-
edly rolled six times, throwing
him and the Bradshaw boy out
of the vehicle.
The accident occured while
students were waiting for final
exams to resume after the lunch
break Only one exam was
scheduled before school was
dosed for thr summer. —~
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Ranchers Examine
Beef Referendum
A SPECIAL award was prrsentrd at the A-
wards Banquet held Tuesday, May 17 at Llano
High School. This award Is called the “Spirit
Award” which is presented to male and fe-
male athletes representing each branch of
sports in Llano High School. Pictured left to
right, bottom row Is Lisa Gillow, senior, ten-
nis; Danfta Oestreleh, senior, track; Debor-
ah Renlek. sophomore, golf; (back row, left
to right) Joe Ratliff, senior, basketball; Rob
ert Kinard, senior, golf; Donna Itohlnson,
senior, basketball; Bradley Tribble, senior,
track; and George Scoll, senior, football.
(Llano News photo)
Students Receive Awards
The Llano High ’School
Awards Program was held l ues
day night. May i'7 at 7 p.m. in
the l lano High School Gvm
The awards program is for all
academic and athletic students
in high school. This year 65
girls and 114 boys participated
in these two progrants
Joe Bailey Simpson, high
school principal, gave the wel
coming address to the parents,
students and teachers that were
present.
Simpson also made the aca
demic.presentations I he honor
students are the students that
maintained a 90 or above
average all during the school
year. They were David Sherrod,
freshman; Michael Confer.
Barry Hagemann. Mike Jonhs,
Elizabeth Montgomery. Dehor
ah Renick, Monica Scott. Bonnie
Simpson and Karla Thiers, all
sophomores. Juniors included
Linda Grandstaff, Connie Gree
son. Lynda Lange. Patricia
Long^-Brenda Rushing, Melody
Simpson and Cynthia Taylor
Seniors’ were Waytt Ingram.
Andrea Montgomery, Cathy
Sherrod and Debra Simpson.
Tin award students received
a plaque lor maintaining an A
average all during the first year;
a sweater with the letter A
(academic) lor being an award
student for two years; a jacket “
with the letter A for being an
award student lor three years,
and a blanket with the letter A
tor being an award student for
lour years while in high school
Those receiving the first year
award included Teresa Gillow,.
Vol Montgomery. James Olm-
sted. Dale Russell and Renee
Sniather. all freshmen. Russell
Charlton and Ralene Meischcn,
sophomores. Leigh Ingram, —
junior, and Kristi F'airt, senior.
Second year sweater awards
were Kevin Fain and Rex
Taylor, sophomores, T hird year
jacket awards were Jana Bles-
ing. Will Cohen and Tony
Weaver, all juniors.
— Receiving -fourth year-award L
blankets were Larry Lcifcste.
Donna Robinson and Karla
Shipp, all seniors.**
Athletic coaches for ITI.S are
John Baskin, head coach. Jim
Spencer. Don Barry. , Jerry
Hethell. fanny-Hallmark. James
Saucier. Ernest l.igon. Clint Low
and Terry Dudley.
Don Barry, the girl'sjithictic
coach, introduced the girl alh
letes and gave a brief history of
the girls' programs during the
year Twenty-eight girls parti-
cipated in basketball,' 10 girls
participated in golf, 27 girls
participated in track and cross
country and 15 girls participated
in two different programs dur-
ing the year Each girl received
a 5" X 7" placjuc trimmed in
gold, ll contained Ihe girl's
name, event or events that she
participated in during the school
year.
ffead coach. John Baskin,
introduced the boy athletes of
I.HS and presented their awards
to them Thev also received a
(Continued on Pate 12)
The dates for registration and
t voting in (he national Beef
Referendum are approaching,-
and catllc owners everywhere
arc Icurlting all they can about
the proposed Beef Market
Development Program before
the issue comes to a vote.
Boh Kcnsing of Toni Green
County and an economist with
the Agricultural Extension Ser-
vice. was on hand at the
Cendcra Room of the Moore
Slate Bunk for a meeting with
Llano County ranchers Monday
night. Kcnsing displayed a slide
presentation tor the crowd that
explained, in detail, what the
Beef Market Development Pro-
gram is all about and how it got
its slart.
The presentation listed
attempts by consumer groups to
undermine the beef industry by
claiming that beef is responsible
for different types of’cancer and
questioning the nutritional
value of grain fed beef. Also
mentioned were the untapped
markets for beef in foreign lands
and the almost total lack of
advertising of the product.
The BMDP was started by a
group of cattlemen who were
interested in seeing what they
could do to improve the market.
They came up wllK a jplin to
collect S.TO to $40 million in
needed revenue* to start a
program of advertising, re-
search and marketing to en-
hance sales of grain-fed beef
throughout the world.
The task force formed by the
cattlemen, had the National
Beef Referendum election called
to allow cattle owners to vote on
whether or not they want a
nation-wide, mandatory check-
off system to collect the money.
The check-off would be made
each time a beef or dairy animal
is sold. At the time (if each sale,
the buyer would withhold three-
tenths of one percent of the
agreed price, when he re-sells
the animal, the next -buyer
would withhold the same per-
centage of the new price. Wnen
submitted by the varloua baef
producers, farm and ranch
organizations throughout the
country, Each state would be
allowed to have at least one
member on the board, plus
additional members for die
number of cattle raised In U»*.
state. Terms onXJm/lRMard^
would rotate, and no member
would serve more than six
consecutive years on the board.
Board members would re-
ceive no pay for their efforts but
their expenses would be paid for
each meeting they attend. AU
budgets and programs adopted
by tne board would be subject to
the approval of the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Anyone who can prove that he
owned cattle, even one animal,
during 1976 is eligible to
register and vote. That includes
4 H and FFA students, beef and
dairy producers, feed lot owner*
and packers. One vote will be
allowed for each large opera-
tion, In which an individual or •
corporation owns a substantial
herd, and one vote wifi be
allowed for each family opera-
tion .
All pervons who wish to vote
must register. Then, for the
election to lie valid, at IbMt M .
percent of those registered must
vote. At leas* *wo-thlrds of
those who registered must vote
in favor of the program for it po
pass. That mates it important
for all cattle owner* to register
the animal it sold to the packer,
the packer would withhold the
same percentage of the final
price and, he, Ihe packer and
final buyer, would send the
money to Ihe BMDP.
Th? program would be run by
a 68-mcmber board, under the
supervision of ihe Secretary of
- Agriculture. Board members
would be selected from names
and vote, no matter what their
feelings on ihe program are.
C/ittle owners may register at
thr United States Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
office June 6 thoush 17. In
Llano County the office ia at 10S
E. Main Street and Homer
Gaulden Is in charge. Then,
about two weeks or so later,
those who have registered may
return and vote. Dates foe
voting in Llano are July 5
through IS.
If tne program paasea and
becomes law, those who wish to
have their money refunded may
do so. Proof of payment muat
be submitted however, and a
form muat be filled out and sent
to get the refund.
LOOK WHO’S HOI .
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gnibaugh
are the parents of a dau^iter,
April Brooke, born April 15 in •
Fredericksburg hospital, ShO in
welcomed by one slater, Lana.
CONGRATULATIONS SBJIORS OF 1977
NEXT YEAR’S Llano High School Junior
Varsity .cheerleaders got together this week
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Cunningham, T. H. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1977, newspaper, May 26, 1977; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1037895/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.