The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1972 Page: 4 of 10
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LLANO SEWS, Till KNOW, MAY 25, i!)72
I*AGE 4
HLIA Accepting Applications
For Beauty Pageant June 16-17
ITif Highland I.ak• • s Tourist"
\ssoHatiou Is now accepting ;
applications lor the Miss High-
land I ukd.s World I’.n'i'Miit, June
O'-17, Ilor.scshoc liny on Lake
I LJ near Marble Kails, Texas,
Voidest.mts must helromone
ol tlie II:. Iiland I akes communi-
ties (Austiii, Marble Kails, Bur-
net, Bertram, I ampusas,
K i n p s la d, Biiclianan itam,
Llano or "Ma son) must to 17
years old l«v November 10,1972,
or not older than ,27 hy that
same date, must never have
’Been jim a cried, and must he
sponsored hy an organization,
civic ciiiL, or'Chamber of Com-
merce.
'Hie pageant will pet under-
way oi, dune 17 when contestants
will pose for professional
phot ofr r a ph e r s <a a ;>oolside .
photo-session at Howard John-
son's In Austin, At 6:30 p.m.
that evening, a 30-minuto pre-
view showing of contestants will
ho held at Highland Mall.
T1h> pareants will commence
at 8 p.m., dune 1C.-17 at Horse-
shoe Bay. Ten Tiny Tot contest-
ants, young ladles a to a years
old, will ho selected the first
night along with a. Miss Ilot-
pruits In the senior contest,
Tlie final evening will see
competition in swim suits, hot-
pants, and evening gowns.
Trophies will U> awarded to the
top three contestants in the Tiny
Tot and senior divisions along
with a Miss Amity and Miss
Photogenic.
'Hie winner will compete in
the Miss Texas World Pageant,
July 24-29, 1972, Houston,.
Texas. Miss USA World will
he held in August, Hampton,
Virginia, with tin* Miss World
contest to he held In London,
England, this August,
For the first year,, contest-
ants will he house*! in new
townhouses and hosted hy the
new Horseshoe, Bay Cluh. A
poolside setting adjoining the
cluh and bordering on I.ake
LBJ will 1*> the pageant site.
A moonlight cruise on l ake
LBJ, a tour of Longhorn Cav-
erns, and a scenic drive along-
Lake Inks, Inks State Park,
and Buchanan Dam Is planned.
A double-decker English hips,
owned hy Ed TUrlnitton, The
Barn at York Creek, tms been
donated -to transport the con-
testants. .
For additional Information on
the pageant, or to obtain entry
forms, contact your local cham-
ber of commerce or Joyce Hall,
Austin Chamber of Commerce,
478-9484, Entry deadline is
June 7.
ALTON FRANCIS, CLICK ROUTE SCHOOL BUS ditvc
dents on the last day of school when he waa presented
lard, expressing their appreciation for his kindnesses
and saying how they will miss him durinr the summer
door of the door of the bus.
as honored by his bos stu-
bus-shaped cake and a
during the past year
Francla is shown to
(Llano News Photo)
Leifeste and Rhodes
Engagement Announced
Highway Patrol
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Marty Gray Gets
Baylor Degree
Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Let-
| teste announced the engage-
ment of their daughter, Sharon
; Detiorah, to Glen Bay Rhodes',
j Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Rhodes, Sr.
A late summer wedding Is
planned In the Lutle Watkins
Llano, Texas
JIMMY FLETCHER
AND THE
Hill Country
Ramblers
Saturday Night
9 Till 1
Checks Accidents
The Texas Highway Patrol
TiTvesttgaie*! IS ITT r I d e it t s-ott'
rural highways It, Llano County
during the month of April, ac-
cording to Sgt. Tanner, -High-
way Patrol Supervisor of this
a rea.
These 18 accidents have re-
sulted In one. death and two
Injured for the fourth month of
197J.
Sunday Matinee
4 Till 10 p.m.
News Needs Info
Of College Grads
Students graduating from col-
leges or universities are urged
to send information on their
school activities, along with the
names, of their parents, future
[Jans, and pictures to The News
not later than Monday, June 7.
The News will use the mate-
r'stl in their June -fl pUUon..
Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Raesen-
-et*T Jr.-amt Mr. and Mrs. c-Uvis 1
Oshou-rn attended tho gradua-
tion exercises at Angelo State
University May. 12 when Mrs.
Dennis Raesener and Mrs. Gary
Howell, the former Misses Toni
and Joni Osbourn, received
their bachelor of science de-
grees.
CJIFROKI i—Marty Gray, son
til Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Gray of
Cherokee, was among Hie
graduates at.Baylor University
>44.....to last, week, lei-eivim: a_
bachelor of arts degree with a
double major in English and
history.
A graduate oi Cherokee High
School, he is married and has
one small 'laughter. The family
is living in Waco but plan to
move to Bynum where he will
teach in the high school next
year.
7 Memorial Methodisf Church.
The bride-elect Is a gradu-
ate of Llano High School and
attended Southwest Texas State
University. Her fiance is a
graduate of Llano-High School
and will attend Texas State
Technical Institute in the fall.
Mrs. C. Gibson
Dies in Burnet
BUCHANAN DAM —Mrs.
domic G. (Crow) Gibson, 71,
died Tuesday, May 1C, In a
Burnet hospital after an ap-
parent stroke.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at Torter-
Lorlng Mortuary of San- An-
tonio with burial in the San
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WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS
F .1 GREEN
II.-] ACRES
S- l 3:30
THE BIG
VALLEY
4:00
TO TELL
THE TRUTH
<£i 5:00
KTBCcJb
CHANNEL 7
Jose Cemetery. 1 [
Mrs. Gibson was born In Wil-
son County and had lived for i
many years at Buchanan Dam.
She moved to San Antonio about [
four months ago. She was a
member of the Baptist Church. ;
Survivors are one daughter,
Mrs. C.S. FI Hot t of San An- |
tonlo; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby I
Spivey of Corpus Christt and '
Mrs. Rhoda Connevey of San
Antonio; and two grandchildren,
Pallbearers were Elmer I).
Hamilton, Walter H. Sorenson,
Harry Jones, T. K. Stephenson,
Bol* Me Bee anil James D. Crain,
Women Place In
Ball Tourney
The Llano women’s softhall
i team, the Whirlybirds, compet-
, ed in the tournament sponsored
last week by the Lampasas
: Misfits, placing third.
Their first game was Thurs-
day night against the Lampasas
Strikers, which they won 20-6.
In their second game, Friday
night against the King si and
Sluggers, they lost 11-9; and they
played the Marble Falls Fillies
Saturday night, also losing that
| game.
The Kliigsland Sluggers won
Andrew Donop Feted
At Birthday Party
A party was held In honor of
the birthday of Andrew Donop,
May 29, at Williams Rest Home.
Residents and employees of the
home enjoyed cake and ice
cream with the. honor guest.
Tito third Wednesday of each
month, at 2;30 p.m,, all birth-
days of the month are
celebrated.
Recent gnosis of Mr. and Mrs.
W.s. I a r re more were their
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn I.ar-
j remore, Craig and Ryan of Aus-
tin, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Larre-
nmre and son, Will, David
I arr cm ore and Miss Marie
Mitchell, all of Alpine and Mrs.
Vaughn I). Sanders of Georg ■-
tow n.
SPECIAL
EVERY TUESDAY
Stocker and Feeder Calves
And Yearlings
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All Packer Classes
We Pledge Our Best Efforts EVERY Week!
. PHILIP smith
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Hand Livestock Auction Co.
PH. 247-4119
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"PH. 247-5294
the tournament U'Hh Marole
Falls placing second and the
Llano Whirlybirds taking third
place.
Two Llano team members,
Lenora Morales and Josie
Najar, were named, to the all-
tournament team.
Also playing on the Llano
team were Lucy Morales, Bar-
bara Morales, Elrlta Nobles,
Linda Whitson, Mary Talley,
Minnie Jensen, Brenda Tribble,
Judy Landers, Anita Moss, San-
dra Schneider and Jannelle
Castro.
They will host the Marl'le
Falls Fillies Thursday night;
Hie Ki ngsla.vd Sluggers will play
Saturday at Lampasas; and
Tuesday night it will be the
Whirlybirds hosting the Marble
Falls Tombovs while the Klngs-
land Sluggers host the Marl'le
Falls Fillies. ’
Cloverleaf 4-H
Elects Officers
The Cloverleaf 4-H Club
elected officers for the coming
year at Us May meeting, held
last week, In the Elementary
School building.
They are: Barry Cooper, pre-
sident; Keith Fain, vice presi-
dent; Todd Mund, secretary;
Jay Bauman, council delegate;
and Jeff Remmers, reporter.
Jerry Smarr became a new
member.
(Jay Bauman, rep.)
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Drought Survey
Available at UT
AUSTIN-^.University of Texas
Natural ,Flliers Economic Re-
search has-released meteorolo-
gical drought surveys for the
Edwards Plateau r e g 1 o n for
1931-50 and 1961-70.
~ The surveys are based on the
Palmer Drought -SeverityIndex,
which Is calculated frorp the
data of all active weather sta-
tions located within those coun-
Wit
Wisdom
And Weeps
BY Y. H. TORRANCE
It is not really Important
and It may not Interest you
that John Balicock of LCRA
was a newspaper man. Rework-
ed on the San Antonio Light
and later on the Austin Tri-
bune.
*****
I’m the world’s worst mathe-
matician; the only figures I
ever understood are those such
as I have seen on the beach
at Corpus Christt. But numbers
sometimes interest me. Llano’s
Memorial Post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars is No. 8623.
A few generations ago I was
adjutant of Sam Houston Post
In San Antonio. The number is
76.
******
Not much can be said for
California but those Prune
Pickers do pronounce rodeo
correctly.
******
Furthermore, here is some--
thlng else I don’t understand.
A woman will buy the most
expensive slip she can afford,
one all gussied up- with rib-
bons, lace, glmcracks and
knicknacks. And she Is em-
barrassed If anyone sees it
******
Tie re may be a sound eco-
nomic reason why the Medical
Society and the Bar Associa-
tes1 for the period of the recordr
The Edwards Plateau area
Includes the counties of Llano,
Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Coke,
Concho, Crockett, Edwards,
Gillespie, Irion, Kendall, Kerr,
Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas,
McCulloch, Mason, Menard,
Reagan, Real, San Saba,
Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton,
Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde and
Val Verde.
For further information con-
cerning the drought surveys,
Interested persons should write
to Natural Fibers Economic
Research, UT, PO -Box 8180,
University Station, Austin,
Texas 78712.
Sanderson Reunion
At Buchanan Dam
BUCHANAN DAM—Cedar
Lodge Recreation Room was the
scene on. May 15. af -the 10th-
annual reunion of former resi-
dents of Sanderson, Texas.
Seeing and visiting with old
friends and enjoying a barbecue
dinner with all the trimmings
were: Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bode
and Mr, and Mrs. F.A. Sharp
of Pontotoc; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Mansfield of Lometa and Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Newton of El
Paso.
Also F.M. Mansfield of Sand-
erson; Mr. and Mrs.'Ross Mar-
tin, C.V. McKnlght and Mts.
Frances Brown, all of Burnet;
Mrs. Vivian Hale of Houston.
And Mr. and Mrs. G.H. May-
field, Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Wil-
liamson, Mr. and Mrs. M.F.
Woodward, Mrs. Lucille Gar-
rison, Mr. and Mrs. P. F.
Roliertson and Mrs. F.H. Ster-
rett, all of Buchanan Dam.
Next year’s reunion will he
held the third Monday In May
which will be May 21, 1973.
MarbU Falls OES
Chapter to Meet
There will l*e a called meet-
ing of Marble Falls Order of
the Eastern Star, Chapter 435,
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25,
for the yearly memorial ser-
vice. 1
All meml'ors ahe urged toat-
tend and visiting meml'ers of the
Order are welcomed.
?MAY
'1972?
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LLAiU,
TEXAS
-itpHuNE 247-30781
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
MAY 26th-27th-28th
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DMU4A KdAtR nohtAT STRAUSS ■ ANNt GdfH ■ . ' .
INGIR SUNDN TOMMY THOM .........
Hon haven't issued erwllt cat ds;
but you would expect lawyers
and doctors to give trading
stamps.
Less than 100 years ago all
males wore long hair and near-
ly all males of 16 years or
older chewed tobacco. Today’s
school boards would have a
problem If they had to install
a spit kit In every class room.
******
Some of this country’s great-
est soldiers served at Fort
Mason. There was George
Thomas and John Bell Hood. Old
Pap Thomas’ blue soldiers
broke Hood’s Texas Brigade at
Chlckamauga and made him
the Rock of Chlckamauga. There
was James I.ongstreet whose
sulking may have lost Gettys-
burg; Joe Johnson who’s sur-
render to Sherman ended the
fighting; Earl Van Dorn, Kirby
Smith and of course, Rohert E,
Lee.
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Some Llano folks are so un-
reasonable. They seem to think
the town should lie given as
much attention and care and kept
up as well as the golf course.
******
At what point does a demon-
stration become a riot?
******
Any town big enough to have
a post office has a First Baptist
Church. If you ever see a town
with a Last Baptist Church
please pass the word.
******
Don’t news reporters ask
questions or do any research
these days? A few weeks ago
former Associate Justice Tom
Clark was In Austin, and the
Austin Am’erlcan had a story
COW POKES
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By Act. Reid
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"Wul, I guess if the Astronauts can spend $80,000,000
goin' to the moon, I guess we can spend 60l fer e
beer here at Rosita's Bar!"
about him. Ills name was spell-
ed correctly and that was at>out
all of the sotry that was ac-
curate. Clark and I were friends
when he was assistant district
attorney for Dallas County. I’m
not sure, but I hope I paid
back the last $5 I borrowed
from him.
******
When a government ora great
corporation wants more money
It always puts the biggest Hte
on those least able to pay. Tie
telephone company asked the
Llano City Council for residen-
tial rate increases of nearly
50 per cent. Tie council re-
jected the application, but that
Is not the point. Llano has many
old folks whose age and health
make a telephone.au absolute
necessity. Many of those old
TPEA Picnic Set
In Georgetown
Employees of District 14,
Texas Highway Department, and
retired memtiers of Chapter No.
17 of Texas Public Employees
Association and their families
will have a barliecue picnic at
San Gabriel Park in George-
town, Texas, on Saturday, May
27, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Everyone
fofks live’on a fixed veryTTmlt-
ed Income to whom $2 a month
Is serious money.
******
, Criminals are not the great-
est enemies of law enforcement
agencies. Tietr greatest
enemies are such so-called
newspapers as Austin has. Give
those sheets the least excuse
to scream “police brutality’’
they scream it on ingeone. Tie
papers are actually contempt-
uous of accuracy in reporting
police news. Today the Austin
police department respects two
newspaper men, Wick Fowler
and me, and neither of us Is
working at his trade.
******
If official reports contain any
truth whatever the Navy nndtlTe
Air Force have dropped enough
bombs on Viet Nam to blow the
country Into the sea but those
gooks "from the north seem to
be doing tetter than ever.
refreshments, games and en-
I tertalnmont will t#> furnished
i t>egii*nlng at 3 p.m. and a com-
pile larlocus plate supper will
tie served hy a catering ser-
vice at 5:30 p.m. Cost will l#>
$1.77 for adults, and $1,00 for
children under six to ten. Under
six are free.
District 14 officers are locat-
ed In'Austin and Is made up of
Travis County and ten sur-
rounding counties.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
George Fielding Massey and
Verna Staples; Laurence C.
Stelnbach add Suzanna Adams.
MATTRESSES
0 New and RtnwfiN
• Choic* of Firmnsw
• Choice of Ticking
• Claanod, Foltod Cotton
• Now Innorapring Unit
Mother’s Day guests of Mrs; i
V.H. Farls were Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Farls of San Marcos, Mr.
and Mrs. Wendell Farls and
V.H. of Arlington, Mr. and Mrs.
Tanner Farls, L.T. and H.T.
of Cherokee, Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Fisher, Mr. and Mrs,
Todd Farls, Mrs. Bertha Nobles '
and H.L. Vest. !
• Now Mattroot Guarortfaa
Western
Mattrea* Co.
1507 AiraNn Avo.,
Brown wood
In Llano Call 247-4111
WALDROPE FUNERAL HOME, Inc.
* Airconcfitlonad, Oxygan-Equipped AmufcUneo Sorvloa
Don Waldrop*
Phono 247-4300
907 I. Sawdafom
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Would you like to learn a valuable‘skill and be
paid while learning it?
Today's Army pays while you learn. Starting
at $288 a month. With free meate, free housing,
iree clothing, free medical and dental care. And 30
days paid vacation each year.
The kind of skill that can make your career
in the Army, or in civilian life.
Like welding, construction, auto mechanics, you
name it. We have over 200 job-training courses.
You'll be taught by excellent instructors, in good
schools, with the finest eguipment around. With
promotions and raifesjis you move up in your job.
A chance to make shop foreman by 19.
And there's a lot more you can get that few
other jobs can give you. A chance to travel. To live
and work in places tourists only visit. Like Europe,
Hawaii, Panama, Alaska.
If you^d like to learn a skill, you can call or see
your <Wn local
Army Recruiter.
Tbdayfe Army
rants to toinyo
wants to yon.
AUSTIN STATION, 7129 HIGHWAY 280 E.
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78723 — TEL; (512) 926-3581
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Cunningham, T. H. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1972, newspaper, May 25, 1972; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1038028/m1/4/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.