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LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS, 78643 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1975
pany Inr. In 1044, he was mar'
rlml ti> Annwltol iilimtierg, a ihl
tlve of Llano. They have yiree
Mi s. Frosty Miller^
students, elected by their SENIOR CLASS FAVORITES AT LHS. honored et the
■on and Jim Bwwirr'''^ 'i , Valentine Bail Friday night were Lie* London and
(Llano New» Photo) ^ William Buttery. / (Llano New« Photo)
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Taylor Virdell
Files for Mayor
Taylor VtnteR, who ts pfe-
sently serving the unexplred-
term' of Mayor' Cordon Donop,
Sr, has filed Mr office of Mayor
of the City of Llano.
Vlrdejl, 51, has been a resi-
dent of Llano since 1936, with
the excepttoh of 38 month's spent
In the Air Force In World W'ar
n. In early 1945, he returned to
Llano, 'and entered the water
well, drilling business, has been
1n this profession locally ever,
since, and rs-presently owper of
Virdell Brothers Drilling Com-
Mysi ' _____
1rir, .Tr n student at* ThMelon
State University.
Virdell has been active In
civic and cTturch affal
activities eobceriilng 1........_
dustry. In the post,helms serv-
ed as president of the Junior.
Chamber of Comm e r c e and
■ Chamber of Commerce, two
terms oi I to I lain Independent_
School! HI strict Boar-! of Trus-
tees, serving as that hoard's
president (Vo years. He has
been, very active In the promo-
tion and development of ground
water the State’of -Texas,
~ 1 the
Texas C, round Water As soot a-,
-tlon for two veers, and Is now
ait hwinrsrv Hractot Of that
association.
In 1900 hr I -agalH In 1371,
Virdell received the Owen F.
Jensen, Sr. Award, presented
each year to the llillet whohas
.''contributed most to the water
well. Industry. He, Is the only
driller to fa'-- receiving this
honor more than otrce. In 1073,
t> ■■ : : 1 .'■e- .'; --- '' I Pr--t■ 11-
\7>m v , awarded ,i contract to
the Nath" ;il l\;c»r Well _ As-
sociation; Lome office, Colum-
bus, Ohio, to'write a new set
, r reft n • "cl-',.
■ cations to - J-, -■ .1 "It Fdlt.es
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and domesth well , -on’stTurTlon
throughout the U-Ite-t Matos.
Vlrde(l tws I5ke-l.de rervc ac
this' r ommlttd. , .111 1, f’ i
completed tht-s assignment, r.
January 1 , 1;'"*, Govewvr
l tot re i tSfiv.,—. wpptolntsuj. Ua.
UIS'KI \F AND SWEETHEART were Burk Mitchell and
lurtv Mead, feted at the annual LHS Valentine Ball.
(Llano News Photo)
BEST ALL AROUND AT l.ILS were Utile Ratliff and
Isouir (iarria, elected by the student body and honored at
the Valentine. Hall Friday night. ■ (Llano Newv Photo)
Pur a I Telephone
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declared in the Mr. LHS election Friday night with Boyd Gray and Kel
receiving the honor. It was the first tie for top honors at a LHS Valentine Bali Brenda
Shipp was voted Miss'LHS. » < I.lano.NewaPhoto)
aEW sa
Ambulance Service
Services Protested County Land Use Still Not Settled
About 17 rural Llano Couriby
.telephone patrons, along with
ott ers from •throughput the Hill
foundry and the state, were In
\ islltj, Me lav night to. attend
—- h-srt-r—mr>—re eel—t-lophone
service, chaired' lay Rep. Jim
N'Urent of Ksrrvllle, chairman
of ‘he tat" Transportation
< umirlttee, .
----hiua In a previous meeting,
the telep'orr hearingv-was de-
layed and or.!v about hatf-of.the
ao ;«. ,pie who tit*ended to testi-
fy were aNe to do so. Another
rii»'.'t|in’ will to held at a later
Thereafter, the term .for each
member to he s(x years.
' - The powers of the commis-
sion Include calling and hold-
ing bearings, receiving evl-
•rtrnre at hearings, Issuing' suh-
peonas to compeldheattendance
of witnesses and production of
. papers and documents, and to
make findings with respect to'
" the admlnlstratlon“of. the act,
making an annual written re-
port to the governor not later
than December of each year.
Telephone companies will be
required to keep accurate and
fLBill Is Approved
After meeting last Wednesday
with a committee appointed to
look Into a Llano County A mbu*
lance Service, and meeting
again Friday and -Monday, the
of Hi*. ambulance ser-
man of the ambulance-commit-
tee.
Wald rope said two vehicles
are needed. In addition, he lias _
given to- the county, for $1.0fTa
$2,500 yehlcle’ to tie used as a
■late • o !«>tt •those' favoring faithful records in the manner’
: d opposing .the creation of a p'resertbed by theFederal Com-
Texas Telephone* Commission. . munlcatlons Commission and
utnj. • rn----- -n-” --in ..ui. Charles Dirk, president of the yie commission may require
to a stY y^rTeiTTF oil (TIP TexasLi u.o- uieait and that telephone companies re-
wa*.-r Well tier's • •> ' port such Information as the
regulator-.- >at 1 *-e i the l a rm-UtiToafi, toth test^commission may consider uae-
• alt of son e' type of
Water Well IIrllllr g f-. luat v. ■
Texas. .
The Vlrdells are Methodists
an-! Virdell Is etir re.uHv sen -
Tn6-fc.ch'ali — if the < ■ Ml’
Of Ministers-of the.lim al ?hur. ti.
g -
oilman confSr.uonslv slqqe his
election In April Of 1963, the
last, two year-- as {nw-r~i.ro*
tem. „
led -OI 1 Of some' type
regulatory commission. The
president -of the -Gillespie Coun-
t a-id Kimble County Farm Bu-
• oaus cave essentially lltb same
test'lmo v.
re-iuesf.-l some type of
telephone regulatory Tontrol,
"ffhei ’i state commission
. ., state commission giving
county commissioners* courts
ft i- luthnrltv to police rural
HLTA Pageant
Is Discontinued
The Highland T akos Tourls'
— A ssoetntVwt-ha s -pteMunl out U.v
annual iH’auty pageant due to
Increasing costs, t.udget limi-
tations and realignment of pro-
grams. The 1*174 pageant wsis
helil ,atl lano, co-sponso'red
the I lano Count-, .'hamt.er of
Comment e.
TWo aTTdlHqnal appettrafices
of the HLTA hoolh'at trade shows
In West Texas had heeft sche-
. ...dub-1.
Plans are t>elnc made for a
spring, fall a-. i winter YW#r-
MSlng "program In. selected
areas to. bring more visitors
to the Hlctila:-:! ^akes irea.
rates, somowtiat slmllaTId tlie
way cities are now regulating
eliy telephone rates.
MakJjig the trip Mondav night
fri "■ I Uno County w^re.Alr,.and
Mrs. Frttr Otto, Jr.,"'Mr, and
Mrs. Foster Casner, Mr. and
Mrs. .Boh Cohen* Mr., and Mrs.
«a i.u \ .!..agt. If ore, Draco Wil-
llams, Haymotid W'lnkel, Fred
tLorJen, Henry I ano* Wlllte
FlOttle.r, Charles ’-irk, Charles
H e'n t v KAese, Walter Over-
strept.ai I T.K; (Khh) IXmcan.
Ihe bill, rt'questlng the crea-
tl and administration of the
Texas Telephone Com mission
. was filed In.the House of Re-
presentatives January 17; It was,
rea I first and' referred to the
Commtttee on Transportation.
_on January 23. '
It requests nitre Initial num-
Vor.S with the.,governor to aj>—’
point three for two-year terms,
three for.four-veart e r m s. and
three Tor six-year terms.
ful In the administration of its
duties.
The commission shall Insti-
tute general rate proceedings
and enter and order fixing the
rates and charges of each tele-
phone company.
The act would give telephone
companies authority to make
changes In Its rates or charges
without commission approval
hv filing a statement of Intent
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What will probably be a his-
toric and fa-r reaching decision
was approved Monday at the
meeting of the .llano County
Commissioners Court.
At that'time,' the commis-
sioners unanimously approved a
Llano County Land Use Bill,
to h+epma the third county In
the state to approve such a
bill.
The Mil was presented by
.Jack B. Love, complled.hyhim-
self, with the assistance of a
numher of knowledgeable Uano
County businessmen, ranchers
and othgr citizens.. It Is brief
and to the point as opposed to
two others which Love brought
and ‘exhibited, four pages com-
pared ip more than a hundred
pages Jn the Val Verde (Del
Rio) County Mil and Chambers
County on t)ie -Fast Texsrs Gulf
Coast, J ’
TTte commissioners general-
ly agreed with I>race Williams
who
at least 60 days prior to the who said JTano County people
effective, date pf thp proposed will lie-much bettor satlslfled
^jeMnge, but w-htrVi the commls'- with a plan made tnXIftnO than
slon mav Mts|wn-I irTHTwiu—wtttr one made to Washington
necessary. ' or even Aiistln. And when land-
■ When the commission Issues use planners come to Llano,
Llano County, Texas must ulti-
mately rest with the people of
I.Jano County, Texas who have
for many years pni tldpnted in
and - radual develop-
ment In the area oflakes, rivers
and running streams traversing
Die County.
"Oenera'ly sp'eaklng, laws
~ etUsI Pn lln1 pmleetlon of people,
as to health, safety and better-
ment of society. It Is liellved
a short, simple and understand-
able ‘land use Vlao’ WU1 more
adequately serve the needs at
''thls tlme. Doubtless, from time
to tlmp, amendments and/or
deletions may become neces-
sary to meet the exlsltlng con-
ditions within the County,
^Believing-land use planning
Is local, Llano County adopts
Its ow.n land use plan as no two
farms or ranches are alike—
cattle, chops, conditions, and
even climate are dlffert'nt. The
American farmer and rancher
u >’.e baw-t loer) nrviTl-lger ron-
Four File For
School Trustee
lour candidates
for the office of trustee,
School
ftavp filed
. Uano
Independent School District
•hoard. _
Tw o ter ms explrlhg are those
of John .I.andon, current presi-
dent, and Harvey Raati. 1
■ Raab Is seeking re-election;
other candidates are Gordon
Mirchlson, Virginia Otto* and
•Gordon. Donop, Jr.. Holdover
bonrd members are Bill Need-
ham, W'.K. (Boots) Simpson,
James Thiers, and W'.N. Turn-
er of Klngstand.
Candidates , must fil/. with
Mrs. Cynthia Bauer, sehool
ttoard. secretary, In the central.
TUTtl't' Ilf Him si hnol1, t.v March.
Vice was still moot.
Commissioner T.F. (Fbh)
Duncan said "We've been dis-
cussing this at every meeting
since the first Of January and
nothing has-been dahlded.*'
Spehlftcatlnns for the needed
ambulances were to a dtfawer
In the county Judge’s office, hut
with Commissioner Drace W’ll-
llams atisent .Friday, none of
The elecllon. Las been called
a permanent order‘In the mate
ter, It may order thp telephone
compa'iy to refunff* with Inte-
rest, the portton of the Increas-
ed rat»s_4iiT-ChaEgfiS It finds
unjustified;; ~—c— •—
At intervals of.not less than
three or more than five days,
the cojnmlsslon would conduct
a general rjjte proceeding with
respect to rate structure of each
telephone company doing busi-
ness in Texas and Insure that all
rates and charges are fair,
■ Just and reasonable.
Mr. and Mrs. Rohn\p SltVfp-
son amt children visited In the
Corpus Chrtstl area last, week-
end, >.....
use
county, officials can tell them
we already have a pill', made
hv Llano- people for I lano
people.
. The commissioners discuss-
ed the I'lll with. Love many
months ago and It was decided
that he bring recommendations
to ttfe court, since some type
of land use regulation was felt
to he Ineffable. After working
with other'fnieres/efT parties
and getting their Ideas, he
brought the brief set of recom-
mendations which were rapidly
approved with little discussion
and no objections.
Thp Introduction-to’tlie re-
commendations reads;
"Responsibility, for the Ini-
tiation- of a I and t’se Plan for
servatfonlSt and environmenta-
list; morp fArtlcuiag those of
Llano County, Texas. They are , _ . , , „ r
on the Job twenty-four hours .for Saturday, April 5
per -1a>> not eight*hours a day c'T^rmS '>xr,rlnc: on ,hP
those
ahead .on the question until,
hopefully, everyone could be
present Monday, except that
’ they agreed to accept the rer
sponslhlllty of the service.
On. Monday, alt members of
the court were present and
It was decided to request ft-
gurfs on the cost of two am-
hlances from another com-
pany, or more.. •
The only figures the'court
ha-1 Monday .were from .Sum-
mers Funeral Car Company In
Duncanville, distributors for a
car built In Fort W'aynp, Ind,
The base, price quoted +n-
was $17,160, plus tZ
for five days, a week
"It - Is bplleved the Texas
state government should adopt
Its property tax system to en-
courage agriculture producti-
vity and taxes should he shifted
away from land resources* e-
speclally agricultural land.
Responsibility for the evalua-
tion of property for tax pur-
. poses should always remain In
the County.’' •
The order reads;
"The purpose of this Order
Is .to lessen confusion In )he
County, to promote.the hpalth
and gptjeral welfare, to as sis'
In the continued development'
wdthln thp County and to en-
courage the most appropriate
(Continued on page 10)
jjnty Sehool Board are those
of*t.J. Stewart, president and
m e*m he r-a t-1 a r v e; . James
Brargg of Tow, Precinct 2; and
Randolph I.elfeste of Castell,
Precinct 4. All have flloM for
•rpeelectlon. Other memt>ers of
the boSrd are O.W*. RuSbhe,
.Precinct 1; and A.V. Patterson
of Klngsland, Precinct 3,
In their, meeting last week,
the. school toard rxtended the
contracts of the three school
principals, hired, Mrs. Sherrie
W'ebeg to teach remedial read-
ing for the remainder of the
year, and discussed the quarter
system which will go Into effect
next fall.
Four I TTk Student COuncfl re-
continued on page 10)
'hillUriel's ...... —, , ., ■ ,,
319.70 for accessories.and $150
for delivery ori each of the two
vehicles.
The company agreed to give
a $1,000 deduction, less $400*
per unit If two units were pur-
chased and also deduct the $150
per unit delivery charge, mak-
ing a total discount on the tjvo
vehicles ahoul $2,700. They
would also send two^servlce-
men to pxplain and demonstrate
the equipment and their, uses. ■
A phone call from the county
Judge would be sufficient con-
flrmatfoh for delivery of the
ambulances, which* would then
take about 45 to 60 days to
deliver.
Meeting last Wednesday with
the ambulance committee, some
members of the. 1 lano County
Hospital Board and Sherlff .Gale
Llgon, the court approved a plarr
for ambulance service as out-
lined by Don W'aldrope, chalr-
s'ai.l-m.- -ir:J*. He nas also hh-
nOunced plans to give the coun-
ty other'equipment which will,,
be needed In connection' with
the sprvlre. J
W>ldrop<- felt that four men
would lie needed to man the two
vehicles, one to he kept in the
eastern par* of the county. He
suggested $50P. a month salary
to e*ph except that one, who !>e
appointed assuparvlsoc.-hepalA.
an additional $150 a month. If
would t>e the supervisors rp-i
sponslMlIty, W'aldrope said, to
do. all- the !<»k work including
the soglal security, Medicare
ail cotiecttcms "and .ltsWr se-
men's, to coordinate hours so
someone would be on duty at all
times, and also have the re-
sponsibility of keeping the ve-
hicles to good running shape.
Me estimated that atmut $8,
000 would tie collected annual-
ly and that the service would
cost about $31,600 per year, In-
cluding salaries, miscellaneous
LHS FRESHMAN; CLASS Fat iHltos Kathy king
Crownover, elected by Mellow classmates,, ind hi
the Valentine Rail Friday night. /fL|*nbr Nev
and Hugh
lonored a|
ews Photo
. night were Lucky Robertson
. and Jtonna Robnson who
* was-Mint present.
'"-to., \\
Sherri Simpson and Jim Manner.
. I / (Llano New* 1
FAVL.............. ---
classmates, were Sherri Slmpsoi
. costs, yehlrle operation, mak-
ing a deficit of about 523,non
to t>e made up tiy the county.
, He suggested the first things
• to to done were Ihe'hlrlnp of a
supervisor- who could then to-
gln the necessary training pro-
gram for. all personnel Ibclud-'
ed; and arranging- for 1 he pur-
chase of the vehicles. It has
been suggested that R.L. Adams
be named supervisor of the
ambulance service, since he has
years, of experience In the busi-
ness, txit nothing definite-was
-tone Monday.
It was reported at that time
lhaf some of the hospital nurs-
ing staff objected to having the
emergency ambulance tele-
phone Installed there, as had
been suggested.
Ih other business Friday, the .
cpunly dump at klngstand was
discussed and 11 was agreed
to contact JRoganjp Stephens as
of February 1, to taverSee the
dumping for $200 a .month plus
fees, old appllancesand salvage
rights.
The best way to forget your
own problem is to help some-
one solve Ms, ! ...
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CALENDAR OF
Events I
THURSDAY, FFB. 20 *
Social Security representar
tlve visits, Klngsland Legion
game session, 8:30p.m. Hypno-
tlat Show. 8 p.m.
, SATURDAY, FFB. 22
Washington’s Birthday.
Klngsland Post Office holds
open house, 10 a.m. Cub Scout
Blue and Gold Banquet.......... '
SUNDAY, FFB. 23 '
I .lano Heart Drive. Kings,
.land Legion game session, 4;30
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, MONDAY, FFB. 24
vioman’s Culture Club busi-
ness meeting.
TUESDAY,.FF.B‘. 25
Llaqo Lions’ Club meeting,
tfon, Westerner. T©PS meet?
’, 7; 30 pjn., P1tt<rHqrg Ave-
Baptlst Church
Walchqrs meet. Golf ladle)
Klflti
HLRGt
Weight}
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WFDNKSDAY, FFB. 26
Ifgsland 1 lions meW, nh
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Social Security fepresenta
live visits. Klngsland Le^lo
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