The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1983 Page: 4 of 17
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1984 - A good year!
$ Predictions indicate that this coming year,
j|984, will be a good one for United States
business and that the nation's econorhy will
Continue its upward trend. V/
5 Umemployment will continue to drop, experts
»ay, and hiring will remain brisk, expecially in
{he first quarter of the year. A poll recently
Conducted by U.S. News and World Report says
that 22 percent of employers contacted in major
litres will add workers, the highest percentage
Jn five years.
J The same report says that America’s factories
Will show solid gains in output. Industrial
jbutput is about 16 percent above its low point
pf a year ago.
Retail sales show a healthy increase as does
Capital spending and it appears both will show
Continued upward trends during the coming
jjrear.
Many merchants locally, those in the rest of
Texas and the nation were very pleased with the
Christmas shopping season just concluded and
would indicate that consumers who had held off
buying major gifts for several years were
reversing their spending habits.
And even the nation's airlines will make
money again according to analysts at the
American Transport Association. Operating pro-
fits are expected to continue to grow, they say.
Factors contributing to the turn-around are an
improved economy, a decline in fuel prices,
progress in labor relations and few price wars.
The oil and gas industry in Texas, at least,
has shown a low but steady increase in the
number of oil rigs working. More rigs mean
more jobs, more sales of casing and tubing and
associated equipment.
Our nation’s gross national product is expec-
ted to rise 11.3 precent for 1984, consumer
spending will continue at a 9 percent increase,
business spending will show a rise of 14
percent and spending by government will in-
crease 9.5 percent, experts predict.
Overall it looks as though 1984 will be a very
good year for business.
Happy New Year to all and may 1984 be a
good year for everyone.
WLB
Editorial /Opinion
Llano News, Thursday, December 29, 1983
Page 4
A new beginning
A Bishop looks at Life
By Everett H. Jones, Retired
Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Life would be impossible without new
beginnings! This is true even in the
physical world. Nature is constantly
going through a process of death and
rebirth. The human body is constantly
replacing old cells, so that it is
completely new every seven years. In a
sense, every healing from accident or
illness is a new beginning. A good
night's sleep is a new beginning.
This is even more true in the spiritual
world. Prayer and worship arc secrets of
new beginning. Every act of dedication
or 're-dedication is a new beginning.
Especially is the act of accepting God's
forgiveness a new bcginning--as well as
the sharing of that forgiveness toward
others.
W.R. Hunt has summed up what new
beginning can mean at the start of a
new year: "The sun is just rising on the
morning of another day. the first day of
a new year. What can I wish that this
day, this year, may bring to me?
Nothing that shall make the vyork or
others pooper, nothing at the expense of
other men; but just those few things
which in their coming do not stop with
me, but touch me rather, as they pass
and gather strength;
- A few friends who understand me.
and yet remain mv friends.
—A work to do which has real value,
without which the world would feel
poorer.
--A mind unafraid to travel, even
though the trail be not blazed.
--An understanding heart--a sight of
the eternal hills and unresting seas, and
of something beautiful the hand of man
has made.
-A sense of humor and the power to
laugh. A few moments of quiet
meditation. The sense of the presence
of God.
--And the patience to wait for the
coming of these things, with the wisdom
to know them when they come."
Letters to the editor
New DWI law
'Dear Editor.
During the 1983 regular session of the
Tetris Legisluatrc, a new Driving While
Intoxicated law was passed. It will have
dramatic effects on drivers who are
arrested on DWI charges and those
convicted of DWI.
The new law goes into effect on
January I. 1984. As author of this bill in
the Texas Senate I fell a responsibility
to make sure that as many Texans as
possible know about the changes in the
law. y
I think that the news metya is the best
way to reach a majority of Texans and
hope that you will assist my efforts to
publicize the changes in the law.
Enclosed is a general breakdown of the
new law.
Early statistics tell us that a new
awareness was achieved bv publicity
that the law received while it was before
the legislature. That publicity helped
lessen the accident rate.
This is the Holiday Season, and we
may be able to save lives during this
peak travel and celebration period
through the radio stations and news-
papers of the state. I know you will want
to inform the public of what could be in
store for those who drive and are
intoxicated.
Please help us spread the word. We
may save someone from a serious
situation. Just as important, we may be
saving innocent victims of needless
accidents.
Best wishes for a safe Holiday
Seaion.
Sincerely,
Bill Sarpalius
Austin. Texas
Pull together
Dear Editor.
Enclosed arc two copies of the 1984
Highland Lakes Tourist Association
membership decal to show that The
Llano News belongs to the only
areawide economic development organ-
ization, spending much effort and
dollars to bring visitors into the area.
We all benefit from this activity as the
visitor dollar works its way down from
hotels and motels to service stations,
maid service, cleaning service, and
down eventually for the basic needs
(shoes, clothes food, etc.) of each
The LLANO fe NEWS
Serving Llano, Llano County and the
Highland Lakes area since 1889
Published every Thursday at 813 Berry Street. Llano. Texas 78643.
Entered in the Llano Post Office as second class mail under the Act of
Congress of 1878. USPS 316-799.
WALTER L. BUCKNER. Editor and Publisher
T.H. CUNNINGHAM, Publisher Emeritus
FRED TAYLOR.............. ...........News Editor
GENE BUCKNER.................Advertising Director
SARAH BUCKNER.................Tifc Style Editor
DODIE VIERUS........Office Manager and Bookkeeper
A.C. K1NCHELOE............Printing Dept. Supervisor
DON SUMMERS................Production and Printing
EUGENIA COOPER........Production and Office Supplies
MELINDA BUCKNER.........Production and Advertising
COLUMNISTS: Hal Cunningham. Dodie Vierus, Marilyn Hale, John
Kuykendall and Mikel Virdell. •
NEWS CORRESPONDENTS: Ruth Deal. Eoline Kowierschke, Harold
Xohanson, AiinieLotfit Wyck'BffJMrs.’‘ Ben 'Polk' ahcT Cookie Walker.
Subscription Rates: Llano County $10.00 per year. Elsewhere in
Texas $12.50. Out-of-state $14.00. All payable in advance.
The Llano News solicits letters to the editor concerning issues of local
interest. Letters must be signed and no longer than two standard
pages, double-spaced and typed if possible. The staff reserves the right
to edit all letters according to accepted standards. For further
information call The Llano News at 915-247-4433.
person in your community.
The Highland Lakes Tourist Associa-
tion has no paid employees and is
operated by a Board of Directors, three
from each HLTA community.
It is an organization that keeps up with
an organization that keeps up with
visitor, industry trends and plans
programs and actions to obtain its share
of this business for the Highland Lakes
area.
We appreciate your support, and your
active participation. With more mem-
bers such as you, we will continue to be
strong and be an effective force in
bringing nev dollars to the Highland
Lakes. Thanks.
Sincerely,
James Price.
President. HLTA
Write your
Representative
President Ronald Reagan
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
(202)456-1414
Senator John Tower
United States Senate
Room 142 Russell Bldg.
Washington. D.C. 20510
(202)224-2934
Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Jr.
United States Senate
Room 240 Russell Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202)224-5942
The Hon. Tom Loeffler
U.S. Representative Dist. 21
1212 Longworth Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202)225-4236
The Hon. Grant Jones
State Senator Dist. 24
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
(512)475-3733
Bob Barton Jr.
State Rep. Dist. 47
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78769
(512)475-219$ r_
County Judge W.R. Miller
Llano County Courthouse
Llano, Texas 78643
915-247-5054 *
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Mayor John London
Llano City Hall •
Llano, Texas 78643
(915)247-4158
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—From the sidelines-
By Fred Taylor
How can it be? The end of 1983 is
almost here. Like most people it seems
to me that it barely started. In fact it is
equally hard to realize that almost five
months have passed since sitting down
in front of this typewriter and having
the privilege to pound out news items
for you to read.
j "It's desk cleaning
time again"
One year is pretty much like the rest
so it is just another holiday as far as the
time and the season. Perhaps the most
energetic prospect at hand is to clean
out my desk at least once this year.
During the course of time you get a lot
of ideas, stack up a lot of notes and story
possibilities and before you know it it is
a little hard to tell just whgVkind of desk
you have underneath.
If you enjoy the comic Strip “Shoe”
by Jeff MacNelly then you have an idea
of what my desk looks like at times,
well, not quite as bad as that but close.
At least we haven't run into the
situation the ernstwhile editor ran into
last December 22 when the editor asked
why there wasn't any lead story for the
next edition and the reporter said there
just wasn’t any news to print. The
headline read "News Shortage Grips
Nation.” So far that hasn't happened
here.
Well, let's scrounge around and see
what little notes have been written,
misplaced or ignored.
Thanks to James Harvey down at
Kingsland for the notation correcting
the number of customers currently
being served by the Kingsland Water
Supply District. The 325 figure was the
starting figure, not the ending figure.
The story should have read, “From a
humble beginning of about 325 cus-
tomers there are now 1.064 meters that
are now operational." Thanks for the
note Jim.
Missed a picture assignment last
week. Members of the Catholic Churdi,
trying to get their live nativity scene dn
a warmer night, reset the date only to
be faced with another bitter cold
evening. Passed the scene while they
were setting up the display but the time
the camera was picked up and the trip
was made home and back across the
river everybody had left.
Speaking of the cold weather, it
certainly gave everybody a lot to talk
about. Most favorite comment was,
“and to think 1 was complaining about
the heat last summer.” Another
comment was "Sure I wanted some cold
weather and a little snow but this is
ridiculous."
Meanwhile, down on the ranch,
feeding time took on a added chore of
breaking ice on the tanks or carrying
water for the cattle. The best thing
about the extended cold weather was
the warming trend as the temperature
hovered near the freezing mark.
Seemed like a heat wave, almost.
One thing you can say about the deer
population. They seemed to have alot
more sense than some of the hunters.
Monday evening the da^r fanyly
seemed to come out of hi41h|> and were
actually interested in a little corn. Looks
like the last week of seosobi will be
better than the first week.
Sure didn't get much cleared off my
desk. I’ll try again next year.
THE
Wanderer
By
HAL
CUNNINGHAM
Now that the last of the turkey is
eaten, and the Christmas tree is
stripped bare, in a few short days it will
be a brand new year.
Somehow, a new year always brings
the hope of better things to come. For
many people, especially in rural com-
munities of the South that barely felt the
recession, 1983 was a pretty good year.
For many others it was a disaster.
The past year saw the nation, and the
world, for that matter, just recovering
from a deep recession that left
thousands of people out of work and flat
broke.
The Democrats blame it on the
Republicans, and the Republicans
blame it on the Democrats. Actually, it
was probably the fault of neither, but it
makes good political propaganda, and
the politicians make the most of it.
Slowly through the latter part of 1983.
the national economy is showing Signs
of recovery. More people are going back
to work as industry slowly recovers from
the big slump. More have money to
spend for necessities and even a few
luxuries, and that helps every business
to get back on its feet.
If the trend continues, 1984 should
be a great improvement over the past
year. There's a lot of room for
improvement, and perhaps, if we all
think positive, it will come. It's hard to
think positive when you’re out of work
and don't know how you're going to
feed your family, but ever so slowly the
nation is putting its people back to
work, giving them the chance to earn a
decent living and enjoy a reasonably
good life.
For 1984, there is hope.
-W-
There weren’t as many Christmas
lighting displays around town as usual
this year, and for that we think you can
blame the weather man. The Wanderer,
for instance, usually decorates the front
of his home, not with the idea of
winning a prize, but simply because he
and Hazel enjoy Christmas.
This year, he even had his lights and
wire out in the front porch when a
whistling blue norther blew in. and it
got cold enough to freeze the horns off a
billygoat. The Wanderer decided "To
heck with it." and went inside where it
was warm. We suspect that happened
to a lot of potential home decorators.
It's hard to maintain the Christmas
spirit out in ten degree weather with a
wind chill factor of below zero.
-W-
The week before Christmas has seen
the severest cold weather that Llano and
most of Texas have seen in many a year,
and as this is written it's still ten
degrees on the bank thermometer with
the north wind howling like a banshee.
Water pipes arc frozen all over town as
well as some sewing lines, and about
the only ray of joy is that there has been
no shortage of gas and clectricty.
HeOven help a plumber on a day like
this!
By Jack Maguire
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY-Citizens
of San Antonio dug into their personal
wallets to Finance expeditions that
would establish commercial routes to
northern Mexico and El Paso.
To the Texas cities, the investment
made good economic sense. America's
commercial interests in Mexico has
b^a growing since the 1820's when
hffidreds of loaded wagons began
operating between Independence. Mis-
souri, and Santa Fe. New Mexico. Once
Texas became a state, businessmen in
Austin and San Antonio hoped to
capture some of this trade.
In 1848. with money raised locally,
San Antonio dispatched an expedition
under Colonel John C. Hays. His
mission was . to find a practical wagon
road to Chihuahua. Mexico, via El Paso.
The next year. Austin citizens sent a
similar expedition to establish direct
commerce with El Paso.
At the same time, the U.S. govern-
ment, aware of the growing potential of
trade with Mexico, also began sending
expeditions to find the quickest routes
from Texas to Mexico and on to the
Pacific Ocean. By 1840. a practical
southern route had been found that
Talk of Texas
began in San Antonio and ended 600
miles away in El Paso. A good route to
Chihuahua went south from Presidio,
Texas.
Thus began the trade routes that
were to open much of West Texas and
extend eventually to California. As the
business leaders of San Antonio andf
Austin had surmised, the new routes
paid off, much of the freighting that had
been going from Missouri to Santa Fe
was diverted south, thus starting a
commercial boom in Texas that conti-
nues a century and more later.
IT'S A FACT-A Texan's chance of
being murdered has grown 69.9 percent
since 1972, according to figures from
the Department of Corrections.
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THE READERS WRITE Dozens of
'teadere wrbte •aFFc?~,TiI]k oTTexas'^
reported that San AntonioVas Ameri-
ca's fifth largest Hispanic Citjb-but then
gave Houston a higher Mexican popu-
lation. It was a typographical error.
San Antonio, with 481,511 Hispanics,
is fifth. Only Los Angeles, New York,
Miami and Chicago have more. Houston
ranks sixth with 424.901 followed by
San Francisco-Oakland with 351.915. El
Paso is eighth in the nation with
297.001.
The figures are from the 1980 U.S.
Census which counted |4.6 million
Hispanics in the total population^' The
Census Bureau says this figure could
rise to 47 million by 2020. If so,
Hispanics would outnumber blacks as
the second largest population bloc;
IT CAN ONLY HAPPEN HERE-Lov
ing County, which has never had a
railroad, hotel, hospital or through
highway, now is about to lose its only
church.
The Community Church in Mentone
(pop. 12) the county's only town and its
seat of government, is being moved to
the Heritage Center at Texas Tech
University in Lubbock. The church,
built in 1910, is rarely used.
Mentone, which once boasted 285
residents, has been on a population
decline for 40 years. It has one gas
station, a cafe and a courthouse, but
soon Loving will be the only Texas
county without a house of worship.
WEATHER INN-Houston's Rice
Hotel became the South's largest
completely air-conditioned inn when it
installed its cooling system in 1949.
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1983, newspaper, December 29, 1983; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1053230/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.