The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 1984 Page: 1 of 26
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BOB COWART
JOEB. SIMPSON JR.
The LLANO
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.Jernigan makes statement on arrest
Llano, Llano County, Texas 78643
Deer Capital of Texas
District
Volume 93
No. 28
Thursday, May 10, 1984
26 Pages in 2 Sections
Rabb to head HCLRA
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Two more Llano coaches resign
College
EARL RUFF
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have had for the people and students of
Llano.
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The proposed English course offered
by Central Texas College and the Llano
school district will be taught this
summer in school district classrooms.
Cost of the three hour course will be
about $42 and is open to students and
other persons who might like to take the
course.
In the future concurrent courses may
be offered whereby outstanding ap-
proved high school students can take
college courses for the high school
credit as well as later college credit. Jon
Tate, school superintendent said.
[See COACHES RESIGN page A-8|
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votes
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news from t.
Hams story by saying there were less Houston
into the Democratic runoff for the top
Others assured of jobs for the next four
years include Clayton Evans of Burnet
to be the new 33rd District Judge;
County Attorney L.T. Des Champs.
District Clerk Wanda Osbourn. Tax
Assessor Margie Jung. Constable Pre-
cinct 3, Bill McLean; Constable Precinct
I, Tom Hall and although she was
unopposed for the job of Justice of the
Peace in Precinct 3 at Kingsland. Linda
Poe will be expecting a write-in
candidate inNovember.
the residents of Tow. Lone Grove,
Bluffton and Island Lodge were em-
phatic. It was 123-25 in favor of fowart
There will be another Democratic
County Chairman next year as Martin
Moxley unseated Bozo Davis 1.293 to
1,090. Davis captured only five out of 14
boxes in the race.
Senator Grant Jones easily won
re-election. Llanoans favored Jones
over Carlton White of Lampasas 1,474
to 800. Llanoans really showed their
favor for the home town boy, Sam
Oatman, for the job of 33rd District
Attorney. Oatman amassed 2,262 votes
while his Burnet challenger, Paul
Taparauskas, managed just 427.
Kingsland gave Taparauskas 130 of
those votes alone.
Further up the ladder there was a real
dogfight going on for the position of
Democratic nominee for the U.S.
Senate. Lloyd Doggett got the most
votes in Llano, 982, with Bob Krueger
getting 819 and Kent Hance 727. It was
a different scene statewide with Hance
the leader, Doggett second and Krueger
third. Krueger was expected to ask for
at least a partial recount to try to get
A Tuesday morning story in the
Austin American said that the Depart-
met of Public Safety said that Ruff was
riding his cycle east on the highway just
west of RR 2244 when he ran into a
pickup driven by William Putnam of
Dripping Springs. The pickup had
stopped in the westbound lane and was
making a U-turn when the cycle struck
it.
Ruff, 59, and his wife Ann purchased
the old Badu House in Llano about 18
months ago and restored it into a
beautiful restaurant and Inn with eight
guest rooms furnished in period antique'
furnishings. The Badu House cele-
brated its first birthday April I.
Prior to moving to Llano, the Ruffs
had lived in Bellaire in Houston where
Earl had been associated with Fish
Engineering and Construction for over
28 years
Funeral
Houston.
Memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society.
An agreement with Central Texas
, College of Killeen to offer Freshman
English in Llano and the resignation of
two more Llano school coaches high-
lighted the Llano ISD board of directors
meeting Tuesday night.
Head basketball coach and assistant
football coach Pat Gresham resigned
and will take the head football coaching
job at Crawford, a class A school near
Waco. He is a math teacher. Craig
Earl Ruff dies in accident
Earl Ruff, Llano resident for just over
a year, was killed near Austin Monday
about noon when the motorcycle he was
riding struck a pickup on Texas Hwy. 71
in Southwest Travis County.
Miller. Roland Rode and R.J. Horsak.
Directors with two more years to serve
are Charlie Bauman, Walter Franklin,
W.Y. Fowler HI. Gary Howell, Walter J.
Milliom. Tommy Perkins. Richard
Rabb, David Schulze. Dailon Smith,
Hatch Smith, Phil Wagner and David
Willman
John Kuykendall, Llano County
Extension Agent presented the Cowboy
of the Year Award. This is the seventh
year of the presentation to honor the
working cowboy of the Hill Country
area.
"Way' Wills was born in Burnet
County in 1905 and grew up in the
Hoover Valley area. After some ten
years of school at the OK School House
he went to work for Claude Shipp and
I.W. Friedson on the Adkinson Ranch in
Burnet County.
Rough times caused a move to the
Perry Garrett ranch where he worked
for $25 a month. He came to Llano
County in 1937 working on the Hugh
Fitzsimons Ranch under Sherman
Johnson. His specialty was breaking
young horses in deep Llano River sand.
■ Other jobs included work as a
government inspector, inspecting cattle
being shipped for slaughter; moving to
San Saba and managing the Flying V
and Brooks Ranches. T
before he picked up the
trade and was much in demand for his
high quality work. This along with just
day work on other ranches proved to be
the most profitable.
Wills now lives on the Herman Spinks
Ranch where his favorites are his horse
and Blue Lacy dogs along with his wife
Nannie.
Providing music for the banquet was
Louise Weber Currie of San Antonio
and the dinner was catered by Larry
Sawyer.
Barefoot, girls athletics coach, has
accepted the head coaching job at Waco
Connally, a AAA school. Barefoot
teaches accounting, geography and
typing.
Gresham has been with the Llano
schools tor three years and Barefoot has
been here for seven years. Both
coaches said the move is a step up in
their professional careers and regreted
leaving because of the attachment they
The winners smiled. The losers
frowned. Though the Democratic and
Republican Primaries never got to the
knockdown, dragout stage for local
candidates there had been a lot of good
old fashioned handshaking, knocking on
doors and telephone calls as candidates
worked hard to be elected for a variety
of terms.
Perhaps the main bone of contention
among most voters was the need to
return to precinct conventions 15
minutes after the polls closed to voice
their preference for nomination to the
Des Champs. David Templeton. Joe
Horten. Bobby Gage. Brad Bradley.
Gary Larremore, James Epperson,
Hudson Fowler, Dan Hoerster. Donald
Jordan, Bill Edwards, J J. Hardin and
Larry Stovall
Holdover directors with one year left
in their term were John Kuykendall.
J.L. Sawyer. Leroy Rode. Alex Hdrdin.
Charles Birk. Kenneth Brandenberger,
Marvin Elliott. John W. Schuessler,
James Grote. Earl Edwards. Jr., Frosty
Praising the livestock industry as the
nation's greatest commodity, members
and friends of the Hill Country
Livestock Raisers Association were
admonished to watch their investment
closely and take good care of their
livestock
The large crowds were also
entertained with humorous stories in
the 33rd annual banquet held Thursday,
May 3 in the Llano County Community
Center. Guest speaker was Dr. Jerry K.
Smith. Livestock Product Marketing
Manager for Vigortone Ag Products
from Jackson. Tenn.
"Have faith in yourselves. You are
way ahead ot many foreign countries,"
Smith said. "Keep up to date with new
products and procedures and take
advantage of your opportunities."
Singled out for praise were members
of the Liano Volunteer Fire Department
for their faithful service and named
"Cowboy of the Year" was Wayman
Jesse Wilis for his many years of work
in both Burnet and Llano Counties.
Outgoing president Walter Million
welcomed the crowd and introduced
guests Donald Jordan presented the
nominating committee report and 14
new directors were elected by accla-
mation. Three were nominated for
president for the coming year.
Receiving the highest number of
votes was Richard Rabb. First vice
president with second highest number
of votes was Bill Edwards and second
vice president was Dailon Smith.
New directors are Jerry Butler, T.
Democratic presidential race. Neverthe
less, election judges were amazed that
as many did show up for the conven-
tions. In most cases election judges
said it was the largest turn put they had
ever seen. County conventions set for
Saturday May 19 should attract more
visitors.
Llano Republicans followed the state
trend in overwhelmingly electing Phil
Gramm to face a still undecided
Democratic opponent for the U.S.
Senate seat being vacated by Senator
John Tower. In Llano County, Gramm
constable Bob Cowart who
turned Jernigan over
Houston Constable
Culver. Bail was originally set
at $100,000 but was reduced
after Jernigan reportedly co-
operated fully with the in
tigation. 4
Reached at his home
Monday, Jernigan had only ____
PT~. ^ktePhe#nson; ” whose ^office said that Jernigan wasaamsed
the
Oatman, Ligon victorious
slammed three opponents getting 476
votes as compared to 45 for Ron Paul, 15
for Rob Mosbacher and seven for Hank
Grover.
County Commissioner Ross Bauman
was easily re-elected and newcomer
John McWhorter will be challenging
commissioner RexJCing for the job of
commissioner of Precinct 3 in Nov-
ember.
Llano County Sheriff Gale
steamrolled over challenger Clay
borne of Kingsland getting 2,119
to 660. Claiborne failed to win a box in
his second effort to unseat Ligon.
Only one constable race produced a
close vote and that was between Alvis
Woodall and Joe Simpson, Jr. Woodall
won Precinct lu box (West Llano)
303-278 but Valley Spring opted for
Simpson 48-15 and Simpson also
captured the absentee box 36-17 to
defeat Woodall 362-335.
In the other constable race
Commissioner Precinct 2, a tie
produced in one box as Charles Carrick
and Bob Cowart were forced to run
against each other to see which
constable would retain his job. At the
Red Barn the vote was split 103-103 but
BUCHANAN DAM -- The
Fire Chief of the Buchanan
Dam Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, accused of the thefts of
shopping carts in Houston, is
currently free on $5,000 per-
sonal recognizance bond, after
apparently selling what he had
been informed as "salvage"
as defined by the Harris
County District Attorney's
office.
Gene Hudson Jernigan. 48,
was arrested last Thursday by
services are pending in
contacted the
County District attorney's than 100 grocery carts involved
to office and sked if the carts in 1 ' ‘____
H.F. question would be considered from parking lots but
i could found abandoned in ditches.
,” Jernigan "Remember, a man is
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would be salvage and could be severalinacJuracieJ^fn' ’he
Austin story.”
Constable Culver reportedly
of taking the shopping
*--1 supermarkets in
salvage and if they
legally be sold,"
said. '" ____ __________r
operated fully with the inves- district attorney’s office they Stephenson said.
legally sold.”
Justice of the Peace Lanny
ising a more complete story the transfer was
after the matter is cleared up. corrected a previous
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visits May 17
General Telephone’s special
service and study teams will be in
Llano on Thursday. May 17, to
analyze telephone service in
Llano and the surrounding area
and visit with customers, accord-
ing to Travis Fagg. local manager
for the company
“The company has arranged
for employees to be on hand from
10:00 A M. to 4:00 P.M. at the
City Council Chamber. 301 West
Main, to discuss telephone ser-
vice issues with customers on an
individual basis. In addition a
few employees w<R toe visiting
with local ousineoees regarding
their telephone service.” Fagg
added. “We invite anyone to drop
by the City Council Chamber or
call 247-3817 should they have an
individual telephone service con-
cern. This will enable us to
isolate and correct any particular
problem areas."
Fagg concluded, "Occasionally
we like to go into a community .
and meet with customers on a
one-to-one basis as we know this
will result in improved customer
satisfaction.”
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1984 to date
1983 5-month total
Awards assembly
set for May 17
Llano High School will have the
Annual Awards Assembly on
Thursday. May 17, 1984. at 9:15
a.m., in the High School Audi-
torium. Perfect Attendance Cer-
tificates will be awarded. Out-
standing Students in each subject
area will be announced, and the
Valedictorian and Salutatorian of
the 1984 graduating class will be
recognized and honored. Also,
recipients of the American Legion
Awards and various scholarships
will be announced.
Parents of students and other
interested patrons are invited and
encouraged to attend.
The ceremony will also include
the induction of new members to
the National Honor Society.
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 1984, newspaper, May 10, 1984; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1289538/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.