The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1988 Page: 3 of 17
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From the Sidelines
By Fred Taylor
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public school finance and the state’s
financial outlook. A panel of experts
discussed the overcrowded prison
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Those who served with the CCC still
have fond memories. They formed
an alumni association several years
ago and hold annual meetings.
transported to the alley and the
critter set a new track record for the
nearest hiding place under a nearby
garage.
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ANN MILLEI......
HAZEL LONG..........
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BARBARA BURPORD...
BUDGET SMALLWOOD
Youngsters between the ages of 18
and 25 were eligible to join, along
with World War I veterans of any
age. The Texans were among the
18,000 that eventually joined the
CCC.
noon State Representative Richard
Smith of Bryan explained the mess
that workers’ compensation has
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ranching. Then Texas began its new
capitol. Limestone was the chosen
material and thousands of tons were
quarried near Austin. Later it was
found that iron pyrites in that stone
made it turn yellow when exposed to
weather.
For awhile, the capitol builders
considered importing better lime-
stone from Indiana. However, Gov-
ernor John Ireland insisted that only
Texas stone be used.
That’s when rancher Lacy and his
two partners offered Granite Moun-
tain to the state as a gift. It was
accepted, and the capitol — dedica-
ted in 1888 — was the first building
to be erected using the granite.
It was not the last. Once granite
was being produced at Marble Falls,
BAD LANDS -- In 1986, Fort
Worth ranked first in major crime
among all American cities.
It was a deadly year, too, for the
city "where the West begins.” Fort
Worth'1202 murders ranked it fifth
in foe nation in homicides.
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One of the Corps' primary jobs was ।
to improve the state park system. I
These had been established a decade i
earlier by Governor Pat M. Neff. 1
Altogether 33 Texas parks were ’
enhanced by 2,500 CCC enrollees
who built swimming pools, carfip
sites, roads and other improve- l
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: First visit
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY —
There are huge hunks of Texas in
Atlanta, Denver, New York, Seattle
and dozens of other cities all across
America.
They are the skyscrapers, court-
houses, banks and plazas that have
been built with stone from Granite
Mountain near Marble Falls in
Burnet County. It’s the same mater-
ial with which Texans built their
capitol in the 1880s.
For years the 640 mountain of solid
3: granite was considered only a
3 liability to ranching. G.W. Lacy, who
:2 owned it, once tried to trade it to a
2 neighbor for a saddle horse. The
2 offer was refused.
3 It seemed that the granite would
2 remain an immovable hinderance to
other quarries began operations.
Today, two others in the area are
supplying different varieties of the
rock.
Since the didscovery of the beauty
of red Texas granite, it has become a
popular building material through-
out the U.S. One of the earliest
buildings to utilize it after the capitol
construction was the Bexar County
Courthouse in San Antonio.
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YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW —
That blacks had an early role in
Texas politics.
Between 1868 and 1900,48 Negroes
served at various times in the Texas
legislature. They also were members
of two Constitutional Conventions.
GRAVE MATTER — It is pcssible
that the wife of the first president of
the Republic of Texas is buried
between two homes in a Baytown
subdivision.
Historians aren’t sure that the
marker memorializing Hannah Este
Burnet is on her gravesite. Many,
however, believe that it is.
When Mrs. David G. Burnet died in
1858, she was buried where the
Burnets owned land on the bay
across from the San Jacinto Battle-
field. In 1936, the Sydney Sherman
chapter of the Daughters of the
Republic of Texas got permission to
exhume Mrs. Burnet’s body and
rebury it next to that of her husband
in the State Cemetery at Austin.
The original grave was never found,
however, and in 1936, a marker was
put up on what was believed to be
her burial site. It is in the thriving
Baytown area known as Lakewood.
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REMEMBER WHEN — Civilian
Conservation Corps camps dotted
the Texas landscape?
In 1933, shortly after his inaugur-
ation, President Franklin. Roosevelt
created the CCC as one of the
government’s efforts to lift the
nation out of the Great Depression.
Eventually 15 camps, offering room
and board and 330 a month, enrolled
thousands of jobless men across the
state.
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between Houston and Beaumont,
was platted around a series of
Spanish plazas.
Settled in 1756, it became a
municipality in 1831 when Mexico’s
J. Francisco Madero laid out the
townsite in 49 squares. He desig-
nated five of these for public use.
Plaza Constitutional, in Liberty’s
center, has been used continuously
since the town’s incorporation as the
seat of city and county government
Plaza de Mercado to still a part of the
business area.
Origihally Madero planned one
plaza adjoining market square to
house the town jail. Merchants
objected, however, and the prison
was located elsewhere.
From time to time you do write
about something that interests other
people. Concerning the groundhogs
from last week, I learned it is good
to feed them castor beans if you can
find them. It is supposed to give
them such a bellyache they are
terminated.
Another recommendation came as
to what to do with dead gophers.
Take them out and lay them in an
open space and in a short time a
red-tailed hawk will drop in for a
feast. It seems that is one of their
delicacies. — - “ “ •
Oh, before I forget it. Thanks for
all of the help in getting pictures of
most of the baseball teams from
Tow, Kingsland and Llano. It will
take a while to get them all run in the
paper but hopefully they will be
completed as soon as possible. You
help is greatly appreciated.
Last but not least, have you
noticed the bucks are already getting
good sets of antlers? Take time to
ride down a country road some
evening and see how many new
fawns are already here. But most
important of all this past week was
the return of some rains. Life really
isn’t so monotonous after all.
1 Dear Editor:
• I had the opportunity of visiting
• your town this past week end
Z with the T.I.H.A. group. It was my
I first visit to Llano and my first
2 encounter with TIHA.
2 I wanted to take a minute to
S express to you that I was so
; impressed with the hospitality of
5 Llano. I was treated warmly,
< friendly people went out of their way
2 to help me ( was lost), walked up to
; me to say welcome and thanks for
£ coming to "our” town, etc. Their
2 pride in their town was evident and
2 merited. I truly felt welcomed and a
2 part of the town itself. Being the
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Another monotonous event could
be like a trip to Fredericksburg and
back each weel. Fortunately, it is a
very scenic drive and you have to
keep an eye open for any wandering
deer along the road side. As you
well know, there are always quite a
few that never make it to hunting
season because of collisions with
motor vehicles. 4-“*
On one such trip a strange odor
was detected but little was thought
about it. I had just passed a roadside
park and surmised that something
was left to smolder by a previous
visitor. It was also noticed later that
the pickup was having a few minor
problems. It came time to change
the oil and what an interesting
discovery! A hole in a header gasket
had directed intense exhaust heat
toward the carburator. A couple of
vacumn hoses had melted through
some insulation well-cooked. Noth-
ing like having to do a little mechanic
work to break the monotony of
travel.
We have much to celebrate this indepen-
dence Day: Freedom of choice, having the
privilege of voting for whom we please,
freedom to worship, freedom to speak out for
what we believe, freedom to live where we
want and freedom to our opinion.
Our beloved United States survived a frail in-
.fancy and has grown to become the most
. powerful nation the world has ever known. It
is, and will remain, the recognized leeder of
the free world.
I believe Americans everywhere are feeling
‘an awakening of new pride in our nation. It
has been a time of re-awakening of pride in
ourselves. It has been a year of re-awakening
of personal dedication to our families and
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natural cynic that I am, I do not
impress very easily. You should be
proud that your town is as proud as it
is. That is our national heritage
(seldom shared as openly as I saw
this week end).
Please offer my thanks to the
townspeople and business I en-
countered for making this week-end
so pleasurable.
I felt equally at home with the
TIHA. They are a warm and friendly
group of people and made our family
feel a part of all the activities. I feel
certain that we will be back in
September.
Again, my sincere thanks to all of
the folks in Llano.
Sincerely, Taffie Norris
Garland, Texas
The Wanderer and Hazel ac-
companied Sarah and Bud Buckner
to the 109th annual summer conven-
tion of the Texas Press Association
held at the Four Seasons Hotel in
Austin last weekend. Much fun and
lots of old friends!
The convention kicked off with a
reception in the Lieutenant
Governor’s reception room in the
State Capitol and featured a number
of speakers, state officials and
professional people who talked on
topics of interest to newspaper
people.
Webster Hawkins, publisher of
the Osawatomie, Kansas, Graphic
and president of the National
Newspaper Association, made a
report on the newspaper industry
from the national scene. State
Comptroller Bob Bullock discussed
NEWS COMRESPONDENTS: Ruth Deal, Eollo Tawtermifos, LaOte
Wychek, Jeml Palm, Stephonlo Batos and Janet Herrem.
Editorial /Opinion
"The vital measure of a newspaper is not its size ■
but its spirit" . . . Arthur Hays Sulzberger
It has been a time when Americans' spirits
have rekindled their pride In "the land of the
free end the home of the brave."
Our United States cannot maintain its world
leadership through guns and dollars alone. We
must display moral fibre. World attention is
now, end has been, focused on America
because of our continued dedication to
democratic principles at home and our stead-
fast commitment to friends end allies abroad.
America is ready to meet the challenge of
continued world leadership for another
yeer.....and another, and another.
John Adams wrote on July 3,1778, "A great
anniversary festival ought to be com-
memorated as the day of deliverance, by
solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It
ought to be solemnized with pomp and
parade, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from
one end of this country to the other, from this
time forever more."
Yes, Mr. Adams, forever morel
Amon.
There are a lot of us that have a
regular routine of work, eat, sleep
and of more work day in and day out.
Oh yes, there is also some time set
aside for recreation and relaxing but
it doesn’t usually happen that way
very much. Most of us can always
think of something that needs to be
done. If that doesn’t happen then
there is usually someone else who
can think of something for you to do.
Now if that was all that happened
in our lives then it would truly be
monotonous and discouraging. It
doesn’t always work out that way.
For example: I arrive at work,
open the door, head for my desk and
get ready to pound out a few more
stories when the boss sees some
movement in a waste paper basket.
Of all things, a youngster of a mouse
has managed some how to fall into
that plastic container and just was
not able to crawl or jump out.
Now just what would you do with a
mouse in a wastepaper basket? Why
of course! You hand it to the proof
reader or the typesetter an ask if
they wouldn’t like to have a new pet.
Need less to say that wasn’t a very
good idea and so the mouse was
ByHalCummigh
W‘ALTER L. BUCKNER, Edtoer and Publeher
SABAH BUCKNER
TJI. CUNNINGHAM, Pablshor Emerltus
COLUMNISTSi Hal Cumminghem, Marina Hal and Jefes Kuyhondel.
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Australia checked in-security men all
over the place and television camera-
men falling all over each other. He
was there to dedicate some kind of a
museum exhibit at the university.
Some of the youngsters were up at
6:30 to get his autograph Saturday
morning.
The Wanderer always enjoys the
T.P.A. conventions, for he and Hazel
have made some wonderful friends
over the years whom they only see at
the conventions. However, The
Wanderer has always claimed that
where you learn about foe news-
paper business at conventions to not
in the programs, but in the bull
sessions later on, where newspaper-
men delight in rehashing problems
and experiences connected with their
trade.
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situation, and Dr. Bernard L.. become and the efforts being made
Weinstein of The Cox School 'of by the legislature to remedy the
Business at S.M.U.. gave,’’A situation.
Non-Partisan Look at the Texas The Four Seasons is a beautiful
Economy.” hotel, though poorly arranged.
Most of the speakers admitted There is no coffee shop as such,
rather cautiously that the economy is There is a large cocktail lounge
getting better, but... where you can order snacks at
Those attending the convention fantastic prices, and there is the
were treated to an evening at Austin formal dining room down on the lake
City Limits at the KRLU/TV studios level, where the food is excellent at
on the University of Texas campus. Still more fantastic prices. Con ven
The Wanderer attended the Past tion meals, of course, are usually
Presidents’ Breakfast Saturday mediocre. To get to the dining room
morning, where some twenty past you have to take two elevators and
presidents of the Texas Pless walk the equivalent of about two city
Association breakfasted together blocks.
and discussed old times. Hazel had There was a great fanfare Friday
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"AMERICA, AMERICA, God ehed His grace
on thee... and crown thy good with
brotherhood, from see to shining sea."
Tha’s whet God hes done for more than two
centuries. July the Fourth, we will celebrate
■ our 212th birthday.
THE
Wanderer
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dining room where they charged her
three dollars for one egg and 32.50
for hot tea. Hazel is bitter about that
three dollar egg, since she regularly
pays about a nickel each for yard
fresh eggs at home. The Wanderer
suggested she’d best cultivate the
aquaintance of a hen.
At the business meeting Saturday
morning, Fred Lowe of the Lampasas
Dispatch was elected president for
the coming year, succeeding Roy
Eaton of the Wise County Mes-
senger, who becomes chairman of
the board of directors. Roy
McQueen of the Synder Daily News
was named first vice president, and
Mary Judson of the Port Aransas
South Jetty was elected second vice
president.
At the final luncheon Saturday
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1988, newspaper, June 30, 1988; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585907/m1/3/: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.