The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1954 Page: 1 of 7
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The Llano News
VOLUME LXV
LLANO. TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1964
NUMBER 41
The News
CORRAL!
The last ten days we have been
making some changes in The News
building. This has not bqen fun
for anyone as old as we are, for
we are at the age when it is our
tendency to want to leave every-
thing as it ha3 been in the past.
It is hard for anyone to make
changes after they reach middle
age, much less want to make
them.
While we would have backed
out on the changing sevoral times,
after it was started there was no
turning back. We had to go
through with it. Now, when every-
thing is again running fairly
smoothly, we are glad of the
chaugos.
* * *
This face-lifting procedure at
The News plant is a small exam-
ple of how changes are undertak-
en on larger scales, it is not us
older people who are responsible
for the major advancements in
our community. We aro all too
Girl Scout Fund Drive
Slated Wed.; Goal $1,000
A drive for funds with which to
further the Girl Scout program In
Llano county will take place Wed
nesday, Sept. 29, capping a week
of activities to kick off the Girl
Scout program for the nine months
of the school year.
Goal for the one-day, whirlwind
drive for funds is $1,000, accord-
ing to Mrs. Monroe Raesener.
Drive chairman is Mrs. D. R. Key-
ser.
A leaders meeting will bo held
Monday to make plans for the
kickoff supper and Wednesday’s
drive.
And Tuesday evening at 6:30,
lho kickoff supper will be held
at the Girl Scout cabin. Parents
of Girl Scouts, friends of scout-
ing and troop leaders are invited
lo attend and bring a basket lunch
to be eaten on the grounds, .Mrs.
Raesener said.
Entertainment for the kickoff
supper will be furnished by Mrs.
John (Chris) Brown.
Intensive Fund Drive
An intensive person to person
campaign for funds to help con-
prone to let things stay as they j ,jnue Gjri gco„t work in the coun-
are, feeling that the way wo have ty win be an al].day affair Wed-
always known them Is the best
way and the only way things
should stay.
It takes younger men and wom-
en to bring forth new ideas and
plans. They are the ones who aro
not satisfied with our old institu-
tions and pleasures. They are tho
ones who must make not only their
community but the world go for-
ward.
It is true, occasionally, that an
older person comes forth with a
new idea, but as a whole, all ino-
vations come from the younger i
set.
* * *
If we, who have been here for
a half-century and more, would
let the younger people make the
plans and prepare to carry them
out, we would have a much better
community. This Is not only true
of our community life from a city
standpoint, it is also true from the
levels of our organizations within
our community.
This does not mean that the old-
er people should start a run on
the furniture stores and buy all
the rocking chairs In town and
prepare to enjoy life on their front
porch, watching someone else do
the work. There is plenty of work
for everyone. No one group can
accomplish everything that needs
being done alone. Concerted effort
is the answer, but the planning
should come from young minds.
They are the ones who cannct
look back. They can only look for-
ward.
Tt is enough that the older peo-
ple relinquish the lead and let
them forward, while wo may from
time to time tell them of our ex-
periences along similar lines,
which sometimes have been disas-
trous. These experiences may save
pitfalls and headaches from timo
to time, but many times our fail-
ures do not mean that something
cannot be done later. Things are
often tried before their time,
couldn’t last, but when tried again
a few years later, would prove
successful.
• * *
Let’s all of us older people not
eit back, but stay behind the
nesday, Mrs. Raesener stated.
Mrs. Raesener pointed out that
a larger number (80) of girls are
expected to participate In this
year’s scouting program. And an
additional troop, bringing the to-
tal to eight active troops, will be
Instituted under the leadership of
Mrs. Taylor Vlrdell, assisted by
Mrs. O. J. Whlgham.
“It is vital that the Girl Scout
program continue unabated”, Mrs.
Raesener stated, “and the one way
that can be, ja for you, the gen-
eral public, to be generous”.
She urged that any individual
not contacted in the Wednesday
drive who wishes to contribute,
should drop their contributions In
the post office addressed to her
in Llano.
Leaders Training Course
On Thursday, Sept. 30, following
the drive for funds, a five hour
training course for troop leaders
and their assistants will be held
from 9 a.m. to 2 p in. at the scout
cabin.
A “nose bag" lunch will be
served.
Miss Frances Sowell, executive
scout director of this area, of
Austin will conduct the training
courses.
Girl Scout troop meetings will
begin Monday, Oct. 4.
Leaders expected to attend the
training course include those of
Troop 1, Mrs. Ivan Bode, assisted
by Mrs, Matt Dees, .Tr,; Troop 2,
VFW Slates
Trophy Races
Mid-season Trophy Races, spon-
sored by local VFW Post 8623,
will get underway at 8 p.m. Thurs-
day night at the VFW Speedway
with 14 eligible cars and five
local drivers competing for six
beautiful trophies.
The six races will probably
draw entries from Jim Stumfoll,
Eugene Fischer, John Rabb, Bus-
ter Norris and "Pee Wee’ Thomp-
son.
And Llano hotrods participat-
ing will bo those owned by T. G.
Houston, A. P. Overstreet aud
Stumfoll, who own “3 Blue”; "8
Blue” owned by Fischer; “490"
owned by Cliff Marlin, Fuzzy Wal-
ker, Ed Duncan and John Rabb;
"3 Red" owned by M. J. Wooten
and Pee Wee Thompson; and "71"
owned by Sid Johnson.
Other cars and drivers entered
will lie those of Jack Wootan ami
Boh Enberg of Brady,. Percy Till-
man. and Tommy Chew, all of
Mason and Raymond Parker of
Mason; Don Sides of Menard and
Money Now Available To Complete
RM 93, Contracts To Be Let Soon
Mrs. G. K. Beach
Stricken by Polio
IPlans for the completion of i is finished six or eight months
Raneh-toMnrket Road 93 from Lla- fr otn olesln.wil
no to Austin have boon announced j from now, it will provide a mod-
hy the State Highway department, j ern up to dale highway with a
The News learned this week. D. C.
Greer, state highway engineer,
stated that all of the work neces-
sary for a complete facility be-
tween the two cities Is now com-
Mrs. G. K. Beach was stricken
Monday with bulbar polio and re-
moved to a San Antonio hospital.
Dr. M. H. Springall of Froder-
I, ksburg notified county health of- j ple(ely f|nanC(Hl.
iicor. I)r. Dan Hoerster, this week. PavomnU js now Mng placed
Seriousness of tho attack was! eU8f from Llano, and the pavo-
uot specified, Dr. Hoerster said, mont contract on tho Burnet county
lli> also noted that It was the end will be lot In November, Greer
first Incidence of polio In tills said.
county in 1954. Ho stnted that when this road
Miss Whigham Named Dial. \ II
Farm Bureau Oueeu Tuesday
V
Miss Patty Whigham, Llano
County Farm Bureau Queen, clear-
ed the last hurdle toward entry
Mrs. Carol Phelan, assisted by Mrs. Emil Bearing of Burnet.
High School Class
Officers Named
Officers of the respective class-
es of Llano high school were
named in elections this week.
Presidents of tho senior, junior,
sophomore and frosh classes', in
that order, were Jimmy Watkins,
Kenneth Decker, North (Pie) Winn
and Milton Allen.
In the senior class, other offi-
cers named were Robby Robbins,
vice president; Lou Ann Banner,
secretary: Barbara Overstreet,
treasurer; Patty Whigham, re-
porter and Benton Cassaday, par-
liamentarian.
Other junior officers are Darretl
Davis, vice president; and Mari-
lyn Williams, secretary-treasurer.
Listed sophomore officers In-
clude Barry Ward, vice president;
Anetta Hall; Troop 3, Mrs. Joliu
Cardwell, no assistant yet named;
Troop 4, no leader yet named;
Troop 5, Mrs. Owen Hyatt, assist-
ed by Mrs. Phillip Smith; Troop
6. Miss Esther Dalchau, assisted
by Mrs. C. E. Brown; Troop 7,
Mrs. Dan Hoerster, no assistant
yet named; and Troop 8, Mrs.
Taylor Virdell and Mrs. C. J.
Whigham.
Positions will be drawn for each
race. Drivers of the hotrods must
lie amateur, and tho winner of one
trophy must wait until tho main
event before he will lie eligible
for another trophy.
The first three races will bo
bout races, the 4tli will he a Llano
Pursuit, the 5th will be Consola-
tion and the 6th will bo the main
event.
4 “Experts” Tic For 1st
In Football Guess Fest
A bevy of experts all came to
the sine conclusion as to the prob-
able outcome of the 22 games
listed in last week’s News Football
Contest. Joanna Gray, Mrs. Alex
Hardin, Gail Ricketson and W. B
Brewer, with three mis-guesses
each, will each come in for a $1.25
share of the $5 first money.
The Bangs-South Taylor and
Early-Rising Star games threw
each winner for a loss with the
exception of Miss Gray, who
stumbled on Sul Ross-Texas West-
ern. Miss Ricketson also missed
the Abilene Christian-East Texas
upset; Mrs. Hardin tripped up
on Sul RossTexas Western with
Miss Cray; and Mr. Brewer made
a miscue on TCU-Kansas.
Qualifying for theater tickets
with four misses were Mary Jane
Smith, El wood Raines, Mrs. Paul
Marilyn Kothmann, secretary-treas- Callings, George Rogers and E. B.
urer and Duncan Wright, report-
er.
And freshmen officers other
than the president include Bill
Anderson, vice president; Jo Ann
McDougall, secretary; Milburn
Grenwelge, treasurer; Estelene
Schuessler, reporter.
Morrison. Also nabbing the tickets
but. with five misses, were Sally
Hardin, last week’s winner, Joy
Patton, Bobby Gage, and Tommye
T/Ou Overstreet. Joe House came
through on the last lap to win
the 10th ticket when his name
was drawn from among six en-
tries who missed six contests.
Those Avtip ^nissed six with
House were James Gray, Mrs. A.
F. Leifoste, Patsye Rogers, Trav-
is Bawcom and M. A. Reed, Jr.
Found on pages four and five
again this week are 22 more
brand new chances for the $5
first money.
This week’s tilts feature some
of nation-wide interest, namely
Texas-Notrc Dame and TCU-Okla-
homa, plus scrapping good local
high school games scheduled be-
tween Llano-San Saha, Mason-
Junction, Goldthwaite - Richland
Springs. Entries must be in The
News office by not later than 5
p. m. Friday.
Results by which The Nows
went in grading were: Junction
over Llano, South Taylor over
Bangs, Texas over LSU, Texas
Tech over AAM, Caldwell over
Granger, McMurry over West
Texas State, Frederickshurg over
Burnet, Mississippi over North
Texas State.
Goldthwaite and San Saba play-
ed to a scoreless He. “Baylor heat
the TT. of Houston, TCTT whipped
(See CONTEST on Page 8)
Linemen Outstanding As Jackets
Lose 21-14; San Saba Here Friday
The Llano Yellowjackets, led by
Quarterback Roy Grenwelge and
Harold Preston, line stalwarts
Darrell Davis and SeTgi Kaban-
schug, defied tlm dopesters’ pre-
dictions here Friday night to hold
younger people and encourage and j the Junction Eagles to a bare 7-
help them to do the things which • point victory of 21-14.
will make ours a better community! Davis, who recovered two :rucial
and by doing so will make our fumbles and was all over the field
lives more enjoyable.
This would be much better for
ns than to sit back and criticize
while we “Let George do It."
“Dirtdobbers” Play
San Saba Thursday
The Llano Dirtdobbers, smaller
cousins of the Llano A ‘dlowjack-
ets, will take on the equivalent
team from San Saha Thuisday
night at 7:30 o'clock on the local
athletic field. . .
The “Dobhers1. 7th and 8th grade into account the Jacket linemen -
students in junior high, will so -tta.k and the aerial accuracy of
into their first game with San , ^ found passing aee, Roy Gren-
Seba under tho con hlng of Alton '**lre Although Grenwelge com
athletic dl- nnly six of 24 tosses, one
was an 8-yard touchdown effort to
n ____ Harold Preston and another was
Mr and Mr" Burton Wiley w»re „„| faT a ^ yard bv K> •
shopping In Llano Saturday neth Peck*- to the Esel s’ five
all night, was named “Outsanding
Lineman In Central Texas” for
his evening’s work in helping the
Yellow-jacket cause. A two-year
junior letterman, Davis missed the
Lakevlew game because of an in-
jured hand.
The Eagles, with a powerful line
that outweighed the Jacket for-
ward wall an average of 15 pound,
per man. were predicted to win
by as many a- 21 points margin.
But that reckoning failed to take
Kincaid
roc tor.
junior high
yard line to set up the second
Jacket score.
Llano Scores First
The Jackets opened the scoring
thre' minutes after the opening
kickoff as rangy end, Jerry Butler
cleared himself on the 50 yard
stripe for a Grenwelge pass that
carried to the Junction eight. Two
plays later Grenwdge passed to
Preston in the end zone for the
initial TD; and Grenwelge kicked
the PAT to give the Jackets a 7-0
iead. Tho drive covered 73 yards.
Then Junction’s Jimmy Ratulie
and Charlie Dobbs teamed up to
score three Eagle markers In three
successive quarters to take a 21-7
lead. Dobb scored twice on a 22-
vard gallop and a 1-foot pilings:
while Handle scampered 8 yards
for the final Eagle score The
drives covered 32, 62 and 69 yards
respectively with Randle setting
up two TD’: with runs of 22 and
54 yards He was prevented from
scoring on either occasion by
beautiful down field tackles by
Prestop and Freshman Don Rav
Hopson, respectively.
Jackets Second Sore
Harold Preston put the Jacket- i
(See JAOCUTF on Page I
San Saba Boasts
17 Lettermen
The San Saba Armadillos of
District. 22-AA, sporting a ’54 sea-
son record of one won, one tied,
invade the home Held of the Lla-
no Yellowjackets Friday night at
8 o’clock.
The Dillon’ coach, Ben Hardy
will bring with him 17 lettermen,
10 of whom were starters last
year, and including all-state squad-
man, Doyle Funderburk, rated one
of the top centers In Central Texas
last year.
Two capable pass receivers are
Tom Taff and Reavis Taylor. Coach
Hardy -ays that he Is light at
tackle portion.
In the backfield will he Jim
HamrYk, Kenneth Trim and Hilly
Don Everett are power runners at
fhe halfback positions. And pass-
ing and calling signals will be
Joel Kdward 1
MISS PATTY WHIGHAM
. . . District Queen
in the State Farm Bureau Queen
contest by winning first place and
being crowned queen of all Dis-
trict VII Farm Bureaus.
Competing against nine other
candidates In Brownwood Tues-
day, Miss Whlghain’s poise, per-
..nullity and appearance copped
her the title of Queen of District
VII Farm Bureaus. At the conclus-
ion of judging activities which be-
gan at 1:30 pm. Tuesday in tho
Brownwood Hotel, she wan* select-
ed and crowned by It. J. Gist, Dis-
trict VII director.
She will represent Llano and
District VII in the slate contest
in Galveston In November. Thir-
teen districts will be represented
there.
Twenty-one counties, including
those surrounding -Llano-—Gillespie
Mason and those from Blanco
county to Runnels (Abilene)--were
represented In tho District VII
meeting Tuesday.
Said Fanil Bureau President Ed*
j gar J. Moss, '‘Miss Whigham was
i required lo give a one nilmito talk
| on ‘Why My Father Belongs To
I i he Farm Bureau'. And during
that lime she was Judged on the
I I rails of noise, personality and
I appearance. She was outstanding
I in every department”.
J The Queen’s Awards
When Miss Whigham was an-
nounced the winner, a dozen long
stemmed American Beauty roses
were presented to her.
Miss Whigham and her mother,
Mrs. C. J. Whigham. were also
awarded a week's vacation In Min-
eral Wells next summer, whenever
they chose.
And should Miss Whigham win
travel distance of 72 miles from
Llano to Austin. Present distance*
on t ho route traveled by way
of Liberty Hill and Burnet is 84
miles.
The new highway has been coin-
pleied from An tin by way of
oak Mill to US. 2sl south of Bur-
net for some time.
And from this point on to Llano
It was slated that all of the grad-
ing and drainage struct urea have
been completed with the excep-
tion of ;i bridge at Sandy Creek,
wlii-h Is under construction at
the present time.
Th completion of IlM 93 will ac-
complish a long sought objective of
a through highway from Austin
to Llano to Brady ind thence to
Ban Angelo and other points tn
Wed Texas. Greer pointed out.
Total cost of the approximately
36 mile.: lwt been estimated at
over $1 million. Main items of ex-
pense wcn> broken down Into three
contrail awards, with 15 inllos of
paving In each of two contracts
estimated al $150,006 each for a
total of $300,000; and the Big
Saml.v bridge cost was estimated
at $100,000.
(»oo<l Rainfall
Dots (anility,
Skids
I
MI»|L
\ fast moving cool front predp-
In Galveston and thereby qualify | Rated moisture up lo good rains
Dry Cleaning Kirin
Ojh'iim Here Mon.
Carlson’s Cleaners, dry cleaning
firm of Brady, this week announ-
ced tho establishment of a sub-
station In Llano to be located at
the intersection of Highways 18
and 29. Tommy Carlson, owner,
said the Llano sub-station will he
open for business Monday morning,
September 27th.
Carlson’s Gleaners at Brady will
have exclusive right In Llano to
the Sanltome Dry Cleaning pro-
cess.
"The people In Llano will ap-
preciate this dry cleaning meth-
od's outstanding qualities”, Carl-
son said. Two to three day service
will be rendered he stated.
Mrs. Doris Beasley will bo in
charge of the operation of the sub-
taflon In Llano. A regular schedule
of the delivery truck to and from
Brady will be announced In order
for customers to g<-t prompt and
excellent dry cleaning service,
Carlson pointed out.
Garments will be fully Insured
to their value during processing
and until called for by tho custo-
mers. Carlson’s also offers a cold
for national competition In Now
York, expenses for herself and
escort plus $500, will be awarded
her.
—........- -o------—
Llano Gill Till
In Austin Show
C. P Llltle, 10, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Little, and Itoy Gren-
welge, son of Mrs. Bessie Gren-
welge. each qualified for $25 In
prizes for Iheir placing* in the
Austin area gilt show held In the
City f'ollsouni in Austin last
Thursday.
Little’s Dufoe gilt, which placed
1st iri the 4lh Annual Gilt show
held In Llano recently, placed 7lh
of 12 entries In the Austin show
Thursday.
across Llano comity this week
and made the mercury skid Tues-
day night In 48 degrees, 24 degrees
lower than Monday's low of 72.
Only 1" of an Inch of rain fell on
as
Llano town, but In the ('lick area
and In the oiithern part of tho
county good rains up to 2 70 In.
fell
Comanche and G-ibl creeks flow-
ed full hank and ev'on Big Bandy
flowed strongly In the outheast
portion of the county.
Rains In that area amounted to
l 50 Inches on Mrs T o. Smith’s
place. [, It Hardin received 1.70.
Alfred llardln received 90 And
Mrs. W. .1 Hardin last over In
Gllllesple comity receiver] 2 70.
In the south part of the county
Floyd Ron In reported 99
J II Phillips on the Bird town
road hail a “good rain". Ike Tfn-
And Llano county’s Duroc hoar, derwowl near Kingdand reported
tended by Grnwelge, placed 4th 'III of an Inch,
of 12 ntrles,
Making Ihe trip to Austin Ven-
P. Mr. and Mrs. Little, Nor
man Grenwelge and County Agent
T D Tanksley.
Reports from Llano westward
and northward all indicated mere-
ly “sprinkles”, with the exception
that toward Mason, Bob Lee re-
ported full bank - on Beaver creek.
School Cafeteria Management
Assumed |}y Mrs. Ricketson
Mrs. Faye Ricketson with 12
school months' experience a fig-
urative head of the school lunch-
room program, has been officially
designated by the Llano Independ-
ent School District Board of Trus-
tee:! to assume full authority over
lunchroom operation.
Subject only to the administra-
tive authority of tho board and
the supervl-ory aid of Supt. C. E.
Brown, Mrs. Ricketson will also
lake on Ihe duty of encouraging
students to take advantage of the
lunchroom’s noon meals.
“First of all, I’d like to point
out that the school cafeteria Is
not a money-making project,” Mrs
storage vault for fur and woolen m,'k,;'8on sal'1
“But the lunchroom program Is
garments.
requirement*! of Type A' meals, aa
specified In the federal lunchroom
program. And 1 believe that if pars
ents would Ju-t realize the ad-
vantage of this type of noon meal
over hamburgers and soda pop,
they’d have their children here
every day/’ Mrs Ricketson said.
$22,000 Revenue
Gross intake of the Llano school
cafeteria last year was approxi-
mately $22,000. That figure may
fluctuate up or down slightly, ae-
cording to the number of children
who eat In the lunchroom.
"It’s nothing to me as far as
money Is err icerned whether the
children eat in 'be cafeteria or
not." Mr Ricketson explained.
ind M * J V. Byler of Onk-
'Ity, Indiana, visited her
>, Mrs Emil Pehl, during Ihe
eejf.
md Mrs P G Davis are on
(ton trip to Gail ferula
New Concessions
Stand Goincj Up
A new concessions stand at the
high school athletic field will greet
fans Friday night Presently un-
| ier cou fraction under the direc-
tion Eugene Russell and
j Goarho Hob Young and Nelson
Turnhow. a school board official
j aid lie fell the move was an asset
to the school system.
The old Ot barri»< ks ha* been
I sold and will be removed.
! students can be f**d a balanced
J offer tO
t he «
tmto n
f* ire lietter by
and nutritions meal more ec.onom-
: 'ar than
they win
buy anywhere
l
Ically than the same meal ran be
i wine for
th if
prfr
■e Or for that
pun hared anywhere else"
matter.
It Wi
DU Id
be hard to fix
Federal Aid
‘ at hom#»
th*
sam
e meal as eco-
Federal aid Is poured Into the
• nomimlD
f **
'hool lunchroom program* In the
Oth**r
than
meal
pit inning, Mr*.
form of surplus commodities such
HI*
hertr the re-
a* nutter and cheese and peanut
!
f hun
idling all mime-
butter, etc to rouble Inechrcioms
| ? ary' #*x
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to present a balaucnd, nutrition*
ft)
Kt t
• ’operation b»-
meal at the very tuunlnsl cost of
t wmn fl<
r*f»
■••rb, and civic
13t> cents per meal, *He explained j
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loft*
tdiclH
as tho Parent*
"W'e fix fluids that meet the ,
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