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THfc Llano news.
VOLUME LVU
LLANO, TLX A 8 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1945.
NUMBER 44
The News
CORRAL
• Prospect of a good fall In Llano .in*
Indeed much brighter than they were
two or throe week* ago.
There have t»e« n several good rain*
during the past two weeks and rain
always make* condition* better in
tht* section of the state
# * •
There will he several calls made
on the people of Llano and Llano
county for money during the coining
two or three month* All these call*
will he worthy one* and everyone In
this county ha* always been liberal
with cause* such a* the one* coming
They havp always given all they
were asked to give and have given
It willingly
• • ♦
The first (all will probably he for
the Chamber of <’ >rnmerce This or
ganlzntion has been more or le*s dor
merit for the pas1 year, tint it Is now
ge'tlng hack to work and Its officer
and directors expect to work hard
In the months to come for the better i
ment of the town and rountv
They have many plan* they would*
like to carry out it they have enough I
money. '
Thl* organization ha* accomplish
ed much for the county and town in
>•(>: rs past and can do more til the
Immediate future If they have the
money
So tie libera! with your donation to
them when vou are approached bv
the flnanc” ommlttei within the next
few days
* • •
The nex* mil will probably be for
tt„ War Chest The wnr i» over, but
Mi i>ojr« nr> not back home yd. so
e long us the e «re American bays
11, | . Ithi r in t'i!a ountry or
In foreign land- Me n will be a need
r ,r money to furnish them with en-
ter! alnn ent
Our quota I* the tame this yt tr
IIS lu-t. therefore we should give a*
mm h as we did last year to sec that
our boys are 'Akt n care of In the b"tt
potulble manner
• • •
The next call will be not for money
but to give us an opportunity to In-
vest in the future of America and in
mi! own fn‘u re the Victory Ici.in
drive starting near the end of Octo-
ber
This wilt probably be the last of
those drives made h> our govern
mi nt and It In not n* lar** a* *onn*
of the pmvlour on***. but It is just a*
Important
We have nevei failed to make our
quota In a War Loan drive and we
must not fall down at the end
Aside from all other const’eratlons
thl* I* the best Investment we (an
make with n few surplus dollar*. It
will he money that will confe In
mighty handy when we have another
Yellowjackets Lose To
Lampasas Badgers In
Scoreless Tie Last Friday
Shirley Williams
New Secretary
Of C. of C.
Penetration
Costs Llano
First Loss
Shirley Williams luts accepted the
position as secretary of the Llano
Chamber of Commerce, the directors
were advUed this week by T J Wat-
kins. president of the organization.
Mr Williams was offered the posi-
tion at u meeting of the board of di
rector* last week, on a part-time basis
He told the men he would have to
see whether hi* other duties would
leave him enough time to do the work
before he could accept
Theoffire of the organization has
been moved next door to the office
o< oupied by the Production Credit
association
III (i
*eritinnv
(By Tom Colllna.)
The Llano Yollowjarket* lost their
first game of the season to the Lane
paaas Radgers last Friday night by
way of a penetration of the Llano 20
yard line, a* the two team* battled
to a 0-0 deadlock on a muddy field
Ijnmpasas h«»d a big edge In first
downs, with nine to Llano's two.
That penetration came In the
second quart'r, when Lampasas ad-
vanced the ml! to the Llano four
yard line, only to be held for downs.
Lampasas attempted Mice passes,
completing two and had one Intercep-
ted Llano attempted three passes,
complete I one ; rid had none Intercep-
ted
This week. I'm Yellowjackets Jour-
ney to Hi idy to do battle with the
Brady Bulldogs
Starting Lineljps:
Lampasas
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Back*
W. F. Hutson
Tells Lions Of
JNew Highway
Llano will eventually have a direct
highway to Austin, going down the
south side of tjie Llano and Colorado
rivers, W. F. Hutson, resident engin-
eer for the state highway department,
told members of the Llano Lions
Club at their regular weekly meeting
on Tuesday of this week.
"The road has been designated from
Austin to the Intersection of U, S
highway 281, south of Marble Falls,"
the speaker said, "the first construc-
tion work will he done this year,
when a contract will he let for th"
building of a bridge over the peder-
miles river on the new location."
Mr. Hutson stated this first section
of the new road, to lend eventually
from Austin to Brady, through Llano
will he completed within the next
three year* and then It will he ex-
tended
In talking of the Pedernnles bridge
the engineer explained It will be one
of the most beautiful bridges In the
Election Called October
30 By City For Voting
On utilities Bond Issue
E Bond Quota
For Llatio Co.
To Be $85,000
Llano county's quota for the Vic-
tory I»an has been cut materially
from the previous quotns for Win
Loans, J. F. Buttery, county war fin
unee chairman, stated yesterday
The quota set for the county for
the coming Victory Loan Is $8B,000.00
In series "E" bond* and an over-all
quota of $185,000.
Mr Buttery received this Informa-
tion thl* week from the *ta e war
finance office.
"We have gone through seven War
Loan drives and always made our
quota," Mr. Buttery said, and now
with this last drive starting late this
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Coming Home
Proctor
Meredith
Knight
Ory
i'anab *
Sm Ith
Lancaster
state
An arch will be constructed from month, we must not let down now
the banks below the roadway and the
i bridge l < Mi bn built over till* arch
The roadway of the bridge will be
inn f.„t above the wa'er." Mr Hat
soi continued Mil* place the
Llan0 water Is about fin feet deep, *o you
jenn see what a bridge It will he"
Tall,’y ) it t IIdtiii of highway 21. now tin
Hush
Kendrick
8tnU
Vlrdell
Barrett
Motherly
Dennis
Alexander
Whit Is
j In t Iking
I di r const • net Ion. the engineer staled
thi contractors, McKown and sour.
Ini ' s'nr'ed clearing the right-of-way
preparatory to building the road
smith; Dealli Taken
Lelfeste
I lilt
\X
(See NEWS CORRAL on Png" 5.)
LLANO MAN WITH 8EABEES
Pfc Fred S. Osbourn, pictured
above, son of Mr and Mrs E. \V
Osbourn, of Llano. I* serving with
the infantry It, Europe.
He has b«ep oversea* since last
April and w«:irr the KTO ribbon with
one bronze battle star.
Prlva’e Oshourti Is now stationed
near Stuttgart, (', rrnaiiy. and will
probably .•■ma n there for another six
months with tin o cuputlonal forces
Former Llano
Man Succumbs
fn Granbnrv
Cap'aln*: Lampasas. Luncti-'er, for
Llano, sird*
Official* B ’( ha, refree. Matt svill
Arnold, mill' (fnD-vllle; Jem
head llne-maa. Bnvior
THE GAME
First Quarter: **•
Lampa- is (lm** 'o kick off from
the toil Mi end 1 .an ister kicked iff
to r.eif' to who returned to the LI a t 1
28 yard line Smith then made thr
yard* through left tackle,
made
K. MoselevL
ell* f J '
Buried Tin sdav
T F Mb far over three score
year* a ii-iibi't of Llano county, died
uddenly at home In Linn Mon-
day morn in c of thl* week.
Thomas Fi inklln Moseley, the son
of th*' lot Mr and Mrs Bob Mose-
ley. w as I rn la Laval Valley, Mason
county, April 21. 1879. When a small
$400,000 To
Be Asked In
Revenue Bonds
t f**' » ,«* 4R8 * A
S Bgt. Robert Oestrelch, pictured
above I* now on hi* way home after
serving eight month* In Europe
Before going to the European Tin a
ter of Operation*, he serve] in.,
years In Alaska
Sergeant Orstrrbh entered
service In February of 1912
the
Funeral service* for Hiram Ray-
mond Session*, who died October 2
In (iranhiiiy, t'exas. were held In he
I sle* Funeral chapel Saturday after-
noon at 2:0u Vi lock with the Rever-
end Black, of Mranhury, conducting
the service. Interment wus in the
Granbury cemetery
pearl Harbor Orville F Hendricks
machlnlft's mate, first das*, Llano.
Texas, has been serving with the 85 j
Naval Construction Battalion here. I The deceased was born In Goliad
climaxing, with the war’s end. a long
period of duty that began In the Aleu-
tians.
In cold and heat, this battalion of(
Seabees performed the strenuous, dlf-i
*\ °l' ' | child, lu in o ed with 111* parents to
wo yard through right gtis Llano county, w If ore h*> made his
Smith then l>t k d to Dennis, vvh1 j home Mm remainder of Ills life
Mourned to the *u yard line j on .1 nnr- 2'*, 1900, he was married
Alexander war stopped for no gain ■ to Ml** Eva I enzenle, w ho preceded
lit left fa kle. Hetherly then made his In d* th Dctoher R. 192ft
four yards through right tackle. Lac The rle " is"d Is survived by four
isier kicked to Wells who returned children, Mrs Charles C Norwood,
lo the Llano 2* yard line. j c*f Corpus Chriell; Slator Moseley, off
Wells lost three yards around M', Driscoll. Texas; Mrs. Jack Meek, of'
.■ml Smith made that three hack at Austin: and Mrs Wallace Roberts, of
right tackle 1'hl* was followed bv a Austin He 1° also survived by four
Mm*' out Lelfeste made two yard- grandchildren and one brother, A. R
through center Smith kicked to Moseley, of Botrne All were present l
Llano 44 yard stripe where the ha i fnP f^e Anal rlt**« | Jim Watkins, county chairman or
died Funern' s rvlce* were conducted at the United National Clothing Coll m-
Hetherly fumbled and lo*t six vat 1 *|, Butt " Funeral home Tuesday Don for ovpimu* relief of thl* past
on the nex' plcy. Hetherly took the fternoon at 4:00 o'clock by the Rev. j spring, has he tt asked by President
ball through left tackle for a >at l p j,, simpsoti, pastor of the Llano j Truman nod llnry J. Kaiser to serve
lo** Lancaster then kicked to \\m. ptls«t church, and Interment wasjagaln ,i* countv chairman in a second
In the Llntm cemetery by the side of j r .itloti-wld ' lolhing collection for
Second Used
Clothing Drive
To Be In Jan.
The City Council called an election
to be held October .10 for the purpose
of voting bonds for the purchase of
the properties of the Lower Colora.-
do River authority and of the water
system of the Texus Public Utilities
corporation and construction of a sanl
tarv sewer system
"We have gone Into -his mutter
thoroughly," M c Dalchau, inavor,
stated in announcing the coming elec-
tion, "and we believe B 1* the heat
investmi nt we can make for the city.
"These bond* we are nsklng the
people to vote can never he paid with
tax money, nor can a tax be levied
at any time for the support of the
utilities system.
"When I took office as mayor." Mr.
Dalchau continued, "I wanted to see
If Llano could not have a first class
sanitary sewer system, large enough
the serve th*' entire city, After talk-
ing with various citizens of this city,
I 1 found they were all greatly In fav-
or of such an advancement, hut when
we started looking Into the matter,
we found It would not be practical
unless we also owned the other two
Utilities..
"At every session of the state legts*
lature, the sanitary law* of the state
arc made more strict, and we do not
think It will be Ion before we will
*e fuse, • *•■> .ns'nic'
sewer sVs'ein In Llano, and to do
tills w tllOUt the Other Utilities would
mean doing It wiMi bond* payable by
1 taxation "
j Inch And Half
I Rain (Jives Co.
Good Season
October has s'nrted off with an
! Inch and a half of rainfall during the
first week, II C Both, local observer
for the United States Weather bu-
reau announced last night.
On Friday of last week (15 of *n
ftgcti nr i .iin f' ii followed by ,11 ti
an Inch Monday and 67 of an Inch
Tuesday.
Monday morning, before the show-
er In the afternoon, the weather felt
like mid-summer, with the mercury
going to th*' 90 degree mark
Temperatures for the past week as
reported by the official observer have
been :
to the Llano 35 yard
ftrult work necessary to victory. It
spent 17 months In the Aleutians,
from there came to the South Pacific.
When peace came, Its men were pre-
paring military equipment In the
New Hebrides for shipment to areas
nearer the fighting fronts.
Texas, on Juno 22, 1874
parents. J. M and Elizabeth Sessions. I for no gain
he moved to Llano, when a small
child.
He wa* married to Ml** Sarah Dru-1
wi 1 In Strong In 1904 in Llano.
Sessions died In 1921.
Ho moved to Coleman county lu
1925 and in 1938 he moved to Gran-
bury, where he resided until his
death.
Survivors include five sons and two
who returned
line.
Smith made no gain at right tackle,
five yards at center and nine yards
and a first down at center again.
Lelfeste then made five yards n-
VVIth his J round left en \ Wells was bounced
at right tackle. Smith
HOLD REUNION
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Newberry, Mrs.
Lnwrence Lyles, of Chlchuahua. Mex-
ico; Mi's. E. J. Dalrymple, Miss Edith
Dalrymple and Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Alexander, of San Antonio were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Rut
tery thl* weekend.
Mr* Newberry, Mrs, Dnlrymplf and
Mr Alexander are (later* and broth-
er of Mr* Rutlery.
Thl* wa* all the Alexander family
with the exception of one brother
j daughters, Tom, of Trona, California
j Mr* Let ha Hendrick*, of Oranbury.
made three ynrris at center. Lelfeste
made seven yards and a first down
around right <nd. This was follow-
Mrs ed by a time out. Itavls replaced
Bush for Llano.
On the next play Smith fumled and
lost five yard*. Llano drew a five
yard penalty for off sides on the next
play. Lelfeste made four yards at
left end as the quarter ended. Score:
Llano, 0; Lampasas, 0.
Second Quarter
Smith made four yards through
right tackle. Smith then kicked to
Dennis who returned to the Lampas-
as 4fi yard lln*.
A Dennis to Alexander pass wa*
good for 12 yards and a first down.
Hetherly lost five yard* on a center
plunge. Rush replaced Davis for
Clarence, of Trona, California; Fred,
of Imperial, California: Mrs. Cecil
Perkins, of Coleman; Jack, of Lan-
caster, California; and Cleo, of El
Centro, California. He Is also sur-
vived by 11 grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Pete Allen. Has-
kell Abies, Tal Allies, Simon Leach, | L,ano 0n th>1 n„t p|ay, Lampasas
Roy Holley and Neal Chapman. The ^ pfina,„prt flve yanIa for hackfleld
flower beares were Miss Earnestlne (n niot)on whltla mnde thrP,. yards
Avery, Mr* Avery. Mrs Bert Able* _
and Mr* Tal Able*. (See FOOTBALL on Page Four 1
Ills wife
Active pallbearer* were T. E Fos-
ter, W p. Scott, Cha* Goodman, Al-
lan Newsom, Joe Bozartb and A. K
Crenwelgc
Honorary pallbearer* were M. A.
Dees, Clyde Buttery. D F. Dunaway,
Austin Long. W H. Wallace, L, C.
Brown, Pat Marschall and Robert
Kendrick.
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S. A. Livestock
(Federal-State Market New* Service)
flan Antonio, Oct 8 Hog*, estima-
ted salable and total receipt* 200. Re-
ceipts continued very limited and all
classes moved at celling price* ditr
Ing Monday trade. All offerings were
cleared on early rounds. All good
and choice harrows and gilts 140
pounds and up sold at celling $14.55.
Sows and stag* $13.80 and good and
choice feeder pig* under 140 pounds
sold at $15.00
Cnltle: Estimated salable and to-
tal receipts 1,500; calve* 2,500. Light
receipt* following last week’s mea-
ger offerings put all buyers on the
(H.< MARKETS on Page Five.)
overseas relief
President Truman Iti bis letter said
that the need for thl* collection I*
"Imperative" The campaign, to he
known iih the Victory Clothing C >1-
loctlon, Is scheduled for January 7.
1940, through January 31. The na-
tional goal Is 100,000,000 garments
with additional shoe* and bedding
The President wrote: "Without ade
qua'e clothing and other necessities
of life to sustain victims of war on
the long road to rehabilitation there
ran lie no pence. | therefore ask you
(Kaiser) nml the imore than seven
thousand local chairmen of the Uni-
ted National Clothing Collection to
lead the nation In another clothing
collection for the relief of victims of
wnr."
Mux.
Min
Thursday
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Friday
72
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Saturday
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Sunday
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68
Monday
___________ 90
69
Tuesday ...........
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Wednesday.
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Happy
Birthday
•___________________*—......
The News extends best wishes te
the following who hevo birthday thl*
week.
October 7
Rachel Duncan, Doris Mayrene Cole
Mrs. Kenneth Bruhl. Dorothy Moss,
Expressing willingness to accept J John Luther McDonald. M A. Reed,
the local chairmanship. Mr Watkins Jr., Helen Wood, Eugene D. Burleson,
said, “In view of the President’s ap- Donvllle Adam*, Flouanda Ahrlett,
peal, Mr. Kntser’S response and Mr. Hraotd Smith
Kaiser’s |pft»r to me, I fop| 1 nine*
accept the responsibility to organize
our county lo meet thl* new chal-
lenge
"UNRRA ha* Informed local rhnlr-
nieti that cvnr.v pound of the clothing
(See CLOTHING on Page Five.)
October 8
Norman Harry Grenwelge, Wlnlfrc
Lloyd Ratliff, Jacob B Helmer, Jr
Carolyn Ann Phepperd, Aldlna Pree<
Naomi Pearl Chew, Sidney Bulla
Vivian L Winnett.
(flee BIRTHDAYS on Page Five’
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Collins, Will. The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1945, newspaper, October 11, 1945; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816265/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Llano County Public Library.