The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME LV
LLANO, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 194S.
NUMBER 51
l
The News
CORRAL
By Hugo Speck
Uy-flve years ago today World
jnded. Today, Just a quarter
tury ago, the German Imperi-
| admitted defeat and sued
a * For the Allies, the world
en “saved for Democracy
for all time against future In-
on and attack from the hands of
•edy and treacherous enemies.
In the life of a nation, 25 years
^may lie regarded as a matter of sec-
onds Lut in the life of man 25
years is truly a good portion of the
time he remains on this earth. For
those of us who remember the armis-
^iice, and particularity for those who
Rodent Control Campaign
Starts Next Monday With
Federal Expert in Charge
First Freeze
Of Season
This Week
The first freezing weather of the
fall was recorded in Llano this week
by H. C. Roth, local observer for
the t'nited States Weather bureau.
The first freeze was ou Monday
Business
District To
Be Covered
"A clear announcement of the rat
campaign for the business houses of
Llano was in last week’s issue of
The Llano News," C. C. Comer, sani-
tatian for Llano and Burnet court'ies
ncsday, the mercury was one degtee
served in the last war to make that lower each day for a low for the
morning, when the mercury dropped. stated yesterday in talking of the
to .".1 degrees, on Tuesday and Wed-1 rodent coutrol campaign to start on
.Monday of next week.
armlstic possible, today, 25 years
later. We should ask ourselves what
must In* done at the successful con-
X luslon of this war to prevent e'ill
another v. ithiri another quarter of a
century.
Naturally, it is unanimously a..oood
that tile first anl most important
At ask with which w at pr •• utly
faced is to do ill in our power to
hasten the sure, certain and uuques
tiouabie di'feal of the axis powers.
Both Germany and Japan must first
^!i iiattered and beaten Into "i'mnn-
dltioti.il Surrender" before any of 'he
numerous and varied schemes which
have been suggested by the wor'd's
most astute and clever plaiitu i s can
^ lie applied to a post-war world
But when armlstlceday for World
War II arrives, we as citizens of one
of the greatest powers of the I'nited
Nations, should not allow the same
mistakes to he made which follow «d
C armistice day 25 years ago.
What is going to happen to Ger-
many. Japan fand Italy) after this
war is as much our concern as bring-
ing about the definite defeat of those
c
(See NEWS CORRAL on Page Two )
w ok of 2'.' degrees yesterday morn-
ing
Last Thursday .05 inches of rain
w register i by :*i“ go-> rumeni
Silas Light
* Dies in Roscoe;
Buried in Llano
Sila* Abram Light, son of the Rev.
ud Mrs A I). Light of liano, died
at a Roscoe, Texas, hospital last
Saturday, November 6, and was buri-
ed in Llano the following Monday.
Born December 29, 1925, he was
17 years, 10 months and eight days,
of age at the time of his death.
Besides hl8 parents, the deceased
is survived by three brothers, Ray-
mond and Carl, of Austin, and Ervin
of Houston; five sisters. Mrs Ruth
Raines and Mrs Hazel Manuel, of
Llano; Mrs. Ophelia Ratliff and Mrs
Zoru Hartsfleld, of Colorado City,
Texas; and Mrs. Mary Lee Eaton,
(See LIGHT on Page Flve.i
Tile Llano Chamber of Comme-ce,
lhe Lions Club and the City of Llano
are furnishing the funds for the pro-
ject.
"The C ntrai Texas Health depart-
o,j.,w merit ivas fortunate," Mr. Comer con-
Therom *>r p miings far the past 'inr. il. "in securing the service., of
week, BCiOtditig to vlr. Both, have trover C Marschali, federal cavern-
tn < n as follows:
! v. Ill iis.atme personal supervision of
, Hi. program lie is highly trained
j : r tli .s jot). He will he assisted by
, the " i s initatians of Lampasas end
Llano counties and other helpers
(See RODENTS on Page Five.)
Bond Quota
For November
Set at $30,200
Llano countys quota for War bonds
for the month of November is $30,-
200.00, according to J. F. Buttery,
county chairman.
This Is the first quota since the
end of the 3rd War Loan drive in
September, when Llano county ex-
ceeded her quota by a wide margin.
During the month of October, when
not quotas were set, in order that
some counties could complete their
September quota, sales of War bonds
in Llano county totalled $35,775.00,
with three of the selling agencies
not reporting. The Moore State
bank has sold $4,439.00 in bonds in
November.
— •— lie member Pearl Harbor —:—
Triple A To
■
Hold Elections
Next Wednesday
Grand July Returns
Seven Felony Indictments
In two Day Session
11- at e-.piTt <>:i rodent control, who' Llano county farmers and ranch-
1 lay
M . x
7 O
4 -
Min
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Friday
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51
Sa titrday
.X !
r,;>
Sunday
5s
50
Mi ■in! ay
61
51
Tuesday
74
50
Wednesday
~ 69
29
|{i tit i I rr I < i r! II H*r X —: —
Ibis Birthday
Pvt. I^ewis Henderson, pictured
ibove, is in th^ U. S. Marines, sta-
tioned "Somewhere in the South Pa-
cific.”
in a letter to his grandmother.
Mrs. J. M. Henderson. He said he
had a pleasant day on his 19th birth-
day, October 24.
Pvt. Henderson is the son of Mr
VGA Secretary
Warns to Finish
AAA Program
Llano county farmers and ranch-
ers should complete all production
practice work to be carried out dur-
ing tile 1943 program under the AAA
program before December 1, since
November 3o is tile end of the 1943
program year, W L. Burleson, sec-
retary of the Llano county A C. A.,
warned.
Operators are urged to complete
all production practice work by that
time in order to be eligible for pay-
ment under the 1943 program year,
the secretary explained.
men will elect next year’s AAA rum-
War Chest
Funds Reported
Slow on Start
Llano county has raised about 12
per cent of her quota for the War
Chest, according to Allen S. John-
on, county chairman.
Of this amount, the Eshon com-
munity, under the leadership of E.
H Umfrid, was the first to make
their quota of $90.00. Valley Spring
ha.-i reported $100.00. Gray Fowler,
co-chairman for the town of Llano,
"eported $260.no.
"We are not worried about getting
the money." Mr. Johnson said. “As
soon as the chairmen get to work,
they will bring in enough to make
our quota and more.”
The quota for the county is $3,500.
Mr. Johnson stated many of the
District Court
Has Light
DocketforTerm
mitteemen on Thursday. November • chairmen in the rural communities
IS. acco'-ding to W. L. Burleson, sec-
retary of tlu> Llano county A. V. A.
Del -gates to the county convention
>:id alternate community committee-
men will also lie elected at the meet-
ings At the county convention to
lie held the following week, the dele-
gates will select the county commit-
tee, who will head next year’s AAA
program.
The elections will be held at the
followi ng places: Valley Spring from
2:30 to 4:30 p m., Lone Grove from
7:30 to 9:00 p.m., at the sehoolhouse
and in Llano from 2:00 to 4:00 p.
m . at the court house
“Although the county USDA war
boards have done an excellent job of
charting the county’s wartime agri-
cultural course, they need assistance
from other county leaders," the sec-
retary explained, and added that in
all probability the responsibility will
be shifted to AAA community com-
mitteemen.
Producers who earned a substantial
In a swift session on Monday and
Tuesday of this week the grand Jury
for the fail term of district court re-
turned seven bills of indictment, all
of felony grade, and recessed on
Tuesday afternoon, subject to call bv
Judge Raymond Gray at any time
during the next six months.
Earl Ercanbrack, of Lampusas co-
unty. was indicted on a charge of
burglary in connection with the bur-
glarizing of the E Greeson place
on Buchanan Lake.
Paul D. Merkel and Douglas Lind-
sey were charged by Indictment 1th
burglarizing the E. B. Morrison cafe.
Aubrey Merkel and Alton Henry
Garrett. Doth of whom are now
lie stat ■ penitentiary with burglar.z-
(See AAA on Page Four.)
A With Our
Fighting Men
hav* been busy with other things,
hut have promised to complete their
work before the end of the month.
— •— Remember Pearl Harbor —
47 More Llano
County People
Give Blood
“A pint of Llano county Wood for
every Llano county fighting man"
came nearer to being a reality dur-
ing the past two weeks, when two
buses carried 47 Llano county citi-
zens to the Red Cross blood station
in San Antonio to give blood to b)
used on the wounded in our armed
forces.
Those making the trip on October
28 were Frank Keyser, Mrs. A A.
Bauman, Richard Honig, Bozo Davis,
Mrs. Dora Fabian, Mr. and Mrs. Al-
and Mrs. A. H.
See GRAND JURY on Page Five.)
fred Weber,
Mr.’
v
COMMISSIONED AT ADJUTANT
GENERAL’S SCHOOL
Fort Washington, Md., Nov. 5-
lected group of enlisted men drawn
from virtually all arms and branches
of the service and designated to at-
.... . tend the Officer Candidate school.
,nd Mrs Clarence Henderson, for- Juniu8 P. Ray. 0f Llano, Texas, has Dqring ^ ,ntengive cour8e he re.
morly of Llano and now of Austin, beep commissioned a second lieu'en- celyed tra,nlng ,n the executlve and
He attended the Llano public 8nt *n the Army of thi l nited ajinjnjsjrajjy9 functions of the na
schools and Austin high school prior States after successfuliy complet ng tlon>j| larfe9t business, th. Army o!
a course of training at the Adjutant Unlte,i statM
o enlisting in the Marines January aenerars echool here. , Un«e<1 States
t, 1943. I Lieutenant Ray was one of a se- (See FIGHTING MEN on Page 6.1
Four Jchanson Brothers In Service
Abov,, in-,, pictured the font
IB* is now
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•r Alt r
form u-ly
artm d i
•it l.iitin!
md#r, of Will
of Llano, a'
in hov .- beet i nphived by The Llano
Newr at Hi time v.ilunt ered for
in -i 'lvii. in M.-ich >f 1941 He is nov
n« I rornnvl end is near Fort D. A
Th,, youngest of the four, Billy
.. the I M Mr
lineN prior to th,> emergency ami was
i Chinn v Ih ii the J:c bombed
’earl Harbor H f o b! l»‘*’r In
.!»• PhiUlplwa nnj has been report*
. d 11 It,, „ , of V r of *1. Jana
Schorlemmer, Don bruhl, Mrs. Os-
car Schmidt, jiflas Irene Schmidt,
Loulae Moss, Sira. C. L.. TaylOr, Mrs
Henry Keller,;'jfohn BVadshaw, Mrs.
H. L. Vest, Mrs. Oelina Walker, Mr.
ind Mrs. Alei Qeatrelch, Mrs. Lottie
Roberts, MFs. w' A. Roberts, Mrs.
Uriel Moore, Mrii. Uriel Ratliff, Mrs
Louise Hereford, Mrs. Oran Rogers,
Mre. falter Overstreet and Mrs.
Glen Estes.
On November 5 the bus carried the
following to the blood station:
Arthur Ahrens, Pauline Bode, Amil
■Sullivan, Lawrence Brown, Leon Cor
nellug Harry Marschali, James How-
■’d. Herman Raesner, Jack Lowlar,
Adolph Conrad, E. B. Brewer, C. Na-
>ar, Mr. and Mrs Clarence Heyen,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Madden Mrs.
Leon Walton, E. K. Hodges and Ar-
nold Herridge.
— i— lit* member Pearl Harbor —
Postmaster
Warns to Mail
In November
Delivery of thp annual flood of
Christinas gifts and cards on time,
always a serious problem, “will lie
i, than a problem this year—it
ill be an Impossibility*—unless the
Christmas mailing are made large
■ November.” Po-tnr.ister W. B.
ollins warned this week
"Transportation facillti s are bur-
ned to th,* limit with war materl-
ls and. personnel. and thp postal
M vit ■ has sent more than r. 1.000 ex
oerienced employe ■« in: ) the A'my
ml Navy," Mr. Collins said. “Th*
only solution to the Christmas prob-
lem is to mall in November. Mirk
your parcels 'Do not open until
Christmas’ That l« the only way
to avoid disappointment on Christ-
inas day not only for many civilians
lint also for millions of members of
Hi" arm d forces elm arc still in
Hds country
'It is also the only way to avoid
Many Save
Food for Future
Use Savs Agent
J “
In order to arrive at th*. quantity
of food prepared for future use i?i
Llano county during the year, C. V.
Robinson, county agent, sent 500
i'luestionatres to Llano county people
asking for a report on canning and
processig of food for future use.
Reports were received from 129
persons, the tabulation of which gave
the following results:
23,951 quarts of fruits and vege-
tables were canned; 2,042 quarts of
vegetables brined, pickled and kraut-
ed; 1,480 quarts of poultry or other
meats canned; 2,043 pounds of meat
frozen; 6,845 pounds of veget&t4as-
(See MANY SAVE~on Page Five.)
Former Llano
Lady Dies
In Dallas
Mrs. Mary M. Hendricks, formerly
of Llano, died at her home in Dallas
Monday night of this week and was
buried there yesterday.
Mrs, Hendricks, the former Miss
Mary M. Miller, was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs Carter Miller,
of the Lone Grove oommunity.
She is survived by her husband,
three sons, Eugene and Otis Hen-
drfbks, both of Dallas, and S/Sgt.
Carlos Hendricks, who is in the Army
stationed at Tuscoti. Arizona. One
daughter died in 1941.
She is also survived by a brother
Will P Miller, of Lone Grove.
Mrs. Hendricks wag born Decem-
ber 21, 1879 at Lorir> Grove.
She was married in Dallas in 1910
and had made her home there prac-
tically all her married life.
Her brother left Tuesday afternoon
for Dallas to attend the funeral.
r.....- -
Happy
Birthday
!
The New* extend* best wishes to *
the following who hsve birthday this
week.
November 7
Marjorie Ahrlott, Vernon Wallace
Ada Mie Newman. Joe Billey Simp-
son, Rnymo H G«or*e Orote, Row-
land Alexander Grn'e, Mrs. l<ore«w
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Collins, Will. The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1943, newspaper, November 11, 1943; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816299/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.