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The Llano News.
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LLANO. TEXAS THURSDAY. JANUARY «. 1940.
NUMBER 7
The News
CORRAL
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Many thtnk of lbn New Year »» a
■farting puint f’o® which we uke
^g for another twelve month* of ac-
tivity.
__a matter of fact. New Y**r'»
flay merely ta an arbitrary d*ric# tor
reckoning lime It has ao paitlrnlar
|Uniftcaa< *. either astronomically or
fn the affaire of man
Kor instance. the*-* ar- mam buel
met* and governmental laeututiona
arb: b are more coBcernad T11*1 *•*
than with calendar yfara and a
,V al year can be*-a on toy .nr*-u
ion* date
There.U oo sharp lu»* g# leovag«
between the Old Year au«i Ur* New
The dxys. a> probably iota b-*dy h*»
Vntte i befor* tbi« being* 1 n*' “ fl*
are of speech are tb« Woof turoogh
wbi b runs the warp ml human a tion
and the weaving -if A^w^f-tteru U an
unbroken, continuous g?>
% Ther,- la M poaaibtW v -•, .
over again W* anY ad »p' a nee
course but ee can not go ha* k lo th
starting point.
The earth today may be in th.. same
pela'lvs p >sltioti to th*- -un tba' 1.
waa on the aatne dat" last year, bol
U die* not occupy the same position
in apaic The aim. with lu family of
circling planets, la «p#«*d og through
^Hi. | ward a future known oaiy
to the Creator
Kve-y day la the beginning of a
new year Today la the cosaeqiairs
„( yt-a'erday al. 1 tJIB'.rfua |» Ibe re
leyidr of today
Stork Busy,
Reaper Idle
During Year
Tbe stork wa* busy, but the Grim
Reaper did little harvesting in LIsno
county during the year which Just
cIosm4, m cording tJ the record* in
tbe office of J H Mays. Justice of
tbe peace
During the year. Judge Mayet re-
ports. 113 births and only 39 desths
were recorded
During 1919, ns in the preceding
yesr. the longevity of Llano county
inhabitants was noted Eliminating
the deaths of aig infanta, the average
death .g" was 47 W years This ivei
ag- however does nit pr-*»<-nt i
true pi ture. msmuch as tne deaths
lu-lud* that of a 17 year old gtrl
f laaeift atlon of deaths ai cording to
ages will give a oe'ter idea
One person :-"d at th" age of JOO.
eight died b-'Ween the ag"S of HU
and ho twelve a «d between in* **•*
of 70 ..nd h.4. five between the age*
of <HJ and 70. one between th» age
of 5« and SO. two between the i»ge»
of 4o and 50, two between the wges
of 3U and 40. one between the ages
of 20 and 20. »nd our betwpen th«
age* of 10 and 20
Llano Oren
To B<* Studied
NEWS COLUMNS RECORD
Events of Past Year
We may be going around ai d around-
but our course ta a spiral Let u» hope
It ia as upward one
THE TEXAS TffAOitlON
% 1 .ii ag at era In the North and East
and many of their elders, have been
taught to believe that alt Teams are
tall stalwart and hroad*h>mUI*-*d
We are ao we have be.-n to d fe*rlessi
l^at, k - n tbe trigger and plumb full
of horsep taJity Perhaps there may
be acme baais for this reape* tful sp
praissl In any event many a Team
la pulling a
.pinion
bluff
^ a Teem us«*f i
again*' odds
Of course, the opinion oa»e was
held that we all were cowboys—a
dashing irresistible lot* Bui du'lag
the past few years we T"«ans seem
% to hav* been growing in atature i u
the gridiron and la the political
arena
Apert from the president, the No
I political hero of the nation t iday
• ond-.ubte.Uy la that cro< h-ting tea
guaffing uddlede-wtnk playing
sweet old man John Nan-e Garner
of Tetaa He proved you cant ke.p
a good man hog tied, earn as a vb e
% president
And now another Teaan baa foiled
out ea the national field Me » Sean
tor A J. Wins, general counsel for
the Lower Colorado River Aathnntv.
% who has been appointed by President
Roosevelt wtth the approval of 8»c
ret ary l« ken. as under secretary ta
the Department of the laterto* As
eader secretary, he will rank ne*t to
_ the cahtaet officer heeding the d«r
» partment The position was establish
Id la ml The under secretary as
nista the secretary in admin Hirst tve
duties and ta the absence of the c»b
tart officer he serves as acting se
* retary
The secretary gets ail of the glory.
although we saspect the ubd»r eec
retary doe* bo*i of the work
However that may be. we Te*aa*
A will he able to call offhat.d the name
of at least owe under secretary of a
federal eiecattve department And
that is more tbaa a*d of us eauld d »
betorv
9 The senator pollti ally. t« »’*?"*
ball with the altrs new dealers of
the Democratic party
(tot s gwwd pftrher la a fed *!uV
, or. and ml haaard the gweea that h
4 ^ (jH. bvwat the OarnHeo of the Demo
era tic parly gome lata the aerenden
I cy n —— WV uvfll aw he har—d
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That the mineral reeourcei of
Llano county will not be overlooked
In the g-ive-nor's Industrial pr.gram
fur T#**», was Indl'ated In a letter
from the governor')* office a-know
ledging a communication fr-»m th
mayor mf rritrng Governor W I^te
ti Dante! of the appoint m*nt of a
local committee to cooperate with
him.
In writing to the mayor. William
J Uvera secretary to tbo governor
said
"We trill turn your letter over t
our te batcal aieff in order that they
might make the appropriate surrey
of yosr mineral resouf*e* h# will
keep in touch e th you from tin
program p-ogrea»«a ”
The tommlttee appointed by the
mayor lo represent Llano «ounty in
tbe Industrial program included T
J M >ore «batrm in. Mo Ifasel Bow-
man secretary. Horace !-. k«y. Lee
Hlgrk and C V Robin • >n. th* latter
being the new Uaao county farm
agent
— January 5 —
Llani county's road bund issue was
carried by a small but safe two-thirds
majority at the election held Decem-
ber IJ Out of S total of 535 votes
, Ml. <41 favored lh« lasue and 254
were opposed
Richard Kabo, prominent LUno
county ranchman, died at bis home
near LUno Wednesday of the past
week
tonsumatiou of a d«*i between the
Lower Colorado River Authority and
the Te*as Power and Light company,
whereby the L< RA will take over the
properties of the T P. and L la 1€
count!-*. Including LUno. was pr«
dieted
— Jaunary 12 —
A »m -b rainfall, the first of any
coase ju^n-e since tbe preceding July
when Hi Inches fell, wa* recorded
The *tate highway department was
planning an extensive program of
construction in Llano county during
the year, which would include the
topping of Highway No. kl from
Lisr.o north to th* San Saba county
Has County officials also wera In
formed that the highway department
• as ready to start work on Iffghwiy
No 3k as soon as the right-of-way
deeds were signed
— January 19 —
Efforts of the Stale Game, Pt*h
and Oyster Commission ta collect tbe
10 per tent ta* Imposed on ail bunt-
ing leases within tbe 33 counties In
which the law applied will meet with
stiff resistance on the part of ranch-
men Representative Pets»h announc-
ed h» would advls“ rain hmen to with-
hold payment of th- ta* until the
present session of the legislature had
an opportunity to take sell- n
The Pedernalea Electric Coopera-
tive anr.ounied the appointment of
|a*e M< William* as superintendent
It was planned, McWilliams said. 1*»
get service to all parts of the pro-
ject within a few months
E L Brown. Llano builder and
contractor, was dangerously .11 at a
Marlin hospital.
— January 29 —
H C. Buttery, president of the
nounced that the body had completed
a survey for the purpose of listing
new residents. The list of new rttsl-
dents was to be supplemented from
time to time. Mr. Buttery said.
Resolutions urging certain changes
ia the fishing laws to make the regu-
lations uniform oa Buchanan and on
Ink* lak*-s were adopted at a meet-
ing called by the Stale Game. Kish
and Oyster Commission
— February 2 —
Frank Tslch. widely known Llano
sculptor and founder of the monu
mental works bearing his name, died
at his home here on the preceding
Friday.
Related notice that the $75,000 road
bond ls*ue would be contested, waa
filed by A G Mueller, local attorney,
and J. H Baker, of San Saba, rep
resenting s-veral county property
owners
J. J. Smathers died at the home of
his dmugbyr. Mrs. John E Reagor.
the preceding night.
B L Hr-wn. Llar.d builder and
contractor, died at his h<>m« here
the past Sunday evening
The LCRA has puri based T P and
L. propergj - • in 1* counties, the con
Mderatlon listing $5,000,000.
Lawrence Taylor died as the re-
sult of an automobile accident on the
Valley Spring road and Woodrow
Chew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Chew of the Ksbon community Is
near death at a San Antonio hospital
as the result of an automobile acci-
dent on the Si* Mile road
— February 9 —
Tbe post office department Is seek-
ing new quarters In Llano.
147 men and women over the age
of <5 years are receiving old age
pensions In Llano county.
The majority of the right-of-way
for-HUhway No 29 east of LIsno to
Buchanan Dtm wa* obtained during
Che week by the commissioner*-
court.
— February 14 —
The commissioners' court has
*g”-ed to finance wolf trapping work
ia tfcls county for the ne*t two
Postoffice
Moving Day
Lncertain
-Wa deal knew wrher *« will
•nova-** That ta the snewer to
a awestten ashed at ta* local
»e*t»f*c* hwnae*d* *f tones every .
day.
Th* postmaster. W. • Cellin*.
told the Neva* y*et«r*Sy that a
large part ad th* natures have
net been received aa yet ss4 t**ey
de net knew when th«y wilt h*
received.
AM the equipment <s long over-
due. acm* ad it several msnths.
and as seen aa R ta her* and art.
the **Be# will move te Its now
locat-on ee Berry street west sd
th* c*wrth*w*s.
R P M* Williams, lo-al manager
far the Togas Public Utilities corpora
ttoa. spent Christmas ta Tyler.
Tumlinson
Mrs Tom Tumlinson. a resident of
Llano county for about twenty years,
and a resident of th * section during
her entire life passed sway at her
home It. the Tow community at 2 15
o'clock Saturday morning. December
At the time of her death »he
wa* $4 Veal* of age
Mrs Tomlinson was born In Bur-
net. July 14. 1M3 .he dsugh-er of
Mr. and M-a A Y Tanner. well
known pioneer residents.
She was reared to young woman
hood In Burnet county, living acros*
the Colorado fiver from the place
that later was to be otr.e her bom*
la Llano county.
Shortly after moving to Uaao coun
. she was united la marriage with
Tom Tumliaeot
la addition to her husband she Is
survived by one son Wayne Tamila
eon. of Ltaao county sad two sister*
Mrs V H Earls, of Llano, and Mrs
C M Morgan, of Tow.
Knr»ral services for this good sod
highly respected wife sad mother
were held at II o'clock Sunday mom
tag at lame Grove, with Bro L V
Nobles of the Church of Christ of Ecu
ttag
!n*ermeat was at the IJum ceme
tery under the direct oa of MUes Bat
tery
Greeting*)
Overload
Uncle Sam
Liana psnpis hava many
frienda. both at horn* and away,
a cording ta W. B. Collin*. p**t-
master Th* patrons of th* local
partoffic* sent 20.430 Christmas
cards t* out-of-town frionda and
rolativoa and 19.500 to one an-
other hors, ths postmaster esti-
mated.
Those estimates wore based on
the salts of V'2 cent and an#
cant stamps, over th# avorapo
number for other months of the
year. No estimate of the addi-
t onal number of cards that wore
mailed with dither two cent or
throe cents postage, which was a
sizable figure, according to the
estimate.
Thors is no way of estimating
the number of cards that wars
reefved hers for do'lvery in
Llano from out-of-tewn senders,
but th.* number will compare
with th« number sent.
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Lendholm
P.O. Receipts
Breaks
Record Here
The postal receipts for the local
poetofftce for 1939 ware the largest
la the history of the office, a-cording
lo the report of IA'. B Collins, port-
master The receipts for the year worn
|11.700 «2. la 1931 the receipt «mount
ed to $11,210 42. that being the third
best year recorded for tLis offic*.
The reports from the po»toffic* ar*
made quarterly. The first quarter of
1919 waa 12.932 1*. for 1939. $2,739*
4$. second quarter 1939. $2,724 $*. for
193b. $2,719**; third quarter of 1939,
$2.759 36. for 193$. $2.$31 39. fourth
quarter of 1939, $3.313 47. for 1939,
$3,121.70.
LOST IN SNOW STORM,
Hunter Finds Pasture Big
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Marosko
Mr* Anna Marosko. of Paige. Te*
as. 74 year-old mother of Mr*. Dora
Fabian of this city, died at th* boa*
of her daughter here the P»»i Friday
morn tag
Mrs Marosko hid been la Llano
for th* three week* preodlnt her
death, having been brought here by
Mr* Fabian when *b# had suffered
a stroke at her home la Paige
Mrs Marueko. t£* former Miss
Anna Knsdchke. wa* bo-a ia Germany.
Mar 27. 1#$3. and «ame to Te*a*
with her fatally when she was 14
years of age Tor a short time, the
family lived near Gtddtmg* later
moving to Paig*. ta Bastrop county.
»t!*re she lived fo* the remainder
of her life.
Sb* was united la marriage wtth
Mr Maroeko. November 1$. I**$. her
buebaad passing away la 19$$ Throe
children were horn of this union, of
wh mb two ar* Jivtag. a daughter.
Mrs Fabian of Llaao wad a *oa. W
A Ma-csko. of H-vastoa
Funeral »ervices were held ta Llano
Batardvy afternoon, from the Fiblan
r**tden<e. with ths Rev L R B*o
orden. pastor of the Latberaa Uharch
officiating* Interment was at the
Uaao cemetery under the direction
of Miles Battery
Pallbearer* were: Alfred $ eh- r.
Tom Norton Hmon Ft*wart_ W T.
At-bison Lae Moras and Dan ll*< a
worth
( hr 1*1 ni l« bay brought tragedy In-
to lh>- home of a former Llano wo-
man At » 30 o'clock that morning.
Mrs Emma <«©odm*n Lendholm.
the oldest -hlld of the late Mr. and
Mr* John -roodman of Llano, passed
away at h -r home In Austin
Mrs I^-tidholm wa* born. Septem-
ber 15. 1941. making her 5* years,
three n.otrhs uad nine days of age
at the tint- of her death.
Thirty foir years ago she wn*
united In mart lag" with Robert
Lendholm it I ana Two year* later
they move I to Austin, where the
couple made their permanent home
Mrs Lendholm united with the
Methodist fhurch at an early age
and lived an upright and useful life.
In addition to her husband, she Is
iU'vIved by four sls’ers: Mrs A J
Bauman Mrs M L Bauman and
Mrs O O Henderson, nil of Uaao
county, and Mrs Roy Summerville,
of Austin. and three brothers.
~i.af», * * Cowuir.aa" anu i . u.*, t.o ,u
man. of Uano. sad E J. Goodman
of Houston. •
Funeral services mere conducted
In Austin Thursday. December 3h
with the Rev. Mr Raby of the First
Methodist Uhur- h. and the Rev Mr.
Ing’am of the I’umlterltnd Presby-
terian I'hunh officiating
Intermen* waa at th* Oak wood
temet< r> ai Austin
Active pallbearers were Elmer
Burnett, Henry CoMtaa Ray Burden.
Rudolph Eggeliag. Claude Hearn and
Uuls Kamella. all of Austin
Judge Boasts
Marital Cycle
A marital cycle was comple-ed by
J. H Mayes, veteran Justice of th*
peace, w heu he performed bis 123rd
wedding ceremony st 1 30 o'clock.
Saturday afternoon. December 23.
Al til*! time. Miss Annie Lee Tow
iM-caiae the bride of Rudolph Alton
Itarklay. both bride and groom being
from Llano.
When Judge Mayes Informed the
young couple that It was his 123rd
ceremony, the bride replied that
the first csrmeony he perfo-med was
the one that had united her parents
In marriage. July ♦. 1921.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Tow. Mrs Tow being Ih#
former .Miss Hallmark.
And at * 39 o'clock Christmas eve.
Judges Mayes officiated at hi* 124th
ceremony, when a Burnet t nuaty
couple, Andrew l-andtroof and Mlsa
Dot i» Parks, appeared at his resi-
dence to take the vow* of matr-mony
At 5 p m. December 29. Judg*
Mayes performed his 125th wedding
ceremony, when H C. Carpenter -if
Dalis* and Miss Ruby McCombs of
Kan Kaba appeared before him to
take thejr mfi!rim->nlai vi-»» A
la IBs wilds
■a la
awtoiMh*
■ t a*
day to
had hop- s of bringing back a mighty
lark lartawd at 7:39 o clock that
night, he wma brwwght bach toll
When h* real mad Bo tod to
*l to toafe stock of ths
ttoa LOST MAN *a
and Mrs. August K«>*ler*ohk«
NEW COUNTY AGENT TARES
UF HIS DUTIES IN LLANO
C. V. Robinson, formerly < ounty
agent at Coleman arrived ia Llaao
this week to take up his duties here
as Llano county agent. He wa* ac-
companied to Uaao by Mrs Robin
son. and the couple wiU occupy ’be
residence vacated by Mr sad Mrs.
D D. Bteel«, who have moved to
Coleman, where Mr Steele will < on-
Uaue hi* career a* count) ar^nt
AGENTS FINAL REPORT
Tells Agricultural Progress
REA Plans
Farm Show
Historical Apprs-ss'
Extension work began ia Uaao
county January 1$. 191$ A J. Cotton
wa* selected by the Rxteaatoa Serv-
ice of Tesas aa eoaaty agent, and
remained there aatil Jaaaary 1$.
1923 He waa followed by Charlaa
Clark. 81l»*r Wbitaett. Al RoMasoa
sad D D Steele
Tbe teaching of Texas EUteasloo
•orb was start ad through individual
demonstration* dealing with better
prepa-atloa of the soil. owed. Im
proved method* of cult iration prop
er care of home orrharda. sad bet
ter br.-edlug of livestock
Tbe greatest problem *f tb* farm
ers aa I raacbmea at that time was
livestock prod actio* which Iwcladod
only cattle sad hog* V*ry BtUr
groap wwk waa to* Ocoasaloaslly
a small grwap wwaM meet at a dem
oart-atbm for firtd crop Information
> a dirnaaatratma to tto
of better toB* ar boar*, ar a b
ta bortw altars
la 1917 Uaaa eoaaty had a
rente of mfi toad cwttla. to*
sloa teaching, tbe aeceaaltv of local
organisation and local leadership be-
gan to dawa on tbe eoaaty ageat.
therefore, efforts were mad" t» or-
ganise the roauaaatttes sad srtart
local leaders This work wss slow.
Fare bred poultry was latrtdocwd
with the help of Mr Frank Kidd and
wife as leaders sad ta a short time
a parehred poultry show was hold
at Llaao The business men of Llaao
mar interested, sad with Attorn
Newsom and others aseist.ag. la-
• roatlaued oa Page Poar I
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