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VOLUME XLV
THE LLANO NEWS, LLANO, TEXAS THURSDAY. MARCH 30, 1933.
NUMBER 19
LLANO TAKES FIRST EXHIBITION ' 'US L. BARKER TO HEAD LLANO
GAME BY CLOSE SCORE OF 8 TO 7* B. OF C. FOK i Ht COivtINU V cmk
By E. E. MARTIN
first glimpse of the 1933
| Lius L. Barker, ouc of Llano's ef-
A first. glimpse of the 1933 Cow- nciem pusiuess men, wul oe ai the
boys of the MIL Country Baseball Head of the Llano Chamber of Corn-
League was made on last Sunday, for merce tor tne next year, us lie was
nominated ami elected to such post-
the Marble Kails club of the Granite
LeaKue came to Llano for an exhi-
bition frame, and went home with tire
small end of an 8 to 7, hall game,
which lasted ten innings.
Due to the cold wind which blew
over the grounds all during the game
and (he lack of Gaining by both clubs,
the contest was marked by numerous
errors, although the game was very
Interesting to watch. Be bee, on the
mound for the visitors during the
first six Innings, held the Cowboys to
two singles and one run for five
lomuls, but in the sixth, three hits,
three errors, two stolen bases, and a
fielder's choice gave the locals tour
lion at cue Luncheon Cino yesterday.
-*ir. tiaikcr has been in business nere
id u long wmle, is one of the owners
°ROGRAM FOR COUNTY LEAGUE
MEET HERE FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Following is the program for the
Llano County Interscholustlc League
meet which will be held in this town
on Friday and Saturday of this week:
Friday Morning
9:00—Boys’ playground ball, class
II. preliminaries, five Innings.
9:00—Girls' playground ball, class B,
ALLEN S. JOHNSON APPOINTED
CONSERVATOR OF LOCAL BANK
MARCH RELIEF MONEY FOR THIS VACANT LOT GARDENS ARE
COUNTY IS ALMOST EXHAUSTED BEING PLANNED FOR LLANO
Allen S. Johnson received a tele -
gram from the Comptroller of the
This id the last week in March and
M. M. Moss, chairman of the Llano
i'i the B w 111 Chevrolet Company and preliminaries, five innings.
life-president ol the Moore State
Bairn, fie is progressive, uouest ami
• apaole, thorougniy identified and in
tympatuy with tne towns and coun-
try s interests and is sure to mage
“ splendid executive for this impor-
tant organization.
ah has ocen me custom for a long
while, this honor was thrust upon
Mr. Barker wuuout his knowledge,
because each year the nominating
10:00—Picture memory, room No. 15.
(See Mrs. A. L. Nanney).
19:00-
ies (seven teams).
11:00 Boys’ playground ball,
preliminaries, five innings
teams).
11:00—Girls’ playground ball,
preliminaries, live innings
teams.
A vacant lot garden” campaign
to be inaugurated in this town.
Currency at Washington Sunday County Central Relief Committee, ^*ucb a movement is being sponsor-
Morning, naming him as conserve- -u,ated yesterday that the funds would * ‘ by d,ld8e Sylvan B. Simpson, who
tor of the Citizens National Bank. Ride away with the month. Up to ' in <dns,J touch with the needs of
Mr. Johnson has been busy in the the preent time nothing has been rnan^ People here and also aware of
bank this week, making up a report heard concerning the April allotment,
on the condition of that institution, < Mr. Moss has received specific in-
and looking after various other de- structiong concerning this R. F, c.
tails connected therewith. Whet work in ike future and these orders
linked fur a statement concerning hi# coming from the Government are
Girls volley ball, preliminar- plans, lie said that it would be indeed much more exacting than have been
hard for him to give an answer at this : the oues which the committee has
rural, time, in as much as the Instructions worked under in the past. In the
(four j coming from Washington had been future it will be
the fact that something along this
particular line must be done in order
to provide food for many whf, are
now without employment.
Judge Kimpson believes that if ev-
i r> vacant lot in this towu were put
| > • cultivation, or converted into a
| vegetable garden, there could be a
inns und suw the finish >f Mr. Be bee. committee refuses to make known the
However, the pitching and batting
for the Splcewood boy featured t! e
game for Marble Falls.
Only one earned run was score 1
tff the two Llauo hurlers, It coming
cn three consecutive singles in the
seventh lunitig. At only one stage of
the game were the locals In the lend,
until the winning run came in 'he
tenth. Twentyfour players saw sir-
nominee until the day he Is elected.
A large crowd was present at the
Friday Afternoon
1 *)•)- Essay writing, room
(See Miss Bennie Speck)
1:90—50 yard dash, class B. Junior,
sufficient amount of food stuff raised
necessary for every j to not only feetl the ones who might
•% indeed 1 milled, and owing to the new j applicant to register again before he work such places, but provide vege-
rural, system invoked, he could hardly make >un be placed on this work, and this t .bles during the summer months for
(four toy definite plans until he had been 'application calls for quite a bit of in- the owners of the land
'auvised further. 1 formation, concerning the condition Judge Sampson states that
! This gentleman did say however of himself and family, and must
No. 14. that the Interests of the depositor* show conclusively that this work
vice during the game. Marble rails port, which is published in another
itted eleven, and the locals thirteen, column in this paper. After this came
Manager Taylor sent five rookies
into the line-up at the start, in order
to get n line on the new material at
bis disposal, to fill some Important
holes in the team, which has lost
several star players from the rosier
<1 l»«t year. Dale McLeod at. short
e'op .mowed to best advantage in this
game. Besides turning In a perfect
fielding game, he hit safely three
times, drove in a couple of runs,
etole a base and scored a run. Sev-
eral of the other* show promise <>f
development.
M. A. Reed, at second base, had
seven chances during the first fjur
Innings, which he handled without an
error, and was idle thereafter. All
the club showed lack of batting prac-
tice with the exception of Chink
Taylor, who hit twice and drew a
\ alk In three trip* to the plate. The
manager also showed that he can
still move around the base* by steal-
ing four sacks and scoring three
runs after lie entered the game In
tilt sixth inning. Hodle Moore who 1*
elut-d to cover left field only got one
Luncheon Club yesterday, including preliminaries, select six men.
nauy ladies, and aside from the busi-tl:20 -59 yard dash, rural Junior,
best coming up, seveial numbers ‘elect six men.
kvere presented on the program of 1:40—100 yard dash, class B. Juniors,
entertainment. j preliminaries, select six men.
D. D. Meele. secretary of the local 2:00—109 yard dash, Rural Juniors,
i hamper of Commerce made his re- preliminaries, select six men.
2:20 "140 yard relay, class B. Juniors,
finals.
2:40—440 yard relay, Juniors, finals.
00 Playground ball, Rural anil
class B finals, girls followed by boys.
3:00—Pull-up (See Graham Tyson,
couth side of field).
Friday Night
TOO (sharp)—Declamations, High
he was in hopes that within a very I One
short while each and every one whe j Loiial
has money In that institution could, U.r.uu
would Infer from these addi-
iua tractions that the Relief
■ Corporation feels that some-
constant
to mauds are being made upon the
county tor assistance and that already
tl is county has gone beyond Its limit
in the matter of taking care of pau-
pers, and looking after other worthy
r.eeda, that the Commissioners Court
withdraw it, dollar | where in the United States, someone * ad appropriated every dollar it could
if he so desired
for dollar. has taken advantage of this situation
Whether this bank will resume bu»jt.’id those in charge are endeavoring
In ess or liquidate cannot be stated at j to see to it that such will not be the
tills time.
the nomination of Mr. Barker and
when he was named, a loud applause
(i approval went up from the entire
assembly, because everyone feels
anil knows that this gentleman will
make an ideal president. Mr. Barker
in a few brief remarks, accepted the
WORK WELL UNDER WAY ON
THE PECAN BELT HIGHWAY i
A large force o£ men are now at
work on the north end of the Pecan
Belt Highway in this county.
cise in the future.
The Central Committee met Mon-
day night and made out its applica-
tion for Llano county for the months
of May and June, but Just what is go-
ing to be received through these re-
[ quests is a matter that cannot be de-
t> rmined and especially is this true
possibly spare for such causes and
that this money would soon he gone.
! Furthermore the County Fathers
made such an appropriation on the
basis of a ninety per cent tax col-
lection and up t0 this time only a
I ttle more than one half of the taxes
due have been paid.
Mr. Simpson would like to have
listed with him all vacant lots whose
owners are willing to have them used
for this purpose, then he will take
position, thanked his friends for the School division, double representation
confidence placed In him and assured
i veryoue that he would serve to the
very best of his ability, asking at the
time tiie full cooperation of everyone
in his work and the further success
oi the Llano Chamber of Commerce.
All stood then as a pledge of support
to the new president and as a token
if appreciation to Allan Newsom, the
retiring president, who has given our
Chamber of Commerce his best and
untiring services for the past year,
and as shown by the Secretary's re-
tort. his administration has been an
efficient one, despite the fact that he
was called upon to serve during the
dullest year that our country has
ever known.
The prog rath for the day was then
the following num-
Juuiors and Seniors, both High school j
i.nd Grades—Fee five cents.
Saturday Morning
9:00—Spelling, all divisions, rooms'north to the San Saba county line, j
Nos. 11, 14, 15 (See W. A. Owen.) j The large grader which started its j
9:00—5o yard dash, Rural, Juniors, work at the north edge of precinct J
finals. [one is fast coming toward town and
9:20—50 yard dash, class B. Juni- i the first of the week was at work at
lor*, finals. j Wrights Creek. t
9:00-
finals.
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1:40—
finals.
19:09—
j Since the
county has
Commissioner Willbern stated the!''’'1"’1 w* COU8ider the fuct that the the matter of cultivation up with the
committee is still ignorant concern- cues who are in search of work, there-
ing the April allotment. i by working out a project which would
first of the year, Llano in the long run, prove of mutual ad-
received $3,900 through voutage.
this source for the relief of the uu-1 Surely it would be much better to
fortunate here, and not only has this l ave these vacant lots cultivated than
sum provided employment, and con- permit them to go through the sum-
si quently food for many who were ruer mouth covered with weeds and
in almost destitute circumstances, c,her accumulation that would prove
| but has brought about improvements ''cMrable breeding places for mos-
firwt of the week that he had finished
setting back all fences in his part of
the precinct and J. C. Sawyer is
practically through with the same
wprk in his precinct, which extends
High jump, Rural, Juniors,
High jump, class B, fluals.
100 yard dash, Rural*, Juniors,
safety, but stole three bases. Huldio
Mather, in hi* old place in right field concluded with
bud a busy day. besides drawing a ^trs:
walk and driving out the only local Vocal Solo—Mr. Morgan, uccompan-
extra bn"* hit, 1!oldie handled two
fly bail* for put outs and threw out ,
two of the visitors at first baae
when they loafed on perfect hits, j
Corbet Brewer allowed only three
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PARTICULARS
TRICT LEAGUE MEET. APRIL
ied by Miss Toady Foster.
Piano Solo—Miss Toady Foster.
Reading—Miss Helen Moore.
Vocal Solo—E. F. Boxell, accompan-
ied by ..Mrs. ( has. MUlIger.
_ _____ • Vocal Solo—(’has. Miilier, accom-
CONCERNING DI8- ' ianted hl8 WUe'
7.8 These various numbers
100 yard dash, class B,
lors. finals.
19:00—Broad jump. Rural, Jnnlcrs,
finals.
10:30 Broad jump, class B, Juniors,
finals.
1<'.00—Girls' volley ball, final*.
10:15—120 yard high hurdles,
ors. preliminaries.
H':39 Arithmetic, room No. 10
Mr. D. E. Renfro).
10:40 100 yard dash. Seniors,
Large piles of gravel may be seen i
along the road at various places where
water structure* are to be built.
'The telephone company has men at
j work setting back poles, and in fact
Jun- 'hi various projects on this road are
!;■ eplng a large force of men busy.
078, Commissioner Willbern stated to
a News representative Tuesday thal
It was meeting with flue success i»
I s< curing deeds for the rieht-of-wa?
| through the southern portion of the
Sen- county and felt sure this would be
ready for the Highway Department
(Sec (a- soon as the north end work baa
, been completed.
n public projects over the county,
j which otherwise would never have
/ been made.
| Here, as in thousands of other
| c-ounties over the United States, this
work on the part of the Relief Fed-
eral Corporation has proven a great
I blessing.
ELIMINATION CONTESTS FOR
COUNTY MEET HELD HERE
The elimination contests for stu-
dents to represent the Llano High
quitees and various other insects.
Sti.-'h a program would not only be
ru economical one, hut would prove
i -elf a great advantage both from a
civic and health standpoint.
Property owners of this town who
may have vacant lots are requested
lo talk with Judge Simpson about
j this matter, get thoroughly acquaint-
| eii with his plans and contribute in
thus way to the relief causes of our
t< wn.
Lewi# Foster, another official who
is closely identified with the needs
were duly
appreciated by everyone and brought ,org ,>relilninarlo8
to the (lose one of the most active
Supt. W. W. Hart l» in receipt of a
letter from R. J. Kidd, of Georgetown, and enjoyable hours the Luncheon
head of the District Interscholastlc Club has known for a long while.
Meet. In which is given particulars --o-
ipncerning this gathering in George- final REPORT SHOWS 904 BALES
town next week This letter states 0F COTTON GINNED HERE
that the events will occur in the fol- ( -
lowing manner: I According to the final report from “na,a‘
Friday, April 7 at 1:00 p. in —Boys’ the cen»ug bureau of the Department 146 100 yard dash, finals,
tennis singles. of Commerce at Washington, made to 2 00—880 yard run, final*.
pr*- Reports coming from other eon*
lminiaries, three men from each bent, j tic* are quite favorable concerning
11:00 Mush memory, room No. It the progress being made in ttaia r*
(See Mrs. Tessfe Shirley). ! spect, however It In a foregone co»
11:09 220 yard low hurdles, Sen- I elusion that Llano county will hav#
the first hard surfaced road with the Kassell. first: Ernest Speck, second
11:30 220 yard dash, seniors, pre-' possible exception of Gillespie, where 1 j d Buie, third,
l.mlnaries, three men per heat select-I work on tills road has been under
School and the Li&so Grade School ,he unemployed, has suggested that
were held at the school auditorium on
Mcnda7 ard T*#*d*7 *a§ht# of. this
week, and the following awards were
nade by the judgss:
Senior Girls' Declamations— Mary
Hart, first; Margie Smith second;
Nellie Glenn Dodson, third
Senior Boys' Declamations—Robert.
ed.
Saturday Afternoon
IN 1932 5ard high hurdles, finals.
1:30— High jump, pole vault, javelin,
way for several months.
THREATENING WEATHER HERE
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS
Saturday, April 8, at 8:30 a. m.
Literary events.
Saturday. April 8, at 9:00 a. m.
At the Southwestern University
courts, tennis.
Saturday, April 8, at 1:00 p. m.
Athletic events.
states that Southwest-
j L Conners of Llano on March 20, 2.15—220 yard low hurdles, finals,
•nere was 904 bales of cotton ginned 2:30—440 yard dash, finals,
in this county from the 1932 crop as 2:30—Broad jump, discus, shot, fin-
compared to 7.36 bales ginned from als.
the crop of 1931. 2 45—220 yard dash, finals.
This shows as increase of 168 bales r:00—Qne n,ile run flnai8,
for the larst crop, however both years 3;15__one mile relay, finals,
fell short as the average crop in the
| Since last Sunday the watery cloud#
11 :ive been hanging low over this par-
Iticular section and almost every hour
H has looked as though the rain must niond Wlnkel.
come at any time, but up to Wednes- Junior (.iris Grade
day that rain had riot descended ex-
j cept an occasional very light shower.
municipal garden on a large scale
i-'ifiht be worked out. He points to
the fact that there are many acres of
fertile land in the Barter flat in east
Llano on which could be raised al-
most any kind of vegetable. Another
advantage in favor of this place is
that these lands hold moisture extra
well and will produce to a good de-
gree even during the hot summer
months.
Boys’ Extemporaneous Speech— These are worthy projects and
(’has. Smith, first; S'anley Stribiiug, should have the careful consideration
■ecoad. ood cooperation of everyone who is
Junior Girl# High School Declama- interesed in the welfare of those
Dens—Mackie Westerman, first: Lee wh° are now or may be out of em-
Alicp Parkhill second: Avalau Vest, Payment.
third. I--o--
Junior Boy#* High School Decia- AVIATOR DELAYED
IN LLANO
rnatlon#—P*ni 8ruwn#r». first Ray- THROUGH DAMAGE TO PLANE
second.
School Decla-
mations—Jane Watkins, first: Mar-
guerite Hill, #*cond, Marjorie Moss,
|which at no time has been sufficient t^lrd.
Juntor Boys Grade School Decla-
mations—Harry Nichols, first; Ver-
-cv*!MS. WS-Srfrr-
ho settle the dust.
ft'iL4ll?n r! th^, .yr**** ,T'IP 111 lne (Finals in Senior track and field come Report# tell of good rains to the
*•' ' " ** -T~JrC2nmjrm'ru# -TiHto-trwrr ■’ sP,. ■econd:. Mo*e 3
town high school, has very gener- 8hown an average ab#ve
ously offered the use of their buldl- thousand bale mark,
lugs and campus facilities for the There is much talk of acerage re-
various events that are to take place r|UCtion for the present year and the SatuiJay Night
at this meet. j coming crop may be even smaller than 7:00 (sharp)—Rural division, extern-; -o
I. Seniors compete in track and ,,m| s„r„|y that much' needed' ftioT*-' ■'*••** vx-d.
held).
ture will be here before the end of Th<>s»e contests proved quite inter-
tills week ,esting to a large audience each even-
ing,
Those boys who are to participate that of the past two years,
in the tennis singles on Friday after- j -o-
roraneous speech, choral singing DUDLEY WALLACE DOING NICE-
noon will be furnished rooms Friday MOre FLOUR RECEIVED BY
night. RED CROSS HERE THIS WEEK
On Saturday morning, participants , -
in the literary events will assemble A shipment of some fifteen hundred
LY AFTER SERIOUS OPERATION
on the second floor of the Adminla- p0lln98 cf Red Cross flour was re-
lation Building of Southwestern Uni- (eive(j jn Llano Monday and Tues- statement:
Announcement of winners in all the
events. j _
Admission, five cents per person. Dudley Wallace, son of Mr. and
In connection with the above pro- Mrs. C. M. Wallace who underwent an
gram, Supt W. W. Hart, director extremely serious operation in San
general, has issued the following Antonio on last Thursday, is report-
versity, which will be reserved for
their activities. In the afternoon at
1:00 p m„ the athletic events will
take place on the Tom Lee Memor-
ial Field.
Just who will represent Llano
county in the various events at the
district meet next week, will be de-
cided here this week, as the comity
meet w^ll be held on Friday and Sat-
urday, March 31 and April 1.
day morning most of it was placed in
the Red Cross rooms over Watkins
C ropery, ’ however some of It was
sent to the country for distribution.
ed as resting well and also doing as
Events not appearing on the above veil as could be expected under the
program are ones in which there are circumstances.
no entries. Mr. Wallace had been in declining home.
Preliminaries are held in events in health for several months, and as a cj the local fanciers of the sport that Langley
Lieut. R. L. Wasseli, brother-in-law
of S. E. and Miss Alice Chesnut of
this place had his machine damaged
in landing here Sunday noon. Mr.
Wasseli was on an extended cross
cGuatry flight from Langley Feld hi
.jK-w.WW!*. > - , ir ••
auirrn' xs tadr **• iris route br.vaghi.
him so near this town, he decided to
laud for a ten minute stop. In mak-
ing this landing in the Robinson State
Tark, damaged his landing gear to
tiie extent that it was necessary for
him to wire San Antonio for purts.
The needed repairs were made and
__ at 7:29 yesterday morning, he took
Sidney A. Beal of Bluffton and Ben eff, landing in San Antonio at. 8:00
Wallis drove into town Monday morn- o'clock, just thirty-one minutes fn
ir.g with an extra large yellow cat the air between this town and the
fish which they had caught on a trot Alamo City. Lieut. Wasseli was in
line in the Colorado near Mr. Beal’s San Antonio for only a short while.
It was a fine one and remind- because he was back at his post in
Field. Virginia that same
- iia
and the programs were inter-
spersed with musical numbers which
ridded much to the entertainment.
LARGE FISH BROUGHT TO
LLANO FIRST OF THE WEEK
This flour has proven a great help w|iich there are too many entries for last resort, consented to an operatic* R was time for them to make prep- nfeht.
in providing food here during the wniy one conte«t. last week, when grave apprehenslog Prnt1ons for a visit on the river. The army officer enjoyed a very
past few months and this shipment ]n order to avoid the recurrence of wa# entertained by hla many Us* Mr. Beal said the big fellows were pleasant visit in our town during the
will last until warm weather conies tronye we haV0 ha(l }n t],e reiatjves and friends. Every on# *1- gr*m well in the Colora- t.me he was waiting for the parts
cn and gardens
this respect.
give assistance in
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giad to know thnt thin young
doing so
*a »d BKS2T rsed catches
.nade every day.
were being f ■
and
1 (if
a well pleased
State.
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