The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1972 Page: 4 of 10
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LLANO NEWS, THURSDAY, APRIL «, lWt
PACE 4
Census Shows 504 Farms In
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County Average 1,097 Acres
NEWS FROM
Cherokee
By Mr*. Vann Maddox
Mrs. Ernestine Morris of
Colorado Springs, Colo , has
been visiting her brother.
Mr and Mrs. Alvie Keeney
Sunday night, Mr. and. Mrs
Johnny Zulauf and Mr. and
Mrs John Ed Keeney hon-
ored her with a barbecue
supper and Wednesday Mr.
and Mis CeciJ Ray and
Gary, David and Earl Ray
honored her with a fish sup-
\per both were held at Mr
ind Mrs. Alvie Keeney's
Home wk|h Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Sullivan 'of San Saba, Mr.
anq Mrs Dan PaTfSheV, Mr
and Mrs. John Zulauf, and
family, Mr and Mrs. John
Ed Kegney and family, Mr
and Mrs. Cecil Ray and
Gary, Davis and Earl Ray
enjoying it with her. She ac-
companied the Sullivans
home and they took her to
Dallas Saturday to visit M;' j
and Mrs Ed Hickman.
Mr and Mrs Alvie Keney
were"called to the bedside of
his cousin. Mrs Pete Keelgr
"at (itenwond. New Mexico,*
but report her improving.
Mrs Bess Sifford and Miss
Mabet .South aucompanied
Mrs J F Epperson to Val-
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l lano County showed a total
of 504 farms In the 19G9Census
of. Agriculture, according to
figures released by the U.S,
Department of Commerce’s Bu-
reau of the Census, a part of
the Department’s Social and Ec-
onomic . Statistics Administra-
tion (SESA.)
in the last previous Census
of Agriculture (1964) are re-
ported as selling $2,500 or more
of agricultural products In the
year, as compared with 253 In
1964.
The report also shows aver-
age farm size In the county was
1,097.8 acres, and average value
of these farms (land and build-
ings) was $130,933.
Value of all farm products
sold In 1969, $7,750,788; In
1964, $3,451,050. .. ■
Value of all crops' sold In
1969, $254,472; In 1964, $117,
498.
Value of all livestock, poultry
and their products sold In
1969, $7,495,616; In 1964, $3,
092,5B6.
Reported for the first time In
an agricultural census Is In-
formation on the extent to which
ttie corporate structure Is being I
used by operators of farpis
from which agricultural pro- ■+
ducts totaling $2,500 and over
were sold. Including family 1
farms using.this type of busi-
ness structure, 4 of the county’s j
$2,50Q-and-over farms are In-
corporated.
leyr SpmTg—Srmrhry—trr- the
home of Mr. and Mrs James
Epperson, Gayle and tJmmy
where Mr and Mrs. Boh Sif-
ford. Scott and Troy of Fred-
ericksburg met them
Mrs Vann . Maddox ao
com pan led Mrs. Jim Frees-e
and Mrs. Mabel Taylor of
San Saba, Mis Alex Hardin
and Mrs Jess <>Ue <4 Llano
to Kerrville on a scenic drive
and on to Huht Iasi Monday
L H Mayes spent a few
days in the Llano hospital for
a checkup. ,
Diane Norrell Ipid the mis-
fortune of breaking her leg
while skating in San Saba
Thursday night and spent ir
_couple of days in the hospital
there.
Mr and Mrs Gordon Gray
and Mrs Nora Gray spent
the Faster holidays with Mr.
and Mrs Charles Raymond
Gray in Amarillo.
Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R H Maxwell were
Mr and Mrs. Kay Rawls,
Robyn and LeEtta of San
home Friday from 7175 ft=~
tended visit to Ceminole and
Lubbock and her weekend
guests were Mr and Mrs.
Lawrence Smith and family
of San Angelo and Mr and'
Mrs. S-. .L. Smith and Mrs.
Margie Thompson Sunday.
Mrs. Thompson had returned
•Friday from an extended
REV. BILL KENNY
Rev. Kenney To
Hold Lake Meet
BUCHANAN DAM —Rev. Bill
Kenny, former pastor of the,
First Baptist Chructi of Llano,
will do the preaching for the
"spring revival at the Chapel of
the Hills baptist Church at
Buchanan Dam, to tie held April
1C through 23, Tommy Ryan,
music and youth director of the
First Baptist Church at Marble
Falls will direct the music.
’Rev. Kenny has restored sev-
eral churches In this area tie-
sides the Llano church. He has
boon pastor of the First Baptist
Chu,rch at Brady, Blanco, De-
vine and Is now jxistor of the
North Central Baptist Church
In Safi Antonio.
BoMi men come highly re-
commyiided, church officials
say, apd everyone Is Invited to
attend the revival services
which will \-4 held each evening
spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Norrel! and
family.
Mr. and Mrs.\Steve Boult-
inghouise of Austin spent the
wekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Lulan Boultinghouse.
A group of pre-school child-
dren enjoyed an Easter egg
hunt at the home of Mrs.
Wardell Randolph Thursday
afternoon. Rabbit cookies
and punch were served after
the hunt. Mrs. Randolph pre-
sented each child with an
Easter bunny.
Mrs. oJhnson Kuykendall
attended the HD District 7
meting in San Angelo Wed-
nesday. Mr. and Mrs. John-
son Kuyknedall spent me
weekend tn'San Angleo with
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Hawk-
ins tind family.
Gifford White of Auaton
visited his mother, Mrs. W.
C White Wednesday. ff
Mrs. James Gibson and
Don of Dallas spent , last
weekend wiht Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Broyles and family.
Funeral k Held ,
For Mrs. Britton
Mrs. Annie Nettle Britton,
74-year old Llano County na-
tive, died Thursday, March 16,
at Hearne. r -----
Funeral "sendees were held
there Friday, March 17, with
burial In the Suggs Cemetery.
Born at Tow, May 3,‘ 1897,
she lived In I4jp.n0 County most
of her life. She was a-member
of the.Church of Chlrst.
Survivors arejwo sons. Earl
A. Walght of fiayfowri andArvel
J. Walght of Austin; one sister,
Mrs. Grace Cowan of Lam-
pasas; four brothers, Llge
Nobles of Lampasas , Law-
rence Nobles of Lone Grove,
Mark Nobles of Corpus Chrlstl
and Andrew Nobles of Austin;
seven grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
Miss Tatty Porterfield has
been hpme from Texas Tech
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Troy Porterfield and family.
a! V p.ffir
There will lie a special You!
Emphasis Friday evening, April
28, and a youth program with
special music for the youth
following the worship services
Friday at 7 p.m.
duy they honored Shannon
with hvi first birthdav party.
and Mrs Pete Journeav.
Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Vann Maddox were Mr „
and Mrs. Robert Grimes of •
San Saba, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Haradin of Llano and Sally
Hardin of Austin, Mr and
Mrs. Roddy Maddox. Ricky
and Roman of Cherokee.
Weekend visitors of Mr
and Mrs. Ben ewis were Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Lewis and Jody
of Fort Worth.
Mrs Ha/el Parson visited
in San Saba with Mr. and
Mrs. Ike Watkins during the
weekend.
Mr and Mrs Harry Horuk
of Fort Worth visited Mr
Roy Maxwell of Elm rmrt Mis Ben Lewis lust
Saha
Grove. Mrs. Gordie Clark of
Austin. Mr and Mrs. Hilly
Walker of Cherokee
Mr and Mrs. Robby Faris
of Clarksville spent the holi-
days iwth Mr. and Mrs. Tan-
ner Faris, L T and Hal B
and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs Gary Estep
and Amy- and Lisa of Lub-
bock, Mr. and Mrs Roddy
Maddox, Ricky and Roman,
were guests for lunch at Mr.
anh Mrs Clyde Estep’s and
they all enjoyed an Easter
egg hunt
Mr ’and Mrs. Raliegh Neff
and Sylvia of Burkett visited
Mrs. Elva McKn.eely Satur-
day. They also enjoyed the
Easter egg hunt at Mr and
Mrs. Clyde Esteps, also Mr.
ar\d Mrs W C. McKneely
and family.
Mrs. W C. McNeely, Lar-
ry, Betty Jean, Patsy and
Nancy viisted Mr. and Mrs
Stephen Bronson Sunday at
Ballinger Stephen is in the
hospital there from an in-
juried back.
Holiday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis Randolph were
Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Harr
and family of Corpus Chrisrti,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Driyle
Jr., and family of League
City.
Mrs. Lillie Smith returned
Monday
Mr aiui Mrs Man’ce Rand-
olph visited Mr. and Mrs.
Heiman l’houdes in Austin
Sunday
Visitors during the week-
end oT Mi and Mrs. Bert
Randolph were Mr. and Mrs
A C Bollier and family and
Mr and Mrs. .! B. Cuites and
family of Houston, Mr. and
Mrs Harold McCracken of
Dallas, Mr and Mrs, W. I.
Cates of Temple, Mr. and
Mrs Danny Miller and fam-
ily of Burnet. Larry and
Dwayne Cates of Cherokee.
Mr and Mrs. Ken Hanna
and family of Texas City
spent M'Veial days with Mr.
and Mis Bob Hanna.
Mrs W L Smith spent
last weekend in Llano with
Mi and Mrs. Wilbur Conley
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Doak_
Snead of Austin and Mrs.
Marty Gray and Laura of
Waco visited Mr. and Mrs.
Dudie Gray and family over
the weekend.
Mrs.”3. L. Hillman of Mul-
lin was a visitor tit the Bapt-
ist Church w ith Mr. and Mrs.
BUI Kuykednall.
Mr. and Mrs. David Smith
and Shannon of Comanche
visited Mr and Mrs. James
Smith and Ann last wek. Fri-
Those helping her celebrate
were Mrs. Lee Riggs, Pam
and Walter of San Saba and
Mr and Mrs Jim Smith of
Cherokee. Sunday Mr and
Mrs James Smith and Ann
and Lee Schneider of Field
Creek visited Mr. and Mrs.
David-Smtt-h and Shannon at
Comanche.
Mr and Mrs Mike Walters
and Mr and Mrs Clyde
Johanson had a fish fry Sat-
urday night. Those enjoying
the occasion were Mr. and
Mrs. G D Battle and Susie
of Houston. Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Siedensticker and Ken-
dall and Kelli, Mr and Mrs.
Glen Johanson. Lyndon and
Leslie rrf Llmiu, Judge and
Mrs. Moore Johanson of Lone
Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
neth Johanson and Shirley
Ann of Marble Falls, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Timber lake of
San Saba, Mr. and Mr?. Tom
Howell of Chappel, Mr. Alton
Cagle of Bend, Dr. and Mrs.
Lamar Johanson of Hico,
Mr and Mrs Warren Rand-
olph. Mr and Mrs. Wayne
Johanson and Larry and
Dudley Buttle of Cherokee
and Byar Walters of Killeen.
Sunday guests of Dudley
Bale and Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Johanson were Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Battle, Mrs.
Mike Stewart and Sally Bat* 4
lie of Houston.
Weekend visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Randolph,
Jerry and Sandy and Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Walker were Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Walker of
Stephenville and Mrs. Ada
Walker of Brownwood.
Mr. and Mrs. James Webb
spent the Easter holidays in
Norman with Mr. and Mrs.
Dyers.
Mrs. Billy D. Jones, Ed-
ward and Wyman spent last
weekend with her parents,
Mr and Mrs. Henry Howlett
m Crane and Mr. and Mrs.
W K Jones in San Angelo.
Mr. and Mrs. Gorge Nor-
rell and family of Abilene
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Watch For Opening Soon
DORAS’
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Beauty Salon
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All Furniture, All Equipment Is New
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104 W. Oflje Street \ Ph. 247-5335
DORAS JOHNSON SANDERSON. Owner
Help is Asked
For Badu Park
Members of the Land of Le-
gend Optimist Club have lieen
busy cleaning up and equipping
Badu Park on the north hank of
the Llano River above the
bridge.
HowOVer, they need donations
of time, money dT equipment
In order to do the’job as they
would like to have It done.
Several donations have al-
ready been made for the play
area: Buddy Levensallor has
offered to donate a see-saw;
A.C. Myrlck a monkey bar;
and Joe Nerren a swing set.
Anyone else with anything to
donate Is asked to please con-
tact one of the park committee
members: W.J. Rogers, Gene
Oestretch, Paul Toepplch, Jim-
my Mabry, -Douglas Rlcketson
Optimists Seek
Top Teen-Agers
Nominations for outstanding
teenagers are being sought by
the Land of Legend Optimist
Club from local organizations
or Individuals,
John Earl Smith, Jr,, and
Dennis Pannell are chairmen
of the Teen-Ager of the Month
committee of the club, and
nominations should be made to
them.
Past -recipients of the honor
have been Steve Timer and J.D.
Scott,
Boys named Teen-Ager of the
Month "will lie considered for
Teen-Ager of the Year, Opti-
mists said.
and NelsotHJfthL —
The go-cart track, committee
Includes Clyde Oestrlch, Del-
bert Kleen, Dean Wooten and
Gene Wooten.
(Mrs. George Powell)
Recent memorials to the
Llano County Library Include;
For C.V. Robinson by Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Otfo.
For Ory J. Grigsby, brother
of Mrs, C.M. Relth, by Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Frazier, Mr, and
Mrs. Daymon Sessom and Dr.
and Mrs. G.L. Dansby.
For Ford Cllnger by Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Scott.
For Oscar T. Ratliff by Dr.
and Mrs. G«L. Dansby.
LLANOAN’S BROTHER
DIES IN OKLAHOMA
Gilbert Salmon, brother of
Mrs. E.H. Zacharlae, died
March 24, In Oklahoma City.
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Cunningham, T. H. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1972, newspaper, April 6, 1972; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1037739/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.