The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1973 Page: 1 of 10
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THE LLANO NEWS
LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS, 78643
Llano Is Becoming
Big Turkey Center
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AUSTTN—KHI a deer with a
computer'' Well, not exactly,
but the computer at the Parks
and WUdHfe Department can tell
you how many deer were har-
vested during the previous sea-
l-ay Miller, Theo Creriwelge
and Roper K, fW*asiey of Aus-
tlii, to raise the turkeys’.
Other,'turkey raisers In the
area Include John Altlzoj- of
Cherokee, 70,000: TerryShanks
and Kenneth Maultsby, lioth of
Kan^SaWi, atxsit 00,000 each;
f.eo Itz and Leroy Jury, lioth
oj .Frederirkslturg, a I out 70,
000 each; and Call Matigden Of
Comfort, atxiut 80,000.
All, .Including Tex-Turk, liave
son, where they were killed
and from where the successful
hunters come. Llano County
tallied the most deer with 17,
121 deer reporter!.
TOie results ar£_lh from a
Statewide deer and turkey hunt*
er harvest survey Inltltated
earlier In the year and depart-
ment fish and wildlife planners
are confident that they have the
foundation for some very Im-
portant Information about the
is being raisM aliout lout miles
south (il Cherokee’ and another
of a I out GO.OOff^at Tow, in Llano
County.
A corporation was formed ir.
February, "Tex-Turk,'’ com-
posed of M..I. Wootan, prest-
Llano. County seems do once
again lie coming the hub of tur-
key business;-
. Only this time, instead ol It
being the housewife's pin motley
project, it Is big business; IHg,
tilg lust ness.
One large group ol 87,000
dent; A.C. Myrlck, secretary;
David Lamberth
Crushed in Mishap
WTrft Armour
deer hunter,
Inp Company to i-al.se the turk-
keys. Wootan said Tex-Turk
Under the direction of de-
portment wildlife fdamrer Ted
Clark, some 33,000 q u e s 11 on-
alres were mallei to resident
hunting license holders select-
ed at random throughout the
state.
The Information card asked
If the license holder hunted
deer or turkey and It so, what
species of deer, Its age and
sex, where and when the deer
or bird was killed.
Responses were fed Into "a
.computer and, after working
out a few of the Initial lings,
the machine replied as to how
many persons killed what game.
The results: In the 1077-73
season, an estimated 302,178
white-tailed deer, 14,141 mule
deer and 37,740 turkey wore
harvested.
Of the whltetall figure, 77
per -cpnt of tin- kill were lock
deer and vltorally 100 p»»i- cent
of the mult—lei : harvest were
000 a year and In addition to
the 87,000 they now liave, they
are also feeding out 400,000
more.
They are -from one day to 10
weeks oil. Armour furnishes
the (eed. Tex-Turk furnished
the equipment, water arid elec,
’rlrity, and three men are em-
ployed to care for the turkeys,
The 87,000 Tex-Turk Is now.
(ceding take a)out 1,200,000
pounds of feed a week. Armour
will pick (hem up when they are
read-, for market am) dress
them it their plant in Lampasas.
The liens will In marketed at
a tout If weeks; the toms 'at 21.
weeks,- ,
Wootan sai l that sti.rje Tex-
Turk Is under rqptraid, the re-
cent price t feeze foes not af-
fect then so much t-ut It could
put Armour lc a serious bind.
KINGS!, AND—David Jefferson
L a m l>t'r t h, ■ GO, of Lakewood
Forest fit,- K I n g s 1 an d, was
crushed in an accident at Klng.s-
land Thursday morning, June
28.
Lamberth, owner and.opera-
tor of Klngsland Ready Mix,
was on a. front-end loader Inck-
—I.lann County residerirs do-
nated a net of $4,480,40 to the
1973 March of Dimes campaign,
county chairman Joe Simpson
has reported.
Donations Included $100 by
the Kiel! Creek Community
Club; $90.77 I <y the ICHA;
$020.92 tiy the Mother’s March;
and $3,7f)2.72, from (tie Walka-
'tfrit. for a total of $4,717.19.
expenses deducted. w-epe $27,
tnr’-tn a gravel
loatler tipper l hack wants,
crushing I.amlierth Uuieath it.
Dr. M.K. Rrock was called
to the scene. The mishap was
Investigated hy Justice ot- the
Peace Travis haw com are!
Llano-County Sheriff Gale ! i-
gon. haw com pronounced Lam-
Iterlh -leail at the scene.
J.aml'erth, torn Ijec, 13, 1912,
In Comanche, lived In Fort
Ml of Tex-Turk turkeys are
Stockton prior to moving to
raised under Holdings and their’
iwirk a hlrn:i I
Miigsiatef six years ago.
Gobblers represented 8G. |«-r
C#nf of ffie total turkey harvest
figure.
facilities a re the only complete-
Iv semi -corilined bred out facili-
ties !i Texas. They have b..el
used in California, however,
tor years, Wootan said, II*
added that they have maid
27 per cent went to tbi* medical
research lun.i; the remaining
amount was divided -with the
headquarters ot I I re and the
I la no Count -.- < hapter each r ■
Fhneral services wer e held
Safhrdav at the First baptist
Church pi Klngsland with Imrtal
In Lakeland Hills Memorial
l*ark under the direction ol
ftaldmpt- LuuunH ilpirm^--------
Survivors Include ids wife,
Mrs. Maede.ll I arnliertti of
Klngsland; two sons, David I no
i.amlierth ot Couaga Pnik,
Calif., and Jerry. I Jon Mexan-
1C Is lisilmaiiil tiiat In the
1972-73
Season, - t I) ere wer e
some 717,000 white-tailed leer
hunters Th file......shirr. ~ 37,onn-
mule 1 leer hunters and Some
103,000 turkey hunters.
As was expected by Clark
and o>tiei til.iniiei - ti. m i -
Jorlty of deer klliLl In (tie state
were taken in tin' Kdw.nds I ’la -
teau, sornti 40 [Wt cent.
AljUAROOM Land I'arade al Kin
kiddles, 1 towns In many patriotic
1 land featured buds.
1 ernes The Klrat ClV-
ifiAfeParafe Fireworks End
7- '• -I-. l.'l. 'I .',.1 .......
huf of Llano County’s share,
ter, Mis, Delliert lloDauri! of
\uslUq--hls father. Ten. I,am- only $734.87 ;or mitlent s*-r
lierth .of Jacksonville; one vices, assistance to an inlaid
brother, Walter Lamberth of could-he actually lermttely dls
Shreveport, la.; one sister, Mngulshed as a legitimate dls
Mrs, Kstelle Meaty of Jacksoi - bursenrent, aside Irpm the $27
vHie; ami two grandsons. 73 actual fund-raising exp..,use
CALENDAR OF
pCi'-.i tl -/ 1 -a'.i. [ lynAArri via
Yifi ('imiify f.illiivl tin iMi1-.*
• ♦* ;it:-is!t*»*l ly K<■»!', 1,
TTd- 'if 1 levs will be "farm-
ed out’- to raisers at eight
weeks .2 are.itid raised until
they .11.- n ,11 k.-tli.y age.
Ario'! er, small ror|x>rat|oi ot
area 'lo-inessmei, will I*.form-
ed so*a if they obtain a five-
year contract to raise 700,000
al the proposed 900,000 turkeys
each year. The td cl 11 tv for rais-
ing these turkeys, too, will pro-
!«blv 'b-tvp'i'i, 1 latio and
Mason, Montan said.
A t ttiotri will have'a flel I lay
Mttut lay, July 14. tor all grow-
er s,.and Artnmit t--t senne! men
itom- Fort Worth, f an-finsas
at i Gonzales, Heeling aOM»
JJat/o County Community Cen-
ter and got nr to hetitens and
Tex-Turk to tnsjw»ct their tael-
lilies, the lay will eotclude
Witt a ‘nr'erue supper.
deer within the Platea u area
with 17,1 2| deer reported,
"We have been tartly, sip e of
some data rotu-et idip- l«-r an-T
experience It, .file field," sail
Clark, ‘Msit. ii| to 'Ids vmtrr-w<■
have lacked this t\-[» >.< fata,
to t.ack Up ...l| d 11 e ate !
guess.* "
One ol Clark's **educated
guesses*' was that most deer
are klH.*<l on o|mnlng day, (mil-
days, and weekends.
Sure enough, some -49,-329
deer wi-n-. Hlle l on Nov. 18,
the first -lav of ft... gun va-
son, which represented 13 |».|
cent of the seasoi.’s total liat-
vest.
Tills yeai Is also *!,*• Ilrst
trm<- that wlt.lllfe [Jatiiiei s were
aware dial some -7 ;».[ cent ot
successful hit Titers took two
t.U< 1 te. I lilt I nr the season,
Clark said Hint the lata will
lie Important In setting future
seasons.
"The study will help us evalu-
ate the effects of ratne tei il-
lations," he .said. "In Hu- tuhite
we will !*■ ai4«* to predict hunting
pressure It a sfiej lfir area-of
the state and tailor the seasons
and t«p Unfits a. tor tlnrlv.
Combined w-lth figures on tt.e
pro.hict|iin and inoitallfy ot |<"-i
in the state, lids data will en-
able the d.qw ft niect to con-
struct a c o m f• it I ** i "model '’
which will predict the coni|»i'd-
tlon of He- Texas leer tiei I n
y»9«rs to come.
'•Such a model,” said Clark,'
'‘will let us evaluate thceltects
Of a wildlife ruanugement jeel-
Slon tiefore Hie der-lsim; '#*-
comes law."
Events
Open Fourth 1973 AquaBoom
IliribllA Y, ft't Y 7
King* lan-l I Ions Club meet-
leg. .
. , J-.RID.AY, Jt ! Y f
■ lil -hlan I I .ikes Tourist A ssn,
directors moot, Ho, sesfioe itav,
note . ha pit si youths ..to evange-
II1 in . eot.fet etiee, >ar Antonio.
I'titiv tin to at 'flu, -Sat a. Pee
Wcey I U-i !«C; t.AC-l" t .
■A Tt'RD’A Y, ft M V 7
1 irnfKtsa.* Mi»|e-i i Day Wo-
men’s t *i 11 toiifnatnent ei Is.
‘'I'M i.A Y, ft'I Y «
till I Const rv I it st r i . t '9-out
Roundtable, Harper, hiitiet-
1 later hap*I* t Cfusa le, Murnei,
Jill V' 8-1 .
M' 'Mi AY, I*'I A' 9
Comtntss|on.*t *■ t'.Htt-t. W'ldr-
I',-Mids Tournament t«vlns,
Tt’li' DAY, H I Y m
(diiHi[ t, KI111 ftieetinr, 1 hint*
1 I-a s clip , ntH.ii, Westeriu-i,
t.oll Prlji s tee q(|, Tup f,02
tbe.'ts. Fonv team ti.»sts Mar-
ble I all- ,
AAI I INF' DAY, H'l Y | 1
■’•oelal - > tiI Ity t ept escida-
II-.. vl*.H-
11; ’ i ■ (d*v, h i y l •
Pee W.-i - I*' I' -FD; t:dx c.
I A’’ ft iti.tl -■ > i.e d it I e I l-atti**)
1.1 i-*11nd I ions Club meeting.
The annual kiddle parade will
kick of! the 197.1 July Fourth
activities Wednesday at I p.m.
*« TTie parade, for young child-
ren as In former y.strs, will
begin from near the f irst haj>-
tlst Church. Children should lie
there tiy 12:30 p.m. In.order
to l*> rt«a-ly to go at I o’clock.
A fire truck will pad the
parade and traffic officers will
la* on haml to direct traffic as
(tie young .marchers tnake their
W!fy .around the courthouse
square.
From the parade, activities
will move to the city jnrk
wdiet;e there will !»* swimming
contests, a variety of games,
concession stands, a prtx;ram
later Iti the evening,.and a bril-
liant fireworks -tlsplay to
climax the lay’s activities.
are from Klngsland.
Klngslanders al so took the top
places In the two-wheel divi-
sion Vicki and Wesley Vander-
tsirg, first; Dawn Simmons, Se-
cond: and Janet Rotierts, third.
The three-wheel division also
saw Klngslanjlers aS winners';
Allan Vassar, first, Ray Hall,
second, ;tn<! Angela All.reil,
third.
Fou r-or-more-wheel divi-
sion: Scott Vi*ach of hurnet,
first; Mitchell hertram,- se-
cond; and Wonfty Roberts, third;
loth of Klngsland.
Walking division: Randy Thy-
lot of Ml flan I, first; Mark
Hannetl, second.
Adults t'llff Stone, first;'
Kenneth Poe, second; and Ro-
t>ert Iktvls, thirl; all of Klngs-
land.
Animals: Connie Kirch of
Klngsland, first. Paul Klrbv of
huckner Ranch, second; and
Goldie Russell of t latio, third.
Group divisions: Raal and
Averall children of' Klngsland,
first; Snyder and Wtods ot San
Antonio and Austin, second;and
Kings -Clowns, .third.
In the UkR parade, Mr. and
Mrs. Kotor! Veacti of hurnet
plachd first In the decorated
txiat division. National- Res_ort
Communities jilaced first In the
corumetclal division.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray herry won
the home decoration contest.
KINGS’! AND—An elaborate
fireworks dlsjrlay Saturday
night ended" the 1973 Klngsland
Aqualvsim which also Included
'turlti«_lts two 'lays, a motor-
less land foraile, a night l«tt
[xtrade, dances and many other
activities.
Hundreds of spectators turn-
ed out Naturilay morning to she
♦he motorless |«rade which
carried- out a (Htrlotlc theme
with ret), white and I due colors.
In the push-pull division, An.
Janette and hrad M c C a s I a n d
placed first; Romano Hall se-
cond and Allen Stone thlr-j. All
Historians To
Moot on Friday
There will to a special meet-
ing of the loar l of directors of
the I iano.Historical Society at
4 p.m. Friday, July G, ai the
Llano County Museum.
Historical Society president,
Lawrence I . hruhl, asks that
all directors try to to present.
JA J Hog Company, Chester
Wtilto Ireedet*. from Valley
Spring, have entered two loars
aULl—rwri rllts Iti gompetltloi a’
the second annual Matronal
Chester Whale Summer ‘Spot-
light, schedtllisl for July 12, 13,
and 14 at, the Indiana state I alt -
grounds, Indlanafxills, Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rlcketson
ot Austin visited last weekend
with his rents, Mr. and Mrs.
Russell (ticketsop.
Auctioneer Wins
National Honor
Clayton Is Temple*
with his wlf«* who Is seriously
tit ‘Srpft nnrl WhP»» Mrtspital.
Mi VIdns lit Fort
'Anrth h;»s idipn In I I,trio
Iny Nislnoss prn|N«rty to r^r-
fhaso. *'h»’ has iiM’fi ;i (Ml*‘sf of
♦ho iFil Moit \1tiiul,
Mi t iio\*|rii* I <11 <>hu»i'| ;n- J
i , Kill- K»*f r i fint n«*<| |‘ 11.
f:« v from ( "|t i:»< I# * City whore
they hji'l vt' tOtf \!r s. I'tii
harr!*1 f|:nit hi* i :• n* 1 sfMi-If.-Uiw,
\1f. sin I Mrs. < II I 1ow«ts.
Mr .iti*I Mis. A.J. Offer hud
us a house fnii’sMast week her
rin»ther, Mrs. Walter Wilson^
r,, of Ili adv.
I Mi v H in I la no n nd Save-
Darryl Grydar
Was Found Safe
Darryl c.ryder, 10-year old
son of Mr, and Mrs. Dennis
Gryder, was found safe near
tils home Friday after a starch
of several hours try the family,
neighbors and the Llano Volun-
teer Fire Deportment.
Helicopters also Scout tv I the
agea.
He tiecame lost alioiit 10 a.m.
when he ran off after lielng hit
with a rock. A search, which
became Triore Intensive js the
hours went try, was soon started.
He was found In a dazed cone
(Jltlon near the firyder home on
the Castell rood a I suit 2;30p.my
lle Is reported lo lie doing
Willard Jofthin ol Mason,
auctioneer al the Llano Live-
stock Auction Company, was
runner-up to the world cJinm-
pl ojuuie t toneer re ret i H y 11 iN' o r -
folk, Neltraska.
_There were 73 eontestants
from ERe United States and
Canada entereit In tin* World
Championship Auctioneer con-
test which Is sponsored by the
Competitive Livestock Market-
ing Association of Kansas City,
Mo. Some 3,00 head of cattle
were nctually sold during Hie
very wcfhaQer twine treatrsl fry
conlesl.
In addition lo Llano, Jordan a iloctog,
also etnfdnveil at (he Mastjj____> --—
” ■ ■ *T?5m<rrive-
was held Nalurdsy at the Rughanan Dam Art
and a large mi in her a(jilr lures none «»t wide
the first such show at Buchanan Dam and wa
' / ' (Llano Now*
Auction,
stork Auction til hrownwor»land
Gillespie livestock A'ustlon. lie
Is also engaged -In ranching In
Mason Copnty, , . *
Mrs. Rex Mavis Is 111 In
Rrarkenridge llosnlial In Aus-
tin where she Is undergoing
diagnostic tests.
MORE ENTRIES IN THE AQ0ABOQM Land Pafade Daniel Rot
pulled hJs dog In wagon rag* with algn labelrlA“Eeroshus Animal.
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Cunningham, T. H. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1973, newspaper, July 5, 1973; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1038027/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.