The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1985 Page: 4 of 31
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Extra distance
Last weak’s sweep of the University Inter-
scholastic Literary meet by Llano Junior High
School students at Brady was a significant
event. ’ ’
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In this time when about all wa hear is the
number of school students who are failing
subjects and therefore are unable to compete
in extracurricular events, it is refreshing to
have students who excel.
In the Brady meet Llano eighth graders
took all the points in Duet Acting and all the
points in Spelling.
Our Llano seventh grade teams took every
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Served well
Two veteran trustees of the Llano school
board stepped down from their posts Tuesday
evening after nine years of service on the
board. Alberta Allred and Ted Franklin each
served three terms as trustees for the school
district.
Llano school pptrops have been served well
by these two who have given so freely of their
Editorial /Opinion
Llano Newt, Thursday April 11,1985
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Letters to the editor
Tax day
Dear Editor:
The abundantly fragrant seas of
bluebonnets bring good news and
bad news: rebirth and renewal, and
tax day. This year, j am especially
conscious of what tax day means^to
me.
1. It means the tax money I owe
has already been spent.
2. Over 60 percent of income tax
will go to past and present military
spending.
3. 10 percent will pay far exotic
nuclear weapons and their delivery
systems including 30 indefensible,
destabilizing "missiles experimen-
tal" billed by the President as a
bargaining chip, and costing millions
of dollars a piece.
4. If the President has his way it
will buy $14 million worth of
terrorism in Nicaragua.
5. Who knows how much of it will
be spent trying to detect all the 50
cent wrenches being sold tq the
Pentagon for $500?
I believe we are responsible at
every level for the way our tax money
is spent. We do not elect leaders who
tell us what is right. We elect
representatives who act on our
behalf. But if our representatives,
elected as public servants, do not
hear from us, we leave them to play
politician, whether in Washington,
Texas or Llano.
Democracy requires participation
by all of us or it becomes a channel
for special interest procurement.
Voting is not enough. Our represen-
tatives need to be held accountable
to us and our children, not corporate
contractors. Write to Congressman
Tom Loeffler, U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives, Washington, D.C.,
20515, Senators Bentsen and
Gramm, U.S. Senate, Washington,
D.C. 30510, and the President at the
White House, 30500. Also, attend
the Llano School Board meetings.
We have borrowed the world from
our children - they will pay for our
neglect.
Cindy Evans
Llano cafe
To the editor:
“A home away from home” reflects
how many folks feel about one little
cafe in Llano, Texas.
Through the years, it has offered
rest and refuge to many a weary
traveler and stranded motorist
traveling through our town.
Those travelers have arrived
feeling alone and bewildered, but
soon realized they were among
friendly and caring folks.
There have been, on a number of
occasions, when- a stranded and
broke person was bedded down in a
icomfortable bed in the cafe’s store
(room.
Such persons, all through the
years, have arrived at this small cafe
as strangers and left as friends.
Through the years of its existence,
truck drivers, as well as other
motorists, have taken refuge there
The LLANO NEWS
Serving Llano, Llano County and the
Highland Lakes area since 1889.
Published every Thursday at 813 Berry Street, Llano, Texas 78643.
Entered in the Llano Post Office as second class mail under the Act of
Congress of 1878. USPS 316-799.
WALTER L. BUCKNER. Editor and Publisher
T.H. CUNNINGHAM. Publisher Emeritus
FRED TAYLOR .................... ......News Editor *
GENE BUCKNER..................Advertising Director
SARAH BUCKNER........‘.............Life Style Editor
DOD1E V1ERUS... .’.... . Office Manager and Bookkeeper
A.C. • K1NCHELOE...........Printing Dept. Supervisor
. DON SUMMERS..........^.Production and Printing
BARBARA BURFORD.......Production and Office Supplies
ANN MILLER..............Proofreader and Reception
LINDA WEEMS..................... Advertising Sales
MARY BROWN....................Kingsland Reporter
JOHN CABALLERO.................Production Assistant
COLUMNISTS: Hal Cunningham. Dodie Vieras, Marilyti Hale and
John Kuykendall.
NEWS CORRESPONDENTS: Ruth Deal. Eoline Kowierschke, Harold
Johanson, Lottie Wyckoff. Mrs. Ben Polk, Cookie Walker and Linnette
Osbourn.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Llano County $10.51 per year. Elsewhere in
‘Texas $14.72 per ypsr. Out-of-state $17.00 per year. All payable in
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The Llano News solicits letters to the editor concerning issues of local
interest. Letters must be signed and no longer than two standard
pages, double-spaced and typed if possible. The staff reserves the
right to edit all letters according to accepted standards. For further
information call The Llano News at 915/247-4433.
Tour
Dear Editor:
We would like to thank you very
much far letting us tour the News
office. We would especially thank
Fred Taylor for showing how the
paper is put together and Don
Summers for showing us how the
machinery works. The tour was very
interesting and informative. We all
enjoyed it very much.
April Akin
Amy Meschnark
Kasandra McPherson
Tracy Chitwood
Kelly Hughes
Jennifer Brewer
Stephanie Hawkins
Betsy Burford
Nancy Hawkins
Girl Scout Troop 079
bi-
section in the meet picking up e total of 146
points while the other three schools in the
competition combined for a total of only 35
points.
The seventh graders picked up firsts and
most other places in all events including Duet
Acting, Prose, Impromptu Speaking, Modern
Oratory, Spelling, Number Sense and Ready
Writing.
Our congratulations to these your\psters of
our school system, their parents and their
teachers who obviously "went the extra
distance" to post this outstanding record.
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time and expertise to a most difficult and
sometimes frustrating job.
Many changes have occurpd in our schools
over the past decade and these two have been
there to set policy to help keep our schools
running smoothly. rt "
We are grateful to Mrs. Allred and Mr.
Franklin for their time and effort in our behalf.
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when the fag was too dense to
continue on safely, or when a storm
. was too severe, or the roads were too
icy to risk driving at night. They've
drunk their coffee, eaten their snacks
and swapped yarns until it was safe
to continue their journey.
This little place, not all all fancy,
"Llano Cafe,” as it is called now,
“Linda’s Cafe' before that, but to
the hoards of deer hunters,
fishermen, party goers, andall of us
ole timers, it will always be S-Bar! A
place that, through the years, has
offered all those folks and good ole
home folks, a warm and friendly
place to meet old friends, make new
friends and enjoy coffee made from
that good ole Llano river water, and
as good a home-cooked meal as can
be found.
The little place is a warm and
friendly tradition, an asset to thq
area and it is with the fondest hope
that it will continue for many years to
come!
— Llano just wouldn't be the same
without it.
Love the good ole S-Bar, my home
away from home.
A stranger who become a friend,
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“Awright preacher them wuz beautiful words,but
I still say to hell with these golden years!”
From the sidelines
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Mail proves interesting
By Fred Taylor
It is always interesting to open the
mail at a newspaper office. Besides
the usual run of news Items,
advertising, promotions, stories —
some good or bad and a few in
between — there is usually at least
one surprise in the bundle.
.Jake last Saturday for an example.
I had the opportunity to stop by the
office, get the mail, sort it out far
different departments and then take
a quick look at the offerings for the
day.
The nfost interesting one this day
came from Du Pont Industry News
who went to all of the trouble of
providing a full-color placemat enti-
tled "Food for Thought." The
picture depicted a family of four —
husband, wife and two elementary
age children along with the U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture John Block,
and vice president of Biochemicals,
at Du Pont Co., Dale E. Wolf and one
of the largest displays of food you
could imagine.
The purpose of the promotion and
picture was to illustrate just how
much food a family of four eats in a
year on an average. Picture if you
can, this group standing next to two
and a half tons of food of all kinds.
This included 629 pounds of red
meat, 260 pounds of chicken and
turkey, 1,233 pounds of dairy
products, 13 pounds of frozen fruits,
4t)0 pounds of fresh vegetables, 598
pounds of flour an*l other cereal
products and a host of other
products.
The whole purpose of the presen-
tation was to accent how many (78)
the American farm family feeds at
this time and age. Multiply all of the
above figures by 19 and you can see
a little bit of how much is involved
for on farmer. Of those 78 people
there are 52 that live in the United
States and 26 overseas. This is more
than twice the amount since 1930.
A few more facts in the message
said that the money you spend for
food takes only 16.6 percent of your
disposable income compared with 17
percent five years ago and 23 percent
in 1951. It doesn't seem possible but
according to the report your income
buys considerably more food than it
did 20 years ago. The reason given is
because consumer income has risen
faster than food prices.
Things have changed quite a bit
down on the farm. In 1940 the best
tractor in the field was a four
cylinder, four-speed transmission
boasting 45 horsepower and it was
considered large for its day. In 1934
you could buy a tractor with steel
wheels for $675 and if you wanted
rubber tires it was a sum total of
$825.
Now you can buy a four-wheel,
6-cylinder turbocharged diesel trac-
tor that generates 305 horsepower. It.
has a 20-speed transmission and the;
cab can be equipped with sophisti-
cated monitoring equipment, air!
conditioning, and perhaps an;
AM/FM radio and cassette player.;
The price has changed a bit. How!
about the price of four Cadillacs?!
Farming isn’t for me.
This is the opening week of the!
Bluebonnet Trail and there are a lot;
of people who sure didn't wait for the;
official weekend set by the Highland;
Lakes Tourist Association. There!
have been more pictures taken this!
year and there will be a tot more;
before the bluebonnets fade. This-
has to be the best production in!
years. When you see the bluebon-!
-nets high on the hillside and;
complete pastures covered it is a-
sight to behold. And don’t forget the!
Indian paintbrush. Put the two;
together and you have a restful scene;
well worth seeing even if you have to-
travel a long distance to get here.!
Have a nice drive and visit.
THE
Wanderer
By Hnl Cunningham
Juanita Hensley
About this time of year we receive
a lot of requests for the summer
schedule of the Point Theatre at
Ingram. Many Llano County people
drive to Ingram for the summer
plays.
The Point Theatre is an outdoor
theatre located on the banks of the
Guadalupe River at Ingram, six
miles west of Kerrville. It is staffed
by a group of talented performers
fiom Kerr County and from Houston.
They stage about five plays or
musicals during the summer season,
and they do a very creditable job of
it. We have seen "Oklahoma,"
"South Pacific," "Brigadoon,” and
several other Broadway musicals
produced at the Point Theatre, and
they did a very professional job.
Ingram is about a 70-mile drive
from Llano. Go to Kerrville and then
six miles west to Ingram. Don't
expect to get back early. Since the
Point Theatre is an outdoor theatre,
they can't start till about a quarter
tilt dark, and with daylight savings
time, that comes rather late.
The theatre is built on the banks of
the beautiful Guadalupe River,
which usually is a quiet little stream,
but can become a roaring monster
after a heavy rain. It is flooded out
almost annually. In fact, they built
the stage with hinges on both sides,
like a water gap, so that the flood
waters can flow right through. They
occasionally lose a piano when the
river comes up unexpectedly, but
usually they manage rather well and
move everything to high ground
before a rise in the river.
Schedule for the coming summer
includes:
June 5-22 — Dear World.
June 27-July 8— Our Town.
July 10-20 — Godspell.
July 24-August 30 — The Odd
Couple.
August 7-24 — Carousel.
"Dear World” is an adaptation of
Giraudoux "Mad Woman of Chail-
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lot.” It ran for 132 performances on!
Broadway.
"Our Town” is a widely produced]
Pulitzer Prize play by Thornton*
Wilder. - \
"Godspell" by John Michael Teb-J
elak relies greatly on the Gospel of;
Matthew. It has played the White
House and the Vatican and has been*
produced the world over.
"The Odd Couple" is a comedy;
that ran for 964 performances at New «
York's Plymouth Theatre.
The musical "Carousel" is aj
Rodgers and Hammerstein favorite:
that ran for 108 weeks on Broadway.!
Admission to the Point Theatre is]
nominal, and reservations may be'
made calling 512-367-5122.
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Though the Bluebonnet Trail}
doesn’t start till this coming week-]
end, the flowers are beautiful in]
almost any direction you want to}
drive from Llano. The bluebonnets,}
with a goodly mixture of Indian]
Paintbrush, make all of our highways'
beauty spots. We’ve seen the}
bluebonnets taller and thicker, but]
we can't fault their beauty this 1
season. That’s what plenty of rain!
will do for the country.!
Talk of Texas
By Jack Maguire
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY —
Pigeons trained at San Antonio's
Kelly Air Force Base helped the U.S.
win World War I.
Until the pigeon became the
Army's self-contained and airborne
system of communication, the tele-
phone was the only mechanical
means of maintaining contact be-
tween headquarters and units on the
Western front. However, it was a
device often rendered inoperable by
artillery fire and bombs. Radio didn't
exist. 1 rx
Thus the birds became the most
reliable way -to deliver messages.
Early in the war, a Pigeon Depart-
ment was established at Kelly. Its
job was to breed and train birds to"
carry information. Training consis-
ted of flying the pigeons to varying
distances from their lofts, then
releasing them to fly home.
These lofts were in a small building
containing hundreds of caged nests.
Each nest had a hinged door and a
device that dropped the entrance and
recorded the exact time when the
resident bird returned from a
mission.
Casualties were high. Many of the
birds, once free, deserted and failed
to return. Others were captured or
shot by hunters. Those who did
return did so for only one reason —
the sexual attraction of a mate.
Those who survived “graduated”
to combat service in Europe. Some
carried messages between the tren-
ches and headquarters. Others flew
with combat pilots. If their planes
were shot down or stranded,, they
were to use the pigeons to get a
message back stating jheir general
whereabouts.
As better mechanical communica-
tions were developed, the homing
pigeon a|l but disappeared as an
instrument of war.
TEXAS FIRST — In 1879, the
Legislature created the state's first
health department.. Dr. Robert
Rutherford was named to head it.
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SIX FLAGS TO US PART — One
frontier couple were so worried
about the rapid changes in the
various governments of Texas that
they insisted on being married under
each one.
The late Dean T.U. Taylor of The
University of Texas told the story
years ago. It concerned John Litton
and^Sarah Standifer who were first
married when Mexico ruled Texas.
"Texas changed its politic*! com-
plexion so often that Sarah wanied to
run no risk in regard to the legality of
her marriage to John," Taylor wrote.
"Each new flag brought a new
ceremony. Five times they were
married — under five of the six flags
that have waved over Texas."
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The cemetery was named for a!
hamlet founded in 1876 which has;
disappeared. Two brothers, Charles!
and J.H. Dudley, founded it. They!
were such staunch Democrats that;
they named the settlement and the-
burial place after their favorite-
political party. J
THE GOOD OLD DATS — i
Today's harried traveler by air might]
like to know how it was in the golden;
era of the railroad passenger train. !
In 1905, the Katy Railroad an-!
nounced a new service for Pullman;
passengers. On request, the railroad;
would send a wagon to the traveler's!
home or office to pick up luggage.]
Later a carriage would arrive to pick;
up and deliver the passenger directly;
to train-side.
WHAT'S IN A NAME? — There's
a graveyard in Mills County known
as Democrat Cemetery. However, a
few Republicans are buried there,
too. ,
WHAT’S IN A NAME? - Of the! .
254 counties In Texas, 96 were!
named for patriots of the Revolution;
against Mexico and leaders of the-
new Republic that followed inde-!
pendence. These include 15 counties:
that honor heroes of the Alamo. ' ;
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Buckner, Walter L. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1985, newspaper, April 11, 1985; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1178839/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.