The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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THE LLANO NEWS
VOLUME LXV1I
Llano, Texas
Thursday, May 17, lOfui
Number 24
Rev. Haffiier To Speak Sunday At
High School Baccalaureate Services
Pageant Rehearsals
To Begin Tonight
Baccalaureate services for the
Llano high school graduating class
will be held Sunday at S p.m.
in the high school auditorium.
Rev. Edward J. llattner, vicar
of Grave Episcopal Church, will
be the guest speaker.
The program also Includes the
processional march by Mrs. Hud-
son Fowler; invocation. Rev. J. B.
Jordan, Castell Methodist church
Rehearsals for the pageant
Hymns: senior class and a sextet! Ann Brown Clara Joanna Gray. |H. staged in connection with the
composed of Sylvia Kothmann. j Glenda P. Heyen. Georgia A. Hoff-
Johnnle Norris. Doris Moran, Marl.! man, Billy Jo Higgins, Rachel \V
lyn Williams, Georgia Ann Hoff-
man, and Dorothy McDougal, Rev.
Milton E. Mayer will give the be
nedtctton and Mrs. Fowler will
play the recessional.
R. J. Cogburn, high school prin-
cipal listed 43 candidate for grad-
uation as: Betty L. Berry, Peggy
Jernigun. Sylvia M. Kothmann, M.
June Kennedy Myers. Dorothy M.
Me Bengali, Doris J. Moran, John-
nie Beth Norris, Barbara R. Oates,
Mildred J. Oehler, Barbara Gall
Ricketson,, Virginia N. Scheluchiu,
Marilyn Williams, Ruth M. Wood,
and Jackie Lee Eagle.
Also William W. Baweom. Roger
K. Beasley, Edward T. Brewer Ed-
ward Clay Carta, Darrel A. Davis.
Kenneth E. Decker, Roy It. Oreo-
welge. Charles W. Hartman. Ben-
nie L. Hedges, Freddy A. Hopson,
Llano County Centennial celebra-
tion have slurted. There will be
trials of various groups every dav
from now until the first perfor-
mance is showu to the public.
“Thee is no time to lose, "Bob
Carson, pageant director said
yesterday. “We have delayed the
rehearsals as long as possible, In
order that we would not Incon-
venience anyone any more than
necessary. We know people have
other interests, but if we are to
have a successful pageant, we
must have the cast thoroughly
trained in their various parts."
School Board Employs Architect
Coach, And Jr. High Principal
Koy L. Thomas and Son were I Blown. superintendent. has an-
hired as architects by the Llano j nouncod.
Independent School District hoard! The additional space will make
of trustees to plan a gymnasium,
hand hull, home making moms,
and administrative office, C. E.
more class rooms uvutlnble tor ma-
in the high school where the en-
rollment is increasing.
FFA Father And Son Banquet
Held At Cateteria Tuesday
Lloyd A. Huggins, William H. the director continued.
Land, Carroll E. Osbourn, Luther
Tommy Plant, Bill Ramsey, John
C. Ileagor, William H. Smith,
Donald James Shirley, Ronald
Clyde Shirley. Gary W. Tatscn,
l>arry F. Templeton, David Darrell
Templeton, Henry C. Willis, and
Kenneth Smarr.
-o . ...i
More Rain Brightens
Propsects For Llano
Today, Thursday, the first re-
hearsal will be a school scene at
4:<H! o'clock this nftv.rnoon. This,
as well as all others, will be In the ,ho ot meats and meat cuts
school gymnasium. At 7:00 o'clock the classes and chapter learns
the color guard will be called and un,t °ther services,
at 7:30 the Gay ‘90”s scene will ho ' The program included the fol-
rehearsed. lowing: Invocation by Don Lee
Toinmorrow, Friday, the Civil Williamson; The <ty>enlng cere-
War scene will be gone through mony by David Stewart, Presl-
a meeting of the school board
trustees, held this week. James E.
Moore was elected u ; head coach
for the coming year. Moore is at
present teaching at Sunbeam high
school at Corpus Christl. Ho at-
tended the Cnlverslty of Houston.
Mrs. Moore has been elected to
teach in grade school.
M. A. Montgomery, at present
superintendent of 'the Audtco
school, has been elected as prtncl-
* pul of the O Henry Junior High
At the Annual Father and son. llarrle Ward. Treasurer; Willie „.hool to succeed C .1 Daev who
liamiuot Tuesday night Vernon | Land. Secretary; and Eugene Hus- resigned to become superintendent
West operator of the local frozen sell, Advisor. Donald Osbourn gave 0f t|,p j,tt,,Mt> Hill Schools
a summary of the accomplish- „
ments of the past year. The re-
ports of class work as presented
by: Alfred Hallmark for V. A.
L Chains Garter for V. A. 11,
and ,lHok Tntsch for V. A. 11. A
film by the Fish and Game Com-
mission on predatory animals was
shown.
locker plant was awarded the
Honorary Chapter Farmer De-
gree. Mr. West was elected by
the members of the Llano FFA
for his friendly assistance with
DULY TRIED AND SENTENCED ... Is Olen Morris, found guilty
and locked in the stock at Saturday’s session of Kangaroo Kourt.
George Rogers, A Keysone Kop, seea that the letter of the law Is
obeyed.
Justice Dealt to Law Breakers
Saturday At Kangaroo Kourt Here
Llunoans entered whole-hearted-
ly into the spirit of a mlrthsomo
mock Kangaroo Kourt held Satur-
day afternoon on the courthouse
square.
A group of Keystone Kops had
been appointed, in the spirit of the
coming Llano County centennial
celebration, to keep order and the
first hilarious trials were held
Saturday.
The first offenders tried were
Bailey Ratliff, O. W. Rusche, M.
C. Dalcliau, with Joe Siebers fol-
lowing close behind. Others were
arrested whllo court was In ses-
sion.
Officials were Judge Roy Bean
(Alex) Hardin; Sheriff Murray
Ellis, Jailer Perry Randolph, and
Keystone Kops, Dalmond Nixon,
Dan Derby, Herb Otto, and George
Rogers.
Bailey Ratliff, who appeared
first on the docket was charged
(See "Justice” page 8)
at 7:00 o'clock In the evening nnd
the church scene nt 7:40 o’clock.
Monday evening at 7:15 the
boom yours will go into action, fol-
Llano county farmers and lowed nt 7:.‘lo by the square dan-
ranchers in particular, and busl- ; cers nnd pioneers,
ness men as well, rejoiced this Tuesday at 7:30 the Indian sceno
week over much-needed rainfalls, will be rehearsed.
Tuesday afternoon reports of Next Wednesday the prologue
rain In Llano county included .51 will be practiced at 7:00 o'clock
in the city; .50 at Valley Spring; In the evening.
.35 at Castell; 1 Inch ul Eslion; i “We cannot emphasise too much
and only a trace at Buchanan Dam. j Ihe necessity of everyone being
A report, was received of over present for these rehearsals,“
2 Inches at Junction and the 1 Carson pointed out, "this is up to
Llano River could possibly he up j Ihe individual and cannot he left
some.
Llano county farmers have been
very busy since the rains of about
two weeks ago; however, recent
high winds and high temperatures
have deen drying the land very
fast, and grass was burning up,
and fields drying out.
The government would like
someone in the rural areas to re-
port rainfalls or unusual weather
Mrs. Anna Shipp’s Future Home
makers of America served the
banquet which was prepared by
dent; Donald Osbourn, Vice-Pro- tlio lunch room women. One
sldent; l*'111 I'*'0 Williamson. Hen- hundred ten FFA members, fathers
tinel; Duncan Wright, Report; land guests were present.
Llano Left Without
Constable Candidate
, It looks like Llano will be loft
high and dry without a constable
one of these days.
At least, Charles Scott lias autho-
rized Tlie News to announce that
he is withdrawing from the race
for constable of I’reelnot No. t.
Sometime ago Jake Merkel, the
only other candidate for the posi-
tion, also withdrew his name
for someone oIho to do."
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Truck Turns Over
On Highway 29
Packing Plant Manager To Speak
Here Wed. To Livestock Kaisers Assn.
The annual meeting of tho Hill
Country Livestock Kaisers Associ-
ation will he held next Wednes-
day night, May 23rd at the Llano
School lunchroom. A big hurhoquo
uupper will all the >t rimming,
will lie Nerved beginning at 7:30
p.m. according to Sherman Ling,
chairman of the food committee
Clayton Htrlbllng, president of the
organization emphasized that
mouthers and their wives and nil (lie lan-ntd cattle feed lot nr-as In
Olliers thal are Interested in the the 1'nlled Sialh-. Mr German will
livestock Industry in Llano County I dismiss the "Future Outlook fur
are urged to attend i Feeder I'utlle" by givln," a report
Mr G It. German, manager of I <>n the present Mains of all the
the Swift and Company packing j feed lot areas In lie- 1'nlled
plant of Han Antonio will l>« the Slates, what changes are hiking
featured speaker Before coining to
San Antonio Iasi December, Mr
German was plant manager at
Columbus, Ohio, which is one o!
Health Department OKs Water
Supply For County Hospital
A large vegetable trailer-truck
and a pickup collided at an early
hour Sunday morning about 12
disturbances or situations to Glen miles west of Llano on Highway
Myers, official Llano county I 20.
weather observer. Anyone Interest. Slate highway patrolman Bill
eH In making the report from lliolr Shipp, who investigated the uc
community should contact Mr. uldent, said after the collision, the ! civil engineer with the division of
Myers. ! driver of the track swerved, the sanitation of the State Depart-
MlnUruiler came loose, and turned merit of Health.
Mayor If. J. Hoerster received a
letter this week from V. M Eh lets,
Centennial Queen Nominees
Jostle For High Placings
Max
91
•ver.
Both trailer and pickup were do
niollshed, and damages were ustl
mated at about $12,000.
The trailer truck wan loaded
with lettuce, 7H cases of which
were lost.
The letter said that In view of
ihe results of a recent Inspection,
and the assurance given by the
idty council tliui certain require
In consider water supply require
ments of the I llll llurieii Art lull
been complied wllIt In n rul'd in .
hospital for Llano county.
John Winn Scott, architect om
ployed for the hospital, was Mi
Llano Ibis week looking over pro-
posed slles. He will return later
ments would be complied with, with a representative of the Stall >
recommendation had been made to Hoard of Health, for filial approv |
Ihe division of hospital services it a slle
place In marketing meal products
plus an Insight of how buyers of
livestock determine how much
they can pay for lives! k on any
given market dav.
Strlhlliig pointed out that there
have hot n several con-ui; ier sur-
vey made ever the In -I States
re outly that have allow n Indica-
tions that the li<>umi• v i is In-
terested in buying beef with loss
fat. Mr German will di -cuss these
survey and how they may or may
not aif et our beef m - -idliv-, Gor-
don Ileiiop, .1 I, II- Ml- k, and
James Epperson are on the pro-
gram committee.
■ 'receding Mr. German, the
group will Is at Ihe annual re-
port of the pre ddent ani sucre-
'ary plus the n initiatin'." commit-
iV page 8)
Ann Basse took the lead In the
ce for "Miss Llano” to reign
queen of the Llano County
•ntennlal celebration fhls week,
le went ahead of Sally Hardin,
Ijo was the leader at the end of
e first week of voting. The con-
Bt closes May 31. Miss Hardin
Only Two Democratic
Races Seen In Llano
Llano County will have only two
•ontests In the Democratic pri-
mary this year: For sheriff, tax-
asaessor collector and commis-
sioner of precinct No. 1 which In-
cludes the city of Llano.
F>»r the sheriff, tax-assesaor
collector post, four men originally
filed: L. B. Turbiville, J. C. Shir-
ley, Tommy Fowlar, and Willie
Smith. Later, however, Fowler
withdrew his name.
Three men hare filed as can-
didates for commissioner of pre-
cinct No. 1: C. B. Smith, if. D.
Boater, and Alex_ Hardin. David
Stewart, present Incumbent, la not
seeking another term.
Other posts to be voted upon In-
clude county attorney. A. O. Muel-
ler, Incumbent, la seeking re-elec-
tion: commissioner, precinct No.
S, Bunt Moors has filed for re-
rtcntloa to this office: nnd con-
stable. precinct No. 1. Two men.
Jake Merkel and Charles Scott,
fend AM tor tide position, tort
they
had withdrawn their
is now second.
Palsy Rogers maintained her
: position in third place, but Geor-
j gia Ann Hoffmann went ahead of
| Arlene I-elfesta for fourth place.
Miss Leifeste is now in fifth place.
The next three, Marilyn Williams,
Sylvia Kothmann and Peggy
Brown, maintained their positions,
but Jonnle Beth Norris switched
places with Sarah Oatman. Keba
Wallis kept her position for ano-
ther week.
Dolores Henderson passed three
of the contestants and Is now fol-
lowing Miss Wallis. She ,ia follow-
ed by Joy Patton, Joanna Gray
and Leonardine Alexander. The
others, in order, are Barbara
Castellaw, Verna I^Ray Osbourn,
!*atsy Harlow, Joyce Smarr and
Doris Moran.
Contestants will receive a bonus
of ten per cent of the total votes
they turn In during this week,
which ends at 6:00 o’clock Tues-
day evening. The first week the
bonus was 20 percent and it was
16 percent the past week. The last
week of the contest there will be
a bonus of five percent added tc
the score of each contestant.
The winner of the contest will
receive a prise of $100.00 in cash
plus another valuable prise, which
may be krtot as a reminder of win-
ing. The four next high girls will
receive $26.00 In sash and a gold
prise appropriately engraved
Plane are being made for the
float on which the five winning
glila will ride In the opening para-
de on Monday, Jane 4.
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The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1956, newspaper, May 17, 1956; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth815975/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.