The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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The Llano News.
volume u
LLANO. TLXAS THURSDAY. JUNE «. 1939
NTMHKK 2*
The News
CORRAL
THE MAN BEHINO THE RODEO
Thu community owe# a debt o(
gratitude to Clinton Hardin. of WH
w fitjr. whose tireless efforts and
who— «rilliiun»-*» to Lake a risk
promise* I.Uoo oa this KYlday. Hat
unlay and Sunday. tbe tx*»t *ad tor
erst rod no 1a Its history
Mr liardla. probably expect* to
ake a proll In® the v>-mur». but
this expectation of profit in oo way
hould detract from the tribute that
s due hi® fro® this community
Ha has doae a trot class job to
mot tag tba pid-o. and we doubt If
ban* la a city or a village wtthio a
00-mito radius of LUoo la whi a
ha event has aot uaaa publicised one
y or another
Mr Hardin is not a "professional*'
odeo promoter He is primarily a
an ba*n who ioag ha* be. a inierea
ed ta rodwM and who baa staged
managed many such affairs Ho
known to all rodeo contestants
b'ougboat tho pouthwest and be
now a must of the® They kaow thai
h*n be undertakes the promotion of
I rod~o that be knows what bn is
ng aad. < onaequently, bn is able
o obtain outstanding talent Tbn
rfornreru kaow. also that wh**n
Union liardla has charge of a rodeo,
will be fairly conducted aad every
a will have an even cnance and
here will be ao favorites
No bettor man could have been »e
[««-t--d by the r It liens of l.Uin Thin
mmunily is fortunate in having en
ted bis interest and bit service#
As a matter of fact, regardless of
hat the ratio of gate receipts to oa*
aaes may be Mr Hardin can ha'd
expect to make a "prodI" In the
Cl meaning of that word Tbe time,
talent and tBe energy he baa de-
ed to this community event any
here would command a b.gb prem
m Tbe services of su< b men come
h
IMMUNITY cooperation
Undoubtedly Mr Hardm could not
a> ■ a* * <>ni|e .-n-d n. . . •
b- aried roop-'ntuin this
mm unity. Men uomeu aad child
I’D hate entered luto tb ep.nt of
o<. asion \L>» hate n*-> r < n a
lore .irlklag maulf«-«taU<>n of c, u
■ unity < ooperation than has been eu
ted in the support of tbe fortb-
>ming rodeo
Bu.ineaa men have aided in every
Oes file way Tbe at. age re.idea:
f Llaoo. away from to*n on a b .«
is or pleasure jaunt, with bis big
t and red lettered hand band baa
a walking adtertument for the
eo
Men hast* have been solicited and
ponded freely la ross<*. I to a with
lous enterprise* such as the
and parage. Friday afternoon, that
III aid la putting the rodeo over ta
big way
nd the «ommunity today Is In a
her of escitemeOl In preparation
the part It Is to play la the rodeo
uaes are being as*-mbled aad
tries are being prepared for the
rad-
ad this spirit of community t>
ration stay he lalerpreted as a
but® withia Itself to Clinton Hxr-
tt lav imi behind the rodeo
V NLUMAGE
nature, the male Is the bird that
r* the bt.gbt plumage Am >ag
ok i ad -that ta, la moat civilised
loss —convention demands that the
le le mirktvd to rather drap ap
while his male to permitted to
fine feathers
Mot always has this been true, how-1
er la the comparatively recent past
a ceatary o- more ago men1
naturally to laces, frills, fur be
s. aad beauiy patches, to nay noth
of ornate coiffures
We at*ays have suspected that
s yea for colorful garb su sup-
rather than dead TVs sp*ing
notice the young aea are appear
lu pubtir ta spuria riot tow that
as gay aad Informal as pajamas,
d we also have noticed that adults
to the gay rarb of rodeo trad!
without much hacking
haps oe are on the ilirMMd
a revolution la man's garb There
aa old proverb to the effect that the
Llano Saddles up for Big Rodeo
GRAND PARADE on FRIDAY
Entries to be Judged at 3:30
Th* big street parade, wrhicfc will
CLASS 7—Most anginal group
open the Llaee rode* celebration
ontry.
will begin lorm.ng at 3:M o’clsck
CLASS 1—Beit group of two
Fr.c*i/ afternoon on th* east s.d#
ndora.
of Hasas Bros star*, and these
CLASS 9—Bast group of three
planning ts participate are urged
cowgrls—including Llano and
t* be en hand promptly at that
neighboring towns and count'da.
tim*. Judgirg will ha Sen* at
Frvm cash donation* made by
that plac* aa assn aa th* farms-
Llano business men cash prises
t-on it campiatsd
of $! 00 and $2.SO will be award
Th* parade will than »tart at
ad first and **cord place winners
4:10 s'clack, coming acres* the
in each group. If there is on'y
bridge and circling th# court
an* entry in any of these clas*
house square.
os. anly th* first place pr.se of
Then* plan *utg t# enter are
15 00 will be awarded.
urged t* taka hat* ef the nine
Berne of the cowboy rider* end
different class** In which they
ar* t* group themselves in erder
along the length and on the aides
t* compete for th* cash prises
of th* parade in erder t* guard
ts be awaretd. Th*** classes.
the safety af children and wore
whic.i will farm and pared* in
an rider*. Every effort will be
the order named. ar* at f#i-
mad* ta pelic* th* parade and a*
lews:
sure safety, but th* rodeo man
CLAES 1—Junior cowgirl. 12
agon-ent and committee* have an
year* and under.
noucad that they will not be re
CLASS 2—Junior cowboy. 12
sponsible far any acc dent* or
year* and under.
mishaps that might occur.
CLASS 5— Adult cowgirl.
Anyone wishing more inform*
CLASS 4— Adult cowboy.
tl*n about tho parade should con
CLASS S—Meat cam.cal entry.
suit Allan Newsom, chairman *f
19 year* and under.
the parade committee
CLASS S— Meet original single
Th* street parade will be held
entry
•n Friday afternoon only.
Schools of*
Pension Law
County
Provisions
Classified
Explained
t'laasitratious 1*4 two IJaao county
Tb» representative of the >«1 »*.•
*<:to»lto were ratand at tbr reguusr
pensiua bureau, oho 1* vNuxI to
m. -tinc of tbe county board of school
«pp»«r at tbe court bourn- in Uano
trustee* tbe past week. Tbe le-ltm
primp- -live applicants wbo wi*b to
rerg m bool will add on# fade, rare
Friday, will take r-gistrat ion* of
lag 1! from seven to *ignt grades, and
fUo under the recently -ua'-d
lire i a»lel| sebooi eaa ruliwej two
libi-rnlu-d pension tow. la was an-
Ex-pupils
To Honor
F. M. Behrns
Professor F M H.-hrn* of IJaaa
will be the enirul figure at the uld
t'herokee Coll-ge home-comra* to be
held Saturday, July 1. at Gray Mill
Pond it be urn- known tuis w —*
through tbe a tiviti.-a of J A Walk.*'
and others of the Cherokee > a
in unity
Ex siudents w h whim the com-
mittee could get Into contact have
received the following invitation:
"You are cordially invited to a tend
a home-coming of the F M ll-irni
e« students to be held at t'he -ke*.
Saturday, Jjly 1, at (Jray Mill Pond.
It will t»e a basket picnic with barbe-
cue and coffee, and an opportunity
to meet many of your old arhoil mates
and turn backward the flight of tim-
aad live over again one of the long
ago yesterdays Our beloved Instruc-
W estern Atmosphere
Prevails on Eve of
Annual 3-Day Event
Thousands
ot Spectators
Expected
Everything la set for Llano ounty’a
outstanding event of tbe year —the
big :h'e»*iay and aigbt rodeo celoba?
lion to be staged Friday. Saturday
BEST LLANO COUNTY ROPER TO
REPRESENT LLANO AT MASON
The Llano county roping contest-
ant making tbe highest 3-day average
in the Llano rodeo cm June !*. 10 and
11 will represent Llano in the special
Hill Country matched roping r iuteat
at the Mason jodii, June 20, 21 aad
22. It was decided laat week at a
tut t-nug of the dire, lore of the IJano
Chamber of Commerce
The Mason County Fair aa.ocialloa
ext nded the iuvitation for Llano
grades, raising it from eight to leo
gradea
In tbe following claasiflcAtion of
county school* the number appearing
after the name of the school indicates
tbe number of grades which will be
taught during tbe ensuing year:
Long Mountain >. lame drove. II,
Bluffton. ?. Evergreen. ?. Caatell. IS.
Latham. 7. Out man Creek, 7. Sly
Mile 7. Prairie Mountain. 7. Valley
Spring It. Gainesville, 7. Tow, 9.
Honey Creek. 7. Handy VaUey 7.
Baby Heed. I. Bennett. 7. Kiagalaad.
It N-w Hope I, Lwhmberg. i (lev-
tret b 7. Hut<-hm*oa. 11
The county board of school trustees
p.< tiding to W W Watkins, chair
man. In each cane was guided by the
wishes of the local trustee, an 1 pa-
trons present at tbe meeting In case*
where school district* were not re-
presented it was assumed that th*ro
was no d-stre for any change In 'he
. t ssih it ion of the school
W 0 PARKMILL BUYS INTEREST
OF BROTHER IN DAIRY FIRM
Effective June I, Winifred It Park
’ hill became the sole owner of Park
! hill s Itoiry. ahi.h had been operated
j Jointly by him and big brother Thotr
a* Parkhlll The totter to planning
to return to hi* former home in Bean
moat.
PEC HOUSE WIRING CONTRACTS
BEING SIGNED IN 5 COUNTIES*
Mr and Mrs T V Hill, accompani-
ed by ito ,r granddaughter Mir- lias
j a la raise Barnett, motored lo Brady,
I Wednesday, for a brief visit.
j Mr* D F Dunaeay. nccoopanL'd
| by her child recently left Llaae for
Hr Lento where she to making an «
vlaPed with her parents
Bounced Monday of this week by
Ar< n Carson, from the dlatrlct off: -e
at Brownsville While in Llano. Mr.
Carson accepted a few registrations
l’nd»r the terms of the new law,
recently enacted by the state legle
total®, no inquiry can he med<- a*
to the ability of a child or other rei*
live to support an appib aal.
Furthermore Mr t'arnon said, the
value of the reddest homestead can
hot be taken into consideration in
determining tbe ne«d of tbo applicant
He may own 11.509 worth of pereonal
property, If marrl-d aad >1009. If
single He may have as much aa >1(0
n cash or uotes and may carry up to
II btt in life lasuran* - the cash value
of tbe policy or policies not being con
side red
Mr Ca-aon announced that ao pre-
sent recipient of a pension n-*-l apply
at this time, lie emphasised Hi fact
that although regtsiratson* are being
made. appllcaCona should not be filed
anti) aoiiflcatloa by the pension bu-j
reaa
It would be theoretically possible
under th» new pension law. Mr Car-
son said for aa applkaat to ownta
roe a. re biackland fa-m hate 11.599
worth of tyvesUKk. have a bank depos-
it of 1399. carry a II NO life Insur-
ance poll y and have children worth
millions of dollar* and auli qualify
for an old age pension
However, an applicant In that in
aortal condition he said, might have
dlfd-aily In proving the o -d for aa
• slan e.
lor will be with us. The meeting wil
not be complete without your pr-c performance will t>e held Sunday af
-nee Lat'a make It a day long to b> jie-nooi at 2 39 o'clo< k Admission
rem-mber Tell your ex stud-nt will be 50 cent* for adults and 25
friend* about It." I c-nt» tor children
A gala street paiadt , wblcb will
iorm it 3 39 o’clock *n the »asl side
of Has•• Bros store aud begin march
mg at 4 !9. will be the opening fi-a
tare Cash prise,, of >5 and |2.6u wilt
be awarded first aud *<• ind place
aiaaers in nine different class'* m
th<- parade, the Judging to lake place
while the Parade is forming belw«eu
the hour, 3 30 and 4 :t0 Prixe rib
bon» ».11 also be awarded ihc wiu
oers Entries will be judged on g< n
oral appearaa e The parade will
cros* the bridge and pass around the
courthouse square
E*i b rod* a |*erformaace will open
with t graod entry parade in th* nr
en*. wbi a is expected to be the
m >*t attractive and colorful feature
of tbe entire »how.
The roedo program for each show
Includ -v six contests, namely calf
tie d**u broar riding, steer riding
steer bulldogging, cowgirl revu«'. and
double mugging A sum of >425 ha*
been added to tbe purses, thin to
cover all event* except double mug
ging. n which there will be ao add
»d money
('Union Hardin will be the arena
director and the following will *< I a*
Judge*: Back Smith, Tom Taylor and
Doc tipence.
The cowgirl coatee! which to being
held for the first time this year, will
be the first event oa the p-ocra m
Fr im present indication* there will
he about 12 cowgirls la tbin feature
They will be judged on horsemanship.
oHiume. ta<k. or equipment llor*.~
tr»a»h‘p will count S9 per cent, cos-
tume. 10 per cent, and tack. 19 per
teat Cob: stant* will compete for a
possible • ore of 300 points In all th*
three show*. The eveni is limited lo
and Sunday uad *r the management of.comRjr be represented in the special
Clint .in Hardin of Willow City. I roping contest, asking the Llano
Two show* will be given under the.Uhamber of Commerce to make tbe
floodlights of the (Aano (Iranite Howl,
th”»e to atari at H o'clock on Friday
and Saturday night*, while tbe third
Johnson City. T*x , June 7 House
wiring eontrnrtors wi-at lo work wl?
Ing bom»*s of PBC members for elec
trie service this morning in Blan o.
lip: net. Hay*. IJano and (itlle«pfce
countl-s Under the group bidding
plan for hbu*e w ring adopted by the
Pedemalee JCicetrlc cooperative, lac.
a schedule of low unit prices was es-
tablished for members of the organ!
ration 27 wiring contractors of tho
area signed bids with PEC and agreed
lo abide by It* p-ice e.hedule The
approv d . oatracior* for Llano couu
ty are W O. Williamson Owen* Bloc
trie Appliance company and Home
KTirnilure company
Members of PEC should have their
bouses and farms wired now. while
the contractor* are In the a -id. s ■
they may avail themselves of the low
coats. Furthermore, prompt wiring
of members' home will insure service
for them and their neighbors lines
can only be energised when the mem
be** mit ready to rceive servtco.
"CqprtrucUoa of line-, will pribably
beg® between the IS aad 2S of June."
stal 'd l^e McWilliams, superintend
eat of the cooperative. "Ho the lines
may he energised as soon as they are
completed, the wiring should be don-
now "
more a thing change* the more near-
ly it be* one the same thing and
perhaps by the time the first grad-**
of today are able ta take the family
automobile away from their parents
we shall *ee the stronger *es adorn
•dm* fanhien comparable with that
which prevailed la the reUaae of
LnU XIV
Man to dee for a new deni with
respect to the cat aad oa
rarb
ART GOEBEL ON BRIEF VISIT
TO HIS LLANO COUNTY RANCH
LLANO GIRL COMPLETES
COLLEGE CAREER AT TSCW
Deaton 4lraduat:a< with the lar-
gest class in the history of th* college.
Miss Margie Hmith. daughter of Mr.
and M-s D P Smith of Llano, re-
< «-iv.-d her bachelor degree M today,
June 6. at the thirty-sixth annual corn-
men emeat rxrerrlse* of Texas State
College for Women
The traditional commencement
speaker. President L H Hubbard, ad
d'ssed the 350 graduate* whoa
j Dean K V Whit* recommended as
candidate* for degree*. Haxu. ii the
j seniors ■ three-day program of tea*.
I recepticns and other affairs pr*< • ded 1
j the exercises.
With sociology a* b*r majo* s udy.
Mi** Smith also did work In history,
She has served as president of the
Ad«-lphisn Club and president of Al-
pha K a (-pa Delta and also 1* a mem-
ber of Alpha Cht.
She was Chosen the oqgatandiag
sociology student In college this year
selection Since the Llano rodeo to
lo be held in advance of the Mason
event, it was decided to have the bv
cal ropers compete for the honor.
Mrs J F. Buttery is enterlaluing
a group of her friend* from out of
town The group comp-ises Mrs. John
H Prnett. El Psso. Mr* J T lloyte,
Mrs J T Shannon, Mrs Je*» Floeck,
Mr* Billie Bacon. Miss Molly West
heimer nil of Houston ThU meeting
Is an annual affair, and the ladles
are friends of over 2S years’ standing.
...... —o....... - —
Mr and Mr* T (Iordan Barr and
daughter arc visiting relatives in
| Llano this week They are residents
ot Phoenix. Arison*
— o
Mr aud Mrs Carrol Hmith and son
of Dallas have returned home after
a visit in Llano
Mr* W B Fitch sad daughters of
Oklahoma are visiting relative* in
IJaao
Mrn . T. C K. hoi lemni<-r was a re-
cent visitor at Caere.
led all the roper* and performers
either personally or by letter or tele-
phone. t.iut<'d here this week that he
expected to have more ropers than
ever before. He ha* Increased his ro-
eo stock, which promises to be better
and even faster than that used last
year, ahen It will be rememberej
■ hat tb< calves were exceptionally
fast sad ih broncs plenty wild The
stock which Hardin has assembled
for th<> l.lano show is rated as some
of the best rodeo *to< k to he found
any where That fart in Itself will
assure i good performance
lasral offlrers. sided by highway
patrolmen, will he alert to the traf-
•f sit nation during th* three days,
and will police and handle the crowd-
ed trafftr both la the bus!a<«* dis-
tricts and at the rodeo ground* They
ill also assist la polking the street
parade Friday afternoon
I By Fr*day it Is safe to nay that all
contestants from Llano county and roads la this ssrtiM will l-ad to
the immediate trad* territory, and we I-to no Most of the hotel rooms ore
one younger than 19 years will he el-j said to be engaged for the weekend,
iglhle to compete The glrta plana * nr J while • number of visiting parties i*s
to enter must sign and receive thet*! | ianalrr to stay at Bu< hanan Lake'
Htate Rank on. for an outing during the weekend.
and attind tbe IJano rodeo Friday
aad Saturday nights and Rnnday af-
ternoon From all accounts th* cele-
bration win be a wtlsMe hettoe-cons-
Col A*t bur C. Aocbel. whose avia-
tion f«*ts at one time were recorded
to the headlines mad* a brief visit.
to Llaoo tho poat wok He has re
cently returned from aa extended tour,
of Europe aad Africa. Mr Goebel m j
planning to return to Llaoo la tbe
late fail
He infermed Men® here that wh*n
electrical
of hi* be to „
I 9eM on his
DIVORCEE GRANTEO
Divorce decreet la the following
esses heard since the last report la
It s spa per have been handed
down by Distrl t Judge Raymond
Gray:
Alma Leach vs Oecar Loach
W O Barton vs Georgte Belie Bur
too
Edith Conner* vs Thoms* W coo
umber* at the M<»
r day fr »ni 12 to 2 o'doch
Ox* c f the big features of the rodeo,
end one uhtrh will appeal to tbr
chUdren. wilt he the down net of
Charlie Shultz, a well known rordt
rank of Poors City, Okls He and
his entire outfit util contribute to
the entertainment of each (bn*, hta
daughter to be featured ta n trick
roping act HI* trained male*. Hon-
eysuikle and Dynamite, nod hit pet
rtagtiiid coons are added attrwc
an Putting a landing Charles Ratliff spent the pan: week
icb west of Liaoo lend at Frost. Texas
Manage' Hardin has spared nothing
ta his efforts to stage a tog. high
< toaa show here this week, aad he has
assured rodeo eathastoada ad u better
performs*. * eeea thus the one b*M
tost year A ordisg to reports from
the Usss trede territory nod war
rereading towns and < oentkre It is ex
peeled that a reread crowd will at
tend tol three shows
Manager Hardin who has altvnded
all rad*** he«d la the mate during
the past fee weeks and has conIns-
lag ®<canton, with week*
parlies and family reunk
planned a* added enjoy me a i
ll to bettered that tbe !
<1
parade Friday afternoon will attract
■ large rrowd of speclsters f- « ail
parts if I Jane comity sad elsewhere
and it to hoped that there name pec.pto
ill remain la Urea for the opening
dee performance that Bight at •
o'clock
The grand entry Friday night, wa-
» the bright lights of th* Uraatto
Bos • iU perhaps to **.®
tha; the day41me parade store tbe
floodUgIts are dre to enhance tbe
ret urine effects of tbe many type* of
pretty bocnefDsh sad tbo gaily dres-
sed riders
Tbe grand entry parade will bo
repented at the Motor night and
Bandar *fi* r*<wg
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