The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1942 Page: 3 of 8
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THU 1LAN0 NEWS. LLANO. T1SXA9 THURSDAY, APRIL 28. 1242.
IvGIVE
YOU
liras
BOYCE
HOUSE
San Antonio ig the most romantic
•of all Texas cities. In fact, take the
\ word of one who has roamed amid
the vaunted splendors of Los An-
geles, the quaintly beautiful city of
the Alamo is more picturesque—and
it's not 1,200 miles away. «
i "A foreign land at home,” some-
old Mexican playing a harp almost
body has described San Antonio. An
as big a8 he Is, a singing blind man
being led by a Iltt$e daughter, a
withered brown crone begging pen-
nies, (lark-eyed beauties with flash-
ing teeth and wearing bright colors
and gleaming Jewels—these are side-
walk dramatis personae.
Then there is the old Menger Ho-
tel, once the mecea of the cattle
kings of the Southwest, and still a
busy place, with its rotunda that
gives the visitor a view of the mar-
ble an,I gold of the balustrades for
three floors above. And you will gee
a bronze plaque commemorating Sid-
ney Lanier—for the great Southern
poet spent a winter in San Antonio
and stopped at the Menger.
Sunshine, palm trees, flowering
shrubs of exotic coloring and pung-
entaroma, soft Spanish syllables—
manana, amigo, hasta la vista—and
from somewhere the faint strains of
a guitar and a tenor voice rendering
"La Paloma"—such is San Antonio.
Then there Is the Mission of San
Jose with Its famed window, a blos-
soming In stone that was carved by
a Spanish artist whose fingers have
been dust for centuries, and the bell-
tower with Its winding stairg hewn
from logs. ,
And the old San Antonio river. Its
water a beautiful blue, winding
through the center of the city, span-
ned by a score of bridges. Its banks
a smooth slope of green -memories
of O. Henry and Hrann, the Icono-
clast. for both these great writers
lived here; memories of Robert E.
Lee and Albert Sidney Johnson;
old If mi Milam Into San Antonio?”
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN S. COBB
You Can’t Tell About Cape Cod
By IRVIN S. COBB
ACCORDING to a Cambridge authority, a little lad in a piooa Cape
Cod home was learning from his aunt something about the history
of his own country.
She came to the time of the Civil War and began naming the
great leaders on both sides—Sherman, Lee, Jackson, Grant, Pickett,
and the rest.
The young pupil halted her.
“Say Auntie,” he demanded, “is that the same Grant that we
pray to when we go to church on Sunday?”
“Oh, no,” said the Aunt, “we pray to no Grant. You must be
mistaken.”
“Oh no I’m not either," he insisted. “Because the minister always
says: ‘Grant, we beseech Thee, to hear us.’ ”
<*m..rii-nn N#w« Features. IocD
of lh • war-shouts. “Who will follow
and "Remember the Alamo!"
Not to have seen San Antonio, to
have leveled In Its magic, to have
thrllb-d at the spot where Bowie and
f'roekott and Travlg died -one who
hag not felt these kindling emotions
lias tint truly known Texas to Its
fullest.
This thrilling story was found
......*Trjl
few days ago:
As he coasted down the hill, he
traveled faster and faster. The wheels
turned at a terrific pace; the motor
generated its last possible ounce of
power. People were clustered at the
turn, ahead of him. waiting to see if
he would get safely around it. As he
approached the curve, the crowd held
its breath. Like a /lash, he was
zooming around the turn. The thrill
was too much for one spectator.
■'Look!"she screamed. “He’s going
around the curve on two wheels!”
He hoard but he only laughed. For
he knew he wag on a motorcycle.
Berton Braley says that snobbery
is the pride of those who are not
sure r-f their position.
$i?elft>' 5s. WWtkiy, 14 frwf Thii Whkkey Is I Twn
014. Hit CIS Qtaktr Umpanjr, Itwnncrtwj, IntfioM
Amid the sternness of Tom Car-
lyle—>whose "Sartor Itesartus” ig one
of my favorite books— one comes
across little valleyg of verdure and
wild flowers in the midst of granite
mountains—such ag these:
The sacred air cities of Hope; the
mean clay hamlets of reality;
The inarticulate mystic speech of
Music,
Thought kindling itself at the fire
of living Thought.
And there is epic tragedy in these
few words, ‘‘Tlie wreck of matter
and the crash of worlds."
Tlie colored race is noted for the
use of superlatives In conversation,
as for example:
"Nlgtrnh, don't mess wid me." Sam
bo warned, "because when you does,
you is flirtin' wid a hearse."
"Don't pesticate wid me.” replied
Rastus, waving his fist. "Don't fo'ee
me to presg dig upon you, because ef
you do, All'll lilt you so had. All'll
Jos’ natfh'ally knock you from ama-
zin' grace Into a floatin' opportuni-
ty."
The other countered with, "Ef you
mess wid me. All'll jes' make one
pang and tomorrow mornln’ dere’ll
lie a man puttin' you in de face wid
a spade."
—h— Krmrwbrr IVarl ll.irbnr —
Figures show that three times as
much toffee is consumed by f. S
Marines and other service men as
is consumed by civilians.
—:— Knntnil'pr lVnrl H.»rl*cr —:—
SERVICE NOTICE
I a:n standing my quarter horie,
C. I. Joe, coming four year old, height
11:2, wefght 1,000 pounds. Sire Joe
Bailey, grandson of Cotton-Eye Joe.
Limit 20 mares, fee $15.00 includ-
ing pasturage. Located 3 4 miles
southeast of Llano on tlie Round
Mountain road.
W. H. L1GON
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Llano County. Greetings:
You are hereby commanded to
cause to be published once each week
for a period of ten days before the
return day hereof, in ^ newspaper
of general circulation, which has
been continuously and regularly pub-
lished for a period of not less than
one year in said Llano County, a
copy cf the following notice:
The State of Texae,
To all persons interested in the
Estate of Mrs. M. 4. Buchanan, De-
ceased. Felton Smathers has filed in
the County Court of Llano County,
an application for Letters of Admini-
stration upon the Estate of said Mrs.
M. J. Buchanan, Deceased, which will
he heard at the next* term of said
Court, the First Monday In May, A.
D. 19e2. the same being the 4th day
of May. A. D. 1942. at the Court
House thereof, in Llano. Texas, at
which time all persons Interested in
said Estate may appear and contest
said application, should they desire
to do go.
Herein fail not. but have you be-
fore said Court on the first day of
the next term thereof this Writ
with your return thereon, showing
how you have executed the same.
Given under my hand and the seal
of said Court, ot office in Llano. Tex-
• VEGETABLE INSECT CONTROL
I NOT DIFFICULT
College Station:—Follow a few
simple ruleg and control of vegetable
insects la not difficult, according to
Cameron Slddall, A. and M. college
extension service entomologist.
A duster may be obtained for a dol
lar up, but one may be made at home
with tin cen, a stick and a piece of
cheese cloth. Ask the county ex-
tension agents how it'a done. Next,
have ready a supply of insecticide
for use at the first sign of Insect in
Jury. Theso are cryolite for control
of bean bettles, cucumber beetles
cabbage worms and other insects
which feed upon the fruit and foliage
of the plants; rotenoue and sulphur
to control tomato fruit worms, flea
beetles, plant lice and leaf hoppers;
and concentrated pyrethrum dust for
squash bugs, stink bugs, and harle-
quin cabbage bugs. Watch the gar-
den for the first sign of injury and
dust both sides of leaves.
Apply poison bait late In the af-
ternoon for control of cut worms,
grasshoppers and adult wingless May
beetles or June bugs. Poison bait
also will control mole crickets which
frequent sandy soils.
A bait made of cryolite, finely
chopped carrots or turnips and wheat
bran will control the adult vegetable
weevil which attacks roots and foli-
age of carrots, turnips, radishes and
beets, together with cabbage, mus-
tard and other leafy vegetables. This
pest prevails in 30 or 40 counties ad-
jacent to College Station.
To control the bluish-gray pill bugs
or so»v bugs, which damage young
tomato plants, sprinkle a mixture of
two parts flour, two parts sugar and
one part parLs green throughout the
beds. Flea beetles, also dangerous
to these plants, may be controlled
by dusting plants with rotenone aiftl
sulphur each seven to 10 days.
Cantaloupes, now coming up in
southern areas, may be protected
from the striped cucumber beetle,
which feeds beneath tlie first small
leaves .by dusting with cube or der-
ris powder of four per cent roteone
content, or with cryolite at ten days
intervals as long as beetles are pre-
sent.
CHILDREN'S WEEK TO
STRESS DELINQUENCY
Austin;—Children's Week, , April
12-25, should focus the attention of
the community on prevention of de-
linquency, according to Mra. Violet
S. Greenhill, chief of the state divi-
sion of child welfare.
Rehabilitation of young people is
enormously expensive compared with
the cost ot an adequate preventive
program, she said. There are now
586 boys in the Gatesville state school
and 220 girls In the Gainesville state
school for girls. Too often they re-
turn to commuitieg not propared for
their future care and protection, it
was pointed out.
“What Texas needs," said Mrs.
Greenhill, "is a constructive program i
for wtll established Juvenile court3
or courts of domestic relations, pro-
bation courts, foster homes, case
work services to meet every exigency
and more adequate provision for aid
to dependent children.”
—:— Remember l*earl Harbor —:—
At least 45.000,000 American peo-
ple are making bad food choices
which may lead to’ malnutrition, a
University of Texas group wag told
by Dr. Helen Mitchell, principal
nutritionist for the Office of Defense
Health and Welfare services in
Washington.
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ENJOY
Good Food
and
Good Music
at
IDOL’S
CLUB CAFE
4
CUT FLOWERS—
and
as. this the 20th day of April, A. D.
1942.
(Seal) J. A. MAYES,
Clerk, County Court, Llano County.
Texas.
POT PLANTS—
FOR ALL OCCASIONS
sentis mviti
PETERSON’S FLOWER SHOP
PHONE 323W
-NOTICE-
Gas Days
ARE MONDAY and THURSDAY
EACH WEEK
FOR YOUR OONVENIEN0S and TO CONSERVE RATION-
ED TIRES and TIME, REBIEMBER THE DAYS
LAWRENCE L. BRUHL, Representative
TELEPHONE 345J and 280
EVERETT ORELLE, .Service Manager
New High in Ship Production
LIBERTY SHIES BEING FITTED OUT AT A BETHLEHEM YARD PREPARATORY TO SEA SERVICE. THE YARD IS PRODUCING A CONTINUOUS STREAM OF VESSELS OP THIS TYPE.
Bethlehem ship production this year will represent the greatest
all-round shipbuilding output by any company in the history of the
country.
Speed, speed and more speed is the constant objective; and
always speed with quality, for a jerry-built ship is virtually
useless in the grim tasks of maritime war.
The first Liberty ship which recently discharged supplies at
a Red Sea port was built in a yard that was virtually non-
existent a year ago. A tanker was delivered in 100 days from
laying of keel. A battleship will be delivered 14 months ahead
of schedule.
Cargo ships are being built in less than one-half the time
required in the first World War. Comparable speeding up has
been achieved on other types of ships and the schedule is being
constantly stepped-up.
Expanding old yards, building new ones, tripling employ-
ment in a year’s time, training thousands of new men, putting
every effective facility to use, adopting pre-assembly and mass
production methods—all these spell tonnage and more tonnage,
a steadily-mounting output of ships from Bethlehem yards.
All hands are doing their utmost for Victory, working to
achieve the maximum for the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Mari-
time Commission, so-that the “bridge of ships” shall be main-
tained and steadily enlarged. .
BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY
WARSHIP PRODUCTION IB ON QUANTITY BABIB
THOUSAND* OF NEW MEN ABB LEARN I NO MOW TO BUILD SHIPS MORE NEW EL BBT UNITS BOON READY ROB ACTIVE SERVICE
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Collins, Will. The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1942, newspaper, April 23, 1942; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth817535/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.