Museum the New Llano Colony



William L. "Blen" Still

Birth: He was born around 1929 in Louisiana.  

Family Information: He was the son of Mentley and Anna Still.

Brother of Craig and Tom Still.  

Description:  

Pre-Colony History:  

Home in Colony:  

Job in Colony:  

Other Info: In May 1931 Miss Daisy Brown trained some dozen children to take parts in a little playlet called "The Census Taker" including Joe Blackshire as the father and Rachel Valleau as the mother; Blen Still played the census taker and the children were played by Jeanette Wooley, Ellen Jernberg, Iris Busick, Ernest Ogden, Bill Ogden, Andrew Parson, Liljean Corbett, Warren Roe, Leola Bays, Rozella and Quentin Quipp.  

Post-Colony History: He left the colony with his family around 1932 and went to Lancaster, Pa.  

Death:  

Sources: US Census: 1930; "Llano Colonist": May 30, 1931, February 29, 1936  

 

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