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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1975
Page
5
April features Laugh Week Panic Week and other observances, plus labor and business Day talk. Local news covers a coyotes trapping, a March 15 Harper wedding, Lions Club rodeo plans, church notices, and community events from Harper and nearby towns with residents from San Antonio Fredericksburg and Austin.
Obituary notes the sudden death of 75 year old Mrs Clara Ellebracht Rode at the family ranch Cherry Springs on March 28. Survived by husband Enos Rode two sons two daughters six grandchildren two brothers and a sister with interment at Cherry Springs Lutheran cemetery. Also reports birth of Justin Wade Esquell at St. John's Hospital Austin and a local reader’s subscription plea to Harper Herald.
Harper Independent School District voters face a trustees election on April 5 to fill two seats. Incumbents How ard Sivells Donnie Bode and Kenneth Mianer seek two more years. Jerry Hood Walter Parker Jr and Henry Schrader challenge for the open spots. New election judge is Robert Dittmar with clerks Floy Bode and Oma Bierschwabe.
Six famous Saturday Evening Post covers by Norman Rockwell are available as needlepoint kits. Each kit includes full color canvas, yarns, a needle, and directions in a see through tote bag. Prices around 8.96 to 11.95. Mail orders to Rockwell Needlecraft New York with full color literature available on request.
The Herald notes a weekend with HEARMY RESERVE promising action and good pay. Judi Fox of El Paso visited grandmother Mrs J M Scarborough. Austin visitors Mr and Mrs Tom Waters joined local hosts alongside the Duderstadt and Parker households. Rebecca and Sandra Duderstadt were also mentioned.
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