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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1961
Page
4
A May Day significance highlighted by LAW DAY U S A stressing government under law over rule by men. The piece notes constitutional rights, courts, and legal protections as core to freedom, and warns against neglecting legal nuance without attorney guidance. Visiting relatives from Lubbock and Knoxville joined Kinseys over the weekend.
College Station notes how applying fertilizer to farm ponds boosts plankton and fish food. Start in early spring with 100 pounds per surface acre, monitor oxygen, avoid summer use, and apply seasonally to maintain a plankton bloom that suppresses submerged mosses and aids fishing.
Gillespie county sheep and goat raisers are invited to a Field Day at the Bluebonnet Experiment Station in McGregor on April 20. Dr Maurice Shelton heads this phase with H O Hill as superintendent. The program runs from 10 a m with grazing management breeding disease control topics and a barbecue lunch at 1 25 per plate followed by a station tour.
The Gillespie County Soil Conservation District reports field work this spring including chain firewood removal of post oak and shin oak with goats used to control shin oak. New stock water ponds completed by Walter Schlaudt and J F Oehler diversions to capture runoff. Cooperators plan terraces and ponds while SCS aides decorate for a local wedding.
The Friendly Sewing Circle will gather at St Anthony Catholic Hall on April 27 for an all day quilting event and a meeting at 2 p m. All members are urged to attend.
Mrs C B Hasford and Miss Mio Stilman of Plano spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs E B Roach.
A brief 1961 Harper Texas page three item summarizes local news and notices from Harper. The note captures community updates and public notices reflecting small-town life in 1961.
The Agriculture Department reports a modification to the Farm Storage Facility loan program. Farmers can borrow up to 95 percent of costs for facilities costing 40 cents per bushel or less, up from 80 percent. For higher cost facilities the loan is up to 80 percent or 50 cents per bushel, whichever is greater. Loans run five years at 4 percent, with four annual repayments starting the first year. Since 1949, about 136,000 loans totaling $149 million have funded storage capacity, with current outstanding and repaid totals noted. Approximately $40 million is expected to be spent this year, boosting demand for building materials and local economies.
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