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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1976
Page
5
A writer reflects on small actions that grow into large obligations or blessings. Simple gestures or tidying efforts can trigger unexpected, wide reaching consequences, turning a casual thread into a meaningful life change. The piece urges openness to small chances and the potential value of everyday acts.
Local residents hosted and visited family and friends from Kerrville Doole San Angelo Houston and other Texas locales. Several relatives gathered for a large home visit while others traveled to New Orleans Midland and Florida for reunions and medical events.
Harper Lions Club sponsors the 19th annual Frontier Day Junior Rodeo at Harper Community Park on April 24 1976. Events run from 4 pm to 9 pm with youth rodeo, calf scramble, barrel racing and roping, plus a barbecued meal and a western dance. Grand entry at 7 30 pm.
Cyrus H. Schmidt, former Harper High School student, is named Outstanding Deputy Marshal of 1975 for excellence in his career with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and later the Los Angeles Marshal's Department. He and wife Dorothy were honored at a bar association luncheon attended by about 300 judges and attorneys, where a federal judge presented a plaque.
The Texas Hill Sporting Range celebrates its grand opening on Saturday April 24 with a flag raising, Schuetzen history review and a former Schuetzenkoenig shooting match. Festivities begin 1 30 p m with music by Felix Pehl s Old Time German Oompah Band and dancing to two bands. Free admission with barbecue beer and prizes worth about one thousand dollars. The range sits on the former Tivydale hall site 12 miles west of Fredericksburg on FM 2093.
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