Churches Extend Cordial Welcome Across Harper Community
Harper Herald page highlights holiday church schedules and services. Listings include United Methodist Presbyterian St James Lutheran and Catholic parishes with Christmas and New Year plans. Also notes First Pentecostal and local drugstore promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Church Presbyterian Church
Henry Marshall
St. James Lutheran Church
Harper, Texas
School of Religion
Grassland Restoration Aims to Benefit Texas Wildlife and Livestock
The Soil Conservation Service weighs grassland restoration in Texas to boost wildlife and beef while protecting watershed health. Clyde W. Graham says careful planning links brush control, seeding, grazing, and watering to maximize benefits for man, livestock, and wildlife amid fast woody plant spread and shrinking water resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Soil Conservation Service
Clyde W. Graham
Graham
SCS
Soil and Water Conservation District
Vernon Hicks
Howard Passey
Wildlife Science
Texas A&m University
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Agri center hires Evers to study forage use in Texas
Dr. Gerald W. Evers joins the Texas A M Agricultural Research and Extension Center near Beaumont to study forage. Director J P Craig Wiles says the move should boost efficient and profitable forage use in pasture and livestock operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald W. Evers
Fredericksburg
Texas A&m University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Beaumont
J. P. Craig Wiles
Evers
Robert Dancer
John R. Evers
Saint Mary’s High School
Eunice Jurena
Hallettsville
Christol
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
China
Texas
Water and Soil District updates from Gillespie County
James Wahrmund of Reingold completes a farm waterway to handle runoff from about 100 acres of cropland using coastal bermuda grass for erosion control. Gus Wahrmund adds over 1,000 feet of terraces to an existing system. Roy Crumline reports improving Klein and coastal bermuda pasture with fertilization weed control and proper grazing for a balanced rangeland program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wahrmund
Reingold
Bermuda
Gus Wahrmund
Klein Grass
Roy Crumline
Crumrine
Klein
County Agents Weigh Winter Grazing And Lamb Market
Winter has arrived and conditions threaten grazing for Gillespie County livestock. Price signals from Easter fat lambs lure producers, who face three options: supplement ewes for milk, wait for moisture to restore pasture, or creep feed lambs with early weaning. An Sonora study shows lambs prefer milo based creep feeds over oats, guiding feeders to milk the ewes, feed the lambs milo creep, and consider commercial creep rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Sonora Experiment Station
Roscoe Basse
Kenneth Maner
Clayton Manney
Otto Spaeth
James Baethge
J.T. Maner
Jim McMahon
David Whitworth
Henry Wunderlich
Victor Pressler
Alamo Market to Close After Wholesome Meat Act Fallout
A small Texas butcher shop, Alamo Market in Mrenfort, faces closure due to the Federal Wholesome Meat Act. Owner Skeeter Pankratz, family, and local workers have served 23 years amid strict new meat safety rules and required equipment such as electric prods. The piece contrasts federal standards with local livelihood and hints at alternative feed and livestock practices for lambs, offering contact names for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo
Mrenfort
Ernst Peter Pankratz
Cence
Robert
Vines
Ernc Boerner
I Federal
Feds
Skeeter Pankratz
Pankratz
Uncle Sam
San Antonio
Local Meat Markets Face Shutdown Over New Health Rules
In Comfort and small towns, many privately owned meat markets struggle as federal rules require separate slaughter and processing areas. Skeeter Pankratz aids customers collecting bones for scraps, unaware of violations under the Federal Wholesome Meat Act. Bourland warns the change harms livelihoods and prompts likely market closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feds
Skeeter Pankratz
1964 Part I Describes Brush Invasion on Grassland
Part I outlines the critical problem of brush invasion affecting grassland ecosystems, detailing causes, spread patterns, and potential ecological impacts on forage production and native plant communities.
Most States Fall Short of Meat Inspection Deadline
Washington that less than one third of the 50 states meet the Dec 15 1969 deadline for federally certified meat inspection under the 1967 law. Only Florida Maryland and California completed, with Alaska Kansas North Dakota and others later certified or under review as federal takeover looms in tardy states. Ralph Nader criticized the department while officials say final reviews may take months and aim for mid January completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Ralph Nader
Florida
Maryland
California
Secretary of Agriculture
Laska
Arkansas
Idaho
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Wyoming
North Dakota
North
Dakota Case
James K. Payne
Sny
Payne
Nader
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Harper Herald
Harper's
W. G. Hill
S. S
First Baptist Church
Lyon Mauldin
ST. Anthony's Catholic Church
A. A. Gitter
Women Assn
A. J. Kinsey
First Pentecostal Church
Carlos B. Parker
Harper Drug Store
Grace & Leslie Harper
Harper
Prazing
A&m Ag Research & Extension Center
Beaumen
Illinois
Department of Research and Transport Economics
American Trucking Associations
N.W
Washington, D.C
Congress
Sam
Federal Civil
Pinkerton's Inc
Pinkerton's
Clark Fisher Sotrict Terag
Gillespie County Water & Soil Conservation District News
Deery Menzies
The
J. M. Bourland
Comfort
Longhorn
Mrs
Doyle Parker
Woerner Warehouse
Vredericksburg
POR
Heipei, Texes
Werner Schumpelt
Enco Products
San Angelo
Weidenfeller
E. Main
Seevapo Butane Company
Call Collect
Liane
Ted Holekamp
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