Alabama to issue 6 cent sesquicentennial stamp
Postmaster General Blount unveils the Alabama commemorative stamp design in Montgomery. The 6 cent issue, dated 1819 to 1969, features the camellia and yellowhammer and will be issued August 2 in Huntsville. Bernice Kochan, a Cleveland artist, designed the stamp, the second woman to design two U S stamps in one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton M. Blount
Alabama
Montgomery
Huntsville
Bernice Kochan
Miss Kochan
Cleveland
Memphis Sesquicentennial, Inc
W. C. Handy
U. S
Giori
United States
Junction Race Meet and Billy Sale at Hill Country Fair Grounds
The 33rd annual nui Country Fair Association Race Meet and Billy Sale runs Aug 7–9 at Hill Country Fair Grounds Junction. Seven races daily including the Junction Derby start 3 30 p m. A street parade is Aug 7 at 10 a m. Johnny Bush and the Bandoleros play 9 30 p m to 1 30 a m. Twenty stud Billies from 200 begin Aug 7 at 8 30 a m. sale Aug 8. Public invited to attend to the Museum. Terrier launcher on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nui Country Fair Association
Billy Sale
Hill Country Fair Grounds
Junction
Johnny Bush
Bandoleros
6 cents stamp honors Powell with August 1 issue
A 6 cent postage stamp featuring Major Powell guiding a Colorado River voyage will be issued August 1 with first day ceremonies at Page Arizona near Powell Lake. The design by Rudolph Wendelin depicts Powell at the tiller of the lead boat and bears the 1869 expedition and 6 cents U S Postage markings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Powell
Winton M. Blount
John Wesley Powell
Colorado River
Page
Arizona
E. T. Klassen
Green River
Wyoming
Powell
Green
Colorado Rivers
U.S. Geological Survey
Reclamation Service
Interior Department
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Shi'ah
Rudolph Wendelin
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Graphics Arts Industry
Wendelin
Giort Press
John Wesey Powell
U. S
The Children of Mrs. Ida Smith Celebrate Ninety Birthday
The children of Mrs. Ida Smith invite friends to honor her 90th birthday. The event details are to be announced by her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Smith
Harper area social notes show visits and family milestones
The Harper region lists visits by Robert Harlan of McAllen and Lawrence Metzger Jr. of Wichita to relatives in Harper, Seguin, New Iberia, and New Braunfels. A son was born to Buddy Henderson in Kerrville with family ties to Kerrville and Austin. multiple residents visit kin in Dess, Lampasas, Fredericksburg, Nazareth, and Nazareth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Henderson
Peterson Hospital
Kerrville
Forest Strench
Roy Cottle
West Texas Chamber urges tax plan shift to sales tax changes
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce May 18 supported raising state revenues in the 61st Legislature by eliminating some sales tax exemptions or lifting current tax rates. The resolution, approved July 18, notes Texas business pays 50.5 percent of state taxes and warns higher taxes would curb industrial growth and raise prices. It calls the governor and lawmakers to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Wtcc State Affairs Committee
Reuben Senterfitt
San Saba
J. Fike Godfrey
Spur
West Texas
Senterfitt
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tinois
Godfrey
Texas Business
Final Rites for Mrs Bertha Juenke
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Amelia Juenke 88 of 1121 North St were held at Notre Dame Church with Rev Joseph Deane officiating and burial at Harper Cemetery. Rosary was recited the night before at Plummer Fair Chapel. Kerrville native died Sunday in a Fredericksburg nursing home and is survived by a daughter Guy McKee two sons Ervy and Harvey Juenke three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers included Clemens Maurer Belton Tatsch Raymond Feler Elbert Feller and Max Baumann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Amelia Juenke
North St
Notre Dame Catholic Church
Joseph Deane
Harper Cemetery
Plummer Fair Funeral Home
Plummer Fair Chapel
Kerrville
Juenke
Fredericksburg
Petersburg
Texas
Juen
Skippers Visit With San Antonio Family Ends Weekend
Mr and Mrs Tommy Skipper and daughter of San Antonio spent the weekend here with her mother Mrs Lydia Bierschwale. The sons Steven and David, who have been visiting here for some time, accompanied their parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Skipper
San Antonio
Lydia Bierschwale
Steven
David
UT Offers Options For Top Grid Seats
Joe Football Fan may sit on the 50 yard line to watch Texas Longhorns at Memorial Stadium. UT offers 10 year seat options priced 400 300 and 200 for top locations to finance an 8000 seat expansion. Options are gifts to the University for tax purposes and inquiries go to the Athletic Business Office in Austin. Expansion targets the 1970 season with UCLA and California as non conference opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
al Lundstedt
Athletic Business
Austin
Texas
Leghorns
UCLA
California
Final Acreage Mapping Soil Survey Program Set
Congressman O C Fisher will keynote the final acreage mapping at 2 p m in Stonewall to mark the Gillespie County Soil Survey progress. At 4 p m the Willams Creek Watershed Flood Prevention dedication will proceed with a watershed tour and a barbecue. Sponsors include the Gillespie County and Pedernales Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Eastern Hill Country RC&D executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Fisher
Galespie County
Willams Creek
Stonewall
Gillespie County
Pedernales
Hill Country Fair Association Billy Sale at Junction
Consignors from 32 outfits join 165 goats for the Hill Country Fair Association Billy Sale set for August 7 and 8 at Junction. Judge Arthur Davis of Sabinal. judging August 6. Lem Jones is the auctioneer. Stanley Lackey and Jack Gardner selected top quality animals for this Best of the Nation sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country Fair Association
Arthur Davis
Sabinal
Lem Jones
Billy Sale
Stanley Lackey
Jack Gardner
Hadley Wardlaw
Corkey Schweining
Lewis Ferguson
Junction
Herbie Oehler
Harper
John Dittmar
Fredericksburg
Bob Davis Corp
Avade
Robert Ebeling
Marble Falls
Harwell Davis
B.J. Barnhart Ranch
Blanco
Mike
Ben
Will Allison
S. F. Lackey
Roosevelt
Bill Burditt
C. H. Godbold
Louise Shackelford
James L. Trees
Leakey
Charlie Chaney
Utopia
J. W. Winkel
Llano
Charles
Col. V.Z. Cornelius
Goldthwaite
Sam Edmondson
Kendalia
Mike Pember
Middle Verde
Bandera
Forrest Lux
Comfort
Raymond Pape
Eva Fryar
Legion To Meet Friday Night At Legion Hall
The American Legion plans a Friday meeting at the Legion Hall on August 1. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
American Legion
Legion Hall
Cosper and Cottle Family Reunion Held Sunday
The fifth annual Cosper and Cottle Reunion was held at Harper Community Park on Sunday July 27 with about 80 attendees. Rev Maney Fairchild gave grace before a basket lunch and prizes in the guessing game were won by Nancy Brown Kathryn Cottle William Sellers Kay Lucas and Ruth Russell. The 170 committee includes Howard Cotte Buddy Pape and Gwen Henderson. the 1969 committee lists Vera Strentz Joanne Lennon Virgil Lennon and Marie Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosper and Cottle
Harper Community Park
Maney Fairchild
Grace
Nancy Brown
Kathryn Cottle
Rocksprings
William Sellers
Bastrop
Kay Lucas
Fredericksburg
Ruth Russell
Rodger
Howard
Louise Cotte
Buddy
Reba Pape
Rockstrings
Gwen Henderson
Hunt
Vera
Forest Strentz
Joanne
Virgil Lennon
A'L
Kerrville
Marie Taylor
Harper
Beneficial Rains Boost Harper Area Early Monday
Beneficial rains fell in the Harper area with Tarr ranch noting over two inches. Douglas Duderstadt ER Brown and A J Kinsey report more than two inches. In Harper nearby areas also received rainfall totals. Mr and Mrs Clifford Wienecke celebrated their son Chris’s fifth birthday with a barbecue for family and friends. The Esquell family of San Marcos and San Antonio relatives visited Grand Prairie and Six Flags Over Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Area
Tarr Ranch
Douglas Duderstadt
ER. Brown
A. J. Kinsey
Harper
Clifford Wienecke
Chris
Kermit Strackbein
San Antonio
Otto Wienecke
James
Edwin Strackbein
Joe Esquell
Jerome, Jerald
Jan
James Esquell
San Marcos
Grand Prairie
Six Flags Over
Tex
West Texas Chamber Approves Nine Constitutional Amendments Plan
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce and regional chamber committees back nine amendments to the Texas Constitution including water bonds salary hikes for lawmakers and increased student loan funds. Amendments 1 4 and 5 were not acted on while Amendment 9 seeking annual legislative sessions drew opposition. Voters will decide on August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
George McCleskey
Lubbock
Wtcc Water Committee
Affais
Reuben Senterfitt
San Saba
WTCC
Senterfitt
Social Security Checks To Be Delivered One Day Earlier
Postmaster urges Social Security recipients especially Harper area patrons served by star route carriers to pick up checks Saturday August 2. Weekend mail thefts are more common, so early pickup is advised to protect funds and prevent loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Post Office
Star Route
Range Camp Graduation and Directors Meeting Planned at A and M Adjunct
Range Camp graduation is Saturday at Texas A and M Adjunct in Junction. A midsummer directors meeting for the Texas Section American Society of Range Management will follow the graduation with Dr. Joe Schuster announcing Fort Worth as the site for the Section annual meeting December 5 and 6. Attendees include Cy Richmond, Bobby Joe Ragsdale, Henry A Wright, Dr. Leo Merrill, and other range and conservation leaders from Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Section
American Society Or
Range Management
Joe Schuster
Aith A & M
Fort Worth
Schuster
Texas Tech
Jack Dobson
Harper Herald
Texas
Cy) Richmond
Soil Conservation Service
San Angelo
Richmond
Bobby Joe Ragsdale
Fleet
Texas A & M
George W. Skeets
Water Valley
Leo Merrill
Sonora
Dean Isaacs
SCS
Denton
Joe L. McIntire
Uvalde
J E Cowden
Odessa
Henry W Turney
Dublin
Sam Coleman
LCS
Texas Secon
Clifford Bodes Entertain With Barbecue Supper
Mr and Mrs Clifford Bode entertained with a barbecue supper at the home of Wm Harper Sunday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Dayton Rode, Mr and Mrs Douglas Bode and children, Bill Bode, Mr and Mrs Dallas Reiger and children, and Mr and Mrs Howard Walker and their baby daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Bode
Harper
Dayton Rode
Douglas Bode
Bill Bode
Dallas Reiger
Howard Walker
Rev Arhelger To Preach Sunday At St James Harper
Pastor E L Arhelger of Holy Ghost Lutheran Church Fredericksburg Texas will preach at St James Lutheran Church Harper this Sunday August 3 while Pastor Bill Hill is away. Service at 8 30 and Sunday School at 9 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Arhelger
St. James Lutheran Church
E. L. Arhelger
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Texas
Harper
Bill Hill
Baethge Joins Charolais Association Membership
James V. Baethge of Harper Texas was accepted for membership in the American International Charolais Assn Houston announced J Scott Henderson executive secretary The report notes the breed origin in France and a 1968 rise in registrations transfers and total membership within the national herd book and appendix listing exact counts and growth figures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Baethge
Harper
Texas
Houston
J. Scott Henderson
France
Association
Lang Family Visits And Klein Family Visit
SF C and Mrs. Joseph B Lang and children of San Antonio visited their parents Mr. and Mrs Edwin Lang last week Thursday. Mr and Mrs Edwin Klein visited her mother Mrs Anna Moellendorf Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J . Robinson
Mike
Fort Worth
Hilda Sageser
Alfons Maurer
Nazareth
Henry Maurer
Gertrude
Sf.c
Joseph B. Lang
San Antonio
Edwin Lang
Edwin Klein
Anna Moellendorf
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Outdoor Point
Hill Country Arts Foundation
Ingram
Paula
Femrenbach
FHS
Bullmoose
Harrison Ewing
Fye Fleagle
Shane Ann Younts
Appassionata von Climax
David Bozeman
Jack S. Phogbound
Gene Ball
Claudia Parker
John Brannon
Jesse E. Parker
al Capp
the Herald
Nimitz Museum
Naval Air Station
Point Mugu
Calif
Red Schneer
Quality Peanut Company
Gratis
Raoto
Cranence Atten
Longhorn Cafe
Harper, Texas
Louis Feller
Harper Comunity Park
Harper Locals
Robert Harlan of
McAllen
Mrs
Tommy Harlan
Lawrence Metzger Jr
Wichita, Kansas
Lawrence Metzger Sr
John Bohmann of
Seguin
Alfred Kramer
Pete Kramer
John Bohmann
Simon Cosper
New Iberia
Kelton Kramer
New Braunfels
Howard Cottle
Weegie
Elmo Lumpkins
Roy
Raymond Cottle
James Tarr
Heather
Watkins Tarr
John
Faye Walker
J. M. Stevens
Mrs. van Mund
Dess
Ted Mund
Jim Bob Stevens
Eddie Kensing
Frank Lange
Louis Lange
Lange
Perry ‘Biles
Children
Corpus Christi
JM. Stevens
Donnie Bode
Dick Howe
Lampasas
Frances Floyd
Wendel
Cherry Springs
Victor Wendel
Lee Schmidt
Lorenz Wendel
Max Linge
Diana Rahe
Alfred Lehne
News Medical
Jack G. Springer
S- J. Fike Godfrey
Bertha Juenke
Cosper and
Cottle
West Texas Chamber Committee
A&m Adjunct
Clifford Bodes
James Baethge
Charolais Assn
Mayfield Mattress CO
Harper Drug Store
Grace & Leslie Harper
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