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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1973
Page
2
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Local residents share updates on friends and family. Jeff Elam is reported doing fine. Belton Tatsch family traveled to Las Vegas to visit daughter and son in law Michael Briggs. Oliver Hopf returned home after weeks in San Antonio. Bill Dees visited Harper family. Rahe family and Sherrie Rahe visited Fort Worth and Six Flags over Texas.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Bell Palmer 88 of Kerrville were held July 26 at Kerrville Funeral Home with Rev. Carlos Parker and Rev. Don Starkweather officiating. Interment followed in Garden of Memories. She died July 24 at Colonial Nursing Home after a Kerrville residence of 38 years and Gillespie County residence of 16 years. Survivors include one son London Palmer and eight daughters, 27 grandchildren, 58 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Her daughter Lottie preceded her in death.
Lisa Lange Seguin and Robin Schneider Odessa visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Raymond Spaeth this week. Janice Spaeth La Mesa spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Spaeth. The McDougalls of San Antonio visited their son in town and his daughter with her grandparents. They also visited Mrs Huffman in Houston. The Masseys Dublin spent the weekend with Clay ton Massey’s family. Milton Kramer and wife in Austin as he served on a federal grand jury. Levi Kensing hosted Sheila Whiting and Doris Stannard, visiting Mullin. Buddy Spaeth and Lena with James Esquell visited Joe Esquell’s family and attended the Jane Foster Jerald Esquell wedding.
USDA reports 224 screwworm cases in Texas by July 20, triple June figures, with peak activity expected in September and October. Program measures include free spraying of infested herds, air drops of over 40 million sterile flies, and intensified rancher cooperation in inspecting and treating livestock. Sample kits available from county agents and veterinarians.
At the Gillespie County Pork Producers barbecue 100 swine producers and guests heard Dr. Frank Orts present carcass evaluation results. LeeRoy Behrends and Sons of Stonewall led in light weight with largest loin eye. Christian Behrends of Luckenbach led heavyweight. Plaques from the Gillespie County Pork Producers Association were presented by Dr. Daniel Fritz.
Texas Section Society for Range Management officers and directors met at the Texas Tech Center in Lubbock with Dean Isaacs presiding. Sam Coleman appointed to fill the unexpired term of Director Don Pendleton. October 12 is set for the Ranch Management Conference at Lubbock. The annual Section meeting will be in El Paso and Juarez December 6-8, with plans to seek an international winter meeting in San Antonio in 1976 and a 1976 summer meeting at College Station as part of Texas A&M University’s Centennial.
Two local funeral homes Beckmann and Schaetter announce ending ambulance operations by midnight December 31, 1973. They cite licensing costs, staffing, equipment, insurance, and federal rules as driving factors, urging county and city officials to seek a public solution.
Central Texas Electric Cooperative served about 600 members with no power for a short period after a storm damaged Streeter sub station in Mason County. Repairs followed as the cooperative redirected demand and placed a mobile substation into service to restore service.
Mr and Mrs Dallas Rieger and sons returned from a two weeks trip to Mexico. Clark Bierschwal e and sons concluded a Colorado vacation. Mrs Walter Parker Jr her daughter Mrs Antoinette Acker and son Cody of Odessa attended Mrs Maggie Keens ninetieth birthday in Junction. Visiting Clarence Leinweber and Herbert Gamels were Mrs Haden Harper and daughter Mrs Jack Elder of Baytown. Henry Kettner of Mason visited sister Mrs W E Fletcher and attended the Foster Esquell wedding at the Catholic Church. Clarence Leinweber and wife in San Antonio to see Edith Burris in hospital after a fall. A J Kinsey visited daughter Mrs W C Whitworth at Doole. Dan Ellis of Lubbock spent weekend at their Kimble County ranch.
Rainfall across Harper area Tuesday and Monday brought as much as five inches in several locales while others reported around 1 to 3.75 inches. Weather observers noted unsettled skies, with further rain possible as of Wednesday noon. Local social notes mention visits to Brady for Poe Reunion. Plaques awarded at Gillespie County Park for Commercial Swine Evaluation during the Friday barbecue at Lady Bird Johnson Park.
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