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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1973
Page
5
Open lines of communication are essential in dealing with others. Rules include listening, understanding viewpoints, finding agreement, admitting disagreements, and showing respect. Also mentions local people visiting Las Vegas and family trips, with a note to subscribe to The Herald.
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 93 years of life with ties to San Angelo Gillespie County and Kerrville. Survivors include one son eight daughters 27 grandchildren 58 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
Texas faces rising screwworm cases with 224 reported by July 20, nearly triple June totals. USDA warns peak season spans September and October as Hill Country rains heighten risk. The program combines spraying, heavy sterile fly drops, and rancher cooperation for inspection and sampling.
About 100 swine producers and guests heard carcass evaluation results by Dr. Frank Orts at the Gillespie County Pork Producers Barbecue. Top light weight and heavyweight groups were named, with plaques presented and remarks on future association plans. The event tied to Gillespie County pork production and 1973 market outlook.
Officers and directors of the Texas Section Society for Range Management met in the Texas Tech Center in Lubbock. Sam Coleman was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Don Pendleton. October 12 set for Ranch Management Conference in Lubbock. December 6-8 set for annual Section meeting in El Paso and Juarez with New Mexico and Northern Mexico. Parent society winter meeting hoped for in San Antonio in 1976. Summer meeting planned for College Station as part of Texas A&M University’s centennial.
Beckmann and Schaetter funeral homes announce end of ambulance operations in Gillespie County as of midnight December 31 1973. The letter cites licensing costs training mandates insurance and federal rules as reasons and asks county and city officials to seek government solutions.
About 600 Central Texas Electric Cooperative members lost service briefly Thursday evening July 26 after damage at the Streeter sub-station in Mason County. The outage shifted most county customers to Mason sub-station as crews placed a mobile substation online and repaired the damaged facility.
Harper residents report returns from vacations in Mexico and Colorado. Nearby attendees include Mrs Maggie Keen's birthday party at Junction and visits with the Leinwebers and Gamels. Families from Mason Baytown San Antonio Doole Lubbock and Kimble County are noted with weekend gatherings and hospital news.
Rainfall amounts varied around Harper from Monday night through Tuesday, with reports of 2 to 5 inches in multiple nearby communities including Pedernales, Rollie Perils, Hunt-Ingram, and Prairie Mountain areas. Fredericksburg observer N J Dietel logged 1.28 inches while skies remained unsettled Wednesday. local families attended gatherings in Brady and the Poe Reunion over the weekend and a park barbecue awarded swine producers at Gillespie County Park.
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