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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1973
Page
7
Open lines of communication are essential in daily interactions. Five rules promote effective dialogue: listen, understand the other’s view, find agreement, admit disagreement honestly, and show respect and admiration. The piece closes with social notes about local residents visiting and returning from trips.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Bell Palmer 88 of Kerrville were held July 26 at Kerrville Funeral Home. Interment followed at Garden of Memories. She died July 24 at Colonial Nursing Home after a long Kernville life with 38 years in Kerrville and 16 in Gillespie County.
Harper area residents Pauline Lange of Seguin and Robin Schneider of Odessa visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Spaeth this week. Janice Spaeth of La Mesa weekends with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Spaeth. The McDougalls from San Antonio visit Warren McDougall’s parents and pick up their daughter. The McDougalls also visit sister Mrs. Huffman in Houston midweek. The Masseys of Dublin spend the weekend with his parents, Clay and Mrs. Massey. Milton Kramer and wife stay in Austin as Kramer serves on a federal grand jury. Levi Kensing hosts house guests Sheila Whiting and Doris Stannard, visiting Mullin. Buddy Spaeth and Lena of Bonham join James Esquell family for weekend visits and attend the Jane Foster Jerald Esquell wedding.
USDA warns cases rise in Texas with 224 infections by July 20, Austin says peak expected in September and October. In Hill Country recent rains worsen the environment, while spraying for infested herds and weekly air drops of 40 million sterile flies are underway to curb the outbreak. Ranchers urged to inspect stock, submit samples, and use free pesticide services.
The 100 swine producers and guests heard carcass evaluation results by Dr. Frank Orts at the Gillespie County Pork Producers barbecue. Top light and heavyweight groups were led by LeeRoy Behrends and Sons of Stonewall and Christian Behrends of Luckenbach, with plaques from the Gillespie County Pork Producers Association.
Officers and directors of the Texas Section Society for Range Management met in the Texas Tech Center faculty lounge in Junction. Sam Coleman was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Don Pendleton. The Ranch Management Conference is set for October 12 in Lubbock. The annual Section meeting is planned for El Paso and Juarez December 6-8 with New Mexico and Northern Mexico. The parent society winter meeting may be in San Antonio in 1976 and a 1976 summer meeting could be in College Station for Texas A&M’s Centennial.
Beckmann and Schaetter funeral homes announce cessation of ambulance operations effective midnight December 31 1973. They cite rising licensing, training, equipment, insurance, and regulatory costs plus federal rules as making private service in a small community untenable. The letter to Gillespie County and Fredericksburg officials requests government action to solve the problem.
About 600 Central Texas Electric Cooperative members lost service briefly Thursday night July 26 after damage at the Streeter sub station in Mason County. Mobile substation and curtailment restored service while repairs were made.
Mr and Mrs Dallas Rieger and sons returned from a two weeks trip to Mexico. Mr and Mrs Clark Bier schwale and sons came back from Colorado. Mrs Walter Parker Jr and daughter Antoinette Acker and son Cody of Odessa attended Mrs Maggie Keen s nintieth birthday at Junction. Visiting Clarence Leinweber and Herbert Gamels were Mrs Haden Harper and daughter Mrs Jack F Elder of Baytown. Henry Kettner of Mason visited his sister Mrs W E Fletcher and attended the Foster Esquell wedding at the Catholic Church. Clarence Leinweber and Edith Burris visited in San Antonio where she is hospitalized after a fall. A J Kinsey visited their daughter Mrs W C Whitworth at Doole. Dan Ellis of Lubbock spent the weekend at their Kimble County ranch.
Rainfall across Harper area Monday to Tuesday ranged from about 1.28 inches in Fredericksburg to as high as five inches in outlying communities. Reported totals included 2% inches near Harper, 3.75 near Pedernales, and up to five inches in several nearby locales. Weather set to continue unsettled with clouds and moisture.
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