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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1969
Page
8
A column urges curing chronic procrastination to seize today rather than tomorrow. Experts say fatigue stems from doing too little, not too much, and energy grows with purposeful action. The piece touches on cultural shifts, recreation spending, and a 1971 federal holiday law promoting long weekends.
Kerrville Manic schedules an open house at Kerrville Airport on August 17 from 3 to 6 p.m. Co Inc. hosts the event with details about visiting hours and activities for attendees.
Park Board urges community members to assist in a Saturday August 9 cleanup and repairs at Herper Community Park ahead of Labor Day rodeo weekend. Project includes painting rest rooms and other needed servicing to keep the park usable and inviting. Attending funeral services for Roger Parker in Johnson City are listed among local attendees.
The Red Cross will hold a blood drive Friday at Zion Lutheran Church Annex with a quota rise from 52 to 402 pints annually. Mooney aircraft tours and a Kerrville airport open house follow, including prizes and demonstrations, as community members plan to attend.
The Mohair Council delegates from South Africa visited the Texas mohair producing area for their semiannual meeting. They praised local growers for improvements since 1964 in production and marketing while noting packaging, carpet development, and mohair quality data efforts.
Funeral services for Albert Roy Parker a retired rancher were held in Driftweed after his death at an Austin hospital from a heart attack. Parker a native of Harper was the son of the late Vester and Lisa Rogers Parker. He was 20 years old in Ballinger and connected to the local social scene through a pageant featuring Miss Jan Ellen Green of Ballinger who modeled a mohair outfit with a set of unique accessories. Green, who has a busy slate of appearances across Texas including Fredericksburg Hemphill Wells Lubbock Striplings Ft Worth and Corpus Christi, drew community attention with her wardrobe display and scheduled appearances.
In Gillespie County Texas voters supported the state water plan along with amendments No. 2 No. 1 No. 5 No. 7 and No. 8, while opposing Nos. 3 4 6 9. Balloting was light at five local polling places including the courthouse and Willow City.
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