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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1968
Page
1
The notice advertises Sunday School at 10:00 am Worship at 11:00 am Evening Service at 8:00 pm and Brotherhood meetings on first and third Wednesdays at 7:30 pm led by Rev. A A Gitter. Also mentions Catholic Mass times and welcomes attendance.
The Harper Herald publishes announced candidates for the November 1908 election in Gillespie County. GERHARD SCHULLE seeks State Se th District seat and SAM L. DARDEN of Bandera runs for Sheriff on the Democratic ticket.
D Wayne Rogers and Scheel Supertator announce Sunday School at 10 Worship at 11 Women's Association meets third Thursday at 2 20 PM Session meets third Wednesday For sale portable stock spray at Flog Bode Service Station Harper Texas seen with Mrs Fred Nabers
The article notes official board and Harper Circle meetings on the first Tuesday evenings. It mentions Mrs. Dale Manning visiting from Austin with her young son and Dale’s weekend trip to pick them up, plus visits by Pete Kramer of New Braunfels to his mother Mrs. Alf. Kramer. Also mentioned are Mrs. Chester Moses, Mrs. Floyd Boatright, and Miss Gertrude Maurer at Cowboy Camp Meeting and Rev. Edgar Grahm of Trinity University preaching at the Presbyterian church on Sunday Aug. 18.
Mrs. Clara Wendel thanks family friends and neighbors for cards letters flowers and meals during illness in hospital and at home.
Mrs. V C Whitworth and infant daughter Stephanie Kay are spending this week with her parents Mr and Mrs A J Kinesy. V C Whitworth and family of Doole were dinner guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Pete Whitworth Sunday.
A brief notice advertises a subscription option priced at three dollars per year for the Herald. It offers no further details beyond the rate and the call to subscribe.
The Harper Herald prints a ministerial sermon urging trust in God and the soul in a vast universe. It calls for devout living in the twentieth century, guidance from William Law, and a life of prayer, action, and study to adorn the soul with grace and virtue.
Castroville prepares for St Louis Day with 12 000 visitors expected at Koenig Park on Medina River. The 124th birthday celebration features beef barbecue German sausage and family style meals starting 11 a.m. Tickets cost 1 50 for adults and 1 for children with a dance to cap the evening.
W H Lindig joins the Gillespie County Soil and Water Conservation District planning coastal bermuda and grasses for grazing and annual rest of cropland to boost native grass vigor. Clarence Jacoby builds cross fences for rotation grazing and wells for stock water. A wildfire on Warren Miller’s land near Stonewall damaged grasses but reseeding with ryegrass and rest improved soil cover and native grasses began returning.
Texas oldest county fair gears up for the 80th Gillespie Fair August 24 25 1930 with top racing nightly shows and a strong agricultural exhibit. Organizers promise outstanding acts from the Cyclonians Tina and Leonardo along with multiple bands and a grand parade through Fredericksburg Texas. Officials Otto Spaeth Curtis Feller Roy Stroeher Elgin Heimann and others emphasize expanded livestock and women’s divisions and a high quality midway.
Norman Dacey, an estate planner, discusses ways to avoid probate in a program titled Swing for the Sixties. The show airs Monday August 19 at 7:07 pm on KLRN TV Channel 19.
James L. Armstrong, rushed by Schaetter Ambulance on August to the VA Hospital, was on the serious ill list until last Wednesday noon, but friends report he is now improving.
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