Gillespie County Fair Opens With Parade
The 85th Gillespie County Fair begins with a Friday morning parade featuring Fair Queen Brenda Lange of Harper and Duchesses Barbara Ransleben and Sheila Petsch of Luckenbach. The one mile, hour-long procession signals the three-day event’s start in San Angelo stage.
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Gillespie County Fair
San Antonio
Brenda Lange
Harper
Barbara Ransleben
Sheila Petsch
Luckenbach
Gillespie County
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Doss
Stonewall
Fair
Gillespie County Livestock Auction Company
Frontier Festival opens with parade and rodeo at Harper
The 9th annual Harper Community Park Frontier Day Festival begins September 1 with a western parade at 5 p.m. followed by a Bar-B-Que beef plate, an 8 p.m. rodeo, and a 10 p.m. dance featuring The Line Riders. Events include bareback and bull riding, steer roping, calf roping, and girls barrel racing plus a children’s calf scramble. Sunday features a fiddlers contest at 1:30 p.m. and another Bar-B-Que beef meal at 6 p.m., with a late western dance at the Community Hall after the 8 p.m. rodeo. Rodeo headquarters are in Harper, Texas.
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Harper Community Park
Lynn Crider
Adolph Hofner
Floy Bode Co
Harper
Texas
Legion and Auxiliary Re-Elect Officers
Harper Legion Post and Auxiliary reaffirmed leadership in a August 10 meeting. President Geraldine Skipper noted Girls State attendee Carolyn Peril and a $300 scholarship to Sue Rahe from the Department. Poppy drive results were reported for Memorial Day weekend, with thanks expressed. Contributions supported M D Anderson Cancer Research. Dues rise 50 cents after October 20 and reports from Boy and Girl State delegates will be discussed. Jane Bailey will head a Labor Day parade float.
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Harper Legion Post and Auxiliary
Geraldine Skipper
Carolyn Peril
Girls State
Sue Rahe
Estella Whitworth
M. D. Anderson Cancer Research
Jane Bailey
Harper Local Visits and Community News
Harper residents share weekend visits with relatives in San Antonio Dublin and Fredericksburg and report several local happenings. Karl Durst and Reginald McDougall hosted guests, while Lydia Bier schwale’s daughter-in-law visited. Christine Kramer recovers at home after surgery and families from Searcy Arkansas visited the Lange relatives.
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Karl Durst
San Antonio
Doss
Reginald McDougall
Christine Kramer
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
CTEC Members Advised Electric Rates Will Go Up
Central Texas Electric Cooperative officials warned at the Llano meeting that fuel shortages and increased generation costs will push electric bills higher. Manager W C McWilliams cited a $13 2100,000 plant investment since 1963 with a $6 710 00 increase and said LC RA’s shift to fuel oils may raise monthly fuel charges tied to natural gas limits. He noted a 5 percent REA loan and 7 percent CFC loan, and predicted shortages last five years unless new fossil fuel reserves are found. The event featured awards and a KTBC TV host, with prizes totaling over 600.
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Gillespie County
Jung
Fredericksburg Independent
Central Texas Electric Cooperative
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Llano
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Railroad Commission of Texas
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Coastal States Gas Co
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R.E.A
CFC
Willie Ray Willmann
Mason
Bob Garner
Tow
Garner
Norman Grenwelge
Fred Osbourn
Llany
G W Haney
Kerr County
Luther White
John H. Schuessler
Clyde Estep
San Saba County
Ralph Landner
Comfort
E. Dean Hopf
Elmer Bierschwab
Roy
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Fredericksburg Rest Home
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Jerome Lange
Searcy
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Helen Feller
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T.V
Ktbc-Tv
Harper Kindergarten
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Andy Moore
Hurley
New Mexico
Moore
Elmer Huffman
Kerrville
Thomas North
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Junction
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Lavia Moore
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