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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1967
Page
4
Harper High School football began non contact practice August 4 with Clarry Suite meer as coach. Twenty three players reported and Homer Molders serves as man ner for the third year. Yancey game canceled. Rocksprings to replace but game moved to November 10 due to conflicts.
A Washington letter criticizes Judge Skelly Wright for ordering forced busing and involuntary mixing of students and teachers in District of Columbia public schools. The piece argues the decision invades legislative domain and would coerce racial integration across schools and boards.
Ruth Johnson a versatile Kerrville organist will accompany all acts and perform between numbers at Gillespie County Fair shows. She played six hours forty five minutes at a recent Bandera courthouse dedication and brings her own organ. A San Angelo native with decades of concert work, she now headlines the 79th Gillespie County Fair running Friday through Sunday August 25 26 and 27.
Seaman Patrick A Frantzen, son of Mr and Mrs Henry R Frantzen of Luckenbach Fredericksburg Texas, serves aboard the destroyer USS Noa with the U S Sixth Fleet. The ship recently visited Volos Greece for six days where crew members enjoyed local hospitality and Mount Pelion. In the Mediterranean the destroyer operates with the Sixth Fleet Attack Carrier Striking Group.
Doss & Giles Construction Company of Dallas appears to be the low bidder on two Williams Creek flood prevention dams Sites 1 and 2 with an estimate of 1360 10 dollars-two other bids were near this amount and a third bid around 215 000. Award and final papers are pending. construction could begin within 20 days and finish within 345 calendar days, with Sites 3 and 4 already completed. The project aims to create permanent pools and permit public use at some owner sites. it is Gillespie County first such project and may set a pattern for future RC and D projects.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives from San Antonio Houston Kerrville Dublin Bastrop and Doole. Families including Lange Crenwelge Staudt Moellendorf Walker Reiger Whitworth Mabry Kuinsing and Wienecke were mentioned with church services and vacations noted in Harper.
Harper Lions heard second vice president Howard Sivels report on the district cabinet meeting held August 6 to 9 at the Crippled Children's Camp near Kerrville. A new film on camp activities was highlighted and the next cabinet meeting was tentatively set for November in Harper.
Rain reaches parts of Gillespie County prompting planning for small grain planting. Farmers are advised on soil fertility, moisture, and fertilizer use to boost yields. Soil analysis available at the Soil Conservation Service office for a $200 per sample test.
Legion Auxiliary Unit 450 heard delegate reports from Linda Harper and Herschell Esquell on Girls State and Bows State. Officers for the coming year were elected and installed: Harper president, Tatsch first vice president, Fletcher second vice president, Debens treasurer, Jones historian, Bailes chaplain, Fritz center spent week with Fritz family, visitors included Edmund Jenschke and family from Fredericksburg.
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