Heavy August Rain Boosts Range Conditions Ahead of November Hunt
A county wide rainstorm delivered 1.72 inches in Fredericksburg area on Wednesday with Harper reporting over five inches for August and surrounding zones over six inches. Officials note vast range improvement and anticipate a strong deer and turkey season when hunting begins November 12.
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Harper
Chas. Barrett
First State Bank
Barrett
N. J. Dietel
Fredericksburg
Dietel
Dog days of frustration and fishing hope in South Texas
A reader essay contrasts Viet Nam war strains and domestic woes with a hopeful note from fisheries officials. Elgin Dietz of the Parks and Wildlife Department says Sabina, Frio, Nueces, and San Antonio rivers report top bass year based on 60 diving collections, signaling good river conditions.
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South Texas
Elgin Dietz
Parks and Wildlife Department
Sabina
Frio
Nueces
San Anto
DPS Urges Public To Drive With Care
Col Homer Garrison Jr of the Texas DPS warns that 41 people are expected to die in traffic accidents during the Labor Day weekend. He notes Texas is ahead of 1965 and cites Operation Motorcide with 158 officers on duty, and joint efforts by state safety groups to cut deaths.
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Austin
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Texas
Garrison
United States
Department of Public Safety
Motorcide
Laura Lee Gass of Comfort Named Texas Rural Electric Coop Queen
Laura Lee Gass of Comfort was named Miss C T E C and named Texas Rural Electric Coop Queen for 1965. She will represent Texas in the national Miss Rural Electrification contest in San Francisco next February and serves as CT E C hostess at Central Texas events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Louise Gass
Comfort
Texas Electric Cooperative
Jan Brown
Harper
Texas Rural Electric Cooperatives
San Antonio
W. C. Me. Williams
Wilbur Durst
Laura Lee Gass of
Texas Rural Electric Coop Queen
Central Texas’ Electric Cooperative
J. C. Gass
Comfort High School
Texas A & I College
Miss Texas Electric Cooperative
Laura Louise
Texas
San Francisco
California
Las Vegas
Miss Gass
Rural Electric
Texas Rural Electrics
Mason
W. C. McWilliams
Hardy Moses
Gass
Victor G. Sagebiel
Roscoe Basse
Milton Crenwelge
Clinton Brown
Parker
Bob Brown
Werner Moe
Boos Itz Pledged Marnage With Classic Church Ceremony
Cathyleen Faye Boos and C Lamar Itz were married Saturday in a traditional ceremony. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo F Boose, wore a crepe and Chantilly lace gown with a long veil, and carried a yellow and white orchid bouquet. Attendants included Sharon Gath Boos, sister, as maid of honor.
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Cathyleen Faye Boos
C. Lamar Itz
Marnage
Tamar
Hugo F. Boose
Fredericksburg
Edmund
San Angelo
Fredericksbur High School
Kerrville
Sharon Gath Boos
Sam Angelo
Honor
Shirley Luedecke
Gloria Feller
Colones Maiquardt
Listerdale
Donna Kay Goehmann
Lairsy Goehmann
Curtis Hugh Boos
Cody Marschall
Alpine
Daniel Fritz
Harper
Malcolm Marschall
Austin
Stanley Pfeiffer
Dallas
Dennis Bernhard
Larry Heiner
Larry Goedmann
Lloyd Rust
Comfort
Nancy Morrison
Larry Goehmann
Jim Semmler
Cody Marsehall
Malcolm Marshall
Douglas Bode
Gillespie County Old Teamsters Reunion Labor Day
The Gillespie County Old Teamsters Reunion is set for Labor Day at Klein's Hall Spring Creek Harper road. Henry Wendel is president with officers inviting all members and visitors to attend. a planned program and barbecue will be provided as in prior years.
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Gillespie County
Klein's Hall
Spring Creek
Harper Road
Henry Wendel
Frontier Festival Roundup schedules two day Harper event
Frontier Festival Roundup proceeds on schedule at Harper Community Park with a western parade Saturday at 4 p.m. a barbecue at 5:30 p.m. and rodeo at 8 p.m. Sunday features a fiddlers contest and rodeo at 8 p.m. plus a Kerrville Guadalupe Quadrille performance and park-donation sponsors Harper Lions Club and Park Association.
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Harper Community Park
Kerrville Guadalupe
Lloyd Woodly
Lampasas
Bo Bland
Harper Lions Club
Harper Community Park Assn
The
Harper Roping Club
Postal Patrons Learn Zip Code At March Conferences
March conferences across Louisiana and Texas explained the Zip Code program adopted to speed mail delivery. Officials compared mail volumes from 20 years ago to today and projected future handling, noting the five digit code will direct processing and delivery steps.
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Postoffice Department
Louisiana
Texas
Post Office Department
Young Homemakers Host Ice Cream Social Evening
On Thursday evening FHA girls who sat for the Young Homemakers attended an ice cream social on the Sultemiers lawn. Families joined in as men played 42 and the group prepared decorations for the County fair parade. An enjoyable evening for all.
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FHA
Harry Sultemiers
Birthday observance for Mrs Goff with extensive guest list
Mrs RB Goff celebrated her 88th birthday with a Saturday barbecue at the Lee Goff home attended by Calvin and Danel Durst, Harvey OD Goff family, Keith Meadows group, WW Poole daughters, and others from San Antonio Dallas and beyond. The event included a silver coffee service and the bride's blue knit suit at a wedding tiptoe departure.
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RB Goff
Lee Goff
Calvin Goff
Houston
Danel Durst
San Antonio
Harvey
Goff
Mro
Keith Meadows
Childen
WW Poole
Baneity
Mroo
Olin Walker
Clarence Sindkar
Mac Scarborough Rites Held Aug Twenty Fourth
Funeral services for Mac J. Scarborough 77 were held Wednesday August 24 at 10 am in Harper Baptist Church with Kerrville Masonic rites at the Harper cemetery. He died August 22 at 2 am in the Veterans hospital Kerrville after a lingering illness. He was born June 24, 1886 in Bastrop County and was a drilling contractor, a Baptist, and a World War I veteran. Survivors include his wife, son Joe Scarborough of Austin, two daughters Rex Fox of El Paso and Harold Habericht of Kilgore, two brothers Robert of San Antonio Ollie of Houston, two sisters Wesley Kethnan of San Angelo and Cole Baker of Kerrville and five grandchildren.
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Mac J. Scarborough
Harper Baptist Church
Kerrville
Harper Cemetery
Scarborough
Veterans Hospital
Plummer Smith Funeral Home
Bastrop County
Harper
Mrs R R Webb Graduates Then Plans Dallas Teaching Post
Mrs R R Webb formerly Dorothy Oehler receives a Bachelor’s from North Texas State University Denton on August 24 and will teach first grade in Dallas Public Schools. She is the daughter of Mrs Theo Oehler and the late Mr Oehler of Harper.
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North Texas State University
Denton
R R. Webb
Dorothy Oehler
Theo Oehler
Mr. Oehler
Harper
Webb
Dallas
Johnson Birthday Plans Shade by Weekend Travels
President Lyndon B. Johnson will observe his 58th birthday on Saturday August 28 born August 27 1908 at Stonewall to S E Johnson Jr and Rebekah Baines Johnson. The Johnsons hosted guests including General and Mrs William Westmoreland at the LBJ Ranch after church in Fredericksburg and visits in eastern states and Canada.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
S. E. Johnson Jr
Rebekah Baines Johnson
Gillespie County
Johnson
LBJ
Fredericksburg
William Westmoreland
United Nations
Vietnam
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Texas
White House
Harper School Longhorns 1906 Football Schedule
Harper School announces the 1906 season schedule for the Harper Longhorns with dates at Yancy Here Latch Keys Cente Pout Here Mie tunne La Pryor M Canyon Leakey Center Point Madine N Canyon Open and an ad for Mayfield Mattress Company offering mattress refurbishing services.
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Harper Longhorns
Aga
Yancy
la Pryor
M. Canyon
Leakey
Center Point
T. Madine
Herve
N. Canyon
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Simon Casper
New Pherla, la
Alfred Kramer
la Medina
Facon
Mr. Dietz
Falcon Lake
Btaff
Mrs
GO. Lamar
OLD Teamsters
Frontier Festival
Harper School
Jack Stehiing
Mee
YOURG
Pat Bruns
Eugene Fellet
Elmer
Mooney Aircraft
Kervile
Liang
LaCoste
Seguin
Andy's
Groum
Mac Scarborough
R. R. Webb
Rawleigh
Mayfield Mattress Company
Rerrvalle
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