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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1970
Page
2
HemisFair63 opens Saturday with a vast World s Fair in downtown San Antonio featuring 45 foreign pavilions 20 industrial sites and 100 restaurants. The Tower of the Americas 622 feet tall offers rotating dining and multiple observation decks while rides boats and elevated walkways connect two levels of the fairgrounds.
A press tour with Mrs. Johnson and Secretary Udall visits Gillespie County landmarks including the Walter family grape vine near an 1846 settlement, the Klingehoefer home tied to 1850s Democratic party organizing, the John Peter Tatsch home, Pioneer Museum, and the LBJ Ranch. The itinerary includes music, German songs, Easter pageant previews, and a post tour schedule ending in Corpus Christi and Padre Island.
In Harper area districts several units report early registrations for 1968 charters. Fredericksburg units show 60 and 47 boys in PACES calls, while others in Stonewall Marble Falls Johnson City Llano and Bertram list 10 to 40 boys under sponsors like Lions Club First Methodist and American Legion posts. Troops include Fredericksburg and Harper entities with 12 to 25 boys under Lions Club and church sponsorship as charter talks proceed.
Angela Matthcr and Mi Cheer Mieerer of Kerrville set a June wedding at Notre Dame Catholic Church. The bride, a 1970s graduate, and groom Trey Cal plan a formal ceremony with family and friends in attendance.
The Marble Falls area announces a Boy Scout program led by Advisor Harvey Eckert with 19 boys and Willard Janssen guiding 7 boys. Jim Hayes becomes Assistant District Commissioner as the group prepares a ten day canoe trip from Ely Minnesota to the Canadian Superior Quebico region, with trips divided among three groups under adult supervision. The voyage includes stops at military installations and parks, costs total about 125 dollars, and aims to reach the Somers Canoe Base before June.
The Tower of the Americas, the western hemisphere's tallest observation tower at 622 feet, will be completed and open by April 1. Everett Jennings, Critical Path Manager, says over half of the 112 World’s Fair projects are finished and the rest will be ready for the six million expected visitors.
Private Raymond O. Feller Jr. and his wife Janice from Harper Texas are listed as separated by service. Feller is assigned to Company C 1st Battalion 50th Infantry in Vietnam as of March 7 with parents living in Harper.
The world's largest screen to show a 23 minute documentary by Francis Thompson at the United States Pavilion's 1200 seat Confluence theatre. The two-building complex features an oval display hall with memorabilia and art celebrating immigrant voyages and notable figures. Also a local ad notes prompt radio TV service by Gene Harper at Modern Market in Harper.
Notice announces a vote to elect three trustees for Harper Independent School District. Election to be held in the Harper School Cafetorium on Saturday, April 6.
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