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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
5
A compact listing of services from multiple churches in Harper. First Baptist and First Pentecostal announce weekly worship schedules, Sunday School times, and midweek meetings. Catholic Church notes December Masses and religious education. Harper United Presbyterian provides Sunday School and Worship times with Women’s Association and Session meetings.
Pastor Mehr and Mrs Kramer with Miss Maurer visited Fredericksburg and their sister Mrs Bierschwale. Families from Elk Creek Missouri connect with Parker households while Terry Parker serves in the armed forces. Fire wood for sale by Aubrey Parkers in Harper. Dinner guests included Scarborough Bierschwale Massey kin. Subscriptions to The Herald offered.
Rev. William Parrish announces first Tuesday evening each month at 700 pm an Official Board meeting. Harper Circle of Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet at 2 3 pm.
A survey notes half of U S residents may live in high rise apartments by 1975 creating outreach challenges for churches and synagogues. Low income complexes show stronger engagement through tutoring music after school and community service while ecumenical efforts prove more effective than denominational ones.
The Lutheran Hour will air a Dec 22 Christmas special featuring an interview with Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia conducted by Dr Oswald Hoffmann. The program aims to reach a global audience including behind the iron curtain, with hundreds of stations and international outlets carrying the broadcast.
The Lutherhjalpen agency in Sweden expands through the community development program of the Lutheran World Federation, boosting local aid and outreach. The collaboration aims to strengthen social services and church-led relief efforts across regions served.
A poll of Gillespie County Lutheran congregations in January will gauge interest in a 60 bed retirement and nursing home proposed for Fredericksburg. The plan contemplates a $600,000 facility with a $300,000 Hill Burton grant and a $65,000 estate gift. success would move to organization and site work, failure would redirect funds to Round Rock Trinity Home.
Austin social security manager James B. Marley warns self employed workers to request official statements of their earnings. Incomplete reports omit account numbers or addresses and are put in a suspense file until properly identified. Self employed individuals earning $400 or more must report earnings to receive four quarters of coverage. Postcard forms for statements are available at 531 Barton Springs Road, Austin.
In San Antonio area 64 Lions Clubs appeal for corneal donors to help restore sight. Dr. Robert H. Shipman notes many already registered but urges broader participation. Donor tissue must be used within 48 hours, with volunteers broadcasting urgent appeals and coordinating transport to receive tissue for local and national needs.
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