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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
7
A combined church notice invites readers to attend services at First Baptist and a Catholic church. It lists schedule times including Sunday School at 10:00 and Worship at 11:00, plus midweek and holiday Masses, youth programs, and women’s association meetings.
Dr. Robert E. Carpenter of Kerrville will show slides at the Harper First Baptist Church on December 22 at 7 p.m. The travel log covers his medical mission in the Dominion Republic and chronicles a Christian Crusade. All are welcome.
Weekly services led by Rev. Caries B. Parker include Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning Worship at 10 30 a m and Evangelistic Service at 7 00 p m Bible Study Wednesday at 7 00 p m All welcome A church supper and Christmas party were held at the home of Mr and Mrs Vernon Rogers in Kerrville Saturday night Also for sale fire wood call or see Aubrey Parkers MN 43078 Harper Texas
Rev William Parrish schedules First Tuesday evenings monthly at 7 00 pm for Official Board. Harper Circle of Woman's Society of Christian Service meets at 2 30 pm.
Mrs and Mrs Erato Hopf of San Antonio visited his parents the Oliver Hopfs Thursday night in a brief family social report noting local residents and their kin.
Sunday School starts at 10 a.m and Worship Service at 11 a.m. The women's association meets on the third Thursday at 2 30 p.m and the session on the third Wednesday. Dr Willard J Moser of San Antonio is the supply pastor. Communion will be served Sunday January 5 at 11 a.m. All are welcome to attend any service.
Rev. Charles A. Mehr presides over Doss Cherry Spring and Harper Lutheran Churches. Southwestern Petroleum seeks a man over 40 for field trips in Fort Worth area. Mrs. Hazel Gillette moves from Baptist Memorial Hospital San Antonio to Keidel Memorial Fredericksburg. Harper guests attend Betty Jo Carpenter Michael Lange wedding in Boerne with Harlan Rahe Lange families. Mrs. Roy Cottle travels to Kerrville with granddaughter Clayton Massey.
The article untangles common crib myths from the Bible noting no exact ox or ass in the Nativity scene and questioning the three kings label. It traces how paged medieval art and custom shaped modern manger scenes, referencing St Francis of Assisi and the spread of Christmas trees in central Europe.
The first fully ecumenical focal parish in the United States opens in Kansas City Missouri with a Roman Catholic priest Mass and a Presbyterian minister Protestant service. The $400000 St Mark's church and center will be served by four pastors, three Protestants and one Benedictine, with united functions and a coordinating United Church of Christ minister.
Texas cooperates with federal instant safety program to fix highways. Since April 1964, 48.8 million dollars spent in Texas on federally aided spot improvements, with national total near 1.2 billion in four years. Coffey cites project types, costs, and funding split between federal and state sources.
Joshua Replica Communities celebrate Christmas with a Bethlehem scene in Joshua Tree California. The town enacts the first Christmas story on its main street turning the town into a living nativity for residents and visitors.
The famed carol Silent Night originates in Oberndorf Austria. In 1818 parish priest Josef Mohr wrote the words and organist Franz Gruber set them to music. A later Christmas visitor carried a copy home, leading to rapid publication worldwide.
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