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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
8
The legend places Martin Luther on a cold Christmas Eve about 400 years ago returning home when he saw a sky filled with stars. He then cut a tree and decorated it with lights to inspire awe and faith among followers.
A fragment describes a pine tree tradition with candles and a glittering display. It mentions Albert spreading the tree custom to England by giving Queen Victoria a tree in 184.
More than 900 youngsters attended the Mooney Employees Association annual Christmas party at the Kerrville National Guard Armory. Highlights included Billy the Whiz Bill Goodman a Lee High School senior and Santa Claus played by Willie McDaniel. An added 45 minute cartoon show accompanied the festivities.
Just before Christmas families in Finland take a traditional sauna bath in a hut with a stone oven. The ritual marks the holiday season with steam and communal warm cleansing before Christmas Day.
Edgar Stroeher implements a three pasture rotation deferment on the Dino Ranch with extra small pastures for bulls and heifers. He plans six month rest and twelve month grazing cycles and notes a seed crop in the rested pasture.
The Texas Department of Public Safety expects 33 deaths in Christmas and New Year traffic crashes and activates Operation Motorcide. Colonel Wilson E Speir states all DPS officers, radar, helicopters, and VASCAR will target speeding during December 24-25 and December 31-January 1. Police project 19 Christmas and 14 New Year fatalities.
A Department of Agriculture statement boosts outdoor recreation on public and private lands as farmers expand income sources. The article profiles Bill Britz near Fredericksburg who planted 500 peach trees with garlic around trunks to deter pests, plans irrigation, and reflects on his post telecom retirement.
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