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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1966
Page
3
A collage of lines from Longfellow Coventry Patmore Alexander Smith Swinburne Gosse Shakespeare and More exploring winter's chill, sorrow, romance, and the aging season. The excerpts weave mood and imagery from 1800s poets and classic voices.
Beta Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma held a December 10 gathering for 34 members at Mrs. W. C. Westerfeldt home. Guests enjoyed decorations, a Password game, prizes, carols in multiple languages, a brief business meeting, and refreshments. Attendees included members from Fredericksburg, Mason, Harper, and Menard.
Construction of 8.474 miles of FM Road 1888 in Gillespie and Kendall Counties began this week. Allen Keller Co. won with a bid of 283 935 76. T H D district engineer T K Wood warns of heavy traffic and urges obeying barricades and flagmen. Senior R E E E Pittman Jr and staff from Fredericksburg will oversee the project.
Funeral services for Alvin Strackbein were held in Seguin at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Strackbein born in Harper moved to Seguin after marriage, survived by wife Christine, son Marvin, daughter Mrs Harold Huecker, five grandchildren, and several relatives. Attendees from nearby towns included multiple Strackbein relatives and friends.
Harper Chapter of Young Homemakers of Texas presents The Meaning of Christmas a community event Sunday December 18 at 7 30 p m in the Harper School cafetorium with church cooperation Santa will be present and children are invited to tell him their wishes. The program features poems by children piano selections songs by the children's choir and a Nativity reading followed by One Christmas Back in Grandfather s Time by the Young Homemakers. Refreshments will be served.
Doss School invites the public to its annual Christmas program and tree lighting on Wednesday at 7 30 P M. The event is led by students and teachers Mrs Pete Crenwelge and Mrs Ernest Geist weidt with a letter from Santa confirming his attendance. Meanwhile Alvin Strackbein, nephew of Emm and Otto Strackbein, died at his home Wednesday morning.
The Harper Herald plans its annual Christmas issue next week on the usual Thursday publish date with advertisers urged to submit copy by Monday afternoon. If staffing allows, the regular weekly edition may be printed. otherwise the issue will be skipped.
A Fredericksburg Texas civic committee proposes a feasibility study for a Hill Country Memorial Hospital to serve Gillespie County. Doctors Perry and Feller back improvements at existing facilities Fredericksburg Hospital and Keidel Memorial Hospital and outside architects from Austin will lead the study with a two month timeline.
At Leonard Loth ranch in Petersburg community a cow from Charlouis farm calved twice within about three weeks. Both calves are healthy grey heifers sired by an Angus bull. Lott moved the cow and twins to his West Live Oak home. Veterinarians say twin births are possible but extremely rare. Lott notes it’s the first twin birth he has seen on the ranch.
Hill Country Buick-Oldsmobile invites the public to view the 1967 Opel Kadett built in Bochum West Germany on Friday December 16 Coffee and doughnuts will be served all day The Kadett offers three models a two door sedan a two door sports coupe and a deluxe two door wagon with improvements including a tiltable mirror padded interior and a new three spoke steering wheel GM backs Kadett with a 24 month 24000 mile warranty. Local temp drop noted with record lows and unseasonably cold spell reported over the weekend.
The Society For The Preservation Of The Crow reports at least 57 000 more crows are required to aid American farmers in protecting crops as idle acres are returned to cultivation. The Department of Agriculture aims to revive up to 28 million idle acres in 1967, relying on crows to control grubs cutworms beetles and pests to keep food prices affordable and support domestic and foreign feeding needs.
Mr and Mrs O D Parker hosted an open house at their new ranch home ten miles west of Harper in the Noxville Community on December 10 from 2 to 5 pm. Daughters Mrs Worth Duderstadt and Mrs Calvin Tuckness assisted, guests admired Christmas decor, punch served by R W Smith and Miss Quincy Tuckness, with other attendees including Mesd Belton Tatsch Archie Lennon Ia Von Parker G S Stevens Milton Crenwelge and Jack Groff.
Junior Luther Leaguers held a Christmas program and party at St James Lutheran Church on December 9. Primary class sang, scripture read, poems and Bible readings performed by Daniel Honig Mitchell Harper and Erline Kroll, with Brenda Lange on piano.
Mr and Mrs E A Lang with children Kay Rod and Renee moved from Comfort to Fredericksburg on October 1 to manage Happy Courts. Mrs Lang is Oleta Kaderli daughter of Comfort residents Arthur Kaderli and family. The Langs other son Wiley Whitaker and his wife and three children operate Diamond Tourist Courts in Llano. Gayton Saia and children, former managers, are in Fort Knox Kentucky after reenlisting in the Army Reserves.
The Harper High School Longhorn Band will present its annual Christmas Concert Thursday at 7 30 p m in the school cafetorium. The public is invited and admission is free.
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