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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
1
Multiple church notices from Harper Texas include First Baptist with 10 and 11 oclock services and a 7:30 p m Brotherhood meeting, First Pentecostal schedule, and Catholic Mass times for December and January. A Christmas party at Kerrville hosts and a wood for sale ad appear among the religious notices.
Rev William Parrish leads the church Official Board on the first Tuesday at 7 00 pm A Harper Circle meeting of the Woman s Society of Christian Service meets at 2 30 pm Mrs and Mrs Erato Hopf of San Antonio visited the Oliver Hopfs Thursday night
Sunday School begins at 10 00 A M and worship follows at 11 00 A M The Women s Association holds its meeting on the third Thursday at 2 20 P M The Session convenes on the third Wednesday each month.
The Harper Presbyterian Church announces Sunday School at 10 am and Worship at 11 am. The Women’s Association meets the third Thursday at 2 30 pm and 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 am. Everyone is welcome.
Recruitment ad for a hazardous duties position in Harp region seeks a man over 40 with regular cash bonus and short trips for customer contact. Also notes Hazel Gillette’s hospital transfer to Keidel Memorial in Fredericksburg and Harper area attendance at the Betty Jo Carpenter and Michael Lange wedding in Boerne with numerous local family members.
A compact meditation questions familiar Nativity details. It notes the Gospel texts do not confirm ox and ass at Bethlehem or three kings, discusses swaddling cloths, the Magi origins, and traces crib tradition from Saint Francis in Greccio 1223 to medieval Europe. It emphasizes reading scripture and traditional devotions.
St Mark s in Kansas City opens as the first fully ecumenical focal parish in the United States. A Roman Catholic priest conducts mass at 9 a m and a Presbyterian minister leads Protestant services at 1 p m. The $400 000 modern structure sits in a slum area serving 10 000 residents, mostly Black. Four pastors will run the parish with shared services and a United Church of Christ minister coordinates.
Texas cooperates with the Federal government on the instant safety program to improve highways. Since April 1964 Texas spent 48.8 million dollars on federally aided spot projects. nationwide 1.2 billion has been invested to fix dangerous crash areas.
Joshua Tree residents transform their town into a Bethlehem replica with Main Street used as a giant stage to re enact the first Christmas scene. The community shares a festive annual tradition highlighting devotion and local participation.
The famous carol Silent Night marks 150 years since its first performance in Oberndorf Austria in 1818. Parish priest Josef Mohr wrote the words and organist Franz Gruber composed the music. A later Christmas Visitor carried a copy that spread widely.
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