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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1963
Page
2
Post Office Department mandates all rural and star route mail boxes be on the driver's right as approached. Boxes must be relocated within 30 days, with Route carriers reporting any not moved. Texas law also requires driving on the right side to avoid liability in mail delivery operations.
David Hopf of S W S T College in San Marcos spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Dean Hopf. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Manor Tuesday Feb 12 in a Fredericksburg hospital with a sister and grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Manor. Mr and Mrs Gene Tatsch and daughters visited her parents Mr and Mrs Louis Bonhert at Comfort. Harvey Stevens is on the sick list again. Kerrville residents attended the square dance Friday night: Mr and Mrs Ruben Klein Mr and Mrs Ken McCormic and Mr and Mrs Hubert Shaw and son.
Firefighters from Fredericksburg respond to a blaze at a farm barn owned by Mr Maenius. The building housed 600 to 700 bales of Sudan hay and several new items including a truck and a large sprayer. The barn and its contents were completely destroyed.
Rep Paul Floyd proposes HB 176 to require Retail Agent's Beer Licenses for all workers involved in beer sales or promotion in Texas. The measure, backed by Harris County on premise retailers, would set annual fees and lower age limits to 18 for license eligibility, aiming to curb underage and undesired workers.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hopt visited the A. J. Kinsey home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Marshall visited Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Rose and children over the weekend at Bellville. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bude called on Mrs. Buzzy Parker who is in a San Antonio hospital for medical care.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Strackbein and their son visit Mrs Kermit Strackbein and her baby at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville on Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Chif ford Wienecke and their children join the visit staying for a while in Kerrville
Gillespie County Fair selects queen at March 5 event with two duchesses to ride the fair float and assist. Judges from out of town will evaluate contestants from Fredericksburg Marys and Harper schools. Queen and duchesses will appear in Jubilee catalogue and travel to fairs across the region.
A lengthy list of names and contributors appears in a Federal era fund record. The document names individuals and firms across communities, including Gilles County S. Bowoint Fund and Frederickburg National Bank, among others, with many spellings and titles. The text reads as a roster of donors or participants, showing widespread local involvement and numerous firms like Gillespie Counts Game & Fish and Country Creamery.
Mrs Norman Sullivan and Carolyn and David stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang along with other relatives and friends visiting over the weekend including A B Barker Nadine Bennie Alton Barker who had a heart attack. The W O W plans a family night supper February 20 at 7 p m in the Harper school cafetorium.
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