Harper Boy Scout Troop 133 Plans March Camp Out
Harper Boy Scout Troop 133 will hold a camp out Friday through Sunday March 1-3 at the Elmer Lange Ranch in Doss. The event includes a Canoe Trip from Junction to Kingsland on May 26. boys must join by April 1 and attend meetings to qualify.
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Harper Boy Scout
W. E. Doerr
Dallas Rieger
Elmer Lange Ranch
Doss
Junction
Kingsland
Rieger Place
Legion Hall
Missionary from Brazil to Speak at St James Harper
The Rev. Gaylord O. Grant of The American Lutheran Church will give an informal presentation on his missionary work in Brazil at St. James Lutheran Church in Harper on Tuesday February 27 at 7 30 p m. He and his wife have spent five years in Brazil and plan to return in July. They have five sons ages seven to thirteen. Grant ministered in a mission congregation in Marilia and conducted evangelistic work across surrounding areas. The community is invited to attend.
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Gaylord O. Grant
American Lutheran Church
Brazil
St. James Lutheran Church of
Harper
Grant
Lutheran Bible Institute
Minneapolis
Augsburg College
Luther Seminary
Rev. Grant
Marilia
Emil F. Tatsch rites mark Harper rancher’s death
Emil F. Tatsch 77 of Harper died Feb 17 at Hill Crest Nursing Home. Born 1891 in Billespie County, he married Mary Becker in 1927. survivors include widow, son Leroy E. Tatsch of San Antonio, two grandchildren, brothers Edmund and Reinhold Tatsch, sister Hilda Kott. Funeral Feb 19 at Beckmann Chapel and 10 am at St James Lutheran Harper. Interment St Anthony’s Harper.
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Emil F. Tatsch
Harper
Hill Crest Nursing Home
Billespie County
Peter
Julia Baethge Tatsch
San Antonio
Mary Becker
Leroy E. Tatsch
Edmund Tatsch
Reinhold Tatsch
Hilda
Charles Kott
Fredericksburg
August Tatsch
Ferdinand Tatsch
Anna Eckstein
Dina Schaper
Frieda Marschall
Henry Tatsch
Lena Ahrens
Beckmann
St. James Luth
W. E. Doerr
St. James Church
Elgin Tatsch
Rudy Marschall
Max Schaper
Werner Tatsch
Victor Pressler
Charlie Eckstein
St. Anthony's Cemetery
Brotherhood Week and a Vietnam battle echo in a reader’s letter
A San Antonio Light contributed piece contrasts President Johnson's Brotherhood Week with the looming Khe Sanh siege in Vietnam. The author links tolerance and shared ideals to national resolve while noting military plans to hold Khe Sanh against North Vietnamese forces, drawing a parallel to Dien Bien Phu and warning against overconfidence.
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United States
Khe Sanh
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Johnson
Dien Bien Phu
North Vietnam
Laos
Dien Bien Ph
Asiate
San Antonio
Band Boosters Decide San Antonio Trip and Nominating Committee
The Band Boosters met Tuesday afternoon with seven members present. They approved a motion to hire band members and discussed awards for Hush Puppy shoes. Mr Cochran announced plans for a trip to San Antonio for a contest. The president appointed Mrs Hood Phillis Watkins Tarr and Elbert Feller to the nominating committee.
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Moon
Cochran
San Antonio
Hood Phillis
Watkins ‘Tarr
Elbert Feller
Fair Grounds Loss Ends Hospital Site Hope in Gillespie County
Gillespie County Fair Assn and Hill Country Memorial Hospital site panel failed to agree on terms for the 22 acre Fair Grounds land. Hospital offered 1500 per acre with transfer by March 15 1968, but the board rejected, citing price and need for engineering studies and stockholder input. The association will seek a larger site while hospital planners consider other locations.
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Gillespie County Fair Assn
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Fair Association
Fair Park
Fair Board
Fair Grounds
The
Local Pharmacy Promises Quick Drug Line Service
A community ad urges residents to call for drug needs and promises to obtain items not in stock. The message emphasizes saving travel time and expense by serving requests locally.
Busy Week for Harper VHT Members
Harper chapter of Young Homemakers of Texas had a busy week. On February 12 they held a program Manners Can be Fun at the 4-H Club meeting with Nancy Bode as emcee and members demonstrating bad and good manners in a humorous, informative show. On February 13 the group toured Stonewall and Fredericksburg visiting Capitol Plastic Art Co and Sweeney Table Co then lunched at the Sunday House Restaurant and toured St Barnabas Episcopal Church the Peter Talseh Home and the Milam Building.
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Harper Chapter
Young Homemakers
Texas
Nancy Bode
Joyce Lange
Nila McMahon
Linda Bierschwabe
Darlene McDougall
Alice Schumpelt
Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Capitol Plastic Art Co
Sweeney Table Co
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Peter Talseh
Milam
Subcribe to the Herald ad offers radio service
Notice advertises a subscription offer for the Herald at three years for 7.58 and promotes prompt guaranteed repair service for radios and TV sets. It names a phony technician Gene Marsper at Moderns Market and provides a phone number UN4 2338.
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Gene Marsper
la Marper
Rites Held for Mrs Forest Haiman February 1968
Mrs Forest Heiman nee Eulo Naude Bowen of Morris Ranch Community died February 8 1968 in Kerrville Texas at age 85. Survived by son Vernon Heiman and daughter-in-law, plus three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial at Seabrook Cemetery after services at Simpson Funeral Home La Porte with Rev A A Gitter.
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Forest Heiman
Eulo Naude Bowen
Morris Ranch
Hilltop Village
Kerrville
Vernon Heiman
Schaetter Funeral Home
Fredericksburg
Simpson Funeral Home
la Porte Texas
Seabrook
A. A. Gitter
Harper Cub Scouts Blue and Gold Banquet Monday Feb 26
Harper Cub Scouts plan their annual Blue and Gold Banquet Monday February 26 at 7 pm in the Harper School cafetorium. Families are invited to a covered dish supper and awards program. Dallas Rieger leads Pack 139 as cubmaster, with Mrs. Clark Bierschwabe as Webelos den mother. boys aged 8 to 11 are invited to join.
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Harper
Harper School
Dallas Rieger
Clark Bierschwabe
Local Happenings in Harper This Weekend
Social notes list Kerrville visitors Linda Burton and Kevin Lehne with grandparents Alfred Lehne and Mrs. Alfred Kramer. Several families from Seguin Austin Fredericksburg Junction and Houston shared weekend visits and church events. Dr. Roger McShane of San Antonio preached at the Presbyterian Church and will lead next Sunday service.
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Linda Burton
Kevin Lehne
Kerrville
Alfred Lehne
Alfred Kramer
Allen Bridges
Roger McShane
San Antonio
Presbyterian Church
Auto Makes Unexpected Midnite Call
A Miami Florida driver, Adolf Karl Decker, 29, rear-ended a house at Clinton Street near U S 290 and U S 87 in Texas after midnight. He was treated for facial injuries. no skid marks suggest fatigue. charges filed for operating a vehicle on the wrong side of the road.
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Clinton Stork
U. S. 87
U. S. 290
Harper
Adolf Karl Decker
Los Angeles
Miami
Florida
Germany
U. S
Calif
Highway
Mickey Cavanaugh
Schaetter
Fredericksburg Hospital & Clinic
Ete Decker
Stork
Janet
Highway Patrol
Storks
Unexpected Visitor Crashes Into Clinton Home Overnight
A late model Ford Thunderbird plowed through the Clinton residence around 12:35 am Thursday while the Stork family slept. Driver Adolf Karl Decker, 29, escaped and alerted occupants, prompting ambulance calls. Jim Armstrong returns from Kerrville hospital for weekend visit as family members recount the incident and rescue efforts.
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Clinton Stork
Janet
Highway Patrol
Mickey Cavanidugh
Damaged House and Contents Reported After Incident
Damage to the house and contents was estimated between 12 and 1000 dollars. Decker was still confined to the hospital as of Tuesday morning.
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Decker
Hoapital
Lady Longhorns Tip Off With Dripping Springs Tonight
The Lady Longhorns travel via Fredericksburg to play Dripping Springs at the FHS gym tonight at 7 30. Two championship teams clash as fans are urged to attend.
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Lady Longhorns
Dripping Springs
Fredericksburg
FHS
Mayfield Mattress Co InnerSpring Specialists
Old mattresses made new by Mayfield Mattress Co. offering inner spring services with felting and guaranteed work. Kerrvel Foxes crews perform refurbishments and repairs on worn bedding.
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Mayfield Mattress CO
Kerrvel
Foxes
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Gaylord Grant
Radio Post
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Rew Hospital
Booster
the Herald
Forest Haiman
Harper Cub Scouts
Blue & Gold
Harper Locals
A. B. Barker
Lydia Bierschwale
Hilmar Klaehn
Seguin
Lorenz Wendel
Karl Klaehn
Gary Guenther
Austin
Harry Wilke
Alvin J. Pehl Jr
Cecil Parker
Loretta Sunday
A. J. Kinsey
Doyle
W. C. Whitworth
Mesdames Dallas Reiger
Weldon Walker
J B Reiger
Howard Walker
Sunset Baptist Church
Charlie Barrett
Polly
Barnet
Brownley Fields
Ollie Parker
Carlos Parker
Buzzy Parker
Cecil Bode
Hartshoro Oklahoma
L. H. Harper
Houston
Thew
Nancy Hart
Miamia
Leslie Esquell
Parker
Bull Rossman
Jim Armstrong
V. Hospital
Mike Armstrong
San Marcos
Jim Arstrong
Richard Schumann
Jay Heinemann
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