Harper FFA 4H Livestock Show Saturday at Harper School
Harper FFA and 4H set to display about 40 swine 10-20 beef cattle 6 poultry 10 goats 20 breeding sheep and 150 fat market lambs at the Harper School livestock show this Saturday with judges Robert Sifford and Obert Sagebiel. Judging starts 10 a.m. A concession will be open inside the Ag building if weather turns inclement. Trophies and cash prizes are awarded by local families and firms, with First State Bank donations supporting ribbons. The event includes showmanship trophies and is followed by Gillespie County youth stock show.
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Harper
Harper School
Robert
Bob’ Sifford
Obert Sagebiel
Kenneth Maner
W. C. ‘Bill’ Beard
Roy Ressmann
M & S Hog Farm
Belton Tatsch
Clarence McDougall
Bode Feed & Supply
Billy Roeder
First State Bank of
Jim Armstrong
Clayton Massey
Harper Ffa
Duery Menzies
Gillespie County
FFA
New Year Reflections and Local Holiday News
A year end note hopes for a peaceful year with prayers to avoid envy and sin. Christmas Eve gatherings include the Maurer and North households with gifts and refreshments. Local social updates cover guests from Port Boli var and Fredericksburg, flu illness, and a 90th birthday celebration for Alfred Reed with family milestones and a long marriage.
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Robert Maurer
Thomas North
Charles Fontaine
C. S. Mincy
Radio Post
Alfred Reed
Spring Creek Hall
Martha Moritz
Fredericksburg
St. Mary’s Church
Sandra
Curtis) Holly
Listerdale
Jason
Sharon
Dale) Lux
Kendalia
Todd
Harry Seelig
Seelig
Lydia Reed
Francis Stehling
Central Texas Electric Lines Ravaged by Major Ice Storm
An extensive December ice storm crippled Central Texas Electric Cooperative with about 4 000 members losing service for up to 96 hours. Crews from Kerrville Fredericksburg Mason and other areas worked under W C Williams and C M Reith to replace burned down transmission lines and repair fuses and poles. The outage affected a wide swath from Garvin Store west of Mountain Home to Kendall County and Harper area, with lines burned down and right of way overgrown trees blamed as the main cause.
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Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Mason
W. C. McWilliams
C. M. Reith
Reith
Harper-Fredericksburg
Harper-Doss
Garvin Store
Mountain Home
Holiday Line
Kendall County
Listerdale
Stonewall
Willow City
Cherry Springs
Hilda-Doss
Harper
Garvin
Gas Drilling Halts at Reuben Tatsch and Nearby Ranches
Drilling on the Reuben Tatsch ranch near Harper stopped after the drill stem reportedly struck a cavern at about 800 feet. Nearby wells on the B L Smith ranch near Junction and on James Smith’s place yielded gas at depths around 825 to 900 feet, with one test hitting salt water and soda at 300 feet. Casing and test tubings planned after the new year, with more drilling expected in the year ahead. Texas exploration recorded 251 oil and 328 gas finds in 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Tatsch
Harper
B. L. Smith St
Junction
Rocksprings
James Smith
Black Stone
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Gillespie County Commissioners' Court
Felix Scherer
Victor Sagebiel
Doris Lange
Walter Schmidt
Arthur Lynn Hahn
J. Marvin Williams
Garland Taylor
Reuben Herbert
Victor L. Nixon
County of
Gillespie
New
Commissioners Court Room
Mary Louise Jung Fritz
James Allred
Doris (Roy) Lange
Alfred Petmecky
Petimecky
Justice of the Peace
Fredericksburg Fair Grounds
San Antonio
San Angelo
Houston
Fort Worth
Austin
Victor L. Nixon Jr
B. L. Enderle
Enderle
Nixon
Holdover
Harold Jung
Hugo Klaerner
Dayton Herber
Levy Rusenberger
Gerald Schmidt
Marvin Blackburn
Grady Tuck
Hummingbird Hill
By Ruth Mincy
Thelma Trow
Don Thaler
Port Bolivar
M. C. Holman
Debbie
Boerne
J. W. Alix
Frank Johnson
Marvin Williams
David Schmidt
Mr. Fontaine
Mae Wachhals
Greenville
Pennsylvania
Lucia Bortolo
Ray Taylor
Harlingen
Harper Local
Thomas Stratton
Colorado
Hilda Sageser
The
Herald
Central Tex Electric Lines
Max Hartmann
Spring Creek
Harper Road
Kenneth Klein
Autumn Leaves
Spring
Texas
Walter Klein
Raynette Hartmann
Mrs. Hartmann
Harper Herald
Texas Exploration
Houston Post
Texas Railroad Commission
Wildcatters
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Corpus Christi
Abilene
San Antonio No. 1
No. 2
San Antonio No. 2
St. James Lutheran Church
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