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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1972
Page
5
A large dog asks a pup why it chases its tail. The pup claims to have solved universal problems and happiness lies in the tail. The old dog explains happiness also drifts away when chased, but follows when he attends to his business.
The note discusses how Nathaniel Hawthorne lost a surveyor post in 1849 yet produced The Scarlet Letter the next year, securing a lasting place in American literature. It contrasts trouble and opportunity and references a dog with affectionate descriptive detail and several local holiday visits from families including Stevens, Oehler, Whitewood, and Bode visiting relatives.
Gillespie County Savings Bonds sales for January through November 1971 totaled 56075.00 with $4278.00 bought in November. The county’s eleven month total reached 184,622,944 dollars statewide. Visitors over the holidays included the Sivells and Maurer families from Kerrville, San Antonio, Arkansas, Harper, Marble Falls and Fredericksburg.
Local notices list visits across towns including Driftwood San Antonio Austin and Midland with families gathering for Christmas and New Year. Dr Douglas Brackenridge will lead a Harper Presbyterian service and congregational meeting. Family travel includes Norfolk Uvalde Kerrville and Houston.
Harper reports 10 bucks and 3 gobblers entered in the Bull of the Woods contest as the season closes. Frank E. Staudt and Cecil Tatsch each entered a buck. Staudt’s grossed 273 points, Williams of Houston shows a 10 point buck at over 8 pounds, and the heaviest buck weighed 104 pounds. Winners to be announced January 10 with names to appear next week.
The Harper 4-H and FFA livestock show runs Saturday at 10 a.m. with swine and beef cattle judging by Karl Lehmann, followed by Angora goats at 1 p.m. judged by Warren Klein, then turkeys, breeding sheep, and market lambs judged by Obert Sagebiel and a Moore Feed rep. About 125 entries span 80 market lambs, 30 barrows, five gilts, five breeding sheep, five breeding heifers, one steer, one jersey heifer, 15 goats, and four turkeys. trophies donated by local supporters.
Gillespie County jurors were chosen Tuesday to hear an accident injury case. Names were not yet available and the trial continued Wednesday morning as reported. World’s Championship Fiddler contest part of the 1972 Stock Show and Rodeo at Joe Freeman Coliseum with four categories and cash prizes.
The Harper School Board meeting on January 1972 was called to order with seven members present. Minutes from December 6, 1971 were read and approved. The board approved paying the bills. A letter about district boundaries was discussed with no response yet from Kerr County. A student group's initiation letter was read and the motion to restrict initiation was withdrawn if not in the athletic program. The meeting adjourned.
Information provided by aliens in their annual address to the Government is confidential according to Albert G Vaughan of the San Antonio Immigration and Naturalization Service. Aliens must submit reports each January. forms are available at Post Offices or INS offices. Ill or immobile individuals may have a relative obtain a card, then return it or mail it to the nearest INS office. Parents or guardians file for aliens under fourteen.
Texas owners of more than seven and a half million vehicles will receive renewal applications from the Motor Vehicle Division. Renewal forms, fees, and $1 per vehicle may be mailed to the local county tax office. License plates arrive by mail after February 1, with processing likely taking about 30 days.
Gillespie County Fair Association stockholders gather Tuesday night at 8 in the district courtroom of the Gillespie County Courthouse. President Fred E. Dietel reports on last year and plans for the new year, with eight new directors elected to join 16 holdovers as terms run. All stockholders are invited to attend.
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