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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1966
Page
1
The annual local talent show for the March of Dimes campaign is set for Saturday February 12 in Harper Cafetorium. A later date was chosen this year replacing the usual January finale.
A contributed piece argues highway safety urgency, contrasting rising road deaths with wartime losses. It cites every 19 seconds as a fatality rate, urges safer driving and stronger laws, and notes a January meeting of a committee led by Clarence Ernst with local clergy and volunteers planning a Harper March of Dimes drive.
The Harper FFA and 4 H Livestock Show held at the Harper Agriculture Barns last Saturday crowned champions across hogs sheep and lamb divisions. Top hogs led by Jerome Esquell and the Esquell and Parker families earned multiple firsts with champions across lightweight hogs registered nannie kids and breeding sheep.
James Alexander Milam 88 of Rocksprings dies after a long life that included postmaster service in Knoxville for 30 years. Services held in Rocksprings with burial at Fort Bullingress Cemetery near Bullingres. survivors include wife two daughters a son and seven grandchildren.
Two directors were re-elected Tuesday to the Gillespie County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 Board. Otto Schuman won with 21 votes and Richard Kasper with 20 votes, each for a two-year term. Holdover directors include Troy Foster Ad Kott and E Dean Hopf. Paul DeLorey of Harper served as election judge with Fritz Braeutigam and Carlos Young as clerks.
Two youths from the Central Texas Electric Cooperative area will win an all expense paid eleven day trip to Washington D C in June. The winners will be chosen from essays and oratorical contests open to high school students in Mason Lano Cherokee Harper St Marys and Fredericksburg.
Local Delta Kappa Gamma members hosted a Beta Zeta Chapter coffee meeting at Junction on Saturday January 8. Travelogue by Mrs Lync k K Lewis with photos, plus talks on Creativity and the Open Mind by Mrs Leola Mathisen and Mrs Viola Mayfield. Mrs Gold reviewed a SELF DENIAL chapter and urged personal renewal. Business session led by Mrs Mabel Reeves included a true false test on the new constitution. Hosts served doughnuts and coffee as snowman decor graced the room. Attendees included Junction and Fredericksburg members. Fredericksburg visitors listed. The group plans a February 12 White Elephant Sale in Fredericksburg to benefit the Ina Scholarship.
Gillespie County tax officials urge timely payment of 1965 taxes with January 31 deadline and February 1 penalties. Poll taxes lag behind property taxes as voters prepare for a pivotal election year. Durst notes strong overall collections and outlines exemptions for seniors while detailing past and current tax totals and license revenues.
The Harper P L P AL group met on Thursday January 6 at 1:00 pm in the school Cafetorium. Mrs Louise Latpe Nanes Feller sang with Christine Doen Nest accompanying. An ETA meeting is planned for February 3 at 7:40 pm. a doctor from Kerme will discuss children's eye care and train parents to conduct eye tests at school.
Two Harper students were named initiates into honor scholastic fraternities at Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos. David Hope, a senior chemistry major, joined Alpha Chi while teaching standout Nas completed her teaching at San Marcos High School and is a top chemistry instructor at SWT. Ola Mae Hept, English graduate student, joined Sigma Delta toyal English scholastic fraternity at the Hage per School, with parents urged to attend a meeting.
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