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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1975
Page
4
A reflective reminiscence recalls prairie days and shared meals, school walks, courtship on the front porch, phonograph records, and the growth of children into parents with grandchildren. The narrator cherishes memories, albums, and scrapbook keepsakes as life’s finest hours.
A national shift to metric weights and measures is outlined with examples from schooling in Illinois Connecticut and New York and signs of metric labeling on products and road signs. The piece notes ten to fifteen year adaptation and asks readers to convert personal measurements to metric units.
The Mohair Council of America will hold its annual membership and directors meeting at 10 a.m. Friday January 24 at the La Quinta Motor Inn in San Angelo Texas. Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C White is tentatively set as the main speaker. Council president James T Hunt of Sonora chairs a one day session with reports on a proposed April mohair referendum an updates on the International Mohair Association and a market survey trip to Eastern Europe. Officers directors for 1975 76 budget approval and programs for promotion advertising and development will be discussed with L D Bubba Whitehead Del Rio vice president and Sid Harkins Sanderson secretary treasurer assisting.
Gillespie County Fair stockholders vote to empower directors to seek bids for the 21.79 acre present fair grounds with a base bid of 250000. The association may rent back grounds for up to three years during new fair grounds construction on State Highway 16.
A girl felt sick in church and returned quickly saying a box near the door labeled For the sick allowed her to stay. The March of Dimes works with doctors to establish regional perinatal medical services. Perinatal covers from week 20 of pregnancy to four weeks after birth.
Harper residents hosted visitors over the weekend with several Kerrville and Fredericksburg guests including Alton Leakey from New Braunfels and Jean Kramer from Calibo. Other visitors were Rudy Staudt Ervin Kramer Paul Staudt and Alfred Kramer visits from Fredericksburg and nearby towns.
Gillespie County ASCS calls for wool and unshorn lamb producers to file incentive payment applications by January 31 1975. Payments depend on average wool prices falling below 72 cents per pound with the amount based on the shortfall to parity.
Kerrville VA Hospital plans continued growth into 1975 with a new six bed intensive care unit and a 20 bed respiratory unit. A 100 bed home nursing care addition is proposed, and bids are out for central air conditioning. The facility, now 300 beds, treats arteriosclerosis and COPD, with 16 fulltime physicians and visiting consultants.
A new Edmunds Drilling Company rig began testing at the Reuben Tatsch ranch seven miles southwest of Harper in the Reservation. The 12 inch well is over 300 feet deep with plans to set steel casings and push to 1500 to 2000 feet to probe a potential gas discovery near the original site.
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