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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1971
Page
5
St James Lutheran Church of Harper announces a Christian Faith Discussion Class starting February 20 at 7 30 PM in the parish hall. The study on the doctrines of salvation runs 8 to 10 weeks with no fee offering and aims to provide informal discussion of religious questions.
The Presbyterian Womens Association met Thursday January 21 at 230 pm. Mrs A J Kinsey opened with prayer. Mrs Watkins Tarr led a book report on Gods Smugglers. Minutes were read and the treasurer spoke. A letter from Mrs James Dood noted the Spring Presbyterial in March at Austin. Hostesses Mrs Carl Ernst and Mrs Pete Whitworth served refreshments.
The Harper PTA will meet Thursday February 4 at 2:30 pm per program chair Mrs Ceca Tatsch. Chairwomen Gene Bode and Belton Tatsch lead devotional and Founders Day program with hospitality by Delton Wilson. Also, St James Lutheran and 4 H Foods meet upcoming. Sunday School 9:30 worship 10:30. 4 H class after school Feb 5 and next meeting Feb 8.
Local Harper residents visit relatives in San Antonio Kerrville and Alpine. Many attend funerals and family visits while Gillespie County promotes 3.76 in 76 Week a campaign to raise Texas agricultural income by 1 billion by end of 1976 with leaders including Victor Sagebiel and Warren Petsch.
The 22nd annual March of Dimes Local Talent Show and Amateur Program is set for January 30 at the Harper School Cafetorium at 7 30 p m. Proceeds aid the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and birth defects. The program features local performers, with Jim MacMahon as emcee and Rev W G Hill giving the invocation. Admission is by donation, with refreshments and a cake auction to follow.
The Harper community hosts an annual local talent and benefit show with acts by Billy Hogan and his group, Harper High School majorettes, Rev. Hill on guitar, the Marquet Family Band, and a Style Show with Harper High boys. A cake auction follows and last year the event received national recognition with a plaque from Ernest Owens.
Kerr County Vocational Institute will open in Kerrville on or about February 1 with Joseph A. Gray as director and Dale Haynes as assistant director. About 10 in demand trades will be offered, including electrician plumbing carpentry radio television IBM key punch and medical technician. Classes meet Mondays and Wednesdays 7 to 9 p m with six month terms and monthly tuition. No age limit and no high school diploma required. For information call Mrs Norma Mayfield or visit Palace Theatre building at 156 E Main St.
Members of the Eastern Hill Country RC&D meet at Blanco on January 28 to tour the Town Creek Dam and Lake project, then hold a 5 p.m. meeting at the Western Steak House. Mayor Wayne Smith will lead the tour with an after-hours discussion on Gillespie and Blanco county projects and program expansion.
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