Parents urged to curb teen car use to protect grades
A survey of 20 000 high school students in 30 schools in the United States and Canada finds that parental control over teen drivers correlates with better grades and highlights higher accident rates among youths. The study shows car use can harm academics when it interferes with homework and school work.
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Allstate Insurance Companies
United States
Canada
Judson B. Branch
Allstate
Kerrville Nuptials For Kunz Strackbein Bond in June Chapel
Marion Kunz and Kermit Strackbein wed at Notre Dame Catholic Church Kerrville. Officers Rev Joseph Petsch and organist Loretta Sterling led nuptial rites with guests from Fredericksburg San Antonio Seguin Cibolo Harper and other Texas towns. The reception followed at the Blue Bonnet Hotel Terrace room before a New Mexico honeymoon.
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Marian Kunz
Kermit Strackbein
Notre Dame Catholic Church
Kerrville
Joseph Petsch
Loretta Sterling
Theo Kunz
Edwin Strackbein
Harper
Harper High School
American Pure Milk Co
Kerr Ville
Carolyn Kunz
Clifford Wienecke
Vera Kunz
Icksburg
Kingsburg
Miss Kunz
Stephanie Hacker
Harold Hacker
Cibolo
Mark Schumpelt
Werner Schumpelt
Marvin Strackbein
Seguin
Groom
Andrew Kunz
Bride
Dayton Stein
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Joseph Kunz
Bridesbook
M.J. Rossell
Giles Reiter
Elaine Wendel
New Mexico
Peach Packing to Start Sunday in Stonewall
Fruit growers at Gillespie County shed in Stonewall plan peach packing starting Sunday as crew is expanded. Paul Klein reports early peaches picked Wednesday were mostly Dixie Reds and are now for sale in Stonewall and Fredericksburg stores.
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Stonewall
Gillespie County Fruit Growers Association
Paul Klein
Fredericksburg
Beau mont visitors join Parker family for weekend
Mrs. Johnny Acker of Beaumont and Sgt and Mrs Walter Parker Jr and their sons from Austin visited their parents Mr and Mrs Walter Parker Jr over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Charles Walter of Fredericksburg attended services at St James Lutheran Church Sunday.
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Johnny Acker
Beaumont
Walter Parker Jr
Sons
Austin
Charles Walter
Fredericksburg
St. James
Fredericksburg Visitors Share Family Sunday
Ci Richard Schumann and daughter Lenette of Fredericksburg visited his daughter Mrs John Slonty and family Sunday.
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Richard Schumann
Lenette
Fredericksburg
John Slonty
Newborn Girl to Mr and Mrs Hugo Arhitt Harper
Mary Roth is the newborn daughter announced for Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Arhitt Harper born May 25 weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces.
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Roth Mary
Hugo Arhitt
Harper
Old Mattresses Mate New
Innet spring specialists advertise mattress repair and refurbishment services with guaranteed work. Customers leave orders at Harper Lucher Plant and Mayfield's Mattress Moy Aerrville.
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Innet
Harper Lucher
Mayfield
Mattresy Moy Aerrville
4-H Club Plans San Antonio Stockyards Tour
Harper 4-H meets May 23 with Jim Tatsch and Peggy Feller presiding. Darlene Mrosek presents slides on preserving corn strawberries and peaches. Warren Petsch arranges a July 15 tour of the San Antonio Stockyards and a packing house.
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Harper 4-H Club
Jim Tatsch
Peggy Feller
Darlene Mrosek
Warren Petsch
Gillespie County
Cochran Family Weekend Visit Ends in Houston Trip
Mr and Mrs G B Cochran and children from Midland spent the weekend with relatives. Little Bill stayed with great grandmother Mrs Herbert Jones while the Cochran party traveled to Houston in Dave Dehdie's car.
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G. B. Cochran
Midland
Little Bill
Herbert Jones
Coohrans
Houston
Dave Dehdie
Benefit Dinner And Bazaar For New Church Dedication
The annual benefit dinner and bazaar will be at Harper Public School Cafetorium and gymnasium on Sunday June 12. Dinner from 11 to 2 with no supper. Menu includes home made sausage chicken sauerkraut peas corn potato salad noodles peaches cake tea or coffee and home made bread. In the auditorium a fish pond country store cake and candy stand and a fancy work booth. Tickets 1 and 50 cents for children.
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Harper Public School
Annual Religious Vacation School Begins June 13
The two week Catholic program runs from June 13 at 8 am with Sisters Will and assistants teaching catechism Bible project work visual education singing and recreation. Mass closes each morning at 11 30. Children aged 6 to 16 may attend and non Catholic children are welcome.
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Alfons Stehling
Mary Ann Klein
Russell Totty Promoted In Germany
Russell N. Totty 20 of Harper Texas was promoted to private first class in Neckarsulm Germany where he serves in the 46th Artillery Group and the 523d Engineer Company. He joined the Army in November 1957 and arrived overseas in April 1959 after graduating from Annona High School in 1957.
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Neckarsulm
Germany
Rhine
Russell N. Totty
Winston H. Totty
Harper
Texas
46Th Artillery Group
Totty
523D Engineer Company
Annona High School
Nabers Family Visit From San Antonio Noted
Mr and Mrs Gene Nabers spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Nabers Their son Jd David and a friend who had been visiting returned to San Antonio with their parents.
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Gene Nabers
Fred Nabers
Jd. David
Rand
Sa Antonio
Harper rancher named top wildlife conservationist
W L McGinley of Harper receives top wildlife conservationist honor in Gillespie County Soil Conservation District. His North of Harper ranch supports abundant deer and about 1000 turkeys aided by feeding, water wells, oats, and seasonally managed grazing. He runs a commercial stocking operation with range improvements and brush control.
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W. L. McGinley
Harper
Gillespie Co
McGinley
Edwards Plateau
Turkey
Edwin Jung
Harper Sees Low Rainfall Through May 1960
Official rainfall in Harper from January through May 1960 totaled 6.76 inches per LCRA recorder Otto Rahe. This is below recent years though 6.50 inches was the comparable figure a year ago, with 16.66 inches in the first five months of 1958.
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Harper
Otto Rahe
Lcra Rain Recorder
Texas
Rahe
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Barbecue Highlighted by Wool Gift
Miss Wool of Texas and Miss Day Padgitt of San Antonio attended the TS and GRA barbecue in Washington D C. Miss Wool presented a wool bag cushion to Speaker Sam Rayburn. The event drew 200 to 300 attendees and featured a wool and mohair blanket donated by Cool Mills of Eldorado to Mrs C C Cabell. The Texas Society in Washington D C includes notable members and links to Texas history.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Texas Club
Texas
TS & Gra
Lord Chancelor
House of Lord
Texas Society
Washington D. C
Lyndon Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Tom Clark
Rayburn
Eisenhower
Robt
B. Andert
Wiley
Washington
Miss Padant
Nixon
Ft. Worth
Miss Lyndre Green Visits Kerrville Kin Mother
Kerrville resident Miss Lyndre Green spent a week with her grandmother Mrs Ida Knees. Also visiting several days was Lyndre’s daughter Mrs Chriss tain Birch of Round Mountain.
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Lyndre Green
Kerrville
Mis
Ida Knees
Aliso
Mrs
Chrisstain Birch
Round Mountain
Ochler graduates with honors at University of Texas
Kenneth F Ochler son of Mr and Mrs Herbie Ochler Harper received his commission in the Corps of Engineers US Army He is a Distinguished Military graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu He plans a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas The Ochlers attended the Austin graduation on Saturday June 4.
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Kenneth F. Ochler
Herbie Oehler
Harper
Corps of Engineers
US Army
University of Texas
Kenneth
Tau Betta Pi
Etta Kappa Nu
Herbie Ochler
Delbert
The
University
Austin
Summer Student Pastor Named for Harper Presbyterian Church
John F. Albrecht Jr of Brazoria will serve as the summer student pastor at Harper Presbyterian Church. He just completed his second year at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and holds a B S from Arkansas State College and an M S from Tulane University. He worked as a research chemist for Dow Chemical in Freeport and served four years in the Air Force. He previously preached as summer student pastor at Carthage Tulip and Princeton churches in Arkansas and will return to seminary in September for his senior year.
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John F. Albrecht, JR
John F. Albrecht Jr
Brazoria
Presbyterian Church
Harper
Albrecht
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Austin
Arkansas State College
Tulane University
Presbyterian
Dow Chemical Company
Freeport
Air Force
Austin Seminary
Carthage
Tulip
Princeton
Arkansas
KNAF Cited for LCD Award by Gillespie District
KNAF Fredericksburg was selected as the radio TV station of greatest service to the Soil Conservation Districts by the Gillespie County Soil Conservation District supervisors. The station cooperates with districts, airs weekly conservation news, and provided a loud speaker system for the field day. Bilk Shomette, farm editor, hosted the field day and Area II Fort Worth banquet. Norbert Fritz, station manager, is a local district cooperator.
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KNAF
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Soil Conservation District
Texas Fills
Bilk Shomette
Shomette
Area II Ft. Worth Press
Norbert Fritz
Roy Jones Visits Friends on Rocksprings Saturday
Roy Jones visited friends on Rocksprings Saturday through the weekend, enjoying quiet conversations and a in-town stroll with neighbors and familiar faces.
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Roy Jones
Visiting guests and local church services noted
Mr and Mrs Henry Ma tocha and daughter from Victoria visited Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Hulda Sagrebiel and daughter Misa Elenore from San Antonio attended church at St James Lutheran in Harper and visited relatives. Mrs Cilen Hopf underwent minor surgeries at Keidel Memorial Hospital.
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Henry Welling
Henry Matocha
Victoria
Hulda Sagrebiel
Misa Elenore
San Antonio
Jin Harper
St. James Lutheran Church
Cilen Hopf
Keidel Memorial Hospital
Carroll Bierschwale
Harper Sunday
Harper Children Featured In Weekly Waltz Studio Photos
Pictures of Harper children from Des Moines taken earlier this year by Waltz Studios will be published weekly by the Herald. Jennifer Jones six, Mary Lou Heinemann five, and Linda Ann Heinemann eighteen months are shown with families noted. Also mentioned are visits by the Duderstadt, Peril, Dyer, and Rose households with their children in attendance.
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Waltz
Des Moines
Iowa
Harper
Jennifer Jones
Jack Jones
Mary Lou Heinemann
Joe Heinemann
Linda Ann Heinemann
Lions Club Junior Rodeo Parade Slated in Harper
The Harper Lions Club plans a junior rodeo and parade Saturday evening June 18 with rodeo chairman E R Roach stating all committees are appointed and plans are set. Entries for the parade are welcome and should be in the lane by the Lutheran Church between 6 30 and 7 p m. The event may feature the Band 4 H Club Boy Scouts Fire Department and other groups. Mrs Hazelle Calcote 4 H leader expects a trained sheep dog for the rodeo. Club members will help on pens and shoots June 11 morning. The club also sponsors Miss Dittmar as a duchess for the Miss Mohair coronation August 4 in Kerrville. A joint officers installation is set in Fredericksburg June 22 with New District Governor Smith present.
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Harper Lions Club
E. R. Roach
Lutheran Church
Boy Scouts
Fire Department
Hazelle Calcote
Dittmar
Mohair
Kerrville
Karen Dittmar
Robert O. Dittmar
Fredericksburg
Turner Club
Hunt-Ingram
Center Point
Harper Clubs
Smith
Vacation Bible School Closing at St James Lutheran
St James Lutheran Church hosts Vacation Bible School closing on Sunday night June 12. A family night on the church lawn begins serving at 6:00 PM with sandwiches chips and cookies. At 6:45 PM everyone gathers for the closing program liturgy practice and fellowship hour.
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St. James Lutheran Church
Connie Honig Honored With Party Saturday
Mrs. John Honig hosted a birthday party for her daughter Connie on her seventh birthday Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5. Guests including Shar on Whitworth Virginia Bailey Jennifer Jones Elaine Stehling Lynette Honig Kathy Tatsch Vickie Honig and David Stehl ing enjoyed games with bright straw hat favors and cake ice cream and punch.
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John Honig
Connie
Sharon Whitworth
Virginia Bailey
Jennifer Jones
Elaine Stehling
Lynette Honig
Kathy Tatsch
Vickie Honig
David Stehling
Local Visits Highlight Fredericksburg and Segovia Circles
Mrs J O Stovall of Fredericksburg spent days visiting daughter Mrs Fred Bierschwale and family. Mrs A B Barker Sr of Millersview visits sister Mrs Olin Walker and mother Mrs P O Bode. Shirley and Joan Bierschwale of Segovia spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs Fred Bierschwale.
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J. O. Stovall
Fredericksburg
Fred Bierschwale
A. B. Barker Sr
Millersview
Olin Walker
P. O. Bode
Shirley
Joan Bierschwale
Segovia
Local Visits Mark Summer Plans and Hospital News
Fred Bierschwale, patient at the Veterans Hospital Legion, checks up. Carroll Bier schwale family and Miss Betty Jane Bailey head to Alto Frio for summer. Lang relatives from San Antonio visit Harper and Joe Lang home. Mack Scarborough of V A Hospital Legion spends a few days at home during leave.
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Fred Bierschwale
Veterans Hospital
Legion
Betty Jane Bailey
Alto Frio
Mack Scarborough
V. A. Hospital
Community Park Plans Annual Barbecue
The Har per Community Park board plans its annual meeting and a Saturday barbecue on June 25. Adults pay $1 and children 50 cents for the meal, with donations sought from business firms and ranchers to boost proceeds. Contact Alfred Spaeth, Victor Marshall, or listed directors for details.
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Harper Community Park
Alfred Spaeth
Park Board
Victor Marshall
Fred Whiteswood
Rollie Peril
Dennis Parker
Odie Landis
Shorty Huan
Harper Hers
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Marion Kunz
Russell Totty
Miss Wool
Adolph Stieler
Washington, D. C
the Herald
Kenneth Ochler
Texas University
Harper Presbyterian Church
Knaf Mamed
LCD
Herald
Douglas Duderstadt
Milton Dyer
View
Charlie Peril
Bill Peril
Odess
Worth Duderstadt
Carolyn
Mark
C. H. Rose
Lions Club
Vacation Bible School
Connie Honig
Bernhard Lang
Joe Lang
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