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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1972
Page
7
Public School Week to be observed during March 6 to 10. Monday March 6 is visitation day. During the third nine weeks testing period parents should limit visits to one hour. Arrangements with Mrs Myrtle Feller needed for lunchroom meals. MLH
A speaker argues minutes and dollars alter outcomes at work, noting factories could gain huge output with small extra effort. He reflects on time as a thief of usefulness and money robbing character, praising gentleness as a rare masculine trait and defining true gentleman as a mark of character.
The PTA will convene in the Kerrville school cafeteria on Thursday March 2 at 7 p.m. Pat Radlen of San Angelo will be the guest speaker presenting a narcotics program. Schreiner students honored include 80 named to honor roll or honorable mention for the first semester with 24 A or better and 58 at least a B average. Dean Hildebrand notes 16 college students earned honor roll, four more than Q1, with 42 earning honorable mention for a total of 58. Eight preparatory students made the honor roll and 16 received honorable mention, down from Q1. Nancy Jane Phillips of Harper is among scholars with at least B work.
Riata Study Club of Mason seeks organizations to join a planned eight hour training by a Texas Society for the Prevention of Blindness consultant to establish Preschool Vision Screening Programs in attendees areas. Training aims to teach volunteers simple eye tests for preschoolers and raise early treatment awareness.
Funeral services were held Monday February 21 at First Baptist Harper for Mrs. Richard Bierschwale 89 nee Debbie Barker born January 1 1883 Blanco County daughter of D. D. Barker married to Richard Bierschwale December 19 1908 and longtime Harper resident with survivors including her husband and many nieces and nephews. Interment at Harper cemetery Kerrville Funeral Home directed. Mrs. W. H. Stevens relocated to the Creighton Stevens home for the winter.
Mrs Willie Klein was honored at 415 W San Antonio St on her 89th birthday with 67 relatives and friends sharing a meal gifts and singing. The gathering included children and many relatives from Fredericksburg Center Point Harper Kerrville and California.
This history of Harper notes the 1908 founding and revival of The Harper Herald and discusses a proposed public water and sewer project. It highlights Harper as a highland Texas community with strong schools, churches, parks, and a growing call for municipal utilities under the RC&D program. The editor invites resident input on financing and implementation.
Mark Twain recalled an elderly Mississippi river pilot who reached his hundredth birthday. Asked how he credited his long life the pilot said persistence mattered more than strict habits. Twain noted a man who kept the regimen but did not endure, so longevity hinges on continued effort.
Teddy Holekamp’s Columbia Breeding sheep led Kimble County 4 H entries as top get of fire pen and several ram and ewe lambs earned first to fourth and seventh places. Other Kimble lines fared in market and crossbred divisions with multiple top twenty finishes. Visitors to the Bier schwale and Barker homes joined local residents for singing and visiting events this week.
Harper locals report numerous visits across towns. Paul and Mrs Staudt and Mrs Kramer visited Alfred Moellendorf in Fredericksburg, with Kramer and Moellendorf hosting a cousin. Others include Butler visiting Boatright in Harper, Trent and wife visiting Rieger, and Friedrichs hosts guests from Port Neches and Round Mountain. Funeral attendance for Robert Loth in Fredericksburg also noted.
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