Eclipse of the Sun To Be Visible Across United States
The March eclipse will span the Gulf of Mexico through Florida and up the eastern seaboard with 70 percent totality in the local area. TV networks will cover the event, NBC at 11:00 to 12:30 and ABC CBS at noon, with safe viewing tips using a pinhole projection.
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United States
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
NBC
ABC
CBS
UPI
San Antonio
Phantasies of Fredericksburg at Schreiner Institute Friday
Schreiner Institute in Kerrville will host Fredericksburg Home Town Talent in concert Friday March 6 at 7 30 pm in the auditorium. The program features the Phantasies a capella girls choir directed by Gayle Segroves with solos by Valerie Smathers Joyce Johnson Lathan Prehn Dease Floyd Carole Purser Barbara Ransleben Patricia Prehn Paulette Wallendorf and more. Special numbers include Valerie and Vicki Phillips Me and My Shadow piano flute duets Love Theme Romeo and Juliet and Pink Panther dance. Granny Miss Conn Scott will preside the first half and Susie Stobaugh will be mistress of ceremonies for the remainder.
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Ransleben
Patricia Prehn
Paulette Wallendorf
Edward MacDowell
Gayle Segroves
Valerie
Vicki Phillips
My Shadow
Patricia
Paula
Claudia Parker
Conn Scott
Granny
Susie Stobaugh
Ceremones
Phantasies
Edelweiss
Rick Hart
Schreiners
Hart
Harper School Board Meeting March 2 1970 Summary
Harper School Board convened March 2 with Vice President Roy Ressmann presiding and Colon Barrett arriving later. Members Esquell Ressmann Barrett Rahe Schumpelt and Bierschwale attended. Feb 2, 1978 minutes approved. Sultemeier discussed banquet misunderstandings. board approved Junior-Senior Prom proceeding. Motions: pay bills. PTA curtains for stage about 350. adopt 1970-71 textbooks. foundation funds application. require prior administration contact for external discussions. Meeting adjourned. next meeting set for April 6, 1970.
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Harper School Board
Roy Ressmann
Colon Barrett
Joe Esquell
Hubert Rahe
Alice Schumpelt
Oma Bierschwale
Harry Sultemeier
Sultemeier
American Legion Meets March 6 and Auxiliary
The American Legion and Auxiliary plan a meeting at the Legion Hall on Friday March 6 at 7 30 p m All members urged to attend for important discussions Military draft quotas for Texas for March are 1064 with most inductees chosen by random sequence numbers and volunteers going to uniform. Local boards have quotas mailed to 159 boards. Families and residents attend community events with local visits and birthday greetings.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Texas
Morris S. Schwartz
Selective Service
Schwartz
World Day of Prayer at Presbyterian Church Friday
World Day of Prayer will be held Friday March 6 at 2 p m in the Presbyterian Church. Mrs David Schmidt will host Harper Church Women joining millions in a bond of prayer across six continents in 75 languages and a thousand dialects. The United States sponsor is Church Women United with events in 25 008 communities under the theme Take Courage.
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Presbyterian Church
David Schmidt
Harper Church
United States
Church Women United
Friendly Sewing Circle Holds Quilting Party at Kramer Home
The Friendly Sewing Circle met on Thursday February 25 for an all day quilting party at Mrs. Alfred Kramer’s home. Mrs. Robert Fritz was co host with six members and two visitors. They completed the quilt. The group will skip March and resume April 22 at Mrs. Alfred Kramer’s home with Mrs. Louis Lange as hostess. Mrs. Fritz served refreshments.
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Friendly Sewing Circle
Alfred Kramer
Robert Fritz
Louis Lange
Fritz
Winter Work Accelerates at LBJ State Park Grand Opening Aims
Park crews at Lyndon B. Johnson State Historic Park near Stonewall press ahead with a new maintenance facility, a competition-size swimming pool, bath house, pavilion, and auditorium with a 250-seat theater. Exterior stonework rises as interpretive areas take shape, while the Visitor Center welcomes guests year round.
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Radio Post
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson State Historic Park
Stonewall
Operations Division
Park Services
Lbj Park
Texas Highway Department
Peach Orchard
Auditorium
Largest Water Tupelo Tree in the United States Near Livingston
The piece notes the Water Tupelo on the Alabama Coushatta Reservation near Livingston in Texas as the US National Champion, located in the Tupelo Swamp on the Big Thicket Tour Trail with guides and special vehicles. It also mentions Texas has 15 State Champion trees and the preservation program. It further records Ida Holekamp of Comfort celebrating her 98th birthday with family.
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Alabama- Coushatta Indian Reservation
Roland Poncho
Big Thicket
Livingston
Texas
Livingston On Indian Reservation
United States
Alabama-Coushatta
Livingston Park County
National
United States Forestry Service
Ida Holekamp
Comfort
George Washington
Kurt Holekamp
Cypress Creek
George Hole
Kamp
Kurt
Ida
Otto Hahn Atom Powered Freighter Nears World Trade Routes
The Otto Hahn, world first atom powered freighter, prepares to sail commercial routes with agreements in place for docking in Bonn, the Netherlands, and other capitals. Germany risks up to DM 400 million in indemnity for radiation damage while planning a fleet of nuclear cargo ships to follow the pilot project. The ship aims to carry ore for German industry on the South Atlantic run, with a US Savannah precedent cited as a research vessel.
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Blue Water
South America
South Atlantic
Ministry of Education and Science
Bundestag
Germany
Otto Hahn
Hamburg Association For Nuclear Energy
Ole Hahn
Schlesweg-Holstein
Hamburg
Bremen
Lower Saxony
Bulletin
Bonn
West Germany
Special Discount On Box Stationery and Kodak Film
Harper Drug Store in Harper Texas advertises special discounts on box stationery, 100 off specials, 10 percent off large notebook fillers, and Kodak film and flash bulbs. Free gift wrapping offered as a courtesy to customers. Grace and Leslie Harper run the store.
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Harper Drug Store
Grace & Leslie
Harper
Texas
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Fredericksburg
American Legion
Clarence Sinclair
Leona Ellebracht
Mt. Home
Mattie Arnold
Menard
Friendly Circle
Lbj State Park
Schreiner
Tous
Miss Holekamp
Wm Dietel
Alma Holekamp
Julius Holekamp
George
Frederick George Holekamp
Betty Abenthern Holekap
Netherlands
Dean Hopf
Richard Bateman
Luling
Eileen Hopf
San Marcos
David Hopf
Bryan
Mesdames
E. B. Eckerele
Esther Jackson
Houston
Harvey Stevens
Louis McDonald
Paul Jones
Mohai
Pedernales
Sauer
Danz
Behrens
LB J Ranch
Kenneth Reeders
Kenneth Reeder
Harmon Ave
Austin
Lori Beth
Alois Jung
Leon Reeder
la Grange
Carolyn Jung
Texas State Bank
Capitol Cash Register
Reed
Jeff Reese
Brady
Ue Road
Doss
Pete Whitworth
and Mire
Fred Whitewood
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