What Will Farming Be Like Twenty Years From Now
A 1983 farm future foreseen in Electricity on the Farm predicts eggs with edible shells and cows that communicate by implanted transmitters. Computers would tailor feed, automated devices dispense it, and dairy farms with climate control would rise. Surpluses vanish due to global markets and population growth. lighted fields and desalted sea water pipelines solve water limits. Weekend trips and air travel replace leisure as farming enters a high tech era. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Kensing visited the Watkins Tarr home Saturday night.
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Farmers of
America
Old MacDonald
Reuben H. Donnelley Corp
Gays
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
West Indies
Let's Clean Up Harper With the Centennial Near
Community asks residents to tidy vacant lots and remove debris before the June centennial. Advertisement for Mayfield's Matthews Company Kerrville offering old mattress removal and inner spring work with guarantees. Leave orders at taper Lacker Plant.
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Taper Lacker
Mayfield’s Matthews Company
Kerrville
Two Harper Delegates Named To WOW Convention
Harper Texas delegates Dallas Rieger and C H Bierschwale will attend the Texas Head Camp convention of Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society March 21 23 in Abilene. More than 400 delegates from 55 795 Texas members expected.
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Dallas Rieger
Harper
Texas
C. H. Bierschwale
Harper- Texas
World Life Insurance Society
Wooten Hotel
Abilene
Roy L. Roberts
Merle S. Beard
Littlefield
Wage
Carthage
Miss
Roby
John W. Dimmitt
San Antonio
Southwes
Hardin Simmons University
McMurry College
Letter to the Editor requests subscription and local history note
The writer asks to subscribe and have a copy mailed. They highlight Harper as a source of pioneer history noting ancestors who settled there between 1835 and 1855 and are buried in the Spring Creek Cemetery. They name Dorcus Angeline Hays Taylor and family graves near Grape Creek in Bianco County and provide a Salt Lake City address.
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Harper
Spring Creek
Dorcus Angeline (Hays) Taylor
Grape Creek
Bianco County
Harper men grow beards for Centennial in Kerrville
Residents of Harper plan beard growing as part of their Centennial Celebration. The piece notes locals anticipate the event and encourage dress and bonnet attire for the celebration.
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House of David
Harper
Square Dancers Practice for Centennial on March 29
The Square Dancers meet Friday night at the Legion hut to practice for the centennial. election of officers will be held. Mrs. Harlan urges attendance as the regular dance location may shift to the Community Hall opening. Also notes visits from Mrs. George Hansen of San Antonio and relatives in San Antonio and Mountain Home.
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Legion Hut
Harlan
George Hansen
San Antonio
John Sthrackben
St. James Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg to Get New National Guard Armory
A new National Guard Armory for Fredericksburg is approved at an estimated cost of 120000 dollars with federal funds of 78850 dollars and Texas matching funds. Construction will begin after bids, with local firms encouraged to bid and materials sourced locally. The Armory will be on Harper Highway, replacing the existing facility, and will serve as unit headquarters and a community hall.
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National Guard
Fredericksburg
Walter A. Werner
133Rd
Ralph Yarborough
Army National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Werner
155Th Field Artillery Battalion
Alfred Hennig
Harper Road
Jack Stehling
Snational Guard
Meusebach Burial Visit Reflects German Texas Pioneers
A narrator recalls a pilgrimage to John O. Meusebach's grave in a well kept cemetery near Cherry Springs Texas. The visit honors the pioneer leader and the German settlers who built homes in the hills of Texas. The writer notes the surrounding landscape including a stone church and Pastor Rode's three story house.
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Fredericksburg
Nimicz
John O. Meusebach
Littl
Cherry Springs
Freiherr Hans Ottfried von Meusebach
Texas
Harper locals and visitors gather around Kerrville area
Local society notes describe Mrs Edwin Dittmar and Mrs Cheser Moses attending Baptist services in Doss with lunch. Families from Kerrville Seguin and San Antonio visit Harper and surrounding areas as A2C Metzger departs for navigation training. Local National Guard capacity stands at 69 of 94 with community updates on Armory water use.
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Edwin Dittmar
Langford C. Metzger
Lawrence Metzger
James Connally
William H Stevens of Harper Dies at 77
William Harvey Stevens of Harper died Friday March 16 at 4 40 am at Kenel Memorial Hospital at age 77 years 9 months 17 days. A prominent tanner he was born May 28 1805 in Gillespie County son of Andrew J and Mary Elizabeth Nelson Stevens married June 18 1914 in Houston to May K Thompson who survives him. He helped build roads including Farm to Market road 783 and was active in civic affairs. Services were held March 10 at 2 pm in Harper Presbyterian Church with Rev David J Gallaher officiating and interment at Harper Cemetery.
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William Harvey Stevens
Harper
Kenel Memoral Hospital
Mr. Stevens
Gillespe County
Andrew J
Mary Elizabeth Nelson Stevens
Nouston
May K. Thompson
Stevens
Klein Branch
Harper-Kerrville
Gillespie County
Harper Presbyterian Church
William Harvey Stevens Jr
Schaetter Funeral
Presbyterian Church
David J. Gallaher
H. L. Stevens
G. C. Stevens
Marshall Stevens Murray Stevens
A. S. Billings Jr
George A Hole- Kamp
Harper Cemetery
Helium Found in Three Wells Near Junction
Three Casex gas wells near Junction in Abilene County reportedly contain commercially extractable helium. The 0202227 and 1968-77 foot depths yielded 28 million and 22.5 million cubic feet daily from Mudge and Kennedy wells, while another Mudge well produced 1.92 million cubic feet daily. The Bureau of Mines notified Lasex of the helium content, potentially making Texas the only state outside the Panhandle with helium production.
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Casex
Abilene
Kimbie County
Mudge
Kennedy
Bureau of Mines
Lasex
Texas
Panhandle
Joyce Fritz Honored at Surprise 18th Birthday Supper
Joyce Fritz celebrated her 18th birthday with a surprise barbecue supper at her home on Saturday March 16 attended by about 35 friends and relatives. She received many beautiful and useful gifts. Mr and Mrs Richard Bierschwale visited Mrs Ches Mosel Sunday evening.
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Joyce Fritz
Richard Bierschwale
Mre
Ches Er Mosel
Stonewall Hosts Media As Peach Bloom Promises Banner Year
Stonewall in Gillespie County, called the peach capital, welcomed visiting radio and TV media for a tour of orchards and a St. Rose Society chicken dinner at St. Thomas Hall. Miss Kathy Wahl the peach queen drew photographers, with coverage spreading to Austin and San Antonio. The event preceded the 2nd annual Peach Jamboree on June 22 and highlighted Stonewall’s peach industry, which has yielded up to 500000 bushels in bumper years and generates substantial local revenue.
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Stonewall
LBJ
Ladies of St. Rose Society
St. Ravner Catholic Church
St. Thomas Hall
Kathy Wahl
Miss Wahl
Lyndon Johnson
Lady Bird
Dale
Jewel Malachek
Wary Weddell, Jr
Central Texas News
Gillespie
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
W. W. Schneider
Conrad Adenauer
St. Rose Society
Texas
Stonewall Hills
Pedernales River
Simon Burg
Khyber Pass
Burg
Bride Elect Honored Sal ly Spencer by Malcom Marsall
The groom to be and the bride elect were honored with a tea at Lutheran Parish Sunday afternoon. Guests described arrangements of blue and white flowers with stephanotis corsages and a white linen cloth on the tables. The couple plan to wed Saturday at St James Lutheran Church at 7 40 p m with many gifts and best wishes from family and friends.
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Sally Spencer
Malcolm Mars
Lea
Atte Lutheran
Csiaine
Sara Ott
Weis
Ieee
Miss Grevens
Moss Jay Dean Peal
Moss Kaypencer
Miss Upencer
J. R. Pes
Ci.y
Maessney
V.dur
Gsis
St. James Lutheran Church
Peach Queen Kathy Wahl Crowned At Stonewall Peach Jamboree
Rainy Vaal, 17, from Albert Iathy is named Peach Jambo Queen as Stonewall gears up for the annual Peach Jamboree on June 22. Kathy Wahl, Fredericksburg High School junior, posing amid peach blossoms, is highlighted by local media as Stonewall’s native product. The event draws attention while weather remains the top news as late freezes are awaited.
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Khrusenev
Burg
Stonewall Clanver of Commerce
Gillespie County Fruit Groves Association
Invita
Laile
Rainy Vaal
Albert
Iathy
Fredericksburg Iia
Lyndon Johnson
Stonewall
Producers Urged to Submit Wool Mohair and Lamb Sale Docs
Frank Wootan of Kimble ASC urges producers to turn in all sale documents for shorn wool mohair and unshorn lambs covering April 3, 1962 to March 31, 1963. Settlement sheets are needed for audit and payment applications due by April 30, 1963. With mohair added, the ASCS office expects over 1,000 applications to sign.
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Frank Wootan
Kimble Asc County Committee
ASCS
Wootan
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