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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1975
Page
3
The installment continues the mystery surrounding the 25 miracle as characters navigate clues and tensions. The scene heightens with new revelations about motives and hidden connections amid the town's mounting curiosity.
After a family funeral, a dried plant revived in Easter sunlight signaling renewed life. The seven year old notices green shoots as the plant grows and so do the family’s spirits. They find faith and outward purpose replacing grief, with quotes on aspiration and inspiration.
At Fredericksburg the Easter Pageant returns Saturday night on the hills around town. The event, staged by the Harper Athletic Booster Club Banquet on March 31, features more than six hundred participants from youth to seniors. The Gillespie County Fair Grounds hosts the production with two grandstands as a backdrop. Historic Cross Mountain silhouettes appear in imagery linked to pioneer history over 125 years ago. Photo credit: Texas Highway Dept.
The Harper Athletic Booster Club will host its annual banquet March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the Harper School Cafeteria with pork barbecue. Tyler Junior College coach Lumpkins will introduce guest speaker Billy W. Andrews. Tickets are available from athletes, coaches, or booster members.
Harold Jung, Gillespie County Tax Assessor-Collector, warns car owners that 1975 license plates must be registered and purchased by Tuesday April 1. Plates must be affixed Monday and ready for use Tuesday morning April 2 to avoid penalties. Office hours Easter Monday 8 am to 5 pm. closed Good Friday and March 28 29. Last minute buyers should bring the three part renewal form and fee.
The notice urges property owners to render their 1975 taxes and sign forms. It mentions last year's receipt and certificate of title suffice for renewal and cautions against separating mailed renewal cards. It notes Jung reminding people not to detach the card.
The third annual Junction Spring Race Meet will run Saturday and Sunday April 5 and 6 in Junction with races at 2 p.m. daily and an added purse of 2050 dollars. Eight races per day and a Horse of the Year Award based on Texas Racing Circuit results.
Two seats on the Harper Qahaal Rand school board will be filled at the election scheduled for Saturday April 11. Roy Ressmann not seeking re election. Gene Bode seeks another three year term. Mrs Cora Nabers 81 of 401% Cora Street Fredericksburg died in Kerrville hospital after long illness. funeral held Bethany Lutheran Church. Interment City Cemetery Plummer Funeral Chapels Kerrville in charge. Visitors to Round Mountain included families from Harper Fredericksburg and Austin with a long awaited reunion for Virgil Lennon and Thomas Harney who served together in Europe.
Gillespie County Commissioners in special session adopted a plan to join the Alamo Area Council of Governments manpower consortium under the 1973 federal act. One eligible custodian and a soil and water district yard worker positions were approved. The court also endorsed HB 1412 and SB 867 raising auto registration fees and urged Harper ISD voters to vote April 5 for school trustees.
WR Cirace Co scientists unveil a patented ceramic monolith design to support emission control catalysts in autos. Grace plans to supply manufacturers with the new monolith and builds a $39 million plant in Cohiba Ma to produce the structures.
The text notes that in Italy jasper was thought to render the wearer invisible. It also mentions a Spanish belief from the 18th century that copper could grow in the ground and that a mine left alone would become productive again.
Funeral services for Felix Kensing 86 of Harper were held March 20 at 2 p.m. in Fredericksburg. He died March 18 at 3:30 a.m. in Knopp Nursing Home after long illness. A WWI veteran and longtime rancher, he was born June 5 1888 in Gillespie County. Survivors include son Calvin Kensing and daughter Ruby Stehling plus three grandchildren and two sisters. Interment followed at Harper Cemetery with American Legion honors.
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