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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1969
Page
1
Harper edition lists events at First Baptist Church and United Presbyterian Church. May 11 Masses at 8 and 9 30 celebrate Mother’s Day with Holy Communion for youth and breakfast for mothers. CYO grad party set for May 18 with wiener roast 5 to 8 pm. services continue Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Baptist church.
Rev. Carlos Parker presides at the First Pentecostal Church in Harper Texas with Bible Study on Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Sunday School at 1 99 a. m. and Worship service at 7 30 pm. Evangelistic service. Everyone welcome.
St James Lutheran Church in Harper Texas lists regular Sunday hours with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Worship Service at 10 30 a m led by Rev W G Hill.
The Future Farmers of Amelia Panquet held a banquet in the School Cafetorium last Monday with a thanks prelude by Mr. Binley. President Barry Jung opened the meeting as awards were presented to Honorary members Duery Menzies and Mae Wachhals and to Brad Massey for beef cattle and fat lamb, Stanley Kramer shop, Frank Kroll goats, Wayne Parker sheep, Felix Bernhard pork, Radey Hartmann pig production, Kerry Feller commercial sheep, Craig Lange star green hand, and Brad Massey star chapter farmer. The heart sweetheart gift presentation closed the evening.
The mobile x ray unit will return to serve the county on May 13 with hours from 11 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 6 pm at the Little League Ball Park Market Square. The age limit is 15 with a 50 cent donations requested, none turned away for lack of funds. Sponsored by the Alamo Area Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Ass. Dr Wilbur Crenwelge and Mrs Pat Dooley invite participation. Gillespie County volunteers come from local PTAs.
Harper FFA finished fourth among more than thirty teams in the State Range and Pasture Contest held at Stephensville. Team members included Wayne Parker and Leo Heinemann, with Parker fourth high individual and Heinemann ninth. Top teams were Hico, San Saba, Forestburg, Harper, and Stanton.
Educators warn that many new college entrants lack qualifying backgrounds for advanced study as militant groups push for open access and special treatment. Incidents at George Washington University and Oneida State University College highlight campus unrest tied to reparations and anti anti-communism.
William Parrish serves as pastor at Harper United Methodist Church with services each Sunday at 8 45 am The Edison Street United Methodist Church joins Harper United Methodist Church to form a Methodist Charge managing shared activities.
A tornadic wind and thunderstorm hit Johnson City after 2:30 pm. An overturned trailer house and roof damage occurred at new housing units near U S 290 and U S 281, with the VFW club roof torn and electric service briefly disrupted. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
Gillespie County farmers adopt brush control with cedar clipping and goat grazing to manage pastures. Witte Wehmeyer near Blumenthal uses diverse grasses and electric fencing to enable year round grazing and higher returns. Local technicians set up a wire enclosure on an ermelo lovegrass pasture to collect production data for seasonal stocking guidance.
Mrs. E. T. Wahrmund of Harper is named to the Hill Country Arts Foundation board in Ingram. She holds a B.S. from Texas Women’s University and an M.A. from New Mexico Highlands University, with specialties in design weaving sculpture and painting. Her work has been exhibited nationwide and she taught art in Kerrville High Schools for 14 years. An exhibition by her students will run at HCAF May 18 to 23.
The All Breed Sale sponsored by Gillespie County Livestock Breeders Association for May 10 was cancelled due to lack of entries. The note suggests possible rescheduling later or in April rains bringing May flowers. The column also highlights hill country wildflowers and recent rainfall in Hart Schnelle’s area. rural readers hope for sunshine for crops and share rainfall totals through May 1. N.J.D.
Fredericksburg was excluded from the Mobil Travel Guide 1968 edition ranking among 4288 U S locations deemed tourist friendly. The guide lists 23000 eateries and lodgings with one to five star ratings, and is based on inspector reports and reader mail.
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