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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1969
Page
4
The Nixon administration proposes slicing a Social Security increase from 10 percent to 7 percent to save about 1 billion. Critics call the move harmful to the poor and question the administration’s stance on supporting the less fortunate while Congress recently granted itself a pay raise.
LBJ State Park near Stonewall opens at 8 a.m. Sunday with a new visitors center restrooms and picnic sites. The center built by the National Park Service will operate daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. as construction continues on phase two. The site includes exhibits and native stone fireplaces, with Johnson birthplace and childhood home nearby as additional visitor attractions.
Jeanette Roberts receives a miscellaneous shower at James Lutheran Parish Hall hosted by family and friends. Guests greet at the door. Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Marschall assist, with Mrs. Floyd Boatright registering attendees. White cake and punch served. gifts shared by several relatives amid a chorus of well wishes.
Vacation Bible School starts Monday at St James Lutheran Church from 8 30 to 11 15 each weekday for a week. The Friday closing program is at 8 00. Open to children ages 4 to 14 in the Harper area with the theme Living Gods Way. Teachers include Mrs Wienecke Ahrens G Harper Mar achall McMahon Ressmann Dittmar and Pastor Hi with assistants.
W. E. Fletcher of the V. A has spent the weekend with Mrs. her and daughter Mrs. Howard Sivells and family.
Kerrville Texas firm Mayfield Mattress Co. promotes an innerspring revival offering refurbished mattresses. The ad cites expert workmanship and specialization in rejuvenating used units, appealing to cost conscious customers seeking durable sleep solutions.
Nixon Orchards report a promising 1969 fruit outlook with 28 peach varieties on several thousand trees plus apples pears plums and nectarines. They shipped 1580 half bushel peach crates to San Antonio markets in two weeks and anticipate a record crop barring severe weather. Mr and Mrs Albert Lang of San Antonio visited Mrs Max Lange last week.
Several musicians from Mason Streeter and Pontotoc met at Community Park on Saturday night for an informal concert of violin guitar and mandolin. Wallace and El Dain Brown hosted a covered dish supper enjoyed by about fifty attendees.
Visitors from Boerne San Marcos Kerrville Junction Doole New Iberia and other towns called on Harper residents over the weekend. Attendants include Edward Shell Nancy Wayne Happy Heinmann and Jerome Esqueil, with several families hosting and attending services and a bridal show.
Deputy Sheriff Victor Harper investigated a theft of three gallons of gasoline from an unmanned pump after midnight last week. The lock was removed but no other items were stolen or damaged. In a separate incident, a Brahma cow weighing about 1008 pounds owned by Clarence Ernst was struck by Ronnie Arm’s car on the Tivy dale Harper FM road. the driver was uninjured and no charges were filed.
Mrs. W. J. Godard of Texas City announces the engagement and coming marriage of Peggy Adele Godard to William Randolph Dietel son of Norman J. Dietel and the late Louise May Henke Dietel. The couple plans to wed July 12 at First Presbyterian Church in Texas City.
The American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will meet Friday June 6 at 8 p m at the Legion Hall. All members are urged to attend as several items are to be discussed.
Mr. and Mrs. John Strackbein of New Braunfels Rob ert Strackbein of Kingsbury and Mrs. Clara Hansen of San Antonio visited Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Strackbein last Thursday. Mr. Strackbein observed his ninety second birthday and remains in good health and active.
Mrs. Howard Cottle of Rock Springs hosted her mother in law Mrs. Roy Cottle after a week with her sons. Bud Strong, a San Marcos college friend, visited Ronnie Lumpkins and family before heading to Sonora for work. Aunt and Uncle Mr and Mrs Warren McDougall, former Mary Duderstadt, visited last week. Jeff Elam and wife returned from a two week visit with her son William Smallwood Jr. in Wiggins Mississippi then paused at Port Arthur and Luling. R F Manske of Fredericksburg visited Robert Mauer’s home Sunday afternoon. Johanie Cottle of Austin visited his father Omer Cottle and grandparents V A Cottle Sunday.
The 8th annual Hunter-Jumper Show of the Gillespie County Fair Assn. will be staged at the Fair Grounds June 13 14 and 15. Roy Stroeher reports strong entry interest with Elmer Bierschwale as general chairman and a committee of local leaders. Judges are Joseph Bunn Mathews and Major Edgar McClain with Capt. Peggy Hofler as steward. The event is approved by the Texas Hunter Jumper Show Assn with Miss Eugenia Miller as state secretary.
The well known as The well Guy by hand by Blind Indian Jim and James Dixon, dated 1682 at the site now Harper Community Park, was restored by the Harper Lions Club in 1054. A granite marker was whedded into.
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