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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1973
Page
6
A reflective piece by Laverne Brown Price contemplates autumn melancholy and faith. The Sportlite section then surveys medieval English football customs, notes turf skiing gains, and highlights Mount Southington CT hosting a national turf skiing event this month.
TIBI absentee ballotting for the special November 6 constitutional amendments election will end on Friday November 2. County Clerk Felix Scherer said only two ballots had been mailed and a few cast earlier, with interest described as low. Tyrus Cox was named presiding judge of the canvassing board with Walter Loudon Jr. and Douglas Dittmar as judges.
Ramsey Randolph was elevated from vice chairman to chairman of the Upper Llanos Soil and Water Conservation District No 225 after the district reorganized its board following the October election. Maurice Nethery was replaced, and new director Greer Kothmann was chosen as vice chairman.
The Gillespie County 4 H Awards Banquet in Fredericksburg honored Harper individuals and the Harper Community Park with top prizes. Sharron Schumpelt received the Gold Star Girl Award while Kevin McMahon earned the I Dare You Award and Juanice Beard was named Outstanding Woman Leader. The event highlighted Learning By Doing as keynote and drew 300 attendees.
Roy Ressmann exhibits the grand champion native pecan and champion native of the South Texas Regional Pecan Show with 75.85 pecans per pound and 62.63 percent kernel. Other Gillespie exhibitors include Emil Heiner Milton Schmitzinsky and Jeremy Itz with various pecan varieties and kernel yields as 416 entries compete in the 1972 State Pecan Show. The 1973 Gillespie Pecan Show is planned for December with details to follow.
Kerrville police arrest Mr and Mrs James Snider both 19 in Ingram after clues tied to three recent burglaries in Fredericksburg and Kerr County. Green Dodge pickup linked them. charges filed in Gillespie and Kerr Counties with six burglaries reported last week. Items stolen include a bolt action rifle, chain saw, and cash from a shop. They are held for fall term district court appearances.
A venire of 136 men was selected for the fall term of the District Court in Grat County. Judge Scherer and Clerk Alt. Mecks will oversee the panel as Leon Outober is noted among those chosen for the November 12 session. The selection promises a heavy docket with many new cases to come before the court.
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