05 Nov 1976
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1976
Page
1
A poetic passage on autumn beauty and life’s cycles opens with reflective verses by Pansy Taylor Saltzman and L. Cady Hodge. The piece transitions to a local news item detailing Francis Jung’s retirement after 30 years with Tennessee Department of Public Health and his family’s background and movements.
Mrs. Herman Kaiser 90 died October 28 at Brown's Nursing Home after four years there. Born April 22 1886 to Anton and Anna Loth she was survived by four children two daughters Emma and Cecilia Mills and two sons Joe Kaiser and Robert Kaiser plus 20 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. She was a charter member of St Ann's Society and famed for crochet work winning a National Trophy. Her daughter Cecilia Mills visited Liveoak Log Cabin recently with her.
Last week Thursday and Friday brought widespread rains across Texas Hill Country West and Panhandle with totals from 1.88 inches in Fredericksburg to 2.80 inches near Doss. Beneficial moisture boosts small grains and winter grazing though cold nights to the 30s and 40s harmed livestock. Livestock water improves as tanks fill and streams run. hunting season opens November 13.
Mrs Hugo A Hopf 89 nee Zelma Dean Swift died October 28 in Dun Dee Illinois where she had lived the past two years She was born April 1 1887 in Llano County Texas to P D and Corintha Ricketson Swift Survivors include son Dean Hopf Harper daughter Doris Mrs Walter Eggert Dun Dee six grandchildren five great grandchildren and one son Ellswort Hopf deceased Also three sisters and several brothers all listed Interment followed at City Cemetery Fredericksburg with funeral services at Schaetter Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Revs Bier schwale and Parker.
The Gillespie County Emergency Care Association set its next quarterly meeting for Thursday November 8 at 7 30 p m in the Gillespie County Ambulance Building. Darrell Holmes of Harper is president with officers Charles Weinheimer Adeline Hahn Tommy Reeh Doss Robert Gandre and Allen Weinheimer Jr of Stonewall.
Gillespie County voters joined a national surge Tuesday that secured a Carter Mondale victory over Ford Dole. Sheriff race in Gillespie decided by 91 votes, with Tuck and Brown winning district posts. Local results show Harper Precinct 5 casting 350 ballots amid overall county canvass underway.
Kenneth Kuykendall of Cherokee elected president and Charles Mood of Lubbock named vice president of the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts at the thirty sixth annual state meeting in McAllen attended by about 800. Kuykendall has nine years as director and alternate director, 15 years as district director and chairman, and is a past president of the Hill Country association. He was named Outstanding Conservation Rancher in 1968.
Game wardens Hartmann and Kaderka arrested two North Texas men near Doss Hilda road for hunting out of season and shooting four deer. Each faced 300 dollar fines in Mason Justice Court. Meat from the deer was distributed to needy residents. Local wardens report few other deer losses, with open deer season approaching November 13.
Woodrow Ellis Granville of Fredericksburg died Monday November 1 at 1250 am in Knapp Nursing Home at age 62. He is survived by two sons Chester Granville and Downie Granville, two daughters Peggy Marko and Kathy Granville, and three grandchildren. Funeral service set for Wednesday November 3 at 2 pm at Schautter Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Milton Bierschale officiating and burial in Harper cemetery. A complete obituary will appear next week.
The Harper yearbook invites members to join the Bull of the Woods contest before the November 12 midnight deadline. Prizes include six cash awards across the main contest and Merchants Division, with a separate prize for the best turkey gobbler. The notice also recaps local obituaries and community updates from Harper, including travels and hospital visits.
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