No Shortage of Deer For Texas Hunters
Texas hunters see a booming deer population with over three million deer in the state, about one fifth of the national total. Yet harvests run under 50 percent, with 280000 deer killed last season, as success hinges on location and patient ambush in areas like Gillespie Kerr and Liano counties.
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Texas
United States
Texas Deer Hunting Army
Gillespie
Kerr
Liano
Brush
Harper Area Prepares for Annual Hunting Season and Turkey Shoot
Harper anticipates a crowded Friday November 7 as hunters descend for opening day ahead of the season. Harper American Legion Post No 650 hosts a turkey shoot with a 30-30 caliber Teddy Roosevelt Centennial Rifle prize awarded at 5 p.m. The piece notes strong rain in September October benefiting wild turkey and buck horn growth, and cites Hill County hunting revenue estimates of two to three million dollars.
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Harper
Harper’s
American Legion Post No. 650
The
Legion Post
Hill County
Mason
Llano
Kendall
Blanco
Kerr
Kimble
Gillespie
Harper’s Bull of the Woods Membership Deadline Friday
Harper’s contest closes midnight November 7 with four additional prizes funded by local businesses. The history of winners over fifteen years lists Elmer Lee Lange, Elgin Kramer, Lawrence Roeder, Chas Klaehn, Charlie Friedrich, Harold Pape, Herbert Feller, James Jung, Louis Friedrich, J M Scarborough, J E Parker, Billy Hogan, Warren McDougall, Glenn Hopf, and Albert Haag among past first or second prize recipients.
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Harper Business
Elmer Lee Lange
Elgin Kramer
Lawrence Roeder
Chas. Klaehn
Charlie Friedrich
Clint Brown
Harold Pape
Herbert Feller
James Jung
Max Hartmann
Louis Friedrich
J. M. Scarborough
J. E. Parker
Billy Hogan
Warren McDougall
Glenn Hopf
Albert Haag
Jack Phillips
Charles J. McDougall
Raymond Spaeth
Clarence McDougall
Chester Itz
Emil Wahrmund
Alfred E
Cecil Tatse Buck
Joe Esquell
W. A. Hogan
Harper First State Bank Directors Honored Dinner
Mr and Mrs Fred Whitewood hosted a turkey dinner at their home last Saturday November 1 at 6 pm honoring the directors of Harper First State Bank and their wives Mr and Mrs R E Peril were co hosts The Harper Band Boosters extend their membership drive to Friday November 21 and met November 4 to decide to continue the drive Members receive a booster sticker First and second prizes will be awarded to the boys and
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Harper First State Bank
Fred Whitewood
First State Bank of
Harper
R. E. Peril
Harper Band
Editorial Response Spurs Harper Herald Interest
The Harper Herald reports favorable reader comments on last week's piece "Harper Offers an Ideal Site the Best Year Round Climate For a Rest Home" and notes a letter to the editor could not be reprinted. It mentions ALC Lutheran Social Services board members in Texas receiving copies and plans for a benefit supper.
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Harper Herald
Harper
ALC
Board of
Lutheran Social Services
Texas
Rufus Moore Rites Held in Harper Sunday
Rufus B Moore of Milford Texas died November 1 1969 in a Hillsboro hospital aged 86. He served as Deputy Sheriff and Gillespie County Commissioner and ran Mill Creek Ranch at Milford. Funeral services were held November 2 1960 at Harper Presbyterian Church with burial in Harper cemetery.
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Rufus B
Ruff’? Moore
Milford
Texas
Hillsboro
Fayette County
Harper
Gillespie County
Ethel Nabers
Kimble County
Mill Creek Ranch
Moore
Presbyterian Church
Murr
Tay) Hodges
R. B
Troy) Moore III
H. H. Delevan
Fairfield
Denny Dungan
Snyder
Oscar Moore
Carrazzo
N. M
Dean Hopf
George A. Gibson
Pat Rogers
A. B Barker
Oliver Moore
Roy Roberts
Lightning bolt starts fire at Adamek ranch near Harper
A severe electric storm struck the Harper area Tuesday night with 3 to 4 inches of rain and a lightning bolt believed to hit a TV antenna sparked a fire that destroyed the four room ranch home of Chas Adamek off U S 290 eight miles west of Harper. The blaze left no survivors and knocked out power to the area as floodwaters rose.
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Chas. Adamek Ranch
Harper
U. S. 290
London FM Road
Victor Har
Chas. Adamek
Harrer
Victor Harner
CTEC
Adame S
Harper Lockers offers free storage to first deer and turkey
Harper Lockers and Longhorn Inn in Harper announce hunting season services for 1969. The Moellendorfs provide free storage for the first deer and first turkey carned to their plant on opening day. The locker plant offers ice vaults and full processing, while the Longhorn Inn operates 7 am to 10 pm except Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Harper Lockers
Harper
Henry Moellendorf
Sat
Longhorn Inn
Doyke Parker
Harper School Board Meeting Minutes November 3 1960
The Harper School Board met on November 3 1960 and praised student efforts to keep grounds neat after Halloween. Motions approved include paying bills, placing safety signs at the bus entrance and Cafetorium area, and forming a textbook committee with named members. Bus trips for 100s are to be funded from the Transportation Fund with the unencumbered balance noted.
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Harper School
E. D. Hopf
Harry Sultemeier
Ola Mae Hopf
Elizabeth Schmidt
Edward M Bailey
Leon P. Dunn
Lee B Feuge
Transportatwa Fund
Tramportatwa Fuad
Transportation Fund
Clint Brown Sells 1280 Acre Ranch Near Harper
Clint Brown sold a 1280 acre ranch twelve miles north of Harper to Dick Hoerster of Fredericksburg with a smaller 500 acre tract at Midway on the Junction Kerrville road traded in. Brown retains part of the old Blue Mountains homestead on the London FM road. The sale was completed in September 1960.
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Clint Brown
Harper
Dick Hoerster
Fredericksburg
Midway
Kerrville
Brown
Old Homestead
Blue Mountains
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Scane
Mason, Llano
Bainco
Junction
Doss
Bull of the Woods
Uirl
John Honig
Alois Jung
Russ Tinsley
Rufus Moore
Harper Sunday
Rufus B. (Ruff) Moore
New Mexico
Denny Duncan
Horace Delevan
Andy Moore
Hurley
Nettie Ward
Menard
Herbert Wiliams
Commanche
Horace Hardin
Johnson
Kerrvil
George Delevan
San Antonio
Wert Watkins
Big Lake
Fred Nabers
George Gibson
Segovia
R._ B. Moore Jr
Mike Leonard
Murr Hodges
Elmer Tuffan
Stonewall
Henry Wendel
Per
Francis J. Walch
KNAF
N. J. Dietel
Admack
John Klaerner
Kernit Klaerner
Central Texas Electric Coop
Tivydale- Harner Road
Langes
Maurers
Klaerner
Pedernaies River
Tivydale
Rufus Jones
State Highway Dept
Mickey Cavaness
London Road
Adamek
Old Whetstone Place
Elgin Schmidt
Plummer and Gilmore
Harper Locker Plant
Harper School Board
Mayfield Mat$ CO
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