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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1967
Page
4
The Longhorn Band staged a brief halftime performance on Bobcat Field despite frigid weather. They formed a black formation centered on the field, displayed a ten gallon hat outline, and played Hello My Baby Bonanza Kaiser Bill's Return. Medina Bauman known as The Happy Whistler was saluted with an M formation.
A household meal plan lists daily menus from Monday to Friday. Monday features meat balls macaroni nacho carrot sticks and cake. Tuesday offers beans okra garlic bread corn bread cole slaw and filled reds. Wednesday includes chicken creamed potatoes salad and raisins. Thursday serves enchiladas hot rolls green beans salad and pudding. Friday presents ham sandwiches fried potatoes salad and jello.
The junior class presents Hillbilly Weddin a hillbilly comedy in three acts at 7 30 p m on November 21 and 22 in the school auditorium. Paw Belsnickle must marry off six daughters while neighbors plot mischief as the plot twists to a surprise ending with a cast including Morris Harper Mary Behrens Jeanette Fritz Nance Feller and others.
Five Harper High FHA members traveled to the Area VII convention last Saturday. Linda Jung sought an Area Office while Jeanette Fritz acted as voting delegate and Linda Harper performed a talent number. Cathy Tatsch was introduced as Area Little Sister with the theme Happiness Is Leading. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs Warren Mc Dougall included Kerrville relatives. travel and family news from Austin to San Antonio and New Jersey were noted among several local ties.
Gillespie County issues call for entries in the Make It With Wool contest to promote home or school sewing on 100 percent wool. Classified by Sub Debs Juniors Seniors Adults, entries must be new garments, forms obtainable from Mrs Daisy Massey at Fredericksburg High School. District contest planned in Eldorado with regional organizers and judges, details shared by Mrs Massey and district chair Henry Speck Jr.
A surprising upset sees the Longhorns fall to the Goats in a close game. Key players include noted scorers and defenders, with bragging rights at stake for both programs and a shaky start to the season for the hosts.
Around school students oil their guns for Saturday deer season opener. Six week tests loom and overdue work piles up. Juniors labor on a play aims for success. Harper Longhorns vow 67 isn’t the year for the Horns yet fight to stay in second place.
Longhorns beat the Medina Bobcats 20 to 0 last Friday night on the Bobcats home field. Joe Mains returned a fumbled ball 50 yards for a touchdown and Benard Fritz added two points. Fritz connected with Jer ome Esquell for a 33 yard pass and Esquell scored, extending the lead to 14-0 at halftime. Joe Mains added a 4 yard TD in the fourth quarter.
Harper High School invites alumni to the 1967 Homecoming on November 17. The football game against Nueces Canyon will end the season and help decide second place in the district standings. A student council sponsored dance follows in the cafetorium. all are welcome.
Fragmented OCR reads show students at a high school pep rally, with mentions of rally leaders, choir groups, and a planned performance. The scene hints at disorganized sections and tense energy as attendees react to the event.
The community gathered for Mr and Mrs Oliver Hopf as family and friends from Ingram Kerrville New Braunfels Fredericksburg San Antonio and Junction attended the Sunday event. Attendees included Mr and Mrs David Schmuidt Mrs Vera Blant now Mrs Forest Strenz and Frances Floyd among others. Local residents also shared visits with relatives and noted a stroke affecting Tatsch at Fredericksburg Hospital.
The HemisFair 1968 exhibit titled Man and the Universe fills 26 000 square feet to guide visitors through six sections from prehistoric darkness to the space age. It aims to evoke feelings about celestial knowledge through the lives of Copernicus Kepler Galileo and ancient astronomers and ends with a spaceflight history and Werner von Braun’s focus on Earth. Austin notes a possible French invasion if Fran ce expands HemisFair materializes as planned.
County Judge Victor G Sagebiel proclaims November 6–10, 1967 as Consumer Education Week to highlight the Extension Service role in public consumer information and education. The designation honors Texas Agricultural Extension Service and its collaboration with Texas A&M University and the U S Department of Agriculture in guiding family consumer decisions.
WOAT Radio and Television announced a relief fund of 34750 distributed to Port Isabel Brownsville Harlingen and Three Rivers. Edward V. Cheviot Gay Harris and Harold Baker oversaw the on site inspection and fund distribution to local relief committees chaired by mayors.
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