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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1954
Page
2
Read about Tango no Sekku on May 5 honoring boyhood with carp streamers Koinobori iris plants and samurai heritage. Boys wear shobu swords and helmets, families display heirlooms, and kite flying adds festive rivalry as traditions blend with ideas of courage and longevity.
A traditional chivaree greeted newlyweds T O and Janelle Midkiff at their Kerrville area ranch on November 6. With eighty-five attendees, the surprise procession used a dark drive to reach the house, followed by a lively gathering, food, and cake. The couple, married Oct 30 in Houston’s Riverside Methodist Church, live eight miles southeast of Harper. guests included many local families and notable neighbors.
The Gillespie County 4-H Council announces a 7:30 p.m. Saturday banquet at the Fair Grounds Exhibition Hall. A 50 cent barbecue dinner accompanies awards for leaders, junior leaders, club, and project honors with clubs from Willow City Cherry Springs Stonewall and Crabapple assisting with setup and decorations by St Marys and Doss. Albert Fredericksburg coordinate programs and Harper handles invitations and tickets.
A Gillespie County readership is pointed to a Soil & Water article in the Texas Soil Conservation District magazine. The piece argues Texas has ample water but Texans often lack access and details surface runoff of 53 billion acre-feet with under five million used, urging equitable distribution and conservation while noting this is the second in a series.
Kerrville visitors Mr and Mrs Carry Beach and their son joined Mr and Mrs Charlie Barrett for Hill Crest Singing on Sunday afternoon. Woodcraft boys held a barbecue at Community Park Tuesday night with help from Roy and Bess Roberts Hans Wachhals Elmo Lumpkins A A Wendel Doss Sam Honig Hubert Rahe and families visiting August Kirchhoff Sunday afternoon. Lorenz Wendel also stopped by Sunday night.
Funeral services for Johnson Thurman were held at Burnet with Rev. Carlos Parker officiating. He died November 1 at his Burnet home and is survived by his widow Beulah, daughter Lila May Pilgrim of Marble Falls, four brothers, two sisters, two grandchildren, and many relatives. He was born July 6 1879 in Blanco County and lived in White Bluff before moving to Burnet in 1939. Burial followed in Burnet Cemetery.
Sam Parker marked his 82nd birthday with a Sunday at home in Harper hosting 65 relatives and friends. The barbecue feast was prepared by his brothers James and Walter Parker, with out-of-town guests listed including the Steitles, the Parkers from San Antonio, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, Round Mountain, Junc tion, and additional relatives from Christoval and Bandera.
Reports to the Game & Fish Commission indicate about a quarter million deer hunters are ready for the fall venison derby. The Executive Secretary projects a total bag near 40 000 bucks amid drought effects.
Kerrville will host the Eleventh Annual Hill Country District Boy's Livestock Show from January 24 to 26, 1955. FFA and 4H members from Kerr and 14 surrounding counties join in this district event. The Kerr County Show is January 2 with district activities January 25 and 26, shifting to Monday Tuesday Wednesday to avoid school conflicts and mid term exams.
Mrs Lewis Stevens spent Sunday with her parents Mrs Geo Holekamp and family.
The Presbyterian Women’s Association sponsors a sweet sale at Hopf Locker Plant all day on Saturday November 20. Proceeds go to church activities and missions.
Hunting season starts Tuesday November 16 as hundreds of hunters gather in Harper and nearby areas. Local listings show 40 to 50 leases still for sale ranging from 160 to 3000 acres priced 50 to 100 dollars per hunter. Prizes from Gillespie County Game Protective Association include scopes jackets boots stoves and iceboxes for top bucks and antlered deer.
State game officials report that up to 16 700 antlerless deer may be shot in Gillespie Mason and Llano counties during December 1 15. Permits will be issued to landowners across three counties with 10 500 in Llano 4 200 in Mason and the balance in Gillespie.
Kerrville hosts Mr and Mrs Edd Fisk Sunday afternoon. San Antonio guests Weslie Sageser visited Mr and Mrs Richard Roeder Ulster and Mrs V A Hopf who is convalescing in the Robert Dittmar home. Mrs Robert Maurer remains hospitalized for a weekly checkup. The USS Bainbridge is cited as the Navy s first destroyer with destroyers tasked to seek and destroy submarines. The Navy collects 400000 cubic feet of records annually.
Frank Staudt organizes a Harper area Bull of the Woods hunting contest open to all local hunters. Membership costs 1.00 with a jackpot prize. winner to be announced January 3, 1955, based on weight and spread points measured at Harper Locker Plant.
As of January 1, 1955 up to ten million more persons can begin to earn social security protection. The new amendments include farm operators with net earnings from self employment of $100 or more and extend coverage to agricultural enterprises.
The Comfort Bobcats defeated the Harper Longhorns 39 to 6 at Community Park. Lloyd Dietert scored three times, Glen Fowler added two rushing TDs, and Robert Seiden sticker crossed once for Comfort. Alvin Lange scored the Lone Longhorn TD as Harper slips to 0-2 in District 12.
Mrs. Walter Parker submits a humorous verse titled Hunters Luck for pre hunting season. The poem parodies hunters tall tales and their season readiness, noting creatures listening and skeptically judging hunters as daylight nears.
The Gillespie County Commissioner's Court met with County Judge Victor Sagehiel ding to canvass elation returns and approve payment of bills and salaries. The court also accepted the audit as reported by Halser and Dividsea.
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