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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1970
Page
4
Harper Longhorns visit Leakey for season closer as Leakey dominates 92 to 42. Multiple turnovers and big plays fueled a 28 point first quarter surge, with Jerald Esquell and Tommy Brandenberger among the storylines for Harper.
The 18th annual Harper Tournament runs Thursday to Saturday December 3 4 5 in the school gymnasium. Games start 315 pm Thursday 200 pm Friday and 915 am Saturday. Competitors include Medina Center Point Bandera Comfort Knippa Harper Leakey and Schreiner boys. Harper teams play 700 and 815 pm Thursday and Friday if they win Thursday. Final games begin 730 pm Saturday.
The text poses quirky inquiries about local residents and events. It asks who knows Kathy Landis’s late night cat chase, Big Jim’s lost ring on Doss road, and the owner of Roy’s car shoes. It mentions Baethge’s gum affecting Marshall and a mouse incident involving Gina last Saturday.
Mrs Jeff Elam of Fredericksburg visited friends in Harper Friday morning. Mesdames Oliver Hopf and Harry Wilke and their small son of San Antonio were here on business Thursday.
The American Rifleman finds growing Congressional support to repeal or modify the 1968 Federal Gun Control Act arguing it fails as a national crime measure and burdens gun owners. Some legislators note enforcement overreach and a shift toward stricter anti crime laws.
The American Rifleman surveys all states and finds handgun hunting officially legal or tolerated in 48 of 50 states with West Virginia and New Jersey banning it. Eastern states show broader allowances than some western states, while regulation battles occur between game officials and law enforcement. Author Bill R Davidson surveys state laws governing this sport.
Governor Preston Smith led the Second Annual Governor's Public Support Conference on Traffic Safety urging passage of laws to remove drunk and problem drivers from Texas highways. Col. Wilson Speir and Ross Rommel backed stricter DUI provisions and broader code adoption as legislators prepare for January's session.
Weekend visitors include Miss Janice Spaeth of Lamesa, Albert Perchard of San Antonio, and Mr and Mrs Bill Ruff of Ingram. Others host and visit relatives in Kerrville Kerr County Floresville Rosenberg and Rocksprings while discussions reference highway deaths and potential auto design changes. The piece notes Andrew Kramer relocation and John Warren McDougall illness with Texas totals for traffic fatalities.
The Harper boys open with Schreiner on December 1 to begin the 1970-71 basketball season. The Harper and Mason girls began November 24 with Mason girls A and B teams. The schedule lists games through February with Medina and Canyon among opponents and a note to win the tourney.
Mary Eileen Hopf of Harper is among 33 Southwest Texas State University students listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities for 1970. A 1967 Harper High School graduate, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Hopf and will receive a bachelor's in elementary education from SWTU in December.
A compiled list of pairs and pairs like Jenny and Charlie Franny and Kelsey Linda P and Lynn Linda and Larry Brenda and Jim, Jane and Jerald, Meliss and Corky, Pooh and Craig, Sudan and Lorin, Mary and Winn, Cheryl and Ronnie, Mitchell and Cindy P, Tommy and Helen W, Mary and Schlick, Bob and Dino, Cathy and Larry, Sharon and Lorin, Kat and Ernie, Becky and Jim L, Corlis and Daniel, Charlotte and Dale, Debbie and David, Dhela and DonDon, Barbara and Roy, Brenda and Brent, Dhela and Spasm.
Monday to Friday meals list dishes with numbered entries for each day. Items include baked potatoes spinach hot rolls cake chili and beans cornbread cole slaw cobbler and more such as smothered steak creamed potatoes beets raisins chicken mixed vegetables salad apricots sandwiches chips salad orange juice cake.
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