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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1968
Page
1
First Baptist Church led by Rev. Chastes Price invites Harper residents to Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evening service at 6:00 p.m. Brotherhood meets first and third Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
St Anthony's Church invites worship with Mass at 8 and 9 30 on Sunday October 20 and a School of Religion on Wednesday at 8. A Catholic Action Councils meeting is set for St Victor's chapel Medina Lake at 2 30 p m Attendees may walk in any time. Harper United Presbyterian Church holds Sunday School at 10 60 a m and worship at 11 60 a m Women’s Association meets the third Thursday at 2 20 p m Session also meets the third Wednesday
Sunday services include Sunday School at 8:00 and worship at 9:00. October 21 marks First Year Confirmation at 3:45, followed by Second Year Confirmation on October 23 at 3:45.
Harper residents list social visits and weekend get-togethers across multiple families. El Paso guests stay with the Lumpkins and Cottle grandmother. Attendees include Bierschwales, Ellebracht, Dunns, Breautigams, Hart, and Jones families, with trips from Kerrville, Stephenville, Fredericksburg, Junction, and San Antonio.
A preacher extols moderation as a Bible and classical virtue, citing Philippians 4 5 Ecclesiastes and Francis de Sales. The piece links moderation to prudence wisdom and health while warning against excess in wine and other pleasures. Local social notes mention visits and gatherings among families in San Antonio Junction and Fredericksburg with community events planned.
Words cannot adequately express our gratitude to those who expressed sympathy and helped at our sorrow. For the beautiful service, floral offerings, and other kindnesses we are deeply grateful.
Methodist Church Rev William Parrish schedules a monthly meeting on the first Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Harper Circle of the Woman's Society of Christian Service also listed. Notice lists water well drilling for the Fairbanks Morse Water System by Lonmie Itz & Son in Fredericksburg Texas with contact 685-3250.
Union Stock Yards in San Antonio hosts a Special Stocker-Feeder Show and Sale on Thursday October 24 featuring Herefords Angus and Bradman Cross in lots of 10 20 and 40 in Heifer and Steer classes Cattle auctions run Monday to Thursday with private treaty sales Monday through Friday at 8 am The first calf sale raised 1000 dollars purchased by George Luckey with Commissioner John White as guest and proceeds to the Southwest Animal Health Foundation for screw worm eradication program More than 2100 cattle and calves were sold at the first Monday auction at Union Stock Yards.
A roundup of recent high school football scores shows Harper 18 tie La Pryor 18, Fredericksburg 14 over Del Rio 13, St. Marys 30 over Bandera 6, Crystal City 13 over Kerrville 28, and other regional games including San Marcos 41 and Junction 35, plus Georgetown 14 and Llano 6. Also listed is an opportunity ad for a business to service auto dispenser machines with modest cash capital.
Gillespie County Soil and Water Conservation District notes Carl Mazinke near Fredericksburg completed almost 1200 feet of field terraces across two small fields to finish a terrace system. Warren Miller east of Fredericksburg built a livestock water pond off Doublehorn Road with capacity about five acre feet, seeded to grass after dam completion to supply water for a 120 acre pasture and improve grazing management.
Warren Hahn plants hubdem clover with oats to form a grass legume cover crop for soil improvement and possible cool season grazing. He develops coastal Bermuda pasture on cropland with erosion risk and aims to plant in late winter or early spring after removing mesquite.
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