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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1970
Page
8
The article traces Halloween from Druids and Samhain through Christian influence. It notes how modern American customs derive from Scottish and Irish traditions, with tales of spirits, witches, and divination games like bobbing for apples and peeling to predict future partners.
The Hill Country Angus Association completed its 140 day Feed Test Program weighing on Saturday October 17. Fifty five bulls weighed were the top of sixty nine started on the test June 1, having been on feed at Rocky Creek.
Bulls fed at Rocky Creek Ranch will be offered Monday November 1 1970 at Gillespie County Auction Sale Barns in Fredericksburg with 30 club heifers calved January 30 April 30 1970 also for next year shows. Judging on November 1 and 2. Baby girl born October 22 at Fredericksburg hospital to Mr and Mrs Logan Stevens.
County agents discuss peach production threats from Peach Leaf Curl Bacterial Leaf Spot and Bacterial Canker. A fixed copper spray program with timing now and just before pink bud aims to protect home and commercial orchards. Homeowners use Kocide 101 per gallon. commercial growers two pounds per 100 gallons water. Also notes Llano Pig Sale October 31 and pecan harvest optimism with locally devised harvest machines.
Erwin Kramer of Fredericksburg visited his mother Mrs. Alfred Kramer. Various locals visited relatives in Katy San Antonio Uvalde Kerrville Seguin and Corpus Christi. The Baptist Church youth group enjoyed a hamburger supper at the Oren Parker home. Prison Rodeo attendees Buck Baker Kerrville and Jim Armstrong visited Perk Williams in Chrisman on the way home.
A note urges Texas and Gillespie County voters to participate on November 3, stressing freedom of choice in the American electoral system. It references a Dallas Morning News piece by Dick West on how a single vote can decide important propositions and candidates.
A titleless reminiscence cites Cap Kurt Carlier and George Christian in Austin reflecting on a 55 percent turnout forecast for the November election. The piece urges citizens to vote, arguing one vote can decide elections and defend democratic freedoms. It invokes Jefferson, Adams, and others to stress civic duty and warns without participation, nations face ruin from complacency.
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