Frontier Festival Roundup Heralds Labor Day Rodeo and Parade
The 8th annual Labor Day weekend Frontier Festival Roundup takes place Saturday and Sunday September 2 and 3 at Harper Community Park. Committee chairs coordinate events from rodeo to dances with Tommy Priour of Kerrville providing rodeo stock for two nights of competition and an old fiddlers contest on Sunday. A town parade Friday evening and barbecue meals each night cap the gala affair with a hearty welcome to all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Felix Klein
Tommy Priour
Kerrville
Labor Day Verse Calls For Labor Peace and Union Reform
A Labor Day poem urges balance between capital and labor, praising honest work and union strength while calling for mandatory arbitration to avoid strikes. It argues for shared prosperity and peaceful resolve, envisioning labor and capital marching together.
Double Ring Ceremony Unites Francis Jung and Kelsey Behrens
Miss Francis Jennelea Jung of Harper wed Kelsey Lee Behrens of Mason in a double ring ceremony at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church Fredericksburg on Friday August 25 at 6 40 p.m. Organist Mrs Victor Krauskopé and Rev Wilhiam Hill officiated with pink orchids and miniature rubber plants as decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Jennelea Jung
Kelsey Behrens
Erwin Jung
Harper
Kelsey Lee Behrens
Gratten Behrens
Mason Revlakey
Burg
Victor Krauskopé
Wilhiam Hill
Edwin Jung Jr
Ingram
Bride
Linda Joyce Kensing
Daniel Behrens of
Mason
Harper High School
Mason High
Tarlton State College
Stephenville
Kermit
Cleburne
Martin Behrens
Old Teamsters Reunion Set for Labor Day at Klein's Hall
The annual Old Teamsters Reunion will be held on Labor Day Monday September 4 at Klein's Hall Spring Creek. Henry Wendel Sr president invites all members to attend a 2 p.m business meeting Pehl's OldTime German Oompah Band will provide music BBQ at 6 p.m. The list of directors includes Walter Reed Alfred Petmecky Willie Zenner Hugo Mueller Henry Petmecky August Kott August Land Dayton Kott Alfred Enderlin Werner Burrer Richard Stehling Jr Paul Pfiester and Emil A Feuge with invites to members families and other interested people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Longhorn Band
Gary Wright
Mesd
Rudy Staudt
Clark Bierschwabe
Charles John McDougall
Kenneth Maner
Alois Jung
Gene Bode
Belton Tatsch
Gene Harper
Old Teamsters
Klein’s
P.m
Wendel
Walter Reed
Alfred Petmecky
Willie Zenner
Hugo Mueller
Henry Petmecky
August Kott
August Land
Dayton Kott
Alfred Enderlin
Werner Burrer
Richard Stehling Jr
Paul Pfiester
Emil A. Feuge
Ebert couple's 2648 mile western states trip noted
Mr. and Mrs. August Ebert return from a 2648 mile Western States tour. They attended the Wiedner Krueger reunion in Cibolo with 77 relatives, won a prize for distance, and joined a Luther League Banquet in Harper. They visited towns including Fort Summer and Alamosa, saw harvests, and stopped at Dodge City and Palo Duro Canyon before returning to New Braunfels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Ebert
Wiedner-Krueger
Cibolo
Alamosa
Panda Springs
Arkansas River
San Isabel National Forest
Leadville
Matchless Mine
Loveland Pass
Idaho Springs
Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park
Central City
Dodge City
Kansas
Boot Hill
Buson Museum
Oklahoma
Texas
Higgins
Palo Duro Canyon
Floydada
Bueches
New Braunfels
Spring Branch
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Clayton Massey
Ronnie Lumpkins
Billy Hogan
Secre
C. H. Bierschwale
Grounds
Kenneth
Stormy) Maner
Floy Bode
Cla Massey
A Spaeth
Jim Bob Stevens
H. D. Bode
Glenn Hopf
Clint Brown
Ellis Arthur Lang
Comfort
Schaetter
Fredericksburg
A. A. Gitter
Mr. Lang
Sid Peterson
San Antonio
Oleta Kaderli
Oleta Lang
Wiley Samuel Whitaker
Austin
Deborah Sharon Kay
Ruby Renee Lange
Edwin T. Lang
Billie Willborn
Llano
Arthur Kaderli
Adeline
Oren Cottle
Jocelyn
John Hughes
Edwin Lang Jr
Lillian
Norman Sullivan
Joseph Lang
Washington
Bernice
Robert Spruill
Po Queson
Virginia
Paul
Virgil G. Lennon
Walter Parker Jr
Herbert Gamel
Morris Bein
St. Anthony's Cemetery
Harper Pta
Longhorn Band Boosters
Mrs Kelsey Lee Behrens
Kilman
Klein's Hall
Gillespie County
Harper Lions Club
Carolyn
Peril
Barbara Holmes
Harper Fire Department
Miss Flame
Harper Young Homemaker
Hattie Mulder
Radio Post
Mrs
Western States
Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department
Harper Locals
Billy Dell
Houston
Sharon Delis
Meg Beardsley
Nettie Thuem
W. W. Bell
Longview
Doyle Parker
Teddy Harlan
Ren
Tommy Har
Duderstadt
Kehcepital
Gonzales County
First United Methodist Church
Fred Bode
Mitch Thomas
Jourdanton
Douglas Duderstadt
Anna White
Cory Davis
Nixon
W. C. Parrish
Lloyd Billings
Beeville
Rey Billings
Erkter Kh
Brad Massey
Ken
Ulllaspa County
Eri Rusenberger
Ducheasses
Jane Foster
Chela Gamel
Alespie County
Allena
Pat
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