Operation HOPE spreads ecumenical aid from Minnesota to Vietnam
Verona Devney started a church sewing circle that grew into Operation HOPE helping refugees in Vietnam and distributing clothing and supplies across 48 states with 10 000 volunteers. The article traces its origins in Northfield Minnesota and notes the 1970 Dickey Chapelle Award recognition for Devney. A second item reports Hans Wachals bitten by a four foot rattlesnake on Lange Road near Harper. rescuers and neighbors aided his transport to Hill Country Memorial Hospital where he recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
United States
Verona Devney
Northfield
Saint Dominic’s Church
St. Dominic's
Vietnam
Walt
Devney
Ecumenical Church Women of
Operation Hope
Midwest
V.F.W
Hope
Farm Journal
Verona Dewney
Marine Corps League
Dickey Chapelle
Raymond Devney
Shawn
Hans Wachals
T.V
Harper
Lange Road
Mr. Wachals
Hill Country Memorial Hospital
Frontier Rodeo Results At Harpper Community Park
Two day Frontier Festival Rodeo at Harper Community Park yields top placings across events. In bull riding Glen Crider and Gary Baczewski tie for first and second, Mike Cox third. Bareback bronc riding sees Ronnie Pendley win, Pat Luton second, Justin Thames third. Steer roping champions Logan Stevens and Johnny Bierschwale take first, with Bill Armes Sonny Holt second and Truman Bacon Tommy Bacon fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Community Park
Glen Crider
Gary Baczewski
Mike Cox
Ronnie Pendley
Pat Luton
Justin Thames
Logan Stevens
Johnny Bierschwale
Bill Armes
Sonny Holt
Truman Bacon
Tommy Bacon
Wanye Shaw
Rodeo Results Highlight Calf Roping and Girls Barrel Race
Calf roping winners Jay Williams first and Jack Crow second with Don Boone 38rd and Justin fourth. Girls barrel race winners include Cathy Dyer first night and Charlene Teich first night second night Jackie Barton, Kathy Kennedy third. Open division fiddlers contest tops Wade Stocton with Ingersall Manning Bill Cox Olaf Riewe Armand Taylor in order. Sixty and over division leads Harmon Ellis Darwin Hoffman E. H. Scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Williams
Jack Crow
Don Boone
Justin Thames
Cathy Dyer
Ann Miller
Bonnie Boone
Charlene Teich
Jackie Barton
Kathy Kennedy
Wade Stocton
Ingersall Manning
Bill Cox
Olaf Riewe
Armand Taylor
Governor Proclaims Hunting and Fishing Day in Texas
Governor Dolph Briscoe designated September 27, 1975 as Texas Hunting and Fishing Day to honor sportsmen and their role in conservation, licensing funding, and preservation of wildlife. Local officials are urged to participate and promote outdoor skills and responsible resource use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
America
Briscoe
Parks and Wildlife Department
Clayton Garrison
National Shooting Sports Foundation
Garrison
NSSF
Post Road
Riverside
Connecticut
Harper Longhorns Open 1975 Season at Knippa
Kerrville Times photo captures the Harper High School Longhorns roster on the front and back lines with coach Ted Masser and Ronnie Lumpkin. The team opens the 1975 season this Friday September 5 at Knippa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowen
Tom Cauthen
Ken Stone
Paul Baethge
Ronnie Lumpkin
Richard Boutin
Doyle Parker
Matt Schmidt
Richard Rangel
Ted Masser
Knippa
Kerrville
LaFayette Reed
Hummingbird Hill Autumn Reflections and Local News
Labor Day passes as autumn nears and residents look forward to fall and winter. The Leinweber family visited relatives while prayers are requested for the ill. Heath Bratcher returns home after a hospital stay. Mrs. Harvey Juencke and Patsy Reed of Kerrville are mentioned among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Leinweber
Clarence Leinweber
Heath Bratcher
John Sealy Hospital
Walter Bratchers
Harvey Juencke
Patsy
Kerrville
Larry Reed
Harper Young Homemakers Tour of Homes and Installations
The Harper Young Homemakers held a Tour of Homes visiting Parker Jr., Colwell, and Brown homes. Officers were installed by Karren Crenwelge with Nancy Bode as president and a planned year and Area VII Convention in Fredericksburg. Monique Ragsdale visited. Billy Graham Crusade opened in Lubbock with 42,000 attendees and runs nightly through Sept 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Young Homemakers
Walter Parker Jr
James Colwell
Clint Brown
Douglas Tatsch Rest
Shay Tatsch
Fredericksburg
Johnnie Kay Peril
Harper Chapter
Darlene McDougall
Livvy Hopf
Karren Crenwelge
Nancy Bode
Nadene Schroeder
Victor Marschall
Cody Marschalls
San Angelo
Lubbock
Class of 1940 HHS Reminisce At Harper Park
The 1940 Har per High School graduates gathered at Harper Community Park on Sunday afternoon August 31 with twelve of twenty-one living alumni in attendance. Attendees included T. F. Hoffman Myrtle Weaver Charley Coffey Aubrey Harper Dorothy Parker Thomas Whetstone Stella Moore Ida Rode Margie Russell Hubert Rahe Elizabeth Rahe and Freddy Tatsch. They reminisced for hours and enjoyed a barbecue supper provided by the park board. They scheduled a reunion for Labor Day weekend in 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heinemann
Lady Bird Johnson Park
St. Mary's Church
Walter Schumpelt
Julia Esquell
Leo Heinemann
Genevieve Voight
Lady Bird Park
Harper High School
Harper
T. F. Hoffman
Myrtle (Walker) Weaver
Charley R. Coffey
Aubrey Harper
Dorothy Mae
Birt) Parker
Thomas M. Whetstone
Stella
Strackbein
Harper Community Park Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Agnes Harrigan Mueller
Harper Frontier
Heinemann
the Herald
Mary
Radio Post
Elizabeth Kirchhoff
Ida Honig
Lilian Lang
Mary Belle Bein
Dorothy Bich
Stella Strackbein
Eula Lee Sylvester
Ralston Coffey
Myrtle Walker
Ida Mae Kneese
Beatrice Sagebtel
Margie Lee Lennon
Leonard Lott
Tolbert Hoffman
Kenneth Parker
Freddie Tatsch
Raymond Parker
Hubert Rahe
Tommy Whesstone
Robert Jung
Mr. Larkin
Harper Longhorns
Richard Friedrichs
Rudy Rangel
Raymie Ficker
Steven Skipper
Kenneth Treadwell
Mike Ficker
Dwaine Cornelius
Danny Feller
Russell Ressmann
Donnie Jung
Charles Dunn
Hugh
Hummingbird Hill
By Ruth Mincy
Eddy Reed
Robert Maurer
God
Karron Crenwelge
Monique Ragsdale
Round Rock
Ceciel Tatsch
Monique
George A. Gibson
Segovia
Harper Locals
HHS
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