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4 Pages Population 383 Altitude 2100 Feet
HARPER, GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS 78631 Subscription: $3.15 Per Year, locally; $5.25 outside, includes tax
Friday, July 16, 1976.
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Thoughts For All Americans
By William Arthur Ward
May our Statue of Liberty stand a thousand years. And may
each American, during this year of Bicentennial observances
and celebrations, pledge to build another statue in his own
heart, a Statue of Responsibility and Recommitment.
May our Declaration of Independence be a cherished
document for centuries to come.
And this year, may each of us in this free country write
another declaration, a personal and sincere Declaration and
Gratitude and Integrity.
May our Bill of Rights help to preserve our freedoms for as
long as time endures.
And may each of us in this great land draft another bill, -
a Bill of Thanksgiving and Conservation.
May our Pledge of Allegiance be repeated proudly and
joyfully by children, youth and adults throughout man’s
pilgrimage on earth.
And may each of us in these fifty states compose his own
pledge: a Pledge of Dedication and Loyalty to God and to our
beloved United States of America.
—Texas Weslayan College, Fort Worth, Texas.
Harper Athletic Booster Club
Rodeo Slated July 24
The Harper Athletic Booster
Club met this past week and
made plans for the annual
Booster Club Rodeo, which will
be held on July 24.
There will be three divisions
in the rodeo, with the pee wee
division starting at 4 p.m.
A barbecue supper will be
held at 6 p.m. with the remain-
der of the rodeo following the
supper.
Afterwards a big dance is
planned with Scott Hoffmann
and the Drifters providing the
music.
Burkett Ranch
Home Burglarized
Gillespie County sheriff’s
officers this week were investi-
gating a reported burglary at
the Joe Burkett ranch home, off
the Tivydale road in the
western part of the county. The
home is believed to have been
entered and burglarized some
time the past weekend.
Deputy Sheriff David Nehr
said that the break-in and bur-
glary resulted in six animal
skin rugs, a stereo record
player and speakers, some
copper mugs, an assortment of
bottled wine, vodka, scotch
whiskey and beer, along with
about 50 pieces of antique
silverware, two shotguns, a .22
calibre rifle, and a variety of
other items as missing from the
home.
Nehr said that there appar-
ently was no cash taken in the
burglary. As of this writing no
arrests had been made in the
case, the Deputy Sheriff said.
FOUR CB’s, TAPE
PLAYER STOLEN
City Police Officer Raymond
Kuhlmann on Tuesday reported
that four CB’s and one tape
player had been stolen out of
vehicles in various parts of
town some time Monday night.
Policeman Kuhlmann said
that only one of the five
vehicles had doors properly
locked and windows closed. He
cautioned all owners, cars,
pickups, trucks, etc., who leave
their vehicles outdoors at
nights, to lock the doors and
close windows securely.
Value of the stolen CB radios
and tape player were not
divulged or known, but no
doubt the ‘loot’ runs into
hundreds of dollars. Theft of
CB’s has been extensive
throughout the state and nation
the past year or two and every-
one is urged to be on the
lookout for such thievery and
thieves.
Subscribe to The Herald
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business — See FRED E.
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venising Counselor, at The
Radio Post.
Connie Honig and Kevin Braziel
United In Marriage July 10 in Harper
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Mrs. Jettie Scarborough
Buried Wednesday
Mrs. Jettie Scarborough, age
78, a life long resident of Har-
per, died Monday, morning at
her residence after a sudden
illness.
She was born October 26,
1897, in Gillespie County and
was a member of the Harper
Baptist Church. She was also a
member of the Segeser Haas
American Legion Auxiliary
Post No. 650 of Harper. Her
husband, Mack J. Scarborough
preceded her in death in 1966.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Rex (Peggy) Fox of El
Paso, a son, Joe M. Scarbor-
ough of Austin, two sisters,
Mrs. Nancy LeMasters of Aus-
tin and Mrs. Arthur Sellars of
Ft. Worth. Six grandchildren
and a host of nieces and
nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Jettie Scarborough were held
Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the
Harper Baptist Church, Rev-
erend J. C. Turner officiating.
Interment was in the Harper
Cemetery. Plummer Funeral
Chapel of Kerrville was in
charge of funeral arrange-
ments.
HARPER LOCALS
Mrs. Thresia Bein and her
daughter of San Antonio, Miss
Williemae Kaiser, spent sev-
eral days at Houston and Gal-
veston.
Mrs. Karl Durst of San An-
tonio and Mrs. Pat Jung and
boys of Ft. Worth were recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Regi-
nald McDougall and family.
Lloyd Kneese has bought the
Larry Esquell place and has
moved there.
Denise Schumpelt went to
Marshall, Arkansas, with her
sister and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Esquell and son.
She spent a few days before fly-
ing back.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Lange on July 4 to enjoy
a barbeque dinner were all
their children and their fami-
lies: Bernard of Boerne, Felix
of Lacoste,Alvin of Hondo, Je-
rome of Georgia, William of
California and Annie of San An-
tonio; and also Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Maurer of Kerrville.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tatsch
Announce Birth of Son
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tatsch an-
nounce the birth of a son,
James Heath, born on Satur-
day, July, 3, 1976. Heath tipped
the scales at 8 pounds.
Welcoming Heath home is a
brother, Billy Lee, 15% months.
Paternal grandparents are
Mrs. Belton Tatsch and Mrs.
Ferdinand Tatsch of Harper.
Maternal grandparents are
Mrs. William F. George and
Mrs. Emil Cihal of Ganado,
Texas.
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MR. AND MRS. KEVIN BRAZIEL
Miss Connie Kay Honig,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Honig, and Lawrence Kevin
Braziel, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Braziel of Commanche,
pledged marriage vows at their
wedding, Saturday, July 10s at 7
p.m.
The Rev. W. G. Hill officiated
at the impressive ceremony
held at St. James Lutheran
Church, Harper.
Jem Zitelman, organist,
provided the nuptial music. The
processional was “Bridal
Chorus” by Wagner from
Lohengrin, and the recessional
was the “Wedding March” by
Mendelssohn from a “Midsum-
mer Night’s Dream”. The pre-
lude was “Love Story”, “Some-
where My Love”, “Oh Promise
Me”; the postlude was “Cathe-
dral” by Boellmann. Mrs. Ted
Masser sang “The Twelfth of
Never” and “The Lord’s
Prayer”.
Pink and white floral ar-
rangements or roses, carna-
tions and stephanotis graced
the altar. Lighted candelabras
entwined with ivy further en-
hanced the chancel area.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore an old-
fashioned gown of white cotton
organza with sheer Venice lace.
The high neckline was trimmed
with fluted ruffle. The modified
empire bodice with matching
yokes of sheer Venice lace and
the bishop sleeves with exag-
gerated cuffs were trimmed
with fluted lace ruffle. A deep
flounce trimmed with Venice
lace off-set the slightly gath-
ered skirt. Her matching veil
designed and fashioned by her
mother was a triple tiered
fingertip of bridal illusion
which fell from a caplet of ny-
lon lace edged with sheer Ven-
ice lace & beaded pearl trim.
For something old, she wore an
eighty-year old golden heirloom
pendant set with ruby which
had been passed down to the
bride’s grandmother, the late
Mrs. Richard Schumann. She
wore pearl earrings, a gift of
the groom; a gold heirloom
ring belonging to her mother;
and a blue garter trimmed with
white lace. Her father placed a
penny in his daughter’s shoe for
“good luck”. She carried a cas-
cade “Demure” of gardenias,
stephanotis and gypsophelia.
Gowns of beige cotton batisse
with an aqua and pink floral
design similar to that of the
bride’s were worn by the
bride’s attendants. Mrs. Jerald
Ahrens of Eagle Pass, sister of
the bride, was matron of honor;
Ms. Kimberly Braziel of Aus-
tin, sister of the groom, was
maid of honor. Mrs. Jem Zitel-
man of San Antonio, and Ms.
Karen Carter of Corpus Christi,
(See WEDDING, p. 4)
BISHOP SIDNEY METZGER
OF EL PASO FETED
AT FAMILY DINNER
Bishop Sidney Metzger of El
Paso visited last week in the
home of Mary Louise and Ro-
bert Fritz.
On Monday evening, all of the
Jung children and grandchild-
ren, with the exception of
Carolyn Reeder and family of
Austin, came for dinner and an
evening of visiting, reminiscing
with their great uncle.
Bishop Metzger, native of
Fredericksburg and son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Franz and
Ida Dietz Metzger, is the uncle
of the late Alois Jung and has
for many years come for a visit
with the family.
He is well and very active
and on April 3 had his 50th an-
niversary of his priesthood. A
big celebration of this anniver-
sary is being planned in El Pa-
so on September 8-9.
While here, Bishop Metzger
also visited with his dear
friend, Rev. A. A. Gitter of
Harper.
W. CARL ERNST
DIES AT AGE 90
W. Carl Ernst, of Harper,
was declared dead on arrival at
the Sid Peterson Memorial
Hospital on Friday, July 9,
1976.
Mr. Ernst was born on Sept.
14, 1885, in Hillsboro, Texas,
and had attained the age of 90
years, 9 months and 25 days at
the time of his demise. He
moved to Harper in 1963 from
Long Beach, California, where
he owned the Emst-Grannis
Dental Laboratory for 37 years.
He was a member of the Pres-
byterian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Oma
Ernst of Harper; one brother:
Alex P. Ernst of Sun City, Ari-
zona, and several nieces and
nephews.
Memorial services will be
held for Mr. Ernst in the Har-
per Presbyterian Church.
Funeral arrangements were
under direction of Plummer
Funeral Chapel of Kerrville.
The body was taken to Houston
for cremation.
HARPER LOCALS
Memorial Services will be
held in memory of Carl Ernst
on Sunday morning, July 18, at
the Harper Presbyterian
Church at the 11 o’clock a.m.
Sunday morning worship ser-
vices.
Mrs. Robert Kensing of San
Angelo and Mrs. Barbara
Mabry and son Charles of
Houston spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Whitworth.
Mrs. Kensing is taking
Charles and Quinton Bier-
schwale of Kerrville fishing on
their ranch at Menard this
week.
Milton Jung Announces Candidacy for Sheriff
Milton E. Jung, former City
Police Chief, this past week
formally announced his candi-
dacy for the office of Gillespie
County Sheriff, subject to the
November General Election,
Nov. 2, 1976. Jung filed his
intention to seek this office in
January of this year.
In seeking this highly impor-
tant public position as sheriff
for the citizens of Gillespie
County, Jung said that he feels
well qualified to fill this place,
having served as police chief
for the City of Fredericksburg
for eight and one-half years. He
resigned the position as police
chief on May 25 because of his,
intention of seeking the office of
sheriff and so that he would be
free to campaign from now
until election time for this posi-
tion.
Prior to serving as police
chief he served the City of
Fredericksburg as patrolman
for three years.
Milton Jung was born in
Fredericksburg, on Sept. 28,
1941, a son of the late Benno
Jung and Mrs. Gertrude Jung
of Fredericksburg. He attended
the St. Mary’s Parochial
School, graduating from St.
Mary’s High School in 1960, fol-
lowing which he went to Texas
A&M University where he took
a general course in law en-
forcement, basic law enforce-
ment course, graduating in
both courses in 1964. After that
he received certificates for an
FBI firearms course and police
photography.
Also, he attended a special
school on dangerous drugs and
narcotics given by the Federal
Bureau of Narcotics.
He has put in 40 hours of
study on the new penal code
system, given by the Alamo
Area Council Academy, San
Antonio. He took two courses in
first line supervision and police
administration, given by the
Texas* Commission on Law
Enforcement, Standards and
Education, at Austin.
In addition Jung has had
numerous other seminars
which include bank robberies,
criminal investigation, burg-
laries, bombings, etc., which
altogether gives him a total of
456 hours credit with the Texas
Commission on Law Enforce-
ment, Standards and Edu-
cation, for which he holds an
intermediate certificate. All
law enforcing officers today in
the State of Texas are required
by law to be certified police or
peace officers and must have
the basic, intermediate or ad-
vance certificate.
Milton E. Jung married the
former Maxine Gleitz, daugh-
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ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Gleitz
of Converse, Texas, on Nov. 9,
1968, at Converse with Rev. Hu-
bert Baumann (a native of
Harper), pastor of St. Monica’s
Church at Converse, perform-
ing the marriage rites. They
have two children, Jeffrey, age
6, and Andrea, age two. They
are members of St. Mary’s
(See CANDIDATE, p. 4)
BOB HOPE TO HEADLINE ’STARS OVER THE HILL COUNTRY DAY’
Celebration at Gillespie Fair Grounds
Dedicated to The Adm. Nimitz Center
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SKETCH OF OLD STEAMSHIP HOTEL
NIMITZ, Restoration of which is goal of
Admiral Nimitz Center Foundation and
funds for which is goal of “Day in Fred-
ericksburg” and the Bob Hope Three Hour
Show, August 14, 1976.
August 14th Dedicated
To The Admiral
Nimitz Center
A distinguished native son of
the Texas Hill Country, the late
Fleet Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz, will be honored by one
of his close friends and ad-
mirers, famed entertainer Bob
Hope.
Hope will appear in Fred-
ericksburg as the leading star
of a full-day event to benefit the
work of the Admiral Nimitz
Center, a museum in the nos-
talgic Nimitz Hotel on Main
Street in Fredericksburg just a
step away from where the
famous American naval hero
was born.
The hotel was built by the
Admiral’s grandfather, Charles
Nimitz, who raised the younger
Nimitz and instilled in him the
ambition to attend the United
States Naval Academy at
Annapolis and begin an in-
spiring, illustrious career.
Admiral Nimitz spent his
boyhood in Fredericksburg and
Kerrville, two historic and
beauty-trasured locations in the
magnificent Texas Hill
Country, where the past has
been superbly preserved, and
living appeal continues to at-
tract a mounting population of
tourist visitors and new
residents alike.
In announcing the plans for
the Saturday, August 14 “Stars
Over the Hill Country,” Dr.
Vern Spiva, appeared as
spokesman for the occasion at
a special press conference at
the Admiral Nimitz Center in
Fredericksburg.
“For sometime now, we have
had plans for a big special day
to help us financially, to
complete the Admiral Nimitz
Center, especially to begin
restoration of the famous Hotel,
long a famous landmark,”
commented Dr. Spiva “and we
could think of no one more
appropriate than our nation’s
most famous entertainer of the
Armed Services, Bob Hope.”
Victory For Peace Theme
August 14 is the day chosen
for the Nimitz Center benefit so
the theme “Victory for Peace”
can be an underlying keynote
since the Japanese ceased hos-
tilities on August 14,1945 bring-
ing World War II to an end.
Just a few weeks ago a mag-
nificent Garden of Peace was
dedicated on the Nimitz
grounds, a gift of the Japanese
people, dedicated to peace and
international friendship.
Admiral Nimitz helped Japan
in its remarkable recovery
following World War n.
Day In Old Fredericksburg
Plans for the all-day event
will include a daytime recrea-
tion of the popular “Night In
Old Fredericksburg”, with tra-
ditional Hill Country food,
drink, cooking and enter-
tainment, including the polka
bands, dancing, festivities of
colorful costumes and varied
attractions to be staged at the
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
following the kick-off parade in
downtown Fredericksburg at
10:00 a.m.
Hie Bob Hope Show will
climax the big day at the Fair
Grounds beginning at 8:00 p.m.
The Saturday attractions will
be known as a “Day In Old
Fredericksburg.” A single
ticket will be admission to all
attractions: in-and-out parking
at the Fair Grounds, and will
include a number of allied
events. Related activities will
be tours at the nearby LBJ
State and National Historic
Parks and other area attrac-
tions. The Bob Hope show will
have the Bob Hope Orchestra,
as well as singers, dancers and
a package of three-hour variety
fair.
“Stars Over The Hill Coun-
try”, will be a Star Cfeie Event,
coordinated with officials of the
Admiral Nimitz Foundation
which will benefit directly from
proceeds of ticket and conces-
sion sales, the Admiral Nimitz-
Hill Country Navy League, the
Fredericksburg and Kerrville
Chambers of Commerce and
the Gillespie County Fair and
Festival Association. The Bob
Hope show will be produced
and presented by Tommy
Reynolds and Associates, who
have handled many of the Bob
Hope road shows.
Information regarding ticket
sales will be announced shortly.
All information concerning the
event will be available from the
Admiral Nimitz Center, P.O.
Box 777, Fredericksburg 78624,
Telephone 512-997-4379 and
from the Fredericksburg
Chamber of Commerce, Tele-
phone 512-997-3444.
William Honig Family
Reunion Held July 11
The William Honig Family
reunion was held at the Lady
Bird Johnson Park Sunday,
July 11.
A delicious barbecue dinner
was enjoyed by about 50 people.
The oldest person attending
was Sam Honig of Harper; the
youngest, Daniel Honig, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Honig of
Llano; the longest married,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Honig of
Llano; the one who came the
farthest, Mrs. Richard Gipon of
State College, Pa.
Dr. Kenneth Oehler of
Pflugerville, president, presid-
ed at the business meeting. The
reunion will be held at the same
place July 3,1977.
Officers serving are Miss
Vera Honig of Jackson, Miss.,
president; Wm. Honig of Hon-
dor, vice president; Mrs. Gene
Carter of Corpus Christi, secre-
tary; and Herman Honig, trea-
surer.
HARPER LOCAL
Louise Heinemann and Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Heinemann of
Fredericksburg visited Eugene
Heinemann a t San Marcos,
Sunday. Others visiting were
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Krenek and
children, Mary Heinemann,
Sherron Eberle, all of Austin.
V. A. COTTLE OF HARPER
GETS PACEMAKER
V. A. ‘Vene’ Cottle of Harper
is back at home after a stay in
Community Hospital, San An-
tonio, where he had a pace-
maker installed, on June 25.
On the same day, June 25,
Mr. and Mrs. Cottle also had
their 65th wedding anniversary.
Those helping to brighten that,
day in the hospital for die
couple were their children, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Cottle of Aus-
tin, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Edwards
and children, and members of
the hospital staff who helped
mark the occasion.
Mike Cottle, a grandson, of
Tyler, Texas, and his wife were
also at the hospital on June 25.
Mr. Cottle was reported
“doing fine” and his many
friends in the hill country area
extend best wishes to him and
to this venerable couple who
have had the rare privilege of
observing 65 years of happy
married life together!
UPPER LLANOS SOIL AND
WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT NO. 225 NEWS
CROP FUNDS
Money is finally available for
large scale development of
GPCP contracts in Kimble
County. The Agriculture de-
partment has recently appro-
priated $1.4 million for GPCP
funds to the SCS in Texas. This
money will only be available
for generating GPCP contracts
within the next 90 days. There-
fore, anyone interested should
contact the Junction Field Of-
fice of the Soil Conservation
Service as soon as possible.
The GPCP is a long range
comprehensive cost-share pro-
gram including all types of
needed conservation work. Ex-
amples of conservation prac-
tices include seeding idle crop-
land beds to productive grass-
land, brush management,
range seeding, water develop-
ment, cross fencing, and engi-
neering work on cropland to
prevent erosion. Essentially
this program assists land-
owners in preventing further
deterioration and erosion of all
their natural resources. Land-
owners in the GPCP are de-
veloping model units of conser-
vation excellence which will
serve as guidelines for others.
With wise conservation the land
manager can do a better and
moere economical job of
producing his agricultural
product. We will all benefit
from results in our grocery
bills through a healthier en-
vironment in which to live.
The SCS would like to assist
you in planning ways to im-
prove your farm or ranch.
Carl Kroll died at Seguin Fri-
day and was buried at Fred-
ericksburg, Sunday. Also, Mrs.
Jettie Scarborough was found
dead at her home on Monday.
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