The Harper Herald (Harper, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1969 Page: 1 of 4
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Ir this country, March is Red
Cr/ss Month, the period during
wiich we salute and support the
crganizatioen which contributes so
much to the nation’s welfare. But
in Viet Nam, as General William
C. Westmoreland once said:
“Every month is Red Cross
Month.”
“Serving our men on the battle
fields in Viet Nam,” he, added,
“the American Red Cross is a hot-
line to the folks back home, an oai-
sis in the heat of battle, and a
comfort during hospitalizaton. Dedi
cated field directors work 24 hours
a day alongside our fighting men.”
Also among the 350 Red Cross
workers on Viet Nam duty there
are hospital social work and rec-
reation specialists, and 110 Red
Cross girls who operate a growing
fleet of clubmobiles and popular
reacreation centers where the
troops can get away from the war
for an hour or two.
Through our own Red Cross chap
ter we support and are part of the
vast network that provide these
services in Viet Nam and Korea,
and to the men and their fami-
lies here at home and in the 28
other countries where U. S. troops
are stationed.
The Red Cross aided one out of
every three military men, and one
out of every two service families
last year.
Its accomplishments in helping
disaster victims, providing blood
for the ill and the injured, and
training millions in safety and
good health practices were equally
impressive.
Aside from its other work of
mercy, there is no better way we
can aid our men on the batlefields
than by supporting the Red Cross.
Origin of Shoe Sizes
IF YOU’VE wondered some-
times why your shoe size is seven,
even though your feet measure
nine inches from heel to toe, blame
your confusion on King Edward II
of England, who reigned during
the early part of the fourteenth
century.
In the year 1324, Edward handed
down an edict that three barley-
corns taken from the center of the
ear, and placed end to end, equal-
ed one inch. Contemporary shoe-
makers discovered after a while
that the longest feet they were
called upon to fit measured 39 bar-
leycorns. From this, they deduced
that if three barleycorns equaled
one inch, 39 barleycorns equaled
13 inches, and therefore the largest
shoe size should be 13. Each vari-
ation between half sizes and full
sizes represented one-sixth of an
inch, and the variation between
full sizes was one-third of an inch.
If you were to remove the sole
of your shoe and measure it flat,
as is done when the shoe is manu-
factured, you would find that its
length and size, in relation to the
actual size of your feet, works out
according to King Edward’s bar-
leycorns.
REFINANCE DEBTS
with a long-term, low-pay-
ment Land Bank loan on
your land. You can pay
ahead without penalty. For
information, see Max 0.
Reinbach, Mgr. or Jack W.
Phillips, Ass’t Mgr. FED-
ERAL LAND BANK ASS’N
of Kerrville, 1001 Sidney
Baker St., CL 7-4444. Kerr-
ville. (Can be contacted in
Outpost office at 115 East
Austin St., Fredericksburg
on Wednesdays. Ph 997-
3649).
OLD MATTRESSES MADE NEW
INNERSPRING SPECIALISTS. ’
All work FELTED—ALL work is
guaranteed, MAYFIELD MAT-
TRESS CO. Kerrville, Texas, tf.
BOOSTING HARPER — A PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY IN THE CENTER OF TEXAS' HILL COUNTRY HUNTING PARADISE!
HARPER, GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS 73631 Friday, February 28, 1969.
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the little red
school house
committee
Committee Formed to Represent
Rural Interests in School Program
A statewide comittmee to repre-
sent rural landowners and those
who enjoy living in the country
during the expected struggle over
school district consolidation in the
current session of the Texas Legis-
lature has been formed.
The group, known as “The Little
Red School House Committee”, is
composed of a cross-section of
farmers, ranchers and rural land-
owners from throughout the state.
Charles Schreiner III, a prominent
rancher from Mountain Home, is
chairman of the committee.
“We believe the, forced consolida
tion of small school districts, as
proposed in the report of the Gov-
ernor’s Committee on Public
School Education, will go a long
way toward destroying rural life
as it is now enjoyed in Texas,”
Schreiner declared in a news con-
ference at noon Wednesday.
Schreiner pointed out that the
Governor’s Committee recom-
mends the, forced consolidation of
Texas’ 1,218 school districts into a
total of 353.
“This would virtually wipe out
865 community centers, since most
rural schools are the primary sym-
bols of community identification,”
Schreiner said.
He refuted the claim that bigger
school districts would automatical-
ly provide better education for stu-
dents. “Mere bigness is not an ab-
solute guarantee of excellence,”
(See SCHOOL COMMITTEE, P.2)
Feller’s Sinclair Station & Washateria
Offers Free Prizes at Special Event
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feller,
owners and operators, announce a
special celebration of their Fel-
ler’s Sinclair Station and Washa-
teria to be held Saturday, March
22.
Many free prizes will be given,
registration for which will be
taken from now until then.
Mr. and Mrs. Feller have opera-
ted the station since January 4,
1969, and handle, all Sinclair and
Goodyear products. In conjunction
with the Station they operate a
Washateria which is open 24 hours
daily equipped with Refineoma-
tic Water Conditioner. It features
the latest equipment of washers
and dryers.
Open daily from 7 a. m. to 8
p. m., the Service station has all
facilities and equipment for wash-
ing, lubrication, tire repair, new
tires, batteries, accessories, and
the, like.
Feller stated, “Come in regis-
ter now. Prizes valued at $200
will be given away. Watch for our
special celebration ad.”
School Board Adopts Policy
On Drug Abuse Charges
The attorney general’s opinion,
M-332, regarding expelling or sus-
pending a student for drug abuse
charges was reviewed by the
school board at the February meet-
ing. The students attending the
Harper School have never been
charged for a drug abuse, but the
board adopted the following policy
should the drug abuse problem a-
Square Dancing Friday
At Community Park
All 4-H members interested in
square dancing will meet at the
Community Park Friday night
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Feb. 28th.
Our news article of last week fail
ed to mention that at our February
10 meeting Cathy Esquell gave a
report of the purposes of a meth-
od demonstration and the various
contests open to Junior and Senior
4-H members and the different
contents.
Kevin McMahon discussed sug-
gestions for a Methods Outline.
Marvin Alfred Kramer
Rifes Held In Harper
Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon, Feb. 27, at
2 p. m. in St. Anthony’s Catholic
Church, Harper, for Marvin Alfred
Kramer who succumbed Tuesday,
Feb. 25, at 5:30 <p. m. at the age
of 59 years, 1 month and 2 days.
Rosary was recited in the
Schaetter Funeral Home Chapel,
Fredericksburg, on Wednesday
night with services there at 2 p.m.
Thursday afternoon. Father A. A.
Gitter officiated at the last rites.
Interment was in St. Anthony’s
Cemetery, Harper.
Kramer was a son of the late
Mr. Ernest Kramer of Harper and
Mrs. Kramer, (Olga Wahrmund),
who now resides in Fredericks-
burg.
Deceased was married to the for-
mer Lydia Pehl on Dec. 30, 1935,
liis surviving widow. Two sons,
Leroy and Andrew Kramer of San
Antonio, survive, and six grand-
children.
rise in the future.
“Any student known to have a
dangerous drug or narcotic drug
in his possession, or known to be
under the influence thereof, while
in school or while participating in
a school-sponsored function, after
due notice to the violator and after
hearing before the Board of Trus-
tees and if found guilty, the stu-
dent shall be expelled for the bal-
ance of the semester and no cred-
its be given to the student for the
semester.”
“Any student who shall have
been convicted of a misdemeanor
or felony for the possession, use,
or sale of a dangerous drug or nar-
cotic drug while outside the school,
will be expelled by the Board of
Trustees for the current semester,
and no credit be given to the stu-
dent for the semester.”
Public School
Week ‘Visitation
Day’March 6
Thursday, March 6, is designated
as ‘Visitation Day’ for parents to
visit school for Public School
Week.
All parents and the general pub-
lic are urged to visit the school
and see it in Operation. If you
plan to eat lunch make reserva
tions by Wednesday. The cost will
be 50 cents.
Make plans now to set aside part
of Thursday for visitation.
Harper School Students Win In Fire Prevention Poster Contest
Harper School
Board Sets
Trustee Election
The board voted to set the school
board election for April 5, from 8
a.m. to 7 <p.m., in the school cafe-
torium. The following election of-
ficials were appointed: Paul De-
Lorey, judge, and Chas. Mains and
T. P. Harlan, clerks. Mrs. Mattie
McDougall was appointed absentee
clerk. Absentee voting is to be
held in the school office, polls to be
open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.nft,
beginning March 17, and ending
April 1, inclusive. All request by
candidates to have their names
placed upon the ballot for the a-
bove election shall be in writing
and filed with the County Judge in
Fredericksburg not later than 30
days prior to date of said election.
PTA To Meat March 6
The Harper School P.T.A. will
meet on Thursday, March 6, at
2:30 p.m. in the school Cafetorium.
Belton Tatsch will be in charge of
the program and will present the
topic “Tensions in Families”.
Come and help support your P.T.A.
Band To Present Concert Thursday
WiiviMiiiJttij ot tne nre prevention j tor of Fire Prevention, in the, Har-
poster contest, conducted annual- per Public School were announced
ly by the Texas State Board of In
surance, Charles Meadows, Direc-
ftast week by Rupert Hornbeck,
l teacher of the 6th grade and band
director of the Harper School, and | —Harper Herald photos,
his wife, Mrs. Hornbeck, teacher Rudy Rangel, Tamra Harper,
of the 4th & 5th grades, as follows: Keiley Bluemel, James Ray Hagan
FOURTH GRADE, left to right: j and Kenneth Fritz.
Band To Present1 Conceit
Thursday Night
The Harper School Band will
present a concert on Thursday
night, March 6, at 7:00 in the
School Cafetorium.
Mr. Hornbeck has organized a
Stage Band and a group called the
“Hungry Five”. These two groups
will perform for your enjoyment.
The Band Sweetheart will be
presented and the seniors will be
recognized for their service to the
band.
There will also be some surprise
entertainment so come out for an
enjoyable evening of music.
Immediately following the band
concert there will be a business
meeting of the Band Boosters.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Robinson and
sons, Micheal and James, and wife
and a friend, Gary, visited her
mother, Mrs. Hilda Sageser, and
their aunts the Misses Rileys, also;
Miss Eva Riley in Fredericksburg
over the, weekend.
SPECIAL VALUE TABLE:
Specials on several kinds
of HAIR SPRAY,
COSMETICS, etc.,
10 to 20% OFF!
Come in and look at our
Special Values Table.
BUY and SAVE NOW!
HARPER DRUG STORE
Grace & Leslie Harper
Harper, Texas
WILDLIFE INDIVIDUAL
Kathryn and Gilbert Anderegg Cited
For Restoration of Wild Life on Ranch
(This article prepared by the Upper Llanos Soil
and Water Conservation District No. 225,
Junction, Texas).
abundance of wildlife after leaving
San Antonio.” Kathryn and Gil-
bert Anderegg have made great
progress in returning this historic
locality to its former prominence
in wildlife production.
Up to 1960, when the Andereggs
took over the River Place (as
they call it), this ranch was just a
place to hunt. Hunters came dur-
ing the deer and turkey season and
that was all. No potential in wild-
life production was considered and
no improvements made. The An-
dereggs made a great change in
this situation.
Kathryn Anderegg’s main inter-
est is livestock. Gilbert Ander-
egg’s main interest is livestock.
However, both are well versed in
wildlife habits and both agree that
what is good for livestock produc-
tion is also good for wildlife pro-
duction. They were both well a-
ware of what a great potential
source of income, wildlife has be-
come in recent years.
With all this in mind, Kathryn
and Gilbert literally rolled up their
sleeves and went to work. They
cleared cedar from the hillsides
and hilltops, thus allowing the wild
plum and hackberry trees better
growth. Mesquite was the big
problem in the flats, and they
cleared this, leaving grapes, red-
bud, sumac, kidneywood, hack-
berry, wild plum, and elbowbush.
Of course, all pecan trees were
saved. This clearing gave the per-
ennial grasses a better chance to
ground. The desirable woody
Jpread out and take over the bare
(See WILD LIFE, page 3)
A quotation from the diary of
Capt. Francisco Amamgual, who
in 1808 mapped the Spanish Road
to Santa Fe, states the following:
(He had left San Antonio, traveling
west.)
“—Continued our march through
hills formed by very rocky and
heavily wooded (plains with various
descents and ascents but without
any view. In this situation we
traveled until 10:00 o’clock when
we entered open land with many
evergreen oaks and some very
thick motts of timber until reach-
ing a creek called El Chimal (The
Headdress) where we killed a bear
and a small herd of buffalo was
seen at some distance. There is
a creek between two hills with red
bluffs. To reach it >ve had to go
down a very steep hillside and con-
tinue through a plain until passing
some bluffs made by its banks.
We made our camp and no inci-
dent occurred in the transit — 8
leagues.”
Amamgual and his group of 200
soldiers spent this peaceful night
on their historic mission on the
wildlife orientated ranch now own-
ed and operated by Kathryn and
Gilbert Anderegg. El Chimal
Creek is now locally called Devil’s
River, but it can still be easily
seen why the Spaniards named it
Indian Headdress. The red bluffs
through which the river winds are
laced with white, red, yellow, and
blue clays, resembling the colorful
Indian headdresses. Amamgual
continued — “it was the first real
5th AND 6th GRADERS: top row,
left to right: Mary Jane Kramer,
Cleone Hornbeck, Pamela Massey,
Lester Behrens and Charles Dunn.
Harper firemen
Answers Fire Call
The Harper Volunteer Fire De-
partment received a summons at
about 9a.m. Friday morning, to
the Marvin Williams residence, on
the old Garrett ranch, about 12
miles south of Harper on the White
Oak to Tivydale Road.
According to information, Mrs.
Williams had started the Buick
automobile, went inside the house
and returned to find the engine
on fire. She was able to get into
the car and back it away from the
residence building. Firemen arri-
ved and (put out the blaze. The car
was reported a total loss.
Cause of the fire was undeter-
mined.
Dolores Duderstadt,
Bride-Elect, Honored
At Tea Saturday
Miss Dolores Duderstadt, bride-
elect of Carl Borchers, was honor-
ed with a gift tea on Saturday af-
temooh, February 22, in the Metho-
dist Educational Building from
2:00 until 5:00 p.m.
The tea table was centered with
a beautiful potted plant arrange-
ment in the bride’s colors of pink,
and was presented to her for her
new home. At the coffee service
was Miss Eileen Hopf, Miss Connie
Honig served punch.
Miss Suzanne Duderstadt of Aus-
tin, niece of the bride-elect, regis-
tered the guests. Others in the
house party were Miss Jan Brown
Mrs. Bennie Barker and Mrs. Rich-
ard Batemann.
The hostesses for the occassion
were Mrs. Dean Hopf, Mrs. Gilbert
Anderegg, Mrs. Robert Dittmar,
Mrs. Hubert Rahe, Mrs. Ruben Bo-
de, Mrs. W. H. Stevens, Mrs. Ed-
win Dittmar, Mrs. Watkins Tarr,
Mrs. L. H. Harper, and Mrs. W. A.
Hogan. Seventy guests were regis-
tered.
Front row, left to right (6th grad-
ers): Kenneth Jenschke, David
Stehling, Lynn Hartmann, Randy
Feller and Jesus Rangel, Jr. (All
of these entries will go to the
state contest at Austin where they
will be judged for prizes ranging
from $50.00 for first prize to $10.00
—Hai(per Herald photo
for 10th placed
SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
Miss Dolores Duderstadt and two
nieces, Susan and Rebecca, of Aus-
tin spent the weekend with Dolor-
es’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Duderstadt. Mrs. Oren Parker
who had spent several days in Aus-
tin with her daughter’s family ac-
companied them to Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert Huffman
of San Antonio visited his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Bierschwale, Friday.
Mrs. Roy Jones and small son,
Marion, of Austin spent the week-
end visiting their parents and
grandparents. Marion remained
for a week’s visit.
RUNNER-UPS, all 5th graders,
who won a cash prize, from the
Barrett Insurance Agency in Har-
per, were (left to right): Cyntha
Parker, second place: Matthew
Schmidt, first place, and Lama
—Harper Herald Photo.
Rahe, third place.
Over $782,250 Papents Made
To Gillespie Farmers, Ranchers by ASC
Mrs. Max Lange spent Friday
in Fredericksburg. While there
she visited her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Albert Wendel at Knopp rest home.
Mrs. Wendel is recovering from
a broken hip and is doing fine
now.
Over $782,250.00 in program pay-
ments were made to Gillespie
county farmers and ranchers in
1968 through participation in the
various Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service pro-
grams.
The local ASCS programs are
administered by the ASC County
Committee, composed of Raymond
Spaeth, chairman, Roy E. Wein-
heimer, vice chairman, Martin Ro-
de, regular member, and Wesley
A. Gold, office manager. Duery
Menzies, County Agent, is an ex-
officio non voting member of the
committee.
Over 300 farmers and ranchers
participated in the Agricultural
Conservation Program, under
which the government shares cost
with producers for carrying out
soil and water conservation prac-
tices. Under this program 650
acres were planted to permanent
vegetative cover, 6050 acres were
planted to summer and winter le-
gumes, 3350 acres of brush control
was carried out, 25 wells and stock-
water dams were constructed, 7
producers installed pipelines for
stockwater, 17 (producers cross-
fenced pastures and terraces were
constructed on over 300 acres of
cropland to control soil erosion.
Also, 1475 Gillespie wool and mo-
hair growers received an incentive
payment of over $566,544.00. These
are payments made to wool and
mohair growers after the market-
ing year is over to bring the na-
tional average price received by
all producers for wool and mohair
up to the incentive price.
Over 525 farmers participated in
the 1968 feed grain, wheat and
cotton diversion programs and
earned over $130,000.00 in diversion
and price support <payments. Also,
thirteen producers placed over 40,
000 bushels of oats and wheat un-
der loan in an amount of $32,471.00.
The ASCS Programs are admin
istered by farmer elected commit-
teemen, and the ASCS County Com-
mittee have many duties and re-
sponsibilities. It is the commit-
tee’s responsibility to make local
program decisions and to see that
the programs are carried out fair-
ly and in full accordance with of-
ficial regulations.
Gillespie Co. To Be Featured
In Motion Picture Film
Gillespie County has been chosen
to pictorially represent the State
of Texas for a motion picture film
crew from Dallas.
Representatives of Jamieson
Film Company headquartered in
Dallas, were in Fredericksburg
this week, to film certain scenes
for future Trans-Texas Airlines
commercials. TTA is represented
by Adams, Dana & Silverstein of
New York City and Houston.
Jamieson Producer—Director,
Tom Moore, explained his choice
this way: “We were looking for an
area that had just about every type
of terrain that is found in Texas.
I felt that we could find just about
every place, except desert, in the
Hill Country. So I started driving
from Austin into the hills and
found everything I needed within
15 miles of Fredericksburg.”
All the scenes will be aerial shots
made from a helicopter. A spec-
ial camera mount rig was flown to
Fredericksburg from Hollywood.
All of the actors and actresses
are professionals from Dallas, with
the exception of one Gillespie Coun-
ty man, Victor Meier. Scenes will
be set up on the Meier Ranch, the
Hugo Usener home and areas in
the northeastern section of the
county.
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