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PACIFSC PARADISE
—-Easter Island
“A mild tropical climate; beau-
tiful beaches; warm, clear water,
perfect for aquatic sports; exotic
scenery; luscious green valleys;
volcanic craters; pre-historic mon-
uments, full of mystery, mute wit-
nesses to a lost civilization; a
hospitable, warm-hearted people,
who love the gently cadenced mu-
sic and typical dances of their
race and speak a language strange-
ly beautiful and romantic as well
as a picturesque Spanish..”
“Tourist publicity,” you will say.
And you will be right. The world,
it seems, is forever seeking new
playgrounds and Easter Island may
well be the coming thing, if one
is to judge by the mounting in-
terest, commercial and archeolog-
ical, it is receiving. It is on one
of the potentially great air routes
of the world, the first island in
the chain which link the South
American continent with Austral
ia, New Zealand and South Asia.
When one remembers that the
population of Latin America will
be about 600 million by the end
of this century, it is easy to ap-
preciate the foresight of the air-
line companies and the tourist a-
gencies.
Why “EASTER” Island? Its
own Polynesian people call it Rapa-
Nui, but the Dutchman Roggeveen,
who found it on Easter Day, 1722,
named it for the feast. It lies
in the South Pacific, 2,000 miles
out from Valparaiso and was an-
nexed by Chile in 1888. Its people
are now Catholic and are cared
for by German Capuchins who al-
so have many missions in south-
ern Chile. The 80-year-old pastor
is Father Sebastian Engelert and
there are some Sister-catechists
and nurses as well.
Father Sebastian is an acknow-
ledged expert on the antiquities
of the island, where he has lived
for 32 years. He has recently vis-
ited the United States and Can-
ada to lecture in various univers-
ities on behalf of the proposed
Foundation for the preservation
and excavation of the sanctuaries
and monuments which abound in
his parish.
It is estimated that there are
more than a thousand statues or
“mohais” on Easter Island which
in area is hardly a hundred sq.
miles. They are scattered in 350
different sanctuaries or “ahu.” Ac-
cording to the traditions of the
islanders, who number about 300
families, the primitive inhabitants
lived in groups along the coast-
line and professes different relig-
ions. The sanctuaries were tem-
ples built towards the interior of
the island and are vast platforms
of up to 500 feet in length, with
a ramp at each end and a wall
along the front.
The statues, representing gods
or ancestors, were placed on these
platforms. There are as many as
17 on some platforms and they
may be as high as 30 feet. They
were hewn from the volcanic rock
found in the craters of extinct
volcanoes and were then dragged
on them, backs, which were car-
ved smooth for the purpose, to
the emplacement sites.
Excavations were carried out by
the Norwegian archeologist, Dr.
Thor Heyerdahl, in 1956 and by
Professor William Mulloy of Wy-
oming University in 1960. “Apart
from their scientific and historical
interest,” says Dr. Mulloy, “the
archeological monuments of Eas-
ter Island are commercially val-
uable as a tourist attraction. Their
preservation warrants the most se-
rious and systematic care. There
is not in the whole Pacific another
island like Rapa-Nui which would
*ven remotely offer its possibili-
ties as a vast museum of Poly-
nesian pre-history.”
The excavations and reconstruc-
tion will take at least 30 years
and millions of dollars will be
spent on the work. “But,” the
tourist publicity blurb assures us,
“If you come to Easter Island,
you will bring back memories of
W. L. Bierschwale Rites
Held Tuesday Afternoon
at Junction
JUNCTION (SC) — William Lee
Bierschwale, 74, a Kimble County
ranchman, died in his home at
8:30 p. m. Sunday after a long
illness.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
March 26 in First Presbyterian
Church with burial in Junction
Cemetery directed by Hodges-Fife
Funeral Home.
Mr. Bierschwale was born Oct.
4, 1893 in Harper. He had lived
in Kimble County since 1906. He
was a World War I veteran, a Ma-
son and a Presbyterian.
He was married to Valeska
Ellebracht of Fredericksburg Oct.
24, 1923 in Kerrville.
Survivors include his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. James H. Wright
of Junction and Mrs. Rector L.
Lester of San Antonio; three brot-
hers, Ray Bierschwale of Harper,
A. J. Bierschwale of Alpine and
Floyd Bierschwale of Junction;
two sisters, Mrs. Katie Stockard
of Inglewood, Calif, and Mrs. Ethel
Hewes of San Antonio, and two
grandchildren.
Mr. Bierschwale was a son of
the late Rev. and Mrs. William
Bierschwale, Rev. Bierschwale ,
served as pastor of the Harper
Presbyterian Church and was well
known in this section.
Dolph Briscoe
Campaigns
For Governorship
Harper 4-H Club Met
March 19 at Legion Hall
The Harper 4-H Club met on
March 19 at 7:30 at Legion Hall.
Le Roy Kasper from Central
Texas Electric Coop from Freder-
icksburg gave a demonstration of
Safety with Electricity. He show-
ed the dangers and safety of elec-
tric wiring.
Dudley Parker presided over the
business meeting. Reminders of
pictures and clippings are to be
saved from newspaper for record
books. Pictures are to be made
of projects started foe record book.
Kenneth Maners and Hubert
Foerster furnished refreshments.
Next meeting will be April 8.
Woemer Moehr of Central Texas
Electric Coop will present a pro-
gram on Safety.
.Lorenz Wendel, reporter.
DOLPH BRISCOE
Include Your W-2 Forms
With Your Tax Returns
AUSTIN, TEXAS - Some 1,687
Federal tax returns without Hie re-
quired W-2 withholding statements
have been filed so far this year by
south Texas taxpayers.
This means a delay in the pro-
cessing of refunds until the W-2’s
can be obtained from taxpayers,
according to R. L. Phinney, IRS
District Director. Copy B of the
W-2 statement that employers are
required to give employees is the
one that should be attached to Fed-
eral tax returns, he said.
When returns are received in IRS
offices without a W-2 for all in-
come on which taxes have been
withheld, a letter requesting the
missing document is sent to the
taxpayer. Until the W-2 is receiv-
ed, or an acceptable explanation of
why it cannot be supplied, process-
ing of the return cannot be com-
pleted.
As of last week, Phinney report-
ed, 2,392 refunds had been delayed
in the Austin District because of
incorrect or missing Social Secur-
ity numbers.
Phinney also reported that to d
other refunds are beinghel dup be-
cause of' a variety of other errors
or failures to comply with instruc-
tions mailed to each taxpayer with
his tax forms.
Tax returns filed up to last week
included 526 without the signatures
of husband or wife or both. These
will have to be sent back to the
taxpayers before refuns can be pro-
cessed.
Returns with errors in arithmetic
which are casuing delays in send-
ing refunds so far total 6,139 and
returns where taxpayers have used
the wrong tax table total 12,770.
As of last week, Phinney said,
the IRS Service Center in Austin
had processed 348,189 refunds of
south Texas taxpayers for a total
of $51,186,851.
We have a complete
line of Religious Jewelry
—come in and look it over
. . . also statues, etc.
HARPER DRUGSTORE
Grace 8t Leslie
a world where money does not
count and where the complications
of civilized life are unknown. You
can enjoy the delicious tropical
fruits—pineapples, bananas of dif-
ferent varieties, mangos, etc.—
and buy yourself delightful sou-
veniers such as carved statues,
collars made of marine shells and
other objects as well.”
The return air fare from San-
tiago in Chile is about $400.
UVA.LDE — Hard work and
Dolph Briscoe go hand-in-hand.
Work is the name of the game
so far as this prominent Texas
businessman-rancher is concerned
because he has built his fame and
reputation on just that.
Briscoe, of Uvalde, who is a
candidate for the Texas governor-
ship, is famous in the lone Star
state’s farming and ranching circl-
es for taking on tough jobs for no
pay and coming up with the tough
jobs well done.
Briscoe’s formula is simple:
“Progress” in his mind is the
keynote and action is his byword
The gubernatorial candidate’s
qualifications and accomplishment
are almost too numerous to men-
tion.
He is a banker, businessman,
civic leader and a former state
legislator. He is married to the
former Janey Slaughter, of Austin,
and has three children, Janie, 17,
Chip, 15, and Cele, 11.
The tall, distinguished-looking
Texan looks upon his campaign to
eradicate the screwworm in Texas
as one of the landmarks of his
career.
Several years ago, when many
people, including some scientists
felt the screwworm pest would
never be conquered in the Lone
Star State, Briscoe never lost heart
or faith.
He worked hard for the success
of the program, and in the process,
he was instrumental in saving Tex-
as stockmen tens of millions of
dollars.
Briscoe is at present completing
his fourth term as president of
the Southwest Animal Health Re-
search Foundation, which directs
the screwworm eradication pro-
gram, and has served as president
of the Mohair Council of America.
A graduate of the University of
Texas he was first elected to the
Texas House of Representatives in
1948 where he served eight years.
During his tenure he authored
the Farm-to-Market Road Act of
1949. Today more than 63,000 mil-
es of paved rural roads are in-
cluded in the Texas farm and
ranch road system. He also spon-
sored the Rural Telephone Enabl-
ing Bill.
Briscoe was one of the major
supporters of a bill to increase
teachers’ pay and helped launch
an investigation of the Veterans’
land scandal which erupted in the
state in the years following World
War II.
The scope of the scandal deeply
disturbed the bluff, honest Bris-
coe since he, himself, was a war
veteran and had the interests of
the veteran at heart.
He entered the Army during the
war as a private and was dis-
charged as a commissioned offic-
er after serving in the China-Bur-
ma-India theater.
Briscoe is past president of the
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Rais-
ers’ Association, he served as a
director of the Texas Sheep and
Goat Raisers’ Association, and has
also served on the Texas Beef
Council, the National Agriculture
Research Advisory Committee of
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture.
Vandalism...
In Harper!
(EDITOR’S NOTE-The follow-
ing article was submitted to the
Harper Herald for publication this
week. It pertains to vandalism
in Harper. We regret that such
has occurred right here in the
midst of this fine community. It
would be much better had these
youths, or whoever it was, per-
pertrated some less damaging act,
and better yet if they had not
indulged in such tactics. Even
better would have been a story
about young people having per-
formed some outstanding deed or
act, something for the betterment
of self and community, something
to which this area, the state and
nation could point to with pride.
Self respect, self restraint and
consideration for the rights and
property of others are values
which people, young or old should
try to uphold., that is, if they
possess such dignity and charac-
ter traits as becomes a good, law-
abiding and honest citizen. Acts
of vandalism, terrorism, etc., can
lead only to shame and down the
road to infamy.—N.J.D.)
Harper, Texas
March 4, 1968
Dear Editor:
We read about vandalism in the
newspapers and we hear it on our
radios, but it doesn’t bother us
much because it don’t apply to
us. We are not faced with this
problem in our little town.
... NOW we are!
...."LOCAL MOTEL SIGN KNOCK-
ED OUT WITH BOTTLE OF
BEER/’..by teen-age vandals.
These headlines do not look
pretty do they? Estimated dam-
ages $150.00. These teen-age ^van-
dals are still racing up and down
our streets day and night, lining
with lies and guilt for fei# of
being apprehended and having to
answer for their crime.
.. .WHO will be the next innocent
victim? You, Mr. Businessman;
Citizen?
With plate glass windows bro-
ken, shattered windshields, or o-
ther glass breakage. If this is for
“kicks”, may God help them . » ,
for their worst crime is against
themselves and they are not bet-
ter characters than those who use
LSD and marijuana. What will
their next crime be since they
have not been apprehended
Who knows . . . maybe they will
try for “seconds” on the Motel
sign..or someone els’es property?
Who’s next in line..or are these
vandals going to correct them-
selves instead of having the law
take over and impose severe pen-
alties..before it is too late?
SCOUTS ENJOY FIELD
TRIP TO RAYMOND
KEYSER RANCH
Under the superb guidance of Al-
fred Spaeth, 24 exceptionally well
behaved members of the scouting
program in Harper, and six dedi-
cated, devoted parents participa-
ted in a reptile educational field
trip Monday afternoon at the
Raym. Keyser Ranch near Loyal
Valley.
An electrifing, action packed
tension filled demonstration, fol-
lowed by a question and answer
period was culminated by an in-
spection tour of the Rattlesnake
Den and Trophy room.
One of the numerous object
d’ arts consisted of a unipue clock
over the fabulous fire place for-
mulated of many, many, rattles.
Antiques, big game exhibits and
other exciting displays complimen-
ted the Habitat.
A pleasurable return trip, over
peaceful, tree shaded lanes, spas-
madically crisscrossed by clear,
cool, cascading streams nomading
across plush green valleys of vege
tation on their way to the sea, and
with a refreshment stop at “Tom-
my Rahe’s”, ended almost it
seemed, before it actually ever be
gun.
One word apitimizes this trip —
“Unforgettable.”
BEAUTIFY HARPER!
After a long cold winter spring
is just around the corner and
everyone is planting and cleaning
up “lets do a little extra in the
clean up for Harper. People will
be passing this way to the Hemis-
Fair and also to the L.B.J. Ranch
so lets do a little bit toward mak-
ing Harper a place of beauty.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
Three Years for $7.50
Hubert Barge of Austin
Will Preach at Presbyter-
ian Church Sunday
Mr. Hubert Barge of the Pres-
byterian Theologal Seminary in
Austin will preach at the Harper
.Presbyterian Church Sunday, Mar.
31 at the eleven o’clock service
Dr. Roger McShane will be in
charge of the first two Sundays
in April and serve communion
Easter Sunday.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE
ELECTION
An election for the pur-
pose of electing three
trustees for the Harper
Independent School Dis-
trict will be held in the
Harper School Cafetori-
um on Saturday, April 6,
1968.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
HARPER TRUSTEE
ELECTION APRIL 6
The incumbent Harper School
Board Trustees, Robert Dittmar,
John Honig, and Robert Fritz will
not seek re-election. Five candi-
dates seeking election to the three
vacant term are: Mrs. Alice Schum
pelt, Roman Stehling, Felix Bern-
hard, Hubert Rahe, and C. C.
Phillips.
The election is scheduled for
April 6 at the Harper School eafe-
torium from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Election judge is Paul DeLorey,
with Charles Mains and T. P. Har-
lan serving as election clerks.
Absentee voting will be held
March 18 to April 2 in the Harper
High School office with Mrs. Mat
tie McDougall serving as absentee
clerk.
Members retaining their posi-
tions on the board are Colan Bar-
rett, Elmer Lange, Jim McMahon,
and Mrs. Oma Bierschwale.
Fabulous Art Selection
At Spanish Pavilion
Carlos Robles Piquer, Spanish
director of cultural and popular
entertainment, said some 15 im-
portant paintings from such his-
toric figures as Velazquez, Mur-
illo, Goya, El Greco and Zurbaran
will be shown at the HemisFair
theme gallery.
He said the 9,000-square foot
Spanish pavilion will be presented
in three sections—“Corral de Co-
medias” featuring live entertain-
ment such as Flamenco singers
and dancers; an “Expotour” or
exposition on Spanish tourism; and
an historic section featuring ob-
jects of sculpture, bracelets, rings
and other jewelry from the Iber-
ian, Roman and Gothic eras of
Spanish story.
One of the outstanding objects
in the historic display will he the
sword worn by Spanish King Car-
los V, and a sword belonging to
“Isabella la Catolica,” queen of
HEMISFAIR OFFICIALS—Shown here are some of the men who have played
a guiding and dominant factor in the planning of the 1968 World's Fair in
San Antonio. Left to right: Irv Weinman, director of public relations; Jim
Gaines, chief executive officer; Marshall T, Steves, president; William R.
Sinkin, vice-chairman of the board; and Frank Manupelli, executive vice-
president. These men, as well as all other HemisFair officials, committee
members, join the citizens of San .Antonio in extending a cordial welcome
to everyone to attend HemisFair'68, which has its grand opening April 6
and continues through October 6.
Hill Country. Highland Lakes
Vacation Guide Set for Distribution
Printing of the new 1968 Texas
Hill Country & Highland Lakes
Business and Vacation Guide has
been completed and distribution
of the brochures is underway this
week, in plenty of time for the
opening of HemisFair ‘68 which
has its grand opening on Saturday,
April 6, according to Norman J.
Dietel, publisher-editor of the
Radio Post who compiled the bro-
chure.
Front cover of the interesting
booklet features the HemisFair
Tower of the Americas with the
artists drawing showing visitors
on the grounds surrounding the
base of the huge tower.
The Pearl Brewing Company is
featured, in color, on the back out-
side page. In addition to the pull-
out map showing the Highland
Lakes system and Canyon Lake,
another large centerpiece map,
23x27 inches, not glued or stapled,
shows the Hill Country area on one
side and the HemisFair Grounds
on the opposite side. Happy Sha-
han’s Alamo Village at Bracket-
ville is the principal advertiser on
one side of the big map while the
Humble Oil & Refining Company
is the principal advertiser on the
Hill Country side.
Dietel said that distribution was
begun late Monday afternoon after
he secured over 5,000 of the com-
pleted brochures at Universal Book
bindery in San Antonio where the
booklets are folded, stitched, trim-
med, bound and wrapped. Copies
will be available at such firms as
are represented within the vaca-
tion guide. A price tab of 50 cents
per copy is printed on the outside
front color cover) however, it is
felt up to the proprietor of the
business establishment, or wher-
ever they might be available,
whether the per copy price will
be assessed. The big map, the
many pictures, as well as the in-
teresting information conveyed of
the various Hill Country and Lak-
es area communities (cities), ad-
vertising, etc., will make this years
brochure a collector’s item. When
these booklets are all gone there
will very likely not be any more
unless a second printing becomes
apparent and this would just a-
bout be impossible due to the im-
mense amount of work involved,
Dietel said.
The 1968 vacation guide is dedi-
cated to HemisFair officials, com-
mittee people and the citizens of
San Antonio who undertook this
gigantic task and have carried
the project through, from its in-
ception several years ago, until
the present time when the final
stages and finishing touches are
being applied preparatory to the
formal opening next weekend.
Dietel said that “HemisFair will
be the vehicle which, as we might
apply it, will bring thousands out-
of-state visitors into our beautiful
Texas Hill Country. Many will
very likely be amazed and see for
the first time the hills and valleys,
the clear streams and unusual
beauty of our section of the state.
(See VACATION GUIDE, page 4)
Harper Locals
Miss Eva Riley of Fredericks-
burg visited friends in Harper
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parker
and Mrs. William Keen visited,
Mr. and Mrs.- Noble Jobes last
Sunday. Mr. Jobes had recently
returned from treatment in the M.
D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.
Spending the past week visiting
with their mother, Mrs. Frank
Rischner at the Fredericksburg
Hospital and Clinic were, Mrs.
Marvin Theile of Dallas, Mrs. Tom
Litzinger of Houston and Mrs.
John Zenner of Boerne. Mrs.
Rischner will move to the Hill
Crest Home and is reported doing
satisfactory at this time.
A group of FFA boys and their
teacher Clayton Massey were in
Llano Saturday to attend a Live-
stock judging contest.
Visiting Mrs. Alfred Kramer
Sunday were, Mrs. Alfred Moel-
lendorf, Mrs. August Fiedler and
Mrs. Eddie Grobe all of Freder-
icksburg. Others visiting were Miss
Gloria Kramer, and Lealand Welch
and Mrs. Diann Staggs and son,
Wayne all of New Braunfels.
Mesdames Glen Hopf, Lawrence
Metzger, Robert Dittmar, Ray-
mond Spaeth, Chester Itz, Victor
Marschali, and Max Lange attend-
ed the A.L.C.W., West Central con-
ference at Holy Ghost Lutheran
Church in Fredericksburg Sunday
Mrs. Oliver Fairchild of Kings-
ville who was visiting friends in
Kerrville and Harper also visited
Mrs. Edwin Klein Friday.
'Man of La Mancha'
To Be Presented
16 Times at HemisFair
The widely acclaimed musical
play “Man of La Mancha” will
be presented 16 times at Hemis
Fair ’68.
The production, winner of every
major New York theatrical award,
will be presented in the 2,800-seat
Theatre for the Performing Arts
from May 22-June 1.
The play by Dale Wasserman
is based on the novel “Don Quix-
ote.” The National Company cast
will include Keith Andes in the
role of Don Quixote, Tony Mar-
tinez as Sancho Panza, and Ca-
rolyn Maye, Sandy Kenyon, Earle
MacVeigh, Dale Malone and Nata-
lie Costa.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, includ-
ing students of the local high
school* viewed the interesting
“Miniature Museum of American
History” at the Community Sav-
ings & Loan Association Monday
and Tuesday. Above the students,
and adults, line up to get a glimpse
at the display which is valued at
over $250,000 and required over
150,000 man horns in the making.
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