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Harper’s Maner chosen
SWTJC Rodeo Queen
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Dwain Custer of Uvalde and Page 4
Sheila Maner of Harper were
recently selected as the 1979
Rodeo King and Queen at
Southwest Texas Junior Col-
lege.
Traditionally chosen each
year by the SWTJC Rodeo
Club, the king and queen will be
presented during the upcoming
National Intercollegiate Rodeo
Association competition April
26-28 at the Uvalde fairgrounds.
Miss Maner, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Stormy Maner, will be eligible
to compete in the National
Rodeo Queen Contest to be held
during June in Montana.
A member of the SWTJC
rodeo team, Miss Maner com-
petes in barrel racing and
breakaway roping. The 19 year
old freshman is a 1978 graduate
of Harper High School where
she was named “Miss HHS”
during her senior year.
Miss Maner is a physical
education major who has been
competing in rodeos since she
was six years old. She has won
three All-Around saddles.
The rodeo king and queen are
selected annually on the basis
of personality, riding ability
and overall participation in the
Rodeo Club and on the rodeo
team.
Friday, May 4, 1979
The Harper Herald ++ Harper, Texas
Energy Saving Tips
The average American car
consumes well over 700 gallons
of gasoline a year. Yours can
save some of that if you keep
your engine air filter clean. In-
sufficient air wastes gasoline.
SHEILA MANER
OIL COMPANIES DON’T LIKE .... I
New Kind of Automobile Engine
The experts who are part of
International Paper’s Badger
Program, which stands for Bet-
ter Actions Develop Greater
Energy Reductions and which
urges people to save energy at
home, at work, at school and
on the road, say you can save
up to 10 percent on your
family fuel consumption if
you have your furnace ser-
viced once a year.
* * *
Three percent of all the ener-
gy used in the United States
goes to heating water, so it
might be energy-wise to wash
your clothes in cold or warm
water and rinse them in cold.
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May Be Too Good
All kinds of new inventions
are coming out these days to
make the oil companies a little
shakey in what may be in store.
Two Florida men apparently
have succeeded in developing a
turbo-diesel engine which will
give up to 80 miles per gallon of
fuel.
Other similar stores have ap-
peared in recent months, or the
past few ye^rs, but it seems the
cars are nof being put on the
market. There is a reason. The
car may be too good".. that is,
it might make too many miles
per gallon or not use spark-
plugs, carburetors and other
gadgets which now cost the
automobile owner considerable
money in upkeep, etc.
The following article appear-
ed in a daily newspaper dis-
patch, released by the Asso-
ciated Press, from Oak Hill,
Florida, as it appeared in the
San Antonio Express one day
last week:
Ralph Moody and Mike Shet-
ley are wondering if maybe
they’ve done their homework a
little too well.
Moody and Shetley are the
inventors of a turbocharged
diesel power train fitted in a
1979 Mercury Capri that they
say has tested out at 84 mil^
per gallon.
They had originally been
planning to huild 6,000 of their
turbo-diesels for Ford’s Lin-
coln-Mercury division. But
Shetley said Thursday he
doesn’t see that happening now.
“When it comes down to the
bottom line, it seems we’re get-
ting a cold shoulder in a couple
of areas — I won’t say exactly
where,” Shetley said. Asked if
the concept may be “too good”
he answered, “I think that’s the
problem.”
QUALITIES
He suggested automakers are
finding that the Moody Turbo
Diesel, the name under which
it’s to be patented, has some
darker qualities. Among them,
Shetley notes:
—The engine can go 300,000
miles without much more than
‘oil changes. Dealer operated
service centers are lucrative
operations and the automakers
may be reluctant to starve
their business.
—The drive train can last
more than three times as long
as the car itself. This flies in
the face of the seven-year
planned obsolescence theory.
—The engine doesn’t use a
carburetor or spark plugs,
among other things. It could
cut the people who make them
out of lots of business.
—How interested are the oil •
companies in something that :
could cut the nation’s gasoline
bill by 70 percent or more?
ECONOMICS
“Everybody’s in business to
make money,” Shetley said. “If
$sw#ething comes along that is
better than what they’re using
now, in order to succeed, it’s
got to make even more money
for; them. That’s simple eco-
nomics.”
But economics may ultimate-
ly help the two developers.
He said representatives of
Chrysler Corp., the Big Three’s
struggling No. 3, came to check
the car Thursday. They were
skeptical when they arrived but
left “astounded,” Moody said.
Now Chrysler is “excited”
about the Moody car and is
offering free engineering assis-
tance and parts he said.
NEED
“That’s what we need the
most right now,” Shetley said.
“The work we’ve done so far on
the car has come out of our
pockets. We paid list price for
the Capri, and combed junk-
yards for parts. Imagine what
we can do with new parts and
engineering assistance.
“We know we can get this car
up over 100 miles per gallon.”
The car has attracted incred-
ible interest, Shetley said. “The
parking lot here is always
jammed with people. They
want to make sure they’re
going to get one. They don’t
care about testing them or any-
thing. They just want to leave
money. “We won’t let them,
though. We don’t want to be in
on that end of it. We’ll build
them, that’s all.”
Moody and Shetley said they
turned down an offer of $100
milli
n from a European carmaker
for their concept. “This is built
by Americans, for Americans,”
Shetley said.
This past week, Moody and
Shetley have taken senators
and representatives as well as
engineers and prospective buy-
ers on test drives. A ride with
Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-
Ohio, produced an average of
78 miles per gallon, they said.
Metzenbaum invited them to
testify at Senate hearings in
Washington next week.
“I think we’ll go,” Shetley
said. “We plan to drive the car
up there from here, promote it
along the way, and keep track
of the mileage.”
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Hog numbers
increasing
COLLEGE STATION — Hog
production should continue
profitable for some time al-
though production is increas-
ing, contends a livestock mar-
keting specialist.
As of March 1, hog numbers
were up 13 percent over last
year, reports Dr. Ernie Davis
with the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, Texas A&M
University. At the same time
the numbers of breeding hogs
was up 20 percent.
Hog slaughter this spring and
summer should be up about 12
percent while March-May far-
rowings are expected to be 24
percent above a year ago.
Davis believes pork produc-
ers are confident that hog pro-
duction will remain profitable
since choice steer prices are
currently exceeding pork
prices by $25 per hundred-
weight. Also, barrow and gilt
prices haven’t dropped below
$48 per hundredweight. He feels
consumers will switch from
beef to pork as the retail price
difference grows.
Also, current hog-corn ratio
of 24.8 should continue en-
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CHARLES DYKSTRA and an
assistant carpenter were work-
ing last week at the Harper
Building & Supply where an en-
larging project is underway.
Dykstra recently purchased the
business from Jack Baethge &
Son and will have announce-
ment of the formal opening in
the next several weeks.
Photo at side shows the large
storage area in back of the
Harper Building & Supply
which has been graded in
preparation for building mater-
ials, fencing, etc.
—Photo by N.J.D.
“An adult is one who has
ceased to grow vertically
but not horizontally."
Anonymous
couraging more hog produc-
tion, Davis adds.
Pork supplies will exceed
1978 levels by six percent, pro-
jects the specialist. He thinks
the market will support this ex-
pansion without much of a
price drop due to lower beef
supplies.
Because of a 17 percent in-
crease in the December-Feb-
ruary pig crop, an abundant
pork supply will be on hand in
the third quarter of 1979, pre-
dicts Davis.
If March-May farrowing
intentions hold up, Davis ex-
pects an even greater increase
in pork for the last quarter of
the year.
As far as the price outlook is
concerned, Davis expects
market barrows and gilts to
average $46-$49 per hundred-
weight for the April-June per-
iod. For the third quarter, mar-
ket prices will likely decrease
slightly to $44-$47. And prices
may fall below cost of produc-
tion in the October-December
period, or around $40 per hund-
redweight.
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Dietel, Norman J. The Harper Herald (Harper, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1979, newspaper, May 4, 1979; Harper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1034641/m1/4/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Harper Library.