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HOBSON HOPF
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Harper ISD School Trustee Election Saturday, April 2
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VOLUME 68, NO. 13 8 Pages Population 383 Altitude 2100 Feet HARPER, GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS 78631 Subscription: $6.00 Per Year, locally; $7.00 outside 25<? Per Copy Friday April 1 1983
Harper news Fires SlightFredericksburg Harper ISD Trustee Election Saturday
By RICKIE TATSCH
Phone 864-4107
Harper, Texas
The clean-up of the Com-
munity Hall on Wednesday
the 23rd was a success. The
committee wishes to thank
the following for their gen-
erous help: Donna Klepper,
Ruth Bode, Marjorie Ste-
vens, Faye Jones, Ted Rog-
ers, Mildred McElroy, Edna
Cosper, Billie Lang, Beoma
Rogers, Ruby Hopf, Joyce
Lange, Stella Whitworth,
Rickie Tatsch and Loye
Wilke.
These people represent dif-
ferent organizations in Har-
per who may be using this
facility, for instance, the
Presbyterian Church, the
Lutheran Church, the Amer-
ican Legion Auxiliary, the
Baptist Church, the Catho-
lic Church, and the Western
Dance Club.
And a big vote of thanks
goes to the directors of the
‘ Community Park Board,
who at present are rebuild-
ing the screened meat room
at the barbecue pit. They
worked last Saturday, and
Helen Peril and Juanita
Maples brought them a hot
lunch. Thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Elder
and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
(Possum) Johnson spent the
past weekend at Eagle Pass
and Piedras Negras, and
report a fine time.
A tornado dipped down
last week during the tur-
bulent weather watch at
Floresville, and did some
damage including lifting the
roof off a building on the
Erwin ranch near Poth
where the Ernie Gabriels a* e.
Visiting with Mrs. Roy
Cottle last Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Cottle and
Carolyn from Rocksprings;
also Abbie Cottle and Rev.
and Mrs. J. C. Turner, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Meyers of
Fredericksburg.
A correction: Mr. and M? >.
Ronnie Behrens are not fr m
Austin, they live at Ha per
now. The Lester BeVrens
family lives at Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ditt-
mar of College Station
visited with the Robert Ditt-
mars several days during
spring break.
Among those attending
the Ervin-Neeley wedding in
Kerrville on Saturday of last
week were: Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Dittmar, Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Hopf, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim McMahon, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Rogers, Mrs.
Doug Bode and Mrs. Clayton
Massey.
Mr. and Mrs. Eh Metzger
and Mr. and Mrs. Martin
John of San Antonio visited
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Metzger
Saturday afternoon and at-
tended the Club Dance that
night.
It was quite a coincidence
that after they came to Har-
per, Phil Cutler learned
through M. E. and Mary
Woods that he was in the
same graduating class in
1960 with Martha (nee
Woods) Baskett — a class of
about 600 — at Thomas Jef-
ferson High School in Rich-
mond, Virginia. Michael Bas-
kett was also from Prince
Edward County and graduat-
ed at the same high school
the next year.
On Monday the 28th,
Justin Esquell had his birth-
day, and on Tuesday, Je-
rome Esquell, Hilda Sageser,
Theresa Hartmann, and
MXiss Fritz Machen. On
Thursday, the 31st, should
be correctly, Nancy West-
field, Hilda Feller and Billy
Holmes.
RICKIE TATSCE
Mrs. Dorothy Peschel
and J. D. visited with the
Lloyd Kneeses, Sunday, and
enjoyed some of the seniors’
barbecue.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris De-
lorey had their family home
last weekend: Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Ray Delorey and sons
of Victoria and Mr. and Mrs.
D. H. Damron and children
of Brownwood.
Next Saturday, April 2,
there will be a celebration
honoring Jeff and Marie
Davee on their 30th wedding
anniversary. All friends are
invited to the dance at the
Community Park Hall start-
ing at 8 o’clock Saturday
nite.
Friends of Johnny
Wachals, son of Hans and
Mae Wachals, will be glad to
hear that he is on a job in
Israel, and will be there prob-
ably the rest of this year.
It is good to learn that Gil-
bert Anderegg is spending
some time around home
these days. He spent several
days this week with his sis-
ter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Cosper.
Mrs. Lorin Baethge
honored Mrs. Jack
Baethge and Mrs. Alfred
Baethge with a birthday
dinner last Tuesday at her
house.
Congratulations to the
Richard Rangels on the
birth of baby Benjamin
on Tuesday, March 22, at
Peterson Memorial Hos-
pital, Kerrville. Mother,
Joann, and baby returned
home Saturday.
The conversational
Spanish class under the
leadership of Mrs. John
Inman had its last class
for this term last Tues-
day. Anyone interested in
signing up next year may
contact Adult Education
or Mrs. Inman at school.
Also, anyone interested in
the adult education
course offered for two
weeks after school is out,
may contact Mrs. Kracht
in the Homemaking
Building.
The Harper area
received a little over an
inch of rain on Thursday
night, with plenty of
wind.
Our sympathy to the
family of Marjorie Tegue
Wunderlich of Cain City
who was buried at Har-
per on Monday afternoon.
Judy Perry who was
bitten by a rattlesnake
last year, is now recuper-
ating from a bite by a
copperhead on the other
leg.
Winners of the drawing
last Saturday at the open
house held by McKays
Auto Service were as fol-
lows: Javier Rangel,
motor tune-up; Emmett
West, wheel balancing;
Jim Snyder of Bandera,
oil and filter change; Hol-
lan Walker, grease job;
and Jenna Weed, engine
scope analysis and adjust-
ment.
The Sageser-Haas
Legion Post and Auxiliary
will meet next Thursday,
April 7, at 7 p.m. at the
Legion Hall. Plans will be
made for Poppy Day and
Literally thousands, young and old,
will rejoice Saturday, April 2, when
they view the annual Easter Fires
Pageant at the Gillespie County Fair
Grounds.
Sponsored by the Gillespie County
Historical Society with Marcella Wei-
ershausen and Dr. Cleo Frantzen,
general chairmen, the pageant unfolds
a tale based on the founding of Freder-
icksburg by German pioneers and leg-
ends of old — all thrilling, filled with
pathos, color, costumes, and music.
Over 800 lend their talents as m em
bers of the cast or backstage with Mol*
Becker, the narrator; the Fredericks-
burg Public School Choirs, Jerald Jen-
kins, director, Filharmonic Band, the
Easter Band, and FHS Band Students,
Dusty Alkire, director, the Rabbit
Band, providing the music.
Some 11 sequences unfold the story
which opens with the “Easter Nest
Builders, depicted by students of the
kindergarten class of Mrs. Maxie
Ahrens, preparing their traditional
“Easter nests” for the Easter Rabbit to
fill with colorful Easter eggs. Belton
Muller and Bill Bench are in charge of
supplying fresh bluebonnets. (Anyone
who has some might call them.)
FIREWORKS
The oh’s and ah’s from the grand-
stand are more than audible as a pyro-
technic display of Easter Fires to be
shot by Tyrus Cox, Jay Cox and Greg
Kaderli.
As the Nest Builders depart, the
famous Abendglocken or evening bells
of Fredericksburg summon Easter wor-
shippers — the; kindergarten class who
enter through the Vereins Kirche doors.
Tony Jung, who also portrays the
Priest, rings the famous church bell,
As flares light up the sky, fires on
hillsides and at the Fairgrounds are
visible and cause excitement by
viewers. These signal the beginning of
the pageant.
FERES ON HILLS
Fires on hills this year, Dewey E.
White, chairman, their location,
builders and lighters, are:
Cross Mountain — R. L. Frantzen
Crew (Continued on page 8)
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APRIL 3,1983
Junction Easter Pageant
Saturday, April 2, 8 p.m.
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Should We Save Our Economy By Reducing
By Ctirol Cox
ur Deficit?
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Fiscal Year 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983' 19841 1985-
SOURCE: 1974-1982, Budget of the United States Government
Fiscal Year, 1983; 1983-85 Congressional Budget OKIce.
The Economic and Budget Outlook: An Update, September 1982
'1983-1985 projected figures are based on current services
THE FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT AS A PERCENT OF GNP:
Something can be done the gap between revenues and outlays
about America's budget de-
ficiency and other economic
troubles. Here, an expert
from the Committee for a
Responsible Federal Budget,
a nonprofit bipartisan edu-
cational group, offers some
suggestions.
America’s budget deficit
directly affects your securi-
ty, your business, your qual-
ity of life, your economic
well-being—not to mention
that of your children and
grandchildren. The budget
deficit is everyone’s prob-
lem and you can help won’t be able to modernize are Medicare and Medicaid,
solve it. factories, people won’t be veterans’ benefits, retire-
The damaging effect able to buy homes and cars, ment, unemployment com-
of the federal government’s farmers won’t be able to pensation, and aid to
dominating credit markets is buy machinery and we’ll families with dependent
easy to understand. When be back in the slump. children. Like defense, the
government expenditures ex- w h to reduce ex- voters may decide on higher
ceed receipts, government penditures increase tax rev- taxeS S^PPOru co^mued
bdrrows. And the more Un- ’ u th Defense Sr°wth in these benefits,
cle Sam needs to borrow enue®’. or b,ot/1- Some will suggest you
the harder it will be for ^f n^td d^mSg simp!* raise ^ r™ t0
others to borrow. Since lLJ.- " 8 Pay for current program lev-
1981, Uncle Sam’s credit scruuny- els. Realistically our options
requirements have expanded As large as de- are limited to dealing with
from 35 percent to 60 per- fense spending is, it is all three of these elements
cent of all the money avail- not the biggest item in if we are to achieve an
able for lending in the the federal budget—en- equitable and politically ac-
United States. titlement programs are. ceptable solution.
If this keeps up af- Among the programs in What we have undertak-
ter recovery begins, interest this group, Social Securi- en is a very big job. Let s
rates will rise, industries ty is the largest. Others get on with it.
Harper
refreshments will be ser-
ved.
Bill and Geneva Baccus
of Kerrville visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Jung on Sunday.
In the afternoon they all
went to see Katie
Kramer. Other visitors in
Mrs. Kramer’s home Sun-
day afternoon were Mar-
garet Bridges of Kerr-
ville, and Everett and
Mary Ann Nichols, and
Mark and Melanie
Kneese, Kash, Ryan and
Tommy Kneese of San
Marcos.
The Friendly Sewing
Circle met March 24 in
the home of Katie
Kramer. The ladies
brought dishes of their
choice and Helen Werner
brought the meat dish.
Thirteen members enjoy-
ed the delicious dinner
and quilting, as well as
the evening refreshments
of cake, cookies and hot
chocolate furnished by
Jerry Haire.
Taxpayers May File Late,
With the Right Form
JUNCTION EAGLE -
Kimble County residents are
ready for the 33rd annual
Easter Pageant to be held
Saturday, April 2. Sponsored
by the Men’s Bible Class, the
pageant is traditionally pre-
sented on Easter Eve in the
natural amphitheatre below
the ever-burning cross on
Lover’s Leap.
Starting at 8 p.m. this
year, the story of the last
week in the life of Christ on
earth will conclude about
10 p.m. with the climaxing
scenes of the resurrection
and ascension on Easter
morning.
More than one hundred
amateur performers, most of
them experienced in their
roles, will pantomime the
story in 13 acts on 14 stages
of varying levels, suppocted-
by changing lights, script
readers and background
music.
Twenty-one actors present-
ed the first pageant on three
stages the year the pageant
and its sponsor, the Men’s
Bible Class, were organized.
Mrs. Jo Ella Whitworth is
director, the fourth in the
history of the pageant, which
draws spectators from over
the nation and foreign coun-
tries. She and all other par-
ticipants are volunteers.
Tom Alexander is president
of the Men’s Bible Class.
Pageant chairman is Mar-
shall Brown.
Thousands of spectators
will watch from their cars
which will be parked in the
valley under the direction of
Boy Scouts who will also dis-
tribute free programs. No
admission is charged.
Scoutmaster Bobby Jet-
ton, who oversees the park-
ing operation, stressed that
there will be no reserved
parking areas. Spaces will be
on a first come, first serve
basis, he said. Persons wan-
ting to be sure of a good view
are welcome to park their
cars early, starting at 12:30
p.m. Jetton added.
Free coffee is served from
the chuck wagon of the late
Ranger Captain Gully Cow-
sert, starting at 4 p.m. Food
and soft drinks will be avail-
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The Harper Independent
School District school trus-
tee election will be held
Saturday, April 2, 1983,
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the
School Cafetorium.
Malcolm Marschall will
serve as the presiding elec-
tion judge, he to select elec-
tion clerks.
As of Tuesday afternoon,
closing time for absentee vot-
ing, there had been nine ab-
sentee ballots cast at the
school, according to Mattie
McDougall, school secretary.
The official ballot for
Saturday’s election will carry
the names of three can-
didates, all up for re-election:
Dan Wade Crenwelge, Gar-
land Black and James Col-
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together and get it in
The bad news is twofold.
First, once you get the exten-
sion, you’re not allowed to
file 1040EZ or 1040A . . .
you must file a 1040.
Second, the extension only
gives you an okay to file your
return late; it doesn’t give
you any more time to pay
what you owe without in-
terest or penalties. This
means if you owe the IRS
money as of April 15, you
should make an estimate of
The three are seeking re-
election to a 3-year term.
Crenwelge, a prominent
rancher-farmer, has served
several years on the school
board. He is married to the
former Karron Dennis of Al-
bany, Texas. They have two
children, one in the Harper
school.
Garland Black served on
the school board for the past
year. He is married to the
former Joyce Parker, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle
Parker. They have two
children, one son being in the
Harper school.
James Colwell has served
several years on the school
board. He is married to the
former Barbara Lennon,
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Lennon. They
have one son, David, an
honor student attending San
Angelo State University. •
THREE WRITE-IN
CANDIDATES
In addition to the three
candidates above whose
names will be printed on the
official ballot, there are
three write-in candidates
seeking a position on the
Harper School Board, for a
three-year term. They are:
Kerry Feller, Leslie Esquell
and Curtis L. “Pappy’ Perry
i, the first two announcing
their write-in candidacy two
weeks ago, the latter an-
nouncing his write-in candi-
dacy as of Tuesday afternoon
or Wednesday morning of
this week.
Kerry Feller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Feller of
Harper, is married to the
former Amy Floyd, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Floyd
of Fredericksburg. They
have one three-year-old son.
Kerry is employed as cashier
at the First State Bank in
Harper.
Leslie Esquell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elgin Esquell, is
employed with the Hill
Country Telephone Co-op at
Ingram. He is married to the
former Gay Walker,
daughter of Earl Walker of
Harper. They have four
children, ages 8 thru 15, and
all are in the Harper school.
They reside near Harper.
Curtis Perry is a retired
truck driver. He has resided
in Harper the past eight
years. His wife succumbed
two years ago. They had four
children, three daughters
and one son, all married. Mr.
Perry, who resides on Mich-
ael Drive in the Harper Road
Estates subdivision, is
raising two of the grand-
or delivery, dnv^nf ^rnnnth cure- Each day five babies children, Jeff Perry, 13, and
„ foSSe S^hlt ™ with the tragic Amy Perry, 10, both in Har-
SUBSCRIBE to on the third day of each disease that will clog and
THE HARPER HERALD month. However, since April choke their lungs and in
3 falls on a Sunday this year, hibittheirdigestiveprocess-
the welcome checks will be in and their growth the
the mails Friday . . . which, disease that will eventually
no doubt, will help everyone f?ke their lives as it takes the
expecting for some last lives of three people each and
minute Easter shopping. everyday.
able at a concession stand
For people who aren’t go- what you owe and include it operated by Junction Volun-
ing to make the midnight, with your extension form to teer Firemen s Auxiliary.
April 15 tax filing deadling, avoid piling up penalties and Many spectators arrive in
there’s good news and bad interest. Even if you file for time for a picnic supper m
news. the extension, if you owe the parking area along Cedar
The good news is: you may taxes as of April 15 and don’t Creek in the Hill Country
get an automatic four-month pay) y0u will be penalized Fairground. _
extension. You don’t have to one-half percent per month Radio Station KMBL will
ask permission, you don’t on the unpaid balance, in ad- broadcast the pageant live
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S.S. CHECKS
IN MAIL FRIDAY
Postmaster George “Buz”
Parker advised The Harper
Herald this week that the
. , . Social Security checks will .... ,
or by using the order form in -n majis for recipients children, CF is difficu t to
tax packag e If ordering, thisFriday, April 1,1983. diagnose and impossible to
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Elsewhere in Texas,
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Laurie Suzanne Meadow
David Craig Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Keith S. Mea-
dow of Mountain Home an-
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Laurie Su-
zanne, to David Craig Wil-
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Del-
ton C. Wilson of Harper.
Miss Meadow is a 1982
graduate of Ingram Tom
Moore High School and at-
tended Southwest Texas
Junior College. Mr. Wilson is
a 1980 graduate of Harper
High School and attended
Texas Lutheran College.
The wedding will be at 6
p.m. May 21 at Sunset Bap-
tist Church of Mountain
Many spectators arrive in' Home.
EVELYN TATSCH IS
CYSTIC FIBROSIS CHRM.
The Lone Star Chapter of
the Cystic Fibrosis Founda-
tion announces the appoint-
ment of Ms. Evelyn Tatsch
as chairman of its 1983
campaign in Harper.
The campaign will be held
to provide the community
with information about
cystic fibrosis, and to raise
funds to support research,
education, and care pro-
grams.
The No. 1 genetic killer of
$6.00 per year
in Gillespie or
adjoining county.
$16.00 for 3 yrs.
$7.00 per year beyond.
3 yrs. for $19.00
per school.
All qualified voters of the
Harper Independent School
District are urged to cast
their ballots for school trus-
tee in Saturday’s election.
★ Get ready for the Harper Lions 26th Annual Frontier Days Junior Rodeo at the Harper Community Park, Saturday, April 23 1983
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