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Newspaper

Harper Herald

Location

Harper, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1955

Page

2

Longhorn Carolyn Parker Crowned Seventeenth Senior

Carolyn Parker daughter of Mr and Mrs James Parker is featured as the seventeenth senior in The Round Up. She attends Harper High and has served as cheerleader, pep squad member, drum on the Longhorn pep team and football sweetheart. She participates in Student Council Girls Choir FHA Club art layout committee and basketball. She is 5 feet 5 inches blue eyes brown hair born March 5 1937.

Carolyn Parker James Parker Carolyn Harper High Longhorn Cotton Big Springs Val Alvin Mildred Bailey Mason-Harper Ole Texas Lutheran College Pernice Yokohama Joe Parker Kerrville Joe Shirley Frances R Marble Falls Doris O Jerome Douglas Doss Texas L. D Mister Lillie M Ellis E E. B Delphine Fredericksburg Frances D Bobbie G Fred Blerschwale Big Springs Veterans Hospital

Autograph Sections On Sale For The Longhorn Annual

Autograph sections are sold at twenty five cents each by the annual staff to raise funds. Orders for the new edition of The Longhorn are being taken with emphasis on full payment. Seniors work to improve their play and signs of talent emerge as students rehearse for three plays after school.

Shirley Hollywood

Birthday party honors 18th with cakes and ice cream

After senior play practice on a Tuesday night Mrs Alfred Spaeth surprised Janice with an 18th birthday party. Refreshments were served as she received well wishes. The note lists social happenings, crushes, and campus gossip involving students, teachers, and local events.

Alfred Spaeth Janice

Letter to St Peter Found in Dallas Post Office

A filed Texas letter addressed to St Peter at Pearly Gates Heaven arrived at the Dallas post office. Postmarked Gatlinburg Tennessee the item bore a clerk’s note reading Try Texas.

Dallas Texas St. Peter, Pearly Gates Heaven Gatlinburg, Tenn

Sr High Girls and Jr High Boys Victory Noted

In Marble Falls the Inter scholastic League meet saw the Grammar school girls lose their first two games to Bandera and end play. The High School boys opened with a win over Bandera then defeated Johnson City to clinch the district. The High School girls beat Bandera and Harper defeated Marble Falls in a hard fought afternoon.

Jr. High Marble Falls Bandera Johnson City Harper Sr. High

Harper A and B Volleyball Finish Season Strong

Harper A girls beat London in a three game set two games to one with scores 15 10, 14 16, 15 13. Harper B girls won the first two games 15 6 and 15 9 against London to close the season.

Harper A London Vicorious Harper B

Harper Girls Win District Softball Title Again

The Harper High School girls claim their sixth straight district softball title by beating Johnson City 8 1, Center Point 13 1, and Bandera 7 6 in eight innings. Key players include Cotton Bierschwabe and Val Bierschwale despite an injury to Bierschwabe.

Harper Johnson City Center Point Bandera Harper Girls Cotton Bierschwab Val Bierschwale Cotton Bierschwabe Marlene Kaiser Robbie Gibson Doris Oehler Janice Spaeth Shirley Ernest Bernice Duderstadt Frances Rischner Frances Dittmar

Junior Class Thanks Play Helpers and Patrons

The Junior class thanks sponsors Mr and Mrs Harris school staff Mrs Schneider Mrs Stevens Mrs Suffel and the two senior girls Meldred Wright and Kathy Lang. Special appreciation to Mra M R Duderstadt for mimeographing and to parents patrons and friends for their support making the play a success.

One-Act Play Finds Third in Comfort Event

A play presented by Harper High School students in Comfort on Saturday March 26 placed third. Lew Moellendorf and Eugene Bode earned second and third on the All Star Cast as judges from SWTC San Marcos evaluated the performance directed by Mr. Rogers.

Viola May Schmidt Fredericksburg Public School Harper P. B. Rogers Dorothy Neffendorf LeRoy Kramer Rogers Lonnie Mayhuge Fredericksburg Miss Schmidt Susie the Siren Comfort Harper High School Mr. Rogers Lew Moellendorf Eugene Bode SWTC San Marcos Texas

U. S. Farm Exports Rise 15 Percent Over Previous Year

Farm export totals for July to February reach about 2.2 billion dollars, up from 1.9 billion a year earlier, with grains and seeds down while cotton and related products lead gains. Authority John G. McHaney notes this marks a second consecutive year of higher export levels amid shifts in commodity performance.

College Station U. S John G. McHaney

Blood Drive Falls Short of 200 Pint Goal at Bethany Church

The Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Bethany Lutheran Church over two days and collected 183 pints from 192 donors. Fred Mathisen chaired the drive with co chair Pryor Mogford and a large volunteer list including hostesses labelers typists and nurses. special thanks went to the National Guard Dooley's for glasses and local ladies for cookies.

Red Cross Bethany Lutheran Church Ralph Gold Pryor Mogford Harry Eckhardt Louis Brodie Walter Ottmers Mesd Fred Mathisen F. W. Hahne Alton Klier Wesley Gold Leo Tomlinson Weston Luckenbach Walter Meier Dora Lindenberg Florence Zatopek Emma Petmecky Clarence Schroeder Kurt Eckhardt Robert Reissig Lee Harry Eckhardt Norma Itz Alf. Hennig Eugene Behrends Helmuth Behrend Clemens Gold Hilton Spaeth Heino Crenwelge Mesc Roy Stroeher E. E. Pittman, Jr Roy Bierschwale Roscoe Basse Flarvey Jacobs Belton Klinksick Dan Lemman Norman Rech Hans Hannemann Ella Schmidtzinsky Edgar Klett Alma Pfeiffer Guido Klett Oscar Behr Henry Kneese Karl Hartmann Robert Walter Bill Nettle Henry Lochte Benno Weiss Feller Stein Keyser Hill Brown Perry The National Guard Dooley's Ladies of Bethany

West Texas Homemakers Convene in Kerrville for District Meeting

Home Demonstration District 7 brings together 16 counties for a spring meeting at Trinity Baptist Church Kerrville. Registration opens at 9 a.m. delegates include district officers and local agents with speaker Judge Jack L. Pope and 4-H relation talks. Lunch $1.00, tickets via Mrs. Walter Kutzer.

West Texas Trinity Baptist Church Kerrville Recreation Hall Kerr County Home Demonstration C. E. Barfield Center Point R. C. Wood State Home Demonstration Board Jack L. Pope 4Th Court of Civil Appeals San Antonio Texas Runnels Llano County Maynard Gaines Abilene McCulloch County Coke County Coleman County Menard County Runnels County Concho County Taylor County Thelma Casey G. G. Gibson Bonnie Cox Bmildred Harris Mary Jo Garland Kerr County Walter Kutzer Comfort Bandera Blanco, Coke Coleman Concho Gillespie Kerr Mason, Llano McCullouch Menard Nolan San Saba Taylor Tom Green

Wanted building for Sunday School rooms

The Harper Methodist Church seeks to buy a building to move for Sunday School rooms. Anyone with a suitable structure for sale may contact Carl Ochler at phone 27 or Rev. Jasper Snow at phone di.

Harper Methodist Church Carl Ochler Jasper Snow

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SBS Waxahachie Your Hand Tool Headquarters Peastottice Susie the Susie Reynolds Lydia Faye Bierschwale Harper Gym Henry Maurer Francis Fritz Paul Schwab Walter Parker Wm. Keen Parker Jasper Massey W. R. Massey J. C. Casper Roy Cottle Mrs Paul Lang Edwin Lang John Hughes Austin Joseph Lang Douglas Duderstadt Jourdanton Mich Thomas Mack Henderson Ingram J. O. Stevens Pat Marcia Ku Claude Merritt Plainsmen J. J. Patranella Alfred’s Station & Dance Hall Schmidt's All Hill Country Boys Alfred Klein Klein's Hall New Braunfels Village Gene Carter Oklahoma Sam Honig S. S. Stewart Felix Kensing WSCS David Schmidt Paul Suffel Junction Beta Zeta Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma V. C. Russel, Jr Daughter of Killeen Archie Lennon V. C. Russell James Tarr Steve Oehler Watkins Tarr Bob McElroy Pecos Toyah Woai Paul J. Schwab Harper Presbyterian Church Leona Bender KTLA Tappan Ranges Vapo Butane Co Fredericksburg, Texas Knopp & Metzger
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