Donnie Pitt Ips and Harper Juniors Track Meet News
Donnie Pitt ips born March 18 1938 Kerrville Texas. Senior class member 12 years with FFA 4 years vice president this year. He played football basketball track two years each. Outstanding Social Studies sophomore English junior. Class favorite sophomore and Mr HS junior. Lay-out committee annual and student director of one act play. Plans to attend Nixon Clay Business College. Harper juniors won at Union Track Meet Kerrville April 7 1956. Proceeds to finance Junior Senior Banquet May 10. The Royal Combo to play for Prom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie Pit Ips
Kerrville
Texas
Jerry Lewis
Southern Methodist University
Donnie
F.F.A
H.S
Charley
Lutheran convention gathers in San Antonio
Dy W J Goerner and Mrs Max Lang attended the Texas District American Lutheran Church convention held in San Antonio last week. Mrs Albert Kramer and son Clarence of Midway visited Mr and Mrs Alfred Kramer Friday. Mr and Mrs Arnold Markworth visited sister Mrs Albert Kaiser and Mr Kaiser in Junction Sunday afternoon.
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W. J. Goerner
Max Lang
Texas
American Lutheran Church
San Antonio
Albert Kramer
Clarence
Midway
Alfred Kramer
Mrs. Arnold Markworth
Mrs. Albert Kaiser
Mr. Kaiser
Junction
Harper Wins Third In District 968 Track Meet
Harper finishes third in the District 96B fourway meet at Schreiner Institute with 27 points as Medina leads with 58. Center Point and London follow. wind affected times. Harper qualifiers include Wienecke in discus, Cottle in high jump and low hurdles.
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Harper
Schreiner Institute
Medina
Center Point
London
Dave LeStourgeon
Borden
Witt
Don LeStourgeon
Kaiser
Keese
Mitchell
Bailey
Cottle
Finch
Bishop
Eugene Parker
Carlton Wendel
D. LeStourgeon
Lang
Lonnie Mayhugh
DeVore
Kaiser DeVore
Holmes
Haines
Parker
Discau - Borden
Wienecke
Harper Padgett
Reese
Reed
Burger
San Marcos
Wilenecke
Track Meet Event Entries and Events
Competitors listed include Lange in the 220 yard dash and broad jump Parker in the 880 yard run and shot put Mayhugh in the mile run and Wendel in the 880 yard run.
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Lange
Parker
Mayhugh
Wendel
Memorial Books Donated To Harper High School Library
The Harper school library receives two donated books for the Memorial Shelf. Mrs. William Bierschwabe provides The New Dictionary of Thoughts while Mr. W. D. Stockard of Inglewood California donates American Wild Life in memory of his late brother Luther E. Stockard.
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Harper School
W. D. Stockard
Inglewood
California
William Bierschwabe
Stockard
Luther E. Stockard
Doss to Harper Farm to Market Road Completed
The Doss to Harper Farm to Market road paving was finished Saturday night. The community now has paved roads reaching highway 87 north to Mason East Fredericksburg and Southwest toward Harper and Fredericksburg Junction. The article also notes local events including two weddings and a troop meeting rescheduled for April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss
Harper Farm-to-Market
North Mason
Fredericksburg
Harper and
Kermit Friedrich
Harvey Ellebracht
Erwin Segner
Christ
Wahrmund
Bernhard Crenwelge
Theo Moellendorf
Ruben Roeder
Joe Roeder
Edwin Klein
S. Henry Moellendorf Sr
Jack Warner
Harper
Karl Friedrich
Sylvia
Doris Spaeth
Helen Ruth Hahn
Clinton Ellebracht
TLC
Varnell Becker
Polly Ann Moellendorf
Polly Ann
Paul Sauer
Stanley Paul
Korea
U. S. Army
Willow City
Myrtle Ahrens
Miss Ahrens
Kermit L. Friedrich
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Herman Mund
Lee Feuge
Keeping Tah On Farm Costs
Milton F. Wilfong local county supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration notes the agency helps farm families manage money with planning records and technical aid. He says family living items can reach one fourth of gross income and a good garden saves money while home meat and eggs support self sufficiency. The office in Fredericksburg offers loans and guidance, urging use of home demonstration agents for budgeting and conserving food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton F. Wilfong
Farmers Home Administration
Wiltong
Luang
County Home Demonstration Agent
Extension Women's Clubs
Gillespie County
Schroeder
Fredericksburg
Texas
Noxville News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Visits
Mrs J A Milam notes visitors and family travel across Kerrville Austin Junction Stonewall and Harper with Milam Parker and Whetstone households hosting relatives and friends. Ed Milam Louis Hector Doyle Parker and others appear among Sunday church services and weekend gatherings.
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Earl Baker
E. J
Kerrville
Jess Parker
J. A. Milam
Austin
Milams
Baptist Church
Cecil Parker
Mary Ellis
Bruce
Garland
Marshal Brown
Junction
Fred Whetstone
Walton Whitworth
Stonewall Ranch
Noxville
Harper
Ed Milam
Louis Hector
Cedar Valley
J. A. Milams
J. H. Parker
Harper Sunday
Doyle Parker
Bill English
Houston
Doyle Parkers
Local Family News Highlights Visits and Baptism
Emil Gammenthaler returned to Houston after visiting his brother Fred and sister Mrs. Henry Maurer. The Russell family from Killeen and Allen Fowler of San Antonio spent weekends with relatives. Fred Gammenthaler A H Wendel and Victor Wendel families attended Holy Ghost Lutheran Church services. The infant daughter Alice Louise was baptized, with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wendel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Gammenthaler
Fred Gammenthaler
Henry Maurer
Houston
A. H. Wendel
Victor Wendel
Lloyd
Holy Ghost Lutheran
Henry Frantzen
Alice Louise
Infiltration fears echo in Hoover warnings and Moscow Molly tale
The piece cites J Edgar Hoover warnings about communists infiltrating key positions. It recounts a 1938 scheme involving a Jacques Mornard and Sylvia Agleoff, linking to Trotsky’s murder in 1940. Moscow Molly is invoked as proof of internal subversion.
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Communist International
Dupes
Stalin
Jacques Mornard
Brooklyn
Sylvia Agleoff
Paris
France
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
Mornard
Mexico
Trotsky
J. Edgar Hoover
Moscow
Military Reserve Week Proclaimed By Shivers
Governor Allan Shivers proclaims Military Reserve Week in Texas from April 22 to 28 to spur enlistments in the Armed Forces Reserve. The nationwide drive is sponsored by the National Security Committee and 19 member organizations. Endorsed by Eisenhower Wilson Brucker and Taylor.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Armed Forces Reserve
National Security Committee
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Military Order of the Purple Heart Auxiliary
Reserve Officers Association
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Maxwell D. Taylor
National Guard
Weekend Visitors Arrive From San Antonio
Dr and Mrs Theo Holm and children of San Antonio spent the weekend visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Otto Rahe Mrs Rahe accompanied her daughter to San Antonio for a visit Mr and Mrs Hy Markworth visited Mr and Mrs John Gibson at Medina Sunday John Gibson was badly burned while burning brush on the ranch where he is employed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. Holm
San Antonio
Otto Rahe
Hy. Markworth
John Gibson
Medina
Gibson
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Nixon-Clay Business College
Junion
Systeet
Seiberling Rubber Company
Black Sidewells
Saul Paice
Reguler
Veaeon
Central Motor Company
Noxville News
V. C. Russell Jr
Killeen
Allen Fowler
Charles Allen
Klein’s Hall
Harper Highway
Klein’s Orchestra
PAT’S _ HALL
Herby Shozel & the
Longhorn Playboys
Everybody Welcome
J. J
Patranella
Shivers
Chrysler
Plymouth
Rocky Inn
Mrs
Herbert Feller
Sportsman Cafe
Edmund Fiedler
Cockerall
Woerner Warehouse
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