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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1947
Page
4
Bold wool plaids from 54 to 58 inches wide with Gay Day for Yoveler suits skirts and dresses priced at 3.59 dollars per yard. Mas y to work with and affordable at 1.25 dollars per yard for blouses pinafores house dresses and brunch coats.
Fall wardrobe upgrade with shimmering spun rayons offered at 1.98 yd and 98c yd. Bargain prices invite shoppers to choose dresses suits and skirts from the collection.
San Antonio residents visit Edwin Eckhardt home at Cave Creek. Freeman families travel, with visits to Mason and Junction races. Weekend stays with Stonewall and Robets families noted. A courthouse joke about a hillbilly in a telephone booth circulates. Historical facts mention Leif Erikson planting a flag in New England in 1000. Subscriptions urged for The Herald.
Hill Country League results from last Sunday show Stonewall beating Camp Stanley 14 to 13 while standings place Harper 15 9 6, Ingram 14 4 6, Bandera 15 6 9, Seipp's 16 6 10, Sisterdale 16 3 13. Next Sunday schedules Bandera at Camp Stanley and Stonewall at Ingram with Seipp's off.
Austin reports the Department of Public Safety is accepting qualified young men for Texas Highway Patrol additions funded by new legislative appropriations. Examinations will occur in September with four training schools of 50. Applicants must be 21 to 35, meet height and weight standards, Texas residency, and a high school education or higher. Selected candidates face character investigations before appointment.
The War Department announces a new recruiting policy for veterans forbidding enlistment for three year periods and requiring assigning within the local area for at least the first year. Fourth Army Headquarters will biweekly compile vacancies by military occupation in the Fourth Army Area. Interested men should contact the local US Army Recruiting Office to check qualification.
Kendall County Fair Association plans the 42nd annual fair at Fair Park in Boerne Texas August 29 30 and 31 with an entertainment program community exhibits a carnival dancing nightly and an RCA approved rodeo on Saturday and Sunday August 30 31 at 2 30 pm Fred and Burley Fellows will provide rodeo stock A barbecue dinner will be served noon Sunday Ten communities will be represented livestock stalls expanded and new fencing installed first fair since 1941 war disbandment and all officers look for high attendance.
A collage of classified notices including sale listings for stone and peaches load on Tuesday August 26, 8 to 10 a.m. at $200 per basket, an 8 foot Aeromotor windmill on a 3 post tower for $85, and various fuel, oil, tire, and repair offers from H. Welge Lewis and other local providers. Also a humourous student report card joke.
Kerrville patrons saw The Beginning or the End a dramatization of the atomic bomb tale at the El Rancho Theatre Harper Saturday and Sunday nights. Mr and Mrs Erato Hopf and family and Mrs A C Wendell were among the visitors noted.
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