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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1951
Page
1
A brief school notice notes student entries for an Advent event supervised by Mrs Ruth Carpenter at Harper School. The fragment references a supervision sponsorship and an event context without full specifics.
Sixth grade groups rehearse for the Christmas program with songs like O Come Little Children and The First Christmas Night. The junior class plans a pageant with characters chosen by Mrs Carpenter as staff ponder outfits and school events.
School notices detail a busy December with pep squads, basketball practice, and a football game between Guting and Harper. Frances Dittmar attends a Tuesday banquet in Liane while J.R. Hayhugh earns the nickname Junior. Lydia Biersehwak appears as football sweetheart at the Gustein Harper game on Nov 29, and plans for the yearbook and Christmas party are under way.
A compiled junior and senior year profile listing names Kenneth Maner Bam born December 20 1933 and Bobbie Gibson born May 4 1937 with hometowns Kerrville and Fredericksburg Texas. It records favorite subjects poems movies meats vegetables and recreations including football baseball basketball and hunting as well as college preferences and career ambitions.
J H Kennedy urges citizens across the entry to help ease a serious coin shortage. The American Bankers Association calls for cooperation to return idle coins from children's banks and households into circulation, stressing the impact on the Mint and Christmas shopping season. The First State Bank of Harper joins in promoting this effort amid copper supply cuts and production delays. Notice to advertisement in this issue of the Harper Herald.
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