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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1961
Page
2
The Round Up presents Harper School News with staff credits including Bonnie Friedrich as editor and William Lange as assistant editor. Sports reporters Kathy Duderstadt Daniel Fritz cover games while club reporters Charles Warner Charles Jung report activities.
Miss Bonnie Lonette Fried rich daughter of Mr and Mrs Lonnie Friedrich is today's featured senior. Born March 26 1943 in Fredericksburg she has attended Harper School seven years and moved from Morris Ranch. She excels in basketball and activities including FFA Sweetheart H E Club treasurer songleader and editor roles.
Superintendent Edward Bailey and Coach Dean Hopf attended a planning meeting of the Inter scholastic League at Comfort Monday night. The schedule includes Volleyball Harper March 11, One-Act Play Comfort March, Library Comfort April 7, Tennis Center Point April 7, High School Track Schreiner April 14, Softball Medina April 29, Grade School Track Center Point May 5, The Rowed-Up.
Annual Staff meeting with Mr. John C. Sandidge of Star Engraving Company discussed cover design for the 1961 Longhorn and other annual matters. The 1961 Longhorn Staff lists editors, business managers, photographers, layout crew, and advertising team led by Karen Dittmar and Eugene Heinemann with Joyce Kramer and Calvin Jung among sales staff.
The junior boys and girls teams defeated Medina last Friday with girls 11 to 9 and boys 21 to 7. Next games start at 6:00 p.m. in Fredericksburg. a Feb 7 game at Medina begins Comfort tournament first round on Feb 11, with the boys at 6:00 p.m.
The Harper team plans five games in February facing Center Point at Harper Medina at Medina Comfort at Comfort and finally Comfort at Harper. Schools listed include Harper and Medina with home and away locations specified for each date.
The Harper girls basketball team lost to Johnson City 34 to 30 in a close Friday game at Johnson City. Shay Friedrich led with 13 points, followed by Bonnie Friedrich with nine and Dayleen Parker with eight. Next, Harper hosts Center Point on February 3.
The Gillespie County Unit of the TSTA met at Fredericksburg High School Band Hall on Tuesday night January 30. Harper participants included Principal J Philip Rogers and Mrs E Dean Hopf with Frances Floyd. Delegates were elected for the district convention in San Antonio in March.
The Harper Longhorns lost 50 to 30 at Johnson City Gym to the Johnson City Eagles, their second district defeat this year. David Hopf led with 11 points, Logan Stevens added the second high score, and the Longhorns host Center Point Friday February 3 in another district game urging public attendance.
John Sandige of Star Engraving Company met with the Junior class under sponsor Harold Schmidt to measure members for their class rings. After a spirited discussion and a majority vote, the class decided on the plan.
Students at Harper High School will order blue stone rings this year. Deliveries are planned for August to be worn during the final year of high school.
Harper FFA members earned best-ever livestock show results at Kerrville district event January 22 to 24. Leslie Esquell led with banner and trophy for champion pen of flyers. Charles Jung won lamb carcass division and banner and trophy. Erwin Jung claimed champion medium wool-cross fat lamb with trophy. Daniel Fritz fifth and Eugene Heinemann fourth in fat barrows, enabling sale of barrows Tuesday evening. Other placers included David Hopf, Lloyd Wendel, Charles Ahrens, and Kelton Kramer in lamb carcass class among ten entries, with sale that evening.
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