Harper Girls Win Golden Girls Tourney in Fredericksburg
Harper High girls basketball team wins first place in the Golden Girls Tournament at Fredericksburg with tight wins over Northside San Antonio and Junction. Consolation winners include Harper first, Junction second, and Northside San Antonio seventh with trophies presented Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Girls
Golden Girls
Fredericksburg
Harper High
Joage Perry Winkle
San Antonio Express
Judge Winkle
Rcedericksburg
Junction
Bandera
Mullins
Comfort
N. S. San Antonio
Boone
Harper
Landera
San Antonio
Northside
Muiin
Northside San Antonio
Boerne
Krause
Marlene Kaiser
M’liss Spaeth
Val B
Francen D
Harper School News Essay Contest Details
The Texas Friends of Conservation of Houston will mail materials for theme writing after two titles are released. English class covers sentence structure outlining and punctuation as students prepare several practice themes before the main competition. Eighteen pupils are assigned topics including Soil and Water Conservation Forest and Timber Conserva tion Beef Cattle and Pastures and Our System of Government and the American Way of Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Friends of Conservation of Houston
America
Thomas Harlan
Boyd Thurman
Leroy Kramer
Hal Ray Bierschwale
Robin Klein
Ellis Ellebracht
Frances Rischner
Barbara Lennon
Kenneth Ochler
Val Bierschwale
Carolyn Parker
Katheryn Lang
J. R. Mayhugh
Lydia Bierschwale
Bobbie Gibson
Lillie Mac Kinchn
M'Liss Spaeth
Peggy Schmidt
Harper School News
Rev Goerner Speaks To Harper School Pupils
On Monday morning Rev Goerner addressed the entire Harper School in a gym assembly. The program opened with America sung by Frances Rischner, followed by a prayer. He spoke about Christianity in life and the students closed with Bless Be the Tie That Binds.
Harper High Girls Eye District Title in Final Games
The basketball season ends soon with three key matches against Bandera Medina and Center Point. If Harper wins all, they tie Medina for first in district and push for the championship. Annual pictures were taken Tuesday February 3 including football basketball and track groups.
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Bandera
Medina
Center Point
John Q. Public
Harner School News
FFA
FHA
Benice Lang
Ken Whitewood
Thomas Harlan
Harper School News
Agriculture Boys Build Trophy Case at School
At Supt Bailey’s request and under Mr Suf fel’s supervision the agriculture class built a 7 by 5 foot trophy case with six compartments and a solid lower section. The glass front case stands in the hall near the building entrance reported by Buddy F and Kenneth M.
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Supt. Bailey
Suffel
Buddy F
Kenneth M
Harper School News
Longhorn Annual on sale at Harper High School
Harper school notes announce the 1953 Longhorn annual price up to 3.00 with a 2.00 down payment and 1.00 due before school ends. Reports include student activities from basketball victories to class favorites, upcoming events, and a humor page from the Harper School News.
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Bernice Lang
Ken Whitewood
H. S
Harper School News
Donnie Phillips
Lonnie Mayhugh
Mr. Suffel
Bobbie Gibson
Fredericksburg
Thomas Pape
Houston
Stanley Phelps
Harper
Bandera
Freshman Style Headlines and School News Reflections
The excerpt shows Harper High students commenting on fashion, romance, and school life. Mentions attendances from Darline Mrosek Joselyn Esquere Joe Parker and Carolyn Parker with various outfits and interests. Also notes basketball fever and a planned district championship for the girls team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darline Mrosek
Joselyn Esquelre
Joe Parker
Alfred Edwards
M'Liss Spaeth
Marlene Kaiser
Harper
Carolyn Parker
Val Dean Blerschwale
Pioneer Village
Fredericksburg
Joyce Solbrig
Carolyn
Frances Rischner
Supt. Bailey
Harper Drug Store
Bernice Lang
Ken Whitwood
Robbie Gibson
Bernice Land
Mildred Wright
Kerrville
Billy Hogan
Bernice Duderstadt
Barbara Lennon
Peggy Schmidt
Mrs. Carpenter
Kenneth Maner
Vienna Choir Boys to Appear in Austin February 11
Music lovers in Central Texas will hear the Vienna Choir Boys in Austin on February 11 at 8 15 p m at the City Coliseum as part of the Austin Symphony Orchestra season with Rachlin conducting. Robert Merrill appears February 14 as soloist with the Symphony, following a notable Metropolitan Opera and Paramount Studios career.
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Vienna Choir Boys
Austin
Robert Merrill
Central Texas
Austin Symphony Orchestra
City Coliseum
Symphony
Rachlin
Merrill
Metropolitan Opera
Paramount Studios
From This to That And Then What
Harper High notes a school year sequence with football leading sports interest and community support. It hopes for stronger basketball and success in track and interscholastic league events, aiming to produce talented players and trophies through practice and hard work.
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Harper High
Harperites
Boyd Wayne Thurman
Texas highway plan eyed through city and Comal County
Texas Highway Department officials outlined a vast plan for a super highway through the city and across Comal County. It includes four overpasses and a Guad alupe River bridge with city costs near 5 million dollars and county costs estimated at 7 to 8 million dollars. The item cites the New Braunfels Herald. Also notes the fourth annual Longhorn Recreation Laboratory at the Christian Youth Foundation Camp near Athens from February 15 to 22.
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Texas Highway Department
Comal County
Guadalupe River
New Braunfels Herald
Longhorn Recreation Laboratory
Christian Youth Foundation
Athens
Vienna Choir Boys on North American tour under S Hurok
The Vienna Choir Boys mark their thenth year in North America with a seven decade tour to seventy U.S. and Canadian cities under impresario S Hurok. Training begins before joining. St Stephen’s Chapel hosts a Vienna unit. tickets via Austin Symphony Office with reserved seats 3.60 2.46 1.80 and unreserved 1.20. student and serviceman 0.60.
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North America
S. Hurok
United States
Canada
Vienna
St. Stephen's Chapel
Maximilian I
Schubert
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
Liszt
Bruckner
Austin Symphony Office
P. O
Tales of the Western World by Ruth Studdeth and Morenus
Ruth Elgin Studdeth and Con stance Gay Morenus, Georgia school teachers, present Tales of the Western World with Warren Hunter illustrations. The book adapts folk tales spanning Maya to frontier America, from the Andes to Eskimo igloos, as highlighted by the San Antonio Express. Sir Walter Raleigh wrote A History of the World while imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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Ruth Elgin Studdeth
Constance Gay Morenus
Warren Hunter
San Antonio
Atlanta
Georgia
Andes
Pampas
Sir Walter Raleigh
Tower of London
January rainfall totals and new Texas corn hybrids noted
Rain fell on the final January day lifting prospects for spring and summer field and range conditions. Reported totals vary across counties with Fredericksburg at .73 inches and Handy Stop at 1.10. Also highlighted are four new Texas yellow corn hybrids Texas 24 26 28 and 30 developed by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and achieving strong regional results.
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Alfred Neffendorf
Fredericksburg
Guido Weinheimer
Mason Road
Elroy Schnelle
Handy Stop
F. B. Riley
Enchanted Rock
Tom Carr
White Oak
Otto Rahe
Harper
Wm Fritz
Doss
Levi Deike
Hye
Crabapple
Reingold
Elroy Sehnelle
Schnelle
Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
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Harper School
Ruth Carpenter
Texas Friends of Conservation
THE
Herald
Rev. Goerner
Harper School News— Basketnail Girls Hope
Llano
Mr. Black
Miss Rowell
Rodney
Mr. Lodge
Mrs. Lodge
Cherrie Parker
Rodney Lodge
Phyllis Lodge
Bill Thompson
Hal Ray Bierschwal
Best of Luck
First State Bank
Olas Bguk
Gillespie County
Kelton Lange
Seguin
Rogers
Japan
Harper High School
Franklin Tuckness
Janice Parker
Kermit Strackbein
Betty Lee Kramer
Tussy
Paul Lang
Ola Maertz
James Wallendorf
Sore
Newe
Ahues
Toight
Suprlic
Ete
Klein’s Hall
Troubadors
Raymond Klein
Thor
Dass School Eya
Klein's
Sinclair
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