Harper Hi Lights Weekly Edited Youth Newspaper
Harper HI Lights January 28 1944 issue details staff roles for Harper High School including editors Opal June Lennon Walter Winn Parker Fletcher and Minda Faye Moses. It lists classifications from Grammar School to Senior reporters and society reporters with names such as Evelyn Honig Dorothy Whitewood and Oleane Walker among others.
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Hi- Lights
Minda Faye Moses
Walter Winn Parker
Fletcher
Opal June Lennon
Grammar School
Evelyn Honig
Dorothy Whitewood
Dorothy Mac Parker
Raymond Pape
Mildred Boatright
Joyce Whetstone
Harper High School Sells War Stamps to Pupils
A wartime appeal urges Americans to buy war stamps and bonds to support troops. Harper High School will sell stamps to students as part of a nationwide drive to fund planes guns ships and ammunition for the front. The message emphasizes collective sacrifice in this war era and quotes a warning about ignorance of the past.
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Harper High School
Harper School January Room Ratings List
The January evaluation lists room ratings by class and department at Harper schools. Names and scores include Office Mr Root Good English Mrs Bode Good First grade Mrs Andregg Excellent Second and Third Mrs Parker Good Fifth and Sixth Mrs Thurman Good Boys rest room Miss Heffington Good Lunch room Mrs Hogan Good Agriculture Mrs Hopf Good Commercial Mrs Buskey Library Roby Dean Goff Home Ec Mrs Hopf Excellent Seventh and Eight Mr St Clair Good Girls rest room Miss Heffington
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Mr. Root
Bode
Andregg
Parker
Thurman
Miss Heffington
Hogan
Hopf
Buskey
Roby Dean Goff
Lions Club Banquet Honors Local Girls
At the Lions Club Banquet on January 19 a list of girls served. Audrey Mae Brown Dorothy Nell Whitewood Minda Faye Moses Inez Whitewood Camille Stevens June Bode Joyce Whetsstone Oleane Walker La Bonnie Parker Antoinette Parker Opa Mae Strackbein Bonnie Casper Madge Whitewood Dorothy Mae Parker Geneva Parker. They will be honored with a dinner at the February 2 Lions Club meeting.
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Lions Club
Audrey Mae Brown
Dorothy Nell Whitewood
Minda Faye Moses
Inez Whitewood
Camille Stevens
June Bode
Joyce Whetstone
Oleane Walker
la Bonnie Parker
Antoinette Parker
Opa Mae Strackbein
Bonnie Casper
Madge Whitewood
Dorothy Mae Parker
Geneva Parker
Leap Year Dance At Bein's Hall Delights Local Teens
The Leap Year Dance last Friday night drew about forty attendees at Bein's Hall with Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Anderegg as chaperons. After refreshments at Kaiser's around 10:30, the party ended shortly after midnight and all expressed enjoyment and hope for another event.
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Bein’s Hall
Gilbert Anderegg
Kaiser's
Return of Pvt Klein and family to Fort Fisher
Mrs. Harry T. Klein and her young son Dennis John have returned with Pvt. Harry T. Klein to Fort Fisher and Camp Eat. The family reunion follows his military service.
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Harry T. Klein
Dennis John
Pvt
Fort Fisher
Camp Eat
Klein
Chas. Kott
Victor Pressier
Wilburn
Wolf's Creek
Raymond Juenke
Esther
Julia Mac Feller
Esther Klein
Willie Klein
Jake Roeder
Johnny Klein
Archie
Verdie Mae Kunz
White Oak
Alfons Feller
Edgar Klein
James Klein
Elgin Kunz
San Antonio
Harry Klein
Dennis
Camp Davis
North Carolina
Henry Hel
Cpl
Paul Reed
California
John S. Whitewood
Attendance Record Shows Harper High Attendance Roster
The Harper High School attendance rolls cover the first four months with most seniors and underclassmen achieving high attendance. Notable counts include Audrey Brown eighty days and La Von Parker in the freshmen with seventy five to eighty days, highlighting steady student presence.
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Harper High School
Harper Schools Records Fast Fire Drill
Over two hundred pupils evacuated in 40 seconds, the best drill yet. Student Council officers are Doris Whitworth president and Dorothy Nell Whitewood vice president with Elmer Lee Lang secretary and Edna Behrens Dorman treasurer. Walter Parker Jr and Lamar Parker lead the sophomore reps. junior reps include Doris Whitworth Camille Stevens and Elmer Lee Lange. seniors include Dorothy Nell Whitewood Evelyn Honig and Virgil Lennon. A January 25 meeting covered gossip, war stamps sales by Parker brothers, and plans to visit Kerrville schools with a February 8 gathering.
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Doris Whitworth
Dorothy Nell Whitewood
Elmer Lee Lang
Edna Behrens
Dorman Bush
Donnie Lennon
Walter Parker, Jr
Harold Schmidt
Lamar Parker
Camille Stevens
Elmer Lee Lange
Evelyne Honig
Virgil Lennon
Root
Walter Parker Jr
Kerrville
School Returns Marked By Absences And Football Plans
Boyd Thurman and Charles Gerloff return to class after a week away. The first grade class displays the Indian Boys on the blackboard. Mrs. Parker has been ill this week and Dennis Parker teaches the second and third grades. Lorene Oehler is back after a week’s illness. Jeane Gastinger remains absent about two months with five and six graders fully present except for her. The fifth and sixth graders plan a football game as they note Mrs Thurman’s return to teaching.
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Boyd Thurman
Charles Gerloff
Jeane Gastinger
Boy Scout Meeting and Field Trip Report 1944
The Boy Scouts of troop 139 met January 24 1944 with sixteen scouts and W R Root assisting Scoutmaster Glen Hopf. They practiced Tenderfoot requirements held drills played games collected dues and adjourned. Scouts Lennon Thurman Strackhein and Sageser passed Tenderfoot tests. They visited Lange's Mill Doss Indian Caves Threadkill Creek built a fire and ate supper. G E Williams Field Executive met with the troop and Hopf. A cigarette anecdote quoted. Mr and Mrs Tom Phillips shopped Harper.
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Boy Scouts
Troop 139
W. R. Root
Glen Hopf
Archie Lennon
Forrest Thurman
Elmer Strackhein
Wesley Sageser
Mr. Root
Lange
Elmer Strackbein
Hoover Cosper
G. E. Williams
Austin
Boy Scouts of America
Tivdale Social Roundup of Visits and News
Local families and relatives from Tivdale and nearby Wagaboon communities exchange weekend and weekday visits. Names include Kott Pressier Juenke Klein and Kunz with multiple households sharing tales of kin and friends visiting, along with a rural joke about ranch life.
Precautions in Shearing Mohair Highlighted by Extension Expert
W R Nisbet of the A and M College Extension Service urges safeguards for mohair growers. Delaying shearing risks loss, piecemeal cutting lowers quality, and defective hair inflates market supply. Remove kempy goats and burs before shearing, avoid muddy floors, and keep good and defective hair in separate lots for proper grading and dealer guidance.
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College Station
W. R. Nisbet
A. and M. College Extension Service
Nisbet
Join the WAC in wartime service for adventure and speed victory
The advertisement urges women with friends away to join the WAC and help speed victory. It promises new places, new friends, and valuable work. Details point to contacting a U S Army Recruiting Station or writing The Adjutant General in Washington D C for addresses.
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U. S. Army
Adjutant General
Munitions Building
Washington, D. C
Card of Thanks for Sympathy Tolling Mrs Lennon
The Lennon Family expresses gratitude for the sympathy shown after the death of their mother and grandmother through words deeds and floral offerings. Several relatives visited and attended the funeral including Lemuel Jones Hazel Saffarick Floyd Casper Fred Wedekind Albert Whetstone and J L Bierschwabe with local visits noted in Harper Junction Fort Clark and Goldthwaite areas.
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Lennon
Lemuel Jones
Hazel Saffarick
Junction
Floyd Casper
Fred Wedekind
Fort Clark
Sallie Lennon
For Sale and Trade Offers in Kerrville Area
Used Delco Light Plant 750 W and WINCHARGER 600 W 32 volts for sale or trade for sheep or cattle. Felix W. Maler of Fredericksburg, Texas. Cream wanted at highest prices by American Pure Milk Co. Kerrville. Cash for fresh eggs, hides, poultry. Cash Produce in Fredericksburg. Gift items hardware and garden tools from Walter Reifert Hardware Kerrville opposite Post Office.
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Walter Reifert Hardware
Kerrville
Texas
Delco
Felix W. Maler
Fredericksburg
Tex
Hahn
Walter Reifert
Opposit
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Harper Hi-Lights
Harper
Rheday
Harper, Texas
ROOM
Harper Schools
Audrey M. Brown
Jean Heffington
Vera Cornell
Billie Brown
Robey Jean Foff
Alfred Honig
Virgil Linnon
Eldon Marshall
Mary Frances Fletcher
Gladys Lang
Jonnye Walker
Harry Golf
Andrew Kroll
Elmer Lange
Charles Schmidt
Connie Neal
Hoover Casper
E. J. Green
Marvin Honig
Gene Parker
William Rischner
Clarence Ruskey
Edwin Behrens
Bonnie Bierschwab
Agnes Jung
Jo Ann Kinsey
Faye Massey
Margaretha Rischner
Opal M. Strackbein
Frankie Thurman
Marchew Thomas
Lillah Wendel
Aubrey Carter
Melvin Ec
BOY Scout News
Elmer L. Lange
Tom Phillips
Noxville
Federal Land Bank Loans
Fred Mathisen
Sec
Treas
Tivdale Locals
Mers
Chester Tatsch
Albert Bernhard
Hilmar Juenke
Adolf Klein
Otto Grona
Morris Ranch
Milton Klein
Chas. Klein and Son
Dock Smith
Alfons Klein
Willie Klein and Sons
Vincent Maimer
Louisiana
Joe Maimer
Frank Holdforth
Martha Rischner
Raymond Klein
Leroy Klein
Bernice
Patricia Ann
Emilie Klein
Arthur Feller
Robert Sheriff
Gillespie County
Attorney-General
Gov. Stevenson
Dalac Theatre
Texa
Lone Star Trail
Bela Lugosi
John Wayne
Martha Scott
Old Oklahoma
Donald Duck
Michael O'Shea
Susan Hayward
Jack London
WAC
Albert Whetstone
Little Son of Goldthwaite
Henry Markworth
J. L. Bierschwabe
NSE
Nyal Iron
Ane Yaa
Wolf
Mueller's Bakery
A. E. Self
Water Street
Herald
Leon F. Zwiener
Optometrist
E. O. Lowgren Junction, Texas
Bill’s
W. M. Knotts
Prop
Larper
Texas Boot & Shoe Repairing
T. Holekamp
Manager Junction, Texas
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