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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1949
Page
1
A playful exchange centers on spring fever as Godfrey jokes about ageing ideas while a guest introduces his sister Gi Gi Durston and brother Woof Woof Godfrey who plays harmonica. The guest notes the harmonica player often performs whenever seen.
The writer recalls going to Florida for rest but was kept awake by watching women in new bathing suits and thoughts of them. He notes others were down there too and jokes about being heard on CBS Talent Scouts.
Mr and Mrs G R Parker and son Lynn and Mrs W E Filet cher visited the Alfred Ellebracht home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Robert Schafer and children from Corpus Christi are visiting relatives this week. Mr and Mrs Fritzie Baumann and daughter of Blessing are here on vacation visiting Mrs Arthur Baumann and family. Fritzlie Baumann and daughter and Mrs Arthur Baumann visited Max Baumann at Kerrville Sunday. De Lamar Parker has been discharged from the service and stays with his aunt Belmore Roberts. Mr and Mrs W M Turner and two children of Smiley visited Thursday evening. Finney Clay of Brenham is visiting in the J M Scar borough home this week.
OC Fisher recounts a Texas weekend trip visiting Kerrville for a large holiday rodeo and the Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital dedication. He meets hospital staff, attends the Peach Festival crowning in Fredericksburg, and travels to Brady for the Jubilee race meet, noting the Hill Country Cooperative’s peach marketing and regional rains.
July 11 1949 Wien reports mixed outcomes in southwest livestock crop and fruit markets. Wheat and barley rose while cotton fell. prices varied across Dallas Houston New Orleans and Fort Worth. Grain and fruit trading remained brisk in New Orleans and Denver with overall softening in peppers and peaches. Cattle hogs and sheep shifted modestly. egg and poultry markets showed little change as hot weather slowed activity. Local visitors noted in Castell Ingram and Ingram homes.
The Texas Rural Roads Association celebrated its first birthday with a Dallas board meeting where leaders urged using any natural resource tax revenue for permanent rural road, soil conservation, and state institutions. Jim Cantrell called for a 10 year plan to provide 49 million yearly, supporting low cost all weather roads for farms, while acknowledging limited current funding and noting rural Texas decline without better roads. Col J I McGregor became campaign chair as four new directors joined: T E Patton Blanco Judge W W Mason Mt Pleasant J E Lightfoot Comanche and Herman E King Hemphill.
The modern kitchen uses ventilating fans to remove odors and grease, while keeping the room cooler in summer. Newer fans are attractively designed to harmonize with modern kitchens. The American Blower Aeropel fan, shown above, has won two fine arts awards for beauty and utility in the home. They are easy to install and claim lower cleaning and decorating costs over time.
Mr and Mrs Johnnie Sellers and their son of Batesville spent the week end here with relatives Mr and Mrs Tommie Harlen and their three sons they left Sunday for Wyoming and California and other places of interest they expect to be gone several weeks.
Rev. A L Spellmann of San Antonio assists with the Vacation Church School in Harper this week. Forty five children are enrolled and report strong interest. Mr and Mrs Chastian Burke of Round Mountain visited their mother Mrs Ida Kneese Sunday. The little daughter stayed for a week.
A group at Judge Cunningham’s watched a vaudeville program on a new TV when the screen went streaky. Windy Taylor fiddled with the antenna, restoring the picture but stopping the show. Buzz Ellis then charged $20 for a repair.
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