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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1944
Page
4
The article celebrates National Education Week and traces American schooling from the 1800s rise of free public education led by Horace Mann to modern times. It highlights the role of state funding, literacy as democracy’s backbone, and the value of study whether in school or through reading.
Marvin Durst promoted to radio man third class aboard the Richmond after seventeen months in the Navy and return from Fear Harbor. Lee Roy Nixon, a navy recruit last summer, serves on the Seriada which just returned from the Hawaiian Islands. Also listed are several classic book titles and two copies of The Count of Monte Cristo.
Mrs Dan Anderegg and Mrs Felix Wilke receive recognition from the senior class for their support in making the Class of 1941 year a success. The acknowledgment reflects gratitude toward the sponsors for their assistance.
The home economics department has finished their first garments and will spend the next two weeks improving the room. Curtains will be provided by the P T A and sewn by the various classes.
Mr. Peterson notes student memory loss while a general math class explores the idea that only one perpendicular can be drawn from a given external point to a line. This concept was first proved by the Oncopidias of Chios around 500 BC.
After the second week of testing the Spanish class prepares extra projects to portray customs and characteristics of the Spanish people. Boys assist with manual tasks including window boxes and the Spanish shelf while girls begin notebook covers. Additional samples of Spanish art will be added later.
City students in 1A under Miss Mueller pledge to the flag while raising funds for the Red Cross. Miss Actheson introduces new pre prim ers to her class. 2A builds an Indian life table and Miss Ray's 2B creates health books. Section A of third grade studies Japanese people. 3B runs weather records and explores Pilgrims and Indians.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce held its regular meeting on Tuesday night November 12 1940 with twelve senior class members present. President Richard Hardin announced the local unit became a charter member of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce and Charter Night was postponed to the second week in December due to hunting season. The group considered contacting County Agent Mr Grote to pursue Senior Chamber sponsorship for the February Fat Stock Show. The secretary was tasked with this follow up.
The American Boy announces lower prices for single copies and subscriptions and expands content including new fiction and non fiction. The change preserves popular heroes while adding sports defense and adventure features and rewards outstanding boys with front cover recognition.
The Hillbillies beat Llano 15 to 0 after Dan Anderegg's 45 yard touchdown return and a second quarter field goal. Anderegg also scored on a late off tackle run as the Hillbillies claimed their 5th district win and prepare for Rochelle and Waco Methodist Home games.
The list notes students Glenn Arbelger Cruz Hernandez Robert Koch James Langerhans with backfield tackle and John Kim as common sports hero. The library reports nineteen new books including Vanity Fair Pride and Prejudice and All Quiet on the Western Front.
More than 1 000 gar, specifically 1 098, have been netted by the Texas Game Department at Medina Lake in the last fortnight. The lake has fallen to its lowest level since creation, producing several five to six foot gar while fishers say numbers were overestimated. If the lake dries up the department will restock and may close fishing for a year. bass over seven pounds are common, making Medina Lake a prominent fishing spot in Texas.
A Fort Worth area fisherman was fined 100 dollars after authorities caught him using two illegal traps and 75 pounds of fish at Eagle Mountain Lake. The report notes some nets are legal but the traps used are illegal and urges sportsmen to report such traps to wardens.
An old Neches River bridge between Angelina and Trinity counties was abandoned for vehicles but remains a crossing for squirrels. They travel the river via the iron framework, continuing a back and forth patrol despite the new highway.
A Newton resident struck a snake on a log and killed fifteen rattlers, some with twenty three rattles, after a larger snake appeared. A wildcat then ran from the log as he acted.
Trials at Weslaco Station show yields of 32 bushels wheat 82 barley and 98 oats under severe rust. New rust resistant wheat and oat varieties are being developed for the Black lands Coast Plains and Gulf Coast. seed distribution expected fall 1941 with crossbreeding advancing more slowly than pure line selection.
State Game Department and private lake owners work to extend duck presence in northeast Texas by planting attractant foods in acid lakes. Biologists report Wapato duck potatoes pickered weed wild duck millet banana waterlily and other plants thrive. Plan seeks to establish duck refuges twenty to forty miles apart to reduce hunting pressure and boost hunting opportunities. On Saturday Mr and Mrs Hoot Philips and their small son were shopping in Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Jones and their daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Willie Pape at Petersburg on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins Tarr and their small son spent Saturday night and Sunday in town.
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