LeMay Campaigns for State Superintendent in Gilleapig County
S R Le May of Athens renewed his bid for State Superintendent of Public Instruction last week in Gilleapig County. He led Athens schools for 18 years and drew 275000 votes in 1938 with only six weeks of campaigning. His intensive person to person drive targets Texas school problems among businessmen farmers workers and editors. He outlined his platform among the items listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
S. R. LeMay
Athens
Gilleapig
LeMay
Texas
World's Largest Conveyor Maps Shasta Dam Route
U S Bureau of Reclamation showcases a 9.5 mile belt conveyor from Redding to Coram lining the Central Valley. It crosses highways rivers and a railroad while delivering up to 26 400 tons of sand and gravel daily as Shasta and Friant Dams are built to even rainfall distribution in drought prone grape and citrus country.
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U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Redding
Calif
Central Valley
Coram
Friant
Shasta
Shasta Dam
Oston
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas Education Plans and Youth Job Initiative Debated
The text outlines proposals for rural aid distribution free from political pressure, stable per capita funding, expanded Texas history and agriculture education, a Hatch act style ban on political activity by education workers, and a program to place 250000 unemployed Texas youths in jobs. It also details LeMay of Houston county a long-time educator and administrator with degrees from A&M UT and Peabody Tennessee, his career, civic roles, and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Department of Education
Houston County
LeMay
A. & Mz. College
University of Texas
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Jasper and Wharton
Grapeland and
Coolidge
Athens
Stephen F. Austin State
Teachers’ College
Nacogdoches
University of Texas At Austin
Sauer Hagel Couple Wed At Harper Parsonage
Emil Sauer and Miss Marie Hagel united in marriage at the Catholic parsonage in Harper with Rev. A A Gitter officiating. Attendants were Miss Erna Sauer and Alois Jung. The couple plans a trip to New Mexico and Colorado before settling at Doss.
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Emil Sauer
Marie Hagel
Harper
A. A. Gitter
Erna Sauer
Alois Jung
Ben Hagel
Fredericksburg
Henry Sauer
Doss
New Mexico
Colorado
Ill Child Geraldine Bierschwale Stricken After Bite
Geraldine daughter of Mrs. Johnnie Bierschwale fell ill Monday after reporting an insect bite while playing in the smoke house. She developed a body rash and high fever and remains seriously ill.
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Geraldine
Johnnie Bierschwale
Local notes from Harper and nearby towns
Mrs Warren McDougall returns from San Angelo where she taught a month filling the vacancy caused by her brother's illness. Coggeshall family moving to Mr Coggeshall's ranch near Midway for schooling benefits. plus visits and small anecdotes from Harper residents and relatives.
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Warren McDougall
San Angelo
Mariella Duderstadt
Ed. Coggeshall
E. S. Fairchild
Kerrville
Harper
Smash Hits of the Year booklet cites weather and fatal crash links
The Travelers Insurance Company releases the tenth analytic bulletin showing 86 per cent of 1939 motor-vehicle fatalities occurred in clear weather with dry roads. It argues clear conditions foster speed and carelessness, while slippery streets yield fewer severe injuries despite more minor crashes.
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Fata “Otor
Travelers Insurance Com
Harper Sees Record Tourist Travel As Season Grows
A notable rise in tourist traffic through Harper is observed with expectations of heavy movement over the next four months. Community visitors include Mrs. Granville Barker and child, Barker's mother, C. E. Bein and family. Kerrville visitors J. S. Whitewood, Mrs. L. H. Harper, and Miss Dawn Whitworth stopped in town, while Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stevens were in Harper.
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Harper
J. S. Whitewod
L. H. Harper
Dawn Whitworth
Kerrville
Farm Tenant Program gets Senate approved funding
Washington May 16 Congressman Charles L South announced House concurrence with the Senate amendment to the 1941 Agriculture Appropriation bill providing 50 million dollars to continue the farm tenant program. Funds borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at 3 percent will extend the farm purchase program now in operation for three years. South urged continued support calling it government aid without a deficit or direct subsidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Charles L. South
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
South
Congressman South
Abs absent minded con test winner explained
This month's absent minded con test was won by the druggist who answered no to having a wife but claimed to possess something just as good.
Mr and Mrs Homer Lee Stevens Visit Harper
Mr and Mrs Homer Lee Stevens were visitors in Harper Tuesday night with a local social event noted in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Lee Stevens
Harper
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