Public Schools Week proclaimed by Texas officials
Gov Price Daniel proclaims Texas Public Schools Week with backing from the State Board of Education and local officials. The observance invites citizens to engage with the educational system, meeting teachers and watching classes to understand problems and celebrate successes. Col John H Glenn Jr highlights open information in space flight, contrasting with secret Soviet programs, while President Kennedy hails Voice of America’s 20th anniversary and calls for truthful news to spread beyond the Iron Curtain.
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Texas Public Schools
Price Daniel
State Board of Education
Congress
John H. Glenn Jr
Col
Glenn
Kennedy
Voice of America
Washington
D.S
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Mrs Victor Harper Elected President of Local PTA
Mrs Victor Harper was elected president of the Harper Parent Teacher Association at the meeting Thursday night March 1. Officers elected for the coming year include 1st Vice President Charlie Rogers and 2nd Vice President Chester Bernhardt with Mrs Reginald McDougall as secretary and Mrs kh BE Peril as treasurer. Public School Week was announced for March 5 to 9 and room count was won by the 5th grade. Refreshments followed the meeting with notices of a Spying Conference at Comfort and delegate selection.
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Victory Harper
Harper Parent Teacher Association
Robert Dittmar
Marie Taylor
Austin
Marie Oehler
Darla Anderegg
Kathryn Stevens
Beverly Roberts
Eileen Bernhardt
Rochelle Grona
Louis Lange
Treasury
Victor Harper
Charlie Rogers
Chester Bernhardt
Elmer Lee Lange
Harper Legionnaire T P Harlan Past War Veteran
Harper Herald features T P Harlan in a Harper Legion post 650 review as the town nears its 100th anniversary in June 1963. Harlan born in Harper, wartime service with Post Engineers at Eagle Pass Air Force Base, Navy enlistment June 8 1918, trained at Dunwoody and Harvard, now ranching after a career in construction and carpentry, with a family of three sons and four grandchildren.
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Harper
Harper Herald
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Post Engineers
Eagle Pass Air Force Base
Harlan
U.S. Navy
el Paso
Dunwoody Naval Training School
Minneapolis
Minn
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Gilbert Andereggs Host to Party Saturday Night
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Anderegg hosted a hay ride and party for the eighth grade class at Devil's River and later at their home with a late night dance. About 20 guests and several parents attended the gathering. The Square Dancers set to meet March 10 at the Legion Hut with Miss Joyce Parker as drum majorette.
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Gilbert Anderegg
Devil's River
Anderegg
Legion Hut
Chester Deiter
San Antonio
Carlos Parker
District Evangelist Youth Society
Dinney
Dallas
Hlauston
Kerrville
San Antonion
Junction
Harper 4 H Club Girls Favorite Foods Work
National 4 H Week March 3 10 salutes Harper 4 H girls leaders Mrs Tatsch Mrosek Honig Spaeth teach cooking nutrition and table service. Senior and junior groups meet in homes and the Harper Homemaking Building. Dress Revue 1961 referenced. Family birthday dinner noted for Mrs Caspers 90th.
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Harper
Darlene Mrosek
John Honig
Raymond Spaeth
Belton Tatsch
Tatsch
Harper Lions and Firemen Stage Hoop Play-Off for Park Fund
Harper Lions Club and Harper Volunteer Fire Department meet in a playoff basketball game at Harper school gym on Tuesday night March 13 at eight oclock. Victory is hoped for by both teams with older members and wives scheduled to participate for entertainment during quarters.
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Harper Lions Club
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Harper School
Lions Club
Fire Department
Alamo Village Brackettville Tale of a Fortress Shrine
A visitor recounts Alamo Village near Brackettville Texas where the Alamo movie set recreates frontier life. Guna fights stagecoach and blacksmith shop dot the town while cantina stalls offer root beer. Proceeds from a charity game support the Community Park Building Fund.
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Alamo Village
Brackettville
Texas
John Wayne
Guna
San Antonio
Alamo
James Stewart
Tascosa
Ft. Clark
Lions Bring Yield Signs To Harper
Harper Lions Club reports progress on erecting Yield Right of Way signs on side streets to aid traffic flow during peak times including the Centennial. Precinct Commissioner Levi Rosenbusch to meet this week to decide sign placements with county supplying signs.
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Harper
Novian and Lange Families Visit Elbert Feller
Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Novian and daughter of Engleside and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Lange of Doss visited their brother Elbert Feller and family on Saturday.
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Alfonso Novian
Engleside
Emil Lange of
Doss
Elbert Feller
Gem And Mineral Show Slated In San Antonio
The Southwest Gem and Mineral Show will be held at Villita Assembly Hall San Antonio March 23 24 and 25 sponsored by the San Antonio Rock and Lapidary Society and the Bexar County Mineral Heavy Club. Doors open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Edgar Immel predicts one of the finest shows in the Southwest with educational and entertaining displays.
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San Antonio
Villita Assembly Hall
Villita St
Edgar Immel
Brush Controls Plans Important To Soil Conservationists
Gillespie County ranchers plan brush control by inventorying range vegetation to assess brush types and browse value. They weigh wildlife habitat and burn or rot methods, with technical assistance from Soil Conservation Service in Fredericksburg and federal cost share through the Gillespie County ASC.
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Gillespie County Soil Conservation District
Daar
Turkey
Dis
Gillespia County
Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Fredericksburg
Gillespie
Civil Defense Education Program inaugurated Here
Civil Defense Education Program begins in Harper with a free twelve hour course on personal and family preparedness for survival. Classes start March 19 at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria, taught by Leon Dunn of Harper schools, certified by the Texas Education Agency. Adults urged to attend. Also note local move of Archie Aten family to Harper. Old mattresses advertised by Mayfield’s Mattress Company.
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Tt Dean Hopf
Harper
Leon Dunn
Texas Education Agency
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Harper Legionnaires Passing In Review
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Joyce Parker
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Gillespie County
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Sid Peterson Hospital
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Boerne
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Dunn
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Minnie Hill
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Henry Milton Witenecke
St. James Lutheran Church
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Henry Moellendorf
Ida Warner
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Rey
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Lockhart
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Perry Shankle Company
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Little Son of
Chester Itz
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George Holekamp
Urda Falkenberry
Otto Schumann
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America
Archie Aten
California
Rogers Home
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Charlie Bein
Harpey Locker Plant
Mayfield’s Mattress Company
Kerrvale
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