Harper Boy Scouts Win Basketball Tourney at Kerrville
The Harper Boy Scouts led by Rev. Jack Minter won the 2nd annual Boy Scout Basketball tournament sponsored by the Kerrville Kiwanis Club in Kerrville on Saturday February 25. They beat Stonewall 38 to 31 in the finals as eight teams competed. Clark Bier Schwale led scoring with 28 points and Kenneth Cosper had 24 in the title game. Bobby Benner Eugene Parker Edward Jesse Walker and others are named among the featured players.
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Harper Boy Scouts
Jack Minor
Kerrville Kiwanis Club
Kerrville
Stonewall
Bobby Benner
Eugene Parker
Edward Jesse Walker
Kenneth Oehler
Corus Lee
Scuniat
Cyrus Hall Schmidt
Dugless Carter
Donnie Bode
Lange
Gilbert Strackbein
Clark Bierschwale
Kenneth Cosper
Jackie Eathorne
Harper
St. Mary's
Fredericksburg
Harper School
Clark Bierschwab
C. W. Minter High
Government missteps in potato policy and price supports
An opinion piece lambasts planned economy as applied to potatoes. It argues government acreage limits and price supports caused surpluses, losses, and higher consumer costs while imports undercut domestic production, warning of broader dangers of interventionist policy.
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Canada
Thas
Cmemaker
February Rainfall Falls Short in Gillespie County
LCRA reporters show February precipitation in Gillespie County lagged behind the prior year. Highest total 2.70 inches at Handy Stop by Elroy Schnelle, while Harper recorded the lowest 1.29 inches by Otto Rahe. Several others filed readings from Crabapple, Rheingold, Flog, White Oak, Hye, Doss, and more, with Tom Carr noting grass is far advanced but fruit trees are not budding.
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LCRA
Gillespie County
Elroy Schnelle
Handy Stop
Harper
Otto Rahe
F. B. Riley
Crabapple
O. Eckhardt
Rheingold
Alf. Neffendorf
Tom Carr
White Oak
Levi Deike
Paul Lindenberg
Hasse Bros Feed Mill Destroyed By Fire
Fire at Llano destroys the Hasse Bros Feed Mill and Grain Company early Thursday. Loss estimated at $20 000 with partial insurance. Fire started at the north end and swept the building before volunteers could control it causing the structure to collapse except the elevator. Owner Elgin Hasse said he would rebuild soon.
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Hasse Bros. Mill and Grain Company
Elgin Hasse
Rockwell Bros. Lumber Co
Hasse
Llano News
1950 Opportunity Awards Scholarship Competition
The principal of Harper High School received an announcement and application form covering the Opportunity Awards scholarship competition of Texas A&M College. Four year awards of 6200 a year are available to assist financially talented boys pursuing college education.
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College Station
Harper High School
Texas A&m College
Harper Boy Scouts Have 29 Members
The reorganized Harper Boy Scout Troop lists 29 members with Rev. Jack Minter as scoutmaster and Delano Nixon as assistant scout master. Four patrols Eagle Bobcat Wolf and Hawk are led by Jackie Eathorne Colan Barrett Worth Duderstadt and Clark Bierschwale. Gil bert Strackbein is senior patrol leader. Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7 30 p m in the Agriculture Building.
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Joe Mack Scarborough
Johnny Bierschwale
C. W. Minter
Eugene Strackbein
Jackie Eathorn
G. Bear
Jack Minter
Hal Ray Biersch Vale
Kenneth
Perf
Clark Bierschwale
Kenneth Cosper
Harper Boy Scout
Harper Baptist Church
Delano Nixon
Doss
Jackie Eathorne
Colan Barrett
Worth Duderstadt
Gilbert Strackbein
Harper
Lee Schmidt
A. B. Barker
Arthur Bierschwabe
Earl Benner
Roland Johnson
Hollan Walker
McKown & Sons Move to Valley Spring Road Project
Llano County contractors McKown and Sons begin bringing in machinery for the farm to market road from Valley Spring to the Mason County line. The 12 mile paved link from Llano to Brady is to be completed and turned over to the state by early fall.
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Llano News
McKown & Sons
Llano County
Valley Spring
Mason County
Llano
Brady
R. J. McKown
Llano Voters Approve 350000 School Bond Issue
Llano March 4 voters approve 350000 school bond to fund a new elementary school building upgrade of the high school O Henry Elementary construction of a new gym and homemaking cottage and purchase of additional school grounds with 714 for and 335 against.
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Llano
Local Visitors Reported Between Neighbors Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs Tommy Jung and their son visited Mr and Mrs Jack Jones on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Rimer Lee Russe were visitors in the Deane Parker home Saturday night.
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Tommy Jung
Mrs
Jack Jones
Rimer Lee Russe
Deane Parker
Harper School Trustee Election Set For April 1
A school trustee election is ordered for the Harper Independent School District on Saturday April 1 1950. Incumbents M R Duderstadt Watkins Tarr and Felix Rischner will have terms expire. Three trustees are to be elected. Candidates must file by March 21 1950 with County Judge Henry Hirsch. Election officials named are Paul DeLorey judge Hollard Walker and Neal B Fox clerks. The vote will be in the Harper School building.
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Harper Ind
Neal B. Fox
M. R. Duderstadt
Watkins Tarr
Felix Rischner
Henry Hirsch
Harper Board of Trustees
Paul DeLorey
Hiollard Walker
Harper
Donkey Basketball Game Set At School Gym
Sponsored by the Harper Lions Club a donkey basketball game is planned for Friday night March 24 at 8 p m in the school gym. Donkeys trained by C C Durham of Pampa Texas will be used in this statewide event billed as thrilling entertaining and funny for all ages with the donkey’s bray promising laughs.
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Harper Lions Club
C. C. Durham
Pampa
Texas
Clayton Morris Dies at 83 in Morris Ranch Stroke
Clayton F. Morris a leading Hill Country rancher and famed horse breeder died at his Morris Ranch home on Wednesday at 11 a.m. from a stroke after a brief illness. He helped build the extensive Morris Ranch racing plant and managed it until its dispersal in 1932. Funeral services will be at Beckmann Funeral Home in Fredericksburg Friday at 2 p.m. with burial in Morris Ranch Cemetery. he left one son Reginal Morris of Morris Ranch.
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Clayton F. Morris
Morris Ranch
Morris
Michigan
Gillespie County
New York
Charles Morris
South
Max Hirsch
Fredericksburg
Beckmann Funeral
Rites Dated for Johnson City Man Killed In Auto Accident
Funeral services are set for Dalton C. Maddox a 25 year old Johnson City businessman killed in a car crash near Dripping Springs on US 290. The crash also injured Garth Shelley and Clayton Althaus who were hospitalized in Austin in fair condition. Survivors include Maddoxs widow two children his mother and a brother. The car overturned in a creek bed after failing to negotiate a curve at 1230 am Thursday.
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Johnson City
Dalton C. Maddox
Dripping Springs
Maddox
US 290
Garth Shelley
Clayton Althaus
Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
Croft
Jess Odiorne
Lyman Maddox
Blanco County
Frank Shelley
Reckless Driving Filed In Justice Court
Several reckless driving charges were filed in Justice Court after a string of accidents and traffic violations Saturday night and Sunday. S. E. Whitaker of San Antonio was fined for reckless driving after an incident near the Palo Alto Creek bridge. His wife was fined for fighting and drunkenness. An ambulance and patrol officers searched the area but found no passengers or occupants.
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Justice Court
Ivan Lawrence
Tom Carey
Bob Loth
Gillespie Co
S. E. Whitaker
San Antonio
Palo Alto Creek
Fredericksburg
Liano Highway
Whitaker
Witaker
F Loth
Autost
Liano
Lawrence
Lemard couple hosts Sunday visit from Mains family
Mr and Mrs J R Smaryt and Mrs Minnie Mains of Lemard viewed Mr and Mrs Lea Mains on Sunday.
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J. R. Smaryt
Mmre
Minnie Mains
Lemard
Lea Mains
Girl Held In Jail Escape Charges
Billie Jo Meadows a 17 year old San Antonio girl was jailed in Gillespie County after arrest on March 1 in the jail escape case five inmates fled the Gillespie County jail She is indicted for aiding and abetting a prison escape and her bond is set at 1000 Also an 11 year old girl linked to the case has been turned over to authorities.
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Billie Jo Meadows
San Antonio
Gillespie County
Bexar County
Robert Loth
Gillespie Co
Mrs J R Peril Elected President of Harper PTA
Mrs J R Peril was elected president of Harper P T A at the annual meeting on March 2 in the school building. Other officers named include Mrs Worth Howe as first vice president and Mrs Felix Rischner as second vice president. Delegates to the Spring Convention in Buda were selected and a benefit 42 party and game night planned to fund the girls' physical education department.
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J. R. Peril
Harper Pta
Peril
Worth Howe
Felix Rischner
Victor Marschall
Robert Dittmar
Fred Whitewood
Buda
Oug
Jas Duderstadt
Carl Whitworth
Carl Oehler
Fred Whitwood
Social Service
Roland Johnson
Howe
David Schmidt
Charles and
Davene
Arthur Bierschwale
Rollie Peril
Watkins Tarr
Clara Wendel
Francis Floyd
Page Gould
Phil Rogers
Chester Brown
Lewis Stevens
Midget piloted saucer crash report from Mexico linked to explosives expert
An Austin chemicals expert claimed to have seen a flying saucer on a Mexico City mountainside and to have details on its crash. He cited two Mexican businessmen and an American as sources, said the craft was 46 feet wide with two motors, and that a 23 inch tall pilot died and was embalmed for study.
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Austin
Mexico City
Dimmick
Surprise Birthday Party Honors Joe Mrosek
Mrs. Joseph Mrosek and Mrs. Dora Maurer were honored with a surprise birthday party for Joe Mrosek Sunday March 5 at the nthony Hall Harper. The hall looked festive with red and white crepe flowers candles and a two tier cake. About sixty guests enjoyed a chicken dinner and games of Progressive forty two and pinochle. Punch and cake followed in the afternoon. Gifts were exchanged. Mrs N C Cattle visited her daughter Mrs Gillie Pape and family near Rochsprings.
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Joseph Mrosek
Joe
Dora Maurer
Thenthony Hall
Harper
Harper to Shiner: Neal Fox Accepts New Superintendent Post
Neal B. Fox, Harper superintendent since February 1945, will head the Shiner system starting July 1 1950. He exchanges roles with Neil Rasco who will take over in Harper for 1950 51. Mrs Fox will move to Shiner as Rasco’s wife teaches in Harper next fall.
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Neal B. Fox
Harper
Shiner
Supt. Fox
Neil Rasco
Rasco
No School Today in Harper School System
Supt. Neal B. Fox said no classes will be held in the Harper School System today due to a two day Alamo District State Teacher's Association meeting in San Antonio and illness among several teachers.
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Supt
Neal B .Fox
San Antonio
Harper
Supt Fox
Girl Scout District Meeting Set for Leaders and Mothers
A Girl Scout district meeting for leaders and troop committees will be held Monday at 1:30. Attendees should meet at the designated location to discuss troop plans and leader roles.
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Neetmind
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H Harper Boy Scouts
Hasse Bros
Opportunity
Valley Spring Road
Donkey
Clayton Morris
Se Simatding “ Pai
Poses Ee Muda
Ben Carvajal
Harper P.T.A
God
Kischner
Glee Club
Clara Baker
Arthur Spellman
Loraine Oehler
Spellman
Ieft
Mexico
Joe Mrosek
Neal Fox
Bret
Livno
Predestekpburg
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