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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1941
Page
7
The Harper Herald charges 81.59 per year and lists Mrs. A C Wendel as advertising solicitor and subscription collector. It notes second class mail matter status at the Marper Texas post office dated February 26, 1926 under the act of March 3 1876.
A double bill at The Palace features Barnyard Follies a barnyard themed musical comedy with Mary Lee Rafe Davis and Ida Kneese on Friday and Saturday March 14 15. The second half presents the outdoor action drama Beyond the Sacramento starring Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok with Glen Hopf noted for strong acting and a dramatic period backdrop. Sunday March 16 17 shows continue with a Forties era feature led by Fredric March Margaret Sullivan and Frances Dee in a political refugee romance with Erich von Stroheim as the villain.
A reader argues that communities must reform attitudes toward teachers rather than blaming educators for their own shortcomings. The piece cites Carl Victor Little and Daniel Prescott while urging less censorious critique and more supportive engagement for teachers to grow.
Alf. Feller notes breath taking high Sierra photography. Pat O'Brien stars as a soldier in a tense love story with Constance Bennett. On Tuesday March 18 the drama promises powerful thrills and a perilous gaze at how to live each last moment.
A New York crime reporter is dispatched to Europe in the latest production Foreign Correspondent. Joel McCrea and Laraine Day lead a top notch cast through a gripping international intrigue filled with suspense, drama, and a climactic clipper plane crash shot that showcases daring realism.
Fredericksburg Giants and Comfort Kerrville area representatives met at Comfort to reorganize the Hill Country League with plans to add New Braunfels and a San Antonio club and seek two more teams. Attendees from Fredericksburg included Leo Klein Otto Seipp Edgar Strocher Joe Molberg Arno Icke Max Molberg Elias Klaerner and Edgar Marschall Chester Roeder and Edgar Marshall chaired. A second meeting set for March 17 at Comfort to finalize the league. Also noted Texas crude oil value in 1938 exceeded all Texas farm crops and live stock by more than 127 million dollars.
Mr Cushman of Washington DC says teachers should be red blooded individuals who like dances theatre and politics. The writer argues dancing and participation differ and many teachers risk losing jobs for attending dances. He calls for broad minded communities and defense of the teaching profession.
COLLEGE STATION March 10 More farm boys joined 4-H club work in 1940 than any prior year, with 2,000 participants in 19 counties. They cared for beef and dairy calves sheep and hogs and grew cotton grain sorghums and peanuts while county agents trained 4-H judging teams and promoted terrace and contour farming along with livestock and seed improvements.
In Austin at Hogg Auditorium a replica Elizabethan stage hosts Curtain Club's Twelfth Night March 12 to 15. Louise Nixon of Fredericksburg leads the building crew for this lavish production with K Kenan arranging a Shakespearian style score. A ten piece orchestra omits brass using two violins two oboes a flute a horn a viola a bassoon a cello and a fiddle.
Maestro Andre Kostelanetz debuted his Stephen Foster melodies album for Columbia by presenting 16 year old Susanna Foster with the first copy. The album includes Oh Susanna Old Black Joe My Old Kentucky Home Beautiful Dreamer Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Camp Town Races and Old Folks at Home.
The 1940 model used 5658 parts. the 1941 Willys Americar reduces to 5268 parts, about 1000 fewer than other low price cars. Texas Extension Service reports 47 farms aided family water systems in 1940 with wells windmills pumps tanks and piping extended to homes. Texas horse population grows from 686442 in 1935 to 714000 in 1988, a gain of 28000, with mule numbers rising similarly.
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