Harper Hi-Lights edited weekly school issue
Harper Hi-Lights is a student produced weekly bulletin for Harper High School. The staff lists include Miss La Velle Hawkins as sponsor and editors Robert Kensing Viola Marshall Robey Goff Doris Whitworth Stanus Harper Mindra Faye Moses Maxine Lange. No further text appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kensing
Viola Marshall
Robey
Dean Goff
Doris Whitworth
Stanus Harper
Mindra Faye Moses
In the Spring A Young Man’s Fancy
A student column piece titled In the Spring A Young Man’s Fancy appears despite censorship threats from a professor. The text includes a quatrain about wanting to fly to blue skies and mountains, dated Friday March 20 1942 in Harper Texas.
Harper High School Band previews May concert plans
A Hi Lights staff member shadows Harper High School musicians amid mixed feelings. The article notes rehearsal progress on pieces like Prancing Along and Red River Valley, mentions new works, and hints at an upcoming picnic and a mysterious future surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper High School
Red River Valley
Red
Larkin
High School Honor Roll List
To reach the honor roll a pupil must have an average of ninety on his report card. One B maximum allowed. all other grades above that. An A in department is also required. Eighth grade Harold Boyd Schmidt. ninth grade Mary Frances Fletcher Camille Stevens. tenth grade Eldon Marshall. eleventh grade Viola Marshall Robey Dean Goffono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Boyd Schmidt
Mary Frances Fletcher
Camille Stevens
Eldon Marschall
Viola Marschall
Poetess Bets On Patriot Verse In Wartime Note
H H S poetess Minda Mosch submits a wartime poem praising America, the red white and blue, and the service members fighting to keep the nation free. The verse vows resilience amid a crisis started overseas and to prove Americans will win and endure together.
Library full use prompts student book checks
The library is in full use with nearly all reference books checked out and about a third of other books borrowed during the first week. Students must submit the first book report by March 27, with materials from Miss Hawkins and cooperation requested to care for and return books promptly. Doris Whitworth.
Band instructor announces Victor Method book two arrival
Miss Annie Laura Weaver, band instructor, announces the arrival of book two of the Victor Method Instruction books for the band. These are the officially adopted state textbooks for band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Laura Weaver
Victor
Senior October 26 1926 Born for Dr J B Birt
May 1926 brought a baby boy to Dr and Mrs J B Birt named for his father. At five he entered Harper School as a senior and earned the nickname Doc from playmates. He excels in grades and sports, has three years in the F I A, and plans Civil Service work after graduation. Viola Marschall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Birt
Harper
Doc
J. B
F.I.A
J.B
Ideal Girl and Boy Descriptions by Harper High Students
Harper High School students Juanita Parker and peers pick ideal girl and ideal boy traits. The girl combines Kate Smith like personality with Bonnie Walker figure and Joyce Whetstone hair, while the boy is imagined with a Packard limo and Greek god presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Girl
H. H.S
Kate Smith
Bonnie Walker
Joyce Whetstone
Ruby Mae Kensing
Maxine Lange
Harper
LaBonnie Parker
F F A Meeting Plan Father and Son Banquet
The Future Farmers of America held a regular meeting on March 11 at the schoolhouse. Plans for the annual Father and Son Banquet were discussed with no date set yet. Present were Dennis agit Walter Bierschwale Hob Harold Rahe Aubrey Parker Carroll Bierschwale John Anderson Junior Sageser Jack Fairchild Elmer Lee Lange Billy Brown Robert Kensing and Mr. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
Dennis Agit
Walter Bierschwale
Hob
Harold Rahe
Aubrey Parker
Carroll Bierschwale
John Anderson
Junior Sageser
Jack Fairchild
Elmer Lee Lange
Billy Brown
Robert Kensing
Mr. Smith
Bus Chatter Among Seventh Grade Students
Students discuss seating and acquaintances on the bus, noting who sits where and who has a crushes on whom. Entries mention Bonnie Walker receiving letters, Bonnie Bierschwabe missing a day due to illness, and Selma Kirchoff not missing school. Mrs. Forrest Bode, a former Harper teacher, visited the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed L. Casper
Opal Mae Strackbein
Selma Kirchoff
Bonnie Mae Bierschwabe
Forrest Bode
Harper
The Mentor Fragment Stirs Quiet Reader Curiosity
A cryptic line from a poem about mentorship hints at guidance and inner conflict. Readers are left pondering the speaker and the source of the counsel.
Biography of John A. Rogers Life of Harper Pioneer
Patricia Allen documents John A. Rogers born May 14 1817 in Rogersville Tennessee who moved to Texas in 1835 as a courier for Stephen F. Austin and later served with Sam Houston and General Gaines. He fought at Plum Creek in 1840 and joined frontier expeditions through 1842 before entering mercantile work at Texana and ranching in Karns County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Rogers
Rogersville
Tennessee
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Nashville
Sam Houston
Houston
General &. P. Gaines
Sabine River
Fort Jessup
Texas Army
Mr. Rogers
Plumcreek
Moorhouse
Wall Vasques
Summerville
Rogers
Texana
Karns County
Grammar School Pupils Buy Bonds and Stamp Books
Grammar School pupils are cheered for supporting the war effort by purchasing U S war bonds and stamp books. First grade Edward Jesse Walker $5 stamp book Kenneth Whitewood Kelton Lang also bought bonds. Third grade Donna Beth Whiteworth five dollar stamp book. Fifth grade Laura Honig stamp book Robert Whitewood Shirley Heath Dallas Reiger defense bonds. Sixth grade Ruth Jones stamp book Seventh grade Jo Ann Kinsey Dale Scott Kinsey defense bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Edward Jesse Walker
Kenneth Whitewood
Kelton Lang
Donna Beth Whiteworth
Laura Honig
Robert Whitewood
Shirley Heath
Dallas Reiger
Ruth Jones
Jo Ann Kinsey
Dale Scott Kinsey
School Census Being Taken by Harper School
Superintendent Larkin urged full cooperation in the census to secure state aid. The district needs enrollment of all students born between Sept 1 1922 and Sept 1 1936 and ages six to eighteen on Sept 1 1942. List any eligible children now and see the enrolling trustee, the superintendent, or the principals immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkin
Harper
Laskin
Personal notices reflect illness and burial at Harpe Cemetery
Adele Scarborough did not attend the wearin the green on Tuesday. Donald Teddlie is at home with infected lymphatic glands. Pat Allen has the thickened pox. In January 1885, Harper died and was the first person buried in the Harpe cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Scarborough
Donald Teddlie
Pat Allen
Fisher of San Angelo for Congress in 21st District
The Harper Herald lists candidates and notices including Fisher of San Angelo Texas for Congress in the 21st District. It notes rates for political announcements, sale of a Vapor Gas Plant, and various local wants and business ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
San Angels
Texas
Fragmented Missives From a School Page
A collage of casual notes from a school community includes personal musings about love youth and humor. It mentions Juanita B Mildred E J Miss Maxine Lange and Norma Marie Wilson among others. It notes a biography sale and a local address in Harper Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita
E. J
Mildred
Juanita B
LaBonnie
Walter
Billy
Maxine Lange
Main St
Harper
Texas
Canada
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Harper Hi-Lights
Harper Thigh School
Miss la Velle Hawkins
Harper, Texas
You
Hi-Lights
Robey Dean Goff Ono
H.H.S
Minda Faye Mosch
Edgar A. Guest
Europe
Minda Fuye¢ Mosel
Romeo” Brown
Charlyne
Fritzie
Oleane
Sonny Tuttle
Audrey Mae
Alene
Blackhead
Fritztown
Madge
Doris
Minda Faye Mosel
Gillespie, Kerr
Kimble
Hobson
Robert K
Max Wayne
Dennis
Tom Carriage
Dennis Car
Charles C
Charles C., Ears—Robey Dean
T. J. Lips
John
Robert Complexion
Virgil Dancing
Billy Height
Walter B
Michael Wut
Harold R
Money
Andrew
Juanita Parker
F.F.A. Meeting
Mary Francis
Charles
June
T. J
Kirvey D
Willie
Robey Dean
Eldon
Kischner
Morris
Viola
Bonnie
Dayton
San Antonio
Bonnie Lea Walker
Ean
Patricia Allen
Pat
Grammar School News
Palace Theatre
Fredericksburg
Gene Autry
Mexico Way
Stooges
Bette Davis
LitTle Foxes
Far East
Carter
William Powell
Myena Loy
Beauty Shoppe
Predericksburg
The
Harper Herald
Vapo
Felix W. Maier
Jeff Masters
B. Markworth
Will Reed
John S Wistewood
Hahn
Evers Dairy
Tex
Fredericksburg Implement Co
Dolezal Motor Co
Frederickburg
Teuschner
Felix Maiese
Felix Maier
Teras
Radio Post
Romeo and Juliet
Minda Faye
Kathryn Coggeshall
Orville Gammenthaler
Ivy High
Kerrville
Norma Marie Wilson
Fred
J. J. Pickett
Prop
Floyd
America
Wise
Advance Motor CO
Ford and Mercury
Frederickeburg, Texas
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