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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1939
Page
1
A wide display showcases suits hats sport Oxfords shirts and ties for Easter dress up. Wilson shirts and new socks and anklets priced from 25 cents to 50 cents along with shirts at 1.15, 1.35, and 1.95 dollars.
Speed Queen washing machines offered at as low as 44.50 with gas and electric options. Double tub construction and a unit with a battery charger are advertised by Felix W Maier Machine Shop in Fredericksburg. Local social notes mention a birthday surprise for Arthur Zenner at White Oak.
Harper Consolidated Independent School District calls a trustee election April 1 at the School house to elect two trustees. The notice appears amid community notices and local market chatter.
In Hollywood, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are seen together often. Gable's wife, Mrs. Rhea Gable, has recently secured a divorce in Nevada.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Peril entertained Sunday evening for five year old Bill with cake and punch as several small children attended. Reverend David Johnson resigned his Presbyterian pastorate last week and T J Hasor started a new church in Brownwood with services held last Sunday. The item lists numerous visits and social calls among Harper residents including the Bier schwabe family, the Whitewood family, and others visiting Kerrville Fredericksburg and Johnson City areas during the week.
Mr. and Mrs. August Strackbein joined the Kolmeier Strackbein wedding in Doss Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Coffey of White Bluff visited Harper Wednesday. Clarence Taylor of San Angelo spent the weekend with relatives here. Mrs. B. L. Faris went to San Antonio to be with her mother last week.
Pedernales Electric Cooperative schedules meetings in Gillespie County at Morris Ranch Stonewall Doss Willow City and Harper with 7 30 p m start times March 27 28 29 30 and 31 Superintendent Lee McWilliams and other coop staff discuss plans and problems of rural electrification County Agent H F Grote and Home Demonstration agent Misa Cornelia Faye Stewart assist. all rural electrification supporters invited.
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