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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1942
Page
3
Rose Fairchild authored the piece as part of English IV creative fiction requirements under Miss Hawkins the English teacher. The Senior Class submission is deemed to deserve public sanction.
A school community paper published by Harper High School in Harper Texas during March 1942. The issue reflects student and staff contributions and notes the_VOL. 1, NUMBER 4_ designation and weekly cadence.
Miss La Velle Hawkins sponsors a school staff lineup listing Editor-in-chief Robert Kensing Junior Editor Viola Marshall Sophomore Ed. Robey Dean Goff Freshman Ed. Doris Whitworth Society Editor Janus Harper Assistant Society Editor Minda Faye Moses Elementary School Editor Maxine Lange HHS.
A student urges citizens to support the war effort through production and financial help. He emphasizes that victory requires a strong army, ample materials, food from farms, and civilian sacrifice such as buying bonds and stamps. He asks readers if they are useful citizens.
The grammar school honor roll for the fifth six weeks lists First Grade: Bonnie Jean Bernhard, Bernice Lang, Jo Ann Spaeth, Josephine Walker, Betty Joy Lennon, Cleo Goff, Kelton Lang, Edward Jesse Walker, Eugene Strachbein, Laverne Baethge, Thomas Harlan. Third Grade: Peggy Lou Parker, Peggy Jean Coggeshall, Joe Fenimore, Bonnie Jo Metzger, Glen Cosper, Betty Stench, Carolyn Jung, Clark Wayne Bierschwale, Donna Beth Whitworth. Fifth Grade: Leilene Smith, Leota Houser, Laura Honig. Sixth Grade: Buddy Pape Maxine Lange.
The High School honor roll for the fifth six weeks lists eight graders and seniors who earned top grades. Eighth grader Harold Boyd Schmidt. ninth graders Mary Frances Fletcher Camille Stevens. eleventh grader Viola Marshall. twelfth grader Dorothy Anderson. The staff hopes the new building will improve report card color from red to blue. Bonie Jo Opal June-HHS. Mrs Worth Howe and her husband visit Brownwood relatives with Mr and Mrs V A Hopf. Subscribtion details for the Herald.
Rev. Alois Gitter told Fathers and Sons at the FFA banquet that farming is a dignified occupation and the nation’s mainstay. He urged farmers to join unions for mutual benefit, praised cooperative groups, and noted agriculture as honorable, necessary, and essential to national defense. He encouraged pursuing agriculture as a career and highlighted FFA’s role in promoting scientific farming methods.
The eighth period offers students time for recreation under trees and around the building. Girls chat, boys play sports, and some walk while the band plays patriotic selections. Clubs and groups use the period for meetings and library checkouts. June and Camille with Mrs. Carl Oehler and Mrs. C. W. Howard travel to Abilene for a relatives visit.
The band students preview royal blue uniforms with gold braid and high collars as fitting sessions bake in alterations. A San Antonio maker tests each suit while awaiting final stitches and a May 12 delivery, though delays are possible.
The message hints at plans for a Friday evening bus ride. Kathryn mentions a boy who might ride the bus, with curious, casual chatter about the event.
The passage notes Calvin watching the Reservation bus while Doris and Alfred seem to be managing. Damp weather appears to have lowered the girls' spirits, with no singing or cheering heard for some time. The text hints at an underlying issue beyond the weather.
Virgil hopes Patricia will ride their bus while La Bonnie dislikes departing Harper over a car discussion regarding the 35 Chevrolet.
Pocket Max Wayne and Opal are described as enjoying their ride home in the evening. The text notes the boys love the gates with fingers crossed. Helen June Bode is mentioned as a source or related name.
Calvin Kensing born September 15 1924 at White Bluff near Harper. He moved from White Bluff to Harper in 1937 where he was valedictorian of the seventh grade and has consistently earned good grades. After high school he plans to become a rancher and his friends and teachers wish him success. Mrs J L Bierschwab and daughter Mrs J J Casper visited Harper Wednesday.
A fourteen year old Blood Indian girl, Annie Many Eagles, falls for Sam Powers during visits between tribes on the Blood Reservation. She reads and writes a bit, prays to multiple gods, and plans a midnight escape with two ponies if a border crossing with her lover proves possible before the first snows.
The Harper Hi-Lights staff and sponsor received an exchange edition of The Crane a Crane Texas high school weekly. The note praises The Crane for its professional paper and mentions their reader notices from India and England. Rose Fairchild confirms Annie Many Eagles elopes with Tom Three Persons across the border after a night at the agency.
The Freshman Fun Club met and outlined a class party at Mary Frances's house on Friday May 1. Members will bring refreshments and provide transportation for about fifty guests with several mothers and the class sponsor expected.
A light column of local curiosities and teen crushes. Couples, letters, and Friday night plans flavor small town chatter with names like Audrey Mae Bunny Max Dennis Doris Alene Patricia and Nola. Questions about romance, dances, travel, and a sergeant pepper the notes.
The Extension Service Kerrville Chamber of Commerce and Kerr County Land Use Planning Committee will host an all day meeting on May 2 to discuss reducing livestock losses from internal and external parasites, which rose by about thirty to fifty percent last year. Speakers include B F Vance and Cliff Day at 10:30 a.m. and Cameron Siddall. Dr L B Boughton will speak at 2:00 p.m. on drenches and parasite control. Film sections on Pearl Harbor and Russia Stops Hitler will open the sessions.
The Radio Post in Fredericksburg Texas advertises typewriter repair including overhaul, new parts, rubber platens and ribbons. Services cover cleaning oiling and maintenance at reasonable prices.
Felix W. Maier Machine Shop in Freedricksburg Texas advertises remaining Speed Queen washers with no more stock after current supply is sold.
Evers Dairy seeks cream of grade one any quantity. Contact Fredericksburg Texas phone 260 as the pickup point for supplier inquiries.
Behrend Wreckingard and Garage in Fredericksburg, Texas offers 12 percent cents for old junk tires and seeks all kinds of scrap iron and old metal. Call 305 for prices.
Schneider's Hatchery in Fredericksburg promotes baby chicks from BW hens and stocks a large supply of chick and chicken feeds for poultry keepers.
Notice from Felix Maier Machine Shop in Fredericksburg offering reboring for all engines with prompt service and reasonable prices. Also advertisment from CASH PRODUCE Chr Hahn manager seeking fresh eggs hides and poultry at top market prices with phone contact.
The School Board of the Harper Independent School District expresses sincere thanks to the Board of Deacons and the Baptist Congregation of the First Baptist Church of Harper for courtesy in extending the use of their church building to the school district during the past year. F. C. Larkin, School District official.
The family expresses gratitude for assistance at their mother Mrs. Lorenz Wendel Sr's funeral. They thank Mrs. Fred Gammenthaler Rex Probst the choir and the ladies who served the lunch and all others who helped in any way. Your kindness will be remembered.
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