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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1960
Page
4
The Round-Up reports Harper High to travel to Fredericksburg Monday for portrait day. Honorees include Dedication, Mr and Miss HHS, Runners-up, Homecoming Queen, Pin-Up Boy, Band Sweetheart, FFA Sweetheart, FHA Favorite, Best All Around Boy and Girl, plus several division pages.
Harper fourth grade, 20 students, led by Mrs. Ken Whitewood, toured Kerrville locations Friday. They visited a creamery with lunch, the courthouse, jail, and a radio station where Jerome Esquell spoke on air. They also saw a taxidermy shop, ate at Louise Hays Park, shopped at a variety store, and stopped at Dairy Queen on the way home.
Mrs Alfonso Hopf and Mrs Dennis Parker visited Mrs Ollie Parker and daughter Mrs Hazel Gillette on Sunday.
The Hoboes worked this year to raise money for the Senior trip and express gratitude to those who provided work. They report enjoyment amid the effort and note contributions from absent seniors who donated money, totaling over 55 dollars.
The Harper High School Band and the Schreiner Institute Band gave a Friday concert conducted by Henry M. Streety. The program featured America Choral There's Music in the Air and six items for the Harper Band plus the Schreiner selections Herald Trumpets Blues in the Band La Mascarada Basin Street Blues Cha Cha Sorellis Prairie Jump Red Rhythm Valley Burst of Flame. A post concert dance with records followed.
A shy, energetic pupil named by teachers for persistence and influence becomes a model in class. The student’s nickname circulates among staff as a beacon of steady effort and curiosity.
Cecil C Tatsch born June 23 1940 in Johnson City Texas is noted as an active FFA member for four years. He contributed to Dairy Judging Team successes at Blanco Blanco District and Area meets and placed well at A M Houston and San Marcos contests. He played football basketball and drama and served as a junior class drama stage manager and senior elementary grade news reporter. He was runner up for Mr H H S and twice named Best Dancer at PTA events. His interests include math and undecided career plans with a lifelong aim to stay energetic and successful.
Mr and Mrs Le Roy Kramer and sons of San Antonio and Andrew Kramer visit Mrs Ernest Kramer and Mrs Lee Roeder of Fredericksburg. Dinners host Mr and Mrs Marvin Kramer with relatives from San Angelo Austin and Kerrville. A baptism at St James Lutheran accompanies a shower for Mrs Buddy Pape and infant Carolyn Kay at Prade Ranch.
A Texas Bar column reflects on Law Day May 1 as a study of law and rights. It contrasts jus lex droit derecho with the American right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and notes law as essential to freedom peace and progress. It cautions readers to seek an attorney for legal matters.
College Station report highlights the need for alert management and enterprise records in farm and ranch operations. C H Bates emphasizes that detailed records reveal profits and losses by enterprise, with extension agents offering guidance and support for counties expanding this work.
College Station publishes a new guide for internal parasites affecting sheep and goats. The work by James Gray and Dr. C M Patterson covers major Texas parasites, diagnosis, treatment and control strategies. County agents have copies, or request MP-396 from the Agriculture Information Office in College Station, Texas.
The article discusses infectious hepatitis in poultry, noting its economic impact from mortality and reduced egg production. It covers diagnosis challenges, misdiagnosis risks, and the need for sanitation, veterinary confirmation, and proper treatment until diagnosis is assured. It also mentions related poultry diseases and the spread in flocks.
Mr and Mrs Felix Hahn of Fredericksburg spent Friday visiting their daughter Mrs Elbert Feller and family and attended the band concert that evening.
Oe Misses Marlene and Willie Mae Kaltser of San Antonio spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Morris Bein and Mr. Bein.
A birth is reported in Harper with Bob Green and wife welcoming a son born April 22 in Gorham hospital. Local visits include Carl Durst Fredericksburg and Allen Fowler San Antonio at the Gammenthaler home. Brisk seafood and oil product notes, and a historical line on Alexander Hamilton and Ronald Amundsen.
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