Harper HI-LIGHTS 1944 Harper High School bulletin
Edited weekly for the interest of Harper High School in Harper Texas the April 7 1944 issue lists staff roles class reporters and student biographies including editors and reporters across grades with names like Walter Winn Parker Opal June Lennon Mary Frances Fletcher and Oleane Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper High School
Harper, Texas
HI - Lights
Faye Moses
Walter Winn Parker
Mary Frances Fletcher
Student Council
Opal June Lennon
Grammar School
Evelyn Honig
Dorothy Whitewood
Mae Parker
Raymond Pape
Mildred Boatright
Joycee Whetstone
Oleane Walker
Doris Whit
Boy Scouts Pass Tests and Plan Hikes in March
The Troop 139 scouts report Tenderfoot testers passed by Gene Parker and 12 others. second class work remains incomplete for all. Twenty six boys attended Tuesday’s meeting. hikes planned Thursday and a Fourteen Mile hike soon. March room ratings show improving school facilities and higher rankings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Troop 139
Gene Parker
Walter Parker
Hoover Casper
Gene Harper
Elmer Lange
Wesley Sageser
Robey
Dean Goff
Clarence Ruskey
Forrest Thurman
Archie Lennon
Lamar Parker
Pat Rogers
Charles Schmidt
Elmer Strackbein
Anderegg
Parker
Thurman
Miss Hefington
Hogan
Agri
Mr. Hopf
Buskey
Goff
Hopf
Miss Heffington
Mr. St. Clair
Bode
Root
FFA show barn and ranch facts plus school gossip notes
The Lone Star Farmer reports two FFA items about land purchase for a show barn and auction pen near Harper with funds raised and labor expected. Dennis Parker, former district FFA leader, now assists his father on a large Harper area ranch with 300 Delaine sheep and 12 Hereford cows, and plans to grow feed crops on 65 acres. The issue also contains a long string of high school gossip notes about Friday night events and class conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Farmer
Future Farmers of America
Harper
Dennis Parker
Hill Country Future Farmers Organization
Dennis
Delaine
Women’s Army Corps Recruits Grow At Camp Swift
At Camp Swift on April 3 recruits from Central Texas show growing interest in joining the Women’s Army Air Corps. Inquiries arrive at the post recruiting office about the new regulations as the nation’s need for soldiers prompts women to fill roles previously held by men amid transfers to frontlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Swift
Texas
Women's Army Air Corps
Tians
WAC
Agricultural Bill Advances as REA Defends Rural Aid
The House passed the annual Agriculture appropriation with direct funding under 900 million dollars. Parity payments account for 170 million, soil conservation at 290 million, and REA financing faced debate but access to loans remains. The Tombigbee canal project was struck from the Rivers and Harbors bill, and veterans guidance materials were offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombigbee
Tennes
Work Harder End of School Year Message
Mary Frances Fletcher urges students to complete all work early to avoid last minute rushes. Delay leads to midnight oil and possible missed entertainment as school ends approach. She stresses finishing themes reports poetry and notebooks now before closing time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Fletcher
Box Supper and Dance Rescheduled to April 14 Friday
The Box Supper and Dance date changed from April 15 to April 14, a Friday. Ladies should bring boxes for the supper. Proceeds aid the Junior and Senior Classes raising funds for The Service Men's Memorial. Music by The Heart's Delight Playboys. Junior Class sponsors the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart's Delight Playboys
Doris Whitworth
Three Harper Trustees Re elected In School Election
Harper Independent School District voters chose Lee Goff Olin Walker and A L Bierschwale for three year terms on the Board of Education. Alfred Spaeth Chester Itz and Charles Klaehn were defeated by about three to one with 172 total votes. H Belmore Roberts received 137 votes to 28. John Man was reelected with Paul Delory as Presiding Judge and Fred Whitewood and Mrs J M Eathorne as election clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Independent School District
Lee Goff
Olin B. Walker
A. L. Bierschwale
Board of Education
Alfred Spaeth
Chester Itz
Charles Klaehn
H. Belmore Roberts
County Board of School Trustees
John Manor
Doss
Paul Delory
Fred Whitewood
J. M. Eathorne
What I Learned in Homemaking
Marche Thomas shares skills in sewing including seams and machine care. She lists cooking basics such as soups muffins cookies biscuits cakes frostings baked bananas and beverages and notes planning informal meals and buying vegetables.
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Marche Thomas
Wayside Inn saga links to Mary Had a Little Lamb tale
Longfellow famed Wayside Inn at South Sudbury Massachusetts links to the Redstone School House that inspired Mary Had a Little Lamb. Built in 1686 by Samuel Howe the inn stayed in the Howe line for two centuries. Henry Ford bought it in 1933 and preserved it as a historic site with an open fireplace and Hessian andirons. The Red Stone School House now sits on the estate with a Sterling origin and a sixteen pupil student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Howe
Sudbury
Mass
Henry Ford
Stone
Sara Hale
Mary
Sterling
PTA Conference Highlights Child Welfare and Civic Involvement
The report covers a PTA conference with talks on emotional fairness in homes, sharing planning, and fostering high standards in children. A recreation talk by W. E. Whitten and a staged program including "Pink and Patches" followed by a party are described, along with multiple sessions by district leaders, display tables, and life memberships awarded to local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Krause
Lorene Mittendorf
Frank Lee Ottmers
Adeline Kortland
Dorothy Bernhardt
Henry Holly
Uining
Jack Little
Walter McKay
Little
Hlistory
PTA
Agricultural Records for Farmers and Ranchers Offered
Agricultural records books for farmers and ranchers sold at $1.00 and $2.00 each. They help keep accurate farm and ranch income and grazing records with guidance from The Radio Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Radio Post
Fredes Ieksb P
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Harper Hi-Lights
Dorothy
Camille
Minda Faye Mosel
Mrs. Hopf
Madge
Audrey Mae
Dorothy Nell
Mary Jr
Fletcher
Mason
Olean
Johnnye
Lamar
Opal June
Doris
Charles
E. J. Alfred
Oleane
Minda Faye
Bonnie
Joyce
Inez
Jean
Opal
Virgil
Women’s Army Corps
REA
See
Tombigbee Rivers
Central Drug Co
Fredericksburg
Maxine Lange
Mrs. Chester Seller
San Antonio
Harper Herald
Jessie
Bessie
Herald
Longfellow
Wayside Inn
School of “Mary’s Lamb
Red Horse
Lexington
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
South Sudbury
Mase
Womad
Karl Garrett St
Kerrville, Texas
Complete Men’s Furnishings Store
ECMED
Bieter
Pace
Seventh District
Virginia W Sharborough
S. G. Freeman
H. A. Lochte
B. L. Enderle
Keyser
Sutherland
Sharborough
Majestic
I. C
F. F. A. Stock
W. A. Brown
W. Brown
American Pure Milk CO
Phone
Kerrville
Hahn
Mgr
Tex
Wolf Mueller's Bakery
A. E. Self
Water Street
Dalac Theatre
Texa
BS RO Roem Letter Colle
Columbia
Fondey
Wednes
Thars
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Austin
ICRA
American Statesman
Corriedale Rams
H. A. Porter
Mortimer Ranch
P.O. Box
Harper Phone
J. O. Ernst Piano Shop
Fredericksburg, Texas
Leon F. Zwiener
Optometrist
Ek. O. Lowgren Junction
Wool Ranch
Mohair
C. T. Holekamp
Manager Junction, Texas
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