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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1954
Page
2
On May 11 19M Harper High School will host a junior senior prom and banquet with the Circus theme. Banquet starts at six, dancing at eight. The Black Aces band from Lampasas will provide music and freshmen and sophomore girls serve. Attendees include all high school students with dates free, alumni pay fifty cents.
Eight grade students study the world map while seventh and eighth grades spend a day taking achievement tests. Several notes mention library books, a music pupil audition, spelling matches, a horse show trip, and a Fredericksburg concert. A Homemaking class prepared a buffet dinner with stuffed pepper and coconut pie.
A town school page highlights plans for a box supper versus a banquet and a senior trip. Students enjoy outings and activities at the 87 Drive In in Fredericksburg and Squaw Creek school closing.
The piece criticizes Moscow and Beijing for using Stalinist style diplomacy to seek UN recognition. It warns that Red China and Red Russia mask bad deeds with good words, cites Mao’s 1952 military buildup near Indo China, and recalls Dulles’ Korea truce policy as a deterrent to renewed aggression.
Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors builds the Gun Automatic 20MM M39 under Army Ordnance for the Air Force. The weapon fires far faster than the .50 cal and is designed for aerial use with a revolving cylinder and electric gas operation. Pontiac also produces the Otter tracked carrier, 40 MM Bofors type cannon, and 4.5 inch rockets with defense work comprising about 20 percent of its activity.
The Doss School hosts a full day program featuring students and named locals including Leon Spaeth Merridew Fritz Green Moellendorf and Dittmar. No admission will be charged for the program as trustees Paul Sauer Welge Dittmar and Friedrich oversee the event.
Jarvis Wieser announces candidacy for county attorney subject to the November general election. City references include Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 and a law practice with his father J B Wieser. He is a WWII veteran and current Reserve Company commander. Early rail history notes highball signaling trains.
A layman guide outlines what a deposition is and how it preserves testimony for trial. It also explains participating versus nonparticipating royalties in oil and gas leases and how reserved mineral interests affect royalties and leases.
Column notes under Texas law explains that a non-participating mineral interest would not share in the lease bonus or annual lease payments to keep the lease, but would receive a share of oil produced payments. It cautions readers to seek attorney advice for factual situations.
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