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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1944
Page
3
Harper Hi Lights weekly edition publicizes school life at Harper High School with staff listings for editors reporters and society notes. The issue dated Friday April 14 1944 features Minda Faye Moses as editor and includes assignments for senior junior sophomore and freshman reporters along with society reporters and joke reporters.
Community notes discuss being a worthwhile person by helping friends and maintaining kindness. A school page includes social updates from Harper, Easter party talk, box supper plans, a PTA tea event with Home Economic girls, and Alf Lehne attending the Lumbermen's Convention in Dallas.
The Harper Public Schools will end the 1943 44 term with commencement for senior graduates on Friday May 9. Baccalaureate services occur at the Lutheran Church with Rev Walter Probst delivering the address. No graduation speaker has been set.
The Harper Herald proposes to present a large American Flag and Staff to the Harper Boy Scouts if at least 20 boys reach First Class rank within a set period. Supt. Wm Root and the publisher will set the deadline as the 32 Scouts pursue merit badges and higher ratings.
Local families from Tivydale and nearby towns held weekend visits and social gatherings across San Antonio Fredericksburg Kerrville and Harper. Alfons Klein and family hosted and visited relatives including Stehling Moellendorf Roeder Fiedler and Juenke in multiple small get togethers during Easter weekend.
W C Whitworth reported for Navy induction in San Antonio Wednesday. Rev and Mrs Walter C Probst and family visited Kerrville in the Chas Schmidt and Sam Honig home. Hubert Rahe and August Kirchoff hosts on Sunday. Charley Coffey and son Ralston visited Harper. Ruby Mae Kensing spent Easter with Felix Kensing. Alfred Kirchoff and a Fredericksburg business trip. Dan Honig home hosted W A Honig James and Elise and Minnie Honig of San Antonio. Carl O Whitworth business trip to Fredericksburg. Felix Kensing and Dan Honig Fredericksburg visits. Audrey Mae Brown and Mrs E R Brown visited Fredericksburg. Carlie Lawrence Louis Welgehausen and Max Schmidt of Fredericksburg plus Lorence Wendel Sr of Harper visited Chas Schmidt ill but improving. Herbie Oehler and Delbert visited Kerrville. G N Walker and August Kirchoff visited Chas Schmidt Sunday. Subscribe to the Herald.
Sunday visits and Friday trips span Kerrville Fredericksburg and San Antonio. Residents include Mrs Ernest Kott Mr August Josephs family Mr Alfred Kott Leo Goff and Ed Marschall with multiple spouses children and friends. The notices record numerous business trips and social calls across Texas towns.
A school notice lists honors from senior Evelyn Honig and Roosevelt Dean Goff to Minda Faye Moses and Oleane Walker. Juniors include Joyce Whetstone Camille Stevens Opal June Lennon Mary F. Fletcher and Helen June Bode. Freshman Edna Behrens also listed.
Texas horticulturist J F Rosborough urges a record number of Victory gardens to meet wartime needs. Governor Prentice Cooper cites a National Garden Advisory Committee survey showing lagging interest. Planting guidance covers timing for beans peppers corn lettuce peas okra and melons across Texas regions.
A fragment mentions orange juice coffee stairs and Wheaties by the door hinting at a rushed morning routine before a bus trip. No clear persons or organizations are identified in the OCR text.
The Fredericksburg Giants begin their 1944 season with a 3:30 p.m. game against Dan's Cafe of San Antonio. Hugo Klaerner and Alfons Klaerner star as battery mates behind the plate and on the mound. Weathered by gas restrictions earlier, local fans hope for more games this summer with visiting teams.
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