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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1960
Page
9
An eastern educator derides the notion that high schools must post large graduating classes or boast costly lab gear to be good. Small schools can share specialists like psychologists and music teachers, offering personal attention and flexibility. The piece praises American farmers and argues for balanced progress in education and technology.
The Rev W W Schneider officiated a double ring wedding uniting Miss Carolyn Langbein and Joe A Moellendorf on Saturday May 14 at 10 in St Marys Catholic Church. The couple's families and a 200 guest reception followed at Klein's Hall with out of town guests from San Antonio Harper Kerrville San Marcos Ingram and Bayton.
Elgin Lange of Harper, son of Mr and Mrs Anton Lange, member of Harper Future Farmers of America, received the Area VII Forney Foundation Scholarship at the Area VII convention in San Marcos. The $250 cash award may be used at any college. or Lange may opt for a new electric welder instead. The scholarship honors his outstanding electric welding ability and related school and community work.
Old mattresses made new by innerspring specialists. All gyork FRLIED All york guaranteed. Leave orders at Harper Lei t Plant. Mayfield's Mainess Co Kerrville.
Mobil Oil stations in Fredericksburg and Gillespie County run Welcome Week from May 21 to 28 inviting motorists to receive a Golden Mobil Key with a fill up of Mobil Special or Mobilgas. Participating stations include Market Square Service Station, Weidenfeller Brothers Service Station, Eckhardt and Son, and Play Lode in Harper.
A bridal shower at the home of Mrs. Leon Zwiener honors Miss Davene Schmidt, bride elect of July 1. Guests greet hostesses Mrs. Zwiener and Mrs. Adam Gruber with floral corsages, pink decor, and a menu featuring car nations and strawberries while organ music plays.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Rogers and daughter Jeanette visited Miss Mary Defreest and Mr and Mrs Jack Valentine in Aust Sunday.
Harper Scout Troop No 139 elected new officers at the May meeting in the Legion Hut. Eagle Scout Malcolm Marschall remains Senior Patrol Leader with Cody Marschall as Assistant. Eagle Scout David Hopf as Scribe. Other roles filled include Jim Tatsch Patrol Leader and Wayne Walker as assistant. John Warren Mce Dougall Patrol Leader Explorer Patrol. Langford Metzger as assistant.
Fredericksburg residents Mr and Mrs George Wahl visited their daughter Mrs Paul Lang and children last Thursday. Capt and Mrs J A Dean and their kids from San Antonio spent Sunday with their niece Mrs Bob Fryer. Mrs Hazel Gillette, recently in Houston, returned home. Mrs Lemuel Jones and daughter Jill of Copperas Cove joined a Harper visit. Acknowledging the American Legion Auxiliary May 28 poppy gift, made by a disabled veteran as a symbol of courage from Argonne to Korea.
Fourteen graduates of Harper High School will receive diplomas Monday night at the exercises conducted by John Honig, Harper School Board president. Valedictorian June Bracutigam and salutatorian James Wienecke lead a list of graduates as the program includes band procession, invocations, a history address by Jimmy Fern, and diplomas presented by John Honig.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Kramer visited his mother Mrs Ernest Kramer and their son Andrew in Fredericksburg Sunday.
A black squirrel caused a brief power outage by entering a Kerrville Road substation at 4 05 p m. Fredericksburg utilities and fire crews responded, extinguishing with foam. Damage was estimated at 2000 to 3000 dollars with several motors and freezers burned. power returned after about 45 minutes.
A Keivlle highway electrical substation near Fredericksburg suffered two fires this week. An initial fire caused 2000 to 3000 dollars in damage when a black squirrel triggered a circuit breaker. A second fire destroyed a new breaker, with about 5000 dollars in damage. cause undetermined. Power switched to West Texas Utility after the outage.
Kerrville area Bookmobile schedules revised to run at the same stops every three weeks, effective May 24, serving Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall and Kerr counties. Listings cover dates from May 24 through June 11 with community centers, libraries and post offices among the stops.
Texas officials announce the 1960 Official Highway Travel Map is available free from the Texas Highway Department and district offices. The map shows 1933 miles of multilane highways, 1500 farm to market roads, 26378 miles of state and U S highways, three new lakes, 64 major lakes and reservoirs, 816 roadside parks, and city route maps for 12 large cities.
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