The Round Up staff credits and listings
The Round Up announces staff roles including Joyce Solbrig editor Frances Rischner assistant editor Janice Spatch business manager J R Mayhugh Robbie Gibson Marlene Kaiser Barbara Lennon social reporter Frances Dittmar sponsor Mrs Otto Schneider Jr and individual class reporters who will report regularly to the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Rischner
Janice Spacth
J. R. Mayhugh
Robbie Gibson
Marlene Kaiser
Barbara Lennon
Frances Dittmar
Otto Schneider, Jr
Student Council Ejects Officers and Plans Merit Awards
The article reports the first Student Council meeting on October 13 in which President Marlene Kaiser Vice-president Eugene Parker Secretary Bobby Gibson and Treasurer Alfred Edwards were ejected. It notes plans to explore merit awards for top grades and to have the Council act as guides at a basketball tournament plus committees for Christmas entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Kaiser
Eugene Parker
Bobby Gibson
Alfred Edwards
Bailey
Marlene
Fishy Tales Freshmen Halloween Party Recap
The freshman class enjoyed a Hallowe en party on October 25 1954 at seven. Punch cookies and cake were served. Thanks are extended to Mesdames Ellebracht Cottie Fiedier Dittmar and Oehler for refreshments and help. reporter Carrie Strackbein notes chatter about students and events around Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
Ellebracht
Cottie
Fiedier
Dittmar
Oehler
Carrie Strackbein
Martha M
Fredericksburg
Edith F
Tootsie F
The Kiss as Part of The Round-Up Study
The article classifies a kiss in various parts of speech from noun to conjunction. It explores how a kiss can function as pronoun verb adverb adjective interjection preposition and more while presenting a playful linguistic roundup.
Harper Tournament Set To Feature Texas Girls Teams
The Harper basketball tournament runs December 9 10 and 11 with top Texas girls teams Llano Fredericksburg Mason Rocksprings Comfort Center Point Bandera Millersview and Harper plus boys squads from these schools and Menard The Harper boys aim for a strong showing after last year’s poor result while hoping to share in a twin trophy for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Texas
Llano
Fredericksburg
Mason
Rocksprings
Comfort
Center Point
Bandera
Millersview
Menard
Harper Boys
Harper Girls Open Season Against Llano
The Har per girls basketball team hosts Llano in the season opener on Saturday night November 6. Llano is said to have a strong squad with only one player gone from last year while Harper lost three A team players but shows promising freshmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Llano
Llano Girls
Round Up brings school notes and small-town shenanigans
A lively roundup of campus happenings and gossip from a Longhorn era. The piece recalls rode rough humor from a Friday night game, student activities in the Ag shop, senior class business, a pep rally oddity, engagements, Halloween pranks, and local mischief including theft and a blackout night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jin Town
Janice Spaeth
Hutto
Harper Longhorn
Bobby Benner
Harper Boys
Joyce S
Llano
Harper
Cotton
Mr. Bailey
Leona
Marlene
Longhorn
Virginia
Val
Kay Thompson Althaus
Dudley
Mister
Miss Middleton
Pep Squad Halftime Displays and Player Injuries Reported
The Round-Up notes the pep squad formed a jack o lantern and a witches hat with flashlights at the Friday game, Hutto won, two players Alvin and Tooter were hurt but recovering, and a Friday game vs Confort looms with support from fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutto
Harper
Alvin
Tooter
Confort
Creighton Stevens Family Visits Rubin Bode in Hospital
Mr and Mrs Creighton Stevens and their sons visited Rubin Bode at the Legion Hospital where Mr Bode went for a check up. Alfred Kramer and Mr and Mrs Paul Staudt spent the weekend visiting Mr and Mrs Pete Kramer and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Creighton Stevens and Sons
Rubin Bode
The
Legion Hospital
Mr. Bode
Vwirh
Alfred Kramer
Paul Staudt
Pete Kramer
Mrs. J. B Kidd Visits Loyal Valley Family
Mrs. J. B Kidd spent Sunday with her daughter Mrs. Johnnie Byerley and family at Loyal Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8
Kidd
Johnnie Byerley
Loyal Valley
Jim Perty
Senior Class Meeting Chooses Motto and Plans Activities
Alvin Lange presided as Frances Dittmar reported 306.88 in the bank. The class selected motto Labor Brings Highest Achievements and formed a plays committee including Kenneth O Joyce S Barbara and Marlene. They will attend the October 31 midnight show at Fredericksburg with room parents Mr and Mrs Alvin Solbrig and Mr and Mrs Clarence Ernst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Lange
Frances Dittmar
Kenneth O
Joyce
Barbara
Marlene
Fredericksburg
Alvin J. R
Ralph
Leroy
Alvin Solbrig
Clarence Ernst
Virginia
Val
Carolyn
J. R
Shirley
Frances D
Janice
Alvin
River of No Return
Joyce S
Mildred
National Competition Opens For Fashion Scholarship
Seniors at Harper High are invited to enter the Forest City Fashion Scholarships, sponsored by Forest City Manufacturing of St. Louis with Washington University. Two winners receive full tuition for two years at the university. Entries due March 1 1955 with sketches and a principal’s letter of recommendation. Winners announced about May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper High School
Forest City Fashion
Forest City Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
Missouri
Department of Dress Design
School of Fine Arts
Washington University
Simon Spitzer
Spitzer
Forest City
Washington Avenue
Carole King
Doris Dodson
Shirley Lee
Martha Manning
Peg Palmer
Local families attend football game and socialize
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allen Fowler and son Charles Allen and Buddie Slater from San Antonio visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maurer for supper Saturday. The Tarrs Parker Bier schwab and Marschall joined scouts in Austin for the Texas SMU game. Funeral services for Mrs. Hornbeck were held in Kerrville with interment at Glen Rest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
John Arthur Tarr
Richard Suffel
Wayne Lennon
Frank Metzger
Hollis Walker
Luke
George Mains
Cody Marschall
Dennis Parker
Clark Bierschwale
Burnet
Johnson Thurman
Mr. Thurman
White Bluff
Charles Allen Fowler
Charles Allen
Buddie Slater
San Antonio
Robert Maurer
Watkins Tarr
James Holland Walker
Clark Bierschwab
Victor Marschall
Fred Gammenthatex
Fred Gammenthaler
Allen Fowler
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C.reesrecsese
Joyce Solbrig
Longhorn Tales
Burnett
Charlie Coffey
Anita Thurman
Walter Markwordt
Mrs
Frank Staudt
Patronize Herald
F. M. Floyd
Miss Floyd
Julia Cook
Gene Carter
Oklahoma
Sam Honig
Petroleum
American Institute of Mining
Harper Hdc
Quality
Ula
Elmo Lumpkine and Son
Supt
Mrs. Batley
Harold Tatsch
Jackie
Rich. Schumann
Richmond
Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg
William Byrd
James River
Vogiue
Kerrville
the House of Fashion
Vogue
Harper Herald
Fair Grounds Exhibition Hall
Pete & His Texas
Valley Boys
American Legion
Klein’s Hall
Pete
Texas Valley Boys
Pat
Hall Fov
Ray Stone
Clyde Merrit
J. J. Patranella
Klein
Rubin Beckmann
Sunshine Sue
WRVA
Old Dominion
Karo
Erwin C. Kraus
West Main Street
Fredericksburg, Texas
Paul A. Kraus
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