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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1956
Page
4
The Senior Class sponsored the Round-Up this semester. On Thursday, September 20, they met with Mrs. Hopf to elect officers. Appointments include Editor Doris Oehler, Assistant Editor Jerome Lange, Sports Editor James Tarr, Treasurer Janice Parker, and Miscellaneous Kermit Strack with Lois Lange and Douglas Tatsch.
The Longhorns defeated Leakey 14 to 6 in a late afternoon game. Johnnie Cottle scored two touchdowns late in the fourth quarter aided by strong blocking. The team travels to Medina this Friday aiming to stay atop the district standings.
The Homemaking Club met in October with year book planning underway. A district meeting occurred October 13 in Menard followed by a formal freshmen initiation for June Braeutigam, Saundra Cottle, Carolyn Lennon, Doris Friedrich, and Mary Duderstadt. Hostesses served cake and punch.
The record lists daily menus from Monday to Friday featuring steak, green beans, carrot sticks, pudding and milk on Monday. hamburgers and jello on Tuesday. meat toast beans slaw peaches biscuits and milk on Wednesday. fried chicken peas potatoes and cookies on Thursday. and fish with corn vegetable salad raisins cinnamon rolls and milk on Friday. It also notes Mr and Mrs John Goerner of San Antonio visited Mrs W J Goerner Sunday.
Brady 47 Fredericksburg 26. St Marys 53 Medina 6. Harper 14 Leakey 6. Lanier 20 Laredo 6. Kerrville 14 Seguin 7. Burnet 20 Lampasas 6. Goldthwaite 20 Mason 13. Blanco 27 Southside 6. Sonora 46 Junction 7. Carrizo Springs 7 Dilley 7. Gonzales 44 Luling 14. Edison 44 Northeast 0. Wm Travis 6 McCallum 6. Brackenbridge 19 Harlandale 13. Miller 27 Edinburgh 12. Austin 12 Temple 12.
For sale notice asks interested buyers to contact Dayton Rahe in Harper for Butane tanks Dearborn heaters and gas accessories, with a provided phone.
The gym group practiced shooting and earned a forthcoming game against Rocksprings at Harper. Local pupils, including several named youths, were seen around Medina after returning from Leakey while the band prepared a Halloween photo for the Lion’s Club calendar.
The Upper Llano Soil Conservation District urges winter maintenance of field terraces to prevent erosion and silt buildup. It notes that readying channels and reshaping ridges avoids costly repairs after heavy rains. The district reports W C Oliver operating 22 sprinklers achieving about 11.5 gallons per minute for even irrigation.
Eight proposed amendments to Texas state policy will appear on the general election ballot with a ninth to be considered at a November 13 special election. Each amendment is printed twice for FOR and AGAINST voting, with voters to mark the statement they oppose. Ballot instructions explain scratching and write-in options, while related notes discuss NAACP injunctions and court rulings on submerged land.
Bourland quits effective Nov. 1 to enter private practice in Austin and is noted as a former assistant attorney general. Texas December draft quota set at 877 men, the largest this year per State Selective Service Headquarters. Texas traffic facilities show higher totals than a year ago with 1,872 for the third quarter of 1956 versus 1,804 last year, per the Department of Public Safety.
A list of upcoming four H club gatherings includes Desa 4 H Club on Monday at 7 30 p m at the school Wrede H D Club meets Tuesday at 2 00 p m with Mrs Elroy Ransleben and another session that day at 7 30 p m for Stonewall 4 H at the school on Tuesday November 6 and Crabapple H D Club with Mrs Ewald Sagebiel at 2 00 p m on Wednesday November 7.
The Texas County Agricultural and Home Demonstration Agents will attend a conference in College Station the week of October 29 to November 2. Gillespie County 4 H Awards Banquet is set for Monday November 19 1956 with tickets available from the Community 4 H Clubs or County Agent's office. The page also includes a humorous quip about a man rushing to buy a car after finding a parking place.
Witches and ghosts haunted a Saturday Hallowe'en party at Harper Baptist Church with over fifty attendees. The Training Union Department led by Dallas Rieger organized games apple bobbing fortune telling and a scavenger hunt followed by ice carved punch cookies and a closing hymn and prayer. The event included child and adult activities and gifts for children as they left.
Dayton Rahe offers a for sale notice for butane gas accessories. The brief item lists the scene and item type without further details.
A commentary on how News spreads faster today and how readers prefer talking or listening. The piece argues against censoring others over personal choices and urges self censorship in discussion. Copyright 1956 United States Brewers Foundation.
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