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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1950
Page
3
A vivid domestic scene describes a Japanese family living in a sunlit room with tatami mats and a sloped Chinese or South Pacific style house. The piece follows breakfast routines, tea, a koto performance, and garden aesthetics, noting shifts in parental roles and education choices shaping the children's future.
Peggy Lou Parker daughter of Mr and Mrs Clayton Parker near Harper was crowned football sweetheart of the Harper Bobcats at Saturday ceremonies before the Harper Rocks Springs District 12-B six man game. Parker is a Harper high school senior and received a bouquet from Chas Friedrich crowned by Clark Bierschweile co captains of the team.
The Pentecostal Church at Harper adds restrooms this week. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Goebel of Abernathy visited her sister, Mrs. G. C. Metzger, Monday.
A full church at St Anthony's hosts daily missions led by Rev F J DeRoche with morning Mass and evening sermons. In Fredericksburg the nine county Make It Yourself with Wool show opens at 8 pm Monday Nov 6 at the high school auditorium with Madeline Bartlett directing, 150 cash prizes and 75 entries including Kerrville delegates and senior girl scouts.
Mr and Mrs W A Brown of Harper celebrated a silver wedding anniversary on October 20. A 52 piece community silver set and a large white cake with silver bells were given. The couple wed in Fredericksburg on October 18, 1925. They reside in Harper with their three sons Eldine, W E Brown, and a son who died at birth.
Gillespie County voters will pick seven countywide offices with a write-in campaign for the eighth. Three county offices are contested, four commissioners face opposition, and several unopposed posts remain. The general ballot is four columns with a secret ballot system and sealed stubs for voter privacy. Democratic nominees include O C Fisher and Dorsey Hardeman among others. many local candidates and party lines are noted, and Antonette Parker visits from Sul Ross College.
A Harper fire station building committee is formed with Tommie Harlan as head to supervise construction. Richard Rodder, Bill Kaiser, and Floy Bode are other members. Basements excavated last week. cash on hand exceeds two thousand dollars with strong support toward a five thousand dollar goal.
Harper Bobcats beat Rocksprings 30 to 12 as Chas Friedrich scores early and later suffers a dislocated wrist. Clark Bierschwale passes to Hal Ray Bierschwale for two TDs, Jackie Eathorne returns a third quarter pass for a score. Rocksprings rallies with two long passes late, Friedrich sidelined for weeks, next game at Comfort followed by hosting St Marys Indians. Coach Howard Schultz fields all 14 players.
Mrs. O Buskey and her son Clarence of Alvin visited her aunt Mrs. S S Stewart and friends at Harper Saturday. Mrs Stewart accompanied them home for a few days visit.
The 3rd and 4th grade pupils and some mothers honored teacher Mrs. Lewis Stevens with a Halloween birthday party. Organizers Mrs. Worth Howe and Mrs. Ed Win Braeutigam arranged the table. A white cake with pumpkins and black cats, bronze chrysanthemums and gold candies was served to 40 pupils along with black crickets as favors.
The Friendly Sewing Circle gathered Oct. 17 at Mrs. Chester Mosel's home. Six members answered roll call with two visitors present. Members voted to embroider tea towels and sugar sacks for a gift box and sent a pot plant to ill Mrs. Fred Gammenthaler. November host is Mrs. S. Casper. The hostess served punch cookies and sandwiches. all enjoyed an pleasant time.
The sixth grade room mothers hosted a Halloween party on Friday October 27. Bingo games entertained students with prizes awarded to Dorothy Mae Esquell Sendon Parker Eugene Bode Kermit Strackbein Alois Lange James Tarr and Doris Oehler. Cookies and Koolard were served to the class sponsors and four guests.
Rubin Heinemann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heinemann, was accidentally shot on October 29 when a revolver was pulled during a joke while his brother aimed at him. He underwent surgery to remove the bullet and is recovering. Mr and Mrs Harold Adcock visited friends at Blanco and San Marcos.
Seventy head of Herefords from seven counties brought $45,420 for an average of $649 at the Hill Country Hereford Association annual sale. Mason consignors led bulls’ top price at $2,100. crowd of 1,000 plus attended in Mason. It was labeled the best sale in the association’s history.
Senior classroom mothers Mrs Arthur Bierschwale and Mrs Milton Casper hosted a post game party in the gym Saturday night for the Bucksprings football players and pep squad along with the boys and girls and school faculty. Refreshments included sandwiches cookies and punch for about 80 attendees. Mr and Mrs Nelson Stubblefield of Sonora visited over the weekend with her father C E Belin and brother Mocris.
Election returns for the general election will be posted in the Exhibition Hall at Gillespie Fair Park under the Fredericksburg High School Band and Lions Club sponsorship. First results after 7 pm, with updates from 23 county precincts, plus band concerts, supper by Band Boosters, bingo, raffles, and a huge Thanksgiving turkey raffle to support the bands. Parking provided, committees busy, and public invited for an evening of entertainment and civic reporting.
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