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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1955
Page
9
The Round Up describes a Freshman initiation at Harper High School with blindfolded entries into a Home making Room. Girls removed shoes and socks and dressed in hidden clothes after rolling up jeans. Surprises included dancing on ice dropping quarters and flour pranks. Boys and girls gathered in the gym for cookies and ice cream as new members celebrated.
Fans discuss a district game Friday as Leakey aims to rebound after a 26 44 loss to Lea key. The piece links Homecoming Day at Harper and various school social notes with a casual sports round up tone.
A collection of humor snippets from a Fredericksburg setting including joked exchanges about glasses and eyesight, a dentist drill gag, and quips on love and tobacco. The editor’s playful line about a ten yard start frames the humor as light banter.
A short excerpt depicts Geerae uninterested in labor as a defining trait. The line highlights a nonchalant attitude toward duty and daily tasks within a concise, character-centered fragment.
In a Tuesday night ritual at the school the freshmen faced pranks by sophomores juniors and seniors. Ice cubes and a large board tested balance and nerve while a blind folded pose yielded a chilly ride. The seniors cooled them with a block of ice as they recited the creed.
In a school page message, students discuss Joe Parker losing a class ring and a girl in Junction, Doris staying home on Halloween, and various gossip about blisters, lateness on Tuesday from late Monday, Gene Bode behaving oddly, a student nicknamed Tornado, and a question about Kermit S.
District Judge Jim Weather set Wednesday November 23 for a hearing on admissibility of Ralph Swanson testimony in the libel suit of Arthur Stehling against Alfred P C Petsch et al. Attorney John Peace argued Swanson’s deposition is immaterial and questions are improper or leading. Peace noted the case will not be disposed of at this hearing and a later date will be sought for the venue change motion.
A Texas law column explains life insurance policies are community property under community property rules. Half of wages are shared, so premiums and policy cash value may belong to both spouses. Divorce deeds often omit policy values, causing conflicts when surrender or loans are sought. Advising attorneys early can prevent disputes and reform suits.
Instructions on using sodium fluoride to worm hogs focusing on large round worms. Details include when to worm, drug form, dosing per pig, feeding method, group sizes, and precautions to prevent overdose and reinfestation.
Boerne hosts Hospital Day and a six hour night show on Saturday with 300 performers across two stages and a central theatre in the round. Fritz Toepperwein and Emilie Toepperwein produce the event to raise funds for a local hospital with admission of 5 dollars for adults and 2.50 for children under 18. Ground admission is free for the day’s events starting at noon including a barbecue, livestock auction, and a bazaar featuring antiques and art.
Northeast beats Fredericksburg 54 to 47 and Port Lavaca defeats Lockhart 21 to 19. San Marcos routs Gonzales 60 to 32 as Kerrville edges Alamo Heights 16 to 0 and Brady over Winters 21 to 0.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Biersch Wabe and Mr and Mrs J R Peril with daughter visit Mr and Mrs Watkins Tarr at their ranch home in Harper.
The Gillespie County Soil Conservation District announces a series of range conservation tours in each subdivision during the first two weeks of November. About 580000 of 675000 acres in the District are rangeland and tours aim to observe practices and study conservation. Subdivision No 5 meets November 4 at 1 30 pm at the Troy Foster ranch west of Eckert. Subdivision No 1 meets November 7 at 1 30 pm at Nebgen School and tours the Jacoby and Weinheimer ranches. Subdivision No 2 meets November 8 at 1 30 pm at Mrs Louis Stevens ranch south of Harper. Subdivision No 3 meets November 9 at 1 30 pm at Munditz Store at Doss to tour Mund and Baethge ranches.
Mr and Mrs Henry Moellendorf with their small son and Mr and Mrs Carl Klaehn visited the Klaehn girl who injured her hand in a washing machine two weeks ago. She has been under care at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio. Also Mrs Gus Mahler attended the funeral of Mrs Lon Whetstone.
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