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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1956
Page
2
The Senior Class will sponsor the Round-up this semester on Thursday September 20. Officers elected include Editor Doris Oehler Assistant editor Jerome Lange Sports editor James Tarr Typist Janice Parker Miscellaneous Kermit Strack Lois Lange and Douglas Tatsch.
The school reports busy activities with senior rings ordered by juniors and individual pictures arriving. Camp Wood trip looms for bi district football on Tuesday. B team loses to Rock Springs while A team prevails. The Longhorn Staff plans a best ever annual. Alois Lange handles sales.
The junior class met in the science room on Tuesday to order class rings. Finger measurements were taken and after voting, a blue stone was chosen for the rings. Reporter Corine Strackbein notes the Juniors eagerly await delivery.
The Homemaking Club held its regular meeting on November 6 with full attendance. Frieda Meter joined as a new member and the group planned a Christmas party and gift exchange. Members voted to send stamped Christmas cards to Kerrville State Hospital for patients to mail home. Eugene Bode was chosen as sweetheart. After business, songs, and refreshments provided by Elaine Bode, Annie Marie Lange, and Virginia Kramer, reporter Willimae Kaiser noted the proceedings.
The menu lists daily meals for the week including Meat and gravy with sides on Monday, Wieners and Beans on Tuesday, Meat balls and noodles on Wednesday, Steak and potatoes on Thursday, and Fish with sides on Friday. The program titled The Round Up accompanies the meal plan.
On Tuesday night November 13 Rock Springs B defeated Harper B 49 11. Harper A beat Rock Springs A 53 24. Edith Ellebracht led Harper with 24 points while C Haines topped Rock Springs with 8. Next games are November 28 and December 6 7 8 for the annual boys and girls tournament at the gym. Pete Kramer of New Braunfels visited Harper Monday.
Miss Kathy Duderstadt was crowned queen and Richard Suffel named Pin-Up Boy during Thursday night football. The Pep Squad formed an H on the field and gifts were given to sponsor Mrs. George Gibson and drum-majorette Sandra Spaeth. A Victory Dance followed with music by Mr. Charlie Friedrick Mr. Pill Brown and Mr. Pooch Stevens. refreshments were punch and cookies.
The Longhorns routed Comstock 55 to 12 after a strong first quarter, as the team eyes a crucial home game against St. Marys next Saturday. The article notes a five year streak loss to the Indians and plans to break it with the bi district clash at Nueces Canyon on November 23.
Fall deferment of pastures noted across Gillespie County Soil Conservation District with rains boosting warm season grasses and overall forage outlook. Emphasis on protecting fall growth of cool season grasses and seed crops while planning soil building crops and legume cover crops. Local technicians recorded multiple soil and water conservation projects including farm ponds and terraces near Fredericksburg Cherry Springs and Harper. Social notes mention visits by the Lang and Moritz families and Kerrville residents.
In Fredericksburg this week Mrs. Ilulda Sagebiel visits her brother Arthur Grosenbach and Mrs. Grosenbacher. Also Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. August Kirchoff host visitors Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wendel of Doss and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wendel.
Gillespie County voters face two elections on November 24 to confirm Gillespie Water and Improvement District No. 1. The piece outlines advantages of a local self governed district, including control of water, access to state and federal aid, and empowered local planning through engineers and study.
In College Station M K Thornton extension agricultural chemist says fall leaves clutter yards but make a strong compost for next year. Build a four by four enclosure with scrap lumber and wire and add six inch leaf layers with fertilizer and soil, turning and watering regularly to speed decomposition.
Cecil Parker traveled to Kerrville for an auction with goats Tuesday. J. J. Rogers died recently, shocking the community. J. A. Milams and family recalled 46 years of friendship with Rogers and visited relatives Sunday and Tuesday.
Hillbillies 21 Lampasas 20 and Saint Marys 43 Center Point 22 are among scores listed alongside New Braunfels 20 Northeast 6 San Marcos 38 Kerrville 0 Burnet 20 San Saba 6 Cross Plains 20 Mason 14 Llano 20 Santa Anna 6 Blanco 13 Boerne 0 Ozona 26 Junction 0 Eldorado 20 Menard 7 Lockhart 13 Gonzales 0 Luling 30 Yoakum 12 Waco 30 Austin 27 Brackenridge 20 Albright Heights 7 Harper 55 Comstock 12 Floresville 41 Pleasanton 0 Belton 44 Taylor 12 Giddings 34 Elgin 0 Crane 38 Ft. Stockton 0 Carrizo Springs 13 Cotulla 13 Bandera 25 Charlotte 19 Leakey 24 Medina 16 Marble Falls 52 Cherokee 0 Nueces Canyon 28 Tilden 26 Sabinal 19 Rocksprings 13
A bystander watches the on site foreman as a spectator offers numerous suggestions about the new highway. The piece laments know it all critics and notes that good intentions can pave the road to intolerance.
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