30 Nov 1956
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1956
Page
1
The Senior Class sponsors the Round-Up events. Officers elected include Editor Doris Oehler and Sports Editor James Tarr. The piece notes gym laps by boys, Wheaties or Cheerios, and praises football coaching by Mr Hopf.
The column teases readers about Janice Parker hiding weekend activities in Rock Springs. It warns about unsafe woods filled with out of town and local hunters and notes Douglas T. has taken ten deer, hinting at dangerous pursuit and suggesting he may switch to turkeys.
Mr and Mrs Walter Ligon of Goldthwaite spent the weekend visiting Mrs J F Cook and J C.
Three Harper High School students Doris Ochler Janice Parker and Mary Duderstadt enter the Make It Yourself with Wool contest They will model their wool garments at Tivy High School Kerrville on December 1 The style show open to the public features seventy five entries at 7 30 p m in the Tiley High School Auditorium.
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station research shows boll weevils developing resistance to chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides such as dieldrin endrin and toxaphene in parts of Texas. Field reports from the Brazos River Valley near Hearne note failures in 1956, while calcium arsenate and phosphorus compounds controlled weevils with safety caveats. Entomologists advise continuing chlorinated hydrocarbons pending further proof of resistance.
B J Mayhugh south of Harper shows brush control and deferred grazing restoring native grasses like little bluestem and Indian grass. Milton H Wendel north of Harper notes terrace damage from recent heavy rain, stressing maintenance. technicians assisted with soil and water practices and conservation plans by Boerner, Basse, and Mayhugh.
Ladies helped with Christmas packages at the Legion Hospital near Kerrville. Numerous visitors from Kerrville to San Antonio, Mason, Doss and Uvalde share family time, attend weddings, and celebrate anniversaries. Kelton Lange returns home after two years overseas service in Germany.
December 3 is the final day to apply for grain and roughage aid under the current Farmers Home Administration program. County Supervisor Milton F. Wiffong urges interested farmers to submit applications at their local FHA office to cover feed through December 31.
A wife asks a doctor about her husband blowing smoke rings through his nose, saying she is worried. The doctor reassures that many men do it, noting the activity is not harmful. A separate joke shows a teacher covering a classroom clock with a sheet that reads Time will pass, Will you.
A passerby helps a woman with a flat tire. She warns to lower the jack gently because her husband sleeps in the back seat. A separate joke has a drug clerk and a customer failing to hit moths with mothballs for hours.
For sale notice offering Butane Tanks Dearborn Heaters and gas accessories listed under Dayton Rahe Harper with telephone contact 72 for inquiries and purchases.
The Presbyterian Church and its grounds undergo renovation including interior repainting, a new fence around the grounds, and a fresh coat of paint on the manse.
Mr and Mrs Chester Deiter and their young daughter visited Mrs Parker in town for the weekend. Also listed is a for sale notice for butane gas accessories from Dayton Rahe of Harper with contact Ph 72.
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