Youth crime and parental duty in postwar America
An editorial discusses rising juvenile delinquency blamed on inadequate adult guidance and parental neglect. It cites FBI Director J Edgar Hoover on a youth-centered crime surge, outlines penalties for delinquent parents, and notes Michigan's 1953 Parental Responsibility Act as a model for forcing parental accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mary
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Michigan
Harold M. Ryan
Nice trophy buck from Spring Creek on display
Clemens Red of Spring Creek poses with a mounted trophy deer killed about five years ago on their property. The deer had a large 3 point antler set with a 23 inch spread and dressed 143 pounds, noted as one of the heaviest in the county.
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Clemens Red
Spring Creek
Clemens
Radio Post
Post Office to Aid Survey of Texas Livestock
Nearly 40 000 survey cards will be left in rural Texas mailboxes this week to count livestock on farms and ranches. V C Childs of the Agricultural Marketing Service praises the Post Office and rural carriers for cooperation in this annual census. Farmers urged to answer accurately and return promptly as results form state and national inventories of cattle calves milk cows and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. C. Childs
Texas Statistician
Agricultural Marketing Service
Texas
Childs
Survey data on livestock herd including hogs and poultry
The survey lists hogs goats horses mules chickens and turkeys and provides the basic data for estimates of pigs and sows farrowed during the June December period and intentions to breed for January June farrowings in 1957.
Band Boosters Meet Monday Night December 3
The Harper Band Boosters will gather at the school building Monday night December 3. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Band Boosters
Family support boosts offspring activity, Michigan study finds
Encouraging parents to take a stronger interest in their children's activities can strengthen family cohesion. The Michigan results suggest families gain cohesion and refinement when parents engage more actively, according to Facts Forum.
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Michigan
Facts Forum
Boy Hunters Big 13-Point Buck Near Lost Creek
A boy named Klaerner, son of Mr and Mrs Klaerner, was seen with a 13 point buck he bagged Thursday afternoon near Lost Creek. The dressed deer yielded a handle of about 100 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ane Kiserner
Alfons Klaerner
Seen Hee
Christmas Gift Boxes For Kerrville State Home
Harper merchants placed gift boxes for Kerrville State Home patients. 1,450 gifts needed. boxes collected after December 18 then taken to Kerrville for wrapping before delivery. Local chairs include Mrs A C Wendel in Harper and others in Center Point Medina Junction Comfort Fredericksburg and Kerrville. Mrs Edwin Klein visited Fredericksburg.
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Harper
Kerrville State Home
A. C. Wendel
Rosaline Wright
Kerville State Home
Kerrville
Lucy Leigh
Center Point
Vivian Reese
Medina
Pierce Hoggett
Junction
Charles Ingenhuett
Comfort
Wm. Rossmann
Fredericksburg
Texas Farmers Get Billions Of Grain For Herds
Texas farmers and ranchers eligible under emergency feed grain and roughage programs received 1 443 867 646 pounds of grain and 1 374 170 tons of roughage through October 31 1956. Walter T McKay State Director in Dallas announced 91 787 grain assistance and 37 405 roughage applications were processed. The programs subsidize feed costs to maintain basic cattle sheep and goat herds in 233 Texas counties with subsidies of 1 50 per hundredweight for grain and 7 50 per ton for roughage. Applications may be filed through December 3 1956 to cover feed through December 31 1956.
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Texas
Walter T. McKay
Farmes Home Administration
Dallas
McKay
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Farm to Market Road Project Set For Tivydale Area
The Texas Highway Commission approves a two year Farm to Market program using federal and state funds. A 14.1 mile Ranch to Market road from 2.5 miles east of Tivydale toward Harper is planned at an estimated cost of 160000 dollars. Work to begin after planning and right of way are secured with Jack Staples of Fredericksburg in charge.
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Texas Highway Commission
Texas
E. H. Thornton, Jr
The
Highway Commission
Ed Bluestein
Texas Highway Department
Austin
Tivydale
Harper
Jack Staples
Fredericksburg
C J Whitewood Celebrates 89th Birthday in Donna Texas
C J Whitewood a former Harper resident celebrated his 89th birthday at his Donna Texas home on November 11 He moved from Harper about ten years ago and lives near his daughter and family Mr and Mrs Maurice Bell His wife Claudia is 83 and a sister of the late Joe Rogers The note enclosing a poem says age has slowed his vigor but wishes for many more years of companionship and health
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C. J. Whitewood
Harper
Donna
Texas
Whitewood
Harper First State Bank
Maurice Bell
Claudia Rogers
Joe Rogers
A. C. Wendel
England
Mrs Head Speaks On Japan To Baptist Women At Kerrville
Mrs E D Head wife of Dr Head President Emeritus Southwestern Baptist Seminary spoke to a large Baptist women’s group at First Baptist Kerrville on November 27. She led a mission study on Japan with personal experiences and displayed Japanese articles and foods including wafers sent to a San Antonio family. Attendees from First Baptist Harper included Mrs Edward Bailey Mrs Denver J Bennett Mrs Elmo Lumpkins and Mrs B J Mayhugh. The Schwabs of Houston visiting their parents also attended.
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E. D. Head
Head
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Baptist Women
Medina River Association
First Baptist Church
Kerrville
Japan
San Antonio
Harper
Edward Bailey
Denver J. Bennett
Elmo Lumpkins
B. J. Mayhugh
Longhorns Fall Bi District to Nueces Canyon 46 to 9
The Harper Longhorns failed to click offensively and lost the bi district clash to Nueces Canyon 46 to 9 in Camp Wood. Key scorer Johnny Cottle was sidelined by a practice injury, crippling the attack as the Canyon sextet dominated and Harper quit at the end of the third period. Nueces Canyon advances to face Hutto Hippos for the regional title this week.
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Harper Longhorns
Camp Wood
Nueces Canyon
Canyon
Longhorns
Harper
Johnny Cottle
Hutto Hippos
Gillespie Voters Approve Water District In County Election
In Gillespie County the water and sewer improvement district vote passed by nearly three to one with 563 in favor and 201 opposed from 767 ballots. A $10,000 preliminary bond issue failed in several boxes. city hall and many rural precincts supported the district while Cave Creek Willow City and Cherry Springs showed mixed results. A January election will choose a new board of directors per County Judge Victor Sagebel.
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Gillespie County
Water and Seil Improvement District
Water District
Cave Creek
Willow City
Cherry Springs
Luckenbach
Nebgen
Albert
Schumann-Houston Motor Co
Peter's Hall
Doss
Harper
Meusebach Creek
Crabapple
Stoneall
Tivydale
Cherry Mountain
Pedernales
Pilit Knob
Longhorn Theatre
Stonewall
Filet Knob
Big 9 Pointer Tops Harper Area Outdoors Contest
Chas Kladin shot a 114 pound 17 inch beam wide buck five miles northeast of Harper on the Doss FM road Thursday afternoon. He led the Bull o the Woods Club with this entry at the Harper Locker. Antlers measured 17 inches in beam width 20 inches widest. Nearby he saw another buck of similar size shortly after.
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Chas. Kladin
Harper
Radio Post
Santa Claus Parade Arrives in Fredericksburg Saturday
Santa arrives in Fredericksburg Saturday at 10 a.m. for a Main Street parade from Kraus Bottling Weeks corner to Nimitz Hotel. The Fredericksburg High School Band and Pep Squad join with several area schools, then Santa visits Court House Square to hand out candy bags before greeting shoppers downtown.
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Nick Wireéome
Fredericksburg
Santa
Vonner
Blizen
Santa Claus
Enjo Larmer
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Kraus
Nimitz
Fredericksburg High School
St. Mary’s High School
Harper High School
Jolly Gentleman
Court House Square
Mrs Fritz and Children Visit Gammler Family Sunday
Mrs Bob Fritz and her children visited Mr and Mrs Fred Gammler thaler Sunday afternoon in a social gathering at their home.
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Bob Fritz
Fred Gammerthaler
Twenty Five Gillespie Girls Model In Style Show
Twenty five Fredericksburg and Gillespie County girls will model woolen garments they made in the Style Show of the Hill Country Chapter of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. The event, featuring 535 Hill Country girls, is Saturday December 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Ivy School Auditorium Kerrville. Prizes from Hill Country wool and mohair warehouses accompany the competition. Several named contestants from Fredericksburg and nearby towns are listed. The program is free to the public.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Hill Country
Texas Sheep and Goat Raiser’s Association
Ivy School
Kerrville
Clothing Foreverson Shipment Drive At St James Lutheran
The Womens Missionary Society of St James Lutheran Church met November 21 at 2 pm in the parish house. Fifteen members and one visitor attended with Pastor Guerner leading a Bible study from I Corinthians. Officers elected are President Ford Tatsch, Vice President Robert Dittmar, Secretary Victor Wendel, Treasurer Henry Wienecke. Members urged to bring clothes for overseas drive. next meeting will reveal sunshine sisters.
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Womens Missionary Society of
Ferdinand Tatsch
San Antonio
Denver
Colorado
Pesident
Ford Tatsch
Robert Dittmar
Victor Wendel
Henry Wienecke
Sunshine Sisters
Harper PTA To Meet December 15 At School
The Regular Harper Parent-Teachers Association meeting will be held Thursday at the school building. Invocation by Dr J W Goerner. Harper School band directed by Joseph Paulsen will play and elementary pupils will present a program. Members urged to attend guests invited.
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Harper Parent-Teachers Association
J. W. Goerner
Harper
Joseph Paulsen
Sgt Harold Birt Visits Parents in San Antonio
Sgt Harold Birt of San Antonio spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J Birt. He is stationed nearby and is home on a short leave.
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Harold B. Birt
San Antonio
Dy.ard
J. B, Birt
Hazel Gulett Visits Uncle Lon Parker in Mousten
Mrs. Hazel Gulett of Mousten visits her uncle Lon Parker and returns with a tailors tale of travel and family. The fragment notes she was accompanied by her clothes and mentions a brief stop during the visit.
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Hazel Gulett
Mousten
Lon Parker
Aspen
Olle
Revised Freight Reduction Authorized in Designated Counties
Walter T. McKay, State Director of Farmers Home Administration, cites updated procedures for emergency freight rate certificates under ICC Drought Orders. Governors in drought states may designate eligible persons. since November 15, 1956 Texas county judges in designated counties may issue certificates extending reduced freight rates to all stockmen in those counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. McKay
Farmers Home Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Shivers
Farmers Homey Administration
McKay
Mrs J F Cook and kin visit Kerrville Monday
Mrs J F Cook and her son J visited Kerrville on Monday along with Mr and Mrs Otto Rahe and Mr and Mrs Hulda Sagebiel. The group spent time with local residents and toured the town.
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J. F. Cook
J. and Meadames Otto Rahe
Hulda Sagebiel
Kerrville
Liveraton family and guests spend weekend in Coreb Cana
Mrs C A Liveraton of Coreb Cana spend the weekend visiting her sister Mrs Reasie 8 wary Mr and Mrs Dale Cook and two children of San Antonio were guest of the J F Cook family.
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C. A. Liveraton
Coreb Cana
Vietdng Mae
Reasie
Dale Cook
San Antonio
L. Cook
J. F. Cook
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USDA
Edwin Klein
B. L. Cook
Harper FM
William W. Pratt
Mrs. Head
Paul Joe Schwab
Houston
P J. Schwab
Nueces Can
Vorney Roberts
del Rio
Mrs
Roy Roberts
Gillespie
Leon
Tiny High
Colleen Lawts
Jacqueline Ulbricht
Martha Virden
Emmie Lou Itz
Elberta Jane Schuch
Mary Jane Sbehrend
Justia Mazinke
Lennah Jo Badhge
Claire Elaine Cromwdge
Elizabeth Steckmann
Sylvia Crenwelge
Janette Gold
Joanna Scherer
Lorene Brodbeck
Evelyn Riba
Cherry Spring
Harriet Ahrens
Virginia Crenwelge
Eben Maenius
LaVerne Ottmers
Annie Lou Mayer
Carolyn Ann Jerschke
Janice Virginia Parker
Doris L. Oehler
Mary Duderstadt
Carolyn Lennon
Toin Inlet
Missionary Sea
Harper Pta
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