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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1955
Page
3
The Round Up announces the Junior Class will write for the paper this semester. It jokes about scandals and gossip, invites readers to buy the new edition, and notes staff elections will occur before press.
The FHA Club of Harper High held a meeting on October 5 1955 led by President Ola Maertz. Officers explained FHA roles to new members and Elva Mae Dittmar was elected song leader. The group planned Christmas card sales to fund the club and set 1956 mothers for each class.
A festive roundup of high school anecdotes and humorous notes from a school week. Students face quirky moments in classes and games, with teachers and staff observing small antics and campus life highlights.
A school page item awards orchids for pep squad work hall behavior and classroom patience while noting onions for offhand remarks in class. Students earn praise for timely reporter bylines and clean building upkeep as elementary grades host a radio program for younger pupils and second graders create fire prevention posters for a Fredericksburg contest.
In Harper High School four classes renovate an old bus into a public chuck wagon for football games stock shows rodeos and other events supervised by Mr Paul Suffel. Another project is a large magazine stand for the library to house the school magazine subscriptions.
The FHA Club at Harper High School held its first meeting on September 30, 1955 and elected new officers for the school year. President Ola Maertz, Vice-President Jenny Wienicke, Secretary Darline Mrosek, Treasurer Doris Oehler, Reporter Bernice Duderstadt, Parliamentarian Janice Parker, Historian Evelyn Rischner. The meeting was adjourned.
About 17 boys from Troop 139 in grades 6 to 9 rode to Flag Creek for a picnic and bike hike. They played Hawks versus Crows, with the Hawks scoring three touchdowns and the Crows one accidental TD, then returned home with Dennis Parker and Holland Walker.
The Freshman Homemaking class notes sleepy students and laps around the tables to wake up. They received compliments on biscuits with Mister liking salty less and Mrs. Bailey approving not salty enough. Miss Wertheim praised the texture and muffins are planned for Wednesday.
The sophomore class elected officers including President Gene Tatsch and Vice-President Edith Ellebracht. Lew Moellendorf was chosen as treasurer and Elva Mae Dittmar as reporter. Clifford Wienecke and Elva Mae Dittmar also won Student Council Representative positions.
Supervisors of the Gillespie County Soil Conservation District sponsor a Range Conservation Field tour on Thursday October 13 starting at 1 00 pm at the Agriculture Building Fredericksburg Texas. The tour visits Willie Hahn and Emil and Max Lochte ranches to observe deferment brush control cross fencing water distribution grazing and soil erosion concepts with a concluding discussion. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Mrs. Elgin Dittmar was elected president of the Doss Home Demonstration club at the Doss School house meeting on Sept. 20. Eleven members and visitor Mrs. Dennis Lange attended. officers include Arnold Rode vice president and Bobby Kordzik secretary treasurer. The group voted a $5 Community Chest contribution and heard council and clothing demon strator reports.
The Washington Post and Times Herald notes Democrats can take pride in the 84th Congress Senate's actions. It cites 1325 bills passed, 77 of Eisenhower’s 147 recommendations completed, only 11 vetoes, and strong foreign affairs bipartisanship under Lyndon Johnson.
Misses Bobby Gibson Marline Kaiser Peggy Schmidt and Virgil Lennon of San Antonio spent the week with their parents. They attended the Friday football game between Harper and D’Hanis where D’Hanis won 27 to 20.
Preliminary US Department of Agriculture figures show 1954 farm fire losses at 157 million dollars up from 139 million in 1953. The report notes thousands of homes and buildings damaged crops ruined and about 3 000 deaths yearly with over half preventable and urges safer construction early extinguishing equipment and organized community fire fighting.
Mrs Charles Schmidt left last week to join her husband stationed in Germany. Clayton Massey and family visited his parents in Harper. Rev Milton Bierschwab and wife welcomed a son born Sept 30 in Old Ocean Texas. Great grandfather J C Mangold of Harper. Anita Thurman and child visited sister Mrs Jake Young in Fredericksburg Sunday. Pat Rogers family visited Harper with J J Rogers and Phil. Rev O C Raeke of Fredericksburg attended Methodist service and dined with Mr and Mrs Paul Suffel.
Erwin Woerner announced that the Woerner Warehouse sold the entire 1955 wool clip at an average 45 to 46 cents per pound. About 425000 pounds mainly went to Bill Fields for Albert Schneider, with other buyers taking a portion. prices ranged 41.5 to 55 cents. Little remains, making Woerner among the few state warehouses to nearly exhaust a clip. He noted government support could boost customers’ average to over 60 cents per pound.
Vea Miss Jo Ann Spaeth of Harper was elected president of the senior class. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Spaeth of Harper. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Chester Solbrig and daughter and other relatives in the Alfred Lehne home.
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