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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1940
Page
6
Pupils in high school show strong attitudes toward activities with the student council, junior patrols, and pep squad. Senior boys run football game refreshment stands, manage funds, and assist with bleachers and goal posts while teachers enforce rules and safety drills.
William Bruns has finished training at San Diego Naval Training Station and will return to duty on ship. Weekend visitors from Texas Lutheran College include Elmer Luckenbach Maxie Ahrens and Kurt Lindenberg, all football squad members who played Schreiner last Friday. Louise Dittmar leaves for South Carolina to serve as army nurse after graduating Parkland Hospital Dallas. Alma Dietel teaches in Austin and spent the weekend with her parents. Walter Loudon Elmer and Calvin Bierschwale from John Tarleton College Stephenville also visited.
A group of district seniors profiles their homes, schools, and sports roles. Hubert Klein of Stonewall plays football as tackle with one year on the field, inspired by Hank Greenberg and aiming to work for the WPA. Tony Knopp of St Marys admires John Kimbrough and aspires to be an aviator. Roy Langerhans from Fbg Public has four years as fullback, seeks Knute Rockne as hero, and aims to coach and teach. Weston Luckenbach of Flog Public ends as end, idolizes Jack Crain, and remains undecided about his path. Marvin Prochnow as guard cites Bill Conaster as hero and aims to be an aviator.
The safety patrol is active with faculty, school children, and parents assisting. Patrolmen are chosen from volunteers and wear badges, with a gold badge for the captain. Duty shifts include six from 8:00 to 8:30, six from 8:30 to 9:00, eight from 12:00 to 1:00, and six from 3:30 to 4:15. The project is a success.
A boy who had just finished a volleyball game asked to accompany me to the doctor after swallowing a piece of wire. He showed no immediate distress, but stated the object was swallowed accidentally during play.
The first grade greets a visitor a small yellow kitten while reading Pinocchio and starting letter writing. Home economics girls explore new machines planning to sew after cutting and basting. Miss Henke praises progress in six weeks. In math exams loom geometry studies distance Pythagorean methods. Typing class reports varied speeds up to 34 words per minute with a goal of 30 by year end.
A school week focuses on salesmanship and safe talk with proper grammar, unity, coherence, word choice, pronunciation, and enunciation. Civics reviews the President's cabinet and legislative department. History classes study self government, Bill of Rights, and Texas events 1762 to 1821 with Spaniard influences.
Dosca Hale of Texas A and M Extension highlights from a White House Conference on Children in a Democracy. Rural families face higher child counts with lower incomes and limited public services. Many counties lack full time health staff and basic utilities. At the State Fair of Texas, October 5 to 20, tribute will honor the nearby potato industry in Deaf Smith County.
Poultry in Texas faces high lice infestations cutting egg production. Gov. PL McCarthy and Texas A&M Extension Service suggest three remedies: sodium fluoride dusting or dipping, or nicotine sulfate on roosts. Dipping requires warm weather. nicotine method suits closed houses and should be repeated after 10 days with ventilators opened later that night.
Ruth Ward Stapp 83 a Kerrville Hill Country pioneer died September 24 after a heart attack at the family ranch home where she and her family resided for 40 years. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the ranch home with Rev Don Dulaney, burial in the family cemetery under Smith Funeral Home direction. Surviving are five daughters four sons fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Interment in City Cemetery followed Bethany Male Choir performed at Beckmanns Funeral Home.
The text explains that all U S male citizens and declared aliens 21 to 85 must register on October 16 unless exempted by law. Exemptions include armed forces, National Guard, reserve corps, coast guard, coast and geodetic survey, public health service, cadets at service academies, and foreign diplomatic staff. If away on registration day register at nearest polling place and mail the card. Sick registrants may deputize someone to register or register later with a doctor’s certificate. Those with physical handicaps still must register. Late registration allowed with justification. Penalties for failing to register include heavy fines and prison. truants are to be rounded up by law enforcement.
The registrant must go to the local polling place between 7 and 9 p m on Wednesday October 16 1940 to answer questions on a registration form. The process takes about 20 minutes per person. The form asks name age address telephone employer birthplace citizenship and a close relative for each registrant.
Miss Ima Hogg daughter of the late Governor James Stephen Hogg will speak for Wendell Willkie on Texas Quality Network from 1246 to 1 p.m. Thursday October 10 under the Texas No Third Term Democrats banner. She argues Roosevelt’s third term threatens democracy and warns against Concentration of power.
Fritz Kirchhoff of Grapetown marked his 91st birthday with a large gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Feller. The group included Michael Gerhard 91 Fredericksburg Anton Sprott 81 Comfort Gus Mintel 79 San Antonio and Fritz Kirchhoff 91 Grapetown. They recalled memories from the past and shared histories of German settlement in the region. Kirchhoff born October 5 1849 in Versmold Germany came to the United States in 1869 and settled in Grapetown in 1881. He married Henrietta Klinksiek who died in 1939. They had seven children and 22 grandchildren with seven great grandchildren. All were present except Anna Mathisen of Chicago.
The registrar notes a brief physical description of each registrant including face height build hair eye color complexion and defects. Registrants swear to answers and sign the form with the registrar. A certificate is issued once registered and must be carried for inspection and address changes reported to the local board.
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