Harper Hi Lights Weekly High School Edition
Harper High School in Harper Texas publishes a weekly edited issue focusing on school news activities and community happenings. The 1944 edition highlights student achievements and upcoming events.
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1944
Page
2
Harper Highlights Staff Roster Lists School Journal Team
The Harper High School staff page names Editor-in-Chief Mary F. Fletcher and a full slate of editors reporters and department heads including Bonnie Parker Pauline Greeson Joyce Whetstone Nila Mae Maner Dorothy Mae Parker Harold Schmidt Camille Stevens Doris Whitworth Inez Whitewood Virgil Lennon and others with additional reporters at large Walter Parker Jr and June Bode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Fletcher
Bonnie Parker
Pauline Greeson
Joyce Whetstone
Nila Mae Maner
Dorothy Mae Parker
Harold Schmidt
Camille Stevens
Doris Whitworth
Inez Whitewood
Virgil Lennon
June
Bode F.F.A
Walter Parker, Jr
Harper School Honors Roll Names and Reflections
The article notes a 29 name honor roll funded by student groups and donations placed at Harper School. It lists names such as Wendel Feuge John E Mc Caleb and Victor Fritz. It also offers a moral dialog on friendship emphasizing forgiveness and forgetting as essential to lasting ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost and Found
Harper School
Wendel Feuge
John E. Mce- Caleb
Benard Birt
Clifton Hopf
Crownover Kelly
Bill Murphy
Marshall Brown
Charles
Harper School Boys Edge London in 14 to 1 Baseball Battle
Harper School traveled to London on Friday Oct. 5 and defeated London 14 to 1. Players included Clarence Buskey Clay ton Massey Aubrey Carter Perry Casper Dorman Bush Walter Parker Jr Melvin Eckhardt Harvey Goff Scotty Kinsey Leslie Phillips and Lavon Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper School
London
Clarence Buskey
Clayton Massey
Aubrey Carter
Perry Casper
Dorman Bush
Walter Parker, Jr
Melvin Eckhardt
Harvey Goff
Scotty Kinsey
Leslie Phillips
Lavon Parker
Elmer Lange profile and high school life portrait
Elmer Lange 1944 45 senior class president from Harper Texas born December 31 1928 stands 5 6 blond blue eyed plans to study mathematics and science at the University of Texas to become an aeronautical engineer He favors history baseball carving model airplanes and prefers sociable brunettes who like to dance He envisions longer play periods fewer tests and whispering at school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Lange
Harper
Texas
University of Texas
Tolerance by words and deeds in daily life
A doctor and narrator debate how words lose meaning when spoken without thought. Tolerance is praised as respect for others rights in big and small matters, including enjoying a beer now and then. The piece urges readers to practice true tolerance rather than just discuss it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hodges
Doctor
Question Box prompts and playful prompts in Harpster column
A reader prompt piece features a chorus of names and questions about dating, history, preferences, and a request about who sang No Letter Today. The item ends with an aside referencing Hoover and a numbered tag 000.
Local Briefs Include San Antonio Visits And Illness
Haroldine Porter and Joyce Whetstone spent time in San Antonio while Pvt Max Wayne Hopf visited Harper High School. Bonnie Mae Bierschwab is ill in Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic. A rhetorical joke exchange ends with a child clarifying a dozen equals twelve and a student asks about a million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haroldine Porter
San Antonio
Max Wayne Hopf
Harper High School
Joyce Whetstone
Bonnie Mae Bierschwab
Fredericksburg
Scoreboard Promise After Lopsided Game
A team trails 139 to 0 at halftime and vows to mount a comeback in the second half while noting the manager has left the game for Wheaties.
Emergency Clothing Drive By Pauline Greeson
The Harper School joins War Relief Service collecting warm garments for liberated European sufferers. Students asked to bring at least one garment from home and one item from a neighbor. Community groups sort and pack blankets sheets pillow cases and quilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
War Relief Service
Europe
Harper High girls roll to 24 15 softball win over London
Harper High School girls baseball team traveled to London Texas Friday afternoon and defeated London 24 to 15. Players listed include Thurman Lennon Casper Lontright, Thomas Parker Whitewood Walker Lennon Parker. London to visit Harper Friday 2 30 for rematch. News note and local listings follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper High School
London
Texas
Harper
Frankie Thurman
Bonnie Lennon
Joe Casper
Mildred Lontright
Marche’ Thomas
Antoinette Parker
Inez Whitewood
Johnnye Walker
Opal June Lennon
Dorothy Mae Parker
London Girls
Pullets for Sale at Comfort Hatchery Texas
Comfort Hatchery in Comfort Texas offers 300 June hatched White Leghorn pullets and 150 Buff Leghorn pullets. They are well developed and available for viewing or writing for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comfort Hatchery
Comfort
Texas
MUTTONS FOR SALE IN HARPER TEXAS
One and two year old mutton sheep advertised for sale by Ed Tatsch in Harper Texas. Contact Fredericksburg via phone 2131 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatsch
Harper, Texas
Fredericksburg
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