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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1952
Page
2
A Harper Herald pupil explains six week test days cause no school news. Students describe last minute cramming, blank moments, and relief after tests. They note daily work counts two thirds while exams count one third and reflect on school life.
Harper School News reports Supt Bailey called a special assembly during second period on Monday October 6 to instruct quiet hall conduct during class and to designate study hall use checkouts with librarians on duty. The pep squad discussed away games transportation with Miss Rowell. girls to ride school bus, may return with parents. Lydia Faye Bierschwabe reporter.
Dhelas Gamel left Robert B Green Hospital in San Antonio and returned to Harper. He was away nine weeks and expects to rejoin school by mid term. Eugene Bode, his classmate, greeted him and discussed junior football and school activities with him.
Nehaoal Neng winners and the Champs-Canteen club held its first party of the year on Thursday October 9 in the gym with about 35 pupils and most teachers attending. Students reported lively dancing games and refreshments, while Vernon Jones county agent George Parker and Donnie Bode escorted 18 sheep to the Dallas Fair with subsequent returns. Ola Maertz won two champion banners for Delaine Sheep and Buzzy Parker's Rambouillets earned multiple prizes. The club formed last year to satisfy social needs, with officers elected October 3 and planning session October 8 for the event.
Ninth grade notices showcase illustrations of Billy Bones Jim Hawkins Blind Pew Long John Silver and a parrot from Treasure Island. Other depictions include the Hispaniola ship the crude oracle and a blockade attack with treasure money noted by class reporters urging Herald subscription.
In study hall Coach Garrett gives Kermit Strackbein and Jerome Lang a puppy each. Jerome names his Spot for its brown spots while Kermit calls his Daisy a white and black pup. Both drink milk, nap, and Daisy pulls shoestrings, Spot sleeps by the fire, and both pups show playful, eager temperaments.
The school reports six week tests largely completed with ink used to mark mistakes. Students and staff note pep squad planning for Rocksprings game, home economics projects, and a Fredericksburg football game attendance. Frost arrives signaling early winter as students resume normal routines.
High School talent was showcased at Harper High's Champs-Canteen event as students gathered to applaud performances. Donnie Bode Billy Hogan James Wallendorf Leroy Kramer and Supt Bailey contributed on instruments and vocals with several songs listed by participants.
A whimsical survey of high school life features Bobbie Gibson riding to a Champs-Canteen event, Joyce Selbrig avoiding candy, couples testing steady limits, Virginia Roeder dodging a cold, and others balancing fun quirks. Johnny Bierschwale brings a billy goat, while Harper avoids ghost town vibes during away games. Hay Ray Bierschwale is noted as a social lead with many options. Homemaking girls race to class for a new machine to use.
Delphine Maurer reports Harper School residents adjust to cool, comfortable conditions after a stubbornly hot summer. Students endure six week tests with less stress as coats, scarves, and gloves replace summer attire. Garden vegetables froze while the heated building provides relief.
The sixth seventh and eighth grade girls formed a junior pep squad under principal Mr Black. Cheerleaders Cecelia Ann Fiedler Betty Lee Kramer Willie Mae Kaiser Majorettes Bernice Duderstadt Janice Parker. Eighteen members. Uniforms blue denim skirts with white blouses. Pep squad to wear blue jeans and white blouses. No football field formation due to small size and no drums. Plan to shout encouraging yells to boost team spirit.
October meeting of the Upper Llano Soil Conservation District Board approved initial conservation plans by E O Morgan Lee Craven and A B Fritz. Frank Hodges was reelected Zone 4 supervisor for five years. A tour on Hodges Ranch showed pasture with nine inches of rain since January 1 and good turf of Little Bluestem Side Oats Grama and Nearbey Grama. Infiltration tests favored grass cover over bare ground though soil crusting and structure reduced flow.
Plans set for the Range Conservation Field Day at Otto Schumann ranch near Albert Texas on Oct 23. Otis Armstrong of Texas Friends of Conservation and Merl Carter of the Soil Conservation Service will speak on conservation and economics. dining is on own, coffee provided, drinks sold by Gillespie Club. Grass judging starts 8 am with entries 8–11 am, papers due by 11 am. prizes totaling 864 dollars donated by four local businesses.
The tour included Judge Seamons, C. W. McCarroll, C. P. Porter, Ted Holekamp, Bob Neal, Tommie Marr, Dan Kennedy, George Vierling, Clay Holland, Bill Oliver, Frank Wodges and O. C. Wright, with mention of Needle Grass and Texas Croton or Dave Weed.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Cottle of Junction visited Mr and Mrs Raymond Cottle one day last week.
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