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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1940
Page
6
In Fredericksburg high school, pupil attitudes improve as student council and junior patrol volunteers staff before and after school duties on Travis Street. Seniors run refreshment stands at football games and assist with bleachers and goal posts, while fire drills and classroom activities reflect cooperative effort across grades.
Gov. PL McCarthy of Texas A and M Extension Service outlines three lice treatments for poultry. Dust with fluoride, dip birds in fluoride solution, or paint roosts with nicotine sulfate. Nicotine method recommended for large houses with controlled airflow. repeat in 10 days and ventilate after treatment.
William Bruns finished training at San Diego Naval Training Station and will be assigned to a ship. University of Texas visitors included Chester Langerhans Fritz Dietel Francis Haag and Oliver and Wm Schneider Jr. Army nurse Louise Dittmar heads to South Carolina after Parkland Hospital Dallas training. Otto Henke Frederick Fuhrmann and A M students Elmer Luckenbach Maxie Ahrens and Kurt Lindenberg visited home. all footballers played Schreiner game. Alma Dietel a Austin teacher stayed with parents. Walter Loudon Elmer and Cal vin Bierschwale from John Tarleton College Stephenville also home.
The safety patrol is organized and functioning with help from faculty, students, and parents. Patrolmen are volunteer boys with silver badges, captain with a gold badge. Shifts run 8:00 8:30 eight 12:00 1:00 and 3:30 4:15. The project has been a success.
A boy who had just played volleyball asked to see a doctor after swallowing a piece of wire. He sought medical attention promptly to assess possible injury or obstruction.
A sales class focuses on correct English usage and effective persuasion. It covers grammar, unity, coherence, emphasis, word choice, pronunciation, and enunciation to improve buyer understanding this week.
Civics classes study the President's Cabinet and Legislative Department for exams. American history classes review self government and the Bill of Rights. Texas history covers events in Mexico from 1762 to 1821 and Spaniards in Texas.
Dosca Hale of Texas A and M Extension notes rural families often have less income, more children, and limited health and recreational resources. She cites gaps in schools, health services, water, electricity, and heating, urging democratic family values as key for child development. Tribute to potato industry slated at Texas State Fair November 5–7 in Deaf Smith County.
Miss Ima Hogg, daughter of Gov James Stephen Hoge, plans a 12:48 PM Oct 10 speech for Willkie on Texas Quality Network. Kerrville Times notes the Hill Country pioneer Ruth Ward Stapp dies Sept 24 at 88 after a heart attack, with funeral rites held in Junction and Kerrville area obituaries detailing survivors.
The article explains who must register on October 16 under the Selective Service system. It lists exemptions such as active military, National Guard, reserves, and certain federal agencies, and covers procedures for absentees and the sick, plus penalties for failure to register and possible late registration under justification.
On Wednesday October 16 1940 registrants must go to their local polling place between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. to answer registration questions. Each registration takes about 20 minutes and covers name age address telephone employer birthplace citizenship and a close relative’s name.
Four longtime friends gathered October 5 in Grapetown to celebrate Fritz Kirchhoff’s 91st birthday. The group, aged 91 to 79, shared memories from the past 75 years and reflected on longtime friendships. Kirchhoff, born October 8 1849 in Versmold Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1869 and settled in Grapetown with his wife Henrietta Klinksick, who died in 1939. They had six children and now have 22 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, with most relatives present except Anna Mathisen of Chicago.
Q and A describe required registration details. A registrar notes physical description for each registrant and has them swear to answers. After completion, registrants receive a certificate and must carry it for verification by law enforcement or selective service officials. Changes of address must be reported.
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