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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1955
Page
2
The Harper Herald notes Farm City Week across the nation to better understand the American Way of Life. The Upper Llanos Soil Conservation District emphasizes city and rancher interdependence and the need to keep land productive for local business and growth.
Harper Texas residents and local merchants are urged to support Upper Lianos Soil Conservation District 5 goals through soil and water conservation. District Board of Supervisors meet at 2 00 pm on the first Monday each month at the Junction Courthouse to discuss district aid for ranchers and business needs.
Texas Lutheran College in Seguin welcomes ex-students from the Fredericksburg area for a three day Homecoming November 4 to 6. The event features a coronation, pep rally, convocation, parade, open houses for multiple classes, a banquet with U S Senator Price Daniel, TLC vs McNeese State football, and the dedication of Clifton Hall dormitory amid impending church mergers.
Mr and Mrs Perry Cosper and children of Fredericksburg spent Sunday with grandmother Mrs J L Bierschwale. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs J J Cosper and Mr and Mrs Arthur Bierschwale. Clarence Buskey and Mrs S S Stewart visited Walter Parker, with Dillard Stapp and Scotty Kinsey and child also at Parker home. Mrs Tommy Harlan left for Glen Rock Wyoming for weeks. B D Green and Eli Lang with family and Norman Sullivan group visited in Uvalde and San Antonio over the weekend.
Farmers and self employed operators reach into the social security program in 1955. First payments begin with the 1955 income tax return. Employers with $100 or more in cash wages must obtain an employer identification number.coverage depends on being employed or self employed with rules varying by earnings. The guide explains who is covered and how benefits are funded.
A farmer who pays cash wages of 100 or more to at least one farm employee in a year is a farm employer for social security purposes. An operator becomes a farm employer only if the year’s cash wages to a farm employee reach 100 dollars or more. This article will be continued next week.
Mr and Mrs Jack Hughes and their daughter from Austin spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang.
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