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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1960
Page
4
L L Evans and grandson John Immel displayed large watermelons at the Gillespie Fair. Dwight Weirich age 3 and Stanley Weirich age 6, sons of Alfred O Weirich and spouse of Johnson City, wish they could have carried one home.
Gov. Price Daniel appeals to teenagers to remain in high school until graduation. He notes the lifetime earnings gap between high school and eighth-grade graduates and cites Texas dropout statistics from 1955 to 1959 as a public concern.
Gov Daniel urged staying in school as 39 percent drop out and many workers lack skills in a quick changing job market. The Texas Highway Commission halted a plan to require American made materials, facing protests from foreign nations and concern from steel industry reps about jobs.
Two Kerr County youths were in a freak accident at Barrons Creek bridge on the Kerrville highway Friday night. Ernest Gattis 21 pleaded guilty to DWI and was fined 100 dollars, with a companion David Baker 16 treated for minor injuries. Gattis drove a 1954 Pontiac over a sidewalk into the creek.
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson will headline Stonewall Centennial on September 10. The program includes a 7 PM address on school grounds, a morning parade, and a 2 PM schedule with costume and beard judging, fiddling contests, horse races, and goat roping. A Wimberly caravan, regional entries, and a bearded Stonewall delegation will participate. Johnson will ride in a staged coach for the parade.
The Texas aging problem includes rising housing needs for the aged and the strain on families. State funds to aid counties for elderly housing, including medical care, are discussed. As of 1960 Texas had 601 licensed nursing and custodial homes with 14 859 beds, 80 percent full, and 124 counties without any such facility. Costs range from 28 to 400 dollars monthly, with some accepting the old age assistance grant of 37 dollars monthly.
College Station reports that fall seeded crops like vetch crimson clover and small grains require limestone to reach full growth. Dr. W F Bennett extension soil chemist notes benefits accrue if applied now while soils lack this nutrient, with top dressing as option if incorporation isn’t possible. Benefits extend over 2 to 3 years pending soil tests.
A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin B-957 outlines flax as a minor yet vital cash crop in South Texas. The crop peaked in 1948 with multi million dollar income across eight counties, declined then rebounded to 80 000 acres by 1960, and is grown for seed with linseed oil and meal used in feeds.
Dr. A I Flowers of Texas A and M College warns that drugs cannot replace proper flock sanitation and isolation. He says disease control relies on management first, with drugs acting only as salvage. Prompt accurate diagnosis is essential if infection occurs despite good practices.
Mr and Mrs Richard Laurence and Mr and Mrs Wesley Holly of Fredericksburg attended church services at Harper Methodist Church on Wednesday night last week. Rev Ratner preached the revival and teaches a class at First Methodist Church. the couples are members of his class.
John Ackle arrived at the Walter Parker ranch Monday. Mrs. Ackle had spent two weeks with her parents and left Tuesday for Beaumont. Mr. Ackle teaches Vocational Agriculture and elementary department. both are to attend a faculty meeting August 27 as the school opens August 29 in Beaumont.
West Texas landowners may order tree seedlings for windbreaks for the 1960-61 planting season. Deadline Feb 10, minimum 100 trees, multiples of 50. Cost $1.50 per hundred delivered. Species include Austrian pine black locust black walnut catalpa cottonwood elm mulberry osage orange ponderosa red cedar and pines.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars announced the 26th National High School Writing Contest with the topic Law and the Free Citizen. Public, private and parochial high school students may enter for national prizes of 1000, 500, 250, 100 and more for honorable mention. state and local winners receive additional Auxiliary awards.
Red Engleman of the V A Hospital of Legion spent the week end with his wife. Visitors included his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Engleman of Midway Mr and Mrs Withe How of Carlsbad New Mexico and Mr and Mrs Bill Merritt of Hunt Mr and Mrs Jack Jones Raymond and Jennifer visited Mr and Mrs Creighton Stevens Saturday night Raymond Jones spent the night with Jim Bab Stevens
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