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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1939
Page
2
Home canners are guided to make ripe Concord grape jelly using four cups sugar and fruit pectin. The directions call for simmering grapes with water, straining juice, adding pectin, and boiling to a high heat before canning with hot paraffin for about twelve glasses.
Southwest Texas State Teachers College will host a Civil Aeronautics Authority ground and flight training program starting in October. Thirty students will earn six college credits as they work toward first class pilot licenses at Thompson Field with FAA supported flight instruction funded by the federal government.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Ellebracht visited relatives in Harper Sunday. Mr and Mrs Homer Lee Stevens visited Mrs A C Wendel Tuesday.
The Town of Tomorrow’s air conditioned kitchen showcases production line cooking with a 12 by 9 foot layout, adjustable outlets, and a counterclockwise route from fridge to sink to range. Pedometer tests show dramatic step reduction from 281 to 45 and time savings in meal prep.
The Harper Kerrville road from Kerrville to the Gillespie county line has completed grading and is being prepared for hard surfacing. Officials hope Gillespie county will soon consider the Harper end, aiming for completion of the road soon.
Mr and Mrs J S Whitewood announce the arrival of a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Burton Brown at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio on September 10.
A night view showcases one of several spectacular entrances to General Motors Highways and Horizons exhibit at the World’s Fair. The display includes a 4,000 horsepower streamlined Diesel locomotive.
Mrs. Hugo Hopf and daughter Doris and Dawn Whitworth visited relatives at Llano over the weekend. Mrs. Ed Fenimore and her little grandson accompanied them on the return trip home.
Buyers from various parts of the state bought sheep in the past two weeks in Harper country. Harper gin has processed twenty bales of cotton to date. Herman and his German boys perform at Bein's hall on Saturday night September 16, 2000. Mr and Mrs E O Larkin visited home folks in Abilene over the weekend. Miss Viola Hudson of San Antonio visited friends in Harper on the weekend.
Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr announces the United Council for Civilian Relief in China will start its second annual appeal during the week of October 30. The council plans 3000 Bowl of Rice gatherings nationwide to raise funds for food and medical care for Chinese women and children amid the Japanese invasion.
Rogers out sick this week. Kerrville medical visit for Mr. Rogers. Delton Thornton of Goose Creek visiting Harper family. Larkins and Hamiltons visited Abilene. Casper family guests of Harper. Dyer and Taylor shopped in town. Whetstone family shopped in Fredericksburg. Local businessmen build concrete curbs. Stapp and Kerrville trips. Tobin visit from Rock Springs. Whitewood and Kerrville business visits. Gartrell ranch interests noted. Faris and Whitewood trade Kerrville. John Whitewood and Anderegg visit Harper. Kerrville resident Jess Solomon in Harper.
Harpers Main Street will be hard surfaced to the curb during the week. The highway between Harper and Fredericksburg will have finish work this week. Dr and Mrs J B Granville of Brady visited Mr and Mrs C W Granville Sunday. Frank Kroll completed filling a 100 foot trench silo last week with cane and corn. Mrs Royce E Buster of Junction visited her parents Mr and Mrs J J Rogers Sunday.
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