Christmas Packages For Soldiers In War Effort
American Red Cross through the War Department opens Christmas parcel labels for each soldier. Boxes must be 4 by 9 inches and contain labeled parcels. Local Red Cross shipped 142 tons of peach seeds this week to help produce carbon for gas masks.
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American Red Cross
Throne War Department
United States
Red Cross
Tye
The
Vii County
J. Martiny
S. E. Johnson
Steve Kusch
Johnson City
H. G. Brown
Hye
Cty
F. J. Maier
Daylight
San Antonio
Emil Hohman
Wile Hohmann
New York
Young Hohman
Julus Kilngelhoefer
Robert Kilingelhoefer
France
Eckhardt Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Oswald Eckhardt was brought home from the hospital Thursday and is reported doing fine. Friends and neighbors note her recovery as Mrs. Ruben Pranz and Clayton and Marvin of San Antonio visited, and others call on the Eckhardt family. A large crowd attended the funeral of Mrs. Alvin Oehler in Fredericksburg Tuesday afternoon.
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Oswald Eckhardt
Ruben Pranz
Chis Orn Clayton
Marvin
San Antonio
Alfred Ottmers
Walter Ottmers
Frank Lee
Wallace
Fredericksburg
Frank Knaup
Arthur Lorenzo Comfort
Alan Herbert
Toby Willis
Os“ld Eckhardt
Amelia Eckhardt
Satnday
Leroy Danz
Rocky Hill
August Grobe ‘d
Lawrence Metzger
Alvin Oehler
Meta ‘Ge
See C. W. Granville for and ransch lands im Harper Area
Fragmentary notice lists C W Granville regarding land matters in Harper area. Readable details indicate a farm or land claim action with unspecified parcels and local authority involvement.
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C. W. Granville
Ransch Lands
Harper Area
Lary
Farm Work Wear For Women And Girls In Centennial Is July
The Texas Extension Service outlines practical farm clothing for women and girls to handle chores like milking gardening and poultry work. A one piece cotton coverette suits light duty tasks while a field suit with ankle slits and snap off sleeves serves heavier outdoor chores.
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Bureau of Home Economics
Dora R. Barnes
Texas Extension Service
Defense Savings Bonds Help Support Soldiers
A wartime guidance piece explains clothing, feeding, and equipping a son in military service requires funds. It urges buying Defense Savings Bonds to aid government efforts. Labor groups nationwide endorse the program and stamps are sold at post offices banks savings and loan offices and many retailers.
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Treasury
Defense Savings
A. F. of L
CLO
Railroad Brotherhoods
Savings and Loan Association
United States
Washington, D. C
Poppies Help Disabled Veterans Through Legion Work
Disabled veterans in hospital and workshop programs benefit from poppy production and the Legion Auxiliary. More than 12 million poppies are produced yearly with earnings around $120000, funding rehabilitation and aiding claims, postage stamps, and technical services for compensation.
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America
Robert Klingelhoefer
Louis Jordan
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Poppy
Llano County Votes Wet After Saturday Referendum
Llano County voters cast 517 for prohibition and 825 against on Saturday in a local election. Returns were complete except for one small rural precinct, confirming Llano County remains dry.
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Llano County
Prohibition
Car Consumed By Flames As Youths Forced Into Ditch
Three sons of Otto Grona escaped serious injury after their car was driven into a ditch by a speeding vehicle on the Trydale road near Bruno Foerster farm. The 1939 Plymouth that forced them off the road did not stop. Clinton Grona sustained minor leg bruises. Sidney and Floyd were uninjured.
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Otto Grona
Fredericksburg
Trydale
Bruno Foerster
Clinton
Sidney
Floyd
Porcupine slain by Ingram girl
Miss Jean Leinweber killed a porcupine at her Ingram home last Saturday night. Attracted by the family dog’s barking she searched with a flashlight and a .22 rifle expecting a varmint. She found a porcupine weighing 14 pounds bristling on a yard post.
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Jean Leinweber
Ingram
Leinweber
Fredericksburg National Bank Closed for Armistice Day
The Fredericksburg National Bank will be closed all day Tuesday November 11 in observance of Armistice Day. No services will be available and staff will resume normal hours on Wednesday.
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Fredericksburg National Bank
Harper Halloween Event Declared Huge Success
The Harper PTA Halloween Carnival at Bein's Hall drew strong crowds despite rain and cold. Proceeds surpassed $200 as food booths, the fish pond, the crazy house, and bingo attracted attendees. New business change: Carl Oehler sold the Conoco station to Arthur Bierschwale on November 1. Rev. Meredith of Kerrville Assembly conducted services at Harper Methodist Church and will move there with his wife later this week.
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Harper Pta
Bein’s Hall
Harper
Conoco
Carl Oehler
Arthur Bierschwale
Chage
Meredith
Kerrville Assembly
Methodist
Harper Methodist Church
Walter Tarr
Ernest Tarr
Kerrville Hospital
Harvey Stein
Willie Filter
Fredericksburg
Brooks
Presbyterian
Businesses To Close For Armistice Day In Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg firms including hardware dealers lumber yards and tin shops will close all day Tuesday November 11 in observance of Armistice Day. Participating entities include Schanduu Reichena u Kolmeier Klier Stein Lumber Co Mutual Lumber Otto Kolmeier Co Kuene mann Hardware Ed Knopp Krauskopf Bros Fredericksburg Implement Co Hill Country Implement Co plus Fredericksburg National and Security State Banks the Post Office and AAA offices in the Gillespie County Agriculture building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Schanduu & Reichenau
Kolmeier & Klier
Stein Lumber Co
Mutual Lumber Co
Otto Kolmeier & Co
Kuenemann Hardware
Ed. Knopp
Krauskopf Bros
Fredericksburg, Implement Co
Hill Country Implement Company
Farm Payments To Be Made Under 1942 AAA Program
The 1942 farm program rewards farmers who cooperate by planting within their cotton and wheat allotments and performing soil improvement practices. Aimed at soil conservation to boost food and feed while preserving soil, payments apply to cotton and wheat allotments and to soils on farms without special crop allotments. Continued on page 2.
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Dorman D. Sell
Gillespie County
AAA Committee
Halloween Parties At Stonewall Groups Honor Members
Miss Emilie Neilsen and Mrs Ophelia Weinheimer hosted primary grade parties with games and spooky decorations for all spooks day. The 4H Girls party at sponsor Vernel Hahne's home featured her birthday as guest of honor, cracker contest winner, and snacks of sandwiches cookies and cocoa.
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Emilie Neilsen
Ophelia Weinheimer
Vernel Hahne
Texas Turkey Crop Short and Market Opens
Texas turkey growers expect to gross over 9 million dollars from the 1941 crop with an average weight around 15 pounds per bird and a price near 29 cents per pound. The U S Department of Agriculture estimates about 3,190,000 Texas turkeys, and Texas remains a leading producer as California and Minnesota project larger crops.
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Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
California
Minnesota
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Geld News
Porcupine
Gilbert Pape Harper
Kolmeier & Klier Co
AAA
Stonewall
Mrs
Benno Eckert
Blum’'s
Robert Blum
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, [Inc
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