The Deep Silence that birthed Head of Christ painting
The article recounts Warner Sallman’s inspiration behind the Head of Christ, created in January 1924 after a sleepless night. It details his Chicago roots, Swedish Finnish heritage, and early artistic training, including the pivotal Bible influence and Dr E O Sellers’ push for a rugged Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Sallman
Christ
Chicago
Warner
Gustav Dore
Sallman
God
Chicago Art Institute
Ruth Edith Anderson
Bible School
E O Sellers
Jesus
Miss Dolores Duderstadt Weds Carl Borchers in Kerrville
Miss Dolores Lynn Duderstadt and Carl Phillip Borchers married in Kerrville First Methodist Church with Rev. Raymond E. Wilson officiating. The event featured candlelit décor, bridal gown details, bridesmaids in candy pink, and a reception at the Inn of the Hills Guadalupe Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Duderstadt
Carl Borchers
Kerrville
Dolores Lynn Duderstadt
Carl Phillip Borchers
First Methodist Church
Raymond E. Wilson
A. J. Lochte
Carl Trulson
San Antonio
D'Hardelot
Margaret Coleman
Victoria
Sandy Holmans
Austin
Jan Brown
Harper
Bette Yant
Waco
Suzanne Duderstadt
Bride
Beces Duderstadt
Flower
Lowell Croslin
Lubbock
James Sweeten
Richard Swan
Ronnie Borchers
Worth Duderstadt
Guadalupe
Inn of the Hills
Mooney Aircraft sale to American Electronics Laboratories closed
The Kerrville sale of bankrupt Mooney Aircraft Inc and Mooney Corporation to American Electronics Laboratories Inc of Lansdale Pa was finalized with a receiver deed and lease assignment filed by Lukin Gilliland. Mooney Aircraft Corporation becomes a subsidiary to operate the Mooney air business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville Times
Mooney Aircraft Inc
Mooney Corporation
American Electronics Laboratories, Inc
Lansdale Pa
Lukin Gilliland
San Antonio
Gilliland
Kerr County
Emmie Muenker
Mooney
Mooney Aircraft Corporation
Mooney Aiircraft Corporation
Pennsylvania
Mooney Aircraft
Ralph Harmon
AEL
U. S
Henry A. Hirshberg
Harmon
Space Corporation of
Garland
Mooney Aircraft, Inc
Wendy Feller Receives Palm Sunday Confirmation Dinner
Wendy Feller daughter of Mr and Mrs Elbert Feller was honored with a barbecue dinner on Palm Sunday after her confirmation at St James Lutheran Church by Rev William Hill. Attendees included families from Engeside Corpus Christi San Antonio Kerrville Fredericksburg and Fredricksburg with several relatives and Rev Hill. The Harper PTA plans a Thursday April 10 meeting at 2 30 in the school cafetorium with all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickie Honig
Karla Anderegg
Harper
Marilyn Dyer
Abilene
SuAnn Kopecenske
Houston
Mesdames
David Schmidt and
JR. Peril
Chas. Schmidt
Milton Crenwelge
Sophia Borchers
Fredericksburg
Mesd
Marshall Brown
Junction
Worth Duderstadt
Austin
Jack Groff
John Redden
Kerrville
D. H. Kennedy
Harlingen
Kent Manning
San Benito
OH. Kennedy
Milton Dyer
Ronald Borchers
Ken Olson
Carl Trulson
Richard Looney
Ted Maxwell
Sally Crawford
San Antonio
Messrs
Arthur Strain
Layman Walker
Dallas
D K Holmans
Arthur Bunge
Winston Bode
W P Hulbert
Emmit Yant
Frederiksburg
Rocksprings
Uvalde
Sonora
Victoria
Kingsville
Chester Borchers
Groom
Golden Ox
Wendy Feller
Elbert Feller
St. James Lutheran Church
William Hill
A. C. Novian
Engeside
Robert Shaffer
Corpus Christi
Bill Wilkins
Colleen
Felix Hahne
Henry Wendel
Emil Lange
Butch Ernst
Clayton Feller
Randy
Max Lange
Rev. Hill
Harper Pta
Mary Stevens Honored With Pink and Blue Shower
Mary Stevens was honored with a pink and blue shower on March 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the home of Mrs. C Stevens. Cake and punch were served to about forty guests with hostesses listed as Mrs Garland Black Mrs Don Bode Mrs RE Bode Mrs Herman Ochler Mrs Dennis Parker and Mrs Logan Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bob Stevens
C. Stevens
Garland Black
Don Bode
RE. Bode
Herman Ochler
Dennis Parker
Logan Stevens
Confirmation Dinner at Lutheran Parish Hall
Mr and Mrs Gene Harper and Mr and Mrs Aubrey Harper hosted a Sunday dinner at the Lutheran Parish hall to honor their son and daughter on their confirmation. Attending were Mr and Mrs Roger Harper and family, Mr and Mrs Victor Harper and family, Mr and Mrs Herbert Gamel and Dehlia, Mr and Mrs Barry Gamel, Mr and Mrs Eugene Strackbein, Mr and Mrs Hubert Rahe and family, and Mrs Clayton Feller with Randy arriving later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Harper
Aubrey Harper
Roger Harper
Victor Harper
Herbert Gamel
Dehlia
Barry Gamel
Eugene Strackbein
Hubert Rahe
Clayton Feller
Randy
Seven Young People Confirmed at St James Lutheran
Seven youths were confirmed in St James Lutheran Church Sunday morning. Named were Mitchell Harper Debbie Harper Sue Rahe Hattie Molder Danny Roeder Bob Dittmar and Windy Feller. Each received a celebratory dinner at home. Out of town guests arrived from Fredericksburg San Antonio Kerrville and Ingram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Lutheran Church
Mitchell Harper
Gene Harper
Debbie Harper
Aubrey Harper
Sue Rahe
Harold Rahe
Hattie Molder
John Molder
Danny Roeder
Ruben Roeder
Bob Dittmar
Robert Dittmar
Windy Feller
Elbert Feller
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Kerrville
Ingram
Friendly Sewing Circle Met In Home of Mrs Alfred Kramer
The friendly sewing circle met in the home of Mrs Alfred Kramer on March 26 with four members present. Six ladies quilted over two days. The next meeting is April 23 at Mrs Alfred Kramer's home with Mrs Tony Lang as hostess providing sandwiches chips cake and punch.
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Friendly Sewing Circle
Alfred Kramer
Tony Lang
Paul Staudt
Workshop at Kerrville Library April Ninth 1969
A 9:00 am workshop at Butt Holdsworth Memorial Library Kerrville on April 9 1969 invites all persons interested in libraries. Texas State Library Field Services Division sponsors with Mr Fred Bell conducting on trusteeship and board profiles. Also notes a family visit to San Antonio for an eye operation and a visit with the Tommy Skippers.
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Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library
Kerrville
Field Services Division
Texas State Library
Fred Bell
South Texas
C H Bierschwale
Johnnie Bierschwale
San Antonio
Tommy Skippers
Danny Roeder Honored With Confirmation Dinner Sunday
Mr and Mrs Ruben Roeder hosted a dinner Sunday in honor of their son Danny after his confirmation at St James Lutheran Church. Attendees included Edwin Klein Ruben Arthur Moellendorf Ingram Henry Moellendorf Behrens Zenner Fredericksburg Joe Roeder and Rev Hill with additional guests from Ingram and nearby towns.
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Ruben Roeder
Danny
St. James Lutheran Church
Edwin Klein
Ruben
Arthur Moellendorf
Ingram
Henry Moellendorf
Orval Behrens & Family
Thomas Zenner
Theo Moellendorf
Fredericksburg
Joe Roeder
Hill
Sue Rahe Honored With Confirmation Dinner
Sue Rahe was honored at a confirmation dinner hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rahe at the Otto Rahe home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Rahe Dr. and Mrs. Theo Holm and family of San Antonio and the Otto Rahe grandparents.
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Harold Rahe
Sue
Otto Rahe
Dayton Rahe
Theo Holm
San Antonio
Quaint Easter Fires Pageant Set for Fair Grounds
Fredericksburg prepares an annual Easter pageant at Fair Park with a 600 plus cast and hilltop fires re enforcing a 123 year old tradition. The event starts at 7 30 p m with advance tickets at the Fair Office. The tale blends Easter Bunny fables with religious themes and features Boy Scouts and families as helpers in the hillside fires and stage scenes.
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Fair Grounds
Fredericksburg
Fair Park
Mary Nell Tarr Complimented With Personal Shower
Miss Mary Nell Tarr received a personal shower at the Presbyterian Manse Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 o clock. Hosts Misses Vickie Honig and Jennifer Jones, aided by their mothers, served cookies and punch as classmates and friends attended. Tarr is to wed Van Mund on April 19 at Harper Presbyterian Church. Keith Kensing, son of Levi and, will student teach at Comfort Texas while a Tarleton senior in agriculture education, plans graduation in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Nell Tarr
Presbyterian Manse
Vickie Honig
Jennifer Jones
John Honig
Jack Jones
Miss Tarr
van Mund
Harper Presbyterian Church
Keith Kensing
Levi Kensing
Harper
Comfort
Texas
Keith
Tarleton State College
Capt. Gully Consert
Texas Rangers
Harper Lions Set Frontier Day Youth Rodeo for April 26
Harper Lions Club plans the 12th Frontier Day junior rodeo to be held Saturday April 26 with a parade at 2 p.m. and events including dance and other activities. Committee members oversee duties. community park cleaning is set for April 18.
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Harper Lions
Harper Lions Club
Longhorn Inn
Howard Sivells
Albert Maner
Carl Oehler
Harper Young Farmers Plan Field Trip To Goldthwait
Harper Young Farmers join a tour of Johnson feed lot facilities in Goldthwaite Texas on Saturday April date. All ranchers and interested persons are invited to meet at the Longhorn Cafe by 7 a.m. Contact Clayton Massey for details.
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Johnson Feed
Goldwaite
Texas
Harper Young Farmers
Clayton Massey
Longhorn Cafe
Junctions 19th Annual Easter Pageant Slated in Natural Ampi theatre
The Junction Easter Pageant returns for its nineteenth year on Saturday April 5 1969 at 10 pm in a hillside natural ampi theatre below the Everburning Cross one mile southeast of Junction. Local volunteers from Kimble County perform a pantomime of Jesus last days with biblical costumes and scenes lit by spot and floodlights.
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Junction
Everburning Cross
Kimble County
Hamp Johnson
Oberammergau
Junction Men’s Bible Class
Lovers Leap Mountain
Bob Dittmar Honored With Chicken Barbecue Dinner
Mr and Mrs Robert Dittmar honored their son Bob with a chicken barbecue after his Confirmation at St James Lutheran Church. Guests included sponsors and families such as Douglas and Albert Dittmar and their children, M J Dittmar and daughters, Lyne Lewis, Glenn Hopf and W A Hopf. Another sponsor Mrs H A Georges of San Antonio could not attend due to surgery.
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Robert Dittmar
Bob
St. James Lutheran Church
Douglas Dittmar
Albert Dittmar
M. J. Dittmar
Lyne Lewis
Fredericksburg
Glenn Hopf
W. A. Hopf
H. A Georges
San Antonio
Barbecue for Sale Notice in Har
Mr and Mrs Walter Markwordt announce barbecue for sale at their Har residence every Sunday. Sale details and exact location are not specified in the notice.
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Mrs
Walter Markwordt
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Douglas Duderstadt
Frances Borchers
J. L. Price
Ann Peril
Judy Walker
Daas
Cindy Maxwell
Cathy Clark
Peay Ann Spears
Lindy Kates
Molly Washburn
Robins
Sandy Hansen
Arlington
Virgina
R. Shamerbeck III
Mike Young
Aquilla
James Kirkpatrick
Wm. Jonas
Mary Stevens
Lutheran Parish
Kerrville Memorial Library
Mesdames Troy Smith
Gertrude Brown
Clarence Sinclair
R. B. Goff
H. L. Stevens
Kathryn
Bill Glass
Mrs . F. Glass
John and
Wayne
Oren Parker
the Herald
San Faba River
Red Men
Hans Hannemann
Fred Whitewood
David Schndt
Presbyterian Church
Shirlene Ruhe
Stephenville
Bubby Hasper
Kodak
Warper Drug Store
Grace & Leslie Harper
Harper, Texas
Mayfield Mattress CO
Goldthwait
Yer Trey Sera
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