This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1950
Page
3
The piece extols Easter Sunday as the apex of Christian hope. It argues hope sustains life, consoles grieving mothers, and inspires moral living. Christ's death and resurrection are cited as proof of immortality and the doorway to a larger life beyond the world.
A downtown Mason store shooting left unarmed cattle dealer Ray Burnett dead. Sheriff L E Campbell arrested H C Harris after Burnett was shot multiple times with a Luger and a .38 revolver. Witnesses including Dist Attorney Glenn Capps testified as the case moved toward murder charges in Mason County.
Paving of the Harper to Kerr County line farm to market road started Monday. Bob Bawden of San Marcos contracted the work for Dean Skinney Construction, with Tobridge Construction having done grading and dirt work last fall. The 14 to 15 mile project uses two asphalt layers on the base road, gravel hauled from San Marcos, and the Kerrville section remains already paved.
The Harper Girl Scouts organize for an investiture ceremony where each girl becomes a full Scout. Many have purchased uniforms as they prepare to sell tickets for a benefit show titled Rusty s Birthday at the Palace Theatre in Fredericksburg on April 17. The troop works on a drawstring bag filled with school supplies for overseas students, with Hill Country Study Club furnishing supplies.
Fredericksburg opens Rutledge Dress Shop at 308 West Main Street with hours 9 am to 7 pm Thursday and 9 am to 8 pm Saturday. Priced dresses and accessories line includes Loomcraft slips Patricia nylon hose and the Hollywood Elastic Leg. The store offers attendance prizes and employs Mrs Ernest Kunz and Miss Rose Marie Crenwelge to serve customers.
Mr and Mrs Hilmar Wendel and Mr and Mrs Archie Geist Weidt visited Lee Schmidt on Sunday. Dayton Rahe and Charles Mains led a group of schoolboys to San Antonio to view the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians exhibition game.
Mr and Mrs A A Wendel of Doss Mr and Mrs Felix Feuge of Frederickaburg and Mr and Mrs Henry Frantaen of Lucken
Mrs W R Smith and her mother participate in an event near Applegrein on Wednesday. The report notes their efforts as part of a local community drive.
The Harper PTA sponsors a game night rescheduled from April to April 21 to fill a night with no other events. More details to follow in a later issue.
Mrs Charise Barrett and Mr Charise Barrett along with Mr Rey Roberts appear in Kerr area notices for a Thursday event.
Mrs James Davis of San Antonio spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Carlos Parker, visiting in the city and sharing time at their home.
A total of 120 votes were cast in the Harper school trustee election. Edwin Dittmar Alfred Spaeth and Felix Rischner were elected for a three year term. Rischner was reelected to his second term while Spaeth and Dittmar were elected for their first term, replacing Duderstadt and Watkins Tarr who did not seek reelection. Rischner received 23 votes Spaeth 106 Dittmar 111 and Gilbert Anderege. Six write-in votes were also cast for four names.
Harper American Legion Post commander Tatsch says the Sageser-Haas Post has postponed this week meeting to Friday night April 14 due to Good Friday. All members are urged and invited to attend the meeting next week.
Harper Community Park directors set Thursday April 13 as a park clean up day to remove debris and improve access at the south and west entrances and the creek crossing. The board notes 3800 WM has been paid toward indebtedness from rodeo arena and football held, aiming to liquidate remaining debt with canvass earnings to fund further youth entertainment upgrades.
Gillespie County reports a record high in auto registrations with 3230 cars by April 1, up from 3113 a year ago. Commercial trucks rose to 604 and farm trucks to 353, with total mobile receipts at 61863.89, of which the county keeps the first 50000 and half of the rest for road work.
John Heinemann died April 3 1950 at age 80 years 2 months 24 days born January 10 1870 in Gillespie County son of Martin and Mary Pauls Heinemann. He married Mary Segner June 2 1896. Surviving four daughters Laura Mrs Wille Maurer Lena Mrs Walter Schumpelt Adela Mrs Gilbert Klein Elizabeth Mrs Emil Crenwelge two sons Lawrence and Joe Heinemann 38 grandchildren eight great grandchildren one brother Henry Heinemann two sisters Mary Mrs Emil Schlueter and Anna Mrs Felix Meurer. Magr F G Wolf oversaw funeral Wednesday at Schaetters Funeral Home and St Mary's Church burial in St Mary's Cemetery Fredericksburg.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Lehne visited Mr and Mrs Carl Klaehn to honor their daughter at her confirmation. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Alfonso Lang, Mr and Mrs Solbrig, Mr and Mrs Herman Kirchner, Miss Klaehn of Pecan Creek, Mr and Mrs Otto Lang of Fredericksburg, and Mr and Mrs Waldemar Kroll.
Mr and Mrs Willie Strackbein hosted a dinner honoring their son Eugene and nephew Kenneth Casper who were in the Confirmation class Sunday. Guests included Rev Goerner Mr and Mrs Otto Strackbein and other relatives. A delicious meal was served.
Sunday dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Spaeth was attended by Mrs Ernest Schmidt and daughter of Fredericksburg Miss Meta Spaeth of Doss Mr and Mrs Otto Spaeth and children and Mr and Mrs Archie Gerstweidt and daughter The event celebrated the confirmation of their daughter Miss Miss.
Visitors gathered at the Alfred Spaeth residence Sunday for dinner including Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Geistweidt and children Afrs. Jake Spaeth Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ellebracht and son from San Antonio Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Geietweidt Mr. and Mrs. Zigin Geietweidt and children Mrs. Ida Geistweidt and daughter from Doss to celebrate Miss Janice Spaeth's confirmation.
Mrs. Lewis Stevens and Mark Stevens spent the weekend in Austin. Mrs. Stevens attended the Round-Up and visited her daughter Mary Virginia. Mark visited his son Marsy Stevens and his family.
Eighteen census enumerators started the 1950 bi centennial nose count on Saturday April ft for Gillespie and Kendall counties. The group gathered at the Gillespie County Agriculture building after a special enumerators school. Assignments map areas around Fredericksburg and nearby towns with names of each enumerator and district. 7000 SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
The Harper school team took first in playground ball at the Johnson City district interscholastic meet held last weekend. Harper also earned six second places in district literary contests and competed in volleyball and softball events with notable performances by Loren Ochler, Bonne Metzger, and Barbara Whitworth among others.
Father Gitter in a KNAF broadcast recalls the Passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ as the most tragic yet enriching event in history. He describes Golgotha, the crowd, Simon bearing the cross, and the crowd's awe as the Romans execute Jesus on Calvary.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.