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 21 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
5
A reflective piece extols Easter as a source of hope and strength. It links faith in Christ to enduring life, moral living, and the belief that life continues beyond death. The essay frames Easter as the high point of Christian hope, guiding perseverance and ethical living.
Unarmed cattle dealer Mason was killed Friday after being chased from a downtown street into Dooley's Store. Sheriff Campbell arrested H C Harris, 45, on a murder charge. Witnesses described Harris firing multiple shots with a Luger and a .38 revolver at Burnett, 42, who ran inside and collapsed. Burnett grew up in Mason County and left a widow.
Paving of the Harper to Kerr County line farm to market road started Monday by Bob Bawden of San Marcos under a contract with Dean Skinner Construction of Austin. The 14 to 15 mile project uses two asphalt layers on caliche base as 10 to 15 workers lay the surface. Gravel is hauled from San Marcos. the Kerrville to Kerr County line section is already paved.
The Girl Scouts of Harper organize for investiture as new Scouts earn full status. Many have bought uniforms and fundraise by selling tickets for "Rusty's Birthday" at the Palace Theatre in Fredericksburg on April 17. They’ll assemble school-supply bags for overseas students with Hill Country Study Club supplying items. Leaders are Mrs Roland Johnson and Mrs Worth Howe with a four-mother troop committee. Officers include Lydia Bierschwale, Marlene Kaiser, Bobbie Gibson, Clara Baker, Ola Maertz.
Fredericksburg welcomes Rutledge Dress Shop at 308 West Main Street with Thursday and Saturday hours from 9 am to 7 pm and 9 am to 8 pm respectively. The new store, owned by R. M. Rutledge, offers dresses in sizes 9 to 52 from 196 and stocks Loomcraft slips Fatricia hose and the Hollywood Elastic Leg line. Mrs Ernest Kunz and Miss Rose Marie Crenwelge will assist customers.
Mr and Mrs Hilmer Wendel and Mr and Mrs Archie Geist Weidt visited the Lee Schmidt home Sunday. Dayton Rahe and Charles Mains took a group of schoolboys to San Antonio to see the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians exhibition game. A A Wendel of Doss, Felix Feuge of Fredericksburg, and Henry Frantzen of Luckenbach joined Harper residents for Confirmation services.
Mrs W R Smith and her mother Ben Weemes and Mrs a Applegram were seen shopping in Fredericksburg on Wednesday.
The Harper PTA announces Game Night moved to April 21 due to school events. Kerr visitors Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Barrett and Mr. Roy Roberts attended Thursday. Mrs. James Davis of San Antonio visited weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Parker.
A total of 130 votes were cast to elect three Harper trustees for a three year term. Edwin Dittmar Alfred Spaeth and Felix Risehner were chosen with Risehner winning a second term. Spaeth and Dittmar secured their first terms as replacements for Duderstadt and Watkins Tarr who did not seek reelection. Risehner 823 votes Spaeth 106 Dittmar 111 write ins six votes.
Harper American Legion Post of Sageser-Haas postpones its meeting to Friday night April 14 due to Good Friday. All members are urged and invited to attend the rescheduled session next week.
Harper Community Park boards set Thursday April 13 as a clean up day at the south entrance and creek area. They want volunteers to remove jerks glass and unsightly objects and improve access and safety. The board paid 3800 on indebtedness from lighting the rodeo arena and football field and aims to clear the remaining debt with canvass earnings to fund further park improvements for youth entertainment.
Gillespie County set an all time high for motor vehicle registrations this year as of April 1 according to Tax Assessor-Collector Wm M Petmecky. Car registrations reached 3230 up from 3113 last year, trucks rose to 604 from 556, and all vehicles rose overall with mobile receipts totaling 61863.89 dollars. The county keeps the first 50000 dollars and uses a portion of the rest for road building and maintenance.
John Heinemann died April 3 1950 at age 80 2 months 24 days. Born January 10 1870 in Gillespie County son of Martin and Mary Heinemann. Survived by four daughters two sons 38 grandchildren eight great grandchildren a brother two sisters. Funeral by Magr F G Wolf at Schaetter's and St Mary's Church burial in St Mary's Cemetery Fredericksburg.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Lehne were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Klaehn to honor their daughter’s confirmation. Also visiting were 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 for their son Eugene and nephew Kenneth Casper after a Confirmation class Sunday. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. Goerner, Otto Strackbein family, August Strackbein of Fredericksburg, C. Moore and sons of San Antonio, Aubrey Harper, Milton Casper and son, R. B. Goff, Gilbert Anderegg and Darla Jean. A delicious meal was served.
Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Spaeth Sunday included Mrs Ernest Schmidt and daughter of Fredricksburg Miss Meta Spaeth of Doss Mr and Mrs Otto Spaeth and children and Mr and Mrs Archie Gerstweidt and daughter The gathering marked the confirmation of their daughter Miss M Liss.
Visitors attended a dinner Sunday at the Alfred Spaeth home for Miss Janice Spaeth's confirmation. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Geistweidt and children, Mrs. Jake Spaeth, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ellebracht and son of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Geistweidt, Mr. and Mrs. Zigin Geistweidt and children, Mrs. Ida Geistweidt and daughter of Doss.
Mrs Stevens attended the Round-Up in Austin and visited her daughter Miss Mary Virginia. Mark Stevens visited his son Marsy Stevens and family during the weekend trip.
Eighteen census enumerators started the official U S government 1950 bicentennial nose count on Saturday April 1 for Gillespie and Kendall counties. The group was photographed at the Gillespie County Agriculture building after a special enumerators school. Each worker received district assignments around Fredericksburg and surrounding areas.
Harper district meet results show the Harper girls topping playground ball with first place, while Harper boys place third in volleyball after losses to Dripping Springs. Individual honors include Metzger, Oehler, and Whitworth among others in spelling, declamation, and typing events.
In an excerpt from Father A A Gitter's radio address on Station KNAF he reflects on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as both the most tragic and enriching event in history. He describes Golgotha outside Jerusalem, the procession to Calvary, Simon ofCyrene bearing the cross, and the crowd gathered to watch the crucifixion.
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.