Why is Easter Called Easter in the Texan Town
An article traces the name Easter to Teutonic and Hebrew roots, noting Eastre and pascha as origins and linking the feast to spring, Jewish Passover, and church decisions at Nice in 325. It details pagan and Christian customs such as Easter fires, and ends with Fredericksburg Texas where a local Easter Fire lights hills for Easter egg hunts.
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Lord
Christ
Bede
Bene
Eostre
Egypt
Lower Rhine
Ostern
Church Council of
Nice
Osterberg
United States
Fredericksburg
Texas
Harper High Wins District 72 B Track Meet at Schreiner
Harper High School dominated the District 72 B track meet at Schreiner Institute on Saturday April 9 scoring 67 points to Blanco 25. Meet director Rex Fox Harper coach and ILD district official led prelims at 9 30 am finals at 1 30 pm. Senior boys from Harper swept events including Jung in shot put 100 yard dash discus and relay wins Sageser Walker Schmidt and Rieger also posted top marks with multiple firsts and runners up.
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Kerrville
Harper
Schreiner Institute
Blanco
Comfort
Johnson City
Dripping Spring
Boerne
Kendalia
Rex Fox
Harper High School
Co. D. Jung
Wesley Sageser
Carrall Walker
Elbert Schmidt
Dallas Rieger
Gilbertt Strackbein
Kerrville Teams Split In Practice and League Play
Kerrville Athletics won 7 to 4 in a practice game and Hill Country action saw Camp Stanley beat Stonewall 1 0 while the Giants edged Boerne 6 to 5. Comfort defeated Sisterdale 4 to 3, and Kerrville beat Harper 7 to 4 in a non league tilt. Games next Sunday list Flog Giants at Stonewall and Harper at Boerne with Comfort resting.
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Camp Stanley
Stonewall
Flog. Giants
Boerne
Comfort
Sisterdale
Kerrville
Harper
Flog
Giants
SPC
Aseeraseseeseenseesas Comfort
Mrs Carl Ernst Sr 90 Buried in Fredericksburg
Mrs. Carl Ernst Sr nee Conradine Baethge died April 11 1949 aged 90 years 5 months 23 days born Oct 18 1858 Castell daughter of Heinrich and Conradina Baethge married Feb 26 1893 Fredericksburg husband Carl Ernst died March 16 1921-survived by Emil Conrad Charles Ernst Ida Mrs Charles Weber Clara Mrs Felix Boos one stepdaughter Mrs Felix Grona of San Antonio 14 grandchildren one great grandchild one great great grandchild funeral conducted by Rev F A Bracher at Beckmanns Funeral Home and Zions Lutheran Church burial at City Cemetery Fredericksburg
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Carl Ernst Sr
Conradine Baethge
Castell
Heinrich
Conradina Pape Baethge
Fredericksburg
Carl Ernst
Emil
Conrad
Charles Ernst
Ida
Charles Weber
Clara
Felix Boos
Felix Grona
San Antonio
F. A. Bracher
Beckmann
Zions Lutheran Church
Zions
Harper Falls to Kerrville 7-4 in Practice Game at Park
Harper losses 7-4 to Kerrville Athletics at Harper Community Park in a close spring matchup. Dayton Rahe led Harper with two hits in five at bats while Mathis and Miller paced Kerrville with two hits each, including a three bagger for Mathis. Kerrville broke the game open with four runs in the seventh inning and added an insurance run in the ninth. Next Sunday Harper travels to Boerne for its first league game as Boerne opened with a loss to Fredericksburg.
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Harper
Kerrville Athletics
Harper Community Park
Kerrville
Schaffer
Bunch
J. Thurman
Miller
H. Feller
Athletics
Dayton Rahe
Mathis
Harper Motors
Boerne
Fredericksburg
Giants
Abrhpore Robertson
Koennecke
Crooks
Nipper
J. Padgett
Lee
Ss . Wee
Gregory
Ab Anhalt
Meckle
Martin
C. Padgett
V. Thurman
J Thurman
Abrhpore
DeLorey
Evnensecvere
H. Rahe
Rahe
Nensednanased
Ol R. McDougall
Rogers
Omer Cottle
Wahrmund
Oren Cottle
FOX
Onsen
Gammenthaler
McDonald
McDougall
Warper
Tolle
17 Year Old Breaks Broad Jump Record at Meet
In Los Angeles on Friday George Brown, a 17 year old Negro star from Jordan high school, broke the national prep broad jump record previously held by Jesse Owens. Brown failed to reach 25 feet in the Huntington Park dual meet, as Owens had 24 feet 11 and a half inches in 1933 at East Tech Cleveland.
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Los Angeles
Jesse Owens
Huntington Park
George Brown
Owens
East Tech
Cleveland
Ohio
Mrs Robert Wilson Lectures at WSCS Meeting
Mrs Robert Wilson of Kerrville was guest speaker at the WSCS meeting of the Methodist Church. Mrs Felix Kensing read scripture, and Mrs Gilbert Pape led a devotional. A piano selection and a duet were performed. Mrs Wilson spoke on the Advance Program for Methodist Women amid refreshments for attendees.
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WSCS
Methodist Church House
Robert Wilson
Kerrville
Felix Kensing
Gilbert Pape
God
Lorene Ochler
Forest Bode
Rueben Bode
S. S. Stewart
Baseball sharpens focus amid tense relief pitching duel
The summary records a pitching duel with Miller striking out 11 and Feller 3, Schaffer 6, Thurman 3, and Bunch 6. It notes balls off multiple pitchers and hits batsmen credited to Miller and H Feller, with other details left ambiguous due to incomplete text.
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Bunch
Miller
Feller
Schaffer
Thurman
H. Feller
J. Thurman
Vy Miller
Cater
Wei
El Rancho Theatre Sold to Walter R Dills of Kerrville
The El Rancho Theatre of Harper has been sold by former owner B O McDonald of Kerrville to Walter R Dills of Kerrville. Dills renamed the theatre Hartex and plans a nightly show schedule. An advertisement appears on another page of this issue.
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el Rancho
Walter R. Dills
Kerrville
Harper
B. O. McDonald
Harper PTA Met Last Thursday At School
Harper PTA held its regular monthly meeting at the school house last Thursday afternoon. The program included a song by Mrs. Louis Stevens' girls, a piano solo by Lorene Oehler, a duet by Mrs. Clifford Bode and Mrs. Max Lange, and a devotional by Mrs. J. R. Peril. Dorothy McDavid spoke on the home as a place to develop citizenship and responsibility. A business session followed. Mrs. M. R. Duderstadt urged sponsoring the Junior-Senior Prom, but the group declined the banquet while offering to assist with plans.
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Harper P.T.A
Louis Stevens
Lorene Oehler
Clifford Bode
Max Lange
J. R. Peril
Dorothy McDavid
M. R. Duderstadt
P.T.A
Sveral
Delta Kappa Gamma Meeting Held April 2
The Beta Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met Saturday April 2 at Mason at the hill-top home of Mrs Roy Zesch. Members come from Gillespie Kendall Kerr Kimble Mason and Menard Counties. A symposium on Nationalism by Irene Neffendorf Bernard Stieler and Margaret Moore explored world citizenship and loyalties to humanity. Mrs Zesch was assisted by Mrs Zillia Ekert of Mason during tea. Harper members Cora Coplen Harvey Stevens David Schmidt Neal B. Fox and Lewis Stevens attended.
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Beta Zeta
Delta Kappa Gamma
Mason
Roy Zeéd
Gillespie
Kendall
Kerr
Kimble
Menard
Irene Neffendorf
Bernard Stieler
Comfort
Margaret Moore
Kerrville
Zesch
Zillia Eckert
Harper
Mesd
Cora Coplen
Harvey Stevens
David Schmidt
Neal B. Fox
Lewis Stevens
Kerrville Woman Attends Revival Services with Mrs Tobin
Mrs Scroggins of Kerrville spent the weekend with Mrs Theresa Tobin and attended Revival Services at the Pentecostal Church while here, detailing social visits and church attendance in Kerr County.
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Scroggins
Kerrville
Theresa Tobin
Pentecostal Church
Wedding Attends In Marble Falls Area Mix of Visits
Mr and Mrs Belton Tatsch and son Jimmie and Mrs G C Metzger attended a cousin wedding at Marble Falls Saturday. Albert Lang of San Antonio spent a few days here last week with daughter Mrs Walter Jungman and family arriving Saturday. Hubert Rahe and children and Mrs August Kirchhoff with Helen visited Felix Feuge near Fredericksburg Sunday. P W Pankey and Gladys Meeder of Denver visited R W Pankey Sr and Mrs S J Stewart two days last week. Albert Kaiser of Center Point visited Mrs Arthur Baumann and Mrs Wm Kaiser Saturday night. Alfred Lehne and son Robert spent the weekend with Mrs Lehne in San Antonio.
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Belton Tatsch
Jimmie
G. C. Metzger
Marble Falls
Albert Lang
San Antonio
Walter Jungman
Hubert Rahe
August Kirchhoff
Mis
Helen
Felix Feuge
Fredericksburg
P. W. Pankey
Gladys Meeder
Denver, Col
R. W. Pankey Sr
S. 3. Stewart
Albert Kaiser
Center Point
Arthur Baumann
Wm. Kaiser
Alfred Lehne
Robert
Lehne
Hill Country Study Club Entertained By Mr and Mrs Walter Parker
Members of the Hill Country Study Club enjoyed a barbecue supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Parker on April 9. Mrs Parker and her husband aided the event as plans for a joint install of Hill Country and Tejas Study Clubs were made for May 21 at Mrs Robert Dittmar’s home. The next Hill Country meeting is May 14 hosted by Mrs M Brown. Guests included Mrs L A Stevens Mrs C A Wendel and Mrs Wm Keen.
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Hill Country Study Club
Walter Parker
Hill Country
Tejas Study Clubs
Robert Dittmar
Hill Country Club
M. Brown
L. A. Stevens
C. A. Wendel
Wm Keen
Mrs Worth Howe Hosts Hill Country Tejas Study Clubs
Mrs Worth Howe entertained Harper’s Hill Country and Tejas Study Clubs at her Kerrville road home on March 26 with host Mrs Glen Hopf. Floral demonstration by Mrs Tom Jones of Junction, who shared floral experiences, followed by piano selections by Patsy Ficken and a social hour with chicken salad sandwiches olives mints frosted muffins and punch.
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Mrs. Worth Howe
Worth Howe
Harper
Kerrville Road
Glen Hopf
Tom Jones
Junction
Jones
Patsy Ficken
Park lights bid awarded for Harper Community Park
The Harper Community Park board accepted Nunn Electric Supply Co of Houston bid to erect electric lighting for the park fields at about 2000 dollars plus eight 60 foot poles costing around 70 dollars each. Work to enable a May 27 28 rodeo and dance with night lighting if ready. bleachers under construction for 750 capacity.
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Harper Community Park
Nunn Electric Supply Co
Houston
Harper High School
Tommy Harlan
L.C.R.A
Fredericksburg
George Brown
Jerrville
Adolf Hofner
San Antonio
Colorful Easter Pageant in Fredericksburg Saturday Night
Thousands are expected for the Fredericksburg Easter Fires Pageant at Fair Park Saturday night at 8. No admission charged. Local groups including the American Legion and Girl Scouts assist with ushering and Easter eggs. Box seats limited with fees listed. tickets handled by Max O Reinbach at the local farm loan office.
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Fredericksburg
Fair Park
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Girl Scouts
The
Fall Association
Max O. Reinbach
Flog
National Farm Loan Assn
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