Push for Us and With Us Letter From Sailor Before Sinking
Lt Bruce D. Skidmore wrote to his Lansing, Michigan parents from the cruiser Houston before it was sunk off Java. He urged unity, warned strikes hinder the war effort, and asked Americans to push for the fighting servicemen. He remarked that many die in the war and urged collective effort at home and at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Java
Bruce D. Skidmore
Ralph K. Skidmore
Lansing
Mich
Navy
Harper Firemen Organize Civilian Home Defense Unit
Harper Volunteer Fire Department forms a Civilian Fire Fighters Home Defense unit with Roy Roberts Carl Ochler Frank Staudt Earl Sylvester Richard Roeder Paul Jones Fred Wedekind Belmore Roberts and Bill Kaiser. They plan weekly drills and will send Kaiser and Wedekind to Texas A M College for a state fire school beginning May 18. They announce a May 23 Benn s Hall benefit dance and a junk drive to raise funds for the department. The group numbers about twenty and holds a May 4 first aid and artificial respiration training session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Roy Roberts
Carl Ochler
Frank Staudt
Earl Sylvester
Richard Roeder
Paul Jones
Fred Wedekind
Belmore Roberts
Bill Kaiser
Junction
Texas A. & M. College
Benn's Hall
Harper
Fire Department
Antagonism Against Labor Seen As Enemy Within Gates
The article argues labor antagonism is the first enemy at home and describes a wave of financed propaganda blaming labor for delays in war industries. It notes two aims pursued by this pro labor framing and references further discussion on page 4.
Miss Elizabeth Kirchhoff Weds Hubert Rahe in Candlelit Ceremony
In a candlelit 8:30 p.m. April 22 ceremony at St. James Lutheran Church, Elizabeth Kirchhoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Kirchhoff, married Hubert Rahe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rahe, with Rev. C. F. Probst. The church featured ferns and spring blooms as Magdalena Wendel played nuptial music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Lutheran Church
Elizabeth Kirchhoff
August Kirchhoff
Hubert Rahe
Fred Rahe
C. F. Probst
Magdalena Wendel
Alice
Elenora Dietrich
Helen Kirchhoff
National Wheat Referendum Set For May Second Vote
Otto H. Grona chairing Gillespie County AAA explains a national refer endum on wheat marketing quotas to be decided by farmers at community ballots on May 2. Eligible voters include owners landlords tenants and sharecroppers on farms with 200 bushels or more and over fifteen wheat acres. The vote links quotas to parity loans and aims to keep wheat prices fair amid war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Otto H. Grona
Gillespie County Aaa
United Nations
Miss Lula Sylvester Weds Arthur Hines in San Antonio
Miss Lula Lee Sylvester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sylvester, married Arthur Hines of Kerrville at Rev. Hemp Hill's home in San Antonio. The ceremony was at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. Hill officiating. The bride wore powder blue with navy accessories. attendant Miss Betty Sanders wore navy. Hines, a Harper High School graduate, will live in San Antonio where he works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula Lee Sylvester
Earl Sylvester
Arthur Hines
Kerrville
San Antonio
Hemp Hill
Hill
Trinity Methodist Church
Betty Sanders
Ralf Solomon, Jr
Wedding of Miss with White Satin Dress in Fredericksburg
The bride wore a long sleeve white satin dress with a sweetheart lace edged waist and short train. She carried a spray of calla lilies. Dayton Rahe served as best man with Lorenz Kirchhoff and John Honig as groomsmen. Simon Honig and Harold Rahe were ushers. Reception at Hotel Nimtz in Fredericksburg featured turkey dinner and a three tier cake for 60 guests. Both bride and groom are Harper High School graduates, class of 1940. they will live with the groom’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Rahe
Lorenz Kirchhoff
John Honig
Simon Honig
Harold Rahe
Selective Service Questionnaires Mailed To Third Registrants
Gillespie County Draft Board began mailing selective service questionnaires to all registrants from February 16th national registration day. By week’s end every Feb 16 registrant will have received theirs. Advisors will assist in the District Court Room at the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Draft Board
Selective Service
Registration Advisory Board
Court House
Lutherans Honor Australian Aid in Air Evacuation of New Guinea Missionaries
Lutheran representatives from St. James Sequin praise Australia for evacuating Lutheran missionaries and accompanying families from New Guinea after Japs attacked. Government planes carried out evacuations from Malalo near Salamaua Lae with support from Chaplains Shawe Grotefend and the National Lutheran Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Taeuber
Minneapolis
Minnesota
New Guinea
Walter C. Probst
Alfred Spaeth
St. James Lutheran Church
Seguin
Ackermann
Malalo
Salamaua
Lae
O. R. Shawe
Camp Shelby
Oliver Grotefend
Camp
Bowie
Grotefend
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Lorenz Wendel Sr
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mrs Lorenz Wendel Sr nee Mina Anderegg born March 13 1862 in Hilda. She died April 21 1942 at 80 years and is survived by husband four sons four daughters twenty two grandchildren three great grandchildren and many relatives. Her family resided in Beaver Creek Doss Harper and Fredericksburg. Her remains rest with extensive church affiliations in Doss Harper and Devil's River areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenz Wendel
Mina Anderegg
John A. Anderegg
Hilda
Wendel
Schuhmacher
Cherry Spring
Dietrich Rode
Beaver Creek
Bee Cave
Doss
Lutheran Church
Devil's River
Harper
Harper Lutheran Church
Harper In 1925, Where They Have Since Made Their Home. Mrs. Wendel
Albert A
Arnold H
Lorenz W. Jr
Hy. M
Anna
Aug. P. Kirchhoff
Minna
Felix Feuge
Fredericksburg
Ottilie
Albert J. Lang
Sarah
Max Lange
Arthur C
Martin
Dan
Henry Anderegg
Lydia
Adolph Dittmar
Hy. Sauer
Christine
Carl Schmidt
John Eckert
Photo caption with nine named individuals
The image shows two rows of people with nine identified individuals including Mrs Roscoe Parker Mrs Tempie MacDonald Miss Helen Doris Brown and Miss Bill Brown in the front row and Dr G Teddlie W A Brown Claud Barnes Mrs Hilda H Sageser and Mrs W A Brown in the back row
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Parker
Tempie MacDonald
Helen Doris Brown
Bill
Sugar Rationing Registration Set For County Dealers
All Gillespie County merchants and cafe owners must register for sugar rationing on Tuesday April 28 at Fredericksburg and Harper high schools and at Supt Larkin and Supt Smyre offices. Registration runs 9am to noon in Harper and 9am to end of day in Fredericksburg with rural schools to host later sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Harper High School
R L_ Kott
Harper
Larkin
Supt. S. H. Smyre
Henry Hirsch
Harper and Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Round of Visitors Arrivals and Calls
Mr and Mrs J A Besier visited Fredericksburg on Monday. Mr and Mrs Lothar Dabney from Austin passed through Tuesday calling on Mr and Mrs Oliver Hopf en route to Fort Bliss El Paso where Lothar will be stationed. Mrs George Duderstadt near Mountain Home hosted a dance Friday night. Bird Billings of Coleman visited his nephew Link Billings at Fredericksburg and they called on friends in Harper Wednesday. Mr and Mrs C E Bein were visitors at Fredericksburg on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Besier
Fredericksburg
Lothar Dabney
Austin
Oliver Hopf
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Lothar
George Duderstadt
Near Mountain Home
Bird Billings
Coleman
Link Billings
Harper
C. E. Bein
Sixteen Harper residents receive first aid certificates
Sixteen Harper citizens were awarded Staff Photo Certificates for completing the 30 hour Standard Course in First Aid taught by Dr. G. Teddlie at a Friday night Presbyterian Church meeting. A Red Cross First Aid Station is planned at Richard Roeder's Gulf Service Station with a kit due soon. Additional honorees include Edith Bevill Grace Davidson Janus Harper Adele Scarborough Lydia Bierschwabe and Richard A Roeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Presbyterian Church
G. Teddlie
Red Cross
Richard Roeder
Gulf Service Station
A. D. Stahl
Gillespie County
American Red Cross
Edith Marie Bevill
Grace Davidson
Janus Harper
Adele Scarborough
Lydia A. Bierschwabe
Richard A. Roeder
Aunt Tillie Goes To Town at Bein's Hall Saturday Night
Harper PTA presents a three act comedy Aunt Tillie Goes To Town at Bein's Hall Saturday night starting 8 30 p m Rev Alois Gitter directs with cast Grace Davidson Lillian Lange Robert Kaiser Mrs Earl Sylvester Gerald Shirley Fritzie Bauman Myrtle Reed Edith Beville and Elizabeth Gammenthaler promising laughs and no dull moment for attendees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Assn
Tillie
Bein's Hall
Harper Herald
Alois Gitter
Grace Davidson
Lillian Lange
Robert Kaiser
Earl Sylvester
Gerald Shirley
Fritzie Bauman
Myrtle Reed
Edith Beville
Elizabeth Gammenthaler
Cosper Visitors Enter Harper for Several Day Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cosper visited Harper on Tuesday. Mrs. J. C. Cosper accompanied them and planned a several days stay before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Cosper
Harper
J. C. Cosper
Sisters of St. Francis still serving in Hawaii decades after start
Two original Sisters of St. Francis who left Syracuse in 1883 to aid leprosy patients on Molokai remain in Hawaii. Sister M. Elizabeth nears 60 years of active service, while Sister M. Leopoldina, 87, lives in retirement in Mana Valley. They recall Dewey’s Manila Bay victory and the shared vow that kept leprosy risk at bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of St. Frances
Syracuse
N. Y
Damient
Molokai
Hawaii
M. Elizabeth
M. Leopoldina
Margaret Burns
Uticla
Lves
Mother Marianne
Mana Valley
Marianne
Sisters of
St. Frances
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Leopoldina
Dewey
Manila Bay
Sisters of Charity of St
Rainy spell boosts Hill Country moisture and hail damage
Heavy April rainfall drenched the Hill Country with totals from .57 to .67 inches across spots, aided farm soil moisture. Kerrville saw large hail and wind damage, including neon signs, roofs, and cars, while Fredericksburg and surrounding areas reported wind and hail with livestock losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Neffendorf
L.C R.A
Kerrville
Country Club
Harper
Otto Rahe
L.C.R.A
Doss
Junction
Stephan Tunnell
Austin-Cain City Road
Fredericksburg
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Sailor Lost
Harper Firemen
U. S. Army
Hilmar Lang, JR
Hilmar Lang
U. S. Army Air Corps
Lang
U. S
Fredericksburg High School
Randolph Field
MacDonald Studio
Donald R. Richberg
Saturday Evening Post
Spicer
Toledo
AFL
CIO
Allis-Chalmers
Dennison Tapviewing Company of Columns
Timken Ordnance
Canton
Ohio
Lula Lee Sylvester Maries
Lorenz Wendel, Sr
Maxine Lange
Ida Honig
Bein’s Hall
Lohengrin
E. O. Larkin
Elaine
Milton Wendel
Selma Kirchhoff
Lillah Mae Wendel
Evelyn Honig
Adalena Wendel
Miss Kirchhoff
H. L. Stevens
Sam Honig
John A. Anderegg, Jr
Jacob Siefere
William Honig
L. S. Wendel
W. C. Probst
Beckmann
Harper Church
Harper Cemetery
Gatesville
Ewald Solbrig
Catholic Information
Anthony’e Church
Kerr County
Harper Vocational Agriculture and F. F. A
George Smith
Dennis Parker
America
T. H. Alcorn
J. B. Birt
Chas. Bein
Billie Brown
Wilford Schuster
Agr
Future Farmers of America A
Morris Boden
Elmer Lang
Charles Coggeshall
Robert Kenninge
Carol Blerschwaler
Eldon Marschall
Harvey Goff H
Charles Schmidt
Jack Fairchild
T. J. Oohler
Future Farmers of
Amelia
Perry
Asta
Finn
Nevega
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