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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1948
Page
1
A quoted Epictetus passage gives guidance on anger management, advising quiet approach and counting days without anger as a path to temperance. It suggests progressive intervals of restraint and gratitude through a ritual of sacrifice if thirty days pass without anger.
Airport paving at Kitchens Canton Austin proceeds at prior pace. Project should finish about 80 of 100 workdays and near mid May. Mrs Baumann hosted 21 guests with Stanley Wax Products demo. prizes awarded. Martha Rose Baumann to host May 5 church fundraiser at parish house. Lemuel and Mrs Jones hosted a barbecue for about 100. Buddy Roberts wins calf riding first.
The Joint Council on the Resettlement of Displaced Persons unites Protestant Catholic Jewish and Orthodox groups to press for legislation admitting European displaced persons and settling them in American communities. Chicago businessmen buy land to run 4 H style camps teaching rural skills to city boys to curb delinquency.
J Frank Kendall announced Bill Hodges, formerly of Ranger Texas, has purchased an interest in the firm run by Kendall in Fredericksburg. The store will be renamed Kendall Hodges Department Store and undergo a full remodeling to offer modern interiors, new fixtures, and high quality merchandise with top customer service.
Mrs Onstatt and her children from Hamilton Texas spent the weekend with Mr Onstatt who is operating a bulldozer at the Dud erstadt ranch during the stay.
The text argues that all existence is God’s ongoing act of creation. Nothing existed before, and the world remains in being only as long as God sustains it. Like a singer’s song or a thinker’s thought, reality endures while God maintains it in mind.
A Sunday barbecue at the Charle Klaehn home drew a group of guests including Mr and Mrs Alf Lehne Mr and Mrs Glen Hopf Mr and Mrs R F Manske of San Angelo Mr and Mrs Alfonso Lang Mr and Mrs Chester Solbrig Henry and Edmund Moellendorf Mr and Mrs Worth Howe and their son.
Harper's Churches extend a cordial welcome to all. May 2 Mass at 10 a.m. followed by Benediction Sunday School and St Anthony's Society meeting. Days of Rogation and Ascension service noted with masses at 8 and 10 a.m. May dedicated to Mary. Film May 4 at 8:30 p.m. The March of Faith shown by Lutheran World Action.
C Douglas Brewer leads a Sunday service at the Presbyterian Church with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The May 2 lesson focuses on Nehemiah rebuilding Jerusalem Neh 4 1 6 13 iv 21 23 6 15 16 with memory verse Neh 4 6 and topics on true leadership, cooperation, and fearless devotion to God.
Mr and Mrs Walter Parker meet daughter Antonette who attends John Tarleton College Abilene and rodeo at Hardin Simmons College rodeo They took Antonettes pony for the event Family visits include Orville Lurber of Devine and Cecil Bode of Camp Verde Rural power co op costs rise wiring and equipment costs noted Cover crops in pecan orchards to be dished by springmid season Repainting prep with washing powder noted Roll film pricing and Kilman Studio Fredericksburg Texas advertising $1.50 per year for film processing.
The First Baptist Church led by Rev. Jack Minter holds morning and evening services on May 9 with a Mother's Day program and an ordination service at 3 p.m. ordaining five deacons including A B Barker Elmo Lumpkins Junio Russell and Worth Howe. Visiting preachers will participate and various church groups plan May 13 meetings. The Young People lead the opening program and prayer meeting is weekly on Wednesday. H C Baker from Kerrville visited the Mac Scarborough home.
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