Summer Canning School Progress At Harper Public School
Harper public school hosts a summer canning program sponsored by the school and the Department of Vocational Agriculture under Dean Hopf. The free program, running June to August 26, has produced thousands of quarts of meats and vegetables. Sgt. Eli Metzger of Harper was wounded in France on July 11 as a member of the U S Rangers. parents await details on his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper School
Eli Metzger
France
Berwyn McAdams
Wallace Brown
E. Stewart
Boatright
Dean Hopf
Ray Jones
War Department
A. A. Metzger
Harper
Sgt. Metzger
U. S. Rangers
French
Normandy
Harper sets July rainfall record in Gillespie County
Harper and nearby areas received the best July rainfall in Gillespie County with 1.96 inches recorded by Otto Rahe the official LC R A observer. A single storm on Tuesday brought 1.84 inches to Harper while nearby locales reported varied totals. The region awaits further general rain to ease heat and crop stress amid a persistent heat wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Gillespie County
Texas Hill Country
Otto Rahe
L.C.R.A
Hye
Fredericksburg
Handy Stop
Crabapple
Willow City
Morris Ranch
Barbecue Dinner Honors Lange and Wendel Confirmands
Mr and Mrs Max Lange and Mr and Mrs Henry Wendel hosted a barbecue Sunday for their son Elmer Lee Lange and Miss Lillah Mae Wendel who were confirmed at St James Lutheran Church. Attendees included Chester Feller Maxine Lange Alf Lehne Joe Fiedler and others from the area. Local visits and family gatherings followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Lange
Henry Wendel
Elmer Lee Lange
Lillah Mae Wendel
St. James Lutheran Church
Chester Feller
Maxine Lange
San Antonio
Albert Lang
Louis Feller
H. M. Wendel
Aline
Willie Meier
Edmund
Father Gitter Attending Mass Again
Father Gitter of St. Anthony's Church Harper may attend Mass on Sundays and say Mass weekly after a rest cure. The priest has improved and will resume church duties following six months of confinement to his room at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father A. A. Gitter
St. Anthony's Church of
Harper
Father Gitter
St. Anthony's Parsonage
Selective Service Re Classification Of Gillespie County Young Men
The Gillespie County Selective Service Board reclassified many registrants under 26 to 1A from 2-C essential farm status. Some have had pre induction physicals, others await screening. The list of new 1A selectees includes numerous local registrants such as James J. Jenschke, Marcus Rode, Guenther Filter, and Erwin Segner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Local
Selective Service Board
James J. Gilien
Oscar E. Vo
Werner B. Henke
James C. Neffendorf
Martin E .S. Kneese
Lee H. Gastinger
Erwin O. Friedrich
Lawrence J. Stehling
Ewald J. Weber
James Jenschke
Richard Kunz
Wilhelm R. Wilke
James J. Smith
Otto W. Henke
Rudie E. Kneese
Edmund W. Jacoby
Ruben W. A. Crenwelge
Kasper A. Fritz
Walter L. Bierschwale, Jr
Carl H. Meurer
Roy R .Henke
Jacob Peter Roeder
Thomas W. Feller
Andrew F. Jenschke
Reuben P. Nebgen
Udo E. Barsch
Marcus S. Rode
Wolney O. Solbrig
Felix T. Bernhardt
Clarence A. Cornell
Norbert R. Stehli
Harper School Hires Frank Thurman as Full Time Janitor
Harper Independent School District appoints Frank Thurman as full time janitor for ten months starting August 1 1944. It marks the first long term janitorial staff in years and he will help maintain the grounds and building. Mrs Thurman is a teacher in the district and the Thurman children attend Harper school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper School
Frank Thurman
Harper Independent School
Thurman
Harper
Doris Hahn Weds Cadet Ralf Middleton in California
Doris Hahn, a student, married Cadet Ralf Middleton in California on June 10. Mrs August Pennington of Hollywood, California attended the ceremony as part of the wedding events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Hahn
Ralf Middleton
California
Aia Eedt
August Pennington
Hollywood
Cali
Naval
Doris
Har
Rollie Peril Home From War After Narrow Escape
Cpl Rollie Peril oldest son of Mr and Mrs James A Peri of near Harper arrives on furlough to recount war frontline experiences in the Pacific. He was wounded on Admiralty Islands, saved by blood plasma and a doctor, and evacuated from Australia after a 60 hour flight returning to the United States. Release notes include his awards and the local honor roll listing Harper servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Rollie Peril
James A. Peri
Harper
South Pacific
Cpl. Peril
Admiralty Island
States
Dean Hopf
Peril
New Britain
Admiralty Islands
Rollie
Los Negros Island
Fuzzy Wuzzies
New Guinea
Ted Rogers
Ted
Australia
United States
California
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Big Goat Roping and Barbecue Weekend in Harper
Harper hosts a community event with Congressman O C Fisher as guest of honor at a barbecue and program at the Presbyterian Church then at Stewart's Grove. The evening included a school building discussion, a visit to the unfinished WPA project, and plans for a goat roping barbecue on Saturday with races, a loudspeaker system, and a dance to benefit the Harper public school PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Fisher
San Angelo
Harper Lions Club
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Board of Trustees
Presbyterian Church
Stewart's Grove
Harper
Harper Public School
Congressman Fisher
W.P.A
United States
Congress
Kathriine Wolfmueller
Kerrville
C. W. Granville
R. J. Peril
Floy Bode
P.T.A
Chester Brown
Frank Staudt
W. E. Fletcher
Walter Parker
Bein’s
Harper Public
Barbecue Dinner for Opal Mae Strackbein
Relatives and friends gathered Sunday to honor Opal Mae Strackbein at a barbecue dinner hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Willie Strackbein. Out of town guests included Henry Anderegg and daughters Hazel and Clara, the Grueger and Strackbein families of Fredericksburg, the Sauer family from Doss, and the Wendels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Strackbein
Opal Mae
St. James Lutheran Church
Henry Anderegg
Hazel
Clara Ander‘egg
August Grueger
Fredericksburg
Emil Strackbein
Otto Strackbein
Paul Sauer
Memorial services for Pvt Eric Masters held in Priddy
Memorial services were held at Priddy Texas for Pvt Eric Masters killed in action on March 16 1944 He was the son of Mr and Mrs Will Masters of Priddy Eric was born near Harper and attended Harper Schools He and his parents were well known in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priddy
Texas
Pvt
Eric Masters
Will Masters
Eric
Harper
Alvin Vetter Dies in Action in Normandy
Kerrville friends mourn the death of Alvin Vetter former Kerrville resident killed in action in the Cherbourg Peninsula, France. He lived here during his father’s tenure as Kerrville Methodist commissioner, attended Tivy High School class of 1940 and played center for the Antler football team. His father Rev A Vetter pastors the Methodist church at Martindale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville Times
Kerrville
Alvin Vetter
Cherbourg
France
Young Vetter
Kerrville Assembly
Rev
A. Vetter
Martindale
Tivy High School
Antler
Four Gillespie County Boys Register in July
Four Gillespie County youths who turned 18 registered with the Selective Service Board in the county courthouse during July. The registrants named are Al W. Bartholmae Glenn A. Arhelger Wesley A Priess and Arthur D. Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Selective Service Board
Court House
al W. Bartholmae
Glenn A. Arhelger
Wesley A, Priess
Arthur D. Reed
Allan Gibson elected commissioner for Kimble County Precinct 4
Allan Gibson prominent rancher living northeast of Harper won the Democratic State Primary to become Commissioner of Precinct 4 in Kimble County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Gibson
Kimble County
Harper
Sidewalks Planned From School To Town by Lions Club
J. J. Rogers Carl Ochler and Wm Root were in Austin on Lions Club business as committeemen. The State Highway department agreed to construct sidewalks from the school to town and to hard surface the streets after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rogers
Carl Ochler
Wm. Root
Austin
Lions Club
State Highway Department
Harold Birt to Visit Mother After Two Years Overseas
Technician Fourth Grade Harold Birt has arrived home after 24 months overseas with the Medical Corps in the Southwest Pacific theater. He will visit his mother, Mrs. J. B. Birt, at Harper, per an announcement from the Public Relations office of the 8th Service Command in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. Birt
Medical Corps
Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations
J. B. Birt
Harper
Harper Herald
8Th Service Command
Dallas
Junction Ram and Ewe Sale Sets High Price at Junction
Ernest Dunbar of Junction paid a top price of 450 for a Delaine yearling ram at the 3rd annual Texas Delaine Breeder's Ram and Ewe sale held in Junction over two days. Total sales surpassed 10,000 with many Har community ranchers and Choer County residents among buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Dunbar
Junction
Har
Chcer County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Berwyne
Starr Protos. McAdams
Floyd Boatright
Elmer Lange
Lillah Wendel
Edmund Meier
Alf. Lehne
Joe Fiedler
Edwin Klein
Fred Roeder
A. J. Kinsey
Meta Roehm
Mr. Lehne
Richard Roeder
He Aumuy
U. S Armed Services
Louis Lott
Victor Lott
Sam Scarborough Ellis Granville Wiley Boatright
Clayton Knvese
Tommy Haas
William Lumpkins
Harvey Juenke
Erato Hopf Dubois Parker Rollie Peri
Audley Casper Victor Harper
Edmund Moellendorf
George Bush
Bill Games
Earl Walker
Reginald McDougall
Alvin Feller
Simon Honig Alton Jackson
J. C. Cook
Bernard Birt
Albert Moellendorf
Hilmar Strackbein Forrest Thomas Weldon Phillips Morris Bein Milton Bode
Hubert Maurer Monroe Kensing Morris DeLorey
Calvin Sageser
Rudi Marschall
Harry Hopf
Walter Lott Elgin Tatsch
Richard Young
Curtiss Morrison
Walter Feller
Howard Cottle
Willard Jackson
Marshall Brown
Ted Rogers Elgin Esquell
Lorenz Kirchhoff
Frederick Bierschwabe
Robert Jung Dayton Rahe Levi Kensing Ellis Lang
Luther Stockard
Kenneth Parker Belton Tatsch
Everett Roberts
Elgin Schmidt
Max Baumann
Jack Bush Gerald Shirley
Robert Kaiser
Carlos Roeder
Lee Bierschwale
Charles Lang Thomas Jung
Deail Bush
Lynne Taylor Monroe Lang
Aubrey Harper
Frederick Baumann Burman Faris
Chester Oehler
Calvin Kensing
John P. Rogers
Dale Cook
Harold Rahe
W. C. Whitworth
Max Wayne Hopf
Dennis Parker
Charles Gammenthaler
Elmer Lee Russel
Oscar Bode
Donald Teddlie
Kyle
Leslie Phillips, Jr
Harper Soldier
Harper Schools
Opal Strackbein
A. A. Wendel
Arnold Wendel and Son
Asems Wendel
Sgt
Mra
Francs Fritz
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