Father Gitter Attending Mass Again
War Department notified Mr and Mrs A A Metzger of Harper their son Sergeant Eli Metzger was wounded in action in France on July 11 He is a member of the U S Rangers who took part in the Normandy landings on June 6 No details on his injuries were given Friends hope for a speedy recovery Also Father A A Gitter of St Anthony s Church is advised by his doctor to attend Mass and say Mass weekly after a half year rest cure He has been confined to his room at the parsonage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
A. A. Metzger
Harper
Eli Metzger
France
Set. Metzger
U. S. Rangers
French
Normandy
Sgt. Metzger
Father A. A. Gitter
St. Anthony’s Church of
Father Gitter
St. Anthony's Parsonage
Cpl
Rollie Peril
James A. Peril
South Pacific
Cpl. Peril
Admiralty Island
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
C. Fisher
San Angelo
Harper Lions Club
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Board of Trustees
Presbyterian Church
Stewart's Grove
Harper Public School
Congressman Fisher
W.P.A
Congress
Kathriine Wolfmueller
Kerrville
C. W. Granville
R. J. Peril
Floy Bode
Doris Hahn Weds Cadet Ralf Middleton in California
Doris Mae Hahn of California marries Naval Cadet Ralf Middleton in a California ceremony on June 10. Doris is the daughter of Mrs. August Pennington of Hollywood and a Harvy student with Harper ancestry noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Hahn
Ralf Middleton
California
Doris Mae Hahn
Suenet
August Pennington
Hollywood
Cali
Omit
Doris
H. Tw. Fairchild
Harper
War Hero Returns Home On Furlough And Speaks Of Battles
CPL Rollie Peril arrives on furlough to recount wartime experiences against the Japs. Harper Lions Club honors local service members with a plaque in the post office, listing names now and promising updates as additions are made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Rollie Peril
Harper Lions Club
U. S Armed Services
Lions Club
Louis Lott
Victor Lott
Sam Scarborough Ellis Granville Wiley Boatright
Clayton Kneese
Tommy Haas
William Lumpkins
Harvey Juenke
Erato Hopf Dubois Parker Rollie Peril 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
Eli Metzger
Calvin Sageser
Rudi Marschall
Chester Brown
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
Summer Canning School at Harper Public School
Scenes of the Summer Canning School opened in June at Harper Public School and continuing to August 26. The program, free to the public, is sponsored by Harper School and the Department of Vocational Agriculture under Dean Hopf. Several thousand quarts of meats vegetables and other foods have already been canned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwyn McAdams
Wallace Brown
E. Stewart
Boatright
Dean Hopf
Ray Jones
Harper Sets July Rain Record in Gillespie County Texas
Harpers area received 1.96 inches of rain for July the best on record in Gillespie County. Otto Rahe notes 1.96 inches for the month with Hye reporting zero and Fredericksburg 0.30. A heavy downpour occurred last Tuesday with 1.84 inches in Harper and other nearby locales also reporting beneficial showers amid ongoing heat.
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 Honor Opal Mae Strackbein Confirmed
Relatives and friends hosted a Sunday barbecue for Opal Mae Strackbein at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Strackbein to honor her confirmation at St. James Lutheran Church. Attendees included Henry Anderegg and daughters Hazel and Clara, August Grueger and Emil Strackbein relatives, and guests from Doss and Fredericksburg including the Wendels and Wandel families.
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
Willie Meier
Edmund
Willie Strackbein
Opal Mae
Henry Anderegg
Hazel
Clara Anderegg
August Grueger
Fredericksburg
Emil Strackbein
Otto Strackbein
Paul Sauer
Everything Set For Big Goat Roping Barbecue Saturday
Cpl Rollie Peril homestead visit frames a wartime tale of combat on Admiralty Islands New Britain and Los Negros transport to Australia and back to Brooke General Hospital. Harper Texas hosts Lions Club barbecue and a PTA goat roping fundraiser at Stewart's Grove with a stage program at 2 pm and a dance at Bein's Hall to benefit the local school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Stewart's Grove
Chester Brown
Frank Staudt
W. E. Fletcher
Walter Parker
Bein’s Hall
Harper Public
Notable visits unfold across Kyle and Gan der alster
Donald Teddlie of Kyle spent the week visiting Leslie Phillips Jr. and friends. Mr and Mrs Jacob Fritz and Gertrude shared a week in Gan der alster with Mrs Francs Fritz, reflecting social exchanges among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Teddlie
Kyle
Leslie Phillips, Jr
Gertrude
Gander Alster
Francs Fritz
Allan Gibson Elected Commissioner in Kimble County
Allan Gibson a prominent rancher residing near Harper was elected Commissioner of Precinct 4 Kimble County at the recent Democratic State Primary election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Gibson
Kimble County
Harper
Memorial services for Pvt Eric Masters in Priddy Texas
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priddy
Texas
Pvt
Eric Masters
Will Masters
Eric
Harper
Alvin Vetter Dies in Action in Normandy
Kerrville friends mourn Alvin Vetter former Kerrville resident killed in action during the Cherbourg Peninsula battle in France He was a Tivy High School graduate class of 1940 and played center for the Antler football team The Vetter family had ties to the Methodist Church in Kerrville and Martindale from their service in the region The article notes a Lions Club committeemen trip to Austin and a postwar plan by the State Highway department to build sidewalks and hard-surface streets from the school to town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville Times
Kerrville
Alvin Vetter
Cherbourg
France
Young Vetter
Kerrville Assembly
Rev
A. Vetter
Martindale
Tivy High School
Antler
J. J. Rogers
Carl Ochler
Wm. Root
Austin
Lions Club
State Highway Department
Four Gillespie County Teens Register in July
During July four Gillespie County youths who turned 18 registered with the Selective Service Board at the courthouse. The list includes 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. Reedoc
Harold Birt to Visit Mother After Two Years overseas
Technician Fourth Grade Harold B. Birt returns from 24 months with the Medical Corps in the Southwest Pacific theater. He will visit his mother Mrs. J. B. Birt in Harper, per an announcement from the 8th Service Command Public Relations office 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
Delaine Ram Brings 450 At Junction Sale
Ernest Dunbar of Junction paid 450 for a Delaine yearling ram at the 3rd annual Texas Delaine Breeder's Ram Ewe sale in Junction. The two day event reportedly topped 10,000 in total sales, up from 7,000 last year, with many Har County and nearby buyers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Dunbar
Junction
Har
Ciel County
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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
Harper School
Frank Thurman
Harper Independent School
Berwyne
Proros McAdams
Floyd Boatright
Alf. Lehne
Joe Fiedler
Edwin Klein
Elmer Lange
Lillah Wendel
HERA
Edmund Meier
Fred Roeder
A. J. Kinsey
Meta Roehm
Mr. Lehne
Richard Roeder
Opal Strackbein
A. A. Wendel
Arnold Wendel and Son
Jens Wandel
Harper Soldier
Yoo
Oscar Bode
Harper Schools
Jacob Fritz
Junction Ram & Ewe
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