Mission ship sold after Congo work meets changing times
The Good News vessel used by the United Christian Missionary Society for over four decades in the Congo will be sold as river transport gives way to motor lorries. Rev. John Inkima will move to new duties, while Dr. Frank Laubach and other advocates stress literacy and education amid social upheaval. The article notes growth in educational demand in West Africa and highlights figures including Hubert Fletcher and Leland Foster Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Os. C.then
Congo River
United Christian Missionary Society
Disciples of Christ
Indianapolis
Ind
Congo
Frank ©. Laubach
America
Guns and democracy in Korea and beyond
The text argues that weapons alone fail without fighters who understand and believe in anti communist democracy. It notes the Kremlin’s long term indoctrination of locals and questions whether there is time to instill genuine pro American sentiment in Korea and other regions after U S troops were pulled out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kremlin
Korea
Card of Thanks for Kind Deeds After Mother's Death
The bereaved family thanks Father A. Gitter Doctors Feller Springall and Keyser the Schaet neighbors St Marys Church pallbearers and all who sent flowers Mass offerings and sympathy cards after the death of their mother and grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father A. Gitter
Drs. Feller
Springall and Keyser
Schaet
St. Mary's Church
Prayer for Peace and Victory Urges National Prayer Day
A Catholic primer urges unity and faith in peace during wartime. Bishop R. E. Lucey calls for Sunday July 23 as a day of prayer for peace and victory, asking pastors to lead communities in prayer and invoking Mary as Queen of Peace.
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Pope Pius XII
Free Nations
United Nations
Kaiser
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Mother of God
Christ
R. E. Lucey
Albert Defeats Harper 10-5 in Sunday baseball clash
Albert defeats Harper 10-5 as A Maenius pitches nine innings for Albert and Feller nine, with Harper committing seven errors and Albert two. Lindig leads Albert with four hits, Rahe and Howe pace Harper with three hits each, and the Farmer Boys League schedule runs to Aug. 20.
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Albert
Harper Club
A. Maentus
Feller
Harper
Maenius
B. Lindig
Dayton Rahe
Worth Howe
Enderlin
Seipp
Ball Park
Stonewall
Farmer Boys League
Abrhpore
Cottle
Mrosek
Howe
Cospel
W. Maentus
Jenschke
Beckmann
Ottmers
Wee
Close
Schumann
A. Novian
Meier
A. Maenius
Ferp Dol Cesseroes
Cessene
BIDET
H. Rahe
D. Rahe
Tatsch
Lindig
W. Maenius
Casper
Dr. Cottle
W. Maening
Scherer
Feiler
Burg and
Jackson
Wahl
W. A. Cottle
Draft changes push local boards to compel physicals
State selective service officials warn local boards must issue orders for physical examinations to the next man by age and emphasize noncompliance risks. They stress it is registrants’ responsibility to report status changes such as marriage or address updates in writing to their local boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
NSA
Wakefield
Church Announcements and Holy Day Observances
Local notices invite attendance at Sunday masses and devotions with August 6 feast day and ninth Sunday after Trinity. It notes a bazaar on September 3 and a parish meeting for women, plus school and youth schedules and evangelism remarks by Rev. Witherspoon. Family visits from Columus and San Antonio are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Father Gitter
Martha Rose Lange
Our Lady of the Lake Convent
San Antonio
Order of Divine Providence
Jesus
State Luther League
ALC
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Waldemar Wendel
Joan Spaeth
Catholic Ladies Observe Day of Recollection for St Anne
The St Ann Society sponsored a Day of Recollection for 34 Catholic women on their patronal feast of St Anne. Rev John McPhee of the Redemptorist Order led five talks on observance, pain and sin, life-partner relations, the Eucharist, and Mary. At the close two women were received into the Society. Mrs S S Stewart and Mrs A J Arnold returned home from Premont Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anne
St. Ann's Society
John McPhee
Redemptorist Order
San Antonio
Mary
S. S. Stewart
A. J. Arnold
Premont
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande Valley
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THE
Harper Herald
Harper. Es
Norman J Dietel
Mrs. A
Wendel
Ty Steer
Texas
W.w.reuwd
Geo Castscans
Dwmbombeu
Hirusuima
Church of the Resurrection
H.M.S. Speedy
Speedy
Bri
Hubert C. Fietcher
Birmingham
Ala
Fletcher
Arab
Leland Foster Wood
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
God
Schnelle
Fabric & Baby Shop
Fredericksburg, Texas
Just
Shantung
Railroad Peas
Redericksburg
Youth Sodality Meeting
Edwin Hopf
Merle Parker
M. R. Duderstadt
Veterans’ Administration
Gillespie
Kerr County
Ann Rasco
Texas University At
Tin
Supt
Rasco
Cuero
David Schmidt
Charles Donald
Marshall Brown
Tommy Whetstone
Lon Whetstone
Waco
Fred Whetstone
R. E. Peril
Ida Smith
Jack
Seguin
Kuno Reed
Goa
Catholic Information
Frank Pehl
Marvin Kramer
Harper Sunday
Steve Forest
Bandera
W. R. Massey
Massey
Raymond Reed
Florida
Sam Connally
San Saba
Dorsey B
Hardeman
San Angelo
Robert
Bob
Loth
Hugo Klaerner
Felix Scherer
E. L. Schmidt
Henry Hirsch
Victor Sagebiel
Reinhold Tatsch
Arnold Markwordt
Reuben Nixon
Emil Fritz
Milton C. Durst
Joe
Weinheimer
William Schneider
Harper’s Churches
Jerry Witherspoon
Columbus, Ohio
Carlos Parker
Elmer Lee Lange
Mrs
Max Lange
Harper Community Park
John Duderstadt
Newt Nichols
Harper, Texas
Junction
Edmund Reed
Spring Creek
Call
Corriedale-Delaine Cross
Victor Marshall
Harper Texas
Comfort Hatchery
Comfort
Kerr
Ville Bakery
Kerrville
Herbert Wahrmund
Rt. 2
Joe Hale
Kerrville, Texas
Herald
Alex Mittendorf
Prop
Gulf Service Station
Richard Roeder
Harper, Temas
Gulf Gas & Oils and Auto Accessories
H. Welge Lewis
Gillespie County
Oliver
Wuest Motor
Wuest Motor Sales
Oliver Grain
Haufler
Comfort, Texas
Oliver Tractors & Farm Implements
John Deere
Aermeter
Millis
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Fredaril
Bill's
Texaco
Clayton Massey
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