07 Aug 1942
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1942
Page
1
With rationing and war drawing attention to spiritual needs, officials predict major increases in adult Bible and study class enrollment in America's churches this fall and winter. A church school leader notes families will attend together and parents will join the church school after years of absence.
Three Booker T. Washington quotes are cited by ministers amid war. The text notes a mountain hospital on a Chungking ridge run by Chinese staff and Rev C Bertram Rappe as superintendent, enduring heavy bombing yet serving hundreds of civilians.
Advices indicate Japanese authorities are reorganizing the Christian church in occupied China into a single united church with headquarters at Peking. Chinese leaders will govern with Japanese pastors as advisers, severing ties with English and American churches, and churches must become self supporting with a Japanese councillor present at services. The influx of Japanese teachers into North China is noted. The United Lutheran Church of America urges Christians to pursue righteousness and goodwill as the basis of lasting peace through faith, scripture, and sacraments.
The Chungking West China Committee for China Relief funded by American church gifts votes to grant 33375 Chinese dollars to Syracuse in China Hospital for building an operating and obstetrics room in a dugout.
In Los Angeles districts served by the Church of All Nations Foundation, an 83 percent population turnover, mainly among Negro and Mexican groups, strains volunteer leadership for boys groups. Director Robert A. McKibben cites this as a principal cause of rising juvenile delinquency for ages thirteen to fifteen. Across the nation, Boy Scouts report difficulty filling scoutmasters due to draft and war industries, prompting calls for older men and ministers to volunteer during the war.
Austin, Aug. 3. You can extend tire life by placing a milk bottle or drinking glass on the car floor and driving without tipping it. State Police Director Homer Garrison says the test shows smooth driving and potential savings, with caution to avoid entangling the bottle or glass with pedals.
The dialogue sketches a lawyer offering to handle the case for a base rate while the client negotiates a contingent or higher payment if success is achieved. The exchange hints at risk and leverage in access to legal representation and potential outcomes.
Eugene C. Schmidt, chairman of the Gillespie County War Price and Rationing Board, said dealers with eligible customers can seek release of pool cars. An amendment to passenger car rationing rules allows substitutes with lower price or greater passenger capacity. Dealers apply to the OPA in Washington for permission to remove from the pool, offering a better suited car as the substitute.
The Harper Nutrition Course held each Thursday attracts fifteen to twenty local women with instructor Mrs. Robertson reporting steady progress. Local visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Andregg and Melvin Andregg from Noxville, plus Mr. and Mrs. Watkins Tarr and Jack Jones in Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Royce Buster of Junction spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Rogers. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kirchhoff and their little daughter were business visitors in Harper Wednesday.
Miss Mattie Rogers of Mason and her niece Ruth Custer visited Mr and Mrs John Rogers over the weekend. The gathering highlighted family ties and local get together in the Mason community.
Renee Terry takes time off from CBS Bright Horizon programs and appears in a three piece white polka dotted cotton outfit with a peasant styled bodice an overskirt and elasticized banding details noted in the sunny day portrait.
Betty Winkler known as Joyce Jordan wears a pale pink rose patterned cotton frock with blue and white accents. A black velvet sash ties in a large bow at the back, highlighting a slim waist in a terrace portrait from New York.
The U S Treasury sets August wartime bond sale quota at 815 million with a 12 billion annual goal. State shares appear on a map and include federal payroll and territorial allotments for Alaska Canal Zone Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Mrs. Willie Pape and her children from Petersburg were guests in Harper over the weekend. Mrs. B. R. Heath and her daughter Shirley Ray visited relatives at Pendleton this week. Neighbor asks for a bottle opener as a college student is away.
Theo Moellendorf and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Roeder on Wednesday. Fritzie Baumann rode to Leakey with lumber, his mother along. The Wendel family and daughters were Harper visitors. A humorous Hazel cartoon hints at slang and romance while a guest couple overhears a marriage proposal. An editor’s daughter brings home a Sunday School card titled heaven.
A lighthearted miscellany featuring a frightened wife with an unusual clothes watch, a practical plan to insure garments, an inane guard scenario with a horseman, and a mischievous gag about empty bottles. June 1944 notes include a wedding travel quip preferring Niagara Falls or Akron tires.
A Methodist parish lists regular Sunday schedule with Mass times and a planned two week revival starting August 9 plus additional activities across parish groups. A Baptist church section follows with Sunday school at 10 am and services at 11 am and 7 15 pm along with weekly committee meetings and youth groups.
Charles G. Workman pastors a church inviting attendance at Sunday School each Sunday at 10 a.m. Preaching Services occur the first and third Sundays at 11 a.m. and 8 30 p.m. Visitors are welcome to attend.
A local newspaper asks readers if they have settled their subscription to the Herald, signaling ongoing delivery and payment reminders across the community.
Americans bought 900.9 million dollars in war bonds in July as 18 million workers authorized wage deductions and 110 thousand firms ran payroll savings plans. It was the second highest month after January’s wartime peak following Pearl Harbor.
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