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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1940
Page
4
Ruth Lois Kline is named the new county health nurse. The appointment formalizes leadership of the health department and outlines her duties overseeing community health programs and public wellness initiatives.
Miss Ruth Lois Kline succeeds Verna Louise Stanford as Gillespie County Public Health Nurse. Kline, daughter of Mrs Theresa Kline of San Antonio, graduated from Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland and did post graduate work with Western Reserve University. Headquarter offices remain in the county courthouse basement.
Mass on Sundays at 9 30. On the third Sunday and feasts mass at 8 and 9 30. Weekdays bell rings at 7 30 and Mass follows immediately.
The Friendly Church announces Sunday School at 10 a m Morning services at 11 a m and Evening worship at 7 p m led by Pastor Frank Nixon.
Sarper Methodist Church holds worship at 9 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m on the second, third and fourth Sundays each month.
Walter C. Probst, Pastor, announces Sunday School on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 9 30 a m. English services 1st Sunday 10 30 a m 4th Sunday 8 p m German service 3rd Sunday Luther League 2nd Sunday 7 00 p m Woman's Missionary Society 3rd Wednesday 8 00 p m Revival at the Tabernacle begins Saturday night August 17 with Rev Joe Norton of Mason preaching all invited Rev E D Wadell Pastor.
Plans for the 55th Gillespie County Fair run August 16 to 18 feature a full racing card with five races on Saturday and Sunday and four on Friday. Officials expect record livestock and agricultural exhibits, 4-H displays, and home canning and sewing sections. The Light Crust Doughboys will perform Saturday afternoon, with parades, bands, and a free Eaton Sisters style act planned. The All Texas Shows carnival promises Midway rides, near the fairgrounds, as in prior years.
The Gillespie County Committee for tenant land purchases is named by Rural Supervisor A M Cooper under the Jones Bankhead Bill. The panel includes Willie J Berg Thomas Jung and Adolph O Kneese all of Fredericksburg. Applications for 40 year loans at 3 percent are due by August 31 1940 at the County Agent's office.
Lochte Storage and Commission Co reports its final wool shipment of the season totaling 113000 pounds of 8 month fleece sent to Jack Hughes for Emery and Connant Boston Mass at 27 cents per pound. Two carloads remain in storage held by growers seeking higher prices while mohair season begins with several thousand pounds stacked though no price set yet.
Two six room houses with natural gas in Austin on Avenue B at 4605 and 4608. Cheap for cash. Write or phone A F Behrend, Phone 2922, Route 2, Fredericks.
A manifesto praises Irving Berlin's God Bless America as a nonwar anthem uniting youth through a trust fund for patriotic purposes. It calls Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to promote patriotism, urges community sings, and demands display of the flag in public spaces and homes nationwide.
The article notes the 1940 season aims to prevent more cases of infantile paralysis, continuing heightened public health efforts and watchful quarantine in epidemic spots. It mentions 7,272 cases last year and 1,705 in 1938, with research efforts backing prevention and potential remedies. The cotton rat is discussed as a possible infection carrier, useful for laboratory work amid monkey import restrictions.
Frequency modulation impresses FCC and promises a life like commercial airwaves. It eliminates static and atmospheric interference and recreates studio tone. The industry anticipates a wave of new receivers and nationwide station harmonization, reshaping local manufacturing and broadcasting.
Gillespie county records show July registrations averaging over one per day with 28 new passenger cars 3 commercial trucks and 8 farm trucks registered. In addition 117 used cars and trucks were transferred as brisk trade continued and re registrations of used units occurred.
The Houston Navy Recruiting District assigns a quota of 250 first enlistments for August, matching last month’s peacetime record. Lieut. Commander W V Michaux notes growing enlistment of high school graduates and a future trend toward requiring a basic education, with opportunities for 18 to 31 year olds to train as apprentice seamen and craftsmen. Austin invites readers to donate old magazines to the University of Texas library to aid research, highlighting value beyond recent popularity.
Alois Staudt son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Staudt married Mildred Catterton daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Catterton of Paris Texas in Our Lady of Victory Church Paris on Tuesday at 9 am. Fredericksburg guests attended and a buffet at the bride’s home announced their betrothal and upcoming union with Agnes Mildred. Varicolored flowers and a host of named guests decorated the home and the couple’s engagement was announced for August 6 at 9 am in Paris.
State Highway Engineer reports 54 more traffic deaths in the first six months of 1940 than 1939 with the Alamo train crash killing 29. He cites head on crashes up 16 percent and speed as a leading cause and urges strict lane discipline and pedestrian safety. The note also mentions visitors Mr and Mrs Watson Henderson of Houston.
The industry will shift from national to local patterns and widen training grounds. FM radio is seen as a vivid demonstration of social and economic changes from a technical advance in industry according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
Jefferson Texas writes to the Dallas News urging a shift from the “more abundant life” policy. The writer attacks postwar aims, cites Finland’s wartime resilience, and announces intent to vote for Wendell Willkie in the next election.
Mr and Mrs Anton Lange entertained a number of relatives and friends last Sunday with dinner in the evening and refreshments of ice cream and cake in the afternoon.
Sisters Melessia and Lorraine Maurer of San Antonio are visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Felix Maurer and Mr and Mrs Henry Mauser this week.
Mr and Mrs J T Longbotham announce the birth of their daughter on July 31 at Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic. The family welcomes the new arrival with joy.
Mr and Mrs Homer Lee Stevens were visitors in Harper on Wednesday.
A 1940 traffic report shows 766 deaths in January through June with 22.7 percent from head on collisions and 10 percent from angular and train related crashes. It urges engineers to seek motorist cooperation to reduce fatalities and improve roadway safety.
A narrator encounters Father Bissell, a Catholic priest, during a back door parish visitation inquiry. The priest explains church collections, voluntary offerings, and regular Sunday tithes, noting he earns a modest, regular income and that religious duties are funded by parishioners' means and conscience. A shift to front-door entry leads to Maggie and resolution.
The P T A aims to sponsor the home economics department this year and will publish year books with the annual program. Meetings are set for the first Friday of each month, next on September 6 at night with a program, social hour, and refreshments. Larkin discussed equipment needs, oil stoves, cabinets, and sinks to be installed.
Members of the Congregation of Divine Providence visit with relatives during their five year rule. This week St Anthony's Parish hosts those from Lange and Maurer families including Sisters Frances Juliette Melissa Lorina and Brother Frank Lange.
John Shelton, born Los Angeles May 18, left for Broadway ambitions after Southern California Junior College. He traveled 3000 miles east by thumb seeking a break and earned a juvenile lead opposite Lana Turner in We Who Are Young at Kerrville Rialto Theatre Sunday and Monday. Shelton later met Moroni Olsen who helped his early acting path.
Opera star Mme Kira ten Flagstad will headline an open air concert at the Sunken Garden Theatre in San Antonio on August 20 with Edwin McArthur conducting. The performance draws attendees from Dallas Houston Austin and surrounding areas and is promoted by Friends of Music at the St Anthony Hotel.
Misa Anna Bell Sageser celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a surprise party at home Monday night. Guests presented her with many beautiful gifts and refreshments were served.
Mrs Nabers and Mrs Burton Brown with two sons and Miss Betty Jean Parker visited in the home of Mr and Mrs J B Whitewood on Wednesday.
Kristen Flagstad leads a Wagner program featuring Overtures and excerpts from The Flying Dutchman Tannhauser Die Walkure Lohengrin Tristan and Isolde with the orchestra. Included are Senta's Ballade Elsa's Dream Bethen Prelude and Love Death intermissions and walks through key arias.
Pecan Belt Nursery in Fredericksburg Texas urges readers to order apples and pears for eating and cooking while quantities last.
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