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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1945
Page
2
Kerrville residents and families made weekend visits and social rounds citywide. Attendees included the Dyers Whitewood Schmidt and Kensing families, the Da gerstadt and Bierschwale households, and the Honig and Walker groups visiting Fredericksburg Llano and Austin. R J Gamel had tonsils removed in Fredericksburg Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lott shopped in Kerrville on Friday. Stella Duderstadt visited St Clair household Sunday night. Carrol Walker and Wesley Ellebracht visited Tuesday. Otto Wienecke family visited Kerrville Wednesday. John Green recovering in San Antonio spent week with sister Lee Goff. O B Walker family and Harold Wayne visited Kerrville Monday. Dan Arnold and children made a business trip Wednesday. Pvt Robey Dean Hopf Camp Hood spent weekend with Goff family. Levi Madox Harper visitor Wednesday. Reuben Bode and son Dannie visited OQ B Walker home Sunday. Arthur Lott and Clifford Bode did a San Antonio trip Tuesday. Freddie Dutlerstadt and Rodney Dutlerstadt visited Arnold family Tuesday. O B Walker family visited Clifford Rede Saturday. R Bierschwale and wife Harper visitor Wednesday.
Washington reports a belief that Japan will end the war soon, with mass death considered possible by action if not, as Churchill warns the power of destruction should lead to peace. The wartime statement urges that secrets of nature be used to foster prosperity rather than havoc.
Arthur Davis and S. F. Briggs prize in A and B types with W. S. Orr and R. Q. Landers among top finishers from Rocksprings Del Rio Menard and Sonora. Armer Earwood judged the Sonoran goats and Marvin Skaggs and Glen Briggs judged C-type goats. The event kicked off with the first Southwestern Border Collie sheep dog trials at Tivy Stadium drawing a large crowd.
A Kerrville Chamber of Commerce event drew a capacity crowd Friday night. A humorous exchange about office work and qualifications for a diplomatic post appears among light notes and cartoons in the Herald.
Orville Gammenthaler stays home this week as a humorous vignette plays out with a hard boiled captain questioning a shy private. The officer demands name age and rank, and the private answers with quiet wit.
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