Christians Behind Iron Curtain Persecutions Reported
The Pan American Broadcasting Company cites evidence of Christian persecution in communist countries, with a Vienna-based contact describing arrests of a Lutheran listening circle in Trans Tibiscan Hungary. Lutherans praise radio broadcasts reaching 1934 stations in 36 languages and 11 foreign offices worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Louis
Eugene Bernard
Pan American Broadcasting Company
Hungary
Bernard
New Yorks
Vienna
Transtibiscan
Luxemberg
Lstening
Ressou
Radha Luneanberg
Jesus
Luthern Hour
Bernord
Radio Lebanon
World leprosy drive to spend over half a million dollars
American Protestant groups plan more than half a million dollars in 1951 to combat leprosy in 148 colonies across 33 counties and 4 continents. About 50 000 patients will receive modern treatment at stations worldwide with 170 900 earmarked for hospitals churches schools and related facilities. The effort includes new colonies in the Belgian Congo Tanganyika and Paraguay and features leaders and observers from CARE and U.S. departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragtend P. Currier
AIM
Belgian Congo
Tanganyika
Paraguay
India
Resolution Honors Departed Hill Country Cowboy Camp Meeting Director
A formal resolution dated August 3 1951 mourns the loss of a Hill Country Cowboy Camp Meeting director and servant in Christ. It thanks the late member for years of faithful service and influence, orders copies for the minutes and to the family and newspapers, and is signed by President Clarence Leinweber for the board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Mississippi
U.S. A
Methodist Church
Lewis
National Methodist
Lincoln
Dad
Christ
Board of
Sisterdale tops Harper 4 to 2 in windy game
Sisterdale defeated Harper 4 2 as Marquardt allowed three hits over eight innings while Omer Cattle pitched for Harper. Kohls led Sisterdale with three hits in five at bats and H Bierschwabe tripled for Harper. Next Sunday Harper visits Seipp’s and Boerne hosts Sisterdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisterdale
Harper
Omer Cattle
Marquart
Harper Cubs
H. Bierschwabe
Kohls
Seipp’s
Boerne
Abrhpore
Mill
W. Kasten
Ling
Omer Cottle
Baumann
F. Tatsch
D. Rahe
H. Bierschwab
L. Tatsch
H. Rahe
H. Feller
Strackbein
Oren Cottle
Edell
H. Bierschwale
Jung
Seidensticker
Hill
R. Marquardt
Marquardt
Marquard
Feller
E. Marquardt
Miss Jersig
W. A. Cottle
Harper Churches Welcome Attend Sunday Services
Church notices from St James Lutheran Presbyterian and St Anthony's in Harper detail August services. Sunday School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m with junior mission band at 3 p m. Women's Society meets August 15 at 3 p m. Presbyterian and other notices list auxiliary meetings, guest visits and congregational events. Also local ads include bakery specials and farm listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Women's Missionary Society
Fil Side Ponds Versus Draw Ponds
Ranchers weigh hillside versus draw pond sites for grazing water. Hillside ponds offer drainage control and silting limits but require digging every cubic yard of water, while draw ponds store more water with less excavation but risk uncontrolled drainage and leakage if bottom soils are unsuitable. A careful site study guides placement. Local notes mention residents and funeral attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Smith
Smith Aservation Group
Pedernales
Missionary Broadcast Sparks Lutheran Hour Praise
A sheik notes his tribe knew nothing of Jesus until a broadcast reached them. Bernard calls the Lutheran Hour a miracle of modern missionary history, highlighting the surprising impact of radio outreach. He remarks on the unexpected spread of faith through media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Bernard
Dr John R Nunn Vet Moves Office Location
Dr John R Nunn, Kerrville veterinarian, announces his office relocation to 144 miles out on the Junction highway opposite the Drive-In Theatre. Office phone 996 residence 511. August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Nunn
Kerrville
Teaus
Junction
Salad Days and Ivy Phrases in Shifting Verses
A quirky note explores idioms about youth and wealth with statements on friendship and prosperity. It references a French proverb about prosperity and adversity and hints at an odd diagnostic method tied to pulse, rings, and bracelets. The piece mentions Meard on the Halls of Ivy and Ronald Colmon.
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Texas Phone
Norman J Dietel
A C. Wendel
Pont Offe
Harper, Tezan
Pebrusry
Peter
W.w.rcid
Thiarey Jones
IncSohey
Council of Bishops
Mssions
Church Extension
Des Moines
J. Glenn F. Sanford
Reading
Arthur F. Raper
Carl C. Taylor
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Katherine F. Learnor
U. S. Children's Bureau
Murray D. Lincoln
CARE
Charles M. McConnell
Boston University
Rockwell C. Smith
Evanston
Ill
John Baxter Howe
National Methodist Conference
James A. Vertl
Clarence Leinweber
Harper’s
Women's Association
Lorene Oehler
Theo. Oehler
Joyce Filinger
Mission
Texas
Charles Schwarz
Kerrville Bakery
Lorene Oechler
Clifton Kneese
Little Son
Schultz Ranch
Pecan Belt Nursery
Burnet Road
Fredericksburg
M. A
Duderstadt
Elbert C. Hahne
Llano Highway
America
Woman's Army Corps
Woerner
US Army and Air Force
Water Street
Wm. Strackbetn
Harper, Tex
Theo
Oehler
Gulf Service Station
Richard Roeder
Prop
Clulf Gas & Otis
Harper, Texas
ARS
John Deere
Kmrauskopef
EROS
Revericksburkg
Teaas
Distributors of
Fredericksburg,Texas
Elmo Baethge
By Calvin H. Kuehs
Scs
Johnson City, Texas
Temple Harris
Robert
Pittsburg
S. S. Stewart
Arnold
Menard
A. J. Arnold
Jim Peril
Arwin Behrends
Wille Meier
Hugh Springs
Herald
Billy Sale
Hill Country Fair Grounds Junction, Texas
Hill Country Fair Association
Tention Ranchers
Ranch Supplies
Conrad Holekamp, Mgr
Temas
Las Vegas
Nottingham
Welge Lewis
P. D. Box
Felix T. Tybor
Palace Theatre
Fredericksburg, Texas
Floy Bode
WOOL
Mobil Gas
Mobil Oil
Crosley
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