Moral aims beyond military power in Catholic and world faith
Reverend James L. Wizzard argues national interest must rest on moral principles, contrasting with totalitarian legality. Dr. Irene A. Jones notes construction of abroad mission work across 79 boards in 45 denominations. Vinoba Bhave discusses the motive of Christian missions as delivering the gospel alongside medicine. The piece also covers literacy and Bible translation efforts by the American Bible Society and various councils advancing interfaith understanding and scholarly scholarships for Arab and Jewish students in Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Wizzard
S. J
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Ean
Russig
Irene A. Jones
New York
Division of Foreign Mission
National Council of Churches
Jones
Department of Public Relations
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Cooperative Church Overseas Work
Vinoba Bhave
Gandhi
India
Bhave
Children To
Palestine
Israel
Joy Street
Boston
Mass
Rogers Return From Visit to Sanderson Pecos and Fort Worth
Mr and Mrs J J Rogers returned the first of the week from a visit with their daughters Mrs Bill Lee and Mrs Roy Deaton and families at Sanderson and Mrs Bob McElroy at Pecos. Mr and Mrs Orville Harvey and children of Fredericksburg visited Mr and Mrs Ruben Roeder Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rogers
Bill Lee
Roy Deaton
Sanderson
Bob McElroy
Pecos
Orville Harvey
Fredericksburg
Ruben Roeder
Cover Crops Benefit Soil and Harvest in Gillespie County
Farmers plan to plant winter legumes like sweetclover and vetch to protect soil, reduce erosion, and add organic matter and nitrogen. Local cooperators with Gillespie County Soil Conservation District include Tom Carr, Gus Wahrmund, Kurt Hansen, Otto Schumann, and Troy Foster. The district also documents film work for Humble Oil and marks a Doss Valley Centennial Fair conservation exhibit. Technicians mapped waterways and ponds for several farms as part of soil and water conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Soil Conservation Service
Tom Carr
White Oak
Gus and
Ruben Wahrmund
Rheingold
Kurt Hansen
Palo Alto
Otto Schumann
Albert
Troy Foster
Eckert
Gillespie County
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Humble
Texas
Gillespie Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Hill
Gillespie
Board of Supervisors
Doss
Doss Valley
Doss Welcomes Visitors To Centennial Saturday
The Doss centennial celebration and community fair are set for Saturday August 11 with an antique exhibit and a Pageant of Doss from 1856 to 1956. A barbecue and refreshments will be on the grounds with no admission fee for entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss
Radio Post
4-1 Club
Texas Farmers Home Loans Reach $51 416 000
Farmers Home Administration in Texas lent 51 416 000 to 18 348 farm families in the year ending June 30. Walter T. McKay State Director notes an increase of two million over the prior year and outlines loan purposes including feed seed fertilizer and equipment purchases and soil and water conservation. County committees approve eligibility certify farm values and make loan recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Farmers Home Administration
Walter T. McKay
McKay
County Farmers Home Administration
Midfield Mexican Baseball Night Ends With Nightshade Crowd
A chaotic game narrative describes a Pacific Coast stars vs Medina led Mexican team, with lively crowd reaction and a government clerk delivering a dignified cue. The eighth inning swing seals a six to five Mexican victory as police presence looms and spectators depart for chicken soup stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Stars
Cerveza
Finis
Nardon
Belsbol
Luis
Gillespie Fair Bozo the Clown to Entertain At Fiesta
Bozo the Clown returns to entertain fairgoers at the Gillespie three day fiesta opening with a grand parade. Acts include Gerry the elephant presented by Paul McGehee Portis Sims Liberty Horses and Jockey Dogs Lone Star Brewery Pony Hit organ music and band. Admission varies by day with grand stand and box seat options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozo
Gerry
Paul McGehee
Portis Sims
Liberty
Lone Star Brewery
Doss Centennial Reenactment Opens With Pageant Actions
The Doss Centennial features a two baseball teams display a Ladies Shooting Club section square dancing a hunting scene and the Community Fair begun by the 4 H Club in the early 1920s A school scene shows educational facilities history and ongoing service The program ends with pioneers honored a flag ceremony and a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner and America Rockport Art Group members are painting a large Indian Cave canvas on site
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Rockport Art Group
Indian Cave
Parker Family Trip Noted in San Antonio Visit
Mrs. Carlos Parker Mrs. O lie Parker and granddaughter Jill Jones of Junction are in San Antonio this week visiting Mrs. Chester Deiter and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Parker
Olie Parker
Jill Jones
Junction
San Antonio
Chester Deiter Ad
Church Announcements Invite Attendance at St Anthony's
Harper's churches extend a cordial welcome to attend services at St Anthony's Church. Masses listed for Sunday and Feast of the Assumption, Bible Class, Sunday School, Women’s Missionary Meeting, Band, Church School, and Worship hours. Youth Sunday planned for July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Churches
Trinity
Women’s Missionary Meeting
Sewing request for children's dresses and shirts in Harper
Wanted to sew children's dresses and shirts. See me between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. at my home Mrs. Edgar Strackbein Harper Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Strackbein
Harper, Texas
Local visitors share Sunday greetings across households
Mrs Harry Frantzen, Mrs Clyde Barnhart and son Donald of Palestine visit Mr and Mrs Max Lange. Mrs Collie Holderfield and daughters of Dallas visit. Mrs Ernest Lange of Hye also visits. Mr and Mrs Edmund Tatsch visit Edwin Klein on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Frantzen
Clyde Barnhart
Donald
Palestine
Collie Holderfield
Dalas
Ernest Lange
Hye
Max Lange
Edmund Tatsch
Edwin Klein
Harper Presbyterian Church Services Announce Series
Dr Paul J Schwab pastor leads morning services with Sunday School at 10 and worship at 11. Pastor to preach on an obscure psalm and discuss portions Christians cannot use in full. Welcoming all to attend these gatherings and note the sermons.
Harper Pentecostal Church Schedule For Services
Carlos Parker, pastor, invites the public to weekly Bible study on Wednesday at 7 30 p m and Sunday services at 10 00 a m Sunday school 11 00 a m morning worship mixed choir rehearsal 7 45 p m and evangelistic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Pentecostal Church
Carlos Parker
Holekamp family visits Turtle Creek over weekend
Mr. and Mrs. George Hole kamp and their two children visited Turtle Creek to spend the weekend with Mrs. L. A. Stevens, the wife’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Holekamp
Turtle Creek
L. A. Stevens
First Baptist Church Sunday Schedule
The church lists services and programs with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Training Union at 7:30 p.m. The WMU GA Sunbeams and Brotherhood meet on the second and fourth Wednesday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Num
Brown family trips to Colorado and New Mexico
Mr and Mrs Clint Brown and children and Brown Whitewood traveled to Colorado and New Mexico this week. Attendees at the Hillcrest Singing in Fredericksburg included Paul DeLorey Nellie Ruskey S Stewart Chester Moses Frank Staudt C N Taylor Scotty Lee Ray Bierschwabe. Raymond Cottle returned from Rocksprings and Prade Ranch visit. Otto Rahe returned to Harper after visiting sister-in-law in San Antonio. Barbara Lennon of Austin spent the weekend with her parents Archie and Mrs. Lennon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Hubert Nixon
Hans Hannemann
Hermann Mund
Austin
Gerald Wayne Fritz
Ernest Taylor
Sieckmann
Carlton Sieck
Lawrence Rau
Logenville
Wisconsin
Caane
Richard Neffendorf
Theo Neffendorf
Cpl
Delano Nixon
Ruben Nixon
Topeka
Kans
Cpl. Nixon
Owens
August Badge Camp
Texas
Clint Brown
and Brown Whitewood
Colorado
New Mexico
Hillcrest
Fredericksburg
Paul DeLorey
Nellie
O. Ruskey
S. S. Stewart
Chester Moses
Frank Staudt
C. N. Taylor
Scotty Lee
Ray Bierschwabe
Raymond Cottle
Rocksprings
Prade Ranch
Otto Rahe
Harper
Albert Sagebiel
San Antonio
Barbara Lennon
Mrs
Archie Lennon
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Council of Church Women
Portsmouth
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Pakistan
Andrew Thakur Das
Dry
Frank C. Laubach
Committee On World Literacy and Literature
American Bible Society
Luvale
Rhodesia
Belgian Congo
Angola
Africa
Sudan
Burma
Guatemala
Nigeria
Paqua
Equatorial Africa
Mexico
Oaxaca
Philippines
Society
Tiruray
Bible Societies
Kapauku
New Guinea
Pila
Dahomey
West Africa
Felix T. Tybor
Palace Theatre
Sildg
Harper Community
Alex Mittendorf
Prup
Distributors of
Robin Hood
Vhene
SCS
Alex Jenschke
Laurence Hartmann
Edwin Reed
Phil Petmecky
Buchanan Lake
Albert Sieckmann
Center Point
Bobby Hieben
Bobby
Lawrence Zenner Jr
Jeaders
Alt. Durden
Art
Texas Farmers and Ranchers
Feller
Estrellas
Medina
Gillespie Fair
ST. James Lutheran Church
W. J. Goerner
God
Methodist Church
Jessie Long
Jesse A. Long
Bernice Duderstadt
Veterans Administration Ofice
Gillespie CO
Ernest O. Landis
LOR
Marvin Blackburn, Jr
Milton C. Durst
Jarvis Wieser
H. Welge Lewis
P. O
First Baptist Church
Chas. W. Barrett
Tappan Ranges
Vapo - Butane CO
John Deere
Fairbanks Morse
Reauskope Bros
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