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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
7
Catholic parish notices invite attendance at Masses on Sunday August 14 at 8 and 9 30 with Holy Name Society and St Ann's Society meetings. Monday August 15 Feast of the Assumption Holyday Masses 8 and 9 30 reception after first Mass and initiation of new members in the hall. All are welcome to walk in any service.
Catholic and Protestant groups lead a campaign to collect farm gifts from the United States for Europe and Asia. The Christian Rural Overseas Program operates in twenty five states led by John D. Metzler with county and state committees. Gifts include wheat corn milk products beans dried fruits fats and cotton to be distributed by Church World Service.
Sunday services listed with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Divine Service at 10 30 a m Junior Mission Band at 3 p m August 17 Women’s Missionary Society at 3 p m Regular schedule first and third Sundays 10 a m Sunday School 11 a m Public Worship Lunch and Fellowship at noon Herald subscription price included
The passage emphasizes the United Nations as central to foreign policy and the ongoing effort of understanding and negotiation. It notes the United Nations Genocide Convention as a key framework for state ratification.
The Rev. A A Chambers of St Peter's Auburn urges mission support tracing gospel reach from Jew to Irishman across Europe. He notes many ancestors received the gospel through alien races and counters those who doubt missions.
The Guatemala Traveling Seminar sails from New Orleans to Guatemala City on August 4 1949 under the Board of Foreign Missions Presbyterian Church U S A in its third year. Trips include Chi chi cast enango Quezaltenango Antigua and Lake Atitlan with emphasis on Christian work in city and village and study of medical educational and church programs.
The Farm Security Administration reports about 2.5 million people travel in families across the United States to pick crops. Migrant labor faces child labor, substandard living, and barriers to education and welfare. The Home Missions Council cautions race tensions and exclusion from services, urging Christians to help create a better America for migrants.
The piece discusses fears of Catholic influence shaping a church state in the U S with a reference to Maryland under Cecilius Calvert in 1636 The oath to governors promised no religious discrimination and protection of persecuted believers while seeking public unity.
The fall term of District Court opens Monday at 10 a.m. with District Judge Thomas Ferguson presiding. The grand jury and first week petit jurors have been notified. The criminal docket centers on a murder trial of Leo Ramos and several civil divorce cases. The grand jury list includes Henry J. Bierschwab Frank Basse Bruno Doebbler among others. A lengthy historical note references Maryland colonial acts and religious tolerance.
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