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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Worth Howe welcome Mrs Cardinal sister in law Mrs Howe and her daughter Kathleen and son Jerry Lynn as guests at their home for a visit.
Doris Mae Hahn of Austin visits grandmother Mrs. R Wairchild and relatives including the Wilheim reunion at Mason Sunday. J Green of the James ranch undergoes appendectomy with wishes for a speedy recovery. Lorenz Wendel party and Norma Wendel with Max Lange family visit Austin Sunday. Willie Edwards and wife and son visit Kerrville. Edwards family return for a visit. Francis Jung with Frederick Dietel leaves for Washington D C and New York City on business. Mrs FE R Brown Fred Whitewood and Mrs John Whitewood attend Home Demonstration encampment at Jumtion. Mrs I E Hopf and daughter Bobbe return from Fredericksburg after visiting relatives. John S Whitewood and E R Brown visit San Angelo. Max Hopf returns to Mountain View Sanatorium Kerrville.
A historical quiz style guide explains the typhoid fly also known as the typhoid carrier. It details how flies spread typhoid and other diseases, their life cycle, how many eggs they lay, and how long they live. It urges sanitation measures including screens, manure cleanup, traps, fly poison, and community effort to reduce infestations.
A rugged tale from Kerrville tells of a cowboy trapped in Devil's Sinkhole 18 acres wide. After a fall kills his horse, he ropes thirty to forty vultures and uses them to haul himself to safety. The second tale centers on a famed liar among cowhands, with Coke condemning his deception. State Observer reporters Tarr and Bierschwale note visiting Kerrville pairs and social visits in the area.
Washington July 28 1941 Senator Connally Texas introduced a bill to raise the Federal share of old age assistance. The measure endorsed by Social Security Board Chairman A J Altmeyer seeks more uniform pension payments nationwide. Under the bill a typical pension could rise from about 14 dollars to 27 75 with state supplements, depending on state per capita income.
July 25 WPA workers begin confirming registration statements of aliens at Texas ports of entry. The project, led by Mrs. M. K. Taylor, partners Emergency Management and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, to verify data from Alien Registration Act records. Operations already in Eagle Pass Brownsville and El Paso will extend to Laredo Del Rio and Galveston with about 75 workers.
On Sunday July 20 Tivydale Schienverein held a marksmen contest at Emil Fritz place for their fiftieth anniversary. Theo Wahrmund supplied the participant list and scores with numerous names and figures across the long roster, followed by local notices of visits and a few residents traveling for medical aid.
Kerrville shoppers Mrs Watkins Tarr and son James and Mrs A C Wendel were seen shopping Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Arthur Lang left for Temple for medical attention. Mrs Albert Sagebiel underwent an operation at Keidel Memorial Hospital and is recovering. Miss Maxine Lange, visiting Palestine relatives, returned home Sunday.
University of Texas officials cite a government survey showing 60 percent of UT students earn all or part of their expenses. The study covering 1,387 institutions estimates per student aid at about 55 dollars and totals about 50 million dollars nationwide annually.
Texas hens help meet the food emergency as June egg shipments reach 346 cars, up from 182 a year earlier. Of these, 287 cars moved outside Texas mainly to New York and California, while poultry and turkey shipments dropped from 42 cars to 29.
The National Dairy Council reports a one sixth quart serving of vanilla ice cream has 200 calories, while lemon pie has 450 and angel food cake 350. Air is a needed component in ice cream, not a filler, and fish with ice cream is not harmful. Ice cream delivers milk nutrients with about 80 percent cream and milk products, 15 percent sugar, and stabilizers. About 4% billion pounds of milk feed twelve hundred million quarts of ice cream consumed annually in the United States.
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