Watermelons and wartime questions in a curious column
An essay traces watermelons from Africa to America noting 1629 Massachusetts crops and colonial Indian cultivation. It then shifts to postwar speculation, citing Lyttleton and Sulzberger about U S entry into World War II and Pearl Harbor. Churchill’s role is mentioned as shaping U S belligerence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Africa
Massachusetts
Father Marquette
Oliver Lyttleton
United States
Pearl Harbor
Japan
State Department
Asia
N. Y. Times
Sulzberger
Washington
Lyttleton
Churchill
Fiedler Dies in Dallas at 41 After Illness
Arthur E. Fiedler son of Bernhard Fiedler died in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon at 5 o clock aged 41 years 11 months and 21 days after a pneumonia illness. He had lived in Dallas about 15 years. Funeral services will be held in Fredericksburg Friday at 9 30 a m Beckmanns Funeral Home and at 10 a m in St Marys Church Interment will follow in Fredericksburg Catholic Cemetery Surviving are his aged father two sisters Mrs Richard Stehling and Mrs Arthur Reed and three brothers Emil Oscar and Ben Fiedler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E.fiedler
Bernhard Fiedler
Dallas
Fredericksburg
Beckmann
St. Mary's Church
Ida
Richard Stehling
Elizabeth
Arthur Reed
Emil
Oscar
Ben Fiedler
Lions Club Barbecue Honors Boy Scouts At Parker Ranch
The Lions Club hosted a barbecue supper at the Walter Parker ranch Monday night to honor the Boy Scouts. Scout Masters Dennis Parker Gilbert Anderegg and Chester Brown attended with Rev. Allen as the Scouts and their fathers enjoyed the event. About 40 people attended and several stayed overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lions Club
Walter Parker Ranch
Boy Scouts
Dennis Parker
Gilbert Anderegg
Chester Brown
Rev. Allen
Governor Inspects Prize Ram At Fredericksburg Auction
Gov. Coke Stevenson inspects a prize Delaine Ram belonging to O. R. Gunn during the First Jaycee Ram and Buck Show and Auction Sale at Fredericksburg Fair Grounds last weekend. Governor Stevenson, en route from Austin to Junction, has long shown interest in Texas stock industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Coke Stevenson
O. R. Gunn
Lometa
Fredericksburg Fair Ground
Benno Weiss
Wm. Petmecky
Texas
Stevenson
Austin
Junction
What Harper Needs Life Conference Sets Program
Citizens in Harper and nearby areas will gather at the Presbyterian Church from 2 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday September 7 to discuss local needs and wants. The program includes agency spokesmen, open forum, a box supper, community singing, a Dr Henry S Randolph address, and a World of Plenty film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Life
Presbyterian Church
Harper
Hy. Grote
Dorman Sell
A.A.A
Henry S. Randolph
Warren H. Wilson Vocational Agriculture College
Christian Rural Fellowship
Interdenominational
The
U.S A
Randolph
United Nations
W.P.A
Oliver Hopf Reopens Harpers Ferry Grocery
Mr and Mrs Oliver Hopf reopen their Harpers Ferry grocery at the former site after ending business in February 1943 The store will be Hopfs Grocery Store offering a full line of groceries canned goods drugs and sundries with delicatessen items and a welcoming note to former customers and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Hopf
Harper
Hopf
Miss Char lene Barrett Honored On Birthday
Mr and Mrs Charlie Barrett entertained last Wednesday to honor their daughter Miss Char lene Barrett and her friend Miss Black Cadet Nurses in San Antonio with a barbecue dinner at their home in Harper Twenty five guests attended the event marking Miss Char lene s birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Barrett
Miss Charlene Barrett
Miss Black
San Antonio
Harper
Miss Charlene
Lange Reunion Held at Klaerner's Park
About 75 descendants of F. W. Lange gathered at Klaerner's Park for the annual reunion on August 20. They enjoyed the gathering and voted to hold another reunion next year, with Helmuth Lange the surviving son of F. W. Lange and Mrs. Julius Lange among the attendees.
Harper School plan to move old buildings and boost facilities
Sept Wm Roct outlines moving the old Reservation teacherage to the Harper grounds to serve as a Home Economics Cottage and the other building for an Agricultural classroom and workshop. The State Vocational Agriculture Department urged better shop facilities and promised more power equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Doss Road
State Vocational Agriculture Department
Clean Up Day Set for September 2 at Presbyterian Church
All men and boys of the Presbyterian Church and others interested in beautifying the church premises are urged to report for work at about 8 a.m. Saturday September 2. Bring rakes hoes shovels or spades. A lot of work needs to be done. Cooperation is invited and appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Lions Club
Frank Staudt
Oliver Hopf
Richard Roeder
Harper School
Harper
Presbyterian Church
Miss Aline Harper Transferred To Corpus Christi
Miss Aline Harper price clerk at the Gillespie County Rationing Board will move to Corpus Christi to join the Price Division of the Nueces County War Price and Rationing Board. Mrs Pauline Harper stays in Fredericksburg after three years of residence and Miss Harper taught at Willow City School before her wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline Harper
Gillespie County Rationing Board
Corpus Christi
Nueces County
Miss Harper
Pauline Harper
Fredericksburg
Willow City
Robert Lehne Honored With Dinner Before Induction
Mr and Mrs Alfred Lehne hosted a Sunday dinner honoring their son Robert Lehne who left Tuesday to enter the U S Army. Relatives and friends attended including the Kramers and Lehnes from Fredericksburg and nearby families. Visitors included Mrs Elva West and Mrs A P Austin at the John S Whitewood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Lehne
Robert Lehne
U. S. Army
Alfred Kramer
Helen
Erwin Kramer
Elgin Kramer
Pete Kramer
Paul Staudt
Alvin Feller
Louis Lehne
Emil Lehne
Peter Roeder
Fredericksburg
J. S. Whitewood
A. P. Austin
Elva West
Whitewood
Commissioners canvass school tax elections in Gillespie County
Gillespie County Commissioners Court canvassed results for Cherry Spring and Tosca school tax increases. Cherry Spring voted 26 for an increase from 10c to 25c per hundred, Tosca 8 for an increase from 25c to 50c, with no opposing votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tosca
Cherry Spring
Gillespie County
Mann
Texas State Soil Conservation Commission
Soil Conservation Representative
Luckenbach
Armin Engel
Alfred Metzger
Willow City
Clinton Hardin
K. F. Pressler
C. B. Renick
Cherry Mountain
Ernest Weber
Chas, Holly
Ben F. Durst
Henry Hirsch
Willie Kammlah
Beauty Experts For The Marines At Camp Lejeune
Private Phae G Saunders and Private Alice Cook, both former civilian beauticians from Texas, staff the Marine Corps Women's Reserve beauty parlor at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. The parlor is a major morale booster for the base and the two women, daughters of Texas residents, serve under the post staff with the nickname Beautiful American Marines. Saunders recently married Sergeant James Langston. Cook enlisted on Pearl Harbor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phae G. Saunders
Norma Saunders
Cross Plains
Texas
Marine Corps
Women’s Reserve
Camp Lejeune
North Carolina
Alice Cook
Jessie Cook
Harper
Civil Fe
Post
N. C
Saunders
James Langston
Cook
Robert Lee
Rine Corps
Loraine's Cafe Opens In Rogers Building
Mrs. Lorlane Massey of Houston opens a cafe in the J. J. Rogers Building formerly Red & White Store. She offers short orders T-Bones chili sandwiches hamburgers and coffee and invites the public to visit. Her husband, with the U S Army for six to seven years, is reported to be in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorlane Massey
Houston
J. J. Rogers
Red & White
Gillespie County Selectees Report For Duty At Fort Sam
A number of Gillespie County men reported to the Fort Sam Houston induction center on Tuesday for U S Armed Forces service. The list includes Jesus Rodriguez Clifton W Arhelger Robert A Tebne Felix E E Neffendorf Charley R Coffey Alexander C Adams Edwin Eddie Grienke Walter Schaper Jr Roy E Petsch Gil bert W H Esensee Wallace L Lively Daniel R Lopez and Jack J Petermann. The last four volunteered for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Fort Sam Houston
U. S
Jesus Rodriguez
Clifton W. Arhelger
Robert A .Tebne
Felix E. E. Neffendorf
Charley R. Coffey
Alexander C. Adams
Edwin Eddie Grienke
Walter Schaper Jr
Roy E. Petsch
Gilbert W. H. Esensee
Wallace L. Lively
Audley Cosper Weds Dorothy Dahms in Fall River
Audley Cosper, B M Second Class RN, son of Mr and Mrs W M Cosper of Harper, married Dorothy Dahms of Ridgeway Pennsylvania on May 16 in Fall River Massachusetts. Cosper joined the Navy June 2 1941 and after training served at sea before shore duty in Providence Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audley Cosper
W. M. Cosper
Harper
Dorothy Dahms
Ridgeway
Pennsylvania
Fall River
Mass
Audley
Navy
Providence
Rhode Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur E. Fiedler
Chas. Workman
Lions
Helping Hands Club
FFA Boys
Recreation Club
Jersey
Felix Lehne
Anton Jenschke
Starr Proto
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Evers
Center
Charlene Barret
Mark Stevenson
Jean Heffington Kramer
Wm. Root
C. Fisher
San Angelo
Harper School Board
Supt
Congressman Fisher
School Board
Fire Department
Stewart's Grove
Olan Walker
George A
Eli Metzger
A. A. Metzger
France
Normandy
Seabee
Maxie Baumann
Guam
Maxie
Saipan
Ove Wm. R. Root
Dean Hopf
W. E. Fletcher
Alme Harper
District Court
Gillespie County Court House
Raymond Gray
Arthur Houy
Henry J. Schmidt
Paul Sauer
Wm. Kothe
Chester J. Klein
Ewald Koennecke
W. C. Russell
Albert Maner
Emil Fritz
Clinton Brown
Edgar A. Gold
R. T. Lawrence
Herman Kaiser
Gilbert Kaderli
Gray
Gilespie
Granada
R. E. Jordan
Helen Tainter
Sam H. Parker
Meta Kneese
Richard C. Jerry
Security State Bank
W. D. Parker
J. A. Smith
Otto Loeffler
Mason County
Louis Kordzik Et al
Meta Schmidtzinsky
Alfred Jost
State of Texas
Charlie Baumgartner
E. L. Schmidt
Tory Fund
Eesscceevssee
Road & Bridge Fund
General County Fund
Court House & Jail
Paveaerececan
Marines
Loraine’s Cafe
Rogers Building
Sam Parker
Duboise
Meba Delz
Llano
W. R. Massey
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