Peace Work Across Religions and Church Building News
Religious groups advocate peaceful action and legislative faith, with interracial dialogue and U.N. support cited. Mission projects expand in India with new Methodist churches in Chandi Bokaro Chittaranjan Gemoh Kumardhib Maithon. Finland Church anniversary observed in Washington with high profile Lutheran leaders and T. A. Kantonen preaching. Nine Makah Presbyterian men attend Estes Park conference, funding dinners aid delegates, prompting a new Presbyterian Men chapter.
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Bengal
India
Halsey E. Dewey
Chandi
Bokaro
Chittaranjan
Gemoh
Kumardhibl
Maithon
Makah Indian Presbyterian (USA
National Fellowship of Indian Workers
Estes Park
Colorado
Women's Association of the
Board of National Missions-aided
Neah Bay
Washington
National Council of Presbyterian Men
Clergyman Dr Stuber Embarks Pilgrimage to European Shrines
The Rev. Dr. Stanley I Stuber Baptist pastor and secretary of the Japanese International Christian University Foundation travels through France Italy Spain and Portugal visiting Lourdes Fatima and St Peters. He aims to study Catholic sites with a sympathetic approach for his soul and plans visits to the Vatican and St Francis' tomb in Assisi.
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Stanley I Stuber
Japanese
International Christian University Foundation
Europe
France
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Lourdes
Fatima
St. Peters
Rome
Stuber
Vatican
St. Francis
Assisi
Missionaries Named First United Church Team to East Africa
The Rev and Mrs Din Dayal are appointed as the first missionaries of the United Church of Northern India to East Africa. They plan to depart for Nairobi Kenya by the end of September 1955. Dayal holds BA from Allahabad University and BD from Serampore University. He studied communism impact on India and the church and has written extensively on the subject. He served two years as chaplain at Allahabad Agricultural Institute.
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Din Dayal
United Church of
Beaumont Couple Visits Parents This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Johnnie Acker of Beaumont visited her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Parker during the weekend 2000 Donnie Juenke of Kerrville visited his grandmother Mrs Adolph Juenke Sunday afternoon
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Johnnie Acker
Beaumont
Mrs
Walter Parker
Donnie Juenke
Kerrville
Adolph Juenke
Liberty and Faith as Pillars of Freedom
An editorial urging a Christian basis for liberty amid rising tyranny in the Western world. It argues faith in God and Christian charity as essential to resilience against totalitarian threats, citing historical ties between liberty and Christianity and warning against secularist oppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genghiz Khana
Supreme Court
Hitler
Kremlin
God
Christ
Legumes boost soil health and erosion protection in Gillespie County
The article notes winter and summer legumes improve soil by adding organic matter and nitrogen, aiding water retention and erosion control. It highlights terrace work near Fredericksburg and Harper, plus strong results from Guar in Palo Alto and Hubam clover enhancing maize and cotton yields on local farms.
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Gillespie County
Emil Tatsch
Harper
Tatsch
Mrs Zelma Hopf Moves Homeward to Kerrville
Mrs Zelma Hopf, previously confined in a Fredericksburg hospital, has been moved to the home of her son Dean Hopf and family in Kerrville where she is reported to be doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelma Hopf
Fredericksburg
Dean Hopf
Kerrville
Mr and Mrs Jack Lee Visit in Harper
Mr and Mrs Jack Lee of San Antonio spent Sunday with her mother Mrs John S Morris at Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lee
San Antonio
John S. Morris
Harper
Harper area residents host visitors and travel mix
Mr and Mrs Charles Gammen thaler and children visited San Antonio Saturday. Mrs Clark Bierschwale and her son from Harlingen spent the weekend with relatives. Pamela visited grandparents and will accompany her mother home. Mr and Mrs Eddie Meier entertained friends with a barbecue for visiting French relatives. Mr and Mrs Fred Deal of San Antonio came to escort Mrs Paula Pape from Harper. Gartrell and Kuyper of Mason were in Harper for business. Raymond Feller and children of Blanco visited his parents O C and someone Feller. V C Whitworth and sons of Doole visited kin in the weekend. Mrs Merle Cottle and cousin Buddie Slater of San Antonio visited relatives. Cottle children Sandra Michael Donna Sue also mentioned. George Salcher and son, recently in Austin, returned to Harper to prepare for school. Brown Whitewood attended Trinity University Youth Conference in San Antonio.
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Clark Bierschwale
Harlingen
Pamela
Fred Deal
San Antonio
Paula Pape
Harper
Merle Cottle
Buddie Slater
Rev Spitz Jr Final Lutheran Hour Summer Guest Speaker
The August 28 broadcast of The Lutheran Hour will feature Rev. C Thomas Spitz Jr as the final summer guest speaker. He serves as director of Pan American Operations for the Lutheran Hour and has been with the Lutheran Laymen's League since 1953.
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GC. T. Spitz Jr
Final Lutheran Hour
C. Thomas Spitz Jr
Pastor Spitz
Lutheran
Spitz
Christ
Father
Mutual
God
Lutheran Hour
Hunters Urged to Hold Fire Pre-Season Warning From Texas Game Officials
The Director of Law Enforcement for the Texas Game and Fish Commission orders maximum patrols to deter pre season hunting. Wardens report deer white wing and mourning dove and quail shooting. Penalties are heavy and hunting privileges may be revoked. Four men fined for pre season quail shooting. Many doves still nesting potshooting an adult dove could harm the young.
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Austin
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Texas
Weekend church notices invite worship at three Harper churches
Sundays bring Masses at St. Anthony's 8 and 9 30 am with servers meeting and Holy Hour on first Fridays. Harper Presbyterian offers Sunday School at 10 am and worship at 11 am with Luther League at 7 30 pm. Harper Pentecostal church lists service times and pastor Carios Parker.
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Luther League
Harper Pentecostal Church
Carios Parker
Harper
Local couples attend church and visit relatives over weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Deiter and a Kerrville friend attended services at the Pentecostal Church in Harper. Visitors from San Angelo and Sugar Land visited local families while Billy Gale Sageser joined relatives. Roland Tatsch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Tatsch, was seriously hurt in a Saturday night car wreck near Fredericksburg.
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Lorenz Deiter
Kerrville
Pentecostal Church
Harper Sunday
Roland Tatsch
Fredericksburg
Edmund Tatsch
Harper
Methodist Church Worship Schedule and Local For Sale Ads
Jessie Long pastor invites all to worship at the Methodist Church with multiple service hours on Sundays and youth fellowship in the evenings. Also advertised are for sale used band instruments from Alfred Pehl in Fredericksburg and a 320 acre property near Harper offered by owner A H Wendel.
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Alfred Pehl
San Antonio St
Fredericksburg
Tex
A. H. Wendel
Harper, Texas
Local families visit Blanco for a show
Mr and Mrs Carl Klaehn and Mr and Mrs Henry Moellendorf with their son traveled to Blanco where the ladies attended a show for their daughter and sister Mrs Billy Jo Petri formerly Miss Lilla Mae Klaehn. Mr and Mrs Alfonso Maurer and their children from Nazareth are visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Maurer.
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Carl Klaehn
Henry Moellendorf
Blanco
Billy Jo Petri
Lilla Mae Klaehn
Yeu
Alfonso Maurer
Nazareth
Henry Maurer
Religious Meeting and Schedule for Sunbeams and WMS
The notice promotes a preaching service at 11 am and 8:30 pm with a 7:30 pm Training Union. Sunbeams GA s WMS and Brotherhood meet on the second and fourth Wednesday nights. All are invited to attend.
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the Sunbeams
For Sale Cleaned Seed Oats in Fredericksburg
Levy Rusenberger offers cleaned seed oats Victor test 37 Nortex test 37 in Fredericksburg. Contact 8203 for sale details and pricing.
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Victor
Levy Rusenberger
Fredericksburg
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THE
Harper Herald
Pea J. Dietel
A. C. Wendel
W.W
J. F. Tillman
Lewisburg
Venn
U.N
T. A. Kantonen
Hamma Divinity School
Wittenberg College
University of Helsinki
Finland
Johan Nykopp
John Deere
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Distributors of
Robin Hood
Fredericksburg, Texse
Liberty
Mistery
Ibia Unive
Poulet
K. C. Striegler
Victor Cermin
Desmond Sagebiel
Eckert
Albert Hartmann
Elsie Weirich
George Holekamp
Sylvester Crenwelge
Doss
V. C. Duecker
Herbert Haas
Guar
Kurt Hansen
Palo Alto
Martin Rode
Joe Burkett
Morris Ranch
Burkett
Tappan Ranges
Vapo - Butane Ca
Chas. W. Barrett
Alex Miltendoct
Prop
Charles Gammenthaler
Eddie Meier
H. P. Gartrell
George Kuyper
Mason
Flarper
Raymond Feller
O. C. Feller
V. C. Whitworth
George Salcher
Con
Oy. Brown Whitewood Ig
Trinity University
the Herald
Harper’s
Harper Presbyterian Church
Paul J. Schwab
Bill Senior
Sugarland
Billy Gale Sageser
Raymond Cottle
Tracy Tobin
Hardin Tobin
Rock Springs
Ole
Richard Manske
S. A. Fant
Jack Matthews
San Angelo
W. A. Beard
Carlos Parker
Port Arthur
Rubin Roeder and Sons
Felix T. Tybor
Palace Theatre
Bidg
Chester Tatsch
Crossey and Bendix Appliances
FLOW
Bode CO. Harper
H. Welge Lewis
Mansfield
Trucs
Cass
Bez
Methodist Church
Jessie Long
London
First Baptist Church
D. W. Brown
Num
Training Union
O. J. Camp
Junction
Comfort Hatchery
Comfort
Anita Tatsch
Roland
Harper St
Majestic Hotel
Nat'l Park Service
U.S
Sus Ct
Chas
Tchreiner Bank
Teili Ace
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