Three Killed Five Injured In Head On Hiway Crash
A Thursday noon crash four miles west of Harper killed James A. Carr, his daughter age 10, and son 4, from Georgia, when their 1955 Ford collided with a 1953 Buick. Bennie Wienecke of Mason County narrowly escaped. Other occupants in the Buick were unnamed at press time. Patrolmen Moore and Heidemann investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smittys
Harper
James A. Carr
Georgia
Mexico
Bennie Wienecke
Mason County
Wienecke
Carr
Louisiana
Herman Moore
Sonora
Harry Heidemann
Frederiicksburg
Observations on Communism and Tito's Border Claims
An analysis argues that Soviet and Yugoslav border threats were exaggerated to justify aid. It cites Tito's regime and Kapitza as examples, noting purges and suppression of atomic work details. The piece connects wartime rhetoric to broader Cold War tactics and media responses.
Jennie Wienecke and Jerome Gold Wed in St Marys Church
Jennie Wienecke and Jerome Gold exchanged marriage vows at St Marys Church on August 25. The ceremony followed traditional rites with family and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Wienecke
Jerome Gold
St. Mary's Church
Old Teamsters Reunion at Klein's Hall Monday
The annual Old Teamsters reunion will be held Monday at Klein's Hall, Spring Creek. Barbecue and free refreshments will be available, with a short program in the afternoon. Band music and socializing among old friends are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Teamsters
Klein’s Hall
Spring Creek
Sewing Circle Meeting and Park Picnic Report
The Friendly Sewing Circle held a regular meeting last Thursday at Harper Park with eight members present and an annual picnic attended by 87 people. Seven quilts have been sold this year. one new member joined. Next meeting is Sept 27 at Mrs. Louis Lange’s home with a Stanley Party. Prize winners were Frank Holdforth, Fred Gammenthaler, A. L. Berechwale, and Boyce Lyan Grona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Sewing Circle
Harper Park
Louis Lange
Frank Holdforth
Fred Gammenthaler
A. L. Berechwale
Boyce Lyan Grona
Jung Home For Two Days From Alpine School Update
C D Jung son of Mr and Mrs Herman Jung of Harper spent two days at home last week from Alpine where he attends Sul Ross University. He is now in part time studies with one more course to finish his bachelor’s degree and works part time at Pex Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Jung
Herman Jung
Harper
Alpine
Sul Ross
Pex
Bode Visit with Family Mentioned in Colorado and Corpus Christi
Mr and Mrs Ruben Bode host Morris Bode of Denver Colorado visiting his parents in Corpus Christi and planning further travel to meet relatives. The note records a family visit without detailed dates or events.
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Myre
Morris Bode
Denver, Colorado
Ruben Bode
Price Daniel Extends Lead In Texas Primary Race
Price Daniel carried Gillespie County by an 8 1 vote and led Ralph Yarborough by 3 547 statewide with 698125 to 694578. Will Wilson overwhelmed Tom Moore for the other statewide post while A M Alkin Jr withdrew from the lieutenant governor race.
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Price Daniel
Gillespie County
Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Yarborough
Ben Ramsey
Sen
A. M. Alkin Jr
Will Wilson
Supreme Court
Tom Moore
Waco
Dante
Ramsey
Wilson
Moore
Tom Schmidt
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Labor Day Traffic Hazards Cited By Texas Patrol
San Antonio Texas district commander Captain N R Smith recalls 1955 Labor Day rural crashes reporting fifteen accidents five deaths twelve injuries and $11850 in property damage. Extra patrols with license weight and motor vehicle divisions plus radar and unmarked cars will boost holiday highway coverage.
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N. R. Smith
San Antonio
Texas Highway Patrol
Motor Vehicle Inspection Division
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Smith
Harper Boy Scout Troop 139 Holds Court of Honor Night
Harper Scout Troop No. 139 under Scoutmaster Dennis Parker closed a three day camping trip at Devil’s River with a Thursday Court of Honor. Joe Norris of the Soil and Water Conservation Service spoke and presented awards to eight scouts, many earning service stars and merit badges.
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Harper Boy Scout Troop No. 139
Dennis Parker
Devil's River
Carlos Parker Ranch
Court of Honor
Joe Norris
Soil and Water Conservation Service of
Junction
George Maing
Howard Strackbein
Cody Marschall
Langford Metzger
Jimmy Penn
Malcolm Marschall
David Hopf
Lawrence Messager
Joe Dean Spencer
Jody Marscall
Langford Metzge
John Ehenac
John
Golden Jubilee Dedication Celebrations at St Marys Church
The Golden Jubilee for the Dedication of St Marys Church opens with Solemn Pontifical Mass on Sept 8 led by Bishop Sidney M Metzger. A Homecoming Bazaar follows Sept 9 with 2000 expected for a noon turkey dinner and extensive parish activities in San Antonio area.
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St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Church
Sidney M. Metzger
el Paso
Patrick J. Geehan
P. A
V. G
San Antonio
Joseph Petsch
Notre Dame Church
Kerrville
Legion Hospital
Joseph L. Manning
Charles Herzig
Robert B. Lucey
Stephen A. Leven
Walter J. Fritz
St. Anthony's Junior Seminary
Harper Band Boosters Meet Tuesday Night
Members of the Harper Band Boosters are urged to attend a meeting at the school on Tuesday night September 4 at 8 p.m. Important matters will be discussed. New uniforms have been provided as the Harper band enters its second year under director Joseph Paulson beginning next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Band
Harper
Joseph Paulson
Local families visit relatives across Fredericksburg area
Mr and Mrs Robert Maurer shopped in Fredericksburg on Wednesday. Charles Gammenthaler and two Kerrville children visited his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Gammenthaler. Mrs Clark Bierschwale and two Pharr children visited her parents Mr and Mrs Grnte Whitworth. Bob McElroy and son Charles of Alpine visited their parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs J J Rogers and Phil. Kathryn Wolfmueller and Kathryn visited her grandmother Mrs Co W Granville in Harper. Bob Miller returned to St Louis after visiting Carlow Parkers. J J Cosper Fredericksburg was dinner guest of his mother Mrs J C Cosper. John Hugher and Austin daughter spent weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang. Ellis Lang of Comfort and Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang Jr of Kerrville also visited. The whippoorwill is a goatsucker family name from Old World herdsmen. Subscribe to The Herald.
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Kilman Harvey
Orval Harvey
Charolet
Ann Greenson
J. W. Greenson
George Gold
Henry Wienecke
Leroy Loth
David Carl Moellendorf
Henry Moellen
Peter’s Hall
Margie Wienecke
Hugo Klein
J. W. Greeson
Highlanders
Harper
Ingram
Boerne
San Antonio
San Angelo
Kerrville
Stephensville
the Bird
Perri Jo Bode
Gillespie County
Farm Bureau
P. A. Bode
Here
Harper Route
Fredericksburg
Burgess
Blanco
Brown
Callahan
Coleman
Comanche
Eastland
McCulloch
Mason
Runnels
San Saba
Taylor
Charles Gammenthaler
Fred Gammenthaler
Bob McElroy
Charles
Alpine
J. J. Rogers
Phil
John Hugher
Austin
Edwin Lang
Ellis Lang
Comfort
Edwin Lang Jr
Lydia Birck Shower Ties to Johnson City Wedding Plan
Lydia Mae Birck attended a Johnson City miscellaneous shower with relatives including Mrs. Ida Kneese and Evonne Ellebracht. Birck, a granddaughter of Mrs. Ida Kneese, is set to marry Welton Wilson on September 15 at Johnson City's Methodist Church.
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Lydia Bierschwale
Juanka Bierschwale
C. W. Granville
Ida Kneese
Edgar Ellebracht
Evonne Ellebracht
Ben Thomas
Lydia Mae Birck
Johnson City
Miss Birck
Lydia Mae
Welton Wilson
Methodist
Mrs Stewart Visits Relatives and Plans Caverns Trip
Mrs. S. S. Stewart, visiting her niece Mrs. UO. Ruskey in Alvin, returned to Harper Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ruskey will accompany her and visit Carlsbad Caverns and relatives at Texarkana and Pittsburg.
Mrs Ray Jones Visits Kerrville Kin
Mrs Ray Jones and her son visited her mother Mrs Floyd Boatright and Mrs Freda again in Kerrville, according to local family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Jones
Kerrville
Floyd Boatright
Freda
Visitors stop by Fred Whitewood home on Junction
Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Marshall Brown Mrs A C Wendel Mrs Homer Lee Stevens Kathryn and Martha Jean and Mr and Mrs Fred Whitwood Jr and children of San Angelo spent weekend with their parents at the Fred Whitewood residence on Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Whitewood
Marshall Brown
Junction
A. C. Wendel
Homer Lee Stevens
Kathryn
Martha Jean
Fred Whitwood Jr
San Angelo
Scarboroughs Visit Family as Oklahoma City Area Explored
Mr and Mrs Ira Scarborough of Valentine are visiting Mrs Tracy Toin and relatives in the area. The note mentions more than two thousand oil wells within or near the Florida of Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Scarborough
Valentine
Tracy Toin
Oklahoma City
Harper Longhorns Announce Nine-Game Schedule
The Harper Longhorns reveal a nine game six man football slate for this fall under Coach Dean Hopf. District teams include Harper Center Point Leakey and Medina with London and Utopia dropping out. The 1956 corrected schedule is listed.
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Harper Longhorns
Dean Hopf
Harper
Center Point
Leakey
Medina
London
Utopia
Three New Directors Named By CTEC Tuesday
At the Central Texas Electric Cooperative annual meeting in Gillespie County three new directors were named: Duke Meyer Comfort Charles Peril Harper and Ry land Rothmann Mason. Holdover directors Whitt Draper Foster Smart Jr. remaining and Whitt named president Draper vice president Foster secretary treasurer. Attendance nears 1000 as Rudolph Schorlemmer Llano wins attendance prize a 1 inch television set.
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Central Texas Electric Cooperative
Gillespie County Fair Grounds
Duke Meyer
Comfort
Charles Peril
Harper
Ryland Rothmann
Mason
Roy Willmann
Robert Dittmar
Carl Schmidt
A. Lee Whit
Liano
W. A. Barnam
Cherokee
Roy Smith
Troy Foster
Willow City
Lon Smart Jr
Mountain Home
Bare Draper
Rubin Meier
Fredericksburg
Whitt
Draper
Willmann
Foster
Dittmar
Rudolph Schorlemmer
Llano
P.T.A. Meeting Planned For Next Thursday Evening
The Harper Parent Teacher Association will meet at the school building next Thursday Sept 6 at 8 p.m. with the executive committee at 7 p.m. Mrs Duderstadt will chair the program for the year end and members are urged to attend. Guests include Mr and Mrs C C Harper and relatives from San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Parent‘Teacher Association
Las Duderstadt
Wil Heave
Nccel
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NBC
Reds
Red
Yugoslavia
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Roumania
Bulgaria
Tito
United States
Balkans
Belgrade
Soviet Union
Tne
Peter L. Kapitza
Moscow University
Kapitza
Soviet Atomic Development
Rome
Se San
Mossow
Moscow
Jennie Lea Wienecke
Jerome
Jerry) Gold
W. W. Schneider
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Mary Klein
Otto Wienecke
Harper High School
Guenther T. Gold
St. Mary’s High School
U. S. Navy
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Julie Wienecke
Earleen Schnelle
Maid of Honor’s
Betty Sue
Es Pty B
Bae Te
Queen Perrie Jo Bode
Brady
State Farm Bureau
Rice Hotel
Houston
American Farm Bureau Federation
Miami
Florida
Sewing Circle
Harper Boy Scout Troop
Brownwood
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Corus I. Schmidt
Cortez
Colo
Korea
Mary
Giloan
St. Mary’s School
Jos J. Hildebrand
W. Schneider
Patrick O'Farrell
St. Joseph's Hall
Andrew Kaiser
John Dooley
Albert Kammlah
Elgin Kuhlmann
Maxie Ahrens
Robert Maurer
Charles Wolfmueller
Co. W. Granville
Harper Friday
Bob Miller
Carlow Parkers
St. Louis
J. J. Cosper
J. C. Cosper
the Herald
Harper HigHway
Ae “Klein's
Nueces Canyon
LaPryer
Aeeanee Sessate
Kyle
Comstock
Eapee
CTEC
P.T.A
Mre C.cc
Herman Harper
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