Morris Ranch Social Notes
Clayton Morris spent the winter in San Antonio. Mrs. A J Byrd is improving from a serious illness. Schoefer Koeter family moved to Luckenbach. Ed Bierschwabe family from Fredericksburg visited Bier schwales. Woerner family visited Listerdale. Mildred Byrd of San Antonio stayed with relatives. Gottschalls building a new home. Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs A C Heimann with roll call minutes and discussions on The Art of Living and Southern Economic Conditions. This was the last meeting of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Morris
San Antonio
A. J. Byrd
H. R. Schoeferkoeter
Luckenbach
Ed. Bierschwabe
Fredericksburg
G. H Bierschwale
Walter Woerner
Listerdale
Mildred Byrd
Chas. Gottschall
Home Demonstration Club
A. C. Heimann
South
Austin Manager To Explain Social Security Benefits
Zola E Avery of the Social Security Board Austin office will speak at the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce to explain monthly benefits starting January 1940 under the amended act. The talk covers eligibility and calculation for old age widows dependent children wives and dependent parents benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zola E. Avery
Social Security Board
Austin
Texas
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
District Court Room
Edyth Krauskopf
Avery
Farmer Falls From Plow Breaks Leg Near Fredericksburg
Waldemar Beyer a farmer living near Fredericksburg in the Cave Creek community fell from a plow while working in the field on Wednesday morning. He suffered fractures in his left leg and was rushed to Fredericksburg hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldemar ‘Beyer
Fredericksburg
Cave Creek
Doe with horns rare hunting event noted
Hunter Alvin Tueeda reports a rare incident where a hunter killed a doe that bore horns. The occurrence is described as unusual and noteworthy in local hunting notes.
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Alvin Tueeda
Cotton Farmers Vote on Quota Referendum in Gillespie
Gillespie county cotton producers vote December 9 at the Fredericksburg Agriculture Building. Polls open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eligible voters must have produced cotton in 1939. Two thirds of nationwide cotton farmers voting in the referendum must approve to implement the Marketing Quota in 1940. The measure imposes a 3 cents per pound tax on cotton acreage beyond farm allotments. tax-free crop sales are allowed within allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
United States
Hidden taxes on food hits Gillespie County buyers
A National Consumers Association survey reports Gillespie County residents pay about 27 378 annually in hidden taxes through food purchases. The study notes 8 percent of a typical food bill is shifted taxes embedded in prices, with butter bread bacon and coffee examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Consumers Ae Commission
Tony
Kenneth C. Frasier
Cal
Texas
Church Notice at Sunday School Service Welcomes All
H. H. Fairchild Sunday School Superintendent and Mrs J E Sylvester Baptist Training Union Director invite all to Sunday School at 10 00 a m. Come to the church where every one welcomes you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Fairchild
J. E. Sylvester
Baptist Training Union
Harper Methodist Church Weekly Schedule
Sunday School at 2:00 p.m. each Sunday. Preaching service at 8:00 p.m. on the second, third and fourth Sundays. Epworth League and singing at 6:45 p.m. on the same Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Our Catholic Church Mass Schedule and Activities
Our Catholic Church announces Sunday Mass at 10 o clock with additional masses at 830 and 1000 on the 8th Sunday each month and on major feasts. Sunday School and all Societies meet after the 10 o clock Mass. The Discussion Club meets next Sunday at 130 pm on The Pope Papal Infallibility led by Alois Jung. Film strips will be shown for instruction. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alois Jung
Harper Presbyterian and Lutheran Church Services Notice
Harper Presbyterian Church announces services for December 3, 1939 led by Minister Rev. A. W. Yell with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. We invite all. The Lutheran Church in Harper, led by Pastor Walter C. Probst, offers Sunday School at 10 a.m. and English service at 11 a.m. on Sundays, with German service on the 3rd Sunday and a German service monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Whitewood
A. W
Menjou Speaks Over Silent Lightning in New Film
Adolphe Menjou stars in The Housekeeper's Daughter at Rialto Theatre with Joan Bennett and John Hubbard. To solve sound problems during lightning flashes, technicians used graduated incandescent bulbs triggered by relays to create synchronized bursts. The spectacle aims to render nature’s roar without dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Nature
Adolphe Menjou
Rialto Theatre
Norbert Brodine
Hal Roach
Donald Henderson Clarke
Joan Bennett
John Hubbard
William Gargan
Peggy Wood
George E. Stone
Cotton gin production in county rises from last year
Robert C. Walter, special government agent, reports cotton ginned in our county before November 14, 1939 stood at 877 bales, up from 282 bales ginned by the same date last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Walter
Fiedler Sells Filling Station to Grosenbacher
Oscar Fiedler sold his filling station to W O Grosenbacher on Wednesday. Immediate possession was given and service will continue as before with an added Willys car agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Fiedler
W. O. Grosenbacher
Mr. Fiedler
Mr. Grosenbacher
Willys Cars
Dorte Studio Offers Xmas Portrait Specials in Kerrville
The Dorte Studio in Kerrville presents special Xmas season portrait prices. Portrait sittings are discounted for holiday shoppers and families seeking quick, affordable photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorte
Kerrville
Prayer of Gratitude for Nation and Flag
A prayer expresses thanks for gifts from God and for the United States. It honors schools churches hospitals homes and youth while affirming the flag as a symbol of justice truth and liberty. The speaker asks guidance to remember its meaning and to serve with honor even at life’s risk.
Thanksgiving in Texas Reflects Abundant Harvests and Liberty
The article notes widespread abundance in South and West Texas with bountiful harvests and plentiful Thanksgiving fare. It highlights live-at-home farming, family reunions, and charitable aid ensuring every table is well supplied. It also recalls the First President’s proclamation praising civil and religious liberty and useful knowledge, urging gratitude and mindful use of boons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Red Cross Responds to War Refugees and Disasters
The Red Cross broadens aid to war refugees facing winter in foreign lands and assists home front needs. It lists disaster response for storms earthquakes floods and plagues and supports veterans and families while promoting home sanitation and youth service for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Great Humanitarian Organization
American Red Cross
United States
S. A. Express
4 H Clubs Consider Adding Fifth H in Michigan
Western Michigan 4-H clubs may gain a fifth H to stand for health. Kent County rural agent K V Vining urges expanding the 4-H program beyond head hands heart and health. Since 1908 enrollment has grown steadily, reaching 150000 by 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
K. V. Vining
Itural
Kent County
Ichigan
Harper FFA District Chapter Week Activities Highlight Local Box Supper and Sweetheart
Seven Harper FFA members attended the Hill Country District Chapter meeting in Johnson City last Wednesday where ten Greenhands progressed in the ceremony. After the gathering, a basketball game with Johnson City FFA followed, and a district officers’ talk was given by B. C. Davis and J. B. Rutland. The Harper group also helped raise funds at a Saturday box supper in the Harper School building, with twenty boxes sold for just over thirty five dollars. Mary Belle Bein was chosen as Harper FFA Sweetheart for the current school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper F. F. A
Hill Country District
Johnson City
Future Farmers
Harper School
FFLA
Hill Country
B. C. Davis
Area VIII
J. B. Rutland
Austin
Harper
T. F. Hoffman, Jr
Hubert Rahe
Kenneth Parker
Jerry Bierschwale
Harold Wilson
Raymond Parker
Walter Bierschwale
J. T. Glass
Burman Faris
Jams Jung
Harper Chapter
Mary Belle Bein
Christmas Seals Rally Honored by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt praised the Christmas Seals campaign for tuberculosis prevention. The 38th annual effort by the National Tuberculosis Association and about two thousand affiliated groups begins December 1, urging nationwide support as tuberculosis remains a major killer among ages fifteen to forty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
National Tuberculosis Association
National Association
United States
Fight Fire With Sand On The Farm
Rural families should guard farm houses against fire as cold weather nears. Agricultural engineer M R Bentley urges inspecting chimneys and updating stove pipes, storing combustibles away from stoves, and using chimney screens to catch sparks. Buckets of sandy soil and water aid small blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
M. R. Bentley
A. and M. Cullegs Extension Service
Doyle Studio Kerrville Offers Fine Portraits at Special
Kerrville studio, Doyle Studio, announces limited time portrait specials featuring studio-quality portraits. Clients may book sessions for headshots and full portraits with experienced photographers and archival-quality prints. Limited slots available.
Gillespie County Home Demonstration Clubs Exceed Goal
Members surpassed the annual goal by extending home demonstration work to over 600 county residents up from 400. The meeting noted positive reports from the finance and fair exhibit committees while Miss Stewart and Miss Hatfield outlined a yard plan for the agricultural building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
County Home
Fair Exhibit Committee
Stewart
Sadie Hatfield
Ball Bros. Company
Henry Grote
Rueben Ruebsahm
R. T. Laurence
Otto Dittmar
Doss Club Observes Thanksgiving Evening Dinner
The Doss Home Demonstration Club held an elaborate turkey dinner Friday night at the Doss school building. A pumpkin centerpiece with chrysanthemums, fruits, popcorn, and pine cone turkeys adorned the table. Forty-two members and families attended. prizes awarded to Mrs. Rueben Nixon and Paul Sauer. booby prizes to Mrs. Seth Rode and Otto Dittmar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss Home
Doss
Rueben Nixon
Paul Sauer
Seth Rode
Otto Dittmar
Knopp Club Plans Christmas Party at Lucas Home
Knopp Home Demonstration Club sets its Christmas party for December 10 at six o'clock at Mrs. Adolph Lucas’s home after a November 28 meeting at Miss Tillie Mohr’s residence. Committee reports, with a council note from Mrs. Max Kunz, were shared. attendees included Mesdames Kunz Lucas Oehler Beyer Durst Kramer and others with Miss Tillie Monr and Anita Kunz among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knopp Home Demonstration Club
Tillie Mohr
Adolph Lucas
Max Kunz
Mesdames
Ad. Lucas
Rheinhold Oehler
Rheinhold Beyer
Erwin Durst
Eddie Kramer
Eddie Schaefer
Henry Mohr, Jr
Tillie Monr
Estha Bars
Fine steers parade through Comfort business district
On a Wednesday afternoon seven huge trucks loaded with fine steers sat in Comfort's business section. A driver said Alfred Riley, who ranches north of Fredericksburg, sold the 137 head to John Wright of Zavalia County. The lot included 27 two year olds and 100 three year olds destined for LaPryor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comfort News
Comfort
Alfred Riley
Fredericksburg
John Wright
Zavalia County
LaPryor
Learn by a by abe slogan note and awkward phrasing
A fragmentary line presents an old fashioned slogan about learning by doing. It mentions Jan Tkenembee granting or raising a pig or calf and learning to make a dress, illustrating a rural education or craft theme with unclear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Jan Tkenembee
Senator Sheppard Sees Puerto Rico as Caribbean Gibraltar
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas asserts War and Navy plans defend Puerto Rico as the Caribbean gateway to the Americas. He says the island will become a Gibraltar for defense, with bases aiding wartime scouting and as a naval supply hub. He urges Congress to aid Puerto Rico’s economic recovery and affirms American citizenship and rights for islanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War and Navy Department
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Morris Sheppard
Texas
U. S
Puerto Rico
Sheppard
Senator Sheppard
Americas
Condi
Spain
United States
Congress
WPA funds authorize 21 Texas projects including Gillespie county road
San Antonio reports authorization to start 21 WPA projects in Texas with total expenditures of 271,291 from WPA funds and 201,215 from local governments. Included is Gillespie county road work on the Salt Branch Doss Hilda Mason roads involving widening, blading, grading, drainage structures and rip-rap with WPA 15,052 and county 9,199 plus 386 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Stearns S. Tucker
Gillespie County
Salt Branch-Doss
Hilda Mason
Nervine Markwordt and Albert Whetstone Wed in London
Miss Nervine Markwordt and Albert Whetstone married Saturday in London. The bride, Harper native, has lived here all her life. the groom, son of D. H. Whetstone, is a popular local ranchman. They plan to live on a ranch at Noxville and friends extend best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nervine Markwordt
Albert Whetstone
London
Henry Markwordt
Harper
D. H. Whetstone
Noxville
Feinessen Klein Tie The Knot At St Marys Church
Rev F X Wolf joins Erna Klein and Rudolph Feinessen in marriage at St Marys church on Saturday morning. Esmond Roeder and Virginia Lang attend the couple as members of the wedding party. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred C Klein of San Antonio. Friends extend best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. X. Wolf
St. Mary’s Church
Erna Klein
Rudolph Feinessen
Esmond Roeder
Virginia Lang
Alfred C. Klein
San Antonio
Neumann and Pape Tie the Knot at St Marys Parsonage
Rev. F X Wolf united Marie Papa and Harry Neumann in marriage at St Marys parsonage Sunday afternoon. Witnesses were Florine Pape and Wm Neumann. Bride is daughter of Wm J Pape groom son of Mrs August Neumann of San Antonio. They will reside in San Antonio after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. X. Wolf
St. Mary’s Parsonage
Marie Papa
Harry Neumann
Florine Pape
Wm. Neumann
Wm. J. Pape
August Neumann
San Antonio
Pape
Bruns and Itz Wed In Crabapple Lutheran Ceremony
On Saturday November 25 at 2 p m Rev W C Poehlmann united in marriage at the Crabapple Lutheran Church Miss Velma Bruns and Lonnie Itz in a double ring ceremony Attendants to groom were Alvin Feller and Alma Loeffier and Elgin Staats and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Poehlmann
Crabapple Lutheran Church
Velma Bruns
Lonnie Itz
Alvin Feller
Alma Loeffier
Elgin Staats
A Little Story Of A Great Love
A Catholic devotion piece recounts Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Sacred Heart vision in 1673 France. It explains the Church recognized the vision, the First Fridays, and daily adoration as expressions of love for Jesus Christ and calls readers to deepen prayer life through the Sacred Heart devotion. Members are invited to contact DISCUSSION CLUB at St. Anthony's Church for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Jesus
Christ
Margaret Mary
Jesus Christ
Welfare Bureau Reorganizes State Public Welfare Dept
The Welfare Bureau unites old age assistance and relief under the State Department of Public Welfare. The state is divided into 87 districts. area 24 includes Avale as headquarters. J. M. Danver serves as district supervisor with R. Bernhard continuing as sub district agent beside Fredericks-.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Welfare
Avale
J. M. Danver
R. Bernhard
Eager
Fredericks
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Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
U. S. Army Air Corps
Uncle Sam
Immelmann
Morris Ranch News
Bags Doe
Horns
First Baptist Church
the Friendly Church
Harper Methodist Church
Our Catholic Church
Menjou
F.F.A
Doyle
Doss Club
Cornelia Faye Stewart
Knapp 4-H
R. A. Klett
Gibraltar
Federal Service Syndicate
Sen. Sheppard
Feinessen — Klein
Neumann
St. Anthony’s Church
Welfare Bureau
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