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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1950
Page
2
Kerrville and nearby towns host a flurry of visits and social activity. Local families including the Dyer Whitewood Schmidt and Kensing circles attended goat roping, shopping trips, and weekend gatherings across Kerrville Fredericksburg Llano and Harper. Notable entries mention R J Gamel removing tonsils and Audrey Brown spending time with family.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lott shopped in Kerrville on Friday. Stella Duderstadt visited the St Clair home Sunday night. Carrol Walker and Wesley Ellebracht met Tuesday. Otto Wienecke and children visited Wednesday. John Green recovering in San Antonio stayed with his sister Lee Goff this week. O B Walker family and Harold Wayne hosted Monday. Dan Arnold and children traveled to Kerrville Wednesday on business. Robey Dean Hopf Camp Hood spent the weekend with his parents. Levi Madox and Reuben Bode visited Harper Wednesday morning. Donnie Bode joined the visit to O B Walker home Sunday afternoon. Arthur Lott and Clifford Bode ran a San Antonio business trip Tuesday evening. Freddie Duderstadt and Rodney visited Tuesday night with Dan Arnold’s family. O B Walker and family visited Clifford Rede Saturday evening. R Bierschwale and spouse visited Harper Wednesday.
Washington reports suggest Japan could capitulate soon as Churchill urges restraint. The public ponders the vast destructive potential now disclosed, hoping it becomes a source of world prosperity rather than total devastation. Also local item notes Orville Gammenthaler vacationing in San Antonio and a wartime humor exchange between a captain and a private.
Arthur Davis wins first in C-type goats as S Briggs and W S Orr place in second and third for Del Rio Rocksprings. Armer Earwood of Sonora judged B-type goats. Marvin Skaggs of Junction and Glen Briggs of Del Rio judged C-type. First Southwestern Border Collie trials held at Tivy Stadium with Kerrville Chamber of Commerce sponsorship drawing large crowds. Jane asks her father what he does at the office all day and how he knows when he is done.
A humorous exchange features an applicant asking about qualifications for diplomacy. He notes a 20 year marriage and a joke about a wife believing he has a sick friend, underscoring lighthearted humor in resume-style timing.
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