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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
4
Facts and Comments by Geo. W. Winningham urges readers to discard greed and hate, shed grumbling, and open hearts to love. Emphasizes removing inner rubbish, spreading good cheer, and attending church to make Christmas joyful for self and community.
The Texas Attorney General has filed antitrust suits and secured a large payment from the cement trust with promises to curb monopolies. The writer urges broader action and asks General Mann to probe the farm machinery trust and cottonseed mills, noting out-of-state takeovers and seeking compliance with anti trust laws.
Clarence Farmer, newly elected from the Tarrant-Denton district, urged O'Daniel in Austin to convene a special session to finance social security. He noted 16 senators could pass the bill, 81 House members already back a $21,000,000 plan, but O'Daniel refused. The piece questions his stance on liquor tax funding and calls for a special session to tax natural resources.
Editorial decries a claimed blanket $6 pension cut by O'Daniel’s board, noting records show varied adjustments. It cites an elderly widow who received only apples and onions valued at $1 at a relief station, arguing politicians shortchanged seniors despite rhetoric.
A defense of wartime anti communism warns of over 1000 forged passport cases linked to ideologically aligned travelers. The piece questions government leniency toward Communists and suggests many who joined the Abraham Lincoln Battalion fought for Stalin rather than democracy.
The Bulletin reports Cleveland and Louisville debating morals education in schools. Cleveland wants an eighth and ninth grade course drawn by courts, safety officials, and teachers with jail visits. Louisville cites young prisoners as motive, but no course is approved. Dr. Zenos Scott argues morality comes from teachers and school culture, while noting possible biases from non Christian, Communist, or other influences.
The Texas School Teachers Association resisted a sales tax proposal backed by some officials and special interests. At a recent meeting teachers refused to support S. J. R. No. 12, arguing they would rather scrap retirement benefits than tax essentials like bread and calico.
Minutes from the Gillespie County Commissioners Court show a 60 cent bounty per fox pelt after December 16, with pelts needing affadavits and earmarks. The court approved school fund deposits, road improvements, and land purchases for road machinery, while warning against lugged wheels on county roads.
A brief line from Patsy Carrick of Pennsylvania cautions against any attempt to change a date, warning gifts of retaliation if Frankie misbehaves. The note preserves a Christmas confrontation and a playful threat within a family or local context.
State Department in Austin urges restraint as wild turkeys face extinction due to mortality in the Hill Country. Hunters are advised to skip shooting despite legal bag limits, noting tame Texas birds are plentiful and cheaper than wild ones. A long term season 1940 hope underlines conservation.
Sunday School 10 00 a m with H H Fairchild superintendent and Mrs J E Sylvester director Baptist Training Union. Come to the church where every one welcomes you.
The Harper Methodist Church lists Sunday School at 2 00 p m and preaching at 3 00 p m on the second, third and fourth Sundays. Epworth League and singing follow at 6 45 p m on those Sundays. Masses on Sundays at 10 00 a m with additional services on the 8th Sunday and major feasts at 830 and 1000. The Discussion Club meets next Sunday at 1 30 p m with Alois Jung leading on papal infallibility. Christmas and New Year services are detailed with multiple Mass times. The club meets again December 17th and January 14th, with future meetings on the second and fourth Sundays.
Harper Presbyterian Church announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. overseen by Charles Whitewood and sermons by Rev. A. W. Yell at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. A Christmas program follows with the Sunday School “Tree” and gifts on December 24 at the church. time to be announced.
The notice lists worship times with Pastor Walter C. Probst leading English services at 11 A. M. on Sundays and German services on the 3rd Sunday, plus a Sunday School at 10 A. M. and an open invitation to all to attend.
On Sunday Rev. O. Lindenberg united Flora Land and Heinrich Friedrich in marriage at Holy Ghost church. Attendants were Elgin Fried rich and Miss Gretchen Land. Music by Mrs. Lindenberg. The bride wore white satin with a trailing veil and pink white colonial bouquet. A wedding feast followed at the Klein home for the families.
In Omaha Nebraska on November 29 a banquet honored farmers who thrived despite drought as part of the farm project. John H. Mayer son of the late Rev. D H Mayer was one of the farmers featured and received a framed plaque for crops cattle and forage. His mother expressed gratitude for congrats and gifts received on her 75th birthday while recovering from a recent accident.
The article recalls the wild turkey as the original Thanksgiving bird once common in swamps across the land and hunted by farm boys. It laments habitat loss to corn and cotton and argues for preserving the species with breathing space and sanctuary to save it for sport.
Gillespie county cotton producers upheld the Marketing Quota provision of the Agricultural Adjustment Act by a 7 to 1 ratio in a Saturday referendum. County totals showed 63 in favor and 7 opposed, with statewide returns 803 059 for quotas to 79 928 against. Two thirds was required to retain the program for 1940.
In Dallas News Thinking Out Loud column, commentary defends Catholic leadership and propaganda as legitimate, notes Pope Pius XII’s role as statesman, contrasts Catholic stance with Earl Browder’s critique, and calls for religion to reinforce loyalty to God, country, and humanity amid global conflict. Includes club contact: St. Anthony's Church Discussion Club.
At a December 7 meeting led by Mrs. Otto Dittmar the club voted to hold the annual Christmas party December 18 at the schoolhouse, with cotton gift items to promote using surplus cotton. Mrs. Dittmar reported on council work and distributed bread making booklets. Forty three people were helped by members at the meeting. Attendees included Mrs. Henry Baethge and new president Mrs. Baethge who will host the January meeting.
The Meusebach 4-H Club girls met at the Meusebach school on December 8 at 9 45 am to finalize plans for the Christmas party. They set the party for December 15 at the home of Lottie Mae Striegler with members Ellen Lochte Dora Heimann Florence Kuhlmann Mildred Heimann Margaret Heimann Helen Lochte Allegra Kuhlmann and sponsor Elizabeth Petermann present.
The Palace Theatre will mark its 10th anniversary with a Friday night program on December 22 featuring the Fredericksburg Junior concert band conducted by Prof. Hartman and a San Antonio dance revue led by Miss Allene Maggard. The show includes a ballet group with Jo Ann Striegler Jo Joyce Wahl Joy Frances Humes Joellen Humes Barbara Cox and others, plus parlor tap numbers and a country store finale with local merchants. The first half of the double bill on December 15-16 features Jack Randall in Trigger Smith followed by Too Busy to Work, a comedic look at the Jones family.
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland appeared together for the first time at the Palace Theatre during Sunday and Monday shows on December 17 and 18, drawing a big audience for the film Babes in Pal ace.
John O. Kays of Brady Texas prepares a new stock auction site near the Fredericksburg & Northern tracks. Five acres leased from H C Maier will house pens booth and office with weekly Thursday sales of sheep goats cattle hogs horses and mules. Buyers from Gillespie and neighboring counties encouraged to participate. Kays already operates auctions in Brady on Tuesdays.
Members of the Home Demonstration Club finished a quilt for the Orphans Home by 3 PM during a Monday meeting at Mrs. S. S. Stewart's home on December 11. The group planned to quilt again at Mrs. H. M. Jones's home with a date to be set, aiming to complete the project by year’s end.
On Saturday December 16 the annual dairy and poultry contests and educational events will be held at Kerr View farm near Kerrville. Ten vocational agriculture teams from as many schools participate with five county agents and other industry leaders in attendance. Contests lectures and prizes including calves and poultry await about 150 boys and leaders and numerous visitors.
About twenty residents from Harper and nearby communities formed an Evening School through the Agriculture room of Harper High School. Fifteen study topics were listed for regular meetings in coming months with Feeds and Winter Feeding set for the December 19 session at 7:00.
The Marx Brothers return with Marx Bros at the Circus at the Rialto Theatre Kerrville showing Friday and Saturday. Groucho Harpo and Chico star in a two hour madness mixing screwball comedy with a streamlined circus and a modernized menagerie.
An all community Christmas program is set for Thursday December 21 at 7 30 PM in the Methodist church. The program features readings, children's performances, a one act play, stories and hymns with a vested all community choir. The public is invited.
A Christmas recital by the pupils of Mrs. Louise Merritt will be held at the Presbyterian church on December 27 at 7 p m. Everyone is invited. A miscellaneous shower was given Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fiedler honoring Mrs. Emil Lachta recent bride. Guests enjoyed sandwiches cake cookies lemonade and hot cocoa. The honoree received many gifts.
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