Delta Kappa Gamma Oak Hill Study Club Xmas Supper
Oak Hill Study Club members hosted a Christmas party at the home of Mr and Mrs Gus Mahler with husbands as guests of honor. Yale time decorations festooned the house and after buffet supper games of 42 and canasta were played with attendees including W H Stevens Clint Brown J R Peril E Dean Hopf Carl Ooehler D W Duderstadt Watkins Tarr Arthur Bierschwabe Leshie Harper R E Peril Marshall Brown Joe Lindel C T Mahler Mattie Arnold Lewis Stevens and Gus Mahler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus. Mahler
Oak Hill
Watkins Tarr
Arthur Bierschwabe
Leshie Harper
R. E. Peril
Marshall Brown
Joe Lindel
C. T. Mahler
San Angelo
Mattie Arnold
Lewis Stevens
Gus Mahler
Christmas party detail at Beta Zeta Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma
At Mrs. Tyrus Cox home Saturday December 8 the Delta Kappa Gamma Beta Zeta Chapter hosted a Christmas party. Guests included Mrs. Lewis Stevens, Mrs. Fannie Suffel, Mrs. Marian Saenger of Kerrville, Mrs. Victor Keidel, Mrs. W. H. Stevens, and Mrs. Douglas Duderstadt. The centerpiece depicted the Vereinskirche in Fredericksburg with a snow scene including Santa, reindeer, and a snowman. Five German cookies were arranged on a tray: molasses, pfeffernese, mantle schnitten, and spring anise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Zeta
Delta Kappa Gamma
Tyrus Cox
Lewis Stevens
Fannie Suffel
Marian Saenger
Kerrville
Victor Keidel
W. H. Stevens
Douglas Duderstadt
Vereinskirche
Fred
Ericksburg
Henry Lewis
Santa
Engagement and Wedding of Miss Peggy Ann Scarborough
Mr and Mrs Mac Scarborough announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Peggy Ann Scarborough to Rex Fox son of Supt and Mrs Neal B Fox of Shiner Texas. Peggy is a Harper high school graduate 1951 attended Schreiner Institute and Texas University School of Nursing in Austin. Rex is a former Harper high coach and current athletic director and football coach at Manor high school. The wedding is set for Saturday December 22 at 4 30 pm in the First Baptist Church Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac Scarborough
Peggy Ann
Rex Fox
Neal B. Fox
Shiner
Texas
Miss Scarborough
Harper High School
Schreiner Institute
Texas University
School of Nursing
Austin
the Manor
First Baptist Church
Harper
Public Safety Warns on Christmas Holiday Death Toll
Texas officials project 222 violent deaths during the eleventh day Christmas period from Dec 21 to Jan 1. Traffic crashes will claim 115 lives, with 42 suicides or homicides and 65 from other accidents. Officials urge strict traffic law adherence and caution with fires firearms and boating. A Houston couple visited Harper to take Mrs. Whetstone home for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Homer Carrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Garrison
N. K. Woerner
Woerner
Texas Highway Patrol
Christmas Program At Pentecostal Church Sunday
A Christmas program arranged by the Baptist Methodist Pentecostal and Presbyterian churches will be held Sunday December 23 at 730 PM at the Pentecostal Church. It features Christmas music a pageant and Santa Claus for the children. Rabb Rev Curtis of the Baptist Church is in hospital. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal
Santa Claus
Curtis
Bapsist
Helping Hand Club Christmas Party Held December 13
The Helping Hand Club gathered at Mrs. Fred Gammenthaler’s home on December 13 for its annual Christmas party. The afternoon featured songs, readings, and articles on Santa and Christmas in mining centers, with a small business segment and plans for officer elections and a new home demonstration group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helping Hand Club
Fred Gammenthale
J. D. Farmer
Bethlehem
Fred Gammenthaler
Santa
A. C. Wendel
Ming Centers
Oak
Uage
S. S. Stewart
Boatright
Wendel
Funeral and family notices from Harper area
Mr and Mrs Max Lange attended the funeral of Mrs Otto Lange in Trickham on Wednesday Otto Lange accompanied the Langes home for a short visit Mr and Mrs Hilmar Klacan hosted a dinner Sunday for the Christening of their son Grandparents sponsors and Rev and Mrs Goerner attended Mr and Mrs Wesley Sayser of San Antonio spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs P J Jones and other relatives at Harper Mr and Mrs Fred Whitewood heard news from their daughter Mrs W W Dees that she arrived in the States and is visiting her parents in Harper before joining her husband in Shreveport Louisiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Lange
Otto Lange
Trickham
Hilmar Klacn
Wesley Sayser
San Antonio
P. 3. Jones
Harper
Fred Whitewood
Ww’. F. Dees
States
Shreveport
Bethlehem Night Stirs with Star and Visitors
In a quiet Bethlehem, descended kin register under Herod's order while Mary and Joseph seek shelter. A bright star shines over a humble stable as angels sing and Magi from Persia journey with gifts to honor the newborn Christ child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Couse
David
Herod
Persia
Harper Lions honor Longhorns at school pep rally
Harper High hosted a ceremony recognizing the victorious Harper Longhorns six man football squad from the 1951 season and the pep squad. Superintendent Arthur Bergmann spoke as Buddy Friederich and Worth Duderstadt received gold footballs and the two Spaeth sisters received megaphone medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Lions Club
Harper Longhorns
Harper School
Arthur Bergmann
Bergmann
Buddy Friederich
M’liss Spaeth
Worth Duderstadt
Cherrie
R. P. Smith Killed in Center Point Plane Crash
R P Smith 68, a prominent Port Arthur Kerrville businessman and rancher, died in a plane crash near Center Point. Engine trouble likely caused loss of power. wreckage found four miles from the San Antonio Highway on Stoneleigh ranch. Kerrville Flying Service crews and a three-plane search located the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. .Smith
Port Arthur
Kerrville
Ceeter
UY Goede
Port Arthou
Smith
Center Point
San Antonio
Stoneleigh Ranch
Kerrville Flying Service
Walter “Pop’ Fullwood
C. Meek
L. W. van Zandt
Fullwood
Frank Johnson
Mr and Mrs Forrest Green Visit Ida Kneese Family
Mr and Mrs Forrest Green and their children spent Sunday with her sister Mrs Ida Kneese, enjoying a family gathering and quiet afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Green
Ida Kneese
Parker Couple Host Informal Open House at Ranch Home
Mr and Mrs Walter Parker entertained Saturday night with an informal open house at their ranch home. About 30 friends and relatives attended with son Walter Jr as guest of honor. Games, music, singing, cake and coffee provided. guests arrived after a friendly gathering with warm thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Parker
Mrs. After Parker
Honorius Threat
Walter Jr
Lion
Uest
St James Missionary Society Meets at Mrs Chester Ita Home
Twenty two members of St James Missionary Society gathered Wednesday December 19 at the home of Mrs Chester Ita for the December meeting. The program included songs prayers Bible readings and readings with social hour and refreshments served by the ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Missionary Society
Chester Itz
Chester Ita
Ed. ‘Tatsch
Raymund Spacth
Pitts
God Is Here Says Rev Sumners at Fredericksburg Xmas Program
Rev Charles A Sumners of St David s Episcopal Church in Austin addressed a capacity audience at the Fredericksburg Lions Club annual Community Christmas program in the new school gym. He urged finding God on Earth and emphasized the Gospel of giving over the Gospel of getting. The message outlined three points and drew near two thousand attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Sumners
St. David's Episcopal Church
Austin
New School
Fredericksburg
Lions Club
Rev. Sumners
Sumners
Kev. Sumners
God
Flere
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Bethistam
Cox
Peggy Ann Scarborough
THE
Herald
Public Safety Department
D. L. Tobias and
Citizens Auto Company
Harper Drug Store
Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Harper
Pentecostal Church
Bei
Mary
WASVS
Joh
R. P. Smith
Hristmas
Minvey
Aurely
Star of the East
Paice
Victor Wendel
Reading
Clifford Bode
Dsod
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