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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
3
Inez Whitewood reports varied weekend activity in White Bluff with residents visiting Fredericksburg and nearby towns. Families such as the Coffees, Gamels, Honigs, Browns, Whetstones, and Duderstadts are listed in frequent local gatherings and shopping trips.
An unsigned Stars and Stripes excerpt praises combat duty and soldier endurance in World War II. It contrasts frontline sacrifice with demobilization plans and pay differences while noting a Nebraska petition from the 134th Infantry in France urging voters to honor the home front as soldiers return.
Mrs. George Duderstadt and family visited the Duderstadts today while the Schmidts shopped in Kerrville. The Whitewoods and Dorthy Nell and Robert Whitewood shopped in Fredericksburg. Cadet Charles Schmidt of San Antonio spent holidays with the Schmidt family. Thurman and Jake Young went to Kerrville and visit with the Thurmans. Miss Dorthy Nell Whitewood Madge Whitewood and Audrey Mae were mentioned in the social notes.
The article notes Good King Wenceslas began as a springtime song in Bohemia where street singers performed in warm weather to hint at generosity. It traces how generosity and gifts shifted carols toward Christmas greetings, with cards and gifts now replacing carols as the main expressions of season’s cheer.
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