Harper Lions Club Fetes Football Boys With Banquet
The Harper Lions Club plans a January 15 banquet at the school for Harper football players. Supt. Neal Fox and coach Rex Fox lead the program with Peggye Gould handling the menu. Paul DeLorey and Floy Bode will organize the March of Dimes drive, and the club considers appointing a Justice of the Peace or Deputy Sheriff for better enforcement.
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Harper Lions Club
Harper
Lions Club
Neal Fox
Rex Fox
Peggye Gould
Arthur Bierschwabe
Paul DeLorey
Floy Bode
Lion Fox
Harper Firms To Close All Day Christmas and New Year
A number of Harper business firms will close all day Christmas Day and again all day on New Year’s Day 1949. Confirmed closings include Rahe's Store Market Quality Groc Hermes Red White Frank Floyd Store Mutual Lumber Co and the First State Bank.
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Harper
Rahe’s Store
Quality Groc
Herme S Red & White
Frank Floyd
Mutual Lumber Co
First State Bank
Harper Herald
Herald
Miss Mary Bell Bein Weds Nelson Stubblefield in Sonora
Miss Mary Bell Bein daughter of C. E. Bein of Sonora and Nelson Stubblefield of Sonora were married at the Church of Christ on Sunday morning December 12 at 9 o'clock. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Morgan. The bride, born in Harper and educated there, worked at the First State Bank of Harper before moving to Sonora, where she is employed in the Sonora Bank. After a wedding trip to New Orleans, the couple will reside in Sonora.
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Mary Bill Bein
C. E. Bein
Sonora
Nelson Stubblefield
Church of Christ
Raymond Morgan
In Harper
Harper School
First State Bank of
Harper
Sonora Bank
New Orleans
Tax Collector Assistants Visit Gillespie County January 3
Deputy Federal Income Tax Collector Gordon K Fry and assistant Rudolph Kocurek from Austin will be in Gillespie County Court House Monday January 3 from 8 am to 5 pm to help farmers and ranchers file income tax reports due January 15. They will also aid others and return to Fredericksburg before March 15 and be in Llano January 4 to assist 1948 returns.
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Federal Income Tax
Gordon K. Fry
Rudolph Kocurek
Austin
Gillespie County Court House
Messrs. Fry and Kocurek
Fredericksburg
Llano
Johnson
Kerrville
Supper Hosted by Mr and Mrs Honig for Hoermann Family
Mr and Mrs William Honig hosted a supper inviting Rev and Mrs Hoermann and their children.
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Wm. Honig
Weekly Swing of Southwest Farm Markets Dec 20 1948
Production and Marketing Administration report shows varied week for farm products with corn easing, barley and sorghums up 2 cents, wheat and oats up slightly. No 2 yellow milo sells 2.70 to 2.75 per cwt, carrots at Texas commands, No 2 white corn 1.73 to 1.79 and yellow corn 1.61 to 1.62. Rough rice sales remained firm amid light movement.
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US Department of Agriculture
Texas
Highway Dept Authorizes Seal Coat Paving on U S 87 in Gillespie
The Texas State Highway Department authorized seal coat paving on US 87 from Fredericksburg to the Kendall County line, about 9.9 miles, at an estimated cost of 23,400 dollars. Work is planned for next spring due to winter weather and asphalt temperature concerns as part of a 3,000,000 dollar statewide asphalt program. Local social notes include Mrs. Dave Butler and son visiting from San Antonio and Rev and Mrs Hoermann visiting Mrs. C Schmidt in Fredericksburg.
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Texas State Highway Department
Fredericksburg
Kendall County
D. C. Greer
Highway Department
Gillespie Co
Gillespie County
Comfort
Composer Harrington Still Lives Linked to Beloved Christmas Song
The composer Karl Pomeroy Harrington, age 87, who wrote the music for the much loved Christmas hymn There's a Song in the Air and the tune Christmas Song, is living in Middletown Connecticut. A former Latin professor at Wesleyan University, Harrington is remembered for these religious melodies and for Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup.
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America
Middletown
Conn
Karl Pomeroy Harrington
Harrington
Wesleyan University
Birth of a baby in Bethlehem cited by church leader
Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill notes the birth of Jesus as more than a parable, stating that Christ remains a vital power in hearts across races and crimes. He argues truth, goodness, and love are eternal realities from God, urging guidance for today’s perplexities.
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Bethleeem
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
Christ
God
Two Visiting Hunters Wounded In Gun Mishaps
Two visiting hunters were seriously wounded in separate hunting accidents Sunday near here. Dr. M. I. Brown of Austin was hit by a 30-30 bullet entering his groin and exiting at the hip while dismounting a tree at the Ben Eckert Ranch near Doss. B. N. Coleman of Dallas was struck by buckshot when a shotgun in a companion’s hands discharged while being removed from a car at the Martin Kuykendall Ranch near Cherry Springs. Coleman and Brown were recovering. Coleman in a local hospital, Brown moved to an Austin clinic after initial treatment.
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Here
Bob Loth
M. I. Brown
Austin
Ben Eckert Ranch
Doss
B. N. Coleman
Dallas
Martin Kuykendall Ranch
Cherry Springs
Loth
W. L. Hanna
Jired
Coleman
Mr. Brown
Eckerle Appointed Assistant Cashier at Harper Bank
E B Eckerle is named assistant cashier of the First State Bank of Harper replacing Beatrice Sagebiel who returns to San Antonio. Eckerle, formerly with Hughes Tool in Houston, has resided in Harper and assumed duties Thursday morning. Sagebiel leaves for San Antonio this week.
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Harper Herald
E. B. Eckerle
First State Bank
First State Bank of
Harper
Beatrice Sagebiel
Alamo National Bank
San Antonio
Eckerle
Houston
Hughes Tool «5
Miss Sagebiel
Two Local Students Enrolled at S. W. Texas Teachers College
San Marcos on December 20 Dorothy Parker and Frankie Thurman of Harper are enrolled at Southwest Texas State Teachers College. The enrollment reaches 1800, a record high. Rev and Mrs. Lowenberg and Little David visited Parker relatives, while Cpl Harold B. Birt and his daughters from San Antonio spent the weekend here.
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S.W. Texas Teachers College
San Marcos
Dorothy Parker
Frankie Thurman
Harper
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Rev
Lowenberg
Little David
Carlos Parker
Cpl
Harold B. Birt
Little Daughters of
San Antonio
Youth Group Christmas Party at St Anthony’s Parish Hall
The St Anthony’s Catholic Church youth group held a Christmas party Tuesday night December 14 at the parish hall. Gifts were exchanged and games enjoyed as 36 youths shared sandwiches cookies fruit and soft drinks. Visitors Mr and Mrs Frank Staudt were in Austin Sunday.
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St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Frank Staudt
Austin
Wayne Orvin Behrens Born Baptized in Lutheran Church
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Orvin Behrens was baptized in the Lutheran Church and given the name Wayne Orvin. Subscriptions to the Herald remain $150 per year.
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Orvin Behrens
Wayne Orvin
Herald
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