Harper Herald Friday Issue Adverts and Local Notes
Harper Herald notes local business ads by C W Granville and others and reports on residents. Mr Hopf pursues M A degree at Houston State, with Mrs Dean Hopf filling his term. Mr and Mrs Floyd Bode and baby visit Reservation community while Mr and Mrs Albert Whetstone shop in Kerrville.
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Richook Tench
Hopf
Houston State x
Dean Hopf
Floyd Bode
Baby
Reservation
Kerrville
Rural Electrification Reaches Central Texas Farms
A massive project extends power lines from Colorado River dams to 5,000 Texas rural families over 1800 miles. Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson leads efforts with the Lower Colorado River Authority and PEC to supply affordable electricity, credit options, and improved farm life while keeping rates low and profits returned to customers.
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Texas
Joe
Dad
Colorado
PEC
REA
LCRA
Texas Farmers Build Largest Electric Cooperative in America
The rugged fringe of west Kerrville to Caldwell and Travis Counties embraces a surge of pride as farmers form the world’s largest electric cooperative. They credit collective effort with transforming rural life and credit Lyndon Johnson, elected to Congress in 1937, for inspiring reforms seen in the Lower Colorado River Authority harnessing power from the river to aid rural Texas communities.
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Kerrville
Caldwell
Travis
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson City
Congress
Texas Tva
Lower
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
Johnson
Nesters
Farm Committee
REA
Expatisa
Patriotic Contest Aims to Celebrate Americanism Nationwide
Piggly Wiggly stores sponsor a nationwide contest titled I'm Glad I'm An American. Entrants write a 100 word reason why they are glad to be American and mail before midnight February 29 for a share of 1000 dollars in six awards. Judges include Major Clark Howell, John Paschall and Dr Thomas H English. The effort links patriotism with community values and independent business.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Land
Liberty
America
Clark Howell
South
The
Atlanta Constitution
John Paschall
Atlanta Journal
Thomas H. English
Emory University
Texas Baptist Sunday School Convention Heads South
Thousands of Texas Baptist Sunday School workers prepare to attend the state convention in Harlingen March 5 6 7 1940. Attendance last year reached about 10000 with 3086 Sunday schools represented and 623622 total enrollment.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Baptist
Harlingen
Waco
Baptist Sunday Schools of Texas
Texas Baptist Sunday School
San Antonio
Perry Morgan
Ridgecrest
N. C
T. L. Holcomb
Nashville
Sunday School Board
Tennessee
Robert Jolly
Memorial Hospital
Houston
Robert H. Coleman
B. B. McKinney
Nashvile
Troy Campbell
Sessons
Municipal Auditorium
R. C. Campbell
Baptist General Convention
W. H. McKenzie
Austin
L. R. Scarborough
Southwestern Theological Baptist Seminary
Ft. Worth
Perry IF. Webb
First Baptist Church
Jeff Davis
Julia Mae Slaughter
Manon Seawell
E. Douglas Carver
Texas orders 300 new fish transport containers
Austin Texas January 29 The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission announced a new five gallon fish transport container invented by Texans that provides a continuous supply of oxygen in water It will help move fish from hatcheries to lakes with fewer losses and save money The department plans to provide 34 containers to each of its ten state hatcheries and the cans include a patented galvanized insert
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Game Department
Austin
Texas
Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission
University of Texas Exhibit Traces History of Children's Books
Parents and teachers in Austin lament scarce good books for children. UT librarians highlight a rare collection exhibit at the Mira beau B Lamar Library showing works from Aesop to modern Disney illustrated volumes. Donated items include Greenaway, Caldecott, Rackham, and Cr ui kshank pieces, plus Mary Lamb and Shelley titles and Joel Chandler Harris manuscripts.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Kate Greenaway
Walt Disney Studios
Homer P. Rainey
Hulon Black
Rudolph Willard
C. W. Hall
Wesley Bible
Bunyan
Defoe
Mary Wolstonecraft
Shelley
Caldecott
Walter Crane
Edmund Dulac
Maxfield Parrish
Arthur Rackham
Mrs Alfred Staedtler Dies at 60 in Cherry Spring Area
Mrs Martha Wendel Staedtler born November 1879 in Gillespie County died January 25 1940 aged 60 years 1 month 26 days. Survived by husband Alfred Staedtler and children Selma Erich Richard Helen Meta Alfred Ewald. brothers and sisters Martin Oswald Wendel Mrs August Krueger Mrs Louis Seiter Mrs Chas Jedlika Mrs Arthur Crenwelge Mrs Herman Crenwelge Mrs Weston Luckenbach. one grandchild. Funeral Saturday afternoon at Cherry Spring with church choir and Frauen Verein. interment Cherry Spring cemetery.
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Alfred Staedtler
Martha Wendel
Gillespie County
John Wendel
Alfred Staeddtler
Selma
Erich
Richard
Helen
Meta
Alfred
Ewald Staedtler
Martin
Oswald Wendel
August Krueger
Louis Seiter
Chas. Jedlika
Arthur Crenwelge
Herman Crenwelge
Weston Luckenbach
J. M. Bergner
Cherry Spring Church
Modern gasoline plant changes quickly
Austin chemist Dr. E P Schoch of the University of Texas says refining advances may obsolete today’s plants within five years. He notes by products from cracking could surpass gasoline, citing Spindletop as a starting point for new petroleum uses. The UT radio program airs Mondays 9 to 9:30 p m.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
E. P. Schoch
University
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
Frontiers of Progress
Dr. Schoch
Beaumont
Texas State Network
Willow City Farmer Bitten By Rattle snake
Aaron Gold, a Willow City farmer, was bitten on the right foot by a rattlesnake while checking traps on a Monday afternoon. He shot the four foot snake and was taken to a Fredericksburg hospital for first aid. he was reported out of danger.
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Aaron Gold
Willow City
Mr. Gold
Fredericksburg
Texas Poultry Shipments Rise Despite Slump in Chickens
Austin reports total Texas poultry movement grew 41.5 percent in 1939 from 1938. Turkey shipments jumped from 887 to 607 cars, up 66.8 percent, while egg shipments fell from 24 to 11 cars. Forest fires threaten Texas wildlife biologists note.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Business Restatisticians
Cyclone Davis Dies at 85 Former Texas Leader
Cyclone Davis died at Kaufman on Wednesday at age 85. A prominent prohibition leader he once served as Texas congressman at large. Widely known beyond Texas, he had recent interest in old age pensions. Surviving are his widow, four sons, and a brother Jim. A 19 month old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Smith burned hand on coals after falling into a fireplace.
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Cyclone Davis
Kaufman
Texas
Davis
Jim
Frank Smith
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