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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1947
Page
2
Mrs A C Wendel is listed as authorized reporter for the Harper Texas area. The item notes a subscription price of 1.50 per year and emphasizes the newspaper as a vital medium for local news and developments.
Congress acts decisively in three months with four major annual appropriation bills passed. House advances Work-or-Fight and related measures while Nurse Draft Bill moves through Senate. Army needs 60,000 nurses to complement 44,000 on hand. shortages threaten care for wounded soldiers.
Five radio programs will dramatize Christ's Passion on Station WOAI starting March 27 at 5 15 p m. Led by William Gragan Pedro de Cordoba Una O Connor and supported by Jane Wyatt J Carroll Naish Dennis Day Cornelius Keefe Winona Matthews John Sheehan and Patricia Casey with Rev Charles Burns directing a roving Jerusalem broadcast.
Presbyterian boards prepare reader friendly worship and sermons as pastors serve war ministry. Bible reading drives and a plan to translate Christian classics into Chinese are outlined. London reports note church losses to robot bombs, while Dr. Moss begins a new radio series on postwar church reconstruction. Bishop Robinson takes Delhi district post in India.
Local religious notices detail Holy Week rites at Catholic and Lutheran churches including Masses on Palm Sunday Holy Thursday Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Parish councils meetings and Union Sunday School events across St James Lutheran Methodist Presbyterian and Baptist churches with Easter programs and invitations.
Holy Week is described as the time before Easter marking Christ's final public life. Palm Sunday begins the week with the entry into Jerusalem and the blessing of palms. Holy Thursday recalls the Last Supper and the institution of Holy Communion. Good Friday notes Christ's crucifixion, death, and burial, while Holy Saturday services culminate in Easter morning.
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