Pensions and the worker's freedom in a changing economy
The text argues pensions complicate incentives, potentially harming employment for older workers and prompting “industrial feudalism.” It discusses flexible pensions to allow job changes, and favors adequate federal pensions, urging revisions to reflect wage power and skill levels, criticizing House Bill 6000 and current Social Security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Taylor
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Harper Lions Banquet Set To Honor Harper High Football Team
Harper Lions Club plans a Feb 22 banquet at Harper School to honor the Harper High School football players and pep squad girls. Guest speaker Dr. Carl V. Bredt of the University of Texas will attend. preparations include chicken dinners, cherry pies, ice cream, and decorations by Lions members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Lions
Harper Lions Club
Harper High School
Neal Fox
Carl V. Bredt
University of Texas, Austin
Bredt
Central Texas
Texas Longhorns
Lion Roland Johnson
Harper
Lion W. A. Brown
Lion Worth Howe
Lions Club
Holland Walker
Fred Whitewood
Neal B. Fox
Carl Oehler
Arthur Biersenwale
Floy Bode
Aubrey Harper
W. A. Brown
J. A. Peril
Chas. Barrett
Ed. Walker
Clint Brown
Allen Gibson
Worth Howe
Rex Fox
Watkins Tarr
Roland Johnson
E. Dean Hopf
J. R. Peril
Harper Club
Lions den
Lion Peril
Kimble County Ranchers Attend Harper Soil Meeting
Kimble County ranchers gathered at the Legion Hall in Harper for an Upper Llanos Soil Conservation District meeting. E R Brown led the session with Soil Conservation Service technicians from Junction, detailing local district efforts and demonstrating native grass samples and photos. Several ranchers applied for technical assistance, with many already cooperating in the district project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimble County
Harper
Upper Llanos
E. M. Schmidt
Hollan Walker
Thomas M. Whetstone
Belton Tatsch
Lehnes Honor Their Son Robert on 28th Birthday
Mr and Mrs Alfred Lehne hosted a turkey dinner honoring their son Robert on his 28th birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Alex Seipp of San Antonio Mrs Mary Lehne Tillie Lehne Louis Lehne Mr and Mrs Emil Lehne Mr and Mrs Gilbert Crenwelge and their son and the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Lehne
Robert
Alex Seipp
San Antonio
Mary Lehne
Tillie Lehne
Louis Lehne
Emil Lehne
Gilbert Crenwelge
Lehne
Farmers Boys League Meeting in Fredericksburg
The revived Farmer Boys League gathered at Seipp's Hall Fredericksburg Thursday night with delegates from Comfort Fredericksburg Har p er Listerdale and Albert ready to form teams for the 1950 season. A subsequent meeting was set for March 1 at Seipp's Hall to elect officials and draft the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Boys League
Fredericksburg
Seipp’s Hall
Omer Cottle
Harper
Martin Marquart
Listerdale
Clinton Lindig
Albert
Seipp
Comfort
Kerrville News Enter Hill Country Baseball League
Kerrville was admitted into the Hill Country Baseball League at an Comfort meeting last week, replacing Harper. First games of the 1950 season will be played on Easter Sunday. Officers include Mutae Boerne as president Alfred Orris as vice president J B Welch as secretary and Frank Simier as Kerrville treasurer. League directors include Alfred Norris Camp Stanley C D Miller Kerrville Dr L W Feller Frederickesburg Martin Marquardt Stonewall J E Welch Goforth and Tony Leidl. List of member towns includes Comfort Boerne Fredericksburg Kerrville Camp Stanley and Stonewall. Listerdale must decide by Feb 20 whether to enter.
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Kerrville
Hill Country Baseball League
Comfort
Harper
Apie A
Ae Ht
Ing
Mut
Ae Boerne
Alfred Orris
Ae Stanley
J. B. Welch
Stonewall
Frank Simier
Kutzer
Elton Jordan
Stormer
Martin
Marquart
Listerdale
Bill Kaiser
Morris Goforth
Alfred Norris
Camp Stanley
C. D. Miller
L. W. Feller
Frederickesburg
Martin Marquardt
Siste
J. E. Welch
Goforth
Tony Leidl
Boerne
Fredericksburg
Dedication of New Scout Hut At Stonewall
Dedication of the Stonewall Troop 1388 Scout Hut Sunday at 5 30 p m features an open house program with 41 attendees. A 40th anniversary pot luck followed at Stonewall High School Gym with a Court of Honor awarding Second Class to Henry J Burg Herbert Nebgen Gary Cravens Life to Charles Klein Star to Delton Behrens and merit badges to Charles Klein and Scoutmaster James Eckert. Seventy parents families guests and Scouts attended. Cpl Alton Klein Associate out of ae 138 visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Stonewall
Ad. Nebgen
Stonewall High School
Boy Scouts of America
Henry J. Burg
Herbert Nebgen
Gary Cravens
Charles Klein
Delton Behrens
James Eckert
Cpl
Alton Klein
Arabia’s Unexplored Interior Rests Beyond Reach
The article notes Arabia holds vast unexplored regions with few European or American travelers venturing inland beyond about 60 miles from the coast in the southern part of the country, indicating limited exploration.
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Arabia
Hill Country Study Club Hosts Mrs. Dittmar for February
The Hill Country Study Club met at Mrs. Robert O. Dittmar’s home for its February session. The group approved sponsoring the newly organized Intermediate Girl Scouts and held a panel on Setting the Table covering linen pottery china crystal and silver. A current event followed with refreshments of molded chicken salad potato salad pickled peaches tea crackers fruit cake red hots tea and coffee.
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Hill Country Study Club
Robert O. Dittmar
Rural Roads Rally Set At Fredericksburg Court House
A county wide meeting on better rural roads funded by natural resources severance taxes will be held in the District Court room at Fredericksburg on Friday February 24 at 730 p m. Spearheaded by the Texas Rural Roads Association and Judge H Hirsch with Robert G Dillard executive director the rally aims to back permanent improvements for rural roads soil conservation and related facilities through a severance tax program. Similar events will follow in 74 counties across the state with Gillespie County invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court Room
Fredericksburg
The
Texas Rural Roads Asociation
H. Hirsch
Robert G. Dillard
Texas Rural Roads Association
Texas
R. N. Stripling
San Augustine
Stripling
Dillard
Gillespie County
Mrs Duderstadt Visits Temple. Father Hospitals Here
Mrs M R Duderstadt spent several days in Temple with her father who is hospitalized now. Friends will be glad to know that Mrs Lon Whetstone is doing nicely and is up in the wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Duderstadt
Temple
Bessie Carruthers
San Angelo
J. R. Peril
Visit to Alfred Leanne’s home by Kinehn couple
Mr and Mrs Charles Kinehn along with daughter Lillie Mae visited the home of Mr and Mrs Alfred Leanne Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gammenthaler
Alfonso Novjan
Fredericksburg
Elbert Feller
Charles Kinehn
Tor
Lillie Mae
Alfred Leanne
Eagle Badges Awarded To Two Doss Scouts
Eagle badges were awarded to two Doss Boy Scouts, Lorin and Marion Baethge, during a Saturday night Boy Scout Week program at the Doss School House. The photo shows the boys with their parents, scoutmaster Harry Wahrmund, district scout executive H. L. Gaskin, and other family members in Reading, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doss
Lorin
Marion Baethge
H. L. Gaskin
Austin
Henry Baethge
Henry
Baethge
Alfred Baethge
Lorin Baethge
Harry Wahrmund
Gillespie County Tax Rolls Show 97.42 Percent Collected
Final 1949 ad valorem tax tabulations by county tax assessor collector Wm. M. Petmecky show Gillespie County paid 97.42 percent of levies as of January 31, 1950. The 2.3 percent remaining due carries penalties rising to 14 percent by July 1, 1950.
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Gillespie County
Wm. M. Petmecky
Petmecky
Junior Class Valentine Party At Legion Hall
Members of the Junior Class with their sponsors teachers and room mothers enjoyed a Valentine party Tuesday night at the Legion Hall. Delicious sandwiches olives potato chips cake and frosted punch were served to the group.
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Legion Hall
St. Anthony's Parish
Youth Sodality
Richard Roeder
J. M. Stevens Ranch
Gillespie 4-H Club Organized in Harper
Seventeen boys and girls met in the schoolhouse to form a Gillespie County 4-H Club with officers Carlton Wendel president Douglas Tatsch vice president Kermit Strackbein secretary treasurer and a recreation committee. Members discussed Sears Sheep program and project opportunities. The group aims to grow, join other county clubs, and align with a county 4-H calendar set with C A Stone the Gillespie County Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Carlton Wendel
Douglas Tatsch
Kermit Strackbein
Gene Tatsch
Alois Lange
Delphine Maurer
Cyrus Schmidt
Bobbie Brown
Cecil Tatsch
Clint Brown
Victor Wendel
Lochte Elected President of Gillespie County 4 H Club
The Gillespie County 4 H Club was officially organized with 51 members and 26 leaders electing F C Lochte as president. James Eckhardt became vice president, Roland Crenwelge secretary treasurer, and Kenneth Maner reporter. Committees formed in recreation enrollment and finance as $24 23 was raised for club expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Agriculture
Charley Stone
Stone
F. C. Lochle
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David Schmidt
A. C. Wendel
Fred Gammenthaler
Brotherhood OF Man
Allan Shivers
Shivers
W. F. McNamara
Joe C. Carrington
H. J. Ettlinger
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Alfred Lehnes
Herald
R. O. Dittmar
Court House
Gillespie
C. A. Stone
Peggy Hopf
F. C. Lochte
St. Anthony
Albert Perchard
Frank Kroll
Canes
J. BR. McGee
New Boston
de. V. Brindley
Temple Theatses
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