Will a Thousand-Dollar Car Arrive Soon Explains Tax Salesman
Henry J. Taylor argues free enterprise in autos nears a thousand-dollar car price but notes most buyers pay about 400 in taxes embedded in the price. He urges clear price tagging to reveal auto and tax components, warns of welfare-state politics, and cites England as a cautionary example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Caesar
Rome
Medici
Florence
Italy
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Huey Long
Louisiana
England
March of Dimes Campaign Opens in Gillespie County
Frederickburg polio patients Robert Schandua age 11 and Charles Schandua age 4, sons of Mr and Mrs Emil Schandua Jr, place a dollar in a campaign box as Gillespie County NFIP opens Jan 16. Both boys remain hospitalized. Robert is paralyzed from the hips while Charlie walks with effort. Their parents took them to Gonzales for Warm Springs therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Schandua
Charles Schandua
Emil Schandua, Jr
Fredericksburg
Texas
Gillespie County
Robert
Charlie
MacDonald
Gonzales
Warm Springs Foundation
Kitchen Party At Home Of David Schmidt
Mr and Mrs David Schmidt hosted a Kitchen Party at their White Bluff home January 13 1950. The event showcased an electric range and was sponsored by Kimble Electric Cooperative and Fredericksburg Machine Shop. Evelyn Honig demonstrated four meals using the range and offered help with electrical and household problems. Attendees included E R Brown Milton Dyer Hollan Walker Paul Barr C Kirk John Honig Fred Whitewood Sam Honig Carl Whitworth Donna Beth Elgin Schmidt Delbert Oehler Davene Schmidt and the hosts. Also noted are local visitors Alfred Leline Roy Steitle Roland Johnson Dorothy McDavid Beatrice Sagebiel and Elmer Lee Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Schmidt
White Bluff
Kimble Electric Cooperative, Inc
Kimble County
Fredericksburg
Frigidaire
Evelyn Honig
Electric Co-Op
Honig
E. R. Brown
Milton Dyer
Hollan Walker
Paul Barr
C. Kirk
John Honig
Fred Whitewood
Sam Honig
Carl O. Whitworth
Donna Beth
Gilbert Ottmer
Arnold Kliinksick
Elgin Schmidt
Delbert Oehler
Davene Schmidt
Oliver Ruskey Buried at Alvin
Mrs S S Stewart and Mrs A J Arnold attended Oliver Ruskey funeral near Alvin after he died of heart failure while working in an oil field. Born near Katy Texas and raised at Wharton and Fort Bend he was 51. Survived by wife Elaine and son Clarence, two grandchildren, a brother Willie Ruskey, sisters Dullie and Mamie. Burial in Alvin with Presbyterian rites led by Rev Cecil Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Stewart
A. J. Arnold
Edwin Sears
Alvin
Oliver Ruskey
Mr. Ruskey
Harper
Katy
Texas
Wharton
Fort Bend
Cecil Smith
Elaine
Kerrville
Clarence
Willie Ruskey
Dullie
Henry Schroeder
Mamie
Richard Crowder
Harper Parent Teachers Add New Books To Library
Harper PTA plans to expand the school library by adding new volumes. The Harper Volunteer Fire Department held its annual officer election with Floy Bode as president and Richard Roeder continuing as fire chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Volunteer Fire Department
Floy Bode
Roy Roberts
Edwin Klein
Richard Roeder
Bill Kaiser
Fred Wedekind
Jack Minter
Harper Fire Department
Harper
Walter Ottmers
Fredericksburg
Ottmers
Gulf Service Station
Otto Rahe
Harper PTA Votes To Add Books To Library
The Harper Parent Teachers Association met January 4 and voted to add new books to the school library as this year’s project. PTA library chairman Mrs. Neal Fox presented a study on library use across subjects and a committee was named to select purchases. Mrs. Robert Dittmar to chair, with J. Phillip Rogers and Mrs. Roland Johnson assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
Chaiirman
Neal Fox
Harper
PTA Association
Robert Dittmar
J. Phillip Rogers
Roland Johnson
Dittmar
Harper Basketeers to Meet Rocksprings Saturday Night
A Harper basketball team hosts Rocksprings at the Harper gymnasium Saturday night January 21 at 8 p.m. The Harper lineup features Dean Hopf Worth Howe J R Peril Elbert Feller Clayton Feller Chas Gammenthaler Pooch Harper and Omer Cottle. News includes 4 H Club show results and a Lutheran church address by Rev W J Goerner with a reprint planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Basketeers
Harper
Harper Gymnasium
Dean Hopf
Worth Howe
J. R. Peril
Elbert Feller
Clayton Feller
Chas. Gammenthaler
Pooch Harper
Omer Cottle
Grand Narp er Grand Narper Champion Fat Lamb Sells
A grand champion fat lamb sold to a rancher for 2.01 per pound at a two day stock show benefiting FFA and 4-H. The sale totals included 109 lambs 17 beef animals 21 hogs three fryer pens 27 capons and 3 turkeys with Joe Tatum and Walter Fuhrmann aiding the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
4-H Club
Joe Tatum
Fredericksburg
Walter Fuhrmann
Thomas Pape
Robert Pape
Gillespie Co. Boys
W. L. McGinley
Hanper
Dallas
Center
Lem Jones
End Of Tax And Poll Tax Period Narrowly Approaching
Tax Assessor-Collector Wm. M. Petmecky warns that the current tax and poll tax period ends January 31. Taxes unpaid by then incur penalties and interest. late poll taxes will not grant voting privileges. Only 13 poll tax receipts issued in October, with few in early November. Eligible 21 to 60 year olds should verify October or November payments to ensure poll tax receipts are included. The note highlights an election year with multiple races and elections. Young people turning 21 in 1949 or 1950 must secure exemptions by January 31.
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Wm. M. Petmecky
M Sgt Herbert Goerner Graduates From Army Medical School
Master Sergeant Herbert J. Goerner of the Air Force Medical Department, son of Rev and Mrs W J Goerner Harper, has graduated from the Medical Department Warrant Officer Preparatory and Refresher Course at Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Texas. The class prepares noncommissioned officers for warrant officer duties and the graduates return to Army Air Force and Navy posts. Also noted is a visit by Mr and Mrs Ted Kiser to Mrs W O Brown and a tax office overnight hours on January 30 and 31 for taxpayers unable to attend during normal hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J. Goerner
Air Force Medical Department
W. J. Goerner
Harper
Medical Department
Medical Field Service School
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Army
Air Force
Navy
Helping Hands Club Meets in January Session
The Helping Hands Club gathered at Mrs. Arthur Baumann's home on Thursday January 12 with eleven members present. New president Mrs. Wm Strackbein led the meeting. Secretary Lydia Bierschwabe read December minutes and discussed cookbooks sold at Baumann's and local stores. A motion directed a $2.50 donation to Reynolds Presbyterian Home in memory of Oliver Ruskey. Chairmen for committees will be named at the February 9 meeting. Hostess provided sandwiches cookies and Kool Aid.
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Arthur Baumann
Wm. Strackbein
Lydia Bierschwabe
Bamann
Reynolds Presbyterian Home
Oliver Ruskey
Benefit Show At 87 Drive-In To Aid Polio Drive
A Tuesday night benefit at the 87 Drive-In Theatre Frig will screen Penrod and Sam to raise funds for the Gillespie County National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Proceeds go to polio treatment, with admission 5c adults and 9c children under 12. first 7 pm, second 8 15 pm.
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Penrod and
Sam
Frig
Gillespie County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Herb’ Durst
Gillespie County Committee
Poljo
Penrod
Mausch Twins
Booth Tarkington
Hill Country Study Club Elects Officers at January Meeting
The Hill Country Study Club held its January meeting at Mrs. Dean Hopf’s home. Officers for the year were elected including Glen Hopf as president Belton Tatsch as vice president Dean Hopf as recording secretary Worth Howe as corresponding secretary Peggye Gould as treasurer R E Peril as comedy delegate V C Whitworth as historian R O Dittmar as parliamentarian Dorothy McDavid as reporter and Roland Johnson as federation counselor. A program by V C Whitworth on kitchen arrangement and Carl Whitworth on world conditions followed with ribbon sandwiches cake and punch served.
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Hill Country Study Club
Dean Hopf
Glen Hopf
Belton Tatsch
Worth Howe
Peggye Gould
R. E. Peril
V. C. Whitworth
R. O. Dittmar
Dorothy McDavid
Roland Johnson
Federation
Carl Whitworth
Harper Stock Show Winners Revealed for Missed Classes
The Harper Herald lists winners from last week’s fat stock show, adding classes 14 to 18 omitted earlier. Winners include Ola Maertz Kimble 4-H, George Palmer Kimble 4-H, and multiple Harper FFA entries across Fine Wool Fat Lambs, Corriedale Cross Fat Lambs, Southdown Crom Fat, Southdown Fat Lambs, and Lightweight Suffolk Fat Lambs with Kerrville and Harper participants noted.
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Harper Boys
The
Herald
Plac
Ola Maertz
Kimble
George Palmer
H. Colon Barrett
Harper Ffa
Clark Spierschwab
Corriedale Cross
Jackie Kathorne
Jackie Eathorne
Howard Walker
Kerrville
Southdown Crom Fat Lambs
Bobby Benner
Leroy Tatsch
Worth Duderstadt
Harper Kenneth Whitewood
Marper IA
James Tarr
Kimble +N Gud
Gilbert Meradebein
Narper Ffa
Leroy Tatech
Marper Ffa
Texas Lutheran College seeks $500000 for expansion
Plans announced for a fundraising campaign to add a student union gymnasium women’s dormitory and chapel at Texas Lutheran College in Seguin now in its second year as an accredited senior college. The goal is about 500000 funded through the Texas District American Lutheran Church and led by Dr A G Wiederaenders with more than 200 congregations expected to participate. Names include St James Harper and American Lutheran Churches Doss and Cherry Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Texas Lutheran College
Texas Lutheran
American Lutheran Church
Texas
A. G. Wiederaenders
College Development Association
St. James Lutheran Congregation
Harper
American Lutheran
Doss
Cherry Spring
Anniversary Honors For Mr and Mrs Carl Keller
Mrs Wichard Roeder hosted a dinner at her home honoring Mr and Mrs Carl Keller on their 43rd wedding anniversary. J J Rogers of Uvalde visited family here, Rogers returning to the ranch Monday. Mrs Rogers remains with relatives. Mr and Mrs Frank Staudt were visitors in Fredericksburg. Mrs Cottle visited her daughter Mrs C N Taylor in Harper then returned home. Mr and Mrs Werner Keidel Jr and children of Fredericksburg joined Mr and Mrs Otto Rake for a Sunday gathering. Mrs Roland H Johnson, sponsor of the Harper High School ninth grade class, received a $20 contribution from Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children. The foundation thanked the class and invited a visit. Mr and Mrs Paul Staudt were business visitors in Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichard Roeder
Carl Keller
J. J. Rogers
Uvalde
Phil
Frank Staudt
Ouona
Mars. J. $. Cottle
C. N. Taylor
Harper
M.s. Roland H. Johnson
Harper High School
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Johnson
Mississippi
Mrs. Johnson
Texas
Jack Blackwell
Restricted Parcel Contents To Germany
The US Postoffice Dept releases guidance on shipments to Germany limiting contents. No more than 5 percent pounds of coffee or 9 ounces of tea may be included in gifts for household use, and packets of saccharine are capped at 300 tablets per parcel.
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US Postoffice Dept
Germany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry J. Taylor
Washington, D. C
Corte City
London
Tris
Norman Rech
John Dooley
Alfred Leline
Roy Steitle and Sons
San Antonio
Beatrice Sagebiel
Elmer Lee Russel
Harper Firemen
W. 4. Goerner
Watkins Tarr
James
Junction
Suffolk
Brown Whitewood
Kelly Parker
Edward Jesse Walker
St. James Lutheran Church of
Herbert Goerner
Army Medical School
Ted Kiser
W. O. Brown
Helping Hands Club
Harper Stock Show
Carl Balser
Southdown Fat Lambs
Bierschwale
Clark
Clark Ffa
Stackvem
Nerper
Alfred Lajene
W. E
Hubert Baumann
Antonio Is Vieting Hie Motier
Harper Neath
Carl, Keller
Werner Keidel Jr
Fredericksbag
Dayton Rake
Otto Rake
Roland H. Johnson
Harpper High School
Paul Staudt
Tank
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