Community Notes From Harper and Nearby Towns
White Bluff residents and visitors are listed in a sequence of brief notes. Among them are Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dyer in Harper, SW T T C students Dorothy Nell Whitewood Audrey Brown and Madge Whitewood visiting from San Marcos, and Cadet Charles D Schmidt of Peacock Military Academy home for Easter. Other items mention shopping trips to Fredericksburg and San Saba, PTA meetings, and visits by families including the Duderstadts, Gamels, Honigs, and Kinsey/Carter groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Dyer
Harper
Dorothy Nell Whitewood
Audrey Brown
Madge Whitewood
San Marcos
R. J
Fredericksburg
Charles D. Schmidt
Peacock Military Academy
Douglas Duderstadt
George Duderstadt
David Schmidt
San Saba
Evelyn Honig
Lutheran College
Charley Coffey
Charles
Harold
Sam Honig
Miss Ida
Bill Brown
R. J. Gamel
Scotty Kinsey
Aubrey Carter
Junior Whitewood
Elbert Schmidt
Texas Buddies From Fredericksburg And Harper Have Lots In Common
Two Texas buddies Monroe J. Lang and Dudley M. Lee, both 19, aboard a Pacific battleship, share hometown ties Harper and Fredericksburg. They fought through the Gilbert, Marshall, Palau, Kavieng Bay, Leyte and Luzon campaigns, earning seven battle stars and planning to buy ranches after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Texas
Harper High School
Fresno
Calif
Pleasanton
Lee
Fredericksburg High
Hell
High Water
Gilbert
Marshalls
Palau
Kavieng Bay
Surigon Strait
Leyte
Luzon
Local residents visit family and make regional trips
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lee Stevens and daughter Martha Jean visited Mrs. A. C. Wendel. Ed Tatsch Ed Marschall and son Eldon were Harper visitors. Stella Duderstadt and Edna Behrens spent Sunday with Dan Arnold family. Herman and Edwin Jung traveled to Fredericksburg. Clifford Bode and son visited Fredericksburg. John Walker and Homer Walker of Kerrville visited O. B. Walker's family. Viola Marshall spent time with Ed Marschall. Oscar Bode and Leo Harper visitors. Theo Oehler business trip to Fredericksburg. Earl Benner family visited Mack Henderson. Cpl. Dayton Rahe and Mrs. Henderson Walker and Howard Wayne Rahe Harper visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Tatsch
Marschall
Eldon
Harper
Stella Duderstadt
Edna Behrens
Dan Arnold
Herman
Edwin Jung
Fredericksburg
Clifford Bode
John Walker
Homer Walker
Kerrville
O. B. Walker
Viola Marshall
New Hampshire Taxpayer Voices Postwar Labor Clash
A New Hampshire taxpayer warns that postwar boom proposals could pit government projects against private employers for labor and materials, with taxpayers bearing the cost and politicians gaining only from project handouts. Also notes a Baptist Church sermon by Rev. T. H. Alcorn and several local social visits among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
T. H. Alcorn
Ingram
The
Baptist Church
V. A. Hopf
Robert Dittmar
Doss
Otto Dittmar
Pillars of Lasting Peace program on Texas State Network
Texas State Network broadcasts a Sunday April 8 program on Pillars of Lasting Peace from Fort Worth via KFJZ. Protestant Jewish Catholic leaders discuss the Pattern for Peace Dumbarton Oaks Proposals and Bishops Peace Statement with music by Albertine Choir. Local visits noted include San Antonio Fredericksburg and Luckenbach residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Network
Catholic Action Council of Men
Knights of Columbus
Radio Committee of
St. John’s Seminary
People of
Cecil Morgan
Sol Brachman
Paul McDermott
Morgan
Brachman
Fort Worth
Bernard J. Lunt
Students Discuss Lasting Peace On Air
Four Texas Catholic colleges send delegates to a radio forum on the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals and Bishops' Peace Statement. The 1:09 to 1:30 p m program on Lone Star Chain is chaired by Rev. Alfred Rabe with students from Our Lady of the Lake College Incarnate Word College St Marys University San Antonio and Fort Worths Our Lady of Victory College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Lone Star Chain
Dumbarton Oaks
Alfred Rabe
St. Mary’s University School of Law
Sue Wilbert
Jane Laflin
Robert T. Schlitt
Our Lady of the Lake College
Incarnate Word College
St. Mary's University of San Antonio
Marcellia Koelzer
Our Lady of Victory College of Fort Worth
Catholic Radio Week
Council of Catholic Men
Knights of Columbus
St. John's Seminary
J. B. Reiger
Harper
James Jung
Weekend Visit Highlights in Texas Towns
Mrs Dan Wiley and Mrs V C Russel Sr spent the week end in San Antonio visiting Mr and Mrs Levi Fairchild. Mr Fairchild is ill in the home of his brother Garfield Fairchild. Mr and Mrs Edgar Strackbein and two children spent several days in Fredericksburg with his parents Mr and Mrs August Strackbein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie McDougall
San Antonio
Henry Jenschke
Fredericksburg
Wm. Kaiser
Ooo
A. J. Arnold
Menard
Gordon Harper
Dan Wiley
V. C. Russel Sr
Levi Fairchild
Fairchild
Garfield Fairchild
Edgar Strackbein
August Strackbein
Also Mentioned on This Page
White Bluff
Inez Whitewood
Homer Lee Stevens
Martha Jean
A. C. Wendel
Miss Vleane
Walker
Ida Kneese
Clifton
Forest Green
Round Mountain
A. B. Barker
Charlie Rogers
Carl Oehler
Edwin Tatsch
H. Welge Lewis
Moritz Farm Equipment Co
J. I. Case Farm
Monark
Goodyear Farm
Blum Store
John Moritz
W. Main St
Mrs
John S. Morris
Emil Petsch
Luckenbach
J. L. Bierschwabe
Henry Hopf
Joe Ann Kinsey
J. S. Whitewood
Herald
Leo Klein
A. A. Gitter
Moritz
Fredericksburg, Texas
Aie
Tata
Fawcett’s
Spring Creek Hall
Harper Highway
Arthur Reed
Rock Drug Store
Kerrville, Texas
Clem
Confer Wuss of Alcoholia Beseregs Industries, Er
Wm. Strackbein
Sinclair Gas & Oils
BIL
Karper
L Kaiser
Meee
Kerr County Motor CO
Gulf Richa
Roeder
Texaco Service
Joe P. Kaiser
Mgr
Otto General
Harper, Texas
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