War Is Unthinkable Yet Duty Demands Action
A persuasive wartime op ed argues that seeing war as unthinkable invites communist conquest and tyranny. It urges citizens to oppose aggression, defend civilians, and uphold law through police and military means, warning pacifism can empower invaders. The piece cites Britain in 1938 and the Spanish Civil War as cautionary examples, ending with a prompt to continue the discussion.
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Chamberlain
Munich
Hitler
France
United States
Czechoslovakia
Poland
League of Nations
Spain
Franco
Mussolini
Boston
Teacher Janice Spaeth Attends National Homemaker Meet
Miss Janice Spaeth, a Uvalde High School teacher and Harper native, attended the National Future Homemakers of America meeting in Washington DC from July 11 to 15. She accompanied five Area VII Texas attendees Eloise Sutherland San Antonio Teresa Blackwell San Antonio Bette Puckett Austin Rebecca Parker Sabinal.
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Janice Spaeth
Uvalde High School
Alfred Spaeth
Harper
Future Homemakers of America
Statler Hilton
Washington, D.C
Miss Spaeth
Area VII
Texas
Eloise Sutherland
Uvalde
Teresa Blackwell
San Antonio
Bette Puckett
Austin
Rebecca Parker
Landis Enters Gillespie County Sheriff Race
Ernest Landis announces candidacy for Gillespie County sheriff ahead of the November general election. He is a farmer and rancher, noted quarterhorse breeder, WWII veteran, and active member of local clubs and churches. He plans to campaign widely across the county and asks for voters' support.
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Ernest L. Landis
Radio Post
Gillespie County
Landis
Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Fredericksburg
Ex Longhorn End Leaves For Coaching School
Martin Ray Fiedler a 1960 Harper High School graduate will travel to McMurry College Abilene this Sunday July 24 to attend coaching school A football game between the Northern All Stars and Southern All Stars will cap the training on Friday July 29 Fiedler represents Harper Center Point Leaky and Medina all in District 16B
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Martin Ray Fiedler
Harper High School
McMurray College
Abilene
Fiedler
Harper
Center Point
Leaky
Medina
Johnson greeted by large crowd at LBJ Ranch welcome
Senator Lyndon Johnson arrives from the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles and is met by a crowded throng at the LBJ Ranch. He speaks briefly and shakes hands despite fatigue as Mrs. Betty Weinheimer guides the welcome crowd.
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Lyndon Johnson
LBJ Ranch
Los Angeles
Betty Weinheimer
Van C Brown Elected Post Commander In Harper
Harper Sageser-Haas Post of The American Legion elected Van C Brown as post commander at a July meeting. Officers named include Herbert Gamel as vice commander Dayton Rahe adjutant Elmer Lange finance officer Rev W H Toddy chaplain Everett Fletcher sergeant at arms Morris Bein historian and Jack Jones service officer. Auxiliary officers were chosen with Mrs R E Bode president Mrs John Honig vice president Mrs Max Lange treasurer and Mrs Jack Jones secretary. William Lange reported on Boys State at Austin.
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Harper
Tome
Auxiliary
R. E. Bode
John Honig
Max Lange
Jack Jones
Legion
William Lange
Boys’ State
Austin
Methodist Revival Dates Announced by Official Board
Official Board sets August 3 as start of revival services at 8 pm nightly through Sunday August 28 with 11 am Sunday service and invitation to all. Rev E C Lambert to preach on July 25 with theme When Will the World Have a Revival. Local families visited over weekend.
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E. C. Lambert
Big Crowd Welcomes LBJ Home After VP Nomination
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Baines Johnson arrived at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall with Lady Bird Johnson and daughters Lucy Baines and Linda Bird amid 300 400 well wishers. He spoke briefly from KNAF and said he would work with John Kennedy to win the election.
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Los Angeles
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Stonewall
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Linda Bird
Betty Weinheimer
Harold Stehling
Roy Fey
The
Jaycees
Francis Walch
Radio Post
Fredericksburg
Jack
KNAF
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Mrs. Herbert Wahrmund Laid To Rest In Arkansas
Mrs. Herbert Wahrmund nee Paula Katherine Metzger died July 9 at Morriston Hospital Arkansas from burns. Funeral July 14 at St. Joseph's Church with Father Mays officiating. interment Center Ridge Catholic cemetery. Survived by husband Herbert and five children, mother Mrs. Metzger, two sisters, father-in-law Frank Wahrmund, and several relatives. Attendees from the area included Metzger and Pohler families.
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Paula Katherine Metzger
Rt. 1
Springfield
Arkansas
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Burns
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Center Ridge Catholic Cemetery
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Stonewall
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Harper
Jerry
Germany
Joan
California
Olin
Gene
Roy
Lydia
Otto Braeuttgam
Meta
Ben
Pohler
Fredericksburg
Frank Wahrmund
Ben Pohler
Daniel
Otto Braetiga
Joe Kaiser
Requirements Governing Removal Of Cattle From Livestock Markets
Rules outline joint responsibility of buyers and market operators for brucellosis testing and vaccination before cattle leave markets. Exemptions apply to cattle from Modified Certified Brucellosis Counties or free herds with health certificates, with quarantine and retesting requirements. Violators must test negative before departure, with provisions for facilities lacking labs and veterinarian approval for tests.
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Texas Animal Health Commission
Physicist Duderstadt Joins Texas Research Associates in Austin
Worth Duderstadt accepts a position as a research physicist with Texas Research Associates in Austin. The UT graduate, who served three years aboard the USS Boyd in the Western Pacific, will reside with his wife and daughter at 607 Wilmes Street. Lt I Duderstadt was the engineering officer aboard the Boyd. The family spent time with relatives in San Angelo and San Antonio area as Robert Pursued graduate studies at Texas A&M for three weeks.
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O. D. Parker
Douglas Duderstadt
Kiarper
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