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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1939
Page
4
A column condemns a new law making pension union organizing a prison offense and calls for opposition to lawmakers who backed it. It argues equal rights for elder groups to lobby for pension favors, while warning of democratic threats and criticizes Huey Long era graft in Louisiana.
Dedication ceremonies for Gillespie County's new Courthouse scheduled for August 10 at three o'clock in the afternoon. Judge A N Moursund will deliver the dedicatory address. Public invited to attend and tour the building with guides. Officials and many out of county visitors expected. Congress members may attend if in session.
The Doss Home Demonstration Club met July 20 1939 at Mrs Otto Dittmars to plan a bazaar to accompany the Doss fair. A fish pond for children and an Art Gallery game were enjoyed. Members present included Mrs A A Wendel Mrs Alfred Baethge and others with visitors Mrs G Nixon and Miss Lela Rosenbusch. The next meeting will be at Mrs Alfred Baethges home on August 3.
A petition seeks an election to consolidate Pocket school with Harper independent district. Harper district will transport Reservation pupils, adding a new bus line. Mr and Mrs Rolan Taylor will continue teaching in Harper school. Patronize Herald Advertisers.
H. H. Fairchild serves as Sunday School Superintendent and Mrs J E Sylvester is Baptist Training Union Director. Sunday School 10:00 a m Preaching 11:00 a m Baptist Training Union 7:15 p m Preaching 8:40 p m Prayer Meeting Wednesday 6:00 p m W M U and W M S meet first Friday monthly. Everyone welcomed at the church.
Rev. M. P. Burton presides as Harper Methodist Church invites all to attend Sunday services every second third and fourth Sunday at 8 30 in the morning through Nov 1st. Sunday School at 9 30 each Sunday and Sunday night singing offered.
Special notice calls parishioners to a revival starting July 9 at 8 30 A M with daily preaching. Evening services at 8 30 each night and Sunday schedule includes Sunday school at 10 and sermon at 11 followed by dinner on the grounds.
Divine worship and Sunday school at 8 A M every Sunday except the fifth Sunday. English services on the first and third Sundays, German services on the second and fourth Sundays. Pastor Walter C Probst invites and welcomes you.
Mass on Sunday at 9 30 a m on the 8th Sunday monthly and all Holy Days of Obligation and great feasts with Masses at 8 and 9 30 a m Sunday school after the 9 30 Mass and all Parish Societies meet after the 9 30 Mass.
Mr and Mrs Walter Parker hosted Mr and Mrs S S Jobes and their son Sam Shelby with a barbecue dinner at the Park er residence. Refreshments included ice cream and ice tea, with a large number of relatives and friends in attendance.
H Welge Lewis, phone 223, Frederickaburg resident, reports cracked distillate used as tractor fuel. Mise Merle Coggeshall, visiting San Antonio, mentioned in local notes.
Gillespie County District Court opens the fall session in the new courthouse on August 21 in the large second floor district courtroom. Commissioners Court meets in the building for August session. District Clerk E L Schmidt moves early to prepare the court. A full list of Grand Jurors and two weeks of Petit Jurors is published.
The state automatic tax board keeps the per capita for public schools at $22, unchanged from last year. Several superintendents urged raising to $22.50. Texas has about 1,564 scholastics, allocating roughly $34.5 million. to keep schools open six months would need $23.08 per pupil.
Rocky Hill Girls 4-H Club met July 18 at Loreen Oehler’s garden. Miss Cornelia Faye Gtyrvart advised selecting firm sunsweetened tomatoes, peeling after a hot bath, and packing into jars with salt for tomato juice. Members Joyce Striegler Julia Stehling Lottie Eberle Victoria Arlitt Julia Mae Metzger Lily Mae Arlitt Loreen Oehler Betty Hartmann Lottie Stehling Blor ence Hartmann Irevre Baagour attended.
A title opinion request in a Louisiana land deal uncovers a Century chain from 1803. A New Orleans attorney traces the title through Spain and France to Columbus with papal authority cited. The exchange highlights jurisdictional claims and historical sovereignty used to justify land ownership.
Brady announces the third Brady Sheep and Goat Sale at Richards Park August 1 and 2 under the Brady Chamber of Commerce. Twenty seven breeders from multiple states enter 450 registered sheep and goats. Dick Homann from Kimble County will oversee the auction with high expectations after two prior successful sales.
New York Times editorial criticizes a strike by PWA workers after hours rose to 1380 a month. It argues relief programs should aid the unemployed, not support union or specific wage scales, and that relief should keep beneficiaries somewhat less paid than private workers.
Brown & Root of Austin starts rural electric line work for Pedernales EC in Burnet County under Rees W. Willard with 280.4 miles planned across 14 counties at a cost of 822,996 dollars. The project will use 145 Burnet County workers, unload poles, cut brush, dig holes, and needs 523 carloads of poles, 4 470 miles of wire and 1 472 transformers. The loan funds from the Rural Electrification Administration back the 1830 miles to be finished in 110 working days. Lee McWilliams says house and farm wiring will begin so customers can receive power when energized. The project receives federal cooperation through the Electric Home and Farm Authority Appliance Financing Plan.
Rev F A Bracher unites Miss Lois Alta Butt and Wesley Oehler in Zions church with immediate families present. Attendants Miss Laura Graham and Miss Nelda Oehler. Reception at Erwin Oehler home. Couple to reside in Kerrville with Mr Oehler employed by Kerrville Bus Company. The remainder discusses tax systems and indirect federal taxation with broad economic critique.
The article extols the Catholic Church's Real Presence in the tabernacle, describing Jesus Christ’s Body and Blood as ever present even when churches seem empty. It urges devotion, reverence, and inquiry into Catholic beliefs, citing Eucharistic Congresses and daily communion as central to faith. It also notes the Church’s outreach through DISCUSSION CLUB at St. Anthony's and mentions local community notices.
H Welge Lewis adds two overhead storage tanks at his Kerrville road warehouse to handle increasing gasoline business. He now offers Onyx Regular and Onyx Motor Fuel through the Independent Service Station on Main Street and the H W Lewis Wholesale House on Kerrville road, with licensing from Onyz Refining Company of Abilene Texas to sell Ethyl graded gasoline.
Dallas announces plans for one of the largest livestock shows in the South at the Texas State Fair October 7 to 22. Frank Ph. Holland notes beef cattle premiums exceed 20 000 with 10 000 in Hereford prizes, dairy and swine awards also rising. Officials expect many Southwestern visitors as cattle breeding and the Breeder Feeder movement expand in Texas. Mr and Mrs S S Jobes and Sam Shelby visit Harper and the ranch with Mrs W W Parker and husband.
Fragmentary notice reports a forthcoming wedding in Barger Sa involving Mre Adelf Fleer and a partner. Details on date and venue are unreadable in the surviving text.
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