Metcalfe Honored For Public Service In Texas Senate
Senator Metcalfe praised as a leading friend of the states schools for three years on the Joint Legislative Committee supervising higher learning. He authored retirement benefits for firemen and sponsored funds to support it, truck industry protections, higher license fees, and free tuition for select foreign students. He also backed school land payments extensions and defense area census efforts, guiding multiple river authority measures and legal mechanisms for fund payments. Born on a Tom Green County ranch, he attended Texas A M and served in the Air Corps reaching captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metcalfe
Senate
Texas
Upper Colorado River
Central
Tom Green County
Senator Metcalfe
San Angelo
Texas A. & M
Air Corps
Louisiana and Houston visitors in Bandera
Mr. and Mrs. Chet Carnes from Louisiana and Delton Thornton and Bob Sherlock from Houston visited the Harpers. Carnes and Mrs. Gordon Harper plus the Harper children visited Mrs. Walter Harper at Bandera last week. The Lutheran Missionary Society held its regular church meeting on Wednesday evening with good attendance.
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Ogo
Chet Carnes
Louisiana
Delton Thornton
Bob Sherlock
Houston
Gordon Harper
Walter Harper
Bandera
The
Lutheran Missionary Society
Local families host gatherings and births across Fredericksburg area
A sequence of social notes lists visits and hosting by the Schmidt and Whitworth families, the Duderstadts, the Browns, and others in Fredericksburg and Harper. Events include a sister’s dinner in Sacramento, a Thurman family reunion, P T A attendance, and the birth of Delbert Dean to Herbie Oechler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Schmidt
Schmidt
Adelia Schmidt
Sacramento
Calif
Chas. Schmidt
Hollan Walker
Adelita Schmidt
Elgin Schmidt
Elbert
Brown Ranch
E. R. Brown
Fred Whitewood
Carl Whitworth
Clinton Brown
Juanita Miller
Ruby Mae
Fredericksburg
Douglas Duderstadt
Milton Dyer
Lynne Taylor
Hubert Rahe
August Kirchhoff
Delbert Dean
Herbie Oechler
Doris Whitworth
Madge Romell Whitewood
J. S. Whitewood
Harper
Tommy Haas
Galveston
Visits Around Rocksprings and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Theresa Tobin and Mrs. Grace Dorough spent days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hardin Tobin near Rocksprings. Other groups visited Mrs. F. J. Wedekind and Floyd Casper. Hunt residents visited. A party headed for Buchanan Lake for fishing. The Joneses visited Willie Pape at Fredericksburg. Ruth returned home with them.
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Theresa Tobin
Grace Dorough
Mrs
Hardin Tobin
R. R. Merritt
Isaac Conn
Sonny
Buddy Henderson
Hunt
Amy Menges
Mountain Home
F. J. Wedekind
Floyd Casper
V. A. Hopf
Glen Hopf
Robt. Dittmar
Otto Dittmar
Hugo Hopf
Buchanan Lake
P. F. Jones
Willie Pape
Fredericksburg
Ruth
Wedekind Grocery Store Closed in Harper After Years of Service
An appreciation note from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wedekind announces the closure of J. F. Wedekind Grocery Store in Harper and asks customers to settle accounts at their earliest convenience as they will be away for some time. Marshall Brown of San Antonio spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Brown.
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J. F. Wedekind
Harper
Marshall Brown
San Antonio
Mrs
E. R. Brown
Annual Meeting Highlights From Federal Land Bank Houston
The Federal Land Bank of Houston report notes sales trends and guests R V Kelley Shirley Williams H F Grote and Dorman Sell at the annual meeting. Felix Fuhrmann elected director for three years alongside Henry Mogford W R Hansen Otto Kneese and Louis Stehling. The bank issued many new loans to families to safeguard homes and businesses with long term low rate amortized loans based on normal agricultural values.
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Federal Land Bank of Houston
R. V. Kelley
Shirley Willams
H. F. Grote
Dorman Sell
Felix Fuhrmann
Henry Mogford
W. R. Hansen
Otto Kneese
Louis Stehling
New Braunfels Plans Giant Community Sing Song
New Braunfels and Comal County prepare a Sunday night sing at Landa Park outdoor pavilion on July 19. The event, organized by the chamber of commerce, features soldiers and families as guests of honor, with the Texas Rural Letter Carriers Association convention starting July 20. Augustus D. Zanzig of the University of Texas will direct. Several local singing societies, quartets, soloists, and Mrs. Koma Koepp Martie as accompanist will participate.
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New Braunfels
Comal County
Landa Park
Chamber of Commerce
New
Department of Music
University of Texas
Z Nzay
Secret Nazi spy ring foiled by U S authorities
A report describes counterfeit documents and 174000 in currency used by Nazi saboteurs planning hits on railways bridges power plants and water systems in New York City. A military commission was appointed July 2 to try civilians, echoing Lincoln era precedent from 1865.
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Pres
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Also Mentioned on This Page
First State Bank
State of Texas
Harper Herald
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Banking House
Post Office Money
Capital Stock
State of
County
Gillespie
Chas. J. Whitewood
Jnc
Morris
H. P. Gartrell
Herman Harper
A. D
C. W. Granville
Gillespie County
Otto Rahe
Mr. Rahe
Ben Sagebiel
Phil Rogers
Texas University
White Bluff
Ida Celecta Honig
Mr. and
Fred Wedekind
Stehling’s
Oxford
FOP
United States ‘Bonds
Sport Oxfords
Friendly Men’s Store
Fredericksburg, Texas
Heplers
Chrysler
Plymouth
Kerrville, Texas
Water Street
Floy Bode Station & Warehouse
Magnolia Mobilgas
Mobiloil
Harper, Texas
A. C. Wendel
Kathryn Coggeshall
June Bode
Schneider's Produce
KNOPP
Metzger Cash Produce
Weinheimer & Son
Stonewall, Texas
Deike’s
Hye
Guilhem
Ilex Co
General Merchandise
Sinclair Gas and Oils
Schreiner Wool & Mohair Commission Company
E. E. Saenger Lumber
Woo
Pheer
Lechie Storage & Commission Co
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