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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
2
Residents and visitors from White Bluff, Ingram, Brady, San Antonio, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, and Seguin are noted. Guests include Alfred Ellebracht and family, E R Brown, J Whitewood, H Gamel Sr., and others. Travel to San Antonio, San Marcos, Fredericksburg, and Peacock Military Academy is mentioned with several local gatherings and visits.
County chairman Felix Stehling reports mixed progress in the 7th War Loan Drive for Gillespie County with $91,870 in E bonds issued by May 26, about 36 percent of the $255,000 quota. Harper precinct leads, exceeding its target by $6,020.75, as several precincts lag behind and are urged to continue soliciting. Stehling emphasizes duty to rural communities feeding the world and calls all citizens to help meet the E quota while noting weekly bond figures reflect true progress.
In peacetime conscription is costly and inefficient. The piece argues for a selective reserves model, noting Japan's Pearl Harbor lesson and praising Navy recruitment tactics as more effective than universal military training. It urges the Army to adopt voluntary enlistment methods to gain broader public support.
The Texas State Medical Association seeks surveys of medical outlook to aid doctors reentering practice after wartime service. Local and county societies will cooperate to map need for offices and equipment, with committees aiding returning physicians and communities. Kerrville’s Gam McCaled mentioned in reporting.
The report lists multiple visits from Austin to Granville family in their hometown and trips by Mrs. and Mr. Tarr, Mrs. Harlen, and Les Watkins in Fredericksburg. Other social calls include the Moses and Petsch parties in Luckenbach and Whetstone visitors from Goldthwaite to the Markwortt home. An arm injury sidelines a garden worker, with friends sending best wishes.
Mr and Mrs Lee Goff and family visited the Bode home Tuesday night with S Sgt Milton Bode. Mrs Alfred Spaeth and children shopped in Harper. Earl Benner and children visited Chas Smith. Oscar Bode was head visitor Saturday night. Pete Allison from Kerrville visited the Ford Tatsch home. Stella Duderstadt spent Monday with Dan Arnold and Clarence St Clair. Raymond Spaeth visited Harper Wednesday morning. Old Walker home Friday night hosted Goff family Ellebracht Wesley Forrest Bode and Milton Bode. Levi Maddox visited R D Inscore Saturday afternoon. Bart Whaley travelled on business to Kerrville Tuesday. Dan Arnold and children visited Maggie Duderstadt at Junction Sunday.
A Veterans Administration Q and A covers dependency for remarried spouses, retirement pay limits for retired officers, disability pensions, widows and parents eligibility, waivers of premiums during long hospital stays, hospital admission priorities for service and nonservice disabilities, and a caregiver allowance of fifty dollars per month for helpless, bed ridden, or totally blind claimants. 000- SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
Mrs. éora Coplen returned to her home at Menard after spending the school term here. Mrs. Stella Duderstadt visited her daughter Mrs. Dan Arnold and family Monday.
Friction rises as Homer Bently pushes for a new roof while Lee Mapes attempts to silence him. Voters sided with Homer, rejecting transience bias and affirming that a good American has the right to speak, regardless of how long they’ve stayed.
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