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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
4
A San Antonio wedding headline reports the Harper trio tying the knot in a quiet ceremony. Details on participants and officiant are sparse but confirms a family celebration in the Texas city.
A four year look at Harper High School Vocational Agriculture shows regained affiliated credits for 1939 40 enabling college entrance routing. Activities include adult evening classes for ranchmen, part time agricultural course at Doss, first F F A exhibit at Gillespie county fair, expanded Fat Stock Show and top results in dairy judging and feeder calves contests. The May 20 1940 letter from B C Davis confirms the affiliation of agriculture credits for Harper.
H C Maier’s Piggly Wiggly at the familiar corner celebrates 13 years since 1927. The store, now with a full line of groceries and a meat department led by Frank Petermann and Edwin Petmecky, honors decades of steady growth and value for Fredericksburg shoppers.
Miss Maxine Walker of San Antonio is visiting with friends here this week to socialize and tour local sites. She is accompanied by several companions and plans to attend community events during her stay.
The International Milling Co marks a limited time deal on Robin Hood Flour. With each 48 lb sack sold by retailers, customers receive a free aluminum saucepan. The flour is described as guaranteed all purpose and milled from carefully washed wheat. District rep L J Murrell toured Gillespie and nearby counties to arrange retailing.
The Cen Tex Wool and Mohair Plant dedication took place on June 12 in San Marcos with Governor O Daniel in attendance. About 750 ranchers and agricultural instructors heard lectures on wool and mohair grading, culling, feeding and management plus live demonstrations on shearing, lamb killing, and wool use.
Dr T O Walton president of Texas A M College will speak at the two day Ranchmans Round-Up in Sonora June 17 and 18. Ranchers from Gillespie and nearby counties invited to discuss cattle sheep goats and poultry with barbecues and entertainment planned. county agent Henry Grote plans to attend. plant grain guessing contest offered with merchandise prize valued over $100 at Staffel s Feed Store Kerrville.
The Harper 4-H Club met at the Stevens home at 1 p m with two visitors, Margaret and Helen Kramer. Members practiced their skit for Rally Day set for June 5 and after adjournment some girls swam. The next meeting is June 25 at the Bode home at 2 p m. Present were June Bode Elna Feller Mary Frances Fletcher Gladys Lang Adele Scarborough Camille Stevens Mary Virginia Stevens Marietta Wedekind Doris O Whitworth Norma Wilson and sponsor Miss Brown.
Joseph Cawthorn, once Lillian Russell’s stage rival, plays her music teacher Leopold Damrosch in Darryl F Zanuck’s film about Russell’s life and songs. The production features Cawthorn as a matinee idol beside Russell on screen and includes period props and cast members Ameche and Arnold among others.
Charles S. Ryckman extols the Star Spangled Banner, urging reverence and public celebration. He contrasts wartime peril with enduring symbols of peace and humanity, calling all to honor Old Glory and demonstrate Americanism at ceremonies and by waving the flag.
Justice Felix Frankfurter writes for the eight to one decision affirming national unity and religious freedom. The Minesville Pennsylvania case involved Jehovah’s Witness students expelled for refusing to salute the flag, with the court declaring the flag reinforces constitutional guarantees and public education may regulate in a broad scope.
A large anniversary party marked the 20th wedding milestone for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parker at their Round Mountain ranch. The event featured barbecue, salads, pies, and a two-part white wedding cake, with games such as goat roping and a cigar race. A guest list spanning Harper Junction Mountain Home and San Antonio names the Parker and Anderegg families and many regional friends.
Mrs. Clinton Brown and Miss Esther Wendel hosted a miscellaneous shower for Marjorie Mae Parker who is to wed Creighton Stevens on June 8. The event on Mrs. Brown's lawn featured wildflowers, decorated seating under trees, and frost ed cakes and cookies for about 60 guests. Parker received a generous set of gifts.
An ad for Santa Rosa plums from Pecan Belt Nursery in Fredericksburg Texas appears alongside a section urging citizens to reflect on unity liberty and religious freedom. The piece critiques opposition to loyalty oaths and flag salute like practices, labeled by some as threats to civic institutions.
The article explains the Laymen Closed Retreat for Catholic men, offering two days of private prayer, confession, Mass, and meditation. It notes about 70 retreat houses in the United States hosting over 30,000 laymen yearly, urging readers to contact the DISCUSSION CLUB at St. Anthony's Church in Harper, Texas, for inquiries.
Voters in the Harper Independent School District unanimously established a fifty cent maintenance tax rate for school purposes in an election on June 8, 1940. At a June 6 meeting, Worth Howe was elected Vocational Agriculture teacher, Wilma Barnett Music teacher and Band Director, and Grace Davidson Mathematics teacher. The board plans Home Economics and Business Administration courses next year and elected C. E. Bein President, P. J. Baethge Secretary, with Fred Whitewood and David Schmidt new members. An election on a WPA aided new school building is planned.
A triple wedding was held at the home of E H Coggeshall in San Antonio with Rev Clyde V Hickerson officiating. Creighton Stevens and Marjorie Mae Parker, Carol Cottle and Patsy Gamel, and Oren Cottle and Merle Coggeshall were married. The couples, natives of Harper, spent days in Corpus Christi before returning home.
Erato and Doris Hopf hosted a picnic supper Wednesday at the Ernst place for about 25 guests. Menu included roasted wieners potato salad bread pickles tea and toasted marshmallows. attendees described the evening as very enjoyable.
The notice records the June 7 1940 Austin Texas marriage of Miss Viola Hope Hudson to Warren D Deaton. Friends acknowledged the event and extended congratulations. The item also mentions a guessing contest tied to purchases from local merchants and notes election notices mentioning bees.
Sunday Masses at 9 30 with 8 and 9 30 on the third Sunday and feast days. Weekday Mass follows a 7 30 bell. Discussion Club meets next Sunday after 1 30 services with an entertainment program. Father’s Day observance features the Sodality with guests from the Men’s Society. Summer School runs June 23 to July 7 from 9 to 12 for children 6 to 16 with two Nuns from San Antonio. Pastor away Monday to Friday for a retreat.
The Friendly Church announces Sunday School at 10 a m Morning Services at 11 a m and Evening worship at 7 p m Pastor Frank Nixon leads the congregation.
Services at 9 a m and Sunday school at 10 on the second, third and fourth Sundays of each month.
Walter C. Probst, Pastor, announces Sunday school 9 30 a m and Bible class 9 30 a m first and third Sundays. Divine worship 10 30 a m English first Sunday German third Sunday. Confirmation Saturdays 9 a m. Luther League 7 30 p m second Sunday. Women’s Missionary Society 2 p m third Wednesday. June 2 service includes Sunday school 10 a m preaching 11 a m and 8 p m with afternoon sermon at 3 p m on The Signs that are near.
A Farmers League event focused on co operatives will be held at 8:80. Local organizers and members emphasized cooperative approaches to farming, markets, and shared resources in the upcoming session.
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