Trucks by the Acre at Staten Island Port Await Shipments
A view shows 2,500 motor trucks lined up at Staten Island awaiting shipment as 50,000 tons of supplies sit on a waiting list. The port space is booked for six months, reflecting heavy wartime logistics. Hardwood Hop. Cooley Denton of the University of Texas is photographed in mid air during a fast break as Texas loses to Temple 47 to 37 in Philadelphia.
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Acre
Staten Island
Cooley Denton
University of Texas
Philadelphia
Lone Star Cagers
Temple
Pruning and planning mark Klein Branch club meeting
The Klein Branch Home Demonstration club met January 10 1940 at Mrs D W Duderstadt to discuss shrub planting distances from the house and bed widths. They heard on pruning techniques and announced committees for Finance Recreation Membership and Expansion with several members present and a follow up meeting January 26 at Mrs Otto Grona.
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Klein
D. W. Duderstadt
W. J. Goodson
H. L. Stevens
L. A. Stevens
J. M. Stevens
W. R. Perill
Dan Wiley
Edwin Dittmar
A. A. Frederick
J. O. Stevens
Pat Rogers
Marian Good
Local Visitors Gather at Harper Area Homes
Mr and Mrs Dean Hopf and baby visited Mr and Mrs Watkins Tarr Sunday. Mrs Frances Floyd visited Tarr Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs August Kirchhoff and child were in Harper Sunday evening. Lorenz Kirchhoff has been in Keidel's hospital for treatment. Mr and Mrs Arthur Bierschwabe and little son were in Harper Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Marvin Tobin of San Antonio visited Harper Sunday. Mrs H M Jones, visiting relatives at Bertram and Barnet, returned home Sunday. Frances Floyd visited her sister Mrs Wilber Seiders in Austin last week. Mr and Mrs Homer Lee Stevens and Vede Russel were in the city Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Hopf
Watkins Tarr
Frances Floyd
Mrs. Watkins Tarr
Lorenz Kirchhoff
Mrs
August Kirchhoff
Keidel’s Hospital
Arthur Bierschwabe
Little Son
Harper
Marvin Tobin
San Antonio
Harper Sunday
Wilber Seiders
Austin
Homer Lee Stevens
Vede Russel
Our City
Palo Alto 4 H Club Meeting Notes
The Palo Alto 4 H Club met at the school house on January 4, 1940 at 9:00 a m. Miss Stewart reviewed clothing accounts and asked members what they planned to plant. She urged deep planting and rapid orchard establishment. Attending were Lorine Mildred Paula Itz Emmie Mae Dietrich and Louise Flora Lehne. Flora Lehne Reporter.
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Palo Alto
Stewart
Lorine
Mildred
Paula Itz
Emmie Mae Dietrich
Louise
Flora Lehne
Stonewall 4 H Club Meeting Emphasizes Grooming
Stonewall 4 H Club members met at Mrs Eckerts January 16. Mrs Eckert spoke on grooming with pamphlets and charts on graceful appearance. Girls shared aprons towels and sewing boxes and a short program by Leela Rusenberger followed before adjourning to February meeting.
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Leela Rusenberger
Isabel Heep
Loreen Hahne
Helen Jacoby
Zulima Hahne
Cordelia Dirks
Marion Barsch
Bernice Weinheimer
Irene Cora Ferge
Vernell Hahne
Delrose Burg
Virginia Weinheimer
Dorothy Pieper
Emma Ruebsahm
Mrs. Eckert
Morris Ranch Club Holds First 1940 Meeting at Juenke Home
The Morris Ranch Home Demonstration Club held its first meeting of the year on Friday January 12 at Mrs Hilmar Juenkes home. After a brief business session yearbooks for 1940 were distributed and plans for upcoming gatherings were discussed.
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Morris Ranch Home Demonstration Club
Hilmar Juenke
Fawcett Named Kerrville Mayor
W A Fawcett furniture dealer was appointed mayor of Kerrville for the unexpired term by the city commission. J F Leiserling resigned after serving since 1936. The new mayor has held posts as alderman city secretary treasurer tax assessor and school board president and now serves on Schreiner Institute and Westminster Encampment boards.
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W. A. Fawcett
Kerrville
J. F. Leisering
Allerman
Schreiner Institute
Westminster Encampment
San Antonio Livestock Market Report
Hogs receipts 400 with early prices steady to 20 cents lower than Tuesday. Cattle receipts 400 with light trading, calves steady to strong on light weights, cows and fed stockers weak. Sheep none, late arrivals steady. Local society notes and obituaries interspersed: Pendings include a dance at Tivydale hall January 28 and small local updates from Kerrville and Harper.
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Jane Bryan
Jane Stoll
Lidbey -Ford
Flanders
Eton School
St. Andrews
Langbourne M. Williams, Jr
Freeport Sulphur Company
Wide World
W. H. Stevens
Marian Goodson
Cornelia Stewart
Mary Virginia Stevens
Worth Duderstadt
Miss Stewart
Chas. Weber
Oliver Rabke
Hugo Usener
A. ©. Heimann
Childs
Harper Sunday Evenng
Centaat Power and Light Company
Stonewall
Morris Ranch Club
Balace
Fredericksburg, Texas
T. In
Famaly
Pete UN Ea
Fawcett
San Antonio Livestock Market
Pehl
Tivydale Hall
James Phil Tarr
England
Messrs
Carl Oehler
E. 0
Larkin
A. S. Parker and Son
Vester B
Marvin Ernst
Alfred Cameron
W. O. Grosenbacher
Edmund Kott
Schaetter Funeral Home
LCRA
Otto Rahe
Theo, Oehler
Milton Dyer
Seseree Som Smeetor
Chamberlain
New York City
Italy
Hungary
Count Clano
Count Cskay
Mussolini
Paris
Kerrville, Texas
John Wayne
Claire Trevor
Allegheny
Don Ameche
Andrea Leeds
al Jolson
Swanee River
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Monterrey
Kay Kyser
Adolphe Menjou
GALE
California
Rexall Drug Store
Fred Drug Store
Kerr County Motor Co., Inc
del Monte & Libbys
Woerner Grocery
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