American Board names three teachers for Turkish academy
Three young American women graduates Jean Ellen Boniface Vinal Overing and Marjorie Jane Kirkpatrick have been named as English home economics and counseling teachers for the American Academy for Girls in Scutari near Istanbul. The details include their hometowns and alma maters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Congregational Boston
Jean Ellen Boniface
Chatham
N. J
Earlham College
American Academy For Girls
Scutari
Istanbul
Vinal Overing
Raleigh
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Marjorie Jane Kirkpatrick
Oakland, Minn
American Academy
Multilingual Gen Bible Tablet Placed in Cincinnati Office
A pottery tablet with the first verse of Genesis inscribed in over 40 languages is set into the corner stone of a Cincinnati building by The Proctor Gamble Company. The aim is to aid future archaeologists and linguists in deciphering ancient tongues, including English French German Spanish Hebrew Greek Latin Sanskrit Tagalog Swahili and Urdu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Proc‘tor & Gamble Company
Cross Fences and Terraces Shaped for Better Pastures and Erosion Control
The article describes two landowners creating cross fences to enable deferred grazing, aiming to rest pastures for better grasses and seed yield. It also covers terrace construction, plowing methods, crop rotation, and soil erosion prevention, with Soil Conservation Service technicians assisting Gillespie District in staking and checking terraces and developing conservation plans for multiple landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Pape
Petersburg
Co. O. Beelers
Charles Moss
Eckert
Soil Conservation Service
Gillespie Co. Soil Conservation District
Ruben Wahrmund
Franz Pressler
Adolph Kott
Er. C. Striegler
Edwin Rausch
Florold Kneese
Clarence Nielsen
Ruben Crenwelge
R. A. Rode
Carl Mazinke
Alice Krieger
Herman Maner
Erwin Ottmers Jr
Herbert Haas
John Wendel
Ludwig Mazinke
T. J. Neffendorf
Paul Pressler
Life Growth Through Limitation In Family Homes
The passage argues that life advances by adjusting to unchosen circumstances. At every life stage families must create homes that nurture the upreach toward something greater than individual desires, guiding all members toward meaning beyond personal choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Averstreet
Heifer Project Ships 25000 Chicks to Italy
Heifer Project Inc sends 25000 baby chicks to Italy the first such shipment to the Mediterranean country. Distribution will be overseen by the Italian Department of Agriculture and Church World Service with the National Council of Churches relief wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Heifer Project, Inc
Mediterranean
Italian Department of Agriculture and
Church World Service
National Council of Churches Relief Wing
Harper Farewell and Reunion Gatherings At Live Oak
Harper residents and relatives attended the Wendel Reunion at Live Oak on Sunday including Lor enz Wendel and family Victor Wendel Hubert Rahe A C Wendel H L Stevens Watkins Tarr Lee Schmidt and Peggy Schmidt. Visitors included Mrs Jack Lee of San Antonio and Mrs John S Morris with Forest Green and children from Kerrville visiting Ida Kneese and attending Pentecostal services. Bryan Birt of Florida visiting J B Birt and George Birck with Vernon Birck of Round Mountain on a Harper Tuesday business trip Pattie Stahl of San Antonio visited Karey and Dittmar this week.
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Harper
Wendel
Live Oak Sunday
Lorenz Wendel
Victor Wendel
Hubert Rahe
A. C. Wendel
H. L. Stevens
Watkins Tarr
Lee Schmidt
Peggy Schmidt
Jack Lee
San Antonio
John S. Morris
Forest Green
Kerrville
Ida Kneese
Pentecostal Church
Glen
George Birck
Vernon R Birck
Round Mountain
Pattie Stahl
Karey An Dittmar
Hopf Family Visit To Austin And Harper Relayed
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hopf spent Monday in Austin with their son Erato and his family. Their granddaughter Olivia joined them in Harper for several days of visiting.
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Oliver Hopf
Austin
Erato
Olivia
Harper
Lang Family Returns to Austin From Oregon
Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang Jr and their children have returned to Austin to make their home after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Lang Sr in Oregon. They spent Wednesday night and Thursday with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lang Jr
Oregon
Austin
Edwin Lang Sr
Noxville Community News Highlights Visits and Travel
Mrs. Jess F. Parker and family visited Kerrville and met relatives Earl and E. J Baker. Raymond Parker and family visited J. A Milam and Garland. Several residents traveled to Harper Idaho and San Angelo for family events and gravesite duties. Buddy Reed from San Antonio visits Kirk Reed while James Phillips stops at the Noxville ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess F. Parker
Kerrville
Earl Baker
E. J Baker
Raymond Parker
Kay Bierschwale
Kirk Reed
J. A. Milam
Harper
Garland
Willie Collins
Jack Hoggett
Idaho
Leon Becker
San Angelo
Dillard Stapp
Tom Parker
Fred Whetstone
T. Whestone
Marshall Brown
Ernest Dunbar
James Parker
Junction
Noxville
J. A. Milami
Buddy Reed
San Antonio
James Phillips
A. T. Whetstone
Whetstones
J. A. Milams
Garland Milam
Ed Milam
Cedar Valley
Aubrey
ASC Committee Election Announced for Gillespie County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee elections will be held for Gillespie County eight farm communities on Friday August 19 1955. Voting will be by mail with two ballots per eligible farmer or rancher. Ten nominees appear on ballots and voters choose five to fill chairmanship and other posts. All officers take office September 1 1955 and oversee price support and acreage allotments for crops with such programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Community Committee
Gillespie
Thomas Jung
ASC
Brown family attends funeral of Mrs Laquey
Rev and Mrs D W Brown and their children attended the funeral of Mrs B A Laquey in DeLeon on Thursday and paused to visit her sister in Graham during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Brown
B. A. Laquey
DeLeon
Graham
Mrs Alice Scarborough Visits Ed Bailey Home
Mrs Alice Scarborough of Johnson City is visiting in the Ed Bailey home this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Scarborough
Johnson City
Ed Bailey
Churches Extend A Cordial Welcome This Sunday
Harper churches invite attendance this Sunday with masses and services at St Anthony's and Harper Presbyterian and Pentecostal congregations. Programs include Sunday School Bible classes 9:30 worship 11 am and youth activities plus midweek meetings in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Churches
Women’s Missionary Society
District 4-H Dress Revue Set in Abilene
The District 4-H Dress Revue will take place at the Women's Club Building in Abilene. Rosie Lee Lindig and Sandra Kay Schaefer will represent the county as senior and junior winners, with prizes from Thornton Department Store. District winners advance to the State Revue at the State Fair of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Rosie Lee Lindig
Eugene Lindig
Sandra Kay Schaefer
Ewald Schaefer
Albert 4-H Club
Marialyce Dittmar
Kerrville Visitor E Spencer Calls on Harper
E Spencer of Kerrville was a Harper visitor Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Spencer
Kerrville
Harper
Methodist Church Services With Pastor Jessie Long
The Methodist Church led by Pastor Jessie Long invites worshipers to attend sessions on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11 a.m. in London with an 8 p.m. service. The 2nd and 4th Sundays feature 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. worship hours. An August 14 service at 11 a.m. includes a youth fellowship at 7 p.m. and evening worship at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Action Council
Methodist Church
Jessie Long
Religious Meeting Schedule And Invitations
The notice lists morning and evening preaching services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with an 8 30 p m preaching session. It invites attendees and notes Sunbeams GAs WMS and Brotherhood meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sunbeams
Ga's
WMS
Brotherhood
For Sale By Owner Kerrville Home With Workshop Annex
Beaut image of a two bedroom Kerrville house with insulated vented heat storage lawn and fenced yard. Separate building suitable as workshop or apartment at 603 Harper St Kerrville Texas. 826pd For sale combines and livestock ads present listing and contact details with Harber and Marschall.
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Kerrville
Harper St
Texas
For Sale Registered Angora Billies in Texas
Advertisement lists Mrs. O. J. Camp of Junction Texas offering registered Angora billies for sale dated August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angora Billies
O. J. Camp
Junction
Texas
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Fredericksburg
J. F. Cook
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Fairbanks Morse
Krauskope Bros
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L'Exas
Gillespie County
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Chas. W. Barrett
Harper, Texas
Harper Community
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Prop
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Merchant Marine
Florida
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Noxville News
ASG
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W. J. Goerner
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Paul J. Schwab
Harper Pentecostal Church
Carlos Parker
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Sone Neres
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Hubert Brewster
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H. Welge Lewis
Mansfield
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London
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Training Union
McCormick Dearing No
First State Bank
Suffolk Rams
Victor Marschall
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Comfort
Carl Vorauer
Orchard & Vineyard
Farm Road
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Vapo - Butane CO
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