Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road history and Butter and Tea notes
The excerpt recalls the B and O Rail Road charter in 1827 and first day sale in 1828, plus March 4 as a stamp day tie to the Automobile Association. It also tells of a mass refusal to accept a one cent due letter in Duxbury, Massachusetts, producing a $450 check. Then a long digest on butter origins in ancient and global cultures and tea as food, with examples from Mesopotamia to Mongolia and Tibet and mentions of tea bricks and nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company
Baltimore
Chicago
New Jersey
Long Island
Rhode Island
Philadelphia
Princeton University
Utica
Grand Rapids
Call of the Automobile Association
Duxbury
Mass
William Goodwin
Mesopotamia
South America
Central Asia
Birthday Dinner Celebrates Mrs Rahe in Fredericksburg
Mrs. Fred Rahe marked her birthday with a turkey dinner at home on Sunday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Moore and their two children, Mrs. Speigie of Brady, Mr. and Mrs. Max Sluttemeler and daughter, Mrs. Max Kuenemann and Mrs. Hy. Moore Sr. of Fredericksburg, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Feller, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rahe and children, and in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Belton Tatsch and children and Mrs. J. G. Mezger visited. Mrs. Kuenemann stayed for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rahe
Jacob Moore
Chizen
Speigie of
Brady
Max Sulttemeler
Max Kuenemann
Hy. Moore Sr
Fredericksburg
Oswald Feller
Hubert Rahe
Belton Tatsch
Weekend visit notes from San Antonio and San Marcos
Mr and Mrs Fred Gammenthaler spent the weekend in San Antonio with their children Orville and wife and Mr and Mrs Allen Fowler Colon Barrett attends SWSTC at San Marcos spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Barrett
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gammenthaler
San Antonio
Orville Gammenthaler
Allen Fowler
Colon Barrett
San Marcos
Mrs
Charlie Barrett
Soldier Eddie Meier Stationed At Fort Belvoir
Pvt. Eddie Meier 22 son of Mr and Mrs Willie Meier Harper Texas was graduated from Cook School Camp Roberts California on February 2 and is now stationed at Fort Belvoir Virginia He visited family on a 14 day leave including sisters Mrs Orvin Behrens and Mrs Milton Ahrens Parents joined during visit Drafted August 14 1951 February 11 a chicken barbecue at Milton Ahrens home noted Lions Club meeting discussed Crippled Children's Hospital and the state wide Lone Lions project for a camp for crippled children to provide education physical development medical needs and planned partial opening. camp would serve ages 6 to 16 from across Texas. meeting also announced London Texas Lions Club charter night March 17 and progress on school zone safety signs. March of Dimes drive raised over 300 to benefit County March of Dimes committee with proceeds forwarded. nominations planned for next year Lions officials and related fundraising and calendar project detailed.
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Pvt
Edmund
Eddie) Meier
Willie Meier
Harper
Texas
Cook School
Camp Roberts
California
Ft. Belvoir
Virginia
Orvin Behrens
Milton Ahrens
Spring Creek
Eddie
Henry Moelendorf Sr
Edmund Moellendorf
Edwin Ahrens
Harper Lions Club
W. L. McBride
Kerrville Lions Club
Crippled Children’s Hospital
McBride
Lions Club
J. R. Peril
Jim
Dale Priour
Ingram
Jack Eathorne
San Angelo
Harper Club
London
Harper Lions
Junction Club
Lion Benno Helmcamp
Lion Morris Voorhies
Lion Wallace Brown
Lion Floy Bode
American Legion
Sageser- Haas Post
March of Dimes
County March of Dimes Committee
Lion
Peril
Froy Bode
Oliver Hopf
Alf. Spaeth
W. A. Brown
Gordon Harper
Home Demonstration Club Meets Next Thursday
The Harper Home Demonstration Club will meet at Mrs. E. R. Brown's home on Thursday March 13. Mrs. Wallace Brown will present the demonstration. Club officers will meet in Fredericksburg on Wednesday March 12 with Miss Roonie Cox of the Extension Service A&M College guiding the training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Home Demonstration Club
E. R. Brown
Wallace Brown
The
Home Demonstration Club
Fredericksburg
Roonie Cox
Extension Service
A&m College
Garbage disposal site sought near Harper community
Commissioner Arnold Markwordt urges a plot or suitable area near Harper for a new garbage disposal site. He asks locals to contact him promptly with offers to donate land or sell property near town. The site will be supervised and filled with dirt as trash piles grow, using road machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Markwordt
Harper
Markwordt
Markworth
the Herald
Sixteen Men to Enter Induction March Seventeenth
From Boerne Senovio M Barron Jerome By Voges from Kerrville Edmund A Jenschke William B Priest Morris L Hall from Legion George R Reither from Llano Julius Edwin Hall Edwin Lange Jr of San Antonio spent the weekend with relatives at Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boerne
Senovio M. Barron
Jerome By
Voges
Kerrville
Edmund A. Jenschke
William B
Morris L. Hall
Oov
Edwin Lange Jr
San Antonio
Harper
Meier Family Relocates from Hugh Springs to Harper
The Willie Meier family, long residents of Hugh Springs, have moved back to their home in Harper. Their return marks a relocation within the region, reflecting a change in household residence for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Meier
Hugh Springs
Harper
Goldthwaite Enters Hill Country Baseball League For 1952
Goldthwaite joins the Hill Country Baseball League as the sixth team for the 1952 season joining Fredericksburg Comfort Camp Stanley Boerne Stonewall and Goldthwaite. Home games for Goldthwaite may be afternoon if played against Boerne and Camp Stanley, while other games will be night contests in cities with lighted fields. The Giants will practice Sundays and on Tuesdays and Thursdays with an exhibition vs Comfort on March 16 and vs Borger on March 29. Night games remain barred in Fredericksburg due to lack of a Washington permit for lighting.
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Goldthwaite
Comfort
Giants
Fredericksburg
Camp Stanley
Boerne
Stonewal
Stonewall
Borger
Fair Grounds
Washington D. C
Washington
Petmecky to Serve as Guest Pastor at Harper Church
Rev. Lewis G. Petmecky, pastor of Fredericksburg Presbyterian, will guest minister at Harper Presbyterian Church Sunday at 11 a.m. He has led Fredericksburg for eight months, previously serving El Paso’s Logan Heights Church. He and wife Idell Adair Petmecky have son Lewis Adair, 10. A cordial welcome is extended to all church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis G. Petmecky
Fredericksburg Presbyterian Church
Harper Presbyterian Church
Petmecky
Logan Heights Presbyterian Church
el Paso
Idell Adair
Joe Adair
Lewis
Adair Petmecky
Kerrville WSCS Sub-District Meeting Held Here
The Kerrville District Woman's Society of Christian Service met in Harper on February 27 for a sub-district gathering. Seventy-seven ladies from Medina, Bandera, Kerrville, Hunt, Fredericksburg, Willow City, and Comfort attended with Mrs. Ellis Thomas of Uvalde presiding. A turkey lunch followed at the Methodist Church after the Presbyterian session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
Woman’s Socsiety of Christian Service
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Harper
Willow City Wscs
Liyod Mitchell
Hunt
Hunt Wscs
Jesus
Medina
Bandera
Keryville
Fredericksburg
Willow City
Comfort
WSCS
Ellis Thomas
Uvald
Report For Physicals March 17 for Armed Forces
A list of men scheduled for Armed Forces physical examinations on March 17, 1952. Names include Elton Besier Joe Sanchez Lee Besier Benno Jenschke Willie Keese Wilbur Zummalt Charles White Ricardo Rosales Lenvil Knox Leon Mackey Wesley Sageser Leroy Hawkins Joe Martinez Harold Bower Hugo Stueve George Beach Matt Dees Charles Upton Thomas Wally Bacchus Joe Cherry and others, with notes about attendance at SWSTC in San Marcos and a weekend visit to Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Not Guilty Verdict in Rogers Trial Reported
Jury returns a not guilty verdict in the Rogers case as the Gillespie County District Court enters its third week of the spring term A special panel of 160 men organized in 4 groups was summoned for possible service on the Birk case in District Court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County District Court
Birk
District Court
Parish Hall Dedication of St James Lutheran Harper
Report on the St James Lutheran Parish Hall dedication held March 2 with Rev William Flachmeijer of Austin as speaker. About 185 attendees heard the dedication sermon and educational address, a Thank offering of over $92 was given, and the ceremony was led by Dr Walter J Goerner with the hall set and flowers from local firms and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Flachmeier
Texas
Austin
St. James Lutheran Church
Harper
Flachmeier
W. J. Goer
St. James Lutheran Parish
Texas District
Ustin
Walter J. Goerner
Flachmeijer
Ludwig
Fredericksburg
Harper Wm. Cameron Lumber Co
August Kirchhoff
Lorenz
A. G. Wiederaenders
O. Lindenberg
Radio Post
Harper Herald
Capacity Crowd Attends March of Dimes Benefit at Harper
A Friday night March of Dimes polio fund benefit at Harper school gym drew a capacity crowd for local talent. The event, led by Leonard Lott, featured civic sponsors and a Friendly Sewing Circle cash donation, netting 340.55 dollars after expenses. Norman Rech and polio victim interviews highlighted the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper School
Ladies of the Friendly Sewing Circle
KNAF
Leonard Lott
Lott
Norman Rech
County March of Dimes
Robert Schandun
Fredericksburg
Robert Steitle
Leslie Esquell
Butch” Jones
Norman Maurer
Harper
Oak Hill Study Club Meets February 23 at Home
The Oak Hill Study Club gathered at Mrs. Lewis Stevens home on February 23. Members showcased antiques mostly dishes aged 100 to 150 years with notes on each piece. A musical piece The Old Spinning Wheel was performed by Francis Evelyn and Agnes Rischner. The club voted to join the March of Dimes program and elected officers for the coming year. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Harvey Stevens and Mrs. Lewis Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Lewis Stevens
J. R. Peril
Watkins Tarr
Francis
Evelyn
Agnes Rischner
Revival of Hill Country Livestock Protective Assn Meets
Livestock producers met in the County Court house on Feb. 28 to revive the Hill Country Livestock Protective Association. An annual 1 cent per acre assessment would fund a ranger and related expenses to curb thefts. Alfred L. Cameron invites producers to join. Fredericksburg Chamber backs the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Country Livestock Protective Association
T. F. Wheells Jr
Liano
Hill Country Livestock Raisers Association
Liano County
Mr. Wheells
Alfred L. Cameron
Ben Kneese
Enos Rode
Emil Petsch
Charles Walter
Victor Wendel
Edwin Dithmar
Felix Hahne
Albert Ditemar
Fitzhugh Lee
Charles Koanig
Fredericksburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
AAA Association
Lions
Crippled Children Hospital
Edmund Meier
Hubert H. Foerster
Ralph R. Weiershausen
Herbert H. Hoffmann
Legion
George R. Reither
Llano
Julius Edwin Hall
Aree Walg Bza
Ed Ua
Hill Country Baseball League
New Lutheran
Ner
St. James
Goerner
Rev
L. G. Petmecky
Presbyterian Church
Willie G. Keese
Wilbur McBryde
Robert L, Zummalt
Felix T. Real
Charles O. White
Ricardo O. Rosales
Lenvil C
Knox Leon S. Mackey
Wesley E. Sageser
Leroy Hawkins
Joe S. Martinez
Harold D, Bower
Hugo C, Stueve Jr
George K. Beach
Matt M. Dees Jr
Charles B. Upton
Front Blanco
L. B. Polley
Thomas Wally Bacchus
Joe Edd Cherry
SWSTC
Brich
Dr. W. J. Goerner
Monnie Lange
Herbert, Clark and
Bobby Lange
Arthur Lang
Carlos Parker
George
Thomas Ferguson
Little Daughter
Olive Parker
Herald
Sageser-Haas Post
Oak Hill Study Club
Eco
Harper Baptist Church
Henry Maurer
Eddie Reed
Francia Fultz
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