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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1941
Page
2
A DISCUSSION CLUB piece from St. Anthony's Church in Harper Texas extols priests as Father figures and guides. It recalls priests visiting classrooms healing families burying fears and offering confessional counsel while highlighting priests enduring persecution and serving through history.
The Old Teamsters organization plans a Sunday reunion at Klaerner's Park with families and descendants invited. Boerne former State Representative Bodo Holekamp will be guest speaker. Program includes music and coffee around 1:20 PM, with expenses covered by donations.
The Rev John T S Mao argues China’s farming backbone resists invasion and warns industrialized nations fall faster. Reports show Sweden Bible printing as a postwar plan due to British and American shortages, while Netherlands Bible Society reports strong Bible sales. Also notes Christ Church Savannah godfather program and Methodist relief actions amid war production.
A returning missionary notes that Christian schools orphanages and many churches continue functioning in Japan. Prewar Christian numbers were 233000 Protestants 119000 Roman Catholics and 41000 Greek Catholics, totaling a tiny fraction of the 73 million population yet wielding outsized influence. The Shinto imperial cult remains state endorsed during the emergency period.
The Kendall County Republican Convention in Boerne endorses Bodo Holekamp to run for State Senate in the 26th District. It also endorses Harry L. Davis Jr. for re election and votes to invite the Dallas Congressional Convention to Boerne. Delegates to the Dallas State Convention are named.
Parish invites all to attend services this Sunday with open doors and friendly welcome. Catholics emphasize inclusive worship and reminder to keep the Sabbath holy.
The Presbyterian Church led by Pastor Charles G. Workman invites attendance for Union Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. and Union Worship Service. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Clint Brown and son from Harper, Mrs. Charlie Barrett, Mrs. Alfons Hopf, and Kenneth Parker. Services continue Sunday August 6 with 10 a.m. Sunday School, 11 a.m. Divine Worship, and Mixed Choir rehearsal after.
Local church notes announce revival plans at First Baptist Church from July 30 to August 13 with Rev. R A Allen and Rev J B Dolan assisting. Messy items include a grass skirt gift from New Hebrides, letters from Sam Parker and Bob Davis about Kerrville show dates, and updates on parishioners and staff including Frank Thurman as Harper School janitor.
Lt. Thomas Carr marries Miss Jane Stonestreet July 30 1944 in Las Cruces New Mexico at the bride’s sister’s home. He has served at the Atlanta Ordinance Depot for two years and works with the Ordinance Automotive School staff. A veteran Marine writes to a Red Cross worker in Helena Montana praising the Red Cross for its future in the Pacific.
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