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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1943
Page
1
British churches debate if Sunday performances for service members should be allowed. Archbishop of Canterbury supports Sunday shows without commercial interests. An Army chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew forms at Camp Breckinridge with Major Rogers as director.
Christian Indians in the De partment of Huenhuetenango in Guatemala, aided by North American missionaries, have completed a written Conch language via the Gospel of John printed by the American Bible Society. Missionary translator Newberry B. Cox recalls building vocabulary and grammar from scratch while Hon. Walter Nash argues the church must play a stronger role in addressing moral and social issues in a changing world.
A conference of Methodist and interdenominational Christian leaders will be held at Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Ohio March 8 through 12 to discuss world order issues and shape public opinion. Keynote speaker Vice President Henry A Wallace will discuss The Century of the Common Man with Bishop Francis J. McConnell presiding.
Gideon International announces pocket New Testaments and Psalms have been given to 3,100,000 servicemen and to army and navy nurses. Charles J. Pietsch chairs the Bible committee and reports the distribution.
R L Kott reports 10022 war ration book I issuances on Feb 25 26 and 27. The board praises volunteer helpers whose aid made the effort possible. War Books issued at Fbg Public School and St Marys School. Anyone who missed the period may obtain the book by noon Monday from the board.
White Bluff residents Ida Celecta Honig and Mr and Mrs Douglas Duderstadt with family visited Sunday. David Schmidt was a Sonora visitor Saturday. The Whitewood family visited in the W O Brown home Sunday afternoon. Milton Dyer visited Jim Taylor near London Sunday. E R Brown and a business trip to Junction Monday. Frank Thurman returned home Friday after Kerrville medical aid. Sam Honig family visited Willie Strackbein’s. John Whitewood and Mrs Duderstadt were Kerrville visitors Tuesday. Felix Kensing and Calvin and Ruby Mae Kensing visited Fredericksburg Saturday. Alfred Kirchhoff made a business trip to Fredericksburg Tuesday. Calvin Kensing and John Honig in Junction Tuesday.
The 1942 letter from Commander John S. Shea, missing after the U S S Wasp was sunk in the Solomons, is praised by Massachusetts official Horace Cahill. The note to his five year old son urges patriotism, education, Catholic faith, and moral living while awaiting his father’s return. St. Anthony's Discussion Club, Harper Texas.
Residents visiting Fredericksburg include Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Juenke and Patricia Ann, Mrs. Willie Klein, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bernhard and son Felix, and others. Legislative items discussed cover liquor rules, union registration, civil rights bills, and proposed redistricting. House actions involve recommitting liquor bills, creating a statewide package store act, and a veterans service bureau proposal. The piece urges district citizens to contact their representative with bill interests.
S Sgt Victor Lott spends furlough with parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Lott. Kerrville visitors include Mrs G C Duderstadt and Miss Edna Behrans. Mr and Mrs Clifford Bode travel to Freder. Levi Maddox Lee Goff and son Harvey D on business in Kerrville. Various local households host and visit. A young Wienecke child from Kerrville injures eye but recovering.
Mr and Mrs Eddie Reed and their young sons visited Mrs Reed s parents Mr and Mrs Henry Maurer Sunday. Mrs Hedwig Filter and two daughters Viola and Willa Mae visited in Fredericksburg Friday and Saturday. Paul Jones of Harper was a business visitor with Paul Staudt Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Alfred Kramer visited with Mr and Mrs Louis Bierschwale Sunday. Mr and Mrs Guenther Filter and Verdie Mae were Fredericksburg visitors. Mrs Erwin Kramer Mrs Paul Staudt Miss Jean Heffington and Miss Margaret Kramer were visitors in Fredericksburg Monday. were visitors in Fredericksburg Tuesday.
Red Cross honors home nursing students certified since July 1 1941 with a turquoise badge pin bearing Home Nursing and a Red Cross symbol. Pins cost 15 cents and are distributed by Miss Julia Estill in Gillespie County with a list of eligible certificate holders.
All former ration books should have been surrendered when new books were issued. Books belonging to boys called to service must be surrendered, as must those of deceased citizens.
An Army pilot guided by Morse code from Kerrville physician Dr. John B. Woodall avoided a crash after his compass failed and fuel dwindled. The plane circled over city rooftops at 9 p.m. Friday before landing at Louis Schreiner Airport with police and motorists assisting. First Lieut. A. J. Porkorny thanked those who aided him and flew out the next morning to Fort Stockton.
Kermit Kothe, son of Mr and Mrs Wm Kothe and pupil at Kerrville Flying School, struck an R E A line while flying near his father's ranch on Sunday. He landed the damaged aircraft on the old Cherry Spring road and emerged uninjured.
At Drew Field Tampa Fla Mar ist Lt Col Ralph P Stiehl informs Mr and Mrs Kurt Solbrig their son Pvt H L F Solbrig graduated February 27 from the Motor Transport School and becomes a full fledged chauffeur for the Army Inducted Armistice Day November 11 1942. Julius R Jerden 23 son of G A Jerden Hunt Texas promoted from staff sergeant to technical sergeant at Garden City Army Air Field Garden City Kan assigned as squadron technical inspector
Congressman Bryson of South Dakota pushes nationwide prohibition by act of Congress for wartime duration to curb absenteeism. His bill would abolish manufacture and transportation of liquor during the war. A humorous aside features a sharp exchange at a butcher shop about diseased meat.
Vague excerpt indicates officials inviting residents of the district to share their opinions on local governance and policy directions as part of a public input process. The readable fragment suggests an emphasis on citizen participation and community concerns.
Mrs Merl Applegram Mrs Ida Smith and Mrs Ed Wadell shopped in Fredericksburg Monday. Mr and Mrs Carlos Parker and children Rev and Mrs Waddell and Mrs Ida Smith attended church at Junction Sunday night.
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