Service Men Christian League formed to aid armed forces
The Service Men Christian League unites young service members for open Christian fellowship and postwar church involvement. It is sponsored by the National Council of Churches and related bodies and led by Rev. Ivan M. Gould. The group aims to maintain church ties, promote peaceful postwar unity, and counter isolationist sentiment in churches amid wartime and rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Men's Christian League
Ral Council of Churches
Theternational Council of Religious Education
The
General Commission On Army and Navy Chaplains
World's Christian Endeavor Union
Ivanm. Gould
Walter van Kirk
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
Congress
Pioneering Women Elected to Mozambique Mission Committee
The Methodist Church in Mozambique reports two African women elected to the mission committee, the first such recognition in the territory. Sara Jeana Guam bo and Sara Amelia Matsimbi are trained in Methodist schools and now join the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Ira. E. Gillet
Methodist Church
Mozambique
Portuguese East Africa
Sara
Jeana Guambo
Amelia Matsimbi
Taking the Cants Out of Canning at College Station
Home canning is doable despite wartime metal shortages. Winifred Jones of the A and M College Extension Service urges careful prep of equipment and use of available help from Texas home demonstration clubs. She outlines steps to check gauges, clean valves, and refresh cookers, plus simple maintenance like boiling, odor removal, and using lemon juice or vinegar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Mar
Winifred Jones
A. and M. College Extension Service
Miss Jones
Texas
Fredericksburg Boy Voted Best All Around at TLC
Weston Luckenbach of Fredericksburg was elected the best all around boy at Texas Lutheran College by students in a recent election. The Fredericksburg High School graduate is active in Delta Delta, Luther League, and the basketball team. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W A Luckenbach of Fredericksburg.
Saint Camillus of Lellis and the origins of nursing orders
The article recounts Saint Camillus of Lellis founding a nursing Congregation in 1582 after serving as a soldier and witnessing hospital needs. He wore a red cross on his garments, established a hospital care mission, and later formed nursing priest and sister orders that spread to Europe, the Americas and beyond, earning him the title Saint of the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Camillus of
Lellis
Camillus
Cammillus
Rome
Italy
Spain
South America
Belgium
Ireland
Germany
Hungary
Holland
France
United States
Order of Cammilsions
Fredericksburg Visitors Mark Week’s Local Travel
Klein Branch News notes many residents visiting Fredericksburg Harper and Engel side from the Kramer Staudt and Klein families. Families including the Fiedlers Rahe Duderstadt Lang and Applegram travel for visits and to tend ill relatives with improving conditions reported.
Local Families Visit Across Cities
Mrs. Herman Kaiser accompanied her son Robert Kaiser to Houston Sunday and visited her sister nearby. Robert returned to Virginia. Pvt Ted A Rogers, after visiting his parents, returned to Galena Washington with the Medical Corps. Mr and Mrs Willie Honig and their small son from White Bluff shopped in Harper Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Klein
Johnny Klein
Helen Virginia
Werner Klein
Harvey
Darlene
Gloria Jean
Edgar, Jr
Albert Bernhard
Hilmar Wahrmund
Petersburg
Edward Klein
Esther Feller
Helen Virginia Rischner
Ernest Sterling
Fredericksburg
Felix Bernhard
Rudy Klein
Edmund Woerner
James Klein
Elgin Kunz
Bertha
Felix
Joe Roeder
Chas
Harper
John Zenner
White Oak
Leroy Klein
Kerrville
Raymond Klein
Helen
Willie Klein
Roman
Curtis Carter
Jake Roeder
Willie B. Smith
Mr. Smith
Beaumont
Lewis Lehne
Morris Ranch
Maurice Bell
Charles
Donna
Co. J. Whitewood
Herman Kaiser
Robert Kaiser
Houston
Mrs. Kaiser
Robert
Virginia
Pvt
Ted A. Rogers
Galena
Washington
Medical Corps
Willie Honig
Small Son
White Bluff
Fire hazard warned by state official on chicken brooders
Austin report says Marvin Hall, state fire insurance commissioner, warns that chicken brooders, kept on continuously, raise fire risk and can undermine poultry programs. He urges cleanliness, safe fuel handling, and regular checks of heat devices to prevent fires and protect chicks and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mar
Marvin Hall
Hall
Funeral Attendees From Kerrville Visit Harper for Rev. Bierschwale
Tom Nichols and son Fritz William along with Mr and Mrs Crawford Goode and Mr and Mrs Walker of Kerrville attended the funeral of Rev. W. M. Bierschwale in Harper Sunday marking a regional religious community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Nichols
Fritz William
Crawford Goode
Mrs. Walker
Kerrville
Harper Sunday
W. M. Bierschwale
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Harper Herald
NATIO
Association Lumber
Norman J. Dietel
Wendel
Harper, Texas
WLAY
Indi Qc
First State Bank
Federal Deposit
Wiiness
Chas. J. Whitewood
H. P. Gartrell
John S. Morris
Cashier
John 8. Morris
Herman Harper
Fred Whitewood
Belton Tatsch
CY W.w.reib
Madame Chiang Kaishek
Madigan Square Garden
New York City
Christ
China
Canton
Monsignor Fourquet
Chungking
West China
Europe
America
International Council of Religious Education
Council
California
Maryland
Alfred Lenne
Mgr
Misa
Teddlier's Cash Pharmacy
Wm. M. Petmecky
Gillespie County
Catholic Information
Saint OF the Red Cross
Rock Drug Store
Hugo Kallenberg
Kerrville, Texas
James W. Maxwell
Klein Branch News
Ernst Kramer
Junior Stevens
Paul Staudt
Lewis Stevens
Mary Virginia
Hedwig Filter
Guenther
Edgar Fiedler
E. J. and
Martin Ray
Ervin Kramer
Fred Rahe
Margaret Kramer
Beat Antonio
Darline Kramer
Alf. Kramer
John Duderstadt
Imogene
Lewis Lang
Alfred Kramer
Chas. Klein
Allen
Merle Applegram
Ida Smith
Sam Ezell
Engleside
Arthur Maley
Margaret Kramét
ALAC
William Boyd
Can Yon
MtcCuerins
Brooklyn
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
Red Skelton
Dixie
Massey-Harris
Fredericksburg, Texas
J. I. Case Plow Works Co
Massey Harris CO
R. D. Little
Territory
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Mohair Ranch Supplies
T. Holekamp
Manager Junction
Wuerner
Vere Dsa
Ah Enon
Mohale
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