Nehru comments on bombs and church school volunteers
Prime Minister Nehru says America is powerful but not defined by bombs and lauds American church school volunteers as the backbone of Christian education. The North American Conference on Faith and Order prepares for a September 1957 gathering at Oberlin College with participants from 32 churches. British and American Methodists plan joint missionary projects in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, including African theological training and a new community center. A Korean Christian home faces Confucian-influenced gender roles, obedience expectations, and prayers, with youth panels weighing parental authority and rites challenging marriage. Easter highlighted as the Christian faith’s central hope amid reflections on immortality.
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America
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
U.S
Saskatoon
Honolulu
Conference On Faith and Order
Oberlin College
Ohio
North American
Naional Council of Churches
Southern
Rhodesia
Salisbury
Epworth
Korea
Irma Highbaugh
Republic of Korea
John Sutherland Bonnell
New York
Delinquent child? Delinquent home by Hoover
A 9 to 15 year old West Coast juvenile crime club is described with offenses from pocket picking to burglary. Hoover argues family life and religious instruction prevent delinquency, noting working parents and broken homes as risk factors and citing a Midwest murder case of a fourteen year old.
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West Coast
Hoover Bad Company
Midwest
Milam and Parker Famili es Gather Across Counties
Noxville notes recount J A Milams visiting Marble Falls and Fred ericksburg events with Mr and Mrs Jess Parker. Raymond Parker helped with sheep shearing while Lon Parker stays at the Noxville ranch with Walton Whitworths. Mother's Day is celebrated nationwide with sentiment about mothers.
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J. A. Milams
Mable Falls
Primitive Baptist Church
Austin
Jess F. Parker
Fredericksburg
Raymond Parker
Ray Bierschwabe
Raymond
Noxville
Lon Parker
Round Mountain
Walton Whitworth
Grass cover improves soil moisture at Luther Walton farm
The Upper Llanos Soil Conservation District reports moisture depths vary with ground cover. Bare ground shows 2 to 4 inches moisture, buffalo grass about 8 inches, and Arizona cottontop up to 15 inches. Strong winds dry topsoil, but grass roots maintain evaporation resistance and growth. The district offers a pecan sprayer via C. W. Walker Garage in Junction for insect control. Canada wildrye and three flower malic grasses are seeding now and should be harvested at hard dough stage.
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Luther Walton
London
LCS
Walton
Arizona
Upper
Llanos
Canada
Small Dams Proposal Backed by Johnson for West Texas
AUSTIN T. Johnson, candidate for lieutenant governor, endorses a plan to build 100000 small dams in West Texas. He argues farms would gain water banks during droughts and erosion protection. He will visit San Antonio Tuesday and speak to civic clubs in El Paso area about his conservation program.
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Austin T. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
San Antonio
el Paso
Family Visits Across Fredericksburg and Spring Creek
Mr and Mrs Orville Harvey and children of Fredericksburg visited her parents Mr and Mrs Otto Wienecke and family Mrs Edwin Klein and daughters visited his mother Mrs Ernst Klein at Spring Creek Sunday Subscribe to The Herald $150 per year.
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Orville Harvey
Fredericksburg
Otto Wienecke
Edwin Klein
Ernst Klein
Spring Creek
If It Were Not So I Would Have Told You
The speaker argues that the universe bearing humanity as its greatest creation implies value and purpose beyond the dust heap. He frames trust in Christ's integrity as assurance of a life beyond this world, quoting a steadfast claim of truth.
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Christ
India
Raja Hyder Ali
Mysore
Guntur
Sir William Congreve
Roeder and Otto Families Share Sunday Visit
Mr and Mrs Ruben Roeder and sons visited his parents Mr and Mrs Joe Roeder Sunday. Mr and Mrs Herbert Otto of Liano spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs W R Massey.
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Ruben Roeder
Joe Roeder
Herbert Otto of
Liano
W. R. Massey
Last Rites for Mrs Louise Merritt Held in Dallas
Mrs Louise Merritt 96 of Dallas died at home Wednesday and was buried Thursday at Restland Memorial Park. A Henderson Rusk County native, she taught private piano in Harper Gillespie County and Whitewright Grayson County before retiring. She studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, belonged to Daughters of the Confederacy and Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church, and earlier served as pianist and Sunday school teacher in Whitewright. Rev Joe M Russell, former Whitewright pastor now at Polytechnic Presbyterian Fort Worth, will conduct services. Survivors include son R E Merritt of Napa California and two nieces Mrs J S Pieringer Fort Worth and Mrs Harry McCommas Dallas.
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Louise Merritt
Stemmons
Dallas
Restland Memorial Park
Lamarand Smith Chapel
Merritt
Henderson
Rusk County
Harper
Gillespie County
Whitewright
Grayson County
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Daughters of the Confederacy
Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Joe M. Russell
Polytechnic Presbyterian Church
Fort Worth
R. E. Merritt
Napa
Calif
J. S. Pieringer
Harry McCommas
Watershed flood prevention gains support in dam bills
The House considered a Poage of War sponsored bill expanding flood control by watershed projects. It allows all construction costs to be born by the federal government with local rights of way and easements. Upstream projects above 5,000 acre feet may proceed if local interests cover excess capacity costs. Long-term government loans may aid local organizers for irrigation and municipal uses.
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Soul Conservation
Don I. Heard
The
Veterans Administration
Uvalde
Uvalde County
Heard
Baylor
Houston
Les Arends
The Rockets that Transformed Warfare and Heritage
Rockets changed warfare from Mysore in 1780 to Boulogne and Danzig, ending with the Star Spangled Banner line inspired by Fort McHenry. From early iron pipe rockets to Congreve's long range arms, the era reshaped battle and national memory.
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Boulogne
Europe
Danzing
Napoleon
Prussia
France
York
Russia
HJT
Fort McHenry
Maryland
Baltimore
America
Harover Church Services and Community Notices
A Catholic church welcomes all to Masses and meetings at St Anthonys and Pentecost Sunday events. A house for sale 24 by 36 feet is offered by Buster Gammenthaler in Harper. Methodist Church lists services with hymn and Bible verses and indicates no German worship on Pentecost Sunday.
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Buster Gammenthaler
Harper
Texas Veterans Receive 261,188,443 in Cash and Services
The Veterans Administration reports Texas disbursed 261,188,443 in cash and services to veterans and families in fiscal 1955. Benefits included compensation, pensions, death benefits, GI insurance, and training subsidies under WWII and Korea GI Bills. Some expenditures cannot be itemized by state.
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Veterans Administration
Texas
Government Printing Office
Washington
D. C
Korea
First Baptist Church Service Schedule and Meetings
D W Brown pastor leads Sunday School at 10 a m Morning preaching at 11 a m Training Union at 7 30 p m preaching at 8 30 p m Sunbeam GA S WMS and Brotherhood meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays Youth Fellowship after the second and fourth Sunday services.
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Num
the Sunbeams GA
WMS and Brotherhood
Youth Fellowship
Harper Presbyterian Church Worship Service Announcement
Dr. Paul J. Schwab, pastor invites visitors to Harper Presbyterian Church. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship service at 11 a.m. followed by Holy Communion. Visitors are welcome to worship with us.
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School of Religion
St. Ann's Society
Catholic Action Councils
Youth Sodality
Harper Presbyterian Church
Paul J. Schwab
Harper Pentecostal Church Schedule
Carlos Parker, Pastor leads weekly Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7 30 p m Sunday school starts at 11 00 a m followed by morning worship at 11 00 a m A mixed choir rehearsal at 5 00 p m and an Evangelistic service at 7 45 p m The public is invited to attend all services
Barbecue Attendees at Mooney Aircraft Plant Social Evening
The Mooney Aircraft plant hosted a barbecue supper Saturday evening with guests including Mr and Mrs Edwin Klein and daughters, Mr and Mrs Charlie Rogers and daughter, Mr and Mrs Creighton Stevens and children, Mr and Mrs Charles Gammenthaler and children, Mr and Mrs Billy Kunz and Bill Kaiser. Mr and Mrs Fred Gammenthaler visited San Antonio Tuesday and Wednesday with their daughter Mrs Allen Fowler and family.
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Mooney Aircraft Plant
Edwin Klein
Charlie Rogers
Creighton Stevens
Charles Gammenthaler
Billy Kunz
Bill Kaiser
Fred Gammenthaler
San Antonio
Allen Fowler
Tobins Visit Mrs Trecy Tobin In San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Marvin Tobin of San Antonio and Mr and Mrs Hardin Tobin of Rocksprings spent Sunday with their mother Mrs Trecy Tobin.
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Marvin Tobin
San Antonio
Hardin Tobin
Rocksprings
Trecy Tobin
Water shortage in Texas grows gloomier as drought deepens
Official warnings describe record low stream flows, meager March rainfall, and falling storage in reservoirs and wells across Texas. Barton Springs and Comal Springs show historic declines while underground supplies dwindle. Texans are urged to conserve water and use it productively.
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Texas
Neches
Amarillo
Brownsville
Texarkana
el Paso
Barton Springs
Austin
Comal
New Braunfels
Mrs. Milton Ahrens Spends Day With Sister
Mrs Milton Ahrens of Spring Creek spent Wednesday with her sister Mrs Orvin Behrens and family.
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Milton Ahrens
Spring Creek
Orvin Behrens
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