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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
1
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Local residents listed include Mesdames Schmidt Honig Brown Gamel Whitewood and Miss Honig along with Mr and Mrs Kirchhoff Dyer Duderstadt Honig and others at a Friday P T A meeting and Silver Tea. Several excursions return home as relatives visit and attend a Junior Senior Banquet in Harper with numerous Honig Brown and Kensing family members noted.
Mrs Ida Smith mourns the death of her sister Mrs Arthur Maley of Ingleside who had been ill for over a year. The funeral was held Saturday and Mrs Smith could not attend. Mr and Mrs Edgar Strackbein and baby visited Fredericksburg with Mr and Mrs August Strackbein. Miss Tillie Baumann broke her ankle after a slip last week and works at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Coffey and their son Ralston of White Bluff visited Harper on Wednesday.
The article surveys shifts in rural China and the Ozark region, noting economic changes and expanding roles for women, education, and self-reliance. It highlights missionary work in Beirut and the Belgian Congo, detailing interactions with soldiers and minorities, including Jewish and African communities, and native Christian outreach.
Seven leading Chinese Christians were added to the American Advisory Committee in China which oversees relief funds and supplies via the Church Committee for China Relief and its denominations. New members include Bishop W Y Chen and Bishop Paul Yu pin among others from Methodist Roman Catholic Y M C A Y W C A and financial institutions. Rev Philip Hebard Ward was commissioned a missionary of the Congregational Christian Church on May 9.
Dr Frank Laubach known as a missionary apostle of literacy has finished a tour of Cuba Haiti Mexico Colombia Ecuador Peru Bolivia Brazil Trinidad Guatemala and Venezuela to promote teaching millions to read and write. He met with missionaries educators and government heads and prepared Laubach method charts for Aymara and Quechua Indians, the largest indigenous groups now largely illiterate.
An article from St. Anthony's Discussion Club in Harper Texas asserts Catholics dominate naval units in the South Pacific and claim high Catholic percentages across the army navy and marine corps. It argues religion and patriotism are linked and urges fidelity to church and country.
The Express office window features two safe home canning methods endorsed by Texas A&M researchers. Elberta Martin notes pressure cooking for meats and nonacid vegetables to kill bacillus botulinus, and a water bath for fruits and acidic produce. The risk of botulinum toxin is highlighted, with temperatures needed for destruction. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins Tarr and son James visited Harper for the weekend.
The author reflects on the final days of the current session, cites state cost summaries from 1941 to 1943, and notes battles over school funding pensions and liquor curfew. He mentions emergency measures on diseased cattle, aircraft transport rejection, and progress in free conference on five major appropriation bills, thanking constituents and papers for cooperation.
Mr and Mrs Herman Kaiser announced the birth of a baby daughter to Mr and Mrs Joe Kaiser on May 6 at a Fredericksburg hospital.
Mrs. Alf Lehne attended the funeral of Henry Mayer in Fredericksburg on Monday. The service reflected the community’s loss and paid tribute to Mayer’s life.
Mr and Mrs Wilber Seiders and their son John spent the weekend with Mrs Seiders parents Mr and Mrs F M Floyd.
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