Harper Herald Friday Edition
The Harper Herald notes its weekly Friday publication led by Harold Dietel with a yearly subscription of $1.50.
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1941
Page
1
The Harper Herald notes its weekly Friday publication led by Harold Dietel with a yearly subscription of $1.50.
The Friday Saturday program features Bad Men of Missouri with Dennis Morgan Wayne Morris and Arthur Kennedy and Jane Wyman as romantic lead. Also Raiders of the Desert with Richard Arlen and Andy Devine delivering intrigue in a desert city setting.
A film review lauds Hold Back The Dawn with stars Charles Boyer Olivia DeHavilland and Paulette Goddard praising its drama and production. A wedding notice details Miss Gertrude Schuch and Harvey Land marrying November 6 at Edison Street Methodist Church with a 200 guest barbecue reception and plans to live in Fredericksburg.
A private nurse encounters gunmen wolves rats and right guys in a dramatic romantic and amusing feature shown on Tuesday November 18 only. The screening highlights her experiences across volatile and colorful encounters amid a bustling city.
A 1920 film feature titled Navy Blues screens Wednesday and Thursday in November. The plot centers on sailors who gamble to keep a champion gunner in service as he seeks to return to civilian life. Cast includes Ann Sheridan Jack Oakie Martha Bayer Jack Haley and others.
Rev Theo M Hawg united Miss Augusta Frantzen and Elmer Ottmers in marriage Monday at Bethany Lutheran church with Teddy Hohenberger and Miss Augusta Welch as attendants. The couple are children of Mr and Mrs Q Frantzen and Mr and Mrs D Others. Best wishes from local relatives. Mr and Mrs Marshel Wolf and Mr and Mrs Charlie Wolf and two sons visited the Wedekind family Sunday.
Felix Petsch and Miss Cora Pehl were married at St Marys Church on Wednesday at 8 am. The ceremony featured the church choir and organist Sophie Kammlah. Attendants included Frieda Schaeferkocher Clemens Pehl Annie Petsch and Roman Weber. The couple hosted a reception and dinner at the bride’s parents home in Stonewall afterward. The groom works at Dooleys 5 10 and 26c Store in Fredericksburg. Best wishes were extended by friends and relatives.
The Fredericksburg Benevolent Association details its history from the first meeting on June 28, 1932, a 20 cent per hundred donation policy, 266 members naming $478,102 including $12,266 for barns, and nine years of fire losses totaling $2,628.54. Assets on Oct 27, 1941 stood at $5,219.17 with an average annual loss of $292.07 and no solicitor employed. Members join voluntarily.
The Archives Collection at the University of Texas Library has acquired twenty one manuscript letters written by Sam Houston during his second term as President of the Republic of Texas.
Mrs Sam Honig and her daughter from the White Bluff community were seen shopping on Harper Wednesday evening.
The National Nutrition Conference in Washington stressed essential minerals and vitamins as a national defense. Experts say daily intake of vitamin A B complex C D P calcium phosphorus iron supports immunity, growth, bones, and blood formation, elevating health and morale for wartime and reconstruction periods.
The piece argues that autos roads mail and radio linked farms to the world, creating shared responsibility. It notes distant events impact local life and urges neighborliness and civic duty as the world grows smaller. It warns against ignoring global affairs and cites looming taxes from wartime costs.
Oldsmobile announces Armasteel pistons for all 1942 sixes and eights in Lansing. The move frees aluminum for national defense and highlights material advances from GM Research. The pistons promise reduced weight and combine aluminum benefits with steel durability. Locally, visitors from Fredericksburg and White Birch areas stopped in Harper midweek.
A Texas state nutrition program to strengthen defense effort and health aims was adopted by the Texas State Nutrition Committee in Austin on October 19 14. It calls for volunteer county committees to aid in training food establishments expand school lunch and food stamp programs and promote dairy farmer cooperatives while studying new ways to use Texas grown foods.
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