Harper Herald Friday Edition Note
The Harper Herald is published each Friday under Norman J. Dietel as publisher and owner, with the newspaper operating as a local community record and voice.
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1950
Page
2
The Harper Herald is published each Friday under Norman J. Dietel as publisher and owner, with the newspaper operating as a local community record and voice.
Miss Madge Whitewood and Lt. Bill Dees wed quietly in Fredericksburg on July 10. The week’s social notices show visits across Harper, San Antonio, and nearby towns as families and friends gather at ranches, dinners, barbecues, and homecomings with several mentions of the Whitewood and Schmidt families and local residents.
Mr and Mrs Forrest Bode were visitors in the home of his parents Mr and Mrs P O Boue Sunday.
Bishop James C. Baker of Los Angeles cites a shift toward religious education and internal church reform, urging systematic instruction for all members and a focused evangelism. The Methodist Board of Missions forwarded a resolution to withdraw U S recognition of Franco’s regime for Nazi cooperation, led by Bishop Lewis O. Hartmann, chairman of the American Committee for Spanish Freedom.
Amid global conflict, church leaders report dire needs in the Philippines with food shelter clothing and medicines in short supply. Christian youth in France aid evacuees, while the Friends of the Wounded in China expand care within the army Medical Corps and honor Rev Winans's guiding ethic.
The Marine Corps expands 17 year old enlistments in South Texas with a quota and same day boot camp. Major D M Taft notes applicants may join regular or reserve units with parental consent. Enlistment offices are in San Antonio and Houston. Mr. and Mrs. Toby Buster of Junction visited relatives in town.
L B Smith guests for Congressman Fisher, writes of Capitol Hill FEPC debate and July 4 celebrations. Notes meetings with Mahon Gossett Mansfield Poage Thomason Gibson Rayburn, attendance at a White House conference and Truman Morgenthau Roberts retirements. Includes calls from Leakey Brady Lampasas Kilgore and Texas A and M alumni.
Sunday services include Mass at 10 00 a m followed by Youth Sodality meeting. A July 22 boys party for sailors home from overseas and a July 26 Ladies Retreat at St Ann’s feast day are planned with Mass 9 00 a m and silent reflection until 6 00 p m. Also Union Sunday School at 10 00 a m and Worship at 11 00 a m with reports from youth delegates.
A reflective Catholic column contrasts fixed arithmetic with religious conviction, urging tolerance for differing beliefs while insisting logic be applied to faith. It notes shared values among Catholics and requests sympathy for neighbors' worship, then shifts to local news items about people visiting, funerals, and relatives in Harper and San Antonio.
Mr and Mrs John S Morris visited their daughter Mrs Jack Lee and family in San Antonio the first of the week.
Tom Phillips and his grandchild ren, Cpl Weldon Phillips, Made Lyn and Leslie Phillips Jr., traveled to Austin Friday to visit their son and father Leslie Sr., who then joined them for a family visit. Ed Walker and son, long time residents near Junction, moved back to the James River community. Mrs Jack Jones and Mrs A C Wendel shopped in Fredericksburg Friday morning. Mrs Max Baumann left Saturday to join her husband in California where Max is stationed.
Jesse Miller of Ingram traveled to Harper on Tuesday for a business visit. He met local officials and discussed potential trading opportunities and services for the town.
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