17 Oct 1947
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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1947
Page
1
Subscriptions at 1.50 per year are announced by Mrs. A C Wendel, authorized reporter in Harper Texas. A brief quoted Carlyle passage on personal ideals accompanies the notice, reflecting the era’s moral tone and local publishing style.
In New York City over 70 thousand youths lack church contact, prompting calls for better strategies from Protestant leaders. Gary Indiana hospitals remove Negro doctor admission restrictions, while England’s Ernest D. Jeffs studies American church architecture. Louisville clergy credit a church-run boys club with halting juvenile court cases. Rural Methodists face staffing and mission gaps as Assemblies of God reports 234 new parishes in two years.
Cotton farmers in the Rio Grande Valley adopt early plowing to deny boll weevils wintering grounds and curb pink bollworm. At Kerrville, USDA Entomological Station scientists including Dr. Laake test insecticides, DDT-type compounds, and tick controls to protect cattle, sheep, and livestock. General Secretary J Roswell Flowers notes 5,548 assemblies, 5,746 ministers, and 243,515 members in the denomination.
Archdiocese calls for Mission Sunday collection on October 19 to support the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the American Board of Catholic Missions, and the Near East Welfare Association. A.B.C.M. allocations total nearly fifty thousand dollars for local and foreign missions, urging broad Catholic support. The notice also covers dairy cooperative insemination plans, Hill Country hunting season, and new game laws with emphasis on Texas wild turkey numbers.
Harper area churches invite attendance with Protestant and Catholic services. St. Anthony's in Kiev lists Mass at 10 and a program of meetings for men, Youth Sodality, Adult Study Group, and Mission Sunday forthcoming. Also notes conventions in San Antonio and local parish events with members and visitors welcome.
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