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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1939
Page
7
For sale two 1935 Chevrolet items with upholstery. Also notes Mrs Clarence McDougall and baby visited Turtle Creek from Texas with Mr and Mrs John Rogers.
A five man recruiting party will tour Texas towns Boerne Comfort Kerrville and Fredericksburg to interview young men for enlistment in the Regular Army under the President's partial emergency decree. Applicants 18 to 21 require parental consent in writing. transportation to Fort Sam Houston available if needed.
Mrs Edward Kott Sr nee Bertha Pfiester was born January 17 1869 in Fredericksburg and died October 12 1989 at age 70 years 8 months 25 days Funeral services were led by Rev Theo M Haag at Beckmanns funeral home with Bethany Lutheran choir and interment in the city cemetery Surviving are stepsons Louis Kott Riverside Junction and Arthur and George Kott both in California also sister Mrs August Jordan and brother Emil Pfiester of Arizona C J Mackey of Gladewater visited Harper recently.
Members of the Beta Zeta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met at the Hotel Nimitz for a luncheon with the theme Goals. Miss Julia Estill served as toastmistress as red roses and gold goal posts decorated the long table. The program featured talks by S H Smyre and M Mur chison with a piano rendition of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March and a song to close.
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission announces a three-year state wide quail restoration project with $24,253 this year. Landowners cover 25 percent of costs, 75 percent funded by Pittman Robertson funds. areas of 500 to 4,000 acres will be fenced and provided with shelters. Over 100,000 acres targeted this year, more next year. hunting will be closed in leased areas for three years. Authorities see strong potential for 400 to 500 percent quail increases and expect to model this plan for other states.
A large barn on Edward Schlaudt’s farm two miles from Fredericksburg on Harper road burned Thursday night. Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Dept. responded around 8:30 p.m. saving the nearby residence. Contents including peanut hay and feed were lost. a tractor was saved by a son. Insurance on the barn stood at 190 dollars. Mr. Schlaudt was away in San Antonio.
A 1939 portrait contrasts a rugged horseman and Judge James A. Emmert campaigning for the Indiana Republican gubernatorial nomination. Emmert travels in a modern trailer, delivering speeches across towns, highlighting efficiency and nationwide influence of such mobile campaigns.
The piece follows Judge Emmert as he plans to visit all 92 Indiana counties using a highway guided route. While touring, his trailer acts as campaign HQ during the day and a parked home at night, highlighting how modern, financed roads enable campaign travel across the nation.
Mrs. Herbert Gamel Sr. spent two weeks in San Angelo with her mother Mrs. Mary Mullins. Mr. and Mrs. Wester Parker of Noxville were in town trading Wednesday. Ed McDougall and A. J. Wasko of Kerrville were in Harper on business. Miss Irene Hopf of Austin visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Hopf last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tarr made a business trip to Brady on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs W H Stevens were seen in Fredericksburg on Tuesday handling personal and financial affairs.
University of Texas geologists report ring necked pheasants released in Colorado county last year have nested producing 41 young birds. Colorado county may be among few Texas areas where pheasants survive with birth rates higher than the national average per UT scientists.
Mr and Mrs C E Bein and daughter Mary Belle and Miss Doris Hopf visited Mr and Mrs Granville Barker and children at Sonora on Sunday.
O C Feller sold his 160 acre farm and ranch last week to W H Stevens. The ranch borders Stevens land along the Kerrville Harper road. Alma Wendel daughter of A H and Mrs Wendel underwent an appendicitis operation on Thursday.
Messrs Ed and George Bierschwale of Comfort attended the funeral of John R. Bierschwale on Saturday.
Elmer Lee Russell from Sul Ross College Alpine visited his parents Mr and Mrs Pete Russell last weekend.
Mr and Mrs Watkins Tarr and their young son, along with Miss Esther Wendel and Morris Bein, were shopping in San Antonio last Wednesday.
Orr Erato Hopf Mrs Ed Finamore and Miss Esther Wendel made a business trip to Fredericksburg last Friday. Mr and Mrs O E Larkins and Miss Lerlene Hamilton were visitors at Abilene last weekend. Clifton Hopf of San Antonio visited his parents here last weekend.
Mrs Dan Wiley and Mrs V C Russell are seen shopping in Kerrville on Monday with local observers noting their appearance and presence in the town.
For sale several Model A Fords with small down payment offered by Eoening Motor Sales in Fredericksburg Texas. Mr and Mrs C J Whitewood are spending several weeks in the Rio Grande Valley visiting their daughters Mrs John Yearly and Mrs Bell.
Eoening Motor Sales in Fredericksburg Texas offers a 1935 Terra plane sedan for sale or trade for hogs cattle or sheep. Mr and Mrs A T Whetstone and Mr and Mrs Fred Whetstone of Noxville were visitors on Wednesday.
Dry clean wool and silk outfits before storage to prevent damage. Request hanger packing in meth proof bags at no extra cost from Stehing Bros in Fredericksburg Texas.
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