Religious Groups Rally for Labor Day Observances and Missions
U S religious groups plan special labor day services in synagogues and churches on September 4 and 5 with unions attending en masse. The Federal Council issues a Labor Day message read from Protestant pulpits as colleges award scholarships to Imogene E. Young and six regional winners. Protestant relief work in China strains under refugee influx, while Methodists forecast one new church building per day to address rising membership and minority group needs. Eight major denominations unite in Japan under the Inter-Board Committee for Work in Japan, forming a Council of Cooperation with Kyodan, while U S churches pursue expanded training for ministers among Mexican and Puerto Rican communities. Local social notes include visits by Jim Wells and the Ruskeys.
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United States
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Parshad
United Christian Youth Movement
Imogene E. Young
Joplin
Lois
Anderson
Chicago
Kathryn L. Bradshaw
Seattle
Wash
Mollie A. Boney
Wallace
N. C
Mary E. Edwards
Tulsa
Okla
Lewis S. Mudge Jr
Bryn Mawr
Theodore L. Trost Jr
Rochester
N. Y
James £. Potter Jr
Peetz
Colo
American Protestant Churches
China
Church World Service
Leslie B. Moss
Moss
Earl R. Brown
New York
Board of Missions and Church Extension
The
Methodist Church
Home Missions
Brown
Manhattan
San Antonio
America
Japan
Kyodan
Church of Christ In
Presbyterian Church, USA
Congregational-Christian Church
United Church of Canada
Evangelical Reformed Church
Reformed Church of America
United Christian Missionary Society
Evangelical United Brethren
Council of Cooperation
Christian Education
Northern Baptist Convention
Dr. B. Cobb
Macon
Local Visitors Report Courtyard Gatherings
Mrs Eddie Klein and daughter Mrs Jimmie Shelton from San Antonio visited Mr and Mrs Levi Kensing on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs N F Welling and two children from Alice were guests of Mr and Mrs O Ruaskey for several days last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Klein
Jimmie Shelton
San Antonio
Levi Kensing
N. F. Welling
Alice
O. Ruaskey
Mrs. Sears and Sons Visit Kerrville Parents
Mrs Edwin Sears and her two sons from Kerrville visited her parents Mr and Mrs O Ruskey on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Sears
Gillespie Runoff Ballots Counted in Tight Election
In Gillespie County a runoff produced 1260 ballots counted across 23 precincts with Coke Stevenson leading Lyndon Johnson by about four to one in the senatorial race and Roscoe Runge ahead of Sam Connally three to one in the district attorney contest. Major precinct results and totals show Stevenson with 1014 to Johnson 250 and Connally 321. The piece ends with a lengthy, unrelated diatribe about the soul and freedom.
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Tom Schmidt
Gillespie
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Roscoe Runge
Sam Connally
Peter’s Hall
Stevenson
Aoinnon
Range
Connally
Agriculture Department predicts another nitrogen fertilizer race
The Agriculture Department expects similar nitrogen fertilizer needs for 1948 49 with American farmers receiving about ten percent more than last year while exports of ammonia rise and imports from Chile Canada and Norway grow. Army plants will divert ten percent of produced ammonia to home fertilizer firms totaling about 28 000 tons with half of nitrogen sent to other countries, about 30 500 tons for farmers. In Comal County AAA projects show terraces livestock water dams and cedar removal improving grazing. over 100 tons of AAA phosphate distributed and winter legumes to seed this fall. Grounded in local farming topics, the report notes losses in Teras poultry and suggests egg collection and a 24 hour cooling period to reduce breakage. Tularemia or rabbit fever affects sheep prompting tick control as a preventive measure. Early next year cotton insect control urges plowing stalks after season end to combat boll weevils and pink bollworm. Dairymen face checklists on pastures worms dry fields milk and fire service to protect profits.
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Agriculture Department
Chile
Canada
Norway
Comal County
AAA
Teras
Wality
Soul, Faith, and the Threat of Materialism
A Catholic speaker condemns materialist ideas that deny the soul, arguing the soul is the essential, indefinable essence of a person. He criticizes modern science and media for reducing humans to protons and electrons, urging readers to value the soul above all.
Kisers Visit Blue Mountains Mother for Church
Mr and Mrs Ted Kiser visited Mrs W O Brown in the Blue Mountains on Sunday attended church at the Presbyterian Church and likely joined in local social religious routine as reported in the Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Kiser
Blue Mountains
W. O. Brown
The
Presbyterian Church
Harper Churches Schedule Revival and Services
Sunday September 5 brings Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and English service at 10:30 a.m. First Baptist Church led by Rev. Jack Minter advertises a revival meeting starting Friday September 24 lasting through the first Sunday in October. Civic notices describe local baseball playoff plans involving Harper Seipp's Camp Stanley and Stonewall with game dates and venues. Community notices note Lutherans picnic, a barbecue at the Schwab home, and local moves and visits among residents.
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First Baptist Church
Jack Minter
O. D. Welch
Junction
Harper
We Harper
Seipp
Camp Stanley
Stonewall
Seipp’s
Susseraslqls
S- Harper
Sisterdale
Ingram
Blanco
Creighton Stevens Family Visits Austin and Lake Victor
Mr and Mrs Creighton Stevens and son spent the weekend with his brother Murray Stevens and Mrs Stevens in Austin. Mr and Mrs Charlie Barrett visited relatives at Lake Victor during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creighton Stevens
Murray Stevens
Stevens
Austin
Charlie Barrett
Lake Victor
St Anthony's Church Notices and Bazaar Plans
Rev A A Gitter invites parishioners to Mass at 9 30 and to attend the St Anthony's Society meeting and the Sunday School class organization for the year All children aged 6 to 16 should be present The Central Bazaar Committee met to prepare the biennial bazaar Composed of parish heads and past bazaar chairs The church welcomes all to attend services and walk in at any time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony's Society
Methodist Church Services Announced for Sunday
The B. E. Brethan led Methodist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. A lunch and fellowship hour follows at noon. Everyone is welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul S. Schwab
San Antonio
Harper Tabernacle Services and Sunday School List
Reverend Walter Jost, pastor, leads Full Gospel services at Harper Tabernacle each Friday night at 8 and Sunday School every Sunday at 10 o'clock.
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Harper Tabernacle
Walter Jost
Harper Aeberagle
Probsts of Orange Visit Hoermann Family
Mr and Mrs Paul Probst of Orange visited Rev and Mrs Hoermann and their children this past week in a brief hometown social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Probst ‘of
Orange
Mrs. Hoermann
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Detroit
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Pioneer Furniture Co
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C. Douglas Stewer
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Arthur Bilerschwab
Dean Hopf
Watkins Tarr
Frances Floyd
Jack Jones
Albert Whetstone
Clara Masters
Carle
Commanche
Vester O'Rear
Allen Fowler and Sons
Laredo
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Kerrville
She Vogue
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Toges Oy
Fredericksburg
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