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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1950
Page
2
Harper Lions club growth since 1917 exceeds 5 000 chapters with 69 800 definite war effort activities completed. Speaker Mr Petry credited service for expansion and predicted Lions International may reach a million members soon. Rev Workman closed with a prayer.
Frederick Bierschwale Jr of Harper Texas rises from sergeant to staff sergeant at an Eighth Air Force fighter station in England. As armament section files keeper he aids pilots and ground crews in supporting the 357th Fighter Group which destroyed 500 Nazi planes in nine months. A 1942 Fort Sam veteran, he was educated at Harper High School and attended clerical school at Fresno California. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Bierschwale Sr.
A Fort Douglas release lists service members and relatives linked to a plane accident. Names include Cpl John Wm May of Auburn ME, Cpl Oliver R Hoover of Arcadia, Pvt Patrick J Rohan of Holyoke MA, and others with mothers wives and addresses in Erie NY Oneida NY Mason TN Bundera TX Round Mountain NV San Antonio TX Junction TX and Knoxville TN. Also cited is a funeral for Mrs J W Weld and a 1501 men and 2706 women count of centenarians.
A baby daughter was born January 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Staudt, with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Alfons Feller. The note also lists numerous visits and greetings among local families including Klein Feller Roeder Staudt and Esquell households, with mentions of military service and travels to Fredericksburg Kerrville and Watkins Tarr.
White Bluff residents travel to Fredericksburg and Kerrville for visits shopping and errands. Family events include a baby birth at Fredericksburg hospital and a birthday dinner for Dean Hopf. Attendees reference many local names such as Brown Whitewood Honig Gamel Behrens Hopf and Klaehn amid weekend visits and police and naval family connections.
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