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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1940
Page
7
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stevens visited Harper Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fuhrmann were visitors in Harper Tuesday.
Harper residents aided by neighbors fought a prairie fire spreading toward Ed Coggeshall’s home. Water was hauled in barrels and the blaze burned itself out with only burned needle grass reported as damage. Harold Taylor, son of Mrs. Marvin Ernst, underwent an appendectomy in San Marcos and was reported doing well. Mrs. Virginia Scarbough and Mrs. Fred Mathisen scheduled a study course discussion in Harper on September 14 at 3 p m. Bob Nabers fell ill Tuesday and was rushed to Keidel Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg. his condition was hoped to be not serious.
Ultraviolet light in sunshine is largely filtered by the cornea the lens and the aqueous humor before reaching the retina. The cornea absorbs about two thirds of the short ultra violet rays. British scientists urge bread intake and a flax recleaner blows chaff from flax with a four ton an hour capacity.
Mr and Mrs J J Rogers and son Ted visited West Texas and New Mexico with Mrs Ellen Patten accompanying to Sanderson to visit Mrs Roy Deaton. Ted will remain in Alpine to reenter school this fall. Mr and Mrs W E Feltcher went to San Antonio to select furniture for their new flagstone home in Kimble county recently completed.
Mrs J W Merritt of Center Point visits her brother F M Floyd and family. Several Kerrville residents host or travel to nearby towns including Harper Fredericksburg Seguin and Abilene for visits and teaching posts. A hospital update notes Mrs Ervin Kramer in Keidel Memorial Hospital showing improvement. A housefly fact claims a female could become a great grandmother in about 60 days.
The Army expansion requires about 600 civilian medical officers in various grades for temporary and part time service. Full time officers serve as doctors in hospitals dispensaries and the field with part time officers reporting for sick call daily and subject to emergency calls.
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