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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1944
Page
3
S. A. Light reports Governor Dewey’s San Francisco address accusing the New Deal of undermining personal freedoms and fostering bureaucratic control. He argues for a government responsible to the people and cites ten million unemployed in 1940, urging a return to American objectives and limited federal power.
The Gillespie County American Red Cross chapter assembled 147 blue denim kit bags for U S Navy personnel. Mrs Alfred Neffendorf and Mrs William Grinke led a team of about a dozen women who sewed and filled each bag with a tablet, envelopes, a pencil, soap, razor blades, shoestrings, a cloth, playing cards, a mystery book and a housewife kit. A greeting card from Fredericksburg Texas noted Admiral Chester W Nimitz as birthplace and prayed for safe return home. Bags will be shipped to St Louis for redistribution to Navy needs.
Reverend Goodenough and Miss Oliver, a missionary team, will speak at the Methodist Church. The event highlights outreach work and local religious activities with a reception to follow.
The War Department reports Pfc Emil Felps 28 son of Mr and Mrs Nace Felps Fredericksburg seriously wounded in Italy on Sept 11. Harper postmaster warns packages to armed forces must be mailed by Oct 15 due to limited US mail capacity. Rules require under 5 pounds, under 36 inches girth, no perishables, glass, or fruit, full address, one package per week per recipient, prepaid postage, labeled Christmas Package. Dayton Rahe and family hosted dinner, Dayton leaving for California.
Mrs Allan Fowler and her children Fred Gammenthaler and son Orville, and daughter Miss Elizabeth, visited Mr and Mrs Carl Durst at their Doss home on Tuesday night.
A group of Gillespie County inductees reported to Fort Sam Houston last Friday and were accepted for service in the army. Names include Elgin A. Hohmann Elgin E. Klein Marcus Jenschke James Jenschke Alfred W. Petmecky and Glenn Arthur Arhelger. A similar number did not pass their physical and were sent home.
Several committee members for the Gillespie County Airport project will be in Harper on Tuesday evening, Oct. 8, to explain the plan and present benefits to citizens of this section. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all people of the region to attend this important discussion.
Alfred J. Klein and Edwin Pfiester killed a nine foot rattlesnake in White Oak after it lay across a road near Raymond Juenke's field. The creature weighed about 12 pounds and had no rattles, only a stump. Klein, who had earlier killed an eight foot rattler, said this was the longest he had seen.
Roy M. Kothmann resigns as senior partner of J. W. Kothmann and Sons Livestock Agents at the Union Stockyards San Antonio a 25 year tenure. He will devote full time to other business interests. He is one of five brothers continuing the family business begun by their father the late J. W. Kothmann.
Effective immediately all applications for supplemental gasoline must be accompanied by the new Mileage Rationing Record issued with the New A Book. The Tire Inspection Record previously used need not be submitted but should be kept for future reference.
The two day rodeo at New Braunfels features a barehanded bullfight by Buck Robinson of Oklahoma City. The event runs Sept 30 and Oct 1 with floodlit rodeo performances and a downtown parade. Contest entries include hogs cattle and sheep from several counties.
Mr and Mrs Lee Roeder and their baby from near Doss were business visitors in Harper on Wednesday.
Harper Parent-Teacher Association members will meet Friday at 3 p.m. for the monthly session hosted by the Lions Club. Mrs. Max Lange will give a devotional, followed by Mrs. Veste Parker on Teachers Minute. A panel led by Mrs. David Schmidt includes several members.
Supt Wm R Root addressed the Kerrville Kiwanis Club at a noon luncheon. He spoke on My Life With The Navajos and noted about ten years teaching on U S Government Indian reservations. He later met Deputy State Superintendent John B Hays in Fredericksburg to arrange state salary aid for the Harper School system.
The piece profiles Marilyn Tribolet, a 19 year old Pin-up girl with Spanish and French roots, employed by a trailer company in Los Angeles for 16 months. It also reports the Harper Lions Club hosting educators and War Chest members, endorsing the United War Chest drive with Gillespie County chair Alex Frantzen appointing a three member committee led by C W Barrett to manage a $475 quota and a 12 person volunteer team for Oct 10 to Oct 20 drive.
Lt. J. B. Granville Jr., a Liberator bomber navigator based in Italy, was liberated after Bulgaria’s capitulation. He and his crew had been missing over Romania since August 18. A cablegram to Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Granville said he was “All well and safe.”
R L Kott secretary of the local Rationing Board reports 2408 gasoline Coupon A Books issued in our county, down from 2464 last year, a decrease of 56. He credits volunteer workers Felix Wilke F F Nesesta Miss Johanna Ludwig Wm Bruns Chas Kiehne Miss Bernice Striegler Mrs M C Moore Mrs Hugo Walter Mrs Wm Schroeder Jr H C Hannemann and Miss Grace Ann Schelcher for the timely effort. Kott notes that Gasoline Coupons B3 C3 and Third Quarter Text expire October 1.
In Mattoon Illinois a mysterious figure described as the mad anesthetist has harmed residents. Mrs Aline Kearney points to the window revealing the danger as Roscoe Van Seyoc watches. The incident centers on a three year old girl named Eilen affected by the mysterious force.
A speaker outlines six community standards: active citizen interest, good homes, strong churches, good schools, mutual aid among residents, and shared responsibility to improve the community. The talk cites hymnlike verses and anecdotes about helping others and condemns inhumanity while urging personal effort to sustain a moral, healthy society.
The Tejas Study Club held its annual faculty dinner on Friday September 22 at Harper School with Harper faculty and families as guests. Mexican decor music and cuisine set a festive mood as students served in señor and señorita attire. attendees included Supt. W. R. Root and numerous faculty spouses and children.
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