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HARPER, GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS. Friday, March 5, 1954.
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THE LEGION
The American Legion deserves
congratulations on the high qual-
ity of its third annual “Back to
God” program broadcast nation-
ally, over radio and TV, for
thirty minutes on Sunday,
Feb. 7.
This annual interdenomination-
al observance originated in a de-
cision of the Legion’s 1951 Na-
tional Convention to commemor-
ate every year the heroic deaths
of our four American chaplains
aboard the transport “Dorches-
ter”. The names of Father John
P. Washington, Rabbi Alexander
D. Goode and the two Protest-
ants, the Rev. Geo. L. Fox and
Charles V. Poling, should be for-
ever honored. Younger readers
, may not recall how, united in
prayer,they gave away their life-
belts as their troopship was sink-
ing on Feb. 3, 1943. Their love
of their fellowmen out of love of
God, even unto death, has be-
come an American epic.
President Eisenhower’s address
on this year’s program ... ex-
pressed his delight that “our
veterans are sponsoring a move-
ment to increase our awareness
of God in our daily lives”. “Out
of faith in God, and through
faith in ourselves as His crea-
tures”, he solemnly declared,
“our forefathers designed and
built this republic”.
It was natural for the Pres-
ident to substantiate his proposi-
tion by referring to the religious
faith, first of the Pilgrim Fath-
ers, then of General Washington
kneeling in prayer at Valley
Forge. Throughout the three
centuries that separate the Pil-
grims from the Dorchester chap-
lains, he pointed out, “our com-
mon faith in God is a common
bond among us. In our funda-
mental faith we are all one”.
This faith, he insisted, requires
positive acts of reaffirmation, of
which this “Back to God Move-
ment is one”.
The Legion’s program avoids
the bane of many civic pleas for
more religion, which is their
vagueness. The Legionnaires fo-
cus on three well-chosen recom-
mendations: regular public wor-
ship, daily family prayer and the
religious instruction of youth.
The Legion also circulates pos-
ters and postcards. Togetner
with appropriate pictures, they
carry such mottoes as: “The
Family That Prays Together
Stays Together”; “Teach your
Children Religion. Take Them
to Church Every Week”. “No
Child Has A Chance Who Hasn’t
Been Taught to Pray and Love
God.”
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Harper 4 - H Club Wins Trophy
For Third Consecutive
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AWARD WINNERS — at %ie
annual 4-H Club Achievement
Night Banquet at the exhibition
hall at the Gillespie County Fair
Grounds Thurs. night were the
above. They are, front row, left
to right, Darlene Fritz, Charles
Schumann, Jimmy Miller, Carl-
ton Wendel, John Ed Spencer,
and Henry J. Burg. Second row,
Marlene Fritz, Shirley Hohmann,
Charles Burg, Perry Jo Bode,
Bernice Duderstadt, Rosie Lee
Lindig, James Cox, and Stanley
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Ellebracht, Freddie Miller, Clin-
ton Herber, Dorothy Gold, Kitty
Smith, Jewel Welgehausen, Cal-
vin Kuhlmann, Harvey Mohr and
Darlene Mrosek.
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Levy Rosenbusch
Announces For
Commissioner
Levy Rosenbusch of Doss this
week announced his candidacy
Cor the position of Commission-
er of Precinct 2, subject to the
November general election.
Rosenbusch has been a resident
of Doss since very early child-
hood and is well acquainted with
the needs of the people of his
precinct and county, he states.
He has been engaged in farming
and ranching all of his life, and
has also had 15 years of exper-
ience c road construction, hand-
ling all types of machinery, in-
cluding heavy equipment.
“I ask that each voter of Prec.
2 to give me serious considera-
tion when you cast your vote
for commissioner,” he stated.
“If elected, I will do my best at
all times to do the right thing
for my precinct and my county.”
County School Trustees
To Be Elected April 3
Two county school trustees will
be elected this year at the April
3, election, when trustees from
the various school districts in the
county will also be named.
• To be elected this year are the
trustees from Commissioners’
Precincts 2 and 4. Incumbents
are Raymond Spaeth of Harper
in Precinct 2, and Enos Rode of
Cherry Springs in Precinct 4.
As yet no announcements for
the positions have been made.
The deadline for filing is 10 days
prior to the election.
The trustees from Precincts 1
and 3 and the trustees at large
‘ome up for election next year.
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Mrs. Benno Jung, Mrs. Otto
Kunz, Mrs. John Henry Klaer-
ner, Mrs. Erna Heimann of Fred-
ericksburg, and Mrs. Theo. Kunz
and Mrs. Leo Jenschke were vis-
itors in the Clemens Maurer
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ADULT LEADERS — in 4-H
Club work were also awarded
plaques for services rendered the
youth of the county during the
past year at the Achievement
Night banquet last week. Above
are County Agent Charles Stone;
Erwin L. Woerner, who received
a plaque from the county club
for being the businessman who
did most to help the youths; Miss
Lucille Conrads, County Home
Demonstration Agent; Mrs. Fer-
ret Smith, who received a plaque
from the Rotary Club for being
the outstanding woman leader;
Eddie Land, president of the Ro-
tary Club; and Otto Spaeth, who
received a plaque from the Rp-
tary Club for being the outstand-
ing male adult leader in the Co.
Herman Staudt Home Near Stonewall
Goes Up In Flames Last Saturday
The Herman Staudt residence
near Stonewall went up in flames
Saturday shortly before noon, de-
stroying nearly all of their house-
hold possessions before the Fred-
ericksburg Volunteer Fire De-
partment could reach the scene
and extinguish the flames.
According to some neighbors,
the flue caught fire, but this was
extinguished without any appar-
ent damage. A spark, however,
must have fallen on the old
shingle roof and set it afire. Mr.
and Mrs, Staudt were at home
but did not notice the flames un-
til the fire had made a great deal
of progress. Neighbors saw the
blaze and came to help and also
called the fire department.
As the door to the building
was opened, permitting more air
to get to the flames, the entire
house /as soon afire. Only a
few possessions could be moved
out of the home.
Staudt received minor burns,
and Mrs. Staudt collapsed from
the shock. Both were taken to
a neighbor’s home for treatment
and rest.
Only the thick masonry walls
and the floors were left of the
building. The fire department
finally was able to extinguish the
blaze after battling it for about
half an hour. They also put out
a grass fire started by flying
embers swept from the fire by
the high wind which was blow-
ing.
An estimate on the monetary
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72bid Birthday
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loss was unavailable, but it was
reported that it was partially
covered by local insurance.
Harper W.i.S. Sends
Bex Used Biainisg To
OMIte’s lists
_ The WMS of the Harper Bap-
tist Church met Friday night,
Feb^ 26. Mrs. B. J. Mayhugh,
president called the meeting to - .
order. It was decided to send the and Mrs* James Parker and
box of used clothing to the daughter, Mrs. Ernest Dunbar of
Texas Baptist Children’s Home
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Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kramer and
chi1 iren visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Kramer, en-
uute home from West Texas.
Tom Phillips of San Angelo
and James Parker of Junction
spent one night last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parker.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barrett
and son, Colan, are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Roberts in
Nevada this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Lumpkins
and son went to Mason to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Lumpkins.
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Mrs. Joe Lindel of San An-
tonio is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Gus. Mahler, and family a
few days this week.
at Round Rock.
Thursday, March 4, was set to
observe the ail-day meeting for
prayer for Home Missions and
to study the book, “In Evang-
eline’s Country.”
Mrs. V. C. Russell had an in-
teresting Bible Stddy on “A Wo-
man Jesus Rebuked”. Ten ladies
attended the meeting.
Mrs. R. B. Goff and Mrs. Sarah
Gosper served refreshments to
the WMS, Brotherhood, R, A.’s,
G. A.’s, and Sunbeams.
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Mr. and Mrs. Orville Gammen-
thaler of San Antonio visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Fred
Gammenthaler.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stevenson
of Indiana are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Carlos Parker this week.
Mr. and Mrs.
egg entertained with a barbecue
dinner Thursday, Feb. 25, hono
ing her father, A. S. Parker, ta
his 72nd birthday.
Those to enjoy the occa_______
were his wife, Mrs. A. S. Parker,
and his children and grandchild-
ren, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Par-
ker, Driftwood, Texas, Mr. and
Mrs. Loyd Carter, Linda and
Texia Ann, Sonora; Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Parker and Lynn, Darla
and Karla Anderegg and Mr. and
Mrs. V. B. Parker, Dudley and
Wayne, all of Harper. Also, Mr.
and Mrs. James Parker and
The Harper 4-H Club again
proved its energy and ability this
year by being selected the most
outstanding 4-H Club in Gillespie
County for the third consecutive
year, \
For their outstanding efforts,
the club was again presented the
Radio Post trophy at the Achieve-
ment Night Banquet held last
Thursday at the exhibition hall
at the Gillespie County Fair
Grounds. Approximately 350
people were in attendance at the
banquet.
Rev. Victor Schmidtzinsky of
the St. Louis Parish in Castro-
ville and Rural Pastor of the
Year for Texas last year, was
the principal speaker for the oc-
casion, when youth and adult
leaders of the county were given
awards for outstanding work
done during 1953.
Rev. Schmidtzinsky, who also
holds many other honors in con-
nection with agriculture and con-
| servation, told the assemblage
j that the people are only stewards
of God’s land and that it was a
sin to let it wash down the riv-
ers without making an attempt
to save it for future generations.
He also stated that healtthy
minds, bodies and land will on-
ly be found where the people al-
so have a love of God in their
hearts.
Rosie Lee Lindig was selected
as the outstanding 4-H Club girl
in the county this year and re-
ceived the Radio Post trophy as
a reward for her exceptional
work.
Calvin Kuhlmann was selected
the outstanding 4-H Club boy in
the county and received the
Standard plaque as his award.
Mrs. Ferrell Smith was named
the outstanding adult leader for
girls in the county and Otto
Spaeth was named for the boys.
Each received a plaque from the
Rotary Club for their accomplish-
ments. Erwin L. Woerner was
citied as the businessman in the
county doing most to help the
4-H Club boys and girls and was
awarded a plaque by the clubs.
Other achievement awards
went to the following:
Dorothy Gold, who won her’s
for her frozen food program;
Kitty Smith, clothing; Darlene
Fritz, gardening; Shirley Hoh-
mann, canning; Jewel Welgehau-
sen, food preparation; Bernice
Duderstadt; records; Carolyn
Kaderli, leadership; and Marlene
Fritz and Darlene Mrosek, gen-
eral achievement.
The boy winners were Freddie
Miller and Calvin Schumann,
achievement; Jimmy Miller, Ted
Stehling, Rosa Lee Lindig, Cal-
vin Ransleben and Perry Jo Bo-
de, dairying; Alvin Loitz, farm
and home electric; Clinton Elle-
Carl Oehler, Clark Bierschwale Named
Officers if Harper Lions Club
bracht, field crops; Freddie Mil-
ler, Charles Burg and James Cox,
meat animals; Freddie Miller
and Calvin Kuhlmann, poultry;
Stanley Sauer and Reinhold Sag-
ebiel, recreation and rural acti-
vity; Clinton Herber and Char-
les Schumann, soil and water
conservation, Harvey Mohr, Steve
Oehler and Stanley Crenwelge,
tractor maintenance; Carlton
Wendel, public speaking; John
Ed. Spencer, farm and home
safety and Henry J, Burg, sheep
and goats.
Carlton Wendel, president of
the Gillespie County 4-H Club,
presided. Dorothy Gold served
as master of ceremonies. Rev.
Murray Johnson gave the invoca-
tion, and Rev. G. A. Poehlmann
closed the meeting-with a prayer.
On the program were Harvey
Mohr, who played a tuba solo,
accompanied by Elysce Neal; a
recitation, “Compensation”, by
Paul Suffel; piano solo by Syl-
via Spaeth; two songs, Jewel
Welgehausen and Joyce Feller;
poetry by Reinhold Sagebiel;
songs by Arkey Juenke; recita-
tion by Sylvia Crenwelge; piano
solo, Elaine Rode, and songs by
Frances Novian, Helen Meurer„
Ella Mae Jung, Carolyn Braeu-
tigam, Juanita Crenwelge, and
Carolyn Kaderli.
The program was dedicated to
Willis N. Lee for his unselfish
service to the 4-H Clubs.
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Junction, Tom Phillips, San An-
gelo; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Par-
ker, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parker,
Mrs. Olive Parker and son, Car-
los Parker, all of Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bierschwale
were Kerrville visitors Satur-
day.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Maurer
and small son, who spent the
past two weeks visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maurer,
left for their home at Nazareth
Sunday,
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Mrs. P. O, Bode is spending
this week with her daughter,
Mrs. Olin Walker, and family.
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Mrs. Olin Walker and Mrs.
Dallas Reiger visited Mts. Levi
Maddox at Round Mountain last
Tuesday.
Carl Oehler was elected third
vice-president and Clark Bier-
schwale was named a director of
the Harper Lions Club at the rug-
r alar meeting held Wednesday
I j night at the Harper High School.
.-&r Oehler replaces E. B. Eckerle,
who resigned recently. Bier-
schwale fills a vacant position.
The club members at the meet-
ing voted to send flowers to Mrs.
Allen Gibson, who is ill.
The treasurer of the club was
instructed to settle the -balance
on the street lighting project
by the Harper Lions Club, as an
insufficient amount was collect-
ed to pay the total of construc-
tion.
Floy Bode, Paul Suffel and Al-
fred Spaeth were named as the
committee in charge of the an-
nual wool show, which will be
held May 22.
President Ed Bailey reported
that Monday had been set as the
date for the examination of
teeth of school children by Dr.
Shanklin of Kerrville. The1 club
also expects to have eye and ear
examinations worked out and
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Sam Parker and son, Oren,
were in Kerrville attending the
Auction Sales.
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Wet conditions on the range,
pasture or corrals are the prin-
cipal predisposing factors in de-
velopment of “foul foot” of
sheep.
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Authorities say that the use-
fulness of the most highly rated
bovine sires may now be great-
ly expanded and prolonged
through the use of frozen semen.
A new technique developed for
storage at low temperature may
make it possible for a bull to
sire thousands of calves even af-
ter his retirement or death.
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Reservation Sshool
Building Sold To
Henry Esquell
After the opening of sealed
bids by the Harper Independent
School District Board of Trus-
tees Monday night, the Reserva-
tion School building was award-
ed to Henry Esquell on a high
bid of $507.50 according to Carl
Oehler, secretary of the board.
Esquell’s bid was the highest
of a number received. The build-
ing will have to be removed from
the grounds within 30 days of
the purchase.
performed through the county
health officer, Dr, Lorence Fel-
ler.
At the previous meeting, Pres.
Bailey presented an award to
Carl Oehler for having brought
in twp new members during the
month of January.
4-H Club Awards
Carlton lends!
The Harper Herald will, in
the next several weeks, run a
'series of articles like the one
following, stating why members
of its club selected for awards
at Achievement Night,
“Carlton Wendel chooses his
projects wisely and does his work
well. He has excelled with. his
sheep from the Sear’s Founda-
tion, his goats, his chickens, his
wool and mohair production, and
his leather-craft. He goes about
his work with the self-assurance
that he has chosen well and that
the completed results will be well
worth his efforts.
“Carhop has proven himself
a leader at an early age by the
manner in which he performs his
duties in his church, school,
and club. He has also proven
his stability by his following
through from year to year on his
projects rather than dropping the
old when he enters a new field
of training.
“Carlton works quietly and
thoughtfully and is to be com-
mended for jobs well done.”
CLUB TROPHY — for the most
outstanding 4-H Club in Gilles-
pie County was awarded for the
third straight year to the Harper
Club Thursday night at the
Achievement Night banquet. A-
bove the officers and adult lead-
ers receive the trophy from Vie*
tor Dittmar of the Radio Post
staff. They are Paul Suffel, pres*
iden of the Club; Darlene Mro*
sek, past-president of the club;
and Victor Wendel and Mrs. M»
R. Duderstadt, adult leaders.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemens Maurer
and children visited relatives in
Fredericksburg Sunday.
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Alfred Edwards accompanied
the Bodes to the San Angelo Fat
Stock Show.
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Mrs. Norman Sullivan and
small son, Randall Allen, left
Tuesday by plane from San An-
tonio to join her husband and
father, S/Sgt. Norman Sullivan,
who is stationed in Anchorage,
Alaska,
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The Friendly Sewing Circle
met in the home of Mrs. Floyd
Boatright, Feb. 18:
Mrs. Alvin Feller was elected
as secretary in place of Mrs.
Mamie Feller, who resigned.
The hostess served delicious
sandwiches, cake, cookies, and
coffee.
Harper Girls Play ■
In Regional Meet
It San Maroos
The Harper High School girls*
basketball team is competing to®
day, Friday, in the Region 6-B
Texas Interscholastic League foas®
ketball tournament at San Mar*
cos with Evant being its first foe,
Game time is 2:30 p. m,
Others in the tournament aw
Leakey, Burton, Leander, Na»
varro, Big Wells, Utopia, Troy
and Waelder. Burton and Leakey
are favored to cop the tourn-
ament,
Mrs. Billy Brown and daugh-
ters are visiting her brother,
Edd Walker, and family this
week. Miss Julia Behrends of
Fredericksburg is also a guest
in the Walker home.
Rev. and Mrs. Darwin Brown
and Mrs. R. G. Bierschwale went
to Temple Tuesday to visit Mrs,
A, B. Barker.
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The Hill Crest Singers will
meet Sunday, March 7, at the
Presbyterian Church at 2:30. The
public is invited to attend.
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ROSIE LEE LINDIG — receives
the Radio Post trophy for be-
ing the most outstanding 4-H
Club girl in the county from Wal-
ter Fuhrmann at the annual 4-H
Club Achievement Night ban-
quet held last Thursday night at
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the exhibition hall at the Gilles-
pie County Fair Grounds, Miss
Lindig not only was outstanding
with her girls' projects, but also
served on the champion dairy
cattle judging team.
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CALVIN KUHLMANN — receiv-
ed the plaque for the outstand-
ing 4-H Club boy in the county at
the Achievement Night banquet
Thursday night at the Fair
Grounds. Kuhlmann was select-
ed for his all around club work
record,
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at the Herman Staudt home
near Stonewall Saturday morn-
ing was the Fredericksburg Vol-
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ling the nozzle on top of the lad-
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low him is Louis Durst, William
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Grinke Jr. Js at the foot of thft
ladder assisting with the hose,
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