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Soviet Russia Would like To
Move the ‘Iron Curtain’
Westward to the Strait of
Gibraltar
An QPA Problem
Although, according to the
Washington news-analyst of the
N. C. W. C. N. S., the represen-
tative secular papers of the
United States are almost unan-
imous in their reaction toward
the UNO directive against Spain
as a grotesque piece of Soviet-
inspired hypocrisy, a few editors
have failed to grasp the impli-
cations of a maneuver which,
being a perfect example of Com-
munist head-in-the-sand and chip-
on - the - shoulder “diplomacy,”
may well lead to consequences
as startling as those which fol-
lowed the historic conferences
held at Munich, Godesberg, and
Berchtesgaden, Mr. Chamber-
lain, it will be recalled, came
back bearing an umbrella and a
scrap of paper, and quoting
Shakespeare; let us hope that
the UNO commission of inquiry
will be able to look reality in the
face and have the courage to
present to the world the status
of affairs as it exists in Spain,
and not as Uncle Joe, for excel-
lent reasons of his own, wants
it to be made to appear.
What are those reasons?—So
great is their number, and so ob-
vious their import, that well,
over eighty per cent of the peo-
plee of America, according to re-
cent public-opinion polls, have no
trouble in perceiving them, at
least in their general outlines.
Spain constitutes for Soviet
Russia, first and foremost, a
perialistic elbow - stretching, the
coveted strategic base for im-
key to an extensive military
plan for expansion in the Medi-
terranean and North Africa. It
is the strategic advantage which
attracts the Soviet. Nothing
else.—A window on the Atlantic,
at Ferrol, Coruna and Vigo.
Think of it!—A Cantabrian front
facing the seas that surround
England. The maritime front
of Asturias, Santander and Viz-
caya, well integrated with the
bases along the coasts of France,
would be formidable, indeed. It.
would provide access to Portu-
gal^ would facilitate the seizure
of Gibraltar, which Hitler did not
accomplish because France op-
posed it; the domination of the
Balearic Islands, and Cartagena;
bases in the Canaries.
These are the great objectives.
Why? Becaus.e to sum it all up
on the horizons of Communist
Russia appears one supreme and
coveted goal—the destruction of
the British Empire. After that?
If Communist Russia has no
ambitions to dominate every
other country, why does it main-
tain, as no other country does,
political “fifth columns” and
professional spies who receive
their directions explicity from
Moscow?
Because Franco is a dictator?
—So is Uncle Joe himself—dic-
tator par-excellence, out - Adolf-
ing even the late unlamented
Adolf; and —a“break” for the
rest of th world—using the iden-
tical technique that Hitler used.
(Dictators invariably sell the
democratic idea short; how else
explain the mentality which
tries to run a repeat performance
of aggression while the Nazi
pattern is still so fresh in public
memory?)
As to the statement — prob-
ably the most hypocritical in
history, with the exception of
that of the enemies of the Savior
at his trial—that the welfare of
the Spanish people rests on the
consciences of the Soviet, the
following excerpts from a tele-
gram sent on March 16 of this
year from Madrid by Larry Rue,
correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, gives the answer as it
presents itself to an on-the-spot
observer:
“. . . the Spanish people are
the four freedoms than most
enjoying a greater measure of
European* countries.
“True, the government has
strict control of the press and
radio, but not to the degree that
there is now control in Romania,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and in
other countries. And it takes
visitors only a few hours to dis-
cover that as for the other free-
doms — that from fear, from
want, and that of worship—this
country (Spain) has the edge on
all the countries mentioned as
well as others. This, however,
i does not mean that everything is
peijfedt, either economically or
politically.;,-far from it.
“Y e t foreign newspapermen
are allowed absolute liberty to
go where they please through-
out the country, which cannot
he said for any Russian or Rus-
sian-dominated territory.” — (So.
Messenger).
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Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Green and
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Beard of
San Angelo visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Hopf over the week-
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Teiam Will Play At Comfort
Next Sunday
Swartz, lb, 3b
L. Wooten, 3b,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.~(Sound-
photo)—As if Office of Price Ad-
ministration didn’t have enough
headaches it now has to decide
whether or not “Snooky,” cat held | John, c
here by its owner Mary Joan Dickey p, lb
Weatherby, 14-year-old rheumatic j Brooks p lb
fever victim, constitutes a ‘‘legal Crooks’ lb
nuisance. Landlord of Weatherby OK
apartment house, Philip Shapiro, ^oloman, 2b
wants cat evicted or Weatherby . ^ • Crenshaw,
family to give up their apartment. Beaver
Mary Joan’s mother says that J. Crenshaw,
Mary Joan can’t live without the ! Smith, rf
cat. OPA reserved decision until i qnaruL rf
Philadelphia Department of Health j * “ ’ /
ascertains if any sanitary regula-
tions are being violated.
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Harper’s ball club lost a 9-6
game to the Ingram team last
Sunday even though the local
boys gained 13 hits over their op-
ponents 12. Omer Cot.tle, Harper
moundsman, led his team in bat-
ting honors, gaining a perfect
100% score with four hits credit-
ed him out of four trips to the
plate.
Harold Rahe and his big broth-
er Dayton, each took the honors
for the only three-baggers in the
game, with Harold getting three
hits in five trys.
The Ingram team lost its first
game to Harper and last Sunday’s
victory evens the series thus far
for the season. .
Next Sunday the Harper team
will motor to Comfort where they
will give the boys of that Hill
Country town a good game.
Box score results of last Sun-
day follow:
INGRAM AB R H PO A E
L. L. Wooten,, ss 6 12 12 0
6 2 2 5 1 0
Vicious Cat Attacks
Harper Lad
Frank Kaiser, 9 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kaiser, was bit-
ten by a large cat on Monday
morning. The same vicious ani-
mal bit another cat belonging to
Mrs. Goff the preceding day.
Mr.. Kaiser promptly took his
son to a physician for treatment
and injections on Monday and
Tuesday. It was not known im-
mediately whether the cat which
attacked young Kaiser had rab-
ies, but precautionary measures
were taken by the parents.
Tlt\, boy was walking along the
sidewalk, near his home, when
the cat without warning suddenly
jumped at his hand from the
rear, and bit him in the finger.
Frank slung the cat loose after
which it disappeared.
Lions Club Elected Hew
Officers Last Wednesday
WAR HEROES WILL
TALK OVER RADIO
FOR PRICE DANIEL
An old-fashioned political rally
with placards heralding the
counties represented will be stag-
ed by friends of Price Daniel in
the City Music Hall at Houston,
Texas, next Monday night, June
17, to officially open his state-
wide campaign for Attorney Gen-
eral. Heroes of World War II
will be speakers on the half-hour
radio program which will be
broadcasted over all stations of
The Harper Lions Club held
their first meeting this month
last week on Wednesday night
with 29 members and two guests
present for the occasion.
Secretary J. R. Peril and Presi-
dent Neal B. Fox, local delegates
who attended the district Lions
Club convention at San Angelo
recently, reported on the meeting.
President Fox won a handsome
gift pin at the convention. Mr.
Granstaff of Ballinger was elect-
ed district governor succeeding
Jesse E. Wilkins.
The Emergency Food Collection
campaign is being sponsored in
the Harper community by the
Lions Club. A committee con-
sisting of Wm. Strackbein, Carl
Mrs. Martin Rode
Honored With Shower
Mrs. Hubert Rahe, Mrs. Isidor
Stehling. and Miss Helen Kirch-
hoff were joint hostesses to a
miscellaneous shower Friday
evening honoring Mrs. Martin
Rode, a recent bride. The event
was held at the Harper school
building.
A variety of garden flowers
were used to decorate the tables
and room. Miss Mathilda Rode
assisted with the gifts.
Ice cream, iced cake squares,
with sugar spun flowers and
lemonade were served to a large
number of close friends and re-
latives.
TOTALS
HARPER
Omer Cottle, p, 2b
H. Rahe, 3b
Oren Cottle, ss
DeLorey, cf
Reese, c
C. Massey,
A. Reese,
D. Rahe, rf
E. Eckhardt, lf-p
H. Feller, 2b
H. Cosper, 2b
W. Feller, If
A. Eckhardt, lb-p
P. Cosper
W. Massey
TOTALS
Score by Innings:
Ingram
Harper
13 912 27 9 2
AB R H PO A E
613 27
9 8
Summary of game: Runs batt-
ed in: Swartz 2, John 2„ J. Cren-
shaw, H. Rahe 2, Oren Cottle 3,
S. Reese. Stolen bases: P. Cren-
shaw, Sparks, Crooks, H. Rahe,
DeLorey. Two base hits: John, L.
L. Wooten, Oren Cottle. Three
base hits: D. Rahe, H. Rahe.
Double plays: John to Brooks, H.
Feller unassisted. Left on bases:
Ingram 11, Harper 11. Earned
runs: Ingram 6, Harper 5. Win-
ning pitcher: Louie Wooten,
losing pitcher. Oren Cottle. In-
nings pitched by Omer Cottle 5,
by Dickey 4, by E. Eckhardt 4,
by Louie Wooten 5. Hits allow-
ed by Omer Cottle 9, by Dickey
7, by E. Eckhardt 3, by Louie
Wooten 6. Runs allowed by O.
Cottle 7, by Dickey 5, by E.
Eckhardt,2, by Louie Wooten 1.
Struck out by Omer Cottle 5, by
Dickey 7, by E. Eckhardt 2, by
Louie Wooten 5. Base on balls
off Omer Cottle 0, off Dickey 1,
off E. Eckhardt 1, off Louie
Wooten 0. Hit batsmen by Omer
Cottle 3, Louie Wooten 2, Holo-
man, by Wooten 1, C. Massey,
by Dickey, DeLorey.
Wild pitches: Omer Cottle,
Dickey, passed balls: John, S.
Reese 2. Time of game: 2 hours,
20 minutes. Umpires: Massey on
balls and strikes, Rogers on
bases. Scorers: V. A. Cottle for
Harper, Chas. Wooten for In
gram. \
Remarks: Harper’s defense
went to pieces last Sunday and
Ingram earned the series at onle
apiece. Score 9-6.
the Texas Quality Network and ~ , r-uoo
the Texas State Network lrom-°ehler- FIoy Bode> Chas' Barrett
8:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Supporters from nearly 200
counties have already indicated
their intention of attending the
Rally in behalf of Price Daniel’s
candidacy. The first fifteen min-
utes will be taken up by key
speakers from various sections of
the State, including GI veterans
whose exploits have been record-
ed in the pages of Army and
Navy history. The last fifteen
minutes will be used by Price
Daniel in presenting for the
first time to a state-wide audience
the principal issues of his cam-
paign for Attorney General.
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MISS JULIA MAURER HON-
ORED
Gen.
More
Eaker Urges
Preparation In
Address At Llano
On Sunday afternoon from 3-
6 Misses Madeline Segner, Fran-
ces Maurer and Mrs. Robt. Mau-
rer were hostesses for a miscel-
laneous shower honoring Miss
Julia- Maurer who will become
the bride of Joe Esquell of Har-
per on June 25, in St. Mary’s
church. The many beautiful gifts
were displayed upon a long lace
covered table where pink gladioli
added their own touch of color.
Other vases contained pink dahl-
ias and pink gladiola. The
guests were served open faced
sandwiches, olives, cake, and
coca-cola.
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and Frank Staudt, was appointed
by the president to carry out this
program here.
Officials for the Harper club
elected for the ensuing fiscal
year included the following:
President: E. Dean Hapf.
First V. P.: Floy Bode.
Second V. P.: Milton Dyer.
Third V. P.: Omer Cottle.
Directors: Ed. Walker and W.
A. Brown.
Secretary: Frank Staudt.
Treasurer: R. E. Peril.
Tail Twister: Hollan Walker.
Lion Tamer: Paul DeLorey.
Lion Dikeman offered to give
the boy scout of Harper a prize
of $10.00 having the best attend-
dance record, and a prize of $5.00
to the scout having the second
best attendance record. Lee Goff
offered to give a $2.50 prize to
the scout having the third best
attendance record for the next
six-month period.
The club has agreed to furnish
the scouts their meal for each
meeting, one at the school and
one to be an out-door lunch each
month.
Next meeting will be on June
26 which will also be Ladies
Night and installation of new
officers.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dittmar
and Mrs. Glen Hopf were Kerr-
llle visitors Wednesday.
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Mr§j®* Sartor Brown and
ancRMrs. Fred Nabers of Kerr-
ville spent Thursday in Harper.
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LOOKING
AHEAD
GEORGES. BENSON
President—Warding College
Searey. Arkansas
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Photo courtesy New York Dress Institute
Dotted marquisette, fully trained and delicately embroidered with tiny
white pearls on the floral apphque of the bodice. Fingerless mitts are
made of the same fabric as the dress.
HPRADITIONS always have a rea-
son-to-be, and in so far as “white
for the bride” .is concerned, the
secret might well be that the bride
who feels she looks beautiful actu-
ally does. That’s the magic, for
every bride, of white, as New York’s
famed designers of wedding dresses
are well aware . . . and a possible
explanation, too, for the increasing
popularity of the all-white wedding.
Nonetheless, today’s bride isn’t
necessarily a vision in white satin.
She has her choice of a variety of
equally lovely fabrics, including
lace, net, nylonette, mousseline and
organdy in the heirloom type of
bridal gown. The simple but en-
chanting dress pictured, perfect for
either a Summer garden or church
ceremony, is made of still another
picturesque material, dotted mar-
quisette, and is shown with a
matching bridesmaid’s dress also in
white.
The June bride can, if she likes,
be a very sophisticated looking
dream in a slim wedding dress of
white rayon jersey, or she can be
a modern Southern Belle and walk
up the aisle in a hoopskirt. She
can have short, puffed sleeves or
leg-of-mutton sleeves or long, slim
sleeves pointed over the wrist. Her
train, like her veil, can be short or
long.
A note of color for the bride’s
attendants for an all-white wedding
is usually introduced in sashes,
bouquets and headdresses.
STRIKE—AT WHOM?
Financial reports make inter-
esting reading to people who
know even a little bit about what
they mean. To some, they look
drab because they are printed
mainly in figures; many students
never have learned to enjoy
studying figures. Just the same,
dull old numerals tell the truth
in a romantic way to those who
love cold facts of struggle and
adventure.
Late in May it was my good
fortune to have with me an an-
nual report of one of America’s
largest corporations when J had
to spend three hours on a day
train. In the back of my mind
as I rode along, was a lurking
fear that I might reach home a
day (maybe a week) late because
of labor troubles, just then coil-
ing to strike. My dread threw
a bright light on the figures in
hand. 1
Division of Wealth
The company about which I
was reading plays an important
part in the lives of more than a
quarter of a million people: 100,-
000 employees and 150,000 stock-
holders. Two out of every five
of these people drew wages while
three out of every five received
dividends. The average share
owner got less than $500 a year.
The average employee took home
more than $2,500 a year.
Daily newspapers for days
had reported threats of strikes
in the plants of the firm I was
studying, also on the lines of the
railroad I was riding, and in
many other industries. Qusetion:
If all the employees of all the
companies strike for what they
want and get it, who will pay the
difference? How will they pay
it? These questions have answ-
ers and they’re not secrets.
Enter Apple Conductor
The train stopped for a few
minutes under the sheds of a big-
town station and a railway news-
boy came through with fresh af-
ternoon papers. On page one,
under Wasshington date-line, a
wire story told how OPA would
grant higher prices on automo-
biles. Nearby was another item
alout 10 per cent boost in shoe
prices. Then I remembered that
bread and milk and meat all had
gone up recently.
Whether you ride or walk or
only eat, the price gains catch
you. Wages are inside the cost
of every manufactured thing, and
the consumer pays. It is too ob-
vious to deserve proof. Not long
ago officialdom was sounding off
freely about how wages in Det-
troit could be boosted without
charging higher prices for auto-
mobiles but it didn’t work out
that way. Why?
Strikes Are Weapons
It is because strikes are not
tools. The official theory was
right: Wages can go up without
boosting prices but production
has to be increased if it happens,
and strikes don’t increase pro
duction. Sudden wage increases
of 18 to 30 per cent have to come
from somewhere, but where? A
stockholder drawing $500 a year
can’t offer much of a boon to a
$2,500 wage earner.
Strikes can’t take something
from the owners of a company
that the owners don’t get. That
leaves nobody to pay the higher
wages but Mr. Consumer whose
family drives the car, wears the
shoes and eats the food. A large
majority of consumers are them
selves workers. In the absence
of increased production, a strike
is a boomerang. It hits the con-
sumer who is the worker himself.
VITAL ECONOMY
Hearing that it would not be
necessary for anybody to pay any
federal taxes for a period of 12
months would have been good
news to a lot of people any year
for two decades before World
War II. It would have occupied
acres of front-page space in
metropolitan papers, utilized
hours of radio time and consumed
gallons of red ink. It might have
started a buying boom.
The money people used to put
out in federal taxes was stagger-
ing (then) although the amount
seems small in contrast to what
they have been paying lately and
probably will keep paying for sev-
eral years. Just the same, pre-
war taxes were big money and,
even now, would be worth saving.
That’s exactly the point I want
to make in this department to-
day: It can be saved.
Over Twice Enough
Civilian employees of the Unit-
ed States government today num-
ber approximately 2,800,000 when
1,250,000 would be plenty. Even
this low figure is about twice
what we had six months after
World War I. In short, govern-
ment has 1,550,000 unnecessary
hirelings now—more people than
live in The Bronx, in Los Angeles
or in St. Louis plus all of its sub-
urbs. It is humiliating to think
about.
All of this enormous
host of people are eating
out of the public breadbasket.
They are not to be thought about
as if they had private wealth and
had retired to pursue some im-
practical hobby. Such people as
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Otto Schlaudt Buried
Last Thursday
Otto Schlaudt died Wednesday,
June 5, 1946 at the a^e of 66
years, 1 month, and 24 days. He
was born April 11, 1880 at Fred-
ericksburg, a son of Christian
and Lisetta Wiesemann Schlaudt.
On Augist 3, 1905 he married
Miss Clarinda Brown, the surviv-
ing widow. All children born to
the parents survive. They are
Archie Schlaudt of Rocksprings,
Almon in the Navy, Alfred in
the Army, Robert Of Fredericks-
burg, and Elnora, Mrs. Walde-
mar Jedlicka of Frona, Calif. Al-
so surviving are two grandchild-
ren, one brother, Aug. Schlaudt
of Warren, Ariz., and four sis-
ters, Ida, Mrs. August Jost, Ly-
dia, Mrs. Ed. Brown of Rich-
land Springs, Ella, Mrs. August
Ahrens, and Meta, Mrs. Frank
Basse.
Rev. G. A. Poehlmann conduct-
ed services assisted by a duet
at Beckmann’s Funeral Home
Thursday afternoon.
Burial was made in the City
Cemetery at Fredericksburg.
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Gillespie County
Men Discharged
From Service
The following men were dis-
charged and returned home dur-
ing the past two weeks:
From the Army:
Cletus H. Lindig
John A. Feuge
Louis F. Dewald
Leroy H. Fuhrmann
Chester A. Oestreich.
From the Coast Guard:
Herbert J. Klein.
From the Navy:
Edward G. Straube
David A. Andersen
Erwin A. Anderegg
Francis A. Klier
Elmer L. Russell
Frank Wehmeyer.
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San Angelo Standard Times—
Llano, June 7.—Lt. Gen. Ira
Eaker, deputy commander of the
Army Air Forces and chief of
staff for air, proposed here Fri-
day a four-point program for
“the safety” of the nation and
called upon Texans in the Hill
Country to help him “sell na-
tional preparedness.”
The former commander of the
Eighth Air Force proposed that
professional diplomats be ap-
pointed^ combined force of “all
arms” be set up and that “our
nation first” patriotism be taught
and thought by Americans.
May Come Soon
At one time in his brief ad-
dress before a home - coming
crowd, Gen. Eaker spoke of war
and added apparently in an after-
thought that “it may come soon.”
He did not enlarge upon the re-
mark, although he later said that
one of the differences between
now and War I postwar was that
most nations have now disarm-
ed, but there still remains one
“large nation” which has retain-
ed its air force and army.
He suggested the time has
come when our country’s diplo-
mats, trained as are the military,
and not appointed because they
happened to have succeeded in
another field.
“It has been shown that when
the diplomat finishes, the sol-
diers must take up,” he said.
The general did not expand
upon the suggested combined
force of “all arms” other than
to urge that such a force be
ready to strike at a “moment’s
notice” and be sufficiently power-
ful to accomplish its task.
Fore Warned
In suggesting the central in-
telligence agency, the deputy air
chief for the Army said such an
arm would permit this nation
to learn of foments in other
parts of the world in sufficient
time to act for the nation’s needs
and aims.
“Many citizens today are sup-
porting selfish interests to the
detriment of the nation,” he as-
serted. “We have got to teach
a brand of patriotism that puts
our country first.”
The general said he believes
the program to be “a simple one”
and struck out at criticism that
speaking for preparedness was to
“talk up war.”
“When a surgeon talks of di-
ease he doesn’t promote disease,
and when a minister talks of sin
he can’t be accussed of advanc-
REGISTERED DURING MAY
Elmer L. Fiedler
Chester G. Konnecke
Harvey S. Wendel
Gustav H. Ottmers
Raymond A. Tatsch
Harold H. Henke.
ing sin,” the general declared.
“The man who hates wai most is
Y » man who has to fight it.”
Gen. Eaker was feted at a
barbecue at noon and oater spoke
on the courthouse U pa.
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third annual home-ctoner
vities, Llano County
Friday as “Ira Eak^
honor of the gener-
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The general warned tnat •;
ors which contributed to tnis
nation’s success in World War
II might easily be handcuffed
or deteriate before another war.
lie said it was his opinion th,e
nation succeeded in the war
cause it had “more and betteCH^
manpower, more industrial ca^ u
city, time to get ready, and space
—friendly neighbors on the north
and south and oceans left and
right.
Future Weapons
He pointed Italy today in con-
trast to the once all powerful
Roman legions as what could
happen to manpower. Eaker
said that by 1950 every industrial
nation would have rockets or
similar weapons capable of carry-
ing an atomic bomb load 3,000
to 5,000 miles, eliminating space
as a factor.
“The industrial cities will be
the first target in the next war,”
he said. “The enemy learned his
lesson last time, and they won’t
forget it again.”
The general paid tribute to
the American airmen and sol-
diers for their part in the war
and marvelled at how the pur-
ported “soft, decadent American”
turned the Nazi war machine.
Gen. Eaker was introduced by
Carlos Ashley, first assistant at*
tarney general of Texas, who
said Eaker’s name in the war
was now “a household word” and
pointed to him as the organizer
of the Eighth Air Force.
The Eighth grew from five to
185,000 planes under Eaker, Ash-
ley said. He said Eaker flew in
the group of 10 Flying Fortress-
es which made the first assault
on Germany and that he also
was aboard in the first shuttle
type raid which flew from Italy
and landed in Russia.
Field Creek citizens who knew
the Eakers 36 years ago were at
the courthouse in a body. A hand
tooled leather writing portfolio
was presented to Gen. Eaker by
the citizens of Llano as a memen-
to of the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bier-
schwale and A. B. Barker went
to Rocksprings last Friday to
attend the funeral of Walter
Claudt.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Floyd and
two sons of Goose -Creek and
little John Seiders of Houston
visited Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Floyd
and Miss Frances.
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Mrs. Adolph Juenke, Vonnie
Metzger, Arthur Baumann, Mary
Icke and Mrs. J. F. Cooke went
to Fredericksburg on the first
bus to that town Monday.
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
Mrs. Herman Halfmann of
Fredericksburg had the honor of
being the first and only person
to ride the first bus from Fred-
ericksburg to Harper last Mon-
day.
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Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Duderstadt
and children of San Angelo vis-
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Duderstadt and other re-
latives over the week-end.
-ooo-
Sam Ezell and daughter, Mrs.
Ida Smith visited Mr. and Mrs.
Garrett Bierschwale and child-
ren of Center Point Friday and
Saturday.
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