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VOLUME XXVII, NO. 40.
Harper, Gillespie County, Texas. Friday. October 2nd, 1012.
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All Schools In County Will Servo
As Scrap Metal Collection Depots
Sgt. Erato Hopf Stationed At Ft. Sam
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Fort Sam Houston, Sept. 30.—
Army inspections require many
preparations and much work. In
the picture above, Sgt. Erato
Hopf (center), Harper, soldier
now in Post Headquarters de-
tachment, Fort Sam Houston,
—Photo courtesy Public Reia
tions Office, Ft. Sam Houston.
gets his shoes in shape to meet
a recent’ inspection of his unit
while two other soldiers of the
detachmen check on their equip-
ment.
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PRICE INFLATION
(Continued from last week)
School Bus Driver Problem
Solved
A new era of financing corpor-
ations with an influx of fictitious
(paper) capital began in the last
half of the nineteenth century
which produced an almost im-
mediate effect upon prices all
over the United States. During
the last two decades of that cen-
tury a number of powerful trusts
and monopolies v>#'d been formed
on this basis. But it was not until
1901 that combines, mergers and
consolidations of competing cor-
porations were put into effect
in a big way. The first of these
was the United States Steel Cor-
poration.
Its organization launched the
system of inflated capitalization.
A billion dollars of stocks and
bonds in excess of the actual val-
ue of all the properties and as-
sets of the corporations taken
into the combine, liberally com-
puted at $19 million, was cap-
italized for $80 million. Against
another company whose plants
were valued at $33 million an scl1001 routes.
issue of $200 million of stock was
authorized. Against the proper-
ties of another company whose
total assets amounted to $100
million, $492 million of securities
were issued.
The successful launching of
this mammoth corporation set
the pace for the whole country.
The practice of organizing, or
re-organizing, or consolidating
corporations of all kinds on the
basis of an inflated valuation—
and issuing stocks (and bonds)
vastly in excess of actual values
or money invested—became com-
mon. This writer, basing his con-
clusions on the study of available
data for a number of the corpor-
ations over-capitalized, holds that
for every dollar of capital ac-
tually invested in coroporate
properties and enterprises four
dollars of fictitious capital have
been added. But to be conserva-
tive let us say that for every
one dollar of actual capital two
dollars of inflation have been
added; which means that every
billion dollars of capital actually
employed in production, two bil-
lions of non-existing dollars ap-
pear on the books of the corpor-
ations.
This is the kind of inflation
that has given us high prices.
In order to reward this non-exis-
ting capital, in order to earn div-
idends on the watered stock, and
interest on the bonds issued a-
gainst over - capitalized proper-
ties, it was necessary to do two
things — to raise prices, and to
keep wages low. Confining our-
selves to prices, briefly this is
what happened in the United
States: from 1896 to 1913, prices
increased 100 per cent. Then
came the war, and by 1920 prices
had risen 100 per cent over the
1913 prices. In other words prices
in 1920 were 300 per cent higher
than in 1896. Expressed some-
what differently: according to
Due to the continued serious
labor shortage, a real problem
has confronted school authorities
since the opening of school this
year in securing drivers for the
school buses. However, it seems
that the school buses have been
kept running regularly, with the
assistance and time given by
Supt. Box and Vocational Agri.
teacher George Smith, who have
driven the buses themselves
whenever necessary.
Arrangements have now been
made to have regular drivers for
each bus for the remainder of
the school year and it is hoped
that no further serious delays
and trouble will be experienced
in getting and bringing the
children to and from school.
The drivers who will drive the
four bus routes now include:
H. R. Roberts who is driving
the Flat Rock and Pocket route,
and who for the time being re-
mains in Freedricksburg over-
night due to getting the W.P.A.
laborers there who are engaged
on the Harper school project.
Mr. Robrts takes the men back
to Fredericksburg each after-
noon after he has completed the
Children In All Schools Organize
For Taking County-Wide
Scrap Metal Inventory
The teachers of Gillespie
County Schools met at the Court
House Saturday afternoon to
hear an outline of the plan for
accumulating scrap metal in a
thorough county-wide drive be-
ginning Monday, October 5th.
County Judge Henry Hirsch pre-
sided at Saturday’s meeting and
Dorman Sell, secretary of the
Gillespie Co. A. C. A., and mem-
ber of the County Salvage Com-
mittee, explained th% purpose of
the meeting and outlined plans
for successfully conducting the
scrap metal drive.
All schools in the county, in-
cluding all rural schools, the
Fredericksburg and Harper In-
dependent School Systems and
the St. Mary’s Parochial School
of Fredericksburg, will cooperate
in the county-wide campaign to
collect all available scrap metal.
Under the plan suggested, each
school will become a scrap metal
collection depot and all proceeds
from metal donated to the school
will go to the benefit of each
respective school in the county.
The children of each school
are to make a house-to-house,
farm-to-farm canvass and take
inventory of all available scrap
metal. Whether the farmer or
owner desires to sell or donate
the metal will be left up to the
owner. The teachers of each
school will make a report to
County Judge Hirsch or to Mr.
Sell at the County Agricultural
Office by Saturday, Oct. 17th, to
determine how much scrap metal
has been accumulated.
According to Judge Hirsch, the
county salvage committee, in-
cluding Messrs. Hirsch and Sell,
Eugene Kramer, Felix Wilke,
Gilbert Kaderli, Johnny Wei den-
feller, and representatives of
local newspapers who are assist-
ing and co-sponsoring the county
wide scrap metal drive, a plan
is being considered at this time
to set aside one day either next
week or the following week so
that there will be a one-day holi-
day for all school children.
If this plan is adopted, the
County Judge will advise all
teachers of the date and the
school children will then be per-
Harper School To Be-
come Scrimp Collection
Depot For rl3us Section
The children of Harper Inde-
pendent School system will take
a systematic inventor. V of all
available scrap metal in this ter-
ritory within the next w eek or
so and efforts will be mD-de to
accumulate as much scrap i netal
as possible at the school grounds.
All proceeds from scrap metal
donated to the school will go to
the benefit of the school fundf„
it was stated by school author-
ities this week.
Supt. James E. Box attended
the County-wide teachers' meet-
ing at the Gillespie County Court
House in Fredericksburg on Sat-
urday afternoon at which time
County Judge Henry Hirsch out-
lined the plans for the county-
wide scrap collection campaign.
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Dayton Rahe and Maxie
Baumann Given Farewell
Party
SUBSCRIPTIONS1.50 A YEAR.
ZffteMfck* Demonstration Will
Held At Sokol Tuesday Afternoon
Machine Ration Board
Named
Otto Grona To Head Group
Which Will Ration Farm
Machinery To Gillespie
Producers
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September 1.79
Some Fisherman
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Members of the Harper Vol-
unteer Fire Department gave
Dayton Rahe and Maxie Bau-
mann a farewell party at the St. (
Anthony’s Church Hail on Tues-1 _
day night. Approximately forty
people attended the affair.
Dayton left on Thursday after-
The Gillespie County Farm
Machine Ration Board has been
named with Otto Grona, chair-
man, Arthur Tatsch and Adolf
Kneese as active members* and
Henry Mogford and Willi# J.
Berg as alternate members.. This
committee will serve as a tem-
porary set-up until permanent
rationing of farm machinery and
implements goes into effect.
The' new distributing board
was formed in Gillespie County
following the receipt here of the
following memorandum from the
Secretary of Agriculture with re-
gard to rationing farm machin-
ery which was frozen by an or-
der September 17th.
“Farm machinery rationing
authority now delegated to Sec-
reary of Agriculure. Order freez-
ing machinery and equipment in
hands of dealers effective Sep-
tember 17. Certification for re-
lease to be through county ra-
tioning committee composed of
county chairman and
two representative farmers to be
selected by County War Board.
Following machinery may be
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School Children and Public In
General Invited to Attend
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noonthis week to be inducted! so^. only to persons having ra-
into the U. S. Army while Max | Zoning certificate issued by
will enlist in the U. S. Navy soon. I county rationing committees;
Both boys are members of the j . et lifter, beet loaders, com-
Volunteer Fire Department here, j ^mes> corn pickers, disc harrows,
Dayton is a son of Mr. and Mrs. j teed grinders, fertilizer spread-
Otto Rahe while Max is a son of j ars> grain drills, train elevators,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baumann, j aay baleres, lime spreaders,
manure spreaders, milk coolers,
milking machines, pickup balers,
tractors (including garden trac-
tors). Most other machinery
listed in L-26 can be bought upon
certification by farmer to dealer
that it is needed for current pro-
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tarr and 5 Auction. Exempted are: one and
Mr. and Mrs. Watkins Tarr j horse-drawn equipment not
and son, James, were Kerrville
visitors Saturday.
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Refreshments consisting of
sandwiches, cake, cold drinks,
etc. were served by the ladies at-
tending. Dancing and a very en-
joyable evening was had by all
until a late hour.
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included in above list and small
tools such as: hoes, rakes, forks,
scythes, and shovels. No restric-
Mr. and Mrs. Max Lange and tions on sale or transfer of used
children were visitors in the machmery equipment and repair
home of Mr. and Mrs, A. A. Wen- Parts-
del at Doss Monday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rahe and
Miss Helen Kirchoff accompanied
Lorenz Kirchoff to Junction
where he left for San Antonio to
be inducted into the army.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wendel
mitted to gather and collect scrap and children were shopping in
metal on that particular day. Fredericksburg Wednesday.
The Noxville route is now be-
ing driven by Jasper Massey
while Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jones
are the drivers for the White
Bluff and Reservation Routes.
Mrs. Jones has applied and con-
sented to drive one of the routes
and her addition to the list of
drivers has virtually solved the
“driver” problem, according to
Supt. Box. Mr. Massey had pre-
viously been driving the White
Bluff route while Mr. Jones had
been driving the Reservation
route. Mrs. Jones will very likely
run the Reservation route hence-
forth, and Mr. Jones may drive
the White Bluff bus in the fu-
ture, according to present plans.
Approximate distances which
each of the four routes run range
from 30 to 40 miles per day.
State And County Tax Collections
Begin October 1st
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Date Begins Four-Month Period
Of Payments That Will
End January 31st
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Pvt. Eli Metzger, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Metzger, has been
transferred to Fort Sam Hous-
ton after having completed army
maneuvers at Leedsville, Louisi-
ana.
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CROWNOVER KELLY
DING ANNOUNCED
WED-
(See I READ THIS on page 4)
Announcements have been re-
ceived here, by relatives of the
marriage of Crownover Kelly to
Miss Loma June Bartlett on Oct.
11th at West Minister Chaple,
Longbeach, California. Crownov-
er is well known here. He at-
tended Harper High and was a
graduate of the 1937 graduating
class. He paid Harper a visit
last summer. He is a grandson
of Tom Harlan, Sr. He has a host
of friends who extend congratu-
lations.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kinsey of
Mason spent the week end visit-
ing their son, Anderson Kinsey,
and family.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Heath and
Shirley Ray were week end visi-
tors in San Antonio and Temple.
Today, October 1st, will mark
the beginning of the 1942 tax
collection period which will last
through January 31, 1943. All
details are complete for the col-
lection of the tax in Gillespie
county, according to Tax Assr.-
Coll. Wm. M. Petmecky who this
year achieved the honor of being
the first Tax Assessor-Collector
in Texas to have his tax roll ap-
proved by the State Comptroller.
Slightly higher amounts will
appear on most tax bills this
year as the state increased the
tax levy from 58 to 75 cents this
year, an increase of 17 cents on
the hundred dollars valuation for
state school purposes. No in-
crease was made in county taxes
which are the same as in 1941.
Home owners will not feel the
brunt of the higher state taxes
quite so severely as homesteads
are still exempt from state
taxes.
Discount is again to be allowed
on prompt payments of taxes,
this amounting to 3 per cent in
October, 2 per cent in November
and 1 per cent in December. The
full amount of tax is collected
in January while penalty at-
taches on and after February 1.
The discount is allowed on state,
county, road and common school
district taxes but not on inde-
pendent school district levies nor
on poll taxes.
Payment of “first-half” taxes
is again permitted by November
30, with the “last-half” due June
30, but no discount is allowed on
such “first-half” payments. The
full amount of poll taxes must
be paid with the “first-half” pay-
ment.
Three school districts of the
county have higher tax rates in
1942 and one has a lower rate
than last year. Increases were
made by Palo Alto, from 15 cents
to 50 cents; Cherry Mountain,
20 cents to 35 cents and Peters-
burg, 1 cent to 15 cents. Klein
Branch, the only district to re-
U. S. Army Ambulance
Driver
New Speed Limit
2 Years in Pen, Fine of $10,000,
Or Both Possible for Offense
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PVT. ALEX BAUMANN
Private Alex Baumann, home
on a furlough to visit friends
and relatives in Fredericksburg
during the past two weeks, will
leave this week-end for the Okla-
homa City, Okla., Air Depot,
where he will take up his duties
as ambulance driver. Pvt. Bau-
mann is a member of a station
hospital medical detachment at
the depot. Prior to his induction
into he army, Alex was a truck
driver for Robert Loth of Fred-
ericksburg.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Robertson
were dinner guests of Mr and
Mrs. Roy Stevens. In the after-
noon both parties visited Mr. and
Mrs. G. G. Mortimer and family
at Pecan Spring ranch.
duce taxes this year, lowered the
rate from 50 to 40 cents. Tosca
district, in which no tax was
levied in 1941, has voted a 25
cent tax for this year.
All other common and the in-
dependent districts have levied
he same rates as last year.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. —
State officials Thursday will be-
gin to enforce the new 35-mile-
an-hour nationwide speed limit
ordered as one step in conserving
America’s greatest rubber stock-
pile—the tires on 27,000,000 pas-
senger cars.
Dir. Joseph B. Eastman of the
office of defense transportation
prescribed a maximum penalty
for violators of the speed limit
of two years imprisonment, a
$10,000 fine or both.
States Given Job
An ODT spokesman said the
agency turned over the enforce-
ment problem to state officials
because it would be “next to im-
possible” to undertake a federal
program.
Eastman invoked the limit Sat-
urday in conjunction with an an-
nouncement by Price Admr. Leon
Henderson that nationwide gaso-
line rationing and compulsory
tire inspection—two other rubber
conservation moves recommend-
ed by Bernard M. Baruch’s inves-
tigating committee—would be in-
augurated about Nov. 22.
Affects 20,000,000
Henderson said extension of the
rationing plan, now in effect in 17
Eastern states, wijl affect some
20,000,000 additional motorists
and reduce the use of private
cars an average of almost 60 per
cent from normal.
The program will be patterned
after that already in effect in the
East. Motorists will receive a
basic “A” ration allowing 2,880
miles of travel a year with ad-
ditional mileage alloted for es-
sential users.
GLEN HOPF
Shown above is a string of fish
which Glen Hopf is proudly dis-
playing. Glen' caught the mess
of cats on the ’ Llano river, near
Roosevelt, Texas, earlier this
summer. A nice catch, Glen!
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PATIENCE STRAINED BY
TROOPS IN EIRE, ARCHBIS-
HOP DECLARES.
Doublin, Erie, Sept. 26.—Car-
dinal MacRory, Roman Catholic
archb ishop of Armagh, said to-
day at Cavan, Erie that he found
it “exceedingly hard to be pa-
tient” when he thought of “my
own corner of my country over-
run by British and United States
natiuCu rMCh —5k ae etHiii
soldiers against the will of the
nation.”
The partition of Ireland, he
said, was a “flagrant intolerable
injustice against Catholics doom-
ed to live under the narrow and
unjust domination of the Belfast
parliament and executive.”
“When I read day after day
that this war is being fought for
the rights and liberties of small
nations and then think of my own
corner of my country overrun
by British and United States sol-
diers against the will of the na-
tion, I confess I sometimes find
it exceedingly hard to be
patient.”
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Pressler Gets 2nd Lieute-
nant’s Rating In U. S. Army
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A message addressed to Fire
Chief Bill Kaiser by Chester
Cherry of Ballinger, head of a
Defense Demonstration organiza-
tion for this section, advises that
a demonstration Will be held at
the Harper Public School on
Tuesday afternoon, October 6th,
at 3 p.m. Supt. James E. Box has
approved the defense1 demonstra-
tion and all school children and
the public in general are cordial-
ly invited and urged to attend
this demonstration.
Mr. Cherry and a group com-
posing this special demonstration
tour, will be in Junction Tues-
day morning to put on a similar
demonstration there. Included in
the demonstration will be, no
doubt, ways1 and means of fight-
ing and putting out incendiary
bombs, what to do in case of an
air raid, precautions against gas
attack, and other safeguards: a-
gainst enemy action in time of
war.
It is again expressly pointed
out that all citizens are cordially
invited to attend this demonstra-
tion. The demonstrations may be
held partly indoors and partly
outdoors, although no definite in-
formation was available at the
time of this writing. However,
the place will be at the Harper
school.
According to Otto Rahe, offi-
cia.1 L.C.R.A. weather observer
for Harper, total precipitation
here for the month of September
amounted to 1.79 inches. Total
rainfall for the same month in
1941 amounted to 3.40, according
to Mr. Rahe.
Ranges and farms continue to
reflect a healthy condition thru-
out this area due to the sufficient
moisture which has benefited the
hill country during the past three
months.
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A group of friends called on
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Robertson
Wednesday night. Sandwiches,
cake and coffe were served to
the following: Mr. and Mrs. John
Eathorne, Mrs. A. L. Eathorne,
Mr. and Mrs. David Schmidt and
little daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Oli-
ver Hopf, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ste-
vens.
Work Continues on School
Sewage Disposal Plant
Work is continuing on the sew-
age disposal system at the Har-
per school building with work-
men completing the large 20xllx
9 septic tank, for which the con-
crete forms have been poured.
The day drain pipes have been
laid out in the field and will be
ready to be1 placed into the
ground! soon. Connections have
already been completed from the
building; to the septic tank. Diffi-
culty was encountered in digging
the trenches and the large exca-
vation for the septic tank in the
limestone formations which pre-
vail throughout this area.
About ten men are still engag-
ed in the W.P.A. work at the
school. ->
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Camille Stevens, June Bode,
Opal Lennon, Jean Thornton, and
Mrs. Thornton attended the show
in Fredericksburg Sunday.
The fish that Glen Hopf caught
were caught on the Llano near
Roosevelt three bass weighing 4,
5, and 6 pounds, one cat weigh-
ing 3 pounds, and were caught
early in June. Fishing is Glen’s
favorite sport.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hopf and
little daughter, Peggy, of Com-
fort were Harper visitors dur-
ing the week end.
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
$1.50 PER YEAR
Gillespie Men Leave
For U. S; Array
Additional’ Gillespie county sel-
ectees reported Thursday to the
induction center at Fort Sam
Houston far: military service in
the U. S. Army. Included in this
group are the: following:
Chester L. Frantzen, Ignacio
Hernandez, Hubert H. Nixon, El-
gin Jung, John H. Wendel, Mar-
vin L. E. Grona; Elmer A. Itz,
Albert C. Friedrich, Erwin D.
Feuge, James M. Pyka, Robert W.
Jung, Roman J. Fiedler, Levi
Kensing, Lee F. Bauer, Raymond
E. A. Ellebraeht,
Edwin E. Knoche, Eddie A.
Pohler, Howard: E. Lange, Benja-
min W. A. Henke, Frederick
Bierschwale, Jr., Dayton O. Rahe,
Martin W. Maenius.
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Mrs. Ida Smith and father,
Sam Ezell, are spending the week
end visiting their daughter and
sister, Mrs. Garrett Bierschwale,
and family.
Fifth Defense
Opened Here
Automechanics To Be Taught
By Clarence Harper
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Mr. and Mrs. John F. Teddlie
of Ft. Worth and sister, Mrs.
Pauline Hampton of San Antonio,
were visitors' in the home of
their son and brother, Dr. G.
Teddlie, this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wendel
and little daughter, Elaine, were
shopping in Harper Wednesday
evening.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wedekind
and Marietta were dinner guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Stevens Friday night.
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Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kaiser
and Mrs. Anna Loth were Fred-
ericksburg visitors Wednesday
evening. Mrs. Loth remained for
a few weeks to visit with rela-
tives.
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Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Stevens
and Miss Mamie Dell Stevens of
San Antonio spent Sunday in the
J. M. Stevens home.
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2nd LT. HILMAR PRESSLER
With almost two years’ service
in the U. S. Armed Forces, Hil-
mar Pressler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kurt Pressler, recently was
awarded a Second Lieutenant’s
rating in the U. S. Army. Hilmar,
a former employee at the
Schreiner Bank in Kerrville, vol-
unteered in the National Guard
in November 1940. Since that
time he has gradually been ele-
vated to higher ranks. He was
stationed at first at Camp Bowie
and later at Camp Barkeley. For
the past three months he was sta-
tioned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
where he completed an officers’
training school. He left last week,
after a short furlough and visit
here, for his new station at Camp
Howze, near Gainesville, Texas.
Lt. Pressler has been made
Adjutant of his company and is
now doing administratiove work
at Camp Howze.
Under the supervision of
George Smith, Harper’s vocation-
al agriculture teacher, and Clar-
ence Harper, instructor, the fifth
class in the Home Defense School
sponsored by the Harper Inde-
pendent School System, and fi-
nanced by the Federal Govern-
ment, got underway oil Thurs-
day night this week.
According to Mr. Smith, en-
listments in this school are in-
vited and open to all persons 17
years of age and: critter, either
men or women, boys or girls.
Upon successfully completing
this special course of instruction,
graduates receive a diploma
which will assist them in secur-
ing employment in defense
plants, airplane factories, ship-
yards, etc.
Classes will continue for a
period of ten weeks, 15 hours per
week, meeting three times week-
ly and about five hours each
session, from about 7 to 12 p.m..
Approximately 40 people have
already successfully completed
these classes in the defense
school being conducted here dur-
ing the past two years. The last
class: completed the school early
this spring since which time no
classes were conducted.
Citizens of this community and
farmers and ranchers of this
area are invited to bring in any-
thing from a hay rake to a trac-
tor which needs repair and which
would be possible for the class
to> handle. There is no charge
or expense to the owner in re-
pairing articles of various des-
cription, other than whatever
parts or material is actually used
in the work.
Classes are conducted by Mr.
Harper at the Citizens Garage
through the cooperation of the
proprietor, Mr. J. J. Rogers, who
has made his place of business
available for this purpose.
Those who have not already
done so may enroll at any time
if interested in taking this course
in automechanics.
Catholic Information
Safeguarding the Home
A new problem has risen in
this country with the advent of
marrieef women with children in-
to industry. Their children must
be cared for by others. It is in-
teresting to note what the Eng-
lish bishops have to say on this
subject in a recent pastoral.
“The rearing and education of
children remains, above all, the
duty of the parents; for it is im-
possible for anything else to re-
place the natural affectionate, in-
dividual relation of parent and
child; can anything replace the
educative atmosphere which de-
rives from the profound perva-
sive intimacy of family life. No
man can choose to be just an in-
dividual. Long before adolescence
he is affected through by the in-
fluences of his childhood; and
God intends these influences to
be conveyed in a good family
life. It is not therefore isolated
individuals who compose the
state, but individuals who are al-
ready members of a family. It
follows, therefore, that the state
has the duty of guarding the
well-being of families as a cus-
todian of the common welfare of
all, for the sake of the proper
development and perfection of
each. In promoting this welfare
the state is morally obliged not
only to respect scroupulously
the independent natural rights
of the family, but to maintain
those rights against the assaults
of any sectional interest which
may endanger them.” Certainly
those rights are endangered
when women leave their children
to be cared for by others.
St. Anthony Discussion Club
Harper, Texas
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