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General MacArthur comes by
his military genius quite natural-
ly. He was born in an Arkansas
military post, passed through an
Indain raid when he was four,
and was not only gratuated from
West Point first in his class, but
with the best scholastic record in
twentyfive years.
Stomach
five times
in women.
ulcers occer almost
as often in men as
When men enter a store they
usually turn to the left. On the
contrary, women almost invariab-
ly turn to the right.
Pulse rates in animals vary
widely according to the crea-
ture’s size. A canary’s heart will
beat in the neighborhood of a
thousand times a minute while
that of an elephant beats only a-
bout 25 times in the same period.
During the Franco—Prussian
war of 1870 an average of 80
bullets were fired for every man
killed. In the World War 28,000
bullets and 860 shells were fired
for every soldier that died on the
battlefield. Previous to the pre-
sent conflict, it was estimated
that about 8,600 shells and 11,600,
000 bullets would be required for
each battle casualty.
T
ASTROLOGY FOR 1942
■HIS is a great time for pro-
phets and soothsayers, genu-
ine and phony. All over the
world, people are eager to know
what is likely to happen this year.
A few weeks ago the idea got
into circulation that 1942 is the
year which will decide the war.
More and more Americans began
to echo the statement: “We win
or lose the war this year.” Simul-
taneously, many other Americans
supported the contradictory thes-
is that 1942 is a year of prepara-
tion for us, and that we cannot
hope to strike in full force until
1943.
Obviously, both these views can-
not be correct, because they can-
cel each other. If 1942 decides
the war, and we cannot strike un-
til 1943, the logical conclusion is
that we must lose the war. Cer-
tainly that is what the Germans
and Japanese would like us to
think.
But these two ideas are not of
enemy origin. Winston Churchill
is the chief advocate of the opin-
ion that the United Nations can-
not swing into full offensive until
next year; while the assertion
that 1942 will be decisive has de-
rived its principal support from
Soviet Russia. Looking at the
war from the British viewpoint,
Churchill decided that our most
useful role would be total concen-
tration upon production and
training of expeditionary forces.
On their side, the Russians natur-
ally want us to throw in every-
thing we have available immedi-
ately, to ease some of their enor-
mous burdens.
But Americans must develop
and firmly cling to their own
view of the war. From our view-
point, both these theses have
merits and also defects. We
should not concentrate entirely
upon preparations this year, but
should use our available forces
immediately wherever they will
do the most good. And our mili-
tary leaders have not hesitated to
do that. It is our purpose during
1942 to harass all our enemies and
to upset their schemes so far as
we are able. At the same time,
we seek to keep all our allies in
the fight.
But that does not mean that
1942 will decide the war. If we
all believed that, we should have
good reason to be discouraged.
So far as we are concerned, the
war can really begin only after
we are ready for total war, and
our common sense tells us that
we shall not achieve anything
like total preparation this year.
In a war of this magnitude, ev-
ery year is decisive in some lim-
ited sense. Of course, 1942 will
decide several things, just as 1939
and 1940 and 1941 already have
done. But it is not wise for Am-
ericans to make up their minds
that we shall win or lose the war
within any circumbscribed period.
We shall win only by decisively
beating our enemies; we shall
lose only if our enemies decisively
beat us. And the indications
from the hard facts—as well as
from the crystal balls and the tea
leaves—support a conclusion that,
so far as Americans are concern-
ed, this war will be neither won
nor lost in 1942.
—Saturday Evening Post.
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Mrs. Richard Gammenthaler,
Sr. and son, Richard, and daugh-
ter, Miss Florence Gammenthal-
er, of near Houston were visitors
in the Fred Gammenthaler home
several days last week.
Home Economics Room At New School Offers ^uliors Sa™rs
Entertained
Harper Girls Best Facilities Available
Pictured above are shown Supt.
E. O. Larkin, reading left to right,
and officers of the Homemaking
Club of Harper High School:
Adele Scarborough, reporter; Vio-
la Marschall, secretary; Bonnie
Lea Walker, treasurer; Alice
Kroll, vice-president; and Alene
Wendel, president. Miss Josephine
Goodman, teacher, is seen at the
right.
The above photo is a view of
the large and spacious home eco-
nomics department looking to-
—Staff Photo.
ward the east wall. Part of the
equipment purchased by the Har-
per Parent-Teachers’ Association
during the past year is seen in
the picture.
Supt. Larkin At His
New Harper High
Desk In The
School
Shown in the above photo is
Supt. E. O. Larkin of the Harper
Public School system as he was
photographed in an informal pose
behind his desk in the new school
building.
Supt. Larkin is rounding, out
his third successful year in the
Harper school system, having
seen much progress and many
changes in school, including the
construction of the large new
building. Supt. Larkin has been
in the teaching profession for 14
years, having begun in this voca-
tion at Frisco, Texas, in 1928,
where he was engaged for three
years. From Frisco he went to
Buena Vista for a four-year term,
then to Hamlin, in Jones County,
Texas, where he was principal of
the schools for a period of two
years. For the following two
years, in 1938 and 1939, he served
—Staff Photo
the Tuscola, Taylor County school
as superintedent and from that
community he camef to Harper.
Supt. Larkin is a graduate of
North Texas State Teachers’ Col-
lege where he received his Bach-
elor of Arts degree. He attended
Hardin-Simmons University from
which instiution he received the
Master of Arts honors.
The Harper school system has
expanded considerably since Mr.
Larkin became superintendent
and much progress has been made
with a larger territory surround-
ing Harper being served by the
local school. When finally com-
pleted, the Harper School pro-
ject will offer the boys and girls
of this section one of the finest
and best public school facilities
of any similar community school
in the state.
Business Men Pledge $12,710.
In Defense Bonds and Stamps In
Community-Wide Campaign
Actual Bond Sales For Month
Total $11,568.75 As Of May 20
A total of $12,710.00 has been
pledged in war bonds and stamps
purchases by Fredericksburg
business men and their employ-
ees as reported this week by a
tabulation of the work completed
by the Gillespie County “Minute
Men” who are making a city-wide
campaign in an effort to raise
the required quota of $14,000.00
assigned to Gillespie County. It
has been reliably reported that
a total of $11,568.75 in war bonds
and stamps has already been sold
in Gillespie County this month,
as of May 20th, as sold by local
banks and the postoffice.
From headquarters of the
countq-wide bond sales campaign
county-wide bond sales campaign,
the following figures have been
compiled for the month of May:
Monthly pledges, $1,476,25; week-
ly pledges: $93.75; pledges for
the remainder of 1942: $5,571.50,
making the total pledged: $12,710.
In addition to the names of
Fredericksburg business firms
who have signed the pledge to
purchase bonds and stamps, the
following have been added since
last week:
Dooley’s 5-10 & 25c Store
Schandua & Reichenau
Standard Motor Company
Dolezal Motor Co.
Standard Service Co.
Evers Dairy
Hill Country Creamery
Boening Motor Sales Co.
Otto Kolmeier & Co.
Nimitz Hotel
Palace Theatre
Western Auto Associate Store
B. H. Heinen Auto Parts
O. H. Griffin
Ruegner Barber Shop
Kowert Music Store
J. O. Ernst
Almon Kirchhoff
E. C. Schmidt
R. E. Jordan
Lawrence Knopp
Alex Frantzen
Alfred Petsch
Herman Usener
J. B. Wieser
Alex Jung
H. C. Koch
Gus Hartmann
F. F. Nesesta
Arthur Stehling
Sagebiel & Sagebiel
Felix Wilke
More Gillespie Co.
MenWiHLeavefor
Army Next Week
The first group of selectees to
to leave from Gillespie County
for an induction camp in the U.S.
Army under the Selective Service
law during the past two months,
will report to Ft. Sam Houston
on Tuesday morning, leaving here
at 5:45 a.m. The men who are
being called to serve in the army
include the following:
Order No.
V10,009
Name of Draftee
Fritz M. Schmidtzinsky,
Volunteer
20—Elgin W. Schaper
28—Emil B. Felps
55—Andrew H. Kuenemann
101—Lawrence A. Pyka
103—Albert W. Grosenbacher
179—Dayton W. Althaus
200—Louis E. Durst
245—George W. Eddy
248—Guenther E. Pfiester
259—Eugene Kunz
358—Edward R. Hodon
373—Kurt L. Itz
374-A—Adolf Kramer
425— Willard Jackson
426— Robert Joe Molberg
438—Edmund J. Klein
507—Roy W. Durst
600—Mel von D. Jordan
620—Henry D. Kammlah, Jr.
694—Hilmar C. Dittmar
767—Walter H. Burrows
901—Calvin O. Sageser
S-929—Calvin F. Durst
982—Morris F. DeLorey
1035—Eli E. Metzger
1038—Felix V. Metzger
1078—Arno R. Icke
S-1081—Arnold H. Dittmar
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Auction Sales To Be
Held on Saturdays
Rubin Beckmann, proprietor of
the Fredericksburg Auction Sales,
announces a change in the day of
auction sales from Wednesday to
Saturdays. Hereafter, beginning
Saturday, May 30th, the weekly
sales will be held on Saturdays
only. There will be no sale next
Wednesday, May 27th.
According to Mr. Beckmann,
Billie O’Hair, of Austin, will be in
charge of the auction sales.
Buyers and sellers are cordially
invited to come and attend these
auction sales. The grounds are
located near the railroad tracks
in Fredericksburg, where the
H. C. Maier stock pens formerly
were located.
-ooo-
Dayton Rahe and George Smith
attended the baseball game at
Fredericksburg Sunday afternoon
between the Giants and Camp
Bowie.
Richard Schmidtzinsky
Palace Liquor Store
Sunnyside Liquor Store
City Radio & Electric Co.
Stehling Electric Co.
The Radio Post
Fred Mathisen Ins. Office
Dr. J. A. Schmulen
Fredericksburg Publishing Co.
W. A. Nettle
Others, who have not signed the
pledge, are urged to get in con-
tact with a member of the “Min-
ute Men” committee at their earl-
iest convenience.
Miss Lora Sageser entertained
Friday night with a formal party
for members of the Junior and
Senior students at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Sageser. Entertainment for the
evening was Chinese checkers,
cards, dominoes, and later danc-
ing.
The living room was decorated
with spring flowers. The register
was lighted by candles. The din-
ing table was laid with lace and
decorated with candles and flow-
ers.
The hostess and her mother
served delicious chicken salad
sandwiches, cake, and punch.
Those who enjoyed the evening
were Misses Ira Bell Jones, Ca-
mille Stevens, Pearl Lee Boat-
right, Pauline Bierschwale, Char-
lene Barrett, Kathryn Coggeshall,
Dorothy Nell Whitewood, Madge
Whitewood, Adele Scarborough,
Lavelle Hawkins, Billy Brown,
and Lora Sageser; Mrs. R. L.
Stevens, Mrs. Claud Sageser;
John D. Hudnut, Tommie Blevins,
Johnnie Lumpkins, L. B. Hough,
Jr., Morris Bode, J. B. Birt, Wal-
ter Bierschwale, Michael Jung,
Chales Coggeshall, and Tommy
Jung.
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COUNTY-WIDE AIR RAID
WARDENS TO MAKE
TEST MONDAY
A request has been submitted
from the Aircraft Warning Ser-
vice that all Gillespie County Air-
craft Observers, in the 27 obser-
vation posts located throughout
the county, be at their post be-
tween the hours of 2 and 3 o’clock
Monday afternoon for the pur-
pose of making observations and
testing the communications sys-
tem. Reports will be made to
headquarters at San Antonio.
County Judge Henry Hirsch
stated Wednesday that he will call
a meeting of all aircraft observ-
ers for Friday night, May 22nd,
at the Court House, at which
time the test for Monday after-
noon will be thoroughly outlined.
Literature and information has
been mailed to each of the ob-
servers throughout the county by
the Aircraft Warning Service.
A second test will be made on
May 27th, at 1 p.m.
■-000-
BARKER — GATLIN
Miss Wanda Gatlin of Millers
View and A. B. Barker were mar-
ried at four o’clock on Saturday,
May 9, at Sonora by the Baptist
minister of the town.
Miss Gatlin is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesie Gatlin of
Millers View. She has been em-
ployed in Sonora for some time.
A. B. Barker is the nephew of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Biersch-
wale of the Reservation commun-
ity. He has a host of friends who
wish them much happines.
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ROEDER IMPROVES STATION
The fixtures at the Gulf Sta-
tion operated by Richard Roeder
have been painted recently. Mr.
Roeder has also improved the
appearance of his grounds by
planting flowers and adding
shrubs.
—ooo-
ATTEND STATE FIREMEN’S
SCHOOL
Bill Kaiser, Fred Wedekind and
Richard Roeder left Sunday after-
noon to attend the State Fire-
men’s School at A and M College.
They will be gone all week.
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AT PEARL HARBOR
JAMES EDWARD KATTNER
James Edward Kattner, age 21,
son of Rev. and Mrs. O. F.
Kattner of Fredericksburg, was
recently transferred from Cali-
fornia to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
as a member of the Medical Corps
in the U. S. Naval Reserve. James
was a pre-medical student at
Texas University up until the
time that he enlisted in January.
Harper High Homemaking Club Gathers in Living
Room In New School Building
The above photo was taken dur-
: ing the recent Silver Tea given
in the home economics depart-
ment living room of Harper
High School, showing members
of the Homemaking Club. The
girls, reading left to right, in-
clude: Opal June Lennon, Mari-
ette Wedekind, Bonnie Jo Harper,
Camille Stevens, Adele Scarbor-
ough, Lora Sageser, Helen June
Bode, Oleane Walker, Pearl Lee
Boatright, Ira Bell Jones, Gladys
Lang, and Josephine Goodman,
—Staff Photo.
instructor.
The living room is plastered in
cream, with paneling on the east
wall, or fireplace side. The fui>
niture is upholstered in blue, and
the drapes are blue and ivory.
Hill Country Livestock Assn. Reduces
Assessment Rate From 2c to lc Acre
Home Demonstration
Club Meets With
Mrs. Harlan
The Home Demonstration Club
met last Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Tommie Harlan. An inter-
esting program on the topic of
“Frozen Foods” and “How To
Prepare and Store Frozen Foods”
was given by several of the mem-
bers.
For recreation Mrs. Belton
Tatsch read a skit or short play.
It was one which is sent out
monthly by the Country Gentle-
man, and these are very interest-
ing.
A report on the cemetery work
and finances was given by Mrs.
Willie Strackbein who is secre-
tary-treasurer of the Cleaning
Fund. A full report will be
printed in next week’s issue.
Rally Day was also discussed.
Mrs. Harlan served delicious
popcorn to ten members.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. A. C. Jones on May 28th.
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LUTHER LEAGUE MEETING
Members of the Luther League
held their regular meeting Friday
night. After disposing of their
business they pleasantly surpris-
ed Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rahe at
their home on the Harper road.
Refreshments of sandwiches,
cookies, and punch were served
to a large crowd.
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NINTH GRADERS
ENTERTAINED
The ninth grade pupils enter-
tained last Thursday night with a
marshmallow roast in the Stev-
ens Flat. After the roast, danc-
ing was enjoyed by a large crowd
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max
Scarborough.
Selective Service
Registrants To Be
Re-Classified
Those Deferred Solely Because of
Dependenes May Be
Inducted
Many Selective Service regist-
rants who have been deferred
from military service solely be-
cause they have dependents will
eventually be inducted unless in
the meantime they become en-
gaged in activities essential to
the Nation’s war effort, General
J. Watt Page, State Selective
Service Director, stated today.
“We are rapidly approaching
the stage where everyone must
be either working or fighting to
win this war,” General Page
said. “War requirements — the
demand for manpower by essen-
tial industries as well as the
armed forces — will compel
many local boards within the
next several months to find se-
lectees for their quotas among
registrants who have depend-
ents.
“Right now local boards are
reconsidering all registrants with
dependency deferments for two
major purposes. The first is to
eliminate from this class all
See SELECTIVE SERVICE pgr. 4
Womens Missionary
Society
The Women’s Missionary So-
ciety held its monthly meeting
on Wednesday at two o’clock in
the afternoon with 29 members
and three visitors in attendance.
The meeting opened with a
song followed by prayer by Mrs.
Romilda Petermann. Scripture
reading by Mrs. Walter Probst
preceded the Magazine Quiz in
charge of Mrs. Glen Hopf. Mrs.
Wm. Strackbein gave a report on
the Federation meeting which
was held in Fredericksburg sev-
eral weeks ago.
After disposing of all business
the meeting closed with a song
and prayer. Refreshments were
served by Mesdames Alfred Kott
and Max Lange. Everyone relish-
ed the delicious jello chicken
salad, crackers, potato chips,
cookies, and ice tea.
-ooo-
BIRTHDAY SUPPER
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Whetstone
and Mrs. H. A. Kites entertained
with a supper honoring their
father, Dee Whetstone, on his
71st birthday anniversary.
Barbecue, salads, pickles, cake,
and coffee were served to 97
guests. After the delicious sup-
per, dancing was enjoyed until a
late hour.
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BIRTHDAY SUPPER
Mrs. Paul Staudt entertained
Sunday evening with a birthday
supper honoring her husband
on his birthday anniversary. Bun-
co and other games were enjoyed
during the afternoon.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. Claud Sageser entertained
with a lawn party honoring her
daughter, Viola Dell, on her 9th
birthday anniversary.
Punch, cake, and cookies were
served to 36 little guests.
-ooo-
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. Willie Kaiser entertained
Tuesday evening with a birthday
party honoring her small daugh-
ter upon the occasion vof her birth-
day anniversary. A large crowd
of little folks attended.
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Mr. and Mrs. Warren McDou-
gall of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Ed. Duderstadt and small
son of Cranes, and Mr. and Mrs.
Noble Jobes and small son of
Segovia were visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Duderstadt
Sunday.
-ooo-
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cosper and
son, Ed. L., and Mrs. F. J. Wede-
kind and Marietta atended the
ball game at Fredericksburg Sun-
day afternon.
-ooo-
Mrs. J. R. Peril spent several
days visiting relatives at Crystal
City. Her grandmother returned
home with her for a visit.
--ooo-
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lee Stev-
ens were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Barker last Sunday.
-—--ooo-
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Wendel
and children were business visit-
ors in Fredericksburg Saturday.
New Directors Elected at Annual
Meeting of Members Held
Here Saturday
Members of the Hill Country
Livestock Protective Assn, met
at the court house Saturday af-
ternoon for their first annual
meeting since the organization
was originated in February, 1941.
Approximately sixty members
were in attendance.
Among the feature decisions
made public at the meeting was
the reduction of the assessment
rate for members from 2c to lc
per acre. This reduction will ma-
terially aid in securing new mem-
berships and will, at the same
time, lessen the financial burden
of each member belonging to the
organization. It was pointed out
that, at this low assessment rate
of only lc per acre, membership
in this growing organization
could be considered by any live-
stock owner as the best form of
insurance covering the protection
of his stock.
New directors elected at Sat-
urday afternoon’s meeting includ-
ed: A. L. Cameron, Hilmar Lott,
E. W. Braeutigam, Arthur Zenner,
Harvey Stevens, Sr., and Fitz-
hugh Lee. These directors will
serve for a two-year term.
Hold - over directors include:
Ben Kneese, Emil Petsch, Enos
Rode, Seth Rode, and A. W. Stahl,
all of whom will serve one more
year. Officials of the association,
since it was organized last year
are: Ben Kneese, persident; A. L.
Cameron, vice-president; and A.
W. Stahl, secretary-treasurer.
At Saturday’s meeting, the
minutes and finance report were
read by the secretary-treasurer
and approved. County Attorney
Alex Jung addressed the group
and stated that no complaints re-
garding livestock theft had been
reported or filed during the past
year. Alfred Petsch also address-
ed the members and compliment-
ed the work of the livestock pro-
tective organization.
R. L. Batte, Jr., organization
Ranger, presented a summary of
his work since the association
was perfected last year in May.
The Hill Country Livestock
Protective Association has a
membership totaling 147 active
members today. Since May 1st,
1942, 35 new members have joined
the organization.
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Nimitz Proud of Gilles-
pie For Going Over
USD Quota
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, com-
mander-in-chief of the United
States’ Pacific fleet, Thursday
cabled his “pride and pleasure”
that his home community, Gilles-
pie county, Texas, had oversub-
scribed its USO war fund quota
on the first day of a nationwide
drive as a tribute to him.
“Be assured the officers and
men of the Pacific fleet appre-
ciate this generosity,” he said.
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Friends of Mrs. J. W. Weldon
will regret to learn of her being
very ill. She is in the General
Hospital, Kerrville for medical at-
tention.
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