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Harper, Gillespie County, Texas, Friday, January 1st, 1943.
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THE MAGIC EYE
The practical history of the
electric eye with a thousand uses
dates back only a little more than
three decades when two physi-
cists, Geitel and Elster, perfected
a small tube which would change
light into harnessed electricity
and back again fast enough to be
satisfactory from a commercial
standpoint. The scientific basis
for this magical gadget stems
from the fact that the rare earth
metal, selenium, is very sensitive
to light. This phenomenon had
been studied by several English
scientists long before the com-
mercial electric eye swept the
country, but they had not been
successful in designing a cell that
could be easily adapted to indus-
trial problems.
Today electric eyes are con-
structed as small as peas and as
large as watermelons, and their
uses run all the way from sorting
beans to running giant power
presses. They perform duties that
have made them indispensible to
the American art of industrial
mass production.
Most of us have experienced
some of the common applications
of the electric eye, where doors
open automatically as we ap-
proach them, or in the case of
fountains that turn on as you
bend over for a drink. Maybe, too,
we have seen them at work open-
ing garage-doors automatically
when a car drives up with head-
lights on, or heard that they
count cars driving over a high-
way or bridge. These are but a
few of the more common appli-
cations of this invention; there
are hundreds more that most
people never heard of, in which
the electric eye finds no compet-
itor for accuracy and efficiency
in the performance of untiring
and exceptional service.
For example, presses in some
large newspaper and paper mak-
ing-plants will stop immediately
if the thin ribbon of paper that
is fed into them breaks. Because
the electric eye reacts with the
speed of light, 186,000 miles per
second, it is among the most sen-
sitive instruments known to man.
In industry we find that in ad-
dition to being a key mechanism
in mass-production methods, it is
one of the most useful safety de-
vices. A man’s hand reaches into
a danger zone in a gear driven
machine, and the machine stops
instantly whether it be a 500-ton
monster or a half-ton punching
press. Doors open and close aut-
omatically as trucks move from
department to department, ar-
ticles are counted, graded and
packed without being touched by
human hands, with the aid of the
electric eye. Tobacco may be sort-
ed according to color, wheat is
weighed into bags quickly and
accurately, fifteen-ton steel in-
gots are rolled back and forth
between immense rolls in steel
mills.
They are used extensively in
warehouses, buildings, and on
ships to detect and report fires.
It may be said that they have put
most professional safe crackers
out of business. Today, a burglar-
endeavoring to crack a safe may
suddenly find himself confronted
with the following series of ev-
ents: a camera catching him in
the most unexpected pose with
the aid of a flashbulb, bursts of
burglar alarms all about him, a
squirt of tear gas aimed at where
his face is most likely to be, and
then the police.
The use of the electric eye in
matching the most delicate colors
is unique. It can pick out varia-
tions in shades that even the most
highly trained eye misses.
. The electric eye makes televi-
sion and picture transmission
over wires practical. It may be
used to count and sort almost
anything from buttons to
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 A YEAR
Three Sons Of Arthur Lott In U. S. Army! Skiff Klaerner Retires Saturday Oh ristmas Pageant Was Reid
After Having Served 20 Years Sunday Kite at Lutheran Church
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SGT. VICTOR LOTT
The three brothers pictured in
the above photos are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lott, resi-
dents of the Klein Branch com-
munity, several miles southwest
of Harper. The three brothers
are: Sgt. Lewis Lott, Sgt. Victor
Lott, and Pvt. Walter Lott. Lewis
volunteered for the army on Aug-
ust 6th, 1939, and was sent to
Hawaiia. He was stationed at
Pearl Harbor at the time of the
Japanese attack and received gun
bullet wounds from a Jap air-
plane as it straffed his anti-air-
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SGT. LEWIS LOTT
craft unit. As a result, Lewis has
suffered the loss of an eye. For
bravery in action displayed at
that time, he has been awarded
the Purple Heart by the U. S.
Government. Sgt. Lott married
recently and lives now at Chey-
enne, Wyoming. Sgt. and Mrs.
Lott visited at home recently.
Sgt. Victor Lott volunteered in
the army on Jan. 1st, 1940, and
also received his training in the
Hawaiian Island and was also
stationed at Pearl Harbor at the
time of the Jap attack. He is a
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PVT. WALTER LOTT
member of the U. S. Field Artil-
lery. Victor has not been at home
since he left home two years ago.
Pvt. Walter Lott, youngest of
the three brothers in the army,
was drafted on July 17th, 1942.
He is stationed at Camp Crowder,
Missouri, where he is a member
of the Signal Corps.
A fourth brother, Wesley Lott,
who is married and the oldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lott, is
employed at Fort Sam Houston.
COUNTY OFFICERS WE TAKE
OFFICE AND FILE ROND 0
JANUARY 21
or-
11 Month Old Child Drowns
In Water Trough Near
Kerrvffle
Funeral Services For Victim Will
Be Held Friday
Patrick Walter Jenschke, 11
month and 9 day old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Jenschke, drowned
on Wednesday afternoon at about
4:45 o’clock in a water trough
several miles east of Kerrville
on the Fredericksburg road. The
tragedy occurred when the young
child was playing with other chil-
dren at the Henke Butcher Pens
where the father is employed.
The victim fell into the tank and
efforts to revive the young child
proved futile.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted on Friday afternoon, Jan.
1st ,at 3:30 p.m. from Schaetter
Funeral Home and St. Mary’s
church. Burial will be made in
the Catholic cemetery.
In addition to the bereaved par-
ents, there survive one sister:
Jeanette; the grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugo Jenschke, and
August Kunz.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jenschke
and children -of Fredericksburg
spent Christmas with Mrs.
Jenschke’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Kaiser. They also visited
relatives at Rock Springs Satur-
day. V,
Robert Loth, New Sheriff, and
All Former Officials, Both
County and Precinct, Will
Begin Two Year Term
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Supt. and Mrs. Box and chil-
dren spent Christmas with rela-
tives at Burnet and Llano.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Lehne spent
Christmas day with relatives at
Fredericksburg.
anges. It insures petroleum man-
ufacturers of a means of control-
ling the uniformity of color they
require in their oils, and it picks
out holes, flaws and rust spots
for the metal manufacturer.—
America.
Gillespie county public offi-
cials, including one new officer,
Robert Loth, successful candidate
for sheriff, and all former public
officials, will qualify for the of-
fice to which they were elected
in the recent November general
election, on Saturday, January
2nd, at which time oath of office
will be administered and the fil-
ing of bonds will be considered
and approved by the County
Commissioners’ Court.
Coincident with the installation
of the county’s public officials
for the ensuing two-year term,
will be the last official act to be
performed by Sheriff Alfred
Klaerner, Gillespie county's trust-
worthy and respected sheriff,
who will convene the Commis-
sioners’ Court in special session
on Saturday morning for the pur-
pose of swearing in the officers
and considering bonds which each
public official must post with the
county.
Sheriff Klaerner will round out
twenty years of successful and
faithful service to Gillespie coun-
ty this week while Robert Loth,
newly elected, will take over the
reigns of the sheriff’s office to
provide for continued peace and
order for our county. Sheriff
Klaerner is retiring through a
voluntary gesture and did not
seek reelection this term.
Both coi ty and precinct offi-
cials will file their bonds and
take the oath of office, including:
County Judge Henry Hirsch,Tax
Assessor - Collector Wm. Pet-
mecky, County Clerk Hy. Houy,
District Clerk E. L. Schmidt,
County Attorney Alex Jung,
Sheriff Robert Loth, Constable
Lawrence Burrer, Justice of the
Peace Wm. Bruns; and Commis-
sioners Eugen Kramer, Felix
Pfiester, Alfred McDougall and
Rubin Nixon.
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
Men, 18 to 37, May
Enlist As Officers
Sheriff Alfred Klaerner will re-
tire volnntarily, and without
seeking reelection from public
service on Saturday, Jan. 2nd,
1943, at which time he will ad-
minister his last official act when
ne convenes the special session
of the County Commissioner’s
Court. The Court will sit in spe-
cial session to consider and ap-
prove bonds of the county’s pub-
lic officials and to administer the
oath of office to the officials.
Klaerner began his reputed
career as Sheriff of Gillespie
county in 1918 and served con-
tinuously since that time with
the exception of two years, 1922
to 1924, at which time he did not
seek reelection. In some of the
earlier terms he also served in
the capacity of tax collctor at
which time this office and the
sheriff’s office were combined.
Througout this entire state
Sheriff Klaerner was known as a
fearless and courageous law en-
forcing officer, respected by all,
and evaded by those who sought
to violate and infringe upon the
public laws and public safety. He
has, at times, had an exciting
career while in this office, and
has been instrumental on many
occasions in apprehending viola-
tors of the law and desperate
criminals. Other peace officers
often have admired Klaerner’s
absolute fearlessness and courage
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SHERIFF ALF. KLAERNER
in dealing with the unabiding and
unlawful element.
Mr. Klaerner will retire to his
small farm, several miles west
of Fredericksburg, which adjoins
the well known Klaerner’s Live
Oak Park. He will be succeeded-
in office by Robert “Bob” Loth,
Gillespie county trucker, who
will take over the reigns of the
sheriff’s office on Saturday, Jan.
2nd, 1943.
{j KRAUS
WINS
BOTTLING CONCERN
COCA-COLA AWARD
Firm’s 50 Years in Business Here
Climaxed by Award of
Coveted Honor
HOUSTON, Dec. 28.
President’s order banning volun-
tary enlistments in the armed
forces by men between the ages
of 18 and 37 (inclusive), many
individuals have had the mistaken
impression that the executive
order applies also to 'those seek-
ing commissions as officers in
the United States Naval Reserve.
Lieut. Preston Moore, in charge
of the Office of Naval Officer
Procurement in this area, points
out that the ban placed by the
president affects only men of
18 to 37 (inclusive) who ordinar-
ily would have enlisted in the
ranks. It does not affect men in
the above age bracket who are
qualified to apply for officers’
commissions.
“Right now, Lieut. Moore said,
“men are urgently needed as nav-
al officers for many diversified
assignments.” As typical xam-
ples, he mentioned com,. ions
to be filled in the Navy’s Seubee
Construction Battalions by men
of engineering and construction
experience; as officer instructors,
men who have had teaching ex-
perience or who have the ability
to teach such subjects as aerol-
ogy, meterorology, physics, math-
ematics, radio, electronics, navi-
gation and various aviation
ground school subjects. Ground
school supervisors are also want-
ed, as well as men qualified by
their knowledge of art, photog-
raphy, advertising lay-out, archi-
tectural design, optometry and so
on to become recognition instruc-
tors in Naval Pre-Flight schools.
Ordained ministers of all faiths,
with degrees, are likewise urged
to apply for assignment to the
Navy’s Chaplain Corps.
In addition to the officer billets
mentioned above, he added that
many other opportunities for re-
ceiving commissions await men
with special qualifications.
Applications may be made at
824 Niels Esperson Building,
Houston, Texas.
i Climaxing 50 successful years
Smce the in business here, the Fredericks-
burg Coca-Cola Bottling Com-
pany (Kraus Bottling Works)
this week had achieved a new
honor with presentation to them
of the Coca-Cola Company’s fa-
mous “Bronze Bottle Award,”
which signifies that they had bot-
tled over 50 bottles of Coca-Cola
per capita for each of the coun-
ty’s resident in the past year.
The presented award is in the
form of an oak wall plaque on
which is affixed a full-size Coca-
Cola bottle, cast in bronze, and
a bronze plate suitably engraved
to denote the award to the local
company.
It was in 1892 that the late
Jacob Kraus started in the busi-
ness on a small scale, at which
time Mr. Kraus and Max Blum
purchased the business from B.
Blum who had founded the
Bottling Works several years
prior to that time. During the
same year, 1892 Mr. Kraus pur-
chased Max Blum’s interest and
since that time watched its
growth until 1922 when death cut
short his successful career. His
widow, Mrs. Theresia Kraus, and
their oldest son, Erwin Kraus,
still a youth in his teens at that
time, took hold of the business
and conducted it along the plans
of the founder which has led it
to be one of the city’s leading
businesses today.
What a revolutionized industry
one would find today if one could
glance back into the workshop of
the elder Kraus 50 years ago and
then look into the plant of the
present concern. Bottling soda
water in those days usually
meant the mixing of ones own
flavors, the washing of bottles by
painstaking hand brush and lead
pellets or “shot” and then the
capping of bottles by the “pop-
cap” method which meant the in-
sertion of a “bottle stopper”
which was held in place by a
steel spring device.
Today the old methods have
given way to modern bottle steril-
izers and the best of automatic
equipment has replaced the hand-
operated process in the capping
of bottles.
The business was operated for
years under the name of “Fred-
ericksburg Bottling Works” but
in 1938 was incorporated as
“Fredericksburg Coca-Cola bottl-
ing Company,” to denote the
franchise right to the Coca-Cola
bottling permit.
The two younger Kraus sons,
Paul and Jacob Kraus, Jr., in the
meantime had joined their moth-
er and brother in the operation
of the business. Mrs. Kraus was
named as president of the com-
pany upon incorporation and the
three sons as co-owners.
Friendly relations established
with the San Antonio Brewing
Association as their agents for a
non-alcoholic malt beverage that
succeeded “Pearl Beer” with the
advent of prohibition, naturally
opened the way for appointment
of the firm to sell “Pearl” when
beer was realized in 1933. Erwin
Kraus took the agency and has
established himself as one of the
leading “Pearl” distributors in
Texas in addition to helping man-
age affairs of the local bottling
concern.
The bottling company also suc-
cessfully operated a cigar factory
here for many years but due to
the increase in the bottling trade
this was sold some years ago.
The local concern bottles a long
list of popular carbonated drinks,
some of which, as lemon, straw-
berry and iron brew, have re-
mained standard during the 50
years of operation. The Coca-Cola
Bottling Company long has rec-
ognized the high standard of the
local concern and their gold-star
award for cleanliness and purity
of product has been an annual
award.
May changes have been effect-
ed in the 50 years of operation
but the principle of the founder,
to give the finest product and the
best service possible to all cus-
tomers, has ben adhered to as a
trust by the family and is one
rule from which they have never
deviated. Their past success was
SHEARER - OEHLER
Miss Dorothy Oehler and Louis
Shearer were married Dec. 24, at
the First Methodist Church in
Corpus Christi with Rev. Wallace
officiating.
Miss Oehler is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Oehler of
Harper. Mr. Shearer is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Shearer of
Bells and is a pharmacist mate in
the navy.
They will make their home in
Corpus Christi.
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MISS MADGE WHITEWOOD
HONORED WITH PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitewood
entertained Tuesday night in
their home honoring their daugh-
ter Miss Madge Romell. The oc-
casion was the young lady’s 16th
birthday anniversary.
Delicious sandwiches, cake,
cocoa and coffee was served in
buffet style from a lace covered
table to Madge’s classmates and
friends, about 40 in all.
Party games and dancing was
enjoyed. The older people play-
ed forty-two.
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Happy New Year
It’s time to wish you something
nice
To start another year.
I think I’ll hope that you will find
The reason that you’re here,
For most of us just seem to drift
Through life, without a reason.
That attitude is really wrong.
How ’bout a change—this sea-
gen?
If there were not a place for you,
You’d never have been born;
If you could not do well some
task,
You’d not wake up each morn.
I hope you’ll find your place in
life;
And—as your best you’re giv-
ing
To work which you were born to
do—
Find greater joy in living.
—Lyla Myers
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
Offering Totals $22.50 For Trinity
Lutheran Orphans Home
At Round Rock
Members of the congregation
and friends numbering more than
225 persons, of the Harper Luth-
eran Church attended the annual
Christmas Pageant rendered in
the church last Sunday evening.
The pageant, entitled: “The An-
gel’s Christmas” was well render-
ed with all departments of the
Sunday School forming the
Choirs. The children of the Sun-
day School classes presented the
Annunciation, the Shepherd, and
the Nativity Scenes.
Following the pageant, an of-
fering for the Trinity Lutheran
Orphans Home at Round Rock,
Texas, was taken which totaled
$22.50, according to the pastor,
Rev. Walter C. Probst..
The pageant was in charge of
Victor Wendel, Sunday school su-
perintendent, and teachers of the
various classes.
Following the program bags of
fruit and candy were distributed
to the children.
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TENTH GRADE PARTY
richly deserved and every kind
wish is extended on their “golden
jubilee” that their business prow-
ess may continue to rise to even
greater heights in the future.
Mesdames David Schmidt, Reu-
ben Bode, Roy Stevens, and John
S. Whitewood entertained Mon-
day night with a party, honoring
the tenth grade pupils and their
friends.
Sandwiches, cookies and punch
was served, to a large crowd ef{
young people and several inviteui
guests.
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MILTON BODE HONORED
WITH PARTY
Mrs. Alfred Ellebracht enter-
tained with a party Saturday
night in the home of Mrs. George
Duderstadt, honoring Milton
Bode, who has been home on a
furlough from Camp Barkeley.
Sandwiches, cake, cookies, and
hot punch were served'to a large
crowd.
A delightful time was reported
by those attending.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Barrett
and children left Sunday for Hon-
do where they will make their
home. Mr. Barrett has employ-
ment there.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Oehler and
son, Steve, spent Christmas with
Mrs. Oehler’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Hamilton, at Abilene.
Catholic Information
NEW YEAR AND PEACE
PRAYERS
The New Year opens a new
page and closes an old one. The
old one holds a sad record for
most of the world, and a distrub-
ing one for all of the world. War
creates bitterness, hate, revenge,
lust for conquest, primitive pas-
sions for mastery through starva-
tion and the mass killing of men
and women. Such a condition of
life cannot continue. Perhaps the
condition does continue precisely
because so much of the world
thinks and lives as if God had no
government of His creation. He is
denied; or He is ignored, which
amounts to the same thing. We
hear much violent talk about sav-
ing this and saving that through
the destroying process of a final,
crushing war to a victorious
peace. Cannot peace be establish-
ed sooner at a less staggering
cost? Is there no approach to
what everybody wants except
through the dark, hard road of
sorrow, suffering and death? The
thought of another year of raids,
sinkings, starvation and killing
is distressing to every Christian.
We believe the war is just. We
believe we are fighting for high
ideals. But we still do not like
war. We look upon it as an un-
pleasant, ghastly business which
must be done. The point is this.
While we' work with all our
might, sacrifice willingly so that
we may be the victors, we ought
not try to do it alone. The pros-
pect of a speedy end to this war
is not bright, that is, considering
everything from a purely human
point of view. It looks like a long
war. What we cannot bring to a
speedy conclusion with our best
efforts, can yet be speedily ended
by One alone. It is a simple thing
for Almighty God to arrange the
fortunes of war to that end. Dis-
ease, internal dissention among
our enemies, even weather, could
be arranged by Him to our advan-
tage. Therefore, get in contact
with God. A nation on its knees
in prayer to God is the surest
guarantee of a New Year that
will see the end or near end of a
war we all dislike, with victory.
We must not grow weary of as-
sailing the mercy of God with
our prayers for peace.
St. Anthony Discussion Club
Harper, Texas
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