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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
4
The Dermott News lists publishing frequency as every Thursday in Dermott Arkansas with subscription rate of 1.50 per year. Advertising rates available on application. Office and residence contact numbers are given. Registered as second class mail matter with government postal details and dated February 9, 111. G. E. Kinney is publisher and proprietor.
Contractors in five Arkansas counties under Ford and MacCrea report heavy equipment in place and progress on the Arkansas Louisiana highway. Healey and Fields will finish first, connecting Tamopike to Grady and Pine Bluff, with an estimated completion by October. Burke Construction follows, covering Ashley to Drew counties, with a next March finish. White and Bryant handle Desha Drew and White County segments, with next year completion anticipated. War and rain slow gains. Capitol Avenue improvement continues amid funding and material constraints.
The district comprises five counties with listed representatives and officers. Endorsements from the War Department and Department of Agriculture bolster the Arkansas-Louisiana Highway project, praised by Governor Brough and state officials as creating the largest district in America. A related religious message urges communal church involvement and the Presbyterian Church of Dermott with study and service times.
Whittier and Lowell are cited on duty and urgency while Dermott is urged to defend its good name. The piece argues town influence matters to national judgment and that the community must adapt to a new era, resisting isolation and ready to defend its reputation.
The Centenary pledge first payment is scheduled for Sunday July 20. G A Franklin serves as treasurer and S C Dean stresses the importance of making the payment.
Lam authorizes twelve students from Chicot County to receive four years of free tuition at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. The institution, state funded, offers agricultural and engineering colleges, a College of Education, domestic science for women, and new courses in journalism and accounting. Admission requires high school graduation. those without local high schools may enter the University Training High School. Information from the Registrar at Fayetteville.
Phoebe Shavers files in No 3341 against Frank Shavers. Defendant must appear within thirty days and answer the complaint. Dated June 17, 1919, Abner Gaines Clerk. D. D. Crenshaw attorney for Pitt. 6-26-41
All physicians and midwives must report births, doctors must report all deaths and contagious diseases. The Bureau of Vital Statistics seeks accurate records. Report births and deaths to Mrs J F DeLaney and contagious diseases to Dr J A Thompson.
The Ladies of the Women Workers of Orient met at Mrs Berendsohn home on July 14 to finish the last chapter The group discussed responsibilities of Christian women to educate and Christianize Orient women Led by Mrs Dean the session featured prayer and a reading of Ephesians Chapter Four Nineteen members attended including Mrs Moss Hoffman Prothro Parnell Franklin and others Hostesses Mrs Baker and Mrs Berendsohn provided music and a salad sandwich and ice course
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