13 May 1915
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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
1
Repeated ads note a five room rental with conveniences and another house for rent. Several items promote insurance against cyclone and fire. Local figures W D Trotter and J T Freeman visit Little Rock on business. Community notices cover Sunday School activities, decorations and cemetery plans, plus hardware and paint promotions.
A meeting at Hotel Dermott formed a Chautauqua association to plan a six day festival starting June 12. Helmstetter was named chairman and Mrs. G E Kinney secretary. Committees on Advertising On Sale of Tickets On Arrangements were appointed with local leaders. A $10 prize was offered to the church that sells the most tickets. The event, to be run by the Alkahest Lyceum System of Atlanta, promises six days of top attractions shared with Hot Springs and Little Rock venues.
The third annual convention of the Arkansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union's third district will convene May 26 and 27 at the Presbyterian church. Delegates will attend from Monticello Tillar Crossett Hamburg Wilmar Warren Lake Village McGehee Wilmot and Bishop. Local participants include Mrs Dixon Trotter Dermott union president E G Hammark Rev J L Pny and Mrs do A Bennett and Mrs B E Hawkins formerly of Dermott now of Metehee. The full program appears next week.
Dermott Public School closes a successful year with a recital and play by piano, voice, and expression pupils Friday night. Rev. J Abner Sage of Portland will preach the baccalaureate at the Presbyterian church next Sunday. Diplomas and awards will be presented on Friday evening May 21, with Hon. John H. Hineman of Little Rock delivering the graduates address. Graduates are Mollie Dante, Hazel Morris, Cora Bird, and Daisy Belle Neal.
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