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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1933
Page
3
Fragmentary verse expresses toil and faith with references to nagaraeh, leboters, and a carpenter. It contemplates work, dreams, prayers, and divine justice as communities seek support and purpose amid weary hearts and contested visions.
A rough collage of social and local items. Helen McRae visits. Megan Texas trip for studies at Texas A&M. Circle 2 of the Womans Missionary Society holds its April meeting at Mrs Lex Helms home. First Christ church group meets at Mrs W Warren's on South Main with Mrs Duckett leading. Varner family and daughter visit in Mormon Texas. Earl White and son Ron visit Blevins area. obliquely mentions of college life and local travel.
Mrs Cecil Wyatt a recent bride is honored at a miscellaneous shower at her South Main Street home. Miss Corellian Whitehurst wins sewing prize as guests hem tea towels and write rotelpes. A tea course with angel food cake follows gift presentation amid spring flowers. Circle No 1 WMS meets Monday at 3 at Max Thompson home with Mrs Welborn and Mrs Bundy hosting. Young Women's Missionary Circle plans April meeting at 4 at the Home Economics cottage.
Miss Dorothy Gunter hosted Friday evening birthday festivities with bridge from four tiles. Prizes went to Miss Daisy Dorothy Heard and Miss Tuellie Porter. Guests received an ice course and gifts, including Lucille Porter and Le Nora Routon among others.
Circle No 4 of the W M S First Methodist Church will meet Monday at 3 PM at Mrs George Turner’s Pond Street home with hostesses Mrs Sam Womack and Mrs DA Henry. Mrs W G Allison left for a short visit in Little Rock. Miss Lynette McKamey hosted a young friends gathering Friday night at her West Third Street home. Mr and Mrs Charles Harrell welcomed guests from Little Rock and will host Saturday visits with Mrs Harrell and Frances Harrell.
The musical comedy spectacle 42nd Street opens at the Saenger Playhouse Sunday. Based on Bradford Ropes novel, it features Warner Baxter Bebe Daniels George Brent Una Merkel Ruby Keeler and Ginger Rogers among others. The production blends backstage drama with a lavish musical show and a chorus of 150 dancers.
The Hope Garden club plans a civic project to plant crepe myrtle along city entry highways. Pilling stations have purchased 900 plants to distribute, urging every citizen to help. The note laments bare shoulders and seared ditches along Arkansas roads and questions if highway foliage can restore charm.
Mr. Reid notes total federal crop production loans to Arkansas farmers have fallen from 9,285,257 across 51,867 borrowers two years ago to 4,004,922 lent to 47,457 last year and now, with 12,000 more than average, the trend suggests farmers rely less on external credit and grow more on home farms as the program narrows. It may take years to finish this shift but progress is seen.
Willisville Mr and Mrs J A Waters with Mrs Hallie May Silvey and daughter Betty Jean spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Gee in Martin Mrs W Z Simpson and children visited Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Rosey Simpson. Mr and Mrs Carrie Martin visited Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dixon at Waterloo Saturday night and Sunday.
The Patsy, a curtain comedy by Hope High School juniors, will be staged at city hall next Friday night with Miss Fern Garner as lead lady and Paul Jones as the dashing hero. Other cast members include Hendrix Spraggins Fredia Mae Jones Nancy White Jack Turner Rufus Herndon Mary Lou Collier and Norman Lewis. The play, written by Barry Conners, follows the stage adaptation of the popular Marion Davies film.
Winnie Ruth Judd known as trunk Slayer had her bid for a new trial denied. Judge Howard Speakman rejected a motion to dismiss the murder charge against Hedvig Samuelson and ordered the case dropped. Judd remains on death row for the Agnes Anne LeRoi murder set for April 14. She sought the Samuelson trial to present a self defense narrative in open court. insanity was the defense in Le Roi.
LACROSSE Va. Ben L Can non 77 and two nephews Thomas 36 and Bill 28 were killed and Willis A Cannon 81 mortally wounded in a home robbery. Investigators say the attackers lured Ben to the smoke house on a meat purchase pretext. Ben found dead there while the nephews died after a struggle at the front door.
Harmony residents enjoy a busy Sunday with relatives and friends across Hope. Harold Sanford joined Joe Daugherty. McMillen and McWilliams families hosted visitors. Thad Vines Britt Rogers families spent time with Ella Hodnett. The McWilliams and Williams visit Hope. Mitchells hosted Laseters. Karber siblings stayed with Maggie and Lela Jordan. Rosa Todd visited her sister Mack McMillen. Grandma Crews and George Crews were visiting relatives. Rev and Mrs Jackson spent Sunday with their daughter Merrial Huckabee.
In Washington and New York reports the Missouri Pacific Railroad seeks bankruptcy relief in St Louis as part of a planned reorganization under the new federal law. Morgan partners and Van Sweringen interests face pressure from creditors while proposals include swapping bonds for preferred stock and issuing new common stock to current holders.
Arkansas banking official Marion Wason said he and a investor group plan to ask the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for 9 million dollars to back a merger of three Little Rock banks the Bankers Trust People s Trust and Union Trust Examiners have reviewed assets to determine if RCFC could buy preferred stock or form a new bank to take over the closed institutions Peoples Trust wishes to operate without restriction while remaining in merger talks with the others
Roosevelt family picnics illustrate the informal life of the first family with origins before F D Roosevelt entered public office. The Roosevelts used Hyde Park to escape city heat, bringing lunch for a day at the farm, a custom that evolved into a relaxed routine in their public life. Four hundred Fort Myers students will receive dental care through a cooperative clinic organized by local dentists.
Fragmentary text references President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull, mentions a visit to Washington by officials, rumors about a foreign policy stance toward Japan, and travel plans including Detroit Chicago and the Pacific coast. The garbled lines also touch on Manchurian issues and an honorary degree at the University of Oregon before a voyage to Japan.
Washington reports a Confederate bill given to Jim Farley, then postmastership chief, by R J McKinney of Columbia Tennessee. The note, signed by James A Farley, references his Farley family ties and a claim of valor in old currency. The piece casts Farley’s past as a battleground tale of political clout and antebellum connections.
Saturday was a regular preaching day at this place with all invited. Visitors included Gils Murray of Smackovar, Tot Vickers Wilson Stacy Henry and Bill Williams of Garland. Mrs H E Reid spent the night with sister Otis Butler at Holly Springs. Frank Hill spent Sunday with Elbert Tarpley family. Ben McBay staying with aunt Otis Butler at Holly Springs. Dump Smith and children visited Millard Haltom family near Fairview. J A Smith and Ben Wilson made a business trip to Hope Monday.
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