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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1931
Page
4
A noisy sweep of local events includes church and hospital news, visits in Little Rock and Emmet, and a passing of Mrs. Meyers in Houston. Reports mention Circle No. 3 meeting, Mrs. Meyers’ family ties, bridge luncheon at Mrs. Kinser’s, and gratitude for spring decor and neighborly visits.
At the regular monthly meeting Mrs Dorsey McRae presided as Elizabeth Harrison outlined a program. Officers elected for the year include CG S Lowthorp president, Mrs John Owens vice president, Mrs J A Bendy secretary, and Mrs Dana Smith treasurer with Beatrice Pratt supervising public libraries in Saginaw Michigan. Harrison, recently touring Europe, will lecture on the Passion Play Monday at city hall library for Hope Library funds. Adults 25 cents, children 15 cents. Mr and Mrs B T Boyett returned to Galveston after visiting his parents in the city.
BELLOWS FALLS Vermont. James D. MacClennan, manager of the Vermont Cooperative Creamery Association, recalls President Coolidge visiting during a hot day. He rushed to dress, but Coolidge suggested comfort, removing his coat and vest.
Personal mention notes Raymon Newman president of the Young People's Society of the Presbyterian Church and Lloyd Berry Winston Cobb and Olin Lewis left yesterday afternoon to allow the Young People's Conference of the Southwestern District which is in session in Mena.
Church notices show Sunday School and preaching at 11 am, Epworth League anniversary service at 7 30 pm, and prayer meeting at 7 30 pm on Wednesday.
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church lists T L Epton as pastor. Sunday School each Sunday morning at 9 45 a m Delimer Bailey superintendent. B Y P T meets Sundays at 3 30 p m preaching second and fourth Sundays at 11 a m and 3 30 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday nights.
John G. Reese, minister, announces Bible study Sunday morning at 11 o clock and sermons at 11 9. m and 1 30 pm in the morning. Evening sermon titled Reverence and another titled Something Must Be Done. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 o'clock. You are welcome to all services.
Woofred P. Haroun, pastor, invites all to Grow with Bible school as classes rise in attendance. Morning sermon title Such As I Have and hymn Beyond sung by Frank Lowthorp with choir. Evening service at 7 45 features congregational singing and music, sermon Chosen Vessels.
W. R. Anderson leads morning service on Sabbath with sermon The Divine Laws of the Sabbath and evening sermon on Power Is Perfected in Weakness Special music planned Young People's Society invited No prayer meeting Wednesday Circle meetings of the Ladies Auxiliary scheduled with multiple hosts Pastor Dorsey McRae to attend Presbytery in Stamps. various Circles meet at home venues through Tuesday
The Christian Endeavor group meets Sunday at 643 p.m with a program titled How Far Dare We Practice Brotherhood based on Matthew 23 8 12. Leader Cire Davis and Kathleen Rhodes present illustrations and songs including O Master Beat Me With Thee and Help Somebody Today. India Discovers Caste System is noted.
About 1,000 attended the Saenger theater Friday night for the Hope Elks club musical comedy In Old Vienna. Talbot Feild led the all male Romney Trail chorus with Iva Hipp and chorus, Martha Jean Winburn as June Pennington sang Remem ber with Gerald Guerard, and Miss Wilma Atkins drew laughs as Louise. The 80-member cast, directed by Mrs Net Bush Mess Pheeters, presented a tale of an American family in Vienna amid gypsy dances and romantic music.
Edna Earle Hail presents Why We Are Slow to Practice Brotherhood, a prose reflection attributed to Rian Brown. The piece explores unity within diverse communities, urging cautious progress toward solidarity grounded in faith and shared values.
Berkeley California memories of half a century ago came alive in UC Berkeley’s vertebrate zoology department with a gingely bear skull from Chase Little of Redwood City. The relics, a bear skull and a grizzly claw, recall old timbering days when vaqueros hunted bears to herd them to the ambarcadero for shipment to San Francisco for meat.
The state highway department announced completion of a 23 mile stretch of Highway 25 between Batesville and Heber Springs. The route improves traffic from southeastern Missouri toward Fort Smith and Oklahoma, with the surface described as washed stone and gravel.
The Elks present a musical comedy titled In Old Vienna directed by Nell Bush McPheeters under H. T. Fitzsimmons Company. Cast includes Harriet Story Miss Wilma Atkins Dr W R Alexander and many gypsy and Viennese roles with a large general committee and stage crew acknowledging gowns, lighting, and furnishings contributions.
Paragould reports Greene County will host an amateur baseball league with six to eight teams. Five are entered at Walcott, Stanford, Consolidated School No 1, Beech Grove, and Missouri Pacific shops. Games occur each Saturday afternoon until July, then two games weekly until season end. Start date is April 11.
A three year old, Bobbie Dillion, died en route to hospital after his father's truck wheels rolled onto him in the driveway. The incident occurred on the family farm seven miles from Corpus Christi, Texas, as T. R. Dillon rushed the boy to town.
Warning order issued by Hempstead Chancery Court requires defendant Joh M Holt to appear within thirty days and answer the plaintiff's complaint. Clerk Willie Harris notes the seal and date of April 3 1931 with subsequent entries April 4 11 18 25.
Jack For Two Reasons reports that Tack Keller, a sophomore hurdler at Ohio State University, is nicknamed Duck for two reasons: it’s a nickname from his first name John and from the initials of his full name John Alton Claude Keller.
A calf with five legs was born on Prank Lane’s farm near Bellefontaine Ohio. The extra limb extends from the right front leg line joint. The calf is in good health but hampered by the fifth leg.
A fragmentary dispatch notes an East African incident involving natives and snakes. mentions Colonel Charles Wellington Furlong and a figure named Warshijy, with unclear details and sourcing.
A note describes a tribal custom in Philadelphia where a young man seeking marriage must first present his intended bride to his tutelary snake, illustrating unique cultural practices.
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