Social Calendar Sees Busy Week in Hope
A long list of meetings and social events fills Tuesday through Thursday in Hope. Missionability class, Hope Business and Professional Women, garden club, Winsome class, Woodman, Bay View Reading club, and Eastern Star gather at various venues. A Presbyterian circle hosts a dinner for new members while weddings and showers are noted, including Kate Elizabeth Jones and Noel Jones in Hope.
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Presbyterian Cirele
First Presbyterian Church
Personal Mention of Mr and Mrs C C Lewis on Southern Trip
Mr and Mrs C C Lewis are spending this week in the deep South. They travel from New Orleans along the azalea trail to Mobile and then continue onward.
Poor Little Rich Boy Luck Jackson Reunion in Hempstead
The Luck Jackson families of Hempstead and surrounding counties will hold a reunion Sunday April 19 at Mt. Olive Church. The event aims to bring together descendants and relatives for fellowship and remembrance at the community gathering.
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Luck-Jackson
Hempstead
Mt. Olive
Oil and Gas Lease Records Compiled from 1942 Filings
A ledger of oil and gas property transactions listing multiple leases deeds royalty deeds and mineral interests dated February to April 1942. It records assignments from Jas L. Gizzard and others to Tide Water Association Oil Co and various parties including Charles A. Champlin and Lois Ellinghausen with sections township ranges and filing dates among SE NW NE SW and other quarter sections.
Natchez Pledge: PTA Delegation Heads to Hot Springs
Miss Henry will lead a Hone P. T. A. delegation to the state convention in Hot Springs Wednesday with several local members. Other delegates named include Mrs. Arch Moore and Mrs. Charles Benson along with Mrs. George Dodds and Mrs. E. F. McFaddin. Corporal Elmer Frisby arrives from Mather Field California to visit parents in Otley. Various relatives and guests listed from McAllen to Barksdale Field. A birth is announced at Julia Chester hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Story visit Minden with grandson Bob Story.
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Bery
Henry Sy
Elmer Frisby
Mather Field
California
Air Corps
E. M. Frisby
East Division
Otley
Frisby
Edith Frisby
Earl Rollie and Son
Jack
Devi} Royal
McAllen
Texas
Oli
Nolan Cargile
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Cargile
May Cargile
Tide Water Oil Co land records and leases summary
Multiple mineral leases and assignments dated February 1942 between Tide Water Oil Co. Inc. and J. E. Childers et ux, Assen D. G. Lease terms noted, including sections 23 40 4 9 28 34 and 6 12 in townships 13 14 Ree 22 23, with filings in April 1942 and a 1922 Royally Deed reference.
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H. H. McKenzie Et Ux
Parham
Assen, O. & G
Aragon, O. & G
J. H. Childers
Assyn
J. E. Childers
Tide Water Asso. Oil Co. Inc
W SE
J. EB. Chiders
Et al
Assen
J. E, Childers Et
Tidewater Asso. Oil Co. Inc., Et al
J. E. Childers Et Ux
Tide Water Asso, Oil Co. Inc. Et al
Bh NW
SNW
Assen, O, & G
Childers Et Ux
Tide Water Asso, Oil Co., Et al
Assen, GQ
Asse
Tide Water Asso. Oil Co. Inc Et al
Nsw
B. M. Saunders
Bradley Leads Owners in Derby Triumphs
Louisville report notes Col. E. R. Bradley of Idle Howl Farm achieved four Kentucky Derby wins with Behave Yourself Bubbling Over Burgoo King and Broker's Tip while his silks finished runner up in 1921 and 1926. The Mississippi River flood of 1927 affected a vast area across several states.
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Louisville
E. R. Bradley
Idle Howl Farm
Kentucky
Senate
Morehhan
Bradley
Why I Go to Church Why I Go to Church
Judge Fred Luck reflects on personal duty to attend church every Sunday, urging Americans and Christians to worship in uncertain times. He frames churchgoing as a divine obligation and civic responsibility in a concise opinion piece.
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Fred Luck
Bids Sought for Hempstead County Road Project
The State Highway Commission will open bids at 10 am on April 23 for two federal aid road jobs in Hempstead County. One project covers about 3.4 miles of the Hope Southwestern Proving Ground road along Highway 4 and 29 from West Avenue F north 1.2 miles, starting at end of Havel Street pavement to the proving ground boundary.
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Little Rock
Staite Highway Commission
J. H. Crain
Wilson
Hempstead County
Hope-Southwestern Proving Ground
Havel Street
Proving Ground
British Score Hits on Axis in Africa
British headquarters reported direct hits on a column of Axis tanks armored cars and artillery in the Libyan desert. Patrols were especially active Monday in the north sector despite dust, with results hard to observe.
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Cairo
State Needs Berry Pickers in War Effort
Arkansas faces a vital strawberry harvest from April 20 to May 18 with 18 000 pickers needed. Farm Placement Supervisor Hosene N Rushing says the crop is crucial to food for victory and war effort, attracting workers from Arkansas eastern Oklahoma southern Missouri and 18 other states.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Hosene N. Rushing
United States Employment Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Rushing
Farm Placement Service
Oklahoma
Missouri
Rushing
Town Run by Women Sees Surplus in Cumberland Plenty
Eight civic minded women were elected in 1940 and abolished taxes to fund benefits for town needs in Spencer Cumberland Plenty. The move created a treasury surplus of over 1000 dollars for 508 residents as plans for a community building progress slowly, with heating and plumbing to be installed after the war. Mayor Mrs J M Gordon notes mountain community spirit will guide the project as men assist when time allows.
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Escar Thompson
Spencer
Cumberland Plenty
Madany
J. M. Gordon
J. F. Kell
van Buren County
Iment
Kell
Women rule Spencer as mayor keeps reform alive
Gordon led a women’s administration in Spencer with Laura Cook as chief of police and Waldo Powers as recorder. Other councilwomen joined Mesdames Page Lewis Roscoe Shackley and Bouldin. The men claimed the taxes to be curbed and a surplus built, drawing broad approval. Mayor Gordon’s residency was questioned but deemed acceptable by locals.
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Gordon
Laura Cook
Waldo Powers
Mesdames
E. C. Lewis
Edgar Roscoe
W. H. Shackley
D. L. Bouldin
Spencer
Graham
Venable Enters U S Senatorial Race
Camden World War veteran J R Venable filed his corruption pledge Tuesday as a candidate for the United States Senate. The Little Rock dispatch notes Venable, a frequent aspirant for political office, announced his bid in the race.
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Little Rock
J. Rasser Venabie
Camden
United States Senate
Pvt Curtis Breeding Completes Training
Private Curtis Breeding, son of Mr and Mrs B Breeding of Alexandria, finished a two month Marine training course at San Diego and now attends a school in Alameda California to be stationed soon. He is a Hope High School graduate who played football.
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Burke-Pickett
Boruby Pickett
G. B. Pickett
Spring
Louisiana
Syvelle A. Burke
E. 5. Burke
Hope
L. B. Hall
Springhill Baptist Church
L. Manuel
Springhill
Manuel
Burke
Curtis
5. B
Hope and
Alexandria
San Diego
Alameda
Calif
Hope High School
Trucks Damage in Minor Collision on Hervey Street
The McRae company delivery vehicle and a Bakery truck collided on Hervey Street, driven by Otis May at Division streets. Police report both trucks sustained slight damage with no serious injuries.
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McRae
Otis May
Hervey
Division Streets
Tire and wheel stolen from auto in Hope
Police report two tires and a wheel were stolen Monday from the automobile of Frank Walker. The thieves left an old tire and wheel, and the theft occurred near the Hemstead lumber company. No arrests have been made.
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Auto In Hope
Frank Walker
Hemstead Lumber Company
Murder Trial Underway in Fulton Court
A Fulton, Mississippi, trial opened Tuesday as Fannie Findh faces charges in the murder of Theodus Green. Prosecutor Huie and defense attorney Carrigan questioned witnesses as the case proceeded.
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Fulton
Fannie Findh
Theodus Green
Huie
Carrigan
Paul Davis
Talbot Feild
Davis
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Society
Daisy Daisy Dorothy Heard
Women's Society of Christian Serview
Hotel Henry
Mary C. Fletcher
Minor Garden
Bill Ramnacy
C. Cook
First Baptist Sunday School
Woodman Virole
Woodman Mall
Wedlvustiy
Bay View Reading Cab
J. G. Martindale
Hotel
Menry
Like Garden Club
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
B. E. McMahon
Women's Society of Christian Service
A. 0. Kyler
Dolphins Whitton
Kenneth L. Spore
St. W. Edwards
Nashville
Aliee McMalh
Sines'Taimner
Frank Turner
Spring Hill
Kate Elizabeth
Noel. Jones
L. C. Jones
Village
Avican- Bax
J. O. Copeland
Kentucky Paints
Marshall Scott
C. A. Hamilton
J. E. Gentry
Gordon Prescott
Cloyd Bittickh
Bill Hood
Jess Tinsley
Chester McCashill
John Rhodes
Hert Scotter
Bert Scott Jr
Green Shuffield
Joan Shuffield
Green Eley
Orval Wortham
J. O. Harris
Sanders Moses
Orvind Hampton
Dora Wortha
Victor Hallmark
Liryce Beene
Wiike
Graydon Anthony
Lula Wardlow
J. D. Eley
M. C. Gorham
Ollie Gunn
Morgan Griffith
John Gaines
Morolive
Ae Theaters
Saenger
Rialto
Rio
Sun-Mon
Louisiana Purchase
Chan
Neu Saenger
Garbo
Melvyn Douglas
Melvin Douglas
Constance Bennett
Roland Oung
Robert Sterling
Ruth Gordon
Aman
Rge
Jas. L. Gizzard
Tide Water Asso, Oil Co
Jas. L. Gizzard Et Ux
Tide Water Asso, Oil Co. Et al
Assan, O. & G
Jas L. Gizzard Et Ux
L. T. Strange
Roy
Charles A. Champlin
Marie Ellinghausen
Rye
John G. Ellinghausen
Lois Wilver
Easterling
W. S. Parham
Wse
R. D. Franklinn
C.H. Sutton
Harriet Story
Sioux City
Town
Wir
Alina Campbell
Mrs. Mertin
Julia Chester Hospital
Garrett Story
Bobby Story
Minden
Mrs. Garett Stoy
Tidweater Asso. Oil Co. Inc
Derby
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
Rhixte Island
Africa
Turkey
Padsai
Libby
Msneill
Dept
HA-2
Chicago
Illinois
U.S
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Eny Libby's Foods
Wy v
Savines
Venable
U. S
Talbot
Mary-Lane
Betty Rose
Coats & Suits
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