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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1943
Page
5
Daisy Heard lists social and personal items including church meetings and club gatherings. April events feature First Christian First Presbyterian First Baptist and Methodist circles with times, homes, and hostesses. Military service notes mention WAAC enlistment and various promotions among local families.
Mrs W H Hamm 64 of Stamps died yesterday in a local hospital after lifelong residence there. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church in Stamps at 10 oclock Saturday morning with interment in Stamps Cemetery. Survived by husband, a daughter Mrs C T Anderson of Hope, five sons W H Hamm Jr and Aubrey H Hamm of Camden, B R Hamm of Hope, J Manuel Hamm of Naval Construction Battalion in the Pacific, and Lt Gerald L Hamm with the Air Forces in North Africa.
Manuee Frierson a 23 year old Black man from Hempstead drowned in a pond at his home near Patmos late yesterday. Coroner R V Herndon Jr said he apparently slipped and fell in and could not get out.
Miss Mary Claude Fletcher reports USDA rationed pressure cookers of steel and enamel, seven quart capacity with one rack, no extras, priced around 15 dollars. Available later this month. write to Fletcher detailing need and family size to secure a cooker when released under the priority program.
Kansas City April 16 The defense calls George W Welsh Jr to testify in a murder case claiming he did not kill his sister Leila Adele Welsh slain two years ago. He says he loved her and detailed his actions on the night of March 8 into March 9, including being in the house and sleeping on a Davenport.
Allison Wooning travels with Barry Fielding to a Guatemalan chicle plantation, pursued by marriage troubles and danger. They trek through jungles, learn Quiche lore, and seek a swift deal with the Quiche chief for quicksilver while facing warnings and hidden threats.
A digest of weekly church schedules from First Methodist Pine at Second, Garrett Memorial Baptist on N Ferguson, Unity Baptist, First Pentecostal, Hope Gospel Tabernacle, First Baptist Elk, and notes on revival and upcoming events. Details include service times, Sunday School, morning and evening worship, youth and auxiliary meetings, and revival activities. Includes pastor names such as Robert B. Moore and D. O. Silvey, and mentions a Hempstead County Singing Convention and revival conclusions.
U S Department of Agriculture Farm Security Administration invites sealed bids by April 24, 1943, to rent a callen gin on Anderson Farm Miller County Arkansas for May 4, 1943 to April 30, 1944. Bids available from L W Jones Regional Business Manager FSA Little Rock Arkansas and on file for inspection in Richard Holderby Rural Rehabilitation Supervisor Texarkana Arkansas.
Despite steady population growth the United States in 1940 had fewer children under 13 than in 1920. This suggests shifting birth patterns or demographic changes between the two census years.
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