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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1936
Page
2
A mosaic of verse and social notes details weekends in Little Rock Shreveport and Memphis with visits from Mrs. Sid Henry Earth Mrs Mac Stuart and families Engaged couples Jimmie Fields wedding in Washington and local gatherings including Woodmen Circles convention in Texarkana Readers report improving health of Evelyn Ross and Austin Sparks plus many guests and relatives from Dallas Phoenix Mooringsport and Marshall Texas
The Wonder State Club of Oglesby School and the Aponsets continues Centennial observances with six programs recently staged. Participants include Beatrice Richardson Harrison A and M College, Hila Bearden, Myrie Crosby, Charles Dobson, Charles Patterson, A. R. Slade, Mary Joe Monroe, Hugh Purtell, Herman Lester, Ester Maxwell, Mrs Annie Jorden, Ernest Corielius, F N Porter Jr, Marie Kaufman, Alety Lee Griffith, Foy Hamiltons Jr, Sylvia Hoss, William Rowton, Douglas O'Dell, Dorothy Henry, Katherine Lane, Mary Gulley, Douglas Cash, Audie Lee Payne, Imogenn Taylor, and Luther Higgason Jr presenting poems, songs, and vivid Arkansas history topics.
In a dramatic probe by District Attorney William F. X. Geoghan, Martin Schlossman admitted he was among three men who abducted Paul Wendel and held him for 10 days in a Sheepshead Bay house. Wendel's repeated torture descriptions helped seal the confession. Schlossman will be booked for kidnapping. Witnesses may include Schlossman’s wife Fay and her brother Sydney Bleefeld. Detectives also flew to Detroit to arrest two fugitives, Murray Bleefeld and Harry Weiss, identified by Wendel.
Adelaide Kerr reports a Petticoat fever shaping spring fashion in New York. Underskirts in taffetas, silks, and crepe peek beneath dresses, with camisoles returning under sheer blouses. Gibson Girl hats and polka dot veils echo past decades, while mauve tones and late 19th century accessories surface in tailored outfits and timepiece motifs.
Card notes thanks from family for kindness after Frank Hutchens died April 16 1936 at age 53 in Hope Arkansas. They list survivors including wife Abby Hutchens son William Frank Jr daughter Mrs C J Chaney and Mrs Mary McCorkle and C C Chaney and two grandchildren. Lectures on faith and memory close with tribute to a Christian life and sorrow tempered by hope in God.
A fragment listing numerous authors and titles such as Semic Beauty and Playground and What Change the Name of Arkansas revealing a focus on Arkansas poetry and regional history. Mentions artists Cenneth Crank Clara Stum pley Crowder Lucian Knight and groups Six X's with scrapbooks and date line of Arkansas History.
Tartwell Greeson aged 41 died in a Little Rock hospital at 1 15 Pruny Night after a several months illness. Funeral services were held at First Methodist church Sunday at 2 30. Burial followed in DeAna cemetery. He leaves a widow and one daughter Carrie Jane with brothers and sisters named in Prescott. The Man's Bible class of the First Methodist church held their airead banquet at the American Legion hut.
Friday night notes show the state home demonstration club council met to outline plans for the fourth annual camp this summer. The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist church will hold a Royal meeting Monday at 2 30 pm.
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