Social Calendar Opens April 24 at Local Church Studies
Monday events include a First Presbyterian study session on Paul's Epistles to Corinthians in the Philathea rooms at 3 o'clock with Miss Mamie Twitcheil in charge. Women’s group continues World Friendship I study with speakers Mrs. R L Broach and Mrs. Ralph Routen. Also notes a Surgical Dressing drive, Emanon club dinner bridge at Anderson home, and a city marriage announcement for Wanda Hartsfield to Calvin Hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Mamie Twitcheil
R. L. Broach
China
Ralph Routen
Emanon Club
Roy Anderson
South Main Street
T. Jewell
Terrell Cornelius
T. S. Age
Carter Onnson
Robert Wilson
Ernest Cobb
City
Wanda
Herwit Hartsfeild
John Hartsfeild
Hartseid
Hope
M. E
Lewisville
Florine Warren
Calvin Hair
Coming and Going
Col Garnett Martin of Camp Shelby Mississippi is spending a 15 day furlough with relatives and friends in Hope. He has recently returned to service in the Alaskan theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett Martin
Camp Shelby
Miss
Alaskan
Hollywood Faces War era casting shifts and 4-Fs
The piece notes studio fears over a war era talent pool with 4-F and over-38 men affecting casting. It cites Lana Turner and Agnes Moorehead as examples, recalls Orson Welles inviting Moorehead back, and mentions actors like Sonny Tufts Gregory Peck and Peter Coe stepping into wartime roles. It highlights how the industry adapts to the draft era and the influx of returning servicemen such as Jerry Shane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Uncle Sam
Sonny Tufts
Gregory Peck
William Eythe
John Hodiak
Peter Coe
Washington
Lewis Stone
Lionel Barrymore
Wally Berg
Lana Turner
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Parkington
Miss Moorehead
Aggie
Orson Welles
Radio
Mercury Theater
Holly
Weekend visits and military moves noted in Little Rock area
Miss Janet Lemley hosts weekend with Judge and Mrs. Lemley in Little Rock while Ensign B E McMahen arrives from Miami for a brief stop with Mrs Mc Mahen and son Jerry. From Hope he reports to Fort Schuyler N Y for amphibious duty. Mrs Guilford Webb returns to Memphis after a university visit en route. Pfc Hugh Purtell departs for new assignment at McClellan Field Calif after ten day fur lough with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Lemley
Little Rock
W. K. Lemley
B. E. McMahen
Miami
Fla
Pfc
Hugh Purtell
McClellan Field
Calif
Alex Purtell
Truax Feild ‘Is
Hope native earns silver wings from Texas air school
Wilton Gray Jewell son of Mr and Mrs A T Jewell of 222 North McRae Hope Arkansas received his silver wings April 14 as a second lieutenant from the Marfa Texas AAF Advanced Two Engine Pilot school announced by Col Donald B Phillips commanding officer. The new pilot, a former Hope resident, completed twin engine aircraft training and was assigned from Gardner Field Taft California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Gray Jewell
A. T. Jewell
North McRae, Hope
Arkansas
Marfa
Texas
Donald B. Phillips
Hope
Gardner Field
Taft
California
Keeping Up With Ration Coupons
A historical notice outlines the activation and validity dates for ration stamps across blue red sugar airplane gas coupons. It lists book numbers stamp numbers and the indefinite or extended expiration terms for stamps 30 31 11 and others with dates from January to June.
Hull speech stirs debate on Democratic foreign policy plank
Secretary Cordell Hull delivered a 42 minute radio address on U S foreign policy amid illness in a Washington studio. Observers say the speech outlines a bipartisan, Britain Russia China United States framework and a plan for an international organization to maintain peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cordell Hull
U. S
Columbia Broadcasting
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
Breckenridge Long
Mr. Hull
Hull
Chicago
Roosevelt
DeGaulle
Committee For National Liberation
France
Britain
Russia
China
United States
Congress
About 1.7 Million 4-H Club Members in the United States
A U S count shows roughly 1,700,000 youths participate in 4-H clubs nationwide. The program engages youth in agriculture science leadership and community service through organized clubs and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Religious Services and Schedules for Churches in town
First Methodist Church page lists service times for Sunday April 23 1944 with chimes church school morning worship and youth fellowship plus Thursday choir practice. It notes an installation service in Texarkana and urges offerings to Arkansas College. Baptist notices announce no Sunday school at Guernsey High School and provide training union and evening worship details with sermon topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Moore
Pastor Methodist Youth Fellowship Group
Guernsey High School
Baptist
W. R. Hamilton
Baptist Training Union
Church Schedule For North Ferguson Street and Hope Gospel Tabernacle
D. O. Silvey pastor leads Sunday School at 10 00 a m and preaching at 11 00 a m B T C and Bible Study at 7 00 p m with additional preaching at 8 00 p m Monday Women s Auxiliary 230 p m Wednesday Teachers Meeting 730 p m and Prayer Service 800 p m Hope Gospel Tabernacle E N Robison pastor offers Sunday school 945 a m supervised by Guy E Basye morning worship 1100 a m sermon The Gospel Spreading Young People s C A 645 p m and a 7 45 p m evangelistic service titled Our Only Hope Sunday night Prayer meeting 745 p m and Friday 745 p m tarrying service led by Mrs Carl Bruner inviting all to worship with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brewster
Young Peoples Meeting
C. C. Spragins
Texarkana
Arkansas College
Hope Gospel Tabernacle
E. J. Robison
Guy E. Basye
Our Only Hope
Carl Bruner
Gospel meetings at Church of Christ with Evangelist Dunn
The Church of Christ at 5th and Grady invites all to hear Evangelist Dunn in a series of gospel meetings continuing through May 30. There will be no services at St Mark's this Sunday due to the rector's travels to Mena and Foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
Grady Streets
Evangelist Dunn
St. Mark's
Mena
Sunday Service Plans and Attendance Goal
The church schedules Sunday School at 9 30 a m aiming for 500 in attendance. Morning Worship follows at 10 50 a m with a sermon by the pastor on Degrees of Reward and Punishment as the commencement sermon continues.
First Christian S. W. St. John Services Schedule
Bible School at 9 45 a m with communion to follow. No preaching service. 511 South Elm Street. Doyle Mingram pastor reports B T C with preaching at 7 00 p m and 8 00 p m Monday Ladies Auxiliary 2 00 Wednesday Prayer Services at 8 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian
S. W. St. John
South Elm St
Doyle Mingram
Church Services and Schedules for Two Local Congregations
Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church conducts mass at 109 o'clock every Sunday led by Rev. F. T. Dollarton. First Pentecostal at Fourth and Ferguson Streets lists A. D. Hunter as pastor with Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evangelistic Service at 7:45 p.m. and Prayer Meeting on Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady OF Good Hope Catholic Church
F. T. Dollarton
First Pentecostal
Ferguson Streets
A. D. Hunter
Negroes Call State Meet on Primary
Officers of the Arkansas Negro Democratic Association outline procedures for proposed Negro voting in summer Democratic primaries. A statewide meeting is called for May 15 in Little Rock to seek a definite understanding with white Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Negro Democratic Association
Association
J. M. Robinson
Arkansas
Army plane crash victim among 22 men identified
Santa Maria Calif April 22 Second Lt Donald Kimberlin husband of Mrs Elizabeth Ruth Kimberlin Atkins Ark was one of 22 men killed January 29 in an army plane crash in the Pas Padres national forest announced by the Santa Maria army air field yesterday The plane was found late Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Maria
Calif
Donald Kimberlin
Elizabeth Ruth Kimberlin
Atkins
Ark
Pas Padres National Forest
Santa Maria Army Air Field
Coons Calls Out Film Abuse of Flashback Devices
The writer criticizes overuse of flashbacks in mid century cinema, praising Life boat for minimal flashbacks while condemning Passage to Marseille and Follow the Boys for excessive device usage. He cites Phantom Lady as an example where plot relies on characters acting foolish to advance the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Talkies
Marseille
Ella Raines
Miss Raines
Baptist Training Course at Lewisville Church
A Baptist Training Union mass meeting will be held at First Baptist Church in Lewisville for all Training Union workers in Hope association Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Local church speakers plus some from outside the association will address the gathering. Members of First Baptist church will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Training Union
First Baptist Church
Lewisville
Sunset World War II Reflections From a Soldier's Return
In wartime memory, the narrator recalls President Wilson on equality and a national soul. He pages through fear and duty as Pearl Harbor nears, then visits a Pueblo hotel and confronts a distracted world before reconnecting with his father. The tale blends personal loss, duty, and the coming conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Rhodes
Rhodes
Wilson
United States
Jan
America
Paul the Missionary Example for Today’s Sunday School
Sunday School lesson on Paul and Barnabas highlights their Missionary work from Acts 13 and 14. It praises Paul as a born propagandist and traveler who shared a transforming gospel, notes Barnabas’s steadfast faith, and urges maps of journeys plus respect for early and modern missionaries amid danger and opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Jesus Christ
Antioch
Barnabas
John Mark
Mark
Jupiter
Mercurius
Pacific
Lion Oil uncovers new field in Pratt County Kansas
Lion Oil Company reports a new field discovery in Pratt county Kansas near Coats. President T H Barton says oil was obtained from a wildcat operation at 4395 feet in the Simpson sand with a flow of 60 barrels per hour. The firm has hundreds of acres nearby and will continue development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion Oil
Kansas
el Dorado
Lion Oil Company
Pratt County
T. H. Barton
Coats
Chitwood
North Stark
Simpson
Barton
L A Teachers Seek 100000 in Pay Restoration
The Little Rock school board reviewed a petition from the city teachers council executive committee seeking restoration of 100000 in salary cuts. Action on the request was postponed until next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Litle Rock
City Teachers Council Executive Committee
Bad Landings on Carriers Call for Fine
Aboard a Southwest Pacific aircraft carrier, wave-off penalties seek to deter unsafe landings and traffic infractions. Fines mount from 50 cents for a wave-off to several dollars for overstepping, near misses, and takeoff mishaps. The piece notes naval jargon, smoking lore, and a ward room piano as glimpses of shipboard life amid wartime measures.
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William L. Worden
Hal Boyle
Southwest Pacific
Dave Terry Files Governor's Pledge in Arkansas Race
Former congressman David D. Terry of Little Rock filed his corruption pledge for the upcoming gubernatorial race in Little Rock on April 22. He paid the required fee and earlier submitted a party pledge and received a refund for a prior U S Senate qualification fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
David D. Terry
Size of the Mayflower Ship Revealed
The historic Mayflower measured about 100 feet in length and between 20 and 25 feet in width, figures cited in contemporary accounts.
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Red Cross
Surgical
N. T. Jewell
L. M. Lile
Remmel Young
D. B. Cutler
D. Cook
McDavitt
E. O. Wingfeild
John
J. S. Gibson, Jr
Roy Johnson
W. W. Keaton
J. L. Reed
Anderson
Dartsfild
Cobb
By Robbin Coons
Wood
Orson
Jerry Shane
Guadalcanal
Gene Autrey
The
Phantom
Rialto
Richard Javaine
Conte
Kevin Granger - O'Shea
Barry
Trudy Masshall
Som Levene
Charles Russele
Lucky Cowboy
Jack Stinnett
News of the Churches
First Methodist
First Presbyterian
Garrett
ST. Mark’s Episcopal Corner
H. B. Smith
First Baptist
Third & Main Streets
Unity Missionary Baptist
U. S. Supreme Court
Arkansan
Coons
Robert D. Lusk
Y Nea Service, Inc
Wichita
Pearl Harbor
Mary
Pueblo
Johnny
John Craven
Donald Barry
Richard Conte
Darryl F. Zanuck
Purple Heart
William E. Gilroy
D. D
L. A
Massachusetts
Missouri
Dave Terry
Harry W. Shiver
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