Social Calendar Highlights and Hospital Notes
Social calendar items list a Hope chapter 328 Eastern Star meeting at the Masonic Hall on Thursday at 8. Friday’s music club call meeting at Mrs Garrett Story’s home at 9 30 am. Card party details at 514 East Third with Edyth Boyett winning high score and Jean Johns bingo prize. Hospital notes report births at Julia Chester Hospital and local patient updates including post operative recoveries and staff announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Garrett Story
Elizabeth Dickinson
Beatrice Crutchfield
Aloyse Ferguson
East Third Street
Edyth Boyett
Jean Johns
Carolyn Barr
Marilyn McRae
Florence Davis
Wanda Lane
Montez Elmore
Tom Purvis
Bertha Sparks
Miss Marjorie Threlkeld Receives MS in Nutrition
Miss Marjorie Lee Threlkeld of Chicago, formerly of Hope, earned a master of science in home economics with a major in nutrition from the University of Illinois. She has accepted a position as research assistant in the department of home economics research at Montana State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Lee Threlkeld
Chicago
Hope
University of Ilinois
Montana State College
Coming and Going in New Bern and Nearby
Frederick Patten and George New Bern II arrive this weekend from Washington DC where they worked over the summer. Enola Alexander leaves for Forest City to teach home economics. Jean Tate of Blevins visits Reba Leverett. John S. Gibson Jr and family return from Magnolia. The Baders and family visit, depart for Fort Benning where Lt. Bader is stationed. Mrs. Frank Hutchens returns from Jackson Tennessee. Delton Houston and sons visit from Galveston. Hollis Belk returns to Camp Butner NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bader
Charles Bader
Fort Benning, Ga
Lt. Bader
Soldier James B. Ray Arrives at Keesler Field Training Center
Pvt. James B. Ray, son of Mrs. Margie Parkins of Manila Arkansas, has arrived this week at the Basic Training Center at Keesler Field Mississippi, a unit of the Army Air Forces Training Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keesler Field
Miss
James B. Ray
Margie Parkins
Manila
Ark
Basic Training Center
Army Air Forces Training Command
Rev J W Erwin Dies at Sutton
Rev J W Erwin age 88 of Sutton Nevada County died Thursday morning at his home after several months illness. Funeral services will be held at Bluff Springs Friday August 6 at 10 a m.
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J. W. Erwin
Sutton
Nevada County
Bluff Springs
Library notes call for hope and Hempstead County youths reviews
The Arkansas Gazette seeks reviews from children at the Children's Book Corner and Miss Elsie Weisenberger, county librarian, by August 7. Best reviews from each county appear weekly, with fourteen published each Sunday. All counties have a chance for two weeks of publicity August 15 and 22, and prizes go to the top letter among the fourteen weekly selections. Sulfanilamide was discovered by an Austrian scientist in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope and Hempstead
Arkansas Gazette
Elsie Weisenberger
the Gazette
Hollywood By Robbin Coons profiles Reed and era’s end at M G M
Alan Reed signed by Casey Robinson for Revenge and set to begin work July 1 at M G M. The piece notes Reed’s stage and radio fame, Falstaff on Bob Hope and Fred Allen, plus his 17 years in stock and vaudeville. It also reflects on Norman Shearer Greta Garbo Joan Crawford leaving M G M and Greer Garson rising, Beth Davis rivalries, and Bogart’s cultural pursuits from painting to piano to a 300 year old bull fiddle inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Alan Reed
Casey Robinson
Fred Allen
Falstaff
Lunts
Allen
Bob Hope
Reed
M-G-M
Wonderstood
Nero
Greer Garson
Joan
Warner’s
Bette Davis
Mr. Bogart
Warner
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Humphrey Bogart
Willard Irving
New York
Irving
Churchill
Hitler
Bogart
Jose Iturbi
Leopold Stokowski
Aged Spring Hill Resident Irene Alden Dies At 95
Irene Alden, 95, longtime Hempstead County resident, died yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Pauline Ashby in Spring Hill. Funeral services are set for 3 p m today at Spring Hill Baptist Church with Rev. D O Silvey officiating. Burial will follow at Huckabee Cemetery. She is survived by a second daughter, Mrs. Emma Sooter of Spring Hill.
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Irene Alden
Hempstead County
Pauline Ashby
Spring Hill
Spring Hill Baptist Church
D. O. Silvey
Huckabee Cemetery
Emma Sooter
Temperature Reaches 102 on Wednesday at Experiment Station
The mercury rose to 102 degrees on Wednesday per Experiment Station records and early today showed another scorching day. The year’s high was 105 degrees in July, marking a record level.
Not Voting For Himself In Mississippi Campaign Ad
Excerpt from a paid political advertisement by Mark Woods candidate for state legislature in Water Valley Mississippi. Woods states he supports John Hodnett as more qualified for representative but will not withdraw his own candidacy. He urges county voters to weigh consciences and keep freedom to choose. Also notes New York City Empire State Building was struck by lightning 68 times in three years.
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Water Valley
Miss
Mark Woods
North Mississippi Herald
John Hodnett
John
New York City
Empire State Building
LAB GIRL BARBEE TAKES PLANT JOB IN DUSTY WAR LAB
Barbee volunteers for a wartime analytical chemistry role at a gas mask plant. She confronts grimy work, dust from carbon and soot, and a front door encounter with a blue-eyed laborer. Chemist Kent explains the job requires staying. she passes the first interview amid smoky labs, two shifts, and dirtied clothing.
Promise to endure the wartime shifts at the lab
Barbee commits to a second shift schedule and vows to stick with it as she pushes through a dirt-streaked lab environment. She expresses eagerness to work on chemistry that could help win the war, while Charles Mowry wrestles with his own sacrifice and compares her prospects to Ned. The scene ends with a juxtaposition of ambition and doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbee
Charles Mowry
Charles
Ned
Soldier Helper Receives 1500 Letters From Soldiers
Lester C. Miller, once a defense worker, spent two years aiding walking soldiers with rides across 12 southern states. He recorded hundreds of names and home addresses from those he helped and wrote to each one, sharing a long journey from Athens Georgia to distant stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, S. C
Lester C. Miller
Athens
Georgia
General Does Some KP Duty Camp Livingston La
General W. Shoulders assigned to a spud peeling detail in a company kitchen at Camp Livingston Louisiana. Col Johnson recently excused from KP duty after promotion to corporal. Both are members of an artillery unit and known by nicknames General and Colonel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Livingston
Shoulders
Col. Johnson
W. Shoulders
Colonel Johnson
Soldier Correspondence Group Led By Lester C Miller Jr
Clarence J Pinson a Clemson graduate served among hundreds of men and officers in Miller's correspondence network. At the head of the list is Lester C Miller Jr with an Air Corps training group based in Miami Florida.
Feed Shortage Warns Farmers Nationwide
Hempstead County farmers face a feed shortage echoed across the nation, says county agent Oliver L. Adams. He urges planting fall small grains in September to provide early grazing and future hay or grain, highlighting six benefits including vitamin A supply, reduced labor, dual harvest options, drought tolerance, timely maturation for a second crop, and erosion control on contour-planted fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Oliver L. Adams
Planes in every yard promised after war
New York reports Vultee Aircraft Co outlines three postwar machines for home use. The Helicab rises vertically and lands in small spaces beside a victory garden. A roadable air plane combines car and plane, reaching 35 mph on roads and 120 mph in air with a 400 mile range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vultee Aircraft Co
Victory Garden
First authenticated balloon ascent in Paris in 1783
A man achieved the first authenticated ascent into the air via balloon flight in Paris in 1783 marking a landmark breakthrough in human flight. The event established a milestone in aviation history and showcased early balloon technology and exploration.
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Paris
Sherrill Soldier Wounded in Action
Pfc Daniel D. Osborne, son of Mrs. Mamie Osborne of Sherrill, Arkansas, was wounded in action in the Southwest Pacific area, the War Department announced. He was the sole Arkansan among 173 United States soldiers reported wounded in action across theaters of war.
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Washington
Daniel D. Osborne
Mamie Osborne
Sherrill
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Osborne
Arkansan
United States
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C. A. Anderson
Fulton
Julia Chester Hospital
Mrs
Emerson Bobo
Lewisville
Jackie Jean Tolleson
Julia Chester
J. R. Sheffey
Southwestern Proving Ground
Ocie Stuart of
Ozan
Hubert R. Purtell
Imexsana
NEW Saenger
Ace Benny
Joan Bennett
Milton Berle Otro
Rialto
Jane Frazee
Frank Morgan
Ann Miller
Billy
Law and Order
Freddie Patten
George Newbern, II
Washington, D. C
Enola Alexander
Forest City
John S. Gibson, Jr
Magnolia
W. R. Alexander
Martha Ann
Little Rock
Frank Hutchens
Jackson, Tenn
Frank Gallegher
Mr. Gallegher
A. E. Magness
Emmet
Delton Houston
Henry and
Gary
Galveston
Houston
Hope and
Pvt
Hollis Belk
T. C. Belk
Camp Butner, N. C
Library Notes
Florence Beasely
St. Louis
Ned French
Finagle
Ken Carter
Chapter
Mr. Kent
Dave
Rene Ryerson
FREE
India
Fifth Avenue
Avenue D. Bottom
America
Aria
Eral
Hopes’ Finest Department Store
Chas.a. Haynes Co
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