Community News Notes From Hope and Surroundings
A collage of local notices, travels, visits, and society items. Mrs Mae Duffie and boys head to Russellville for two weeks as Mr Duffie attends Fort Riley encampment. J B Baker of Hattiesburg announces arrival of a son. Mrs Maurice Vick recovering after Josephine hospital surgery. Nancy Ruth Carrigan returns home from Henderson State summer session. Tri-State Osteopathic Association dinner and clinic held at Hotel Barlow with attendees from Texarkana to El Dorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omes
Mae Duffie
Don
Russelville
Mr. Duffie
National Guards
Fort Riley
Kans
Jack Stewart
Dalles
Wort Worth
Maurice Vick
Baton Rouge
Josephine Hospital
Vick
Whitfield Cannon
Hope
Nancy Ruth Carrigan
Henderson State Teachers’ College
Dalph Carrigan
Roy Anderson
Mexico City
Tri-State Osteopathic Association
Barlow
Texarkana
Atlanta
Texas
el Dorado
Champjin
South Elm_ street
Paul W. Leckey
Sixth Credit District Leads Nation in Farm Credit Progress
W S Brock of the Production Credit Corporation reports the Sixth District covering Illinois Missouri and Arkansas led the nation in farm credit for the first half of 1937. The 59 associations tied into a record loan volume of 12.077 million dollars with 3,400 new borrowers amid rising operating costs and strong crop and dairy lending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Cooperative Production Credit Association
W. S. Brock
Production Credit Corporation of
St. Louis
Farm Credit Administration
Washington
Production Credit Association
Varied Indian Rainfall Noted With Historic Mills
The report cites India's rainfall range from 3 inches at Upper Sind to 450 inches at Cherrapunji and recalls Christopher Cowen building the first rolling mill in Pittsburgh in 1812. It also mentions the bird of paradise flower as a relative of the banana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Upper Sind
Cherrapunji
Christopher Cowen
United States
Pittsburgh
Garbage Men Face Threat From Electric Pig Gadgets
Preston Grover Washington discusses how kitchen waste grinders and other labor saving devices threaten employment for waste handlers. The piece notes the electric eye and household robots are expanding into homes and offices, potentially displacing workers in garbage disposal and related trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Grover Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Washington
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Ozan Baptist church repair ahead of revival start
The Ozan Baptist church interior is being redecorated by the Women’s Missionary Society. Work includes repapering, painting woodwork, varnishing seats, leveling floors, and new blocks. Rev. J. A. Whitlow will conduct revival services starting Friday. Community members urged to attend as other building programs progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OZAN
Ozan Baptist Church
Women's Missionary Society
The
Missionary Society
A. Whitlow
Romeo and Juliet at Saenger Rialto shines in romance
At the Saeinger Rialto the film version of Romeo and Juliet starring Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard plays Tuesday and Wednesday in two daily showings. It positions itself as a landmark screen romance, portraying Verona’s lovers as modern and understandable amid family conflict. Jack Haley shifts from comic roles to romance in She Had to Eat, with Rochelle Hudson, Arthur Treacher, and Eugene Pallette in supporting parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saeinger-Rialto
Saenger
Juliet
Romeo
Norma Shearer
Leslied Howard
Verona
Jack Haley
Ben Bernie
Jack
Gusto
Rochelle Hudson
Rialto Theater
Arthur Treacher
Eugene Pallette
Our Lively Home Life in America and Its Fading Chores
The piece laments shrinking domestic outlets for juvenescent energy in cities as urban dads grow softer. It contrasts obsolete barn life with modern tech like dishwashers and electric lighting and predicts synthetic light and glow paints. The author cites the 1840s bathtub debate to illustrate quick cultural change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Mary
National Resources Committee
United States
England
Apple Pie Cited as Great American Dessert in Rail Dining Cars
A note praises apple pie as the great American dessert. It mentions stewards on railway dining cars always carry a generous supply, reflecting a bygone travel era.
Ex-Raying a Name From a Hat During 1936 Fire Costs
During 1936 Michigan faced a severe fire season with suppression costs totaling 134508.86 dollars. The fragment notes a central earth pressure around 22000 tons per square inch and mentions Isaac Babbitt of Massachusetts who invented babbitt metal in 1839.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Isaac Babbitt
Massachusetts
Babbitt Metal
Vetch Planting Boosts Soil Health in Hempstead County
County agent W. E. Mountcastle reports planting 20 pounds of inoculated vetch per acre in September or October yields green manure ready to plow under by mid April. Vetch turns under quickly, boosts following crop yields by 20 to 30 percent, and counts toward soil conservation program requirements. A $1.50 per acre payment is offered for poll-building practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
W. E. Mountcastle
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Mrs
Sip Henry
J. B. Baker
Hattiesburg
Miss
Quachita
Mary Delia Carrigan
Mabel Dedman
Hot Springs
Lucinda Wisener
Amity, Ark
W. A. Wisener
F. D. Henry
Kentucky
Ten-nessee
Shirley Temple
Wille Witkie
Sheader Howard
Rialto
Farm Credit Association
Cary Grant
Mary Brian
Ole Olson
Chick Johnson
Auto Accident Insurance
ROY Anderson & CO
Hope, Arkansas
Noose
Elizabeth Hawes
George _ Clark
Om Ged
Baptist Church
Women’s Missionary Society
Ozan Aces
Nashville
Blackland
Jane May
Marie
Edna Stuart
A. B. Bryant
Tennessee
Muriel Barnes
McNab
Cook
Bryant
Co. D. Ball
Billy Fred Robins
Arkadelphia
L. J. Robins
Barbara Ann Smith
Hollywood
Terry Ray
Terry Rains
Southwest
Carl Bailey
MASS
Steve Carrigan Harry J. Lemley
L. M. Lile, M. D. Lloyd Spencer
F. Y. Trimble
John P. Vesey
R. M. Legrone
P. A. Dulin, J. L. F. Higgason
D. L. Bowden
W. H. Boyett
G. E. Cannon, M.D. Albert Graves
JE. Bearden, Skekif
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