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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1955
Page
4
Publication data from the Hope Arkansas Star Publishing Company lists Allen H. Wesborn as editor and publisher with offices in the Ster Building Hope. The notice references Associated Press content and service for republication.
Robert Deane and Bertrand Lynch pursue a secret voyage aboard a yacht bound for the Caribbean. Lynch plans to break into Viggo Sand’s hidden safe while Deane acts as lookout. A watchman is knocked unconscious as they work, and the nighttime effort ends with a warning to return to cabin duties. The scene closes with an implied continuation.
Probate court in Hempstead County Arkansas admits the April 27 1949 will of Martin Luther Neilson as the decedent died July 29 1955. Executrix Mary Stella Nelson of Blevins requests all claimants to present verified claims within six months of first publication August 16 1955 or be barred from benefits.
The Macedonia Missionary Society Baptist Church held a Sunday rally on August 21 led by President Mrs Adlania Cheatham with a choir directed by Lee Dell McFadden. Rev E N Glover preached at St Luke Baptist Church Sheppard Arkansas beginning Monday night August 22 inviting the public to attend.
Sgt and Mrs Raymond Trotter and their children have returned from three years overseas duty. Trotter left August 26 1952 and joined family in Bordeaux January 2 1953. They traveled via Paris and New York, arriving in Hope Arkansas August 14. They spent a night in Little Rock with his mother. The family reports a pleasant stay in France and looks to new duties.
Berlin reports said the U S farm delegation headed home after a month touring Soviet farmlands in Russia the Ukraine and Siberia. Dean Lambert leader of the group said exchanges would help break down barriers and build friendship with Russians. Ferris Owen noted peasants live with bare necessities while Dr. Reed contrasted capitalism and American poverty perceptions.
Mrs Reese B Collins Jackson of Los Angeles California will serve two years as a Registered Nurse at Anchorage Medical Center Alaska. A Yerger High School alumna and graduate of Los Angeles Trades Technical College she leaves Los Angeles by train September 4 and travels to Seattle September 6 then flies September 7 to Anchorage. We wish her success in the government hospital assignment.
Moscow radio reported the Soviet government valued visitors' criticisms of its farming methods. The note proposed using more machinery and less central control and seeking an exchange of experts and technical publications with the United States. It also mentions skunks as natural pest destroyers despite sometimes eating birds.
Former President Truman told a Kansas City breakfast gathering at Beth Shalom Synagogue that America's strength comes from its citizens and that faith in God is essential for individual strength. Separate note mentions that sea anemones have varied lifespans from one year to over seventy years.
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