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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1967
Page
6
On the century mark of statehood the article lauds health progress, sanitation, and hygiene as key factors in prosperity. It emphasizes robust citizenship and the role of science and education in improving public health across 53,335 square miles and a population of 30,388, noting early conditions before modern science.
Centennial article recalls Dr. Whipple who settled in DeAnn around 1882, ran a store and served as postmaster, and a joke about his first car. Charley Atkins, uncle of W S Atkins, helped found Hope Church of Christ, funded Harding College and left securities and a parsonage to the church.
Arkansas reaches a population of 1,854,482 while praising science and medical skill for better health. It credits doctors dentists and school teachers for progress including malaria and typhoid control as part of a slow educational process.
A Star feature recounts a century ago physician methods using a mechanical bleeder owned by William Bryant of Bingen. The piece blends medical history with local lore from Hempstead county, noting early schools, post offices, picnics, and the evolution of health, sanitation, and communication in the area.
Fragmentary text describes a formal dance set with calls and figures. It notes a male participant acknowledging rebuke from a lady, then performing a series of swinging, promenades, and partners moves. The passage references a titled act and a period style event in a social dance context.
A narrator recalls Liquor made into julips and Uncle Fete’s skillful mixing with home grown mint. His mixture pleased connoisseurs, though no gentleman ever faced a disadvantage by overindulging at these gatherings.
Fuller and a Mr. Mack. First, Well-Driller a. J. Byers, Jr. owned one of the first horsepower well machines and dug several of the first flowing wells in Hempstead county. This machine was operated like as old-fashioned.
A historic device is described with a two foot high pyramid derrick and a one inch drill. A hand powered pump operated by four horses drove a chisel shaped drill to bore a 500 foot well. Mr Byers, father of Mrs Riley Lewallen of Hope, owned the equipment.
An irregular recount describes a bear that frightened a hunter and his mate during a brush encounter, then a coon run with dogs ending in a tense stand after the old dog loses teeth and the coon grabs at the hunters. It also notes Jack Hartsfield organizing Hempstead County’s first Singing Convention, later renamed Musicale convention as instruments gained popularity.
The fragment lists 1883 origins and a set of temporary officers led by H. J. Aldwin as Temporary President and Jack Hartsfield as Vice President. It then digresses into a tangled anecdote about courtships involving an Arkansas legislator and a preacher, followed by an unrelated quip about a whale and land breathing.
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