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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1938
Page
4
A garbled read of poetry lines and scattered notices occupies the page. Names such as Mrs Henry and Mrs Welch appear amid household verse and church group announcements. Local society items, meetings, and births are mixed with broken phrases and unclear dates and places.
The First Baptist Willim Manditen Pastor presents "Persecution" as the sermon for the Sunday service in Advent. Every Member Enlistment Sunday aims for near full attendance. The Young People's Department marks Sunday as Young People's Day with plans to reach 100 percent. Morning session features "The Need Of a Physician" and the 7:40 service, followed by an 8:30 Training Union. The church invites all to worship, while many members hope to attend the Arkansas Baptist Convention next week in Arkadelphia.
Rev Thomas Trewster leads Sunday school at five am and morning service at ten fifty eight am. Vesper service at seven thirty pm. Young People's meeting and Exeuctive Board of Women’s Auxiliary Monday afternoon at three pm. Prayer meeting Wednesday at seven thirty pm. Minister's Annuity Fund topic to be considered Sunday morning.
Pastor Moyord invites members to December worship and Sunday School with a Christmas message series titled Consider Jesus. Other topics include Three Ultimate Things and Beholders of Glory. Women’s Day survey, Missionary Society programs, and Board meeting planned. Boy Scout troop inaugural meeting set. The text notes income disparity with half of American families earning under 22 dollars weekly.
Article outlines new aviation tech and procedures from the era, including radio altimeters for absolute altitude, beamed radio range navigation, wire and loop antenna systems for positioning, anti icing features on wings and propellers, and improved ground communications. It notes flight level rules, minimum altitudes, and higher discipline as winter flying expands.
The City Library shelves display new titles including The Hotel by Bowen The Iron Will by Margaret Banning Grand Hotel by Viel Baum Death of any Editor by Vernon Lawler Card 13 by Luther Ford and Yellow Munro by Gerard Pattie.
The Zion Demonstration club met with Mrs. George Kinsey for its November session. President Miss Ayn Lewis called the meeting to order as 15 members attended. Officers will serve another year, with Miss McKelvey presenting talks on guilt judging and members contributing homemade crafts.
The 1938 winter beauty picture centers on Mir as the focal point for hairstyle trends. Hair care emphasizes nightly brushing, weekly scalp treatment, periodic conditioning, and choosing styles to suit hats, with experts advising careful makeup coordination and cautious use of rouge, eyeshadow, and mascara to achieve a polished, era-appropriate look.
The article jumbles satirical lines about stamp choices showing a rug necked pheasant, a predicted Goering visit to London at Christmas, repurposing cherry trees into pipes, and a mock note on smoking pipes. It also remarks on American attitudes toward military power, hunting seasons, and car sales as indicators of public sentiment amid international crisis, framed in a humorous tone.
The sp ring Hour gathering featured refreshments as the hostess, Mrs Lee Woolen, hosted a December meeting. A report notes Greece saw medicinal product sales rise from 4 million dollars in 1996 to 4.5 million in 1987, marking an all time high.
Wurlele, a 1915 Naval Academy graduate and former lieutenant commander, tested a new cane harvester on his 5000 acre Pointe Coupee plantation. The machine strips and cuts sugar bearing stalks at a rapid rate, with windrowers for freeze protection to be hauled to mills later. He left the navy in 1925 to run a federal barge line before buying land in 1927.
A Montgomery restaurant owner finds a loophole in Alabama liquor advertising law by placing a four by four sign on the storefront reading a six inch letter message about beer. The sign suggests the owner aims to advertise liquor indirectly while complying with state restrictions.
In Hollywood a charity bazaar sees a wealthy wife’s hat sold for 25 cents after she left it on sale, while Myron Selznick patches a contract with Carole Lombard that shifts 10 percent of his income to her. Studio economy drives bring restaurant misfires, illnesses, and delays, with losses mounting to thousands. An ornithology rental tale features a canary with a bum leg, and gossip about insomnia text plots reach a witty, surreal note.
A fragmentary exchange shows a driver and passenger in a car where one teases the other about gas fear and looks livelier with each minute, suggesting rising tension during the journey.
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