Christmas Echoes From a Small Town Page
Rural readers recount shared joys and losses in a patchwork of Christmas events. Church groups plan services and bake sales while families celebrate birthdays and gatherings.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1939
Page
4
Church News Beefs Up Sunday Schedule With Nashville Trip
The church lists morning worship at 6 a.m. led by Keith Gregory and 11 a.m. services. Evening worship is canceled as the Training Course travels to Nashville. Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. Superintendent is Grady Hairstan. Transportation arranged for those traveling to Nashville Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Hairstan
Sune
Nashville
First Baptist Service Notes and Christmas Observance
Religious notices detail First Baptist Sunday and morning worship at 10 55 with a sermon on Mans Stoned Cats Goainess and an evening service on They Crucified Hin. Choir music planned for next Sunday December 24th. Monthly Women’s Auxiliary meeting Monday 3 p m with special offering for retired ministers widows and orphans. Midweek service Wednesday 78H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Training Union
Servinng
Everyonie Ay Cardiathy
Ian Te
Death Anyway Paris Front Soldier Joins Regiment
A French soldier Eugène Parméhelat Stayaoare joins his regiment at the front as the conflict continues. The report notes the peril of service and the unlikely hope of survival amid ongoing fighting.
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Paris
Inestron
Euigene
Nightstock Bayonet PARIS i Thirteen Hundred Pavis
A garbled report describes Paris police staffing after the war and notes crime decline. A four year old dog is mentioned with unusual features. The fragment mentions patrols, a weakened force, and local concerns about public safety.
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Paris
Palice
Suse Bint
Breales
Veiled Memos Hint at Clean-Up Move in Secret Staff Shakeup
Bruce Catton cites memos about irregular procedures and a push to fire board secretary Nat han Wilt as evidence of motives to clean up the administration. The doctor Leiserson is described as mild and careful, with a recent interview showing restrained candor amid ongoing probes. An anonymous official blasts labor unions as investigators pursue private corporate records, while Wallace at dinner shows quiet detachment and jokes about Iowa pigs to a curious host.
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Nathan Wilt
Leiserson
Thurman Arnold
Jana Pys Spark Wallace
Henry Wallace
Wes
Iowa
Yule Luxury Not Matter of Dollars
Article outlines luxury gift ideas for Christmas across women and men, emphasizing gifts beyond price. It lists styles from feather wraps and negligees to furs, jewelry, eyewear, and fragrance, and then shifts to men’s hobby gifts, fashion accessories, and practical items suitable for a high-end wishlist.
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Marian Young
NBA
New York
Osther
Tintin
Penvin
Alaska
Ymar Sweenges
Searts
Christmas worries linger around Mrs Brown and neighbors
Alice Banks meets Mrs Brown and Santa Claus Brown in a snowy street scene as Christmas preparations stir tensions. Frances, the busy daughter, is blamed for lack of contact while Middleton fights eviction at Deakin's boarding house. Alice helps Deakin by buying lemons, then encounters Jerry Donaldson and the story ends with a looming continuation.
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Alice
Mrs. Brown
Santa Claus Brown
Rei Santa
Frances
Mr Brown
Mr. Donaldson
Santa Claus
Heya
Middleton
Brown
Wippleton
Mya. Denikin
Yowre
Mrs. Deakin
Meel
Jerry Donaldson
Texas Rates Slight Edge in Four-Way Scramble for Southwest Cage Honors
Texas leads a four team race for Southwest Conference hoops honors with Arkansas Baylor and Rice. Coach Jack Green’s Longhorns favored on paper due to returning regulars and speed over size. Arkansas Baylor Rice show strong depth and guard play as the season opens amid hopes for national prominence.
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Jerry Brondiveld
NEA Service Sports
Southwest
Arkansas
Baylor
Rice
Jack Green
Texas Longhorns
Gray
Longhorns
Speed
Thurman Hull
Chester Granvill
Hull
Grenville
Willie Tate
Denton Cowley
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Buster) Brannon
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the Steakley
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Rome’s Buses Spark New Test Service Despite Slow Tourism
Rome faces tourist traffic drop as Remans receive a new test bus service from Telion Auto Transport Company SLT.A. Idle luxury buses run double-fare routes across the city, promising faster travel than regular buses and taxis.
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Rome
Europe
Goven
Ttelion
Slt.a
Justice building costs investigation in St. Louis
Disjointed text hints at a Justice building costs probe in St. Louis with sensational expectations likely to emerge soon from that sector amid ongoing drive and coverage.
Ed Shepperson Dies at Columbus Home
Ed Shepperson, 60, a well known Hempstead county farmer, died at his Columbus home on Saturday December 16 after a six month illness. He is survived by his widow and three children, Edward, John, and Elizabeth, plus one sister Mrs. Marvin Dudney of Magnolia and four brothers including Rev. Flaymay of Greenville South Carolina, Rev. David Shepperson of El Dorado, John Shepperson of San Angelo Texas, and Joi Shepperson of Spira Olda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ea Shepperson
Columbus
Hempstead County
Edward
John
Elizabeth
Marvin, Dudney
Magnolia
Flaymay
Greenville
S.C
David Shepperson
el ‘Dorado
John Shepperson
San
Formidable Graf Spee Faces Neutrality Battle Abroad
Uruguayan leaders consult with Argentina amid pressure over the Graf Spee. Officials weigh internment vs refit to escape Allied sea power while Pan American nations discuss neutrality under the accord. British cruisers Achilles Ajax Cumberland shadow Montevideo harbor as Durquerque reportedly heads toward the scene.
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Uruguay
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Argentina
Graf Spee
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Guahi
Athe
Oii
Montevideo Harbor
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Ajax
Durquerque
Two youths jailed for Sunday school transport plan
Ellinwood reports police action after two youths ride in an automobile each Sunday for a month to attend Sunday school. One youth, Rob, is described as non smoker and non drinker who reads only vegetables and claims a 6000 book library yet rarely reads.
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