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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1931
Page
5
An article blends nostalgic verses of Christmas old time cheer with social notes on holiday guests. It lists Miss Virginia Berry and many others visiting relatives in Batesville, Atlanta, Ayers, and nearby towns, plus local residents hosting relatives for Christmas. The piece sketches yuletide memories and community gatherings as winter plans unfold.
A 151 year old heiress Beatrice Barclay Pickerell fled her wealthy Montclair home to secretly reunite with husband Bevis T. Pickerell, a trucking operator. Her father John C. Barclay, former Western Union VP, sought an annulment. The city scene includes visiting students, Christmas programs, and notices of dues and obituaries as community life unfolds.
A long list of handwritten Christmas requests from Hope area children at Rocky Mound and surrounding towns. The letters name many young boys and girls by first names, ages from two to twelve, with teachers such as Mrs Audry Hunt and Miss Moses, and sometimes include family references. The children ask for toys, dolls, tricycles, trains, games, fruit, candy, nuts, clothing, and school items, noting appreciation for teachers and family.
Joan Zockton, pictured above, is praised as Britain’s most beautiful stage and screen star. The article calls her a reader favorite and notes her appeal boosts English theatres and box office.
A handwritten plea from a seven year old girl in Waerlon Arkansas asks Santa for story books a set of little dishes a doll bed and a teddy bear for her little sister Halcyone. The letter mentions her teacher Miss Joan McCain and is signed Floise Martin Hope Arkandos RE. D. 4.
Commissioner Willie Harris announces a public sale of Lots 9 and 10, Block 1 Ruffin's Addition, Hope Arkansas, in Hempstead County. The auction, on January 4, 1932, will be at the court house front door with a three month credit and a 10 percent interest bond, secured by lien, for National Savings & Loan Association against Frank O Deatherage et al.
Readable fragments show children in Arkansas writing Santa Claus with wish lists. Names like Imogene Boyd Aubrey Pasmos Mary Jane Marle Crews appear along with items such as dolls rocking chairs tricycles candy fruit and a baby doll. The letters are dated and suggest a nostalgic holiday plea from multiple youngsters.
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