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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1932
Page
3
The note urges writing with care to keep a clean record for the year. Social items report Mrs. H Benson and children as holiday guests in Monroe La. and Mrs. Ben Carter host to visitors from Forrest City. Church groups plan January meetings. several local residents travel and host guests from nearby towns and colleges.
Dr W S Lacy of Batesville will preach at First Presbyterian Church at 11 a m Sunday morning. He will address the Men's Class at 9 45 a m. Other Sunday school classes meet as usual.
Bishop E W Saphore preaches at 11 a m with Holy Communion on Sunday at South Main street. Miss Williams hosts refreshments after a dance at her Camden pike country home. Miss Snow Whatley returns to Lewisville. Miss Margaret Kinser to resume studies at Galloway College in Searcy. Mr and Mrs C C Lewis host Friday Contract Bridge Club with prizes and yuletide decor. Circle 4 of the Methodist Church meets at Mrs Stith Davenport’s home. Add Merrow and Olliemae Yokem wed December 24 1932 in Blevins. Relatives celebrate at Nesbitt home. Farewell party for Miss Robbie Goble by Lucille and Marie Thomason. Dr and Mrs A C Kolb return from Louisville. Mr and Mrs R E Moss and Bobby visit from Sulphur.
Ginger Rogers co stars with Joe E Brown in You Said a Mouthful at the Saenger opening New Year’s weekend. The comedy features a mistaken identity swimming marathon off Catalina Island and promises more gags than their prior hit The Tenderfoot. Rogers calls Brown the ideal partner, noting their long sought partnership.
Douglas Bacon urges stronger attendance. C F Erwin vows to support a successful year. Charles Dana Gibson urges advance program prep. W S Atkins praises club progress and vows a banner year. Sid Bundy and others push planning for community service. Miss Winter Canon and Miss Harriet Story perform as Gibson leads singing.
The column notes widespread flu with most families recovering while Mrs. Birdie Smythe remains ill but improving. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bustin and family visited relatives near Bluff Springs over Christmas. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eric Benson on December 9. Ruby Nell Mattison wed Autrey Grisham Saturday morning at Joe Martins. Several neighbors visit for various reasons as many residents travel or host gatherings. Rural routes faced bad roads yet carrier Honea completed his schedule.
Centerville residents Misses Glen Veda and Marie Anders visited their sister Mrs. Clarence Rodden on Christmas. Swan Lake pair Martha Jane Jones and Dorothy May Jones spent the weekend with the Pate girls. Clyde Arnold family and Fred Ball family with baby Bobbie Jr. joined G. L. Gleghorn’s household for Sunday.
NEXT LEGISLATURE has produced tension as the governor-elect names DuVall F Purkins as private secretary and faces speculation on others. Possible appointees include C H Murphy of El Dorado as highway commission chairman J Frank Milwee Monroe County judge as a commissioner and Marion Wasson of Fayetteville as state banking commissioner. A full reorganization of the highway commission is expected to allow removal of current members and state-wide appointment.
Legislators confront a roughly 1.5 million general revenue deficit by July 1 and debate across multiple domains. Proposals include abolishing or consolidating departments, cutting salaries, and ending the fee system with county sweepups. Highway revenues, license fee reductions, and the county gasoline tax loom large as they balance the budget without tax hikes. Prohibition reform and delinquent land tax changes are also on the agenda while lawmakers seek funding for their own expenses.
A Book A Day notes Largo exposes Czarist Russia’s decaying upper class, a few officers and scholars, revolutionists, and nobles while a murder linked to Jewish ritualism stirs dissent. The critic argues the intellectuals’ protests worsen the empire’s fate and that the ruling class is trapped in out of date tradition, marching toward ruin.
Miss Mildred and Jean Givens spent Christmas night with the Anders girls. Mr. Allen Bennett and family of Texarkana spent Wednesday night with his niece, Mrs. Earl Erwin and family. Mrs. Erwin went home with them on a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Angle Faught are visiting this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Buie of Boughton. Mr. and Mrs. Olin Byers and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Erwin and children called on Mrs. Ohn Attom Christmas night.
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