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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1933
Page
3
Long prose from Hope Arkansas columns notes shifting seasons and seasonal sayings. Social items list visits from Mrs J A Rankin of Russellville and others, church circle meetings, a Belle Bennett Scarritt College program, weddings, brides Miss Susie Hendricks and Haltom Gillespie, and community gatherings at First Methodist with international banquet details and social club events.
Spencer Tracy stars in Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing at the Saenger. The film, adapted from Lewis E. Lawes’s Sing Sing memoir, presents prison life with vivid human drama and factual, documentary weight.
New Hope hosts a Friday lawn party for local youth. David Yeager and Miss Ercile Yeager visited relatives locally. Roxie and Jettie Watkins with Mrs. Carrol Allen and children toured Washington Thursday. Cecil Bumpers of Wichita Falls visited relatives in the community over the weekend.
Circle No 2 of the W M S of the First Methodist church held its February meeting at Mrs Nora Carrigan s West Avenue B home with Miss Sue Jones and Mrs T S McDavitt as associate hostesses. The program featured a piano solo by Master William Routen a talk on The Scarritt Bible and Training School and songs led by Mrs J L Cannon and Miss Mary Louise Keith. Fifteen members and four visitors attended and plum pudding with hot coffee was served.
The marriage of Pauline Mase Battenfield of Claremore to Garland Lawrence Drake of Claremore was announced Tuesday. Drake, son of T. J. Drake, graduated from the Oklahoma Military Academy and works at Hunsecker & Company in Claremore. The wedding occurred September 19, 1932, in Vinita with Rev. A. J. Williams officiating. Mrs. Drake is the eldest daughter of D. M. Battenfield, Claremore city attorney.
The community youths organize a BY P U program and invite all. Singing Sunday night drew large crowds and the editors note they have been glad to see such turnout.
The trade routes of Asia Minor linked the east and west around 2000 B C, becoming the first known highways. These ancient pathways enabled exchange across cultures and regions, laying foundational networks for commerce and travel.
The article explains a Pig Central plan where a home price sets a standard price and levy on butchers funds a stabilization account. Levies and tariffs finance losses from exports while profits go to the fund. The central controls bacon manufacture, export and import of pork products, and uses a tax to protect the domestic market.
The article notes debt tensions and cabinet warnings amid a fragile government in the United States and Europe. It cites Chamberlain Rainey and Rainey’s speaker bid while signaling private calls for radical adjustments. Hoover, disillusioned with debt commissions, urges Europe to act for U.S. public approval. France faces backlash after resisting December 15 default.
The article explains that light reflecting off cement paint creates a tinted glass look in glass blocks. Colors are cobalt blue, light blue, emerald, light green, amber and rose amber. other colors are too costly. The blocks are translucent but not transparent.
Internal dissension splits theAssociation of Rest Estate Taxpayers with about 300 directors and workers meeting behind guarded doors at the Palmer House. The group fights over policy as executives Fratt and Bistor face opposing factions. A mass meeting of 28,000 members at the Coliseum is planned for February 14 to decide future policy.
Shower Springs residents including Mr. and Mrs. Tom Haynes of Washington visited Will Rogers who remains very ill at his son Ralph’s Hope Lumber company farm home. Several local families shared meals and weekend visits with kin and friends in Harmony and nearby communities.
Bedcaw Wash Laseter and Mr. Collings of Shreveport spent last Friday night with John Lasiter. George Johnson and family visited Mr. and Mrs. John Reece Wednesday night. Mrs. Charles Rogers and others spent Saturday with Mrs. L. E. Darwin. J. W. Williams guest of Early Williams and Will Rogers visit. Various cousins and neighbors, including Howard Collier and Ralph Rogers households, exchanged calls and quilting visits throughout the week.
Sweet Home Bro J A Copeland of Delight preached here Saturday night and Sunday. A R Beeson of Waldo preached at Pleasant Hill Sunday. Residents and visitors attended services and gatherings. several local families noted weekend visits and a birth announced for Carl Brown.
Mr and Mrs Gentry Campbell hosted a Friday afternoon gathering with Mr and Mrs Bie ig aut in attendance the casual event centered on conversation and refreshments.
Rosston area residents report J M Butler finishing a house and preparing to occupy it with HL W Butler assisting. Mrs J E Butler marked a birthday with family gathering including Butler and children, Robi Butler, and Mrs R E Dillard. The group, plus Mr and Mrs H W Butler and others, shared a day of visiting. Dorothy Gene and Tom Waters visited kin. Doyle Lowe planned a visit to Minden Louisiana. A new fence and cemetery ground work were done by community members, with a week of timber clearing at Union cemetery.
A report notes Philippine pythons can kill and swallow deer that are reasonably sized, with fatal outcomes observed and bodies sometimes broken or mutilated by the constrictors.
The Festal Life and Casualty Insurance Co of Kansas City Missouri offers a dent policy paying up to 100 a month for 24 months for $1000 death costs. The monthly premium is one cent per day totaling $3.50 per year. Women and children eligible. Send name age beneficiary and relation and they will send policy within 10 days free inspection no exam required limited offer.
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