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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
2
A fragmented quote attributed to H. W. Beecher contrasts nourishment with digestion and wealth with saving, learning with memory, emphasizing that actions and retention shape strength, riches, and learning more than consumption or acquisition.
Rev James BE Coby calls all church women ages 18 to 35 to gather at 6:30 tonight to organize a Young Matron Club with Mesdames A S Walker and James BE Coby. Mrs Louise Hicks named supervisor. Also notes postponed Usher Board Day and Yerger High basketball at Harris Gym on Friday February 8 with 7:30 pm tip and admission 25 and 50 cents.
Hope Lions Club met Monday for its weekly meeting. Kinard Young led the program with Lion Jannie Russell discussing the National Guard. Russell, a Master Sergeant, described the Guard as an emergency police force ready to help in hurricanes tornadoes and fires. The club noted Guard contributions to the community and the payroll, announced officer introductions and club objectives, and recognized Miss M Minor as sponsor. Obituary: Sam Williams of Stephens Arkansas died February 6. The group highlighted Rifle Club donations and coffee proceeds for March of Dimes, plus a Daffodil Garden Club pancake supper for Exceptional Children. Next meeting will close the membership drive with 905 to 45 points.
Brig. Gen. Creighton W. Abrams testified that eight weeks of fulltime duty provides as much useful military training as two years of weekly drills and summer camps. The Army argued for six months of active duty training for all new National Guard enlistees, noting no formal training period exists currently for guardsmen.
Jefferson County officials and landowners heard Army Engineers in Vicksburg Miss explain progress on the Bayou Meto Basin plan. The first of four meetings covers a 6 county area. Steering chair HH Harvill said Rep Norrell announced $50 000 planning funds approved in Washington. Planning committees were appointed for Pulaski and Jefferson counties.
A series of public meetings for residents of Arkansas County and parts of Prairie County is planned for Thursday in Stuttgart with additional sessions next week in Lonoke and Madisonville. Army Engineers are scheduled to speak at all sessions.
The first conference of the Southern Methodist Church met in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas in 1838, marking an early gathering of church leaders and congregants in the region.
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