This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1949
Page
6
Mia High School will stage three one act plays Thursday night in the auditorium. Two plays are by Martin Paot Jr and Charlie Wilson with interludes of special numbers between acts. Admission is 15 cents for elementary, 23 cents for juniors and seniors, and adults 23 cents. proceeds fund a new stage.
Dorothy Dix addresses hopeful wives and mothers on marriage after separation. She argues most marriages endure faults, time apart cools tensions, and reconciliation often improves families. She urges a second trial before divorce, noting love, forgiveness, and shared parenting as key factors. The column also mentions a boyfriend delaying marriage and a flower arrangement contest at a club gathering.
Mrs Yom Betland and son Gary of Malvern visited Mr and Mrs James Birkhead while out of town guests attended the D A R Limeheon meeting including Miss Kathleen Wells Mrs Audrey Wells Lewisville Miss Jo Ann Carrigan Washington Mrs L R Parsons and Mrs Bill Price Garland City Mrs Robert Wiseman Texarkana Mrs Halph Burton and Mrs R J Searcy Lewisville and Mrs Sue Hott Washington Also community letters discuss love advice and youth dating with a reader asking about waiting for a slow fiancé and another about crushes in eighth grade.
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for multiple patients across Hope and nearby towns. Individuals include Mrs G W Powell from Rt 3 Hope, Jewel Moore Hope, Mrs Steve Anning Hope, Mes ro Willard and daughter Judy Any Cle v ins, Josephine Hospital patient Mrs Juck Reynolds Hope, and the Reynolds family announcing a new son. Other discharges include Miss Getty Bey Washington, Mrs W C Alderson Lewisville, and Mr Uvy McKnozie Hope.
A fragmented notice lists multiple discharged individuals and addresses including Master James Wills Hope and Mrs W Wright on Rt 1 Hope. Other names appear with similar addresses such as Laster on Rt 3 Hope and Mrs H Ff Mitchell in Lewisyilie.
Little Rock February 9 to 14 Speaker Carl Hendrix of the Arkansas House has not had a bill open this session. The report notes he now gains a chance to present measures as the legislative agenda progresses.
The National Thespian Society will present three one act plays tonight at the high school auditorium starting 7 40. Drama week runs February 4 through 44. Plays include It Shouldn't Happen to A Circus Shock of His Life and The Marshal's Revenge. Over 50 students perform. Public invited.
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of Hope will take over city government Friday afternoon February 11. They assemble at Hope City Hall at 12 45 for a parade through Hope, after which scout officers assume duties. Chili supper tickets go on sale at Routon and Coffee B Grocery and York Pantry Co for scout families and friends. Dr T J Wilbanks of Texarkana will address the banquet and Court of Honor. district chairman Clifford Franks urges immediate ticket purchase.
At least 14 persons died in Arkansas this week in multiple accidents. The latest victims were near Little Rock on Wednesday a flying instructor 26 and his pupil Neal Huddle both of Little Rock died when their light training plane crashed southeast of the city. Earlier a man and his wife were killed in a cross road collision at Clarksville. A sixth year old Patsy Lewis was struck by a car after alighting from a school bus. The bill allows cities to issue revenue bonds to build and operate gas transmission lines and distribution systems, with interest from PReQuen and other interest in Forrest City Marianna and Blytheville.
The report notes a home stay and one illegal radio setup in 1929, with an earlier larger ring in China. It cites Japan releasing minimal details about trials and 17 convictions, while U.S. occupation forces later learned of them. The army report warns the U.S. to stay vigilant against espionage.
A garbled OCR passage lists numerous judges clerks sheriffs and alternates from various counties or towns including Goodlett Judgea Lovell Columbus Fulton and others. It also contains stray phrases about a flicker catching his four ly onts by thrusting and a note on the word kaftee latse originally meaning four ladies at a coffee party.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.