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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1939
Page
5
A fragment of a society column or verse notes seasonal imagery and longing for spring. It evokes flowers, katydids, and gardeners, contrasting the colorless season with the promise of renewal and the living memory of forefathers. The piece reads like a reflective, poetic society mood note from a bygone era.
The issue highlights a memorial shrub marking a long neglected home site and notes locations around the city for flower lovers. It also mentions social visits in Garland City, a birth announcement for Harold Wilkes Branch, and Bay View Reading Club activities with discussions on Old Trails of Louisiana and notable Louisianans.
In Arkadelphia Dr Pipkin noted as Rhortes scholar now chairing the southern Rhodes scholarship committee. Miss Roulon received rising thanks for her paper. Miss Beryl Newry described the Evangeline country with Mrs Hammonds detailing highways. The next meeting planned at Mrs R M La Greene’s home with Caves and Caverns of His United States program led by Mrs John Gibson.
Susie, a plain girl in River town, arrives at a luxurious hotel for John Harkers beauty project. Jeff and Edna supervise, Susie experiences luxury, doubts the publicity plan, and resolves to go along to keep friends from losing their jobs. The chapter ends with her agreeing to continue.
Lawmakers clashed over a proposed initiated act on liquor in Arkansas. Nyberg accused Vesey of anti democracy and warned against letting a petition based ban fuel the measure. Vesey defended the act amid cheering in the crowded gallery as Bransford urged decorum.
A mother feigns interest in visiting cousins for Bobby’s joy and Betty’s quiet reserve. Betty later recalls the fun, revealing an introvert’s tendency to dwell on past experiences while Bobby remains present and lively. Parents should vary children's experiences to avoid fixed habits of anticipation.
Nyberg accuses opposition in the house of using an unfair motion to derail a bill. He argues lawmakers know their votes weeks ahead and that supporting the motion equates to opposing the bill, calling the tactic cowardly and aimed solely at killing the measure.
In Greensburg a farmer named Jenkins visits the village post office and general store seeking a card from Aunt Jenny. Local residents report a tree growing from the courthouse tower is illuminated with electric lights to draw attention and pride the county seat.
Fredric March and John Bennett star in Trade Winds a globe spanning detective chase across seven countries from San Francisco to Kobe Shanghai Singapore Colombo Bombay and beyond. Director Tay Garnett ferried 40000 miles by yacht Athene to film authentic locales and the action shifts through peril and intrigue ending back in San Francisco. A note of local business adds Pike County diamonds as a curious aside.
Continued text discusses incomplete results of the WEA program from its start, mistakes under WIA and WPA leadership, a presidential letter accusing an office manager of poor grammar, and mentions the Virgin Islands and a 1917 purchase from Denmark as part of U.S. territorial acquisitions.
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