Washington tribute and community notices from period paper
A mixed page recalls George Washington with verses and meeting notes. Local obituaries, visits, church circles at First Baptist and Circle No 44 record guests, hostesses, devotions, and social refreshment. Mentions Miss Josephine Thorpen, Mes Marie McCartie, and visiting relatives in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Syme
Shreveport
Marie McCartie
Rites Smith
Sith
Sita Avna
Calif
Jeannette
Wmlus First Baptist Church
Alton Honeycud
West Sixth Street
Foster Wigelns
W. B. Mason
George Wishington
A. E B. Slusser
Circle No. 44
Mus
First Baptist Church
Hell
Seeva Gihsm
South Grady Sleet
Bynom Busterting
5S. D. Cook
Zuchariah
First Major Stage Return for Fencb in It Met My Love Again
Fencb returns to the stage in It Met My Love Again opposite Miss Bennett and co-stars Sylvia Sidney Bette Davis and Joan Belmore. The show precedes Saenger Theater screenings and the new Gold Is Where You Find It with Clivia de Havilland and George Brent. Also notes a 4926 car valued at $920 in 1876 and depreciation to $746.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stenger
Hollywood
Thealau Henry
Ryan
Miss Bennett
Whck
Saenger Theater
Saenger
Technicalor
Clivia de Havilland
George Brent
California
Clements Ripley
Coxmopolitan
County Agent Meeting Lists Agricultural Problems and Chairs
The Mempstead County Agricultural Committee met to discuss immediate and long term farming issues across communities. It formed task groups led by Mrs. W J Jones and others on topics from community activities to land use and publicity, with state representatives My Lee and Lee Garland noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mempstead
Otha Rew
Miss Paydenuel
Chateman
TG. Sutton
W. B. Lafferty
Jatin Robins
BR. Ly Lewallen
T. L. Johnson
H. C. Bunds
Brooks Shuley
Johnson Wilsott
M. Mark Heeksoc
Prank
Hill
Glen Crowell
Rei. Jackson
Oluskey
G. C. Clark
J. —Publicity
John Sr
W. Hlntley
Prahees McMian
Dan Harkness
Rutfl White
Frank Rider
J L Galloway 72 Honored At White River Birthday Dinner
A birthday dinner was given for J L Galloway aged 72 in the Providence community near Newport Arkansas. Attendees included numerous relatives with 49 people present. Entertainment featured quartets and a string trio, with thanks offered by Rev. Floyd Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.L. Galloway
White River
Newport, Ark
Parry Sewell
Galloway
Mr. Galloway
Peter Fuller
Mir
Odis Fuller
Troy Greenlee
Ray Sewell
Peery Sewell
Arsene Gorwin
Floyd Chirk
J. L. (Tate) Galloway
Edgar Galloway
Lee Galloway
Jim Galloway
CL Galloway
Perry Sewell
Troy Greenkce
Charles
Asa Sewell
Soy Ray
Bob Sewell
Ifelen
William Sewell
Arsene
Cecil
Omega
Olleta Gordwin
Floyd Clark
Virginian Galloway
Nennie Kitchens
Florida Lime Trees Sent to South Africa
The Florida agriculture department in Tallahassee prepared lime trees for shipment to South Africa’s Transvaal for experimental propagation. Leaves were removed, cut parts paraffined, and the trees wrapped in sphagnum moss and waterproof paper for transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
South Africa
Tampa
Hempstead County Forms Agricultural Committee to Plan Long Term Program
A Hempstead County agricultural meeting produced a new committee to guide long term farming goals. Officers include Lee H Garland as chairman Mrs W D Jones as vice chairman Frank J Hill as secretary. The group aims to coordinate farm problems and develop a sustained county program with farmer input and pure bred stock and pasture development emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nroper
Raldackson
Hope
Hempstead
Frank Rider
John Robins
Lee Garland
Mark Jackson
Hempstead County
Lee H. Garland
Hone
W. D. Jones
Oran
Frank J. Hill
Spring Hill
Levee Fight Continues Amid City River Crisis
Amid the river danger two levees fight on. Debris including gravel and sandbags has been dumped into the river. Citizens fear a major breach but caving and bank collapse have been averted for now.
We the Women By Ruth Millett We, the Women
A 1938 NEA Service column argues that men seek more than sex appeal in wives. It stresses kindness, social ease, adaptability, and sympathy, noting a wife should manage relationships, entertain, and be respected, not merely attractive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Service, Inc
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Social Usage
A reader quiz on hosting and guest etiquette with scenarios about commenting on food, self serving, first portions, host responsibility, and steering conversations. Answers emphasize favorable guest opinion for praised dishes, proper fork and spoon use, taking the first offering, guest responsibility equal to the hostess, and tactful subject change among old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Student Plans to Be His Classmates Boswell
Lincoln Nebraska reports a high school student named Robert Sith plans to publish a book titled What Happened to the Class of SR. He has chosen 250 classmates as specimens and intends to record their activities and later include his observations in the volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Rihert Sith
Luyeaby Biel Sehies
Troy
Centennial Edition history of Southwest Arkansas towns offered
Limited run of Tepe Star 1,700 Centennial Edition penyin presents 48 pages in six sections with 69 photographs of historic sites. Bound copies 50 cents. unbound 25 cents, add six cents if nailed. First come first served, no reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tepe Star
Southwest
Arkansas
French Language Reserved In Louisiana Court
In Ville Platte Evangeline parish a court allows French speech with interpretation. Most locals speak French or Acadiana dialect, and Judge J Cleveland Fruge notes the clerk and officers also operate bilingually. Court records are in English, while stenographer Mrs Fonlent translates from French to English for official notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ville Platte
United States
Evangeline Parish
J. Cleveland Fruge
Imy
John B. L. Fonlent
Fruge
102 Year Old War Veteran Seeks Marriage in Istanbul
Karra Min Aziz Tehayouche, a 102 year old Crimean War veteran, plans to marry a 45 year old woman in Istanbul. His children and grandchildren oppose the alliance, while great grandchildren are reportedly frightened by the upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Turkey
Karra- Min Aziz Tehayouche
Navy's World War I Role and Fleet Power Shaped by 1918
The article traces U S Navy actions in World War I from convoying and mine laying to ship reconditioning and merchant defense. It notes 10 000 ships escorted by August 1917, 300 000 soldiers monthly convoyed by mid 1918, and the rise of naval aviation with 500 planes and 27 bases, ending with disarmament moves at the 1921 Washington conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Europe
Hampton Roads
Grand Fleet
North Sea
Navy
Arkney Islands
Norway
Laon
Sedan
England
Ireland
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Bruges
Pola
U. S
Chateau Thierry
Belteau Wood
United States
Washington
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Sir Henry
George Washington
Pony
Bertion
Hom
Wistiniles
Suuil
Grimides
Eorde Parsons Lynthrup
Josephine Thorpen
Tenderkon State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
Emory Thompson
William Breed
Oklahoma City
Louis Breesl
Lyveford
Crawley
Munday
New York City
I. H. Brumfield
Heraughter Ishy
Charles E. Brumfield
St. Louis, Mo
James QR. Henry
Dt. M. Ligon
J. W. Ligon
Paber Hicks
Li, McAllister
H. B. Ingram
J %. Robins
George P. Mavije
Lee Reynolds
Conway
Surrey
Tom Tyler
the Buccaneer
America
Ladies’ Specialty Shop
Apyrax
Ang Ie
Randy
Aitt’s
Mary Maguire
Warner
Providence
LaFayette
Stephen Ker
Newport
Ark
M&a
William Ferguson
Iceland
COPE
South Pole
Ruth Millett
Wald Mietz
Boswell
Louisiana
Gibson Drug Co
Hope Trades Day
Duggar'’S
West
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