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 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1952
Page
3
The damaged text reports large outlays for material costs and travel expenses, with figures like 89,480,008 and 13,900,243 mentioned. It references California and a rough 10 mile distance, but many numbers and phrases are garbled, leaving an unclear financial comparison and context.
A dense church notices page lists services across multiple congregations in Bingen, Weleetka, Pine Bluff, and nearby towns. It covers weekly worship times, youth programs, choir rehearsals, catechism and Bible studies, and auxiliary meetings. Notable entries include First Methodist and First Christian in Pine Bluff with evening services and circle meetings, Unity Baptist, Garrett Memorial, and First Baptist sharing sermons and missionary emphasis schedules.
East Second Street church led by Rev L T Lawrence with 40 Sunday School. James Miller superintendent. Men’s Bible Class at 9 30. Lesson by James Pilkinton at 10. Morning worship at 10 55 on That Our Ministry Be Not Blamed. Special music includes Leave It To Him. Vesper service at 6 pm with The Lord is My Shepherd. P Y F supper in Parish House. Women executive board 2 30. choir practice at 7. Mid week study of John 5. Women’s Bible Class at 10 am in Educational Building.
A list of church programs and community events across multiple congregations including Sun Day program at 2 pm and 2:30 pm offerings by Spirit of Zion singers and Hope junior choirs, Mt Zion CME church events, Munns Chapel and Garrett Chapel notices, a fish fry, obituary for Ava Watkins, birth announcement for Larry Eugene, and funeral home arrangements by Hicks Funeral Home. Also lists Sunday services at Church of God, Beebe Memorial, Bethel A M E and other local churches with service times and sponsors.
Weekly church page urges parishioners to support the war effort and spiritual duty. It links material aid to soldiers’ safety, thanks local merchants, banks, and service stations, and calls readers to act as “brothers of the spirit” with those fighting abroad.
President Truman spoke at a news conference in Washington and endorsed Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois as a potential Democratic presidential nominee while offering no hint on his own plans. He said he will announce his plans during an upcoming Key West vacation, likely through March 28. He also announced FCC appointments Paul Walker as chairman and Robert T. Bartley as FCC commissioner, dodged questions on an ambassador to the Vatican, and reaffirmed efforts on Alaska and Hawaii statehood and freeing American journalist William N. Oadle from a Czechoslovak jail.
Washington underlines a House armed services subcommittee inquiry into Pentagon public relations men. Chairman Hebert demands a list of all personnel in public relations and their salaries. The panel also probes centralized military purchasing and a Defense Department move toward consolidating buying.
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.