Cotton Mattress Program Expands in Hempstead County
Miss Mary Fletcher and Oliver Adams announce a countywide cotton mattress program for rural families. About 300 dates are set around February 1 for making mattresses, with applications due to the county Extension office. Community chairmen will collect forms. applicants must note their community. The program, a national rural initiative, aims to divert surplus cotton from the market and benefits families earning under $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ie Fletcher
Oliver i. “Adams
Hempstead
Avillj
Community clubs form to sustain women led program countywide
Demographic listing shows numerous communities and individuals organized as chairmen and mattress centers to advance a women’s club program. Names like White, Dee Toile, Allen Willem Schooley, and many others appear alongside local churches and schools detailing coordinators across towns including Belton, Centerville, Crunk's School, Friendship, Harmony, Hickory Shade, Hopewell, Liberty Hill, Oak Grove, St. Paul, and Zion. The roster lists dozens of volunteers tasked with carrying the initiative through their counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Dee=Tollett
Dolph Clark
Gharlie Edmiston
Dee Toile
Allen Willem
Schooley
Carroll” Schooley
Baird's
G. E. Foster
Centerville
Guy Linaker
P. F. Campbell
Columbus
R. F. Candwell
C. R. White
Crunk's
Floyd Methtin
Callie Rinehart
DeAnn
C. B. O'Steen
M. Samuel
Doyle
J. Mark Jackson
Lowie Dowdy
Louie,Dowdy
Fulton
J. W. Seymour
Urbin | Jones
Dan Horkness
Evening Shade
J_ BR
Anderson
Lawrence
May
Friendship
O. L. Reaves
C. L. Reaves
Guernsey
J. M. Powell
Roy Franks
Harmony
Clinton Martin
W. W. Wright
Joe 5
Daugherty
Milton Hair
Hickory Shade
Hope E Reed
Beatrice Reed
Sardis
Montgomery
Stroud's
A. N. Stroud
Stroud
Wallateburg
Elijah Stephens
Lloyd Shackelfort
Washington
W. V. Frazier
Paul Dudley
Letha Frazier
Zion
C. M. Lewis
J. D. Webb
Brown's Chapel
Fredonia Huntley
Career Hill
Oscar
McDougald
Mt. Olfie
L. V. Walker
Mt. Zion
Lee H. Garland
New Mt. Zion
Hill
Nolen
John Woodberry
M. H. Montgomery
Oakland
L. A. Clark
Orn
Lacour
Oak Grove
Vasco Bostic
Gertrude Frierson
Powers—Millamn Campbell
Redland
H. H. Robinson
Sheppard A. Tate
Anna McFadden
St. John No. 2
W. T. Beene
Henry Pickard
St. Luke
O. R
J. K. Green
Irene Walker
Hill Nelson
Temple's School
Isom White
Two Mile Branch
Smith Wilson
Lizzie McFadden
Union Chapel
M. H. Yerger
Mittin Yerger
Bowling card schedule shows multiple company matches
List of forthcoming bowling events from January 20 to January 28 includes Bruner Ivory with Basket Co and Gunter Bros with M System on January 20 and 27, Standard Oil Co with MRitchie Gro on January 20, Kiwanis Club with Life and Casualty on January 23, Hempstead Co with She Co and SCS on January 23, Brookwood Gro with Kraft Cheese and American Legion with Rotary on January 24, and Standard Gil Co with Woodman al on January 28.
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Gunter Bros.—M'system
Bruner Ivory—Basket Co
Standard Oil Co
Mritchie Gro
Geo. W. Robison
Woodman of World
Kiwanis Club-Life & Casualty
Hempstead Co
She, Co
SCS
Brookwood Gro
American Legion
Rotary
Bruner Ivory
M'System
Gunter Bros-Basket Co
Standard Gil Co—Woodman al
Santuary
Hempstead Co. Libr. Co
Life &, Casualty
Kiwanis Club
Gunter Bros
Bruner Ivery
Ritchie
Geo. W. Robison Co
Life & Case
Aalty
Gunter Brous
Life & Casualty
Ges. W. Robison Co
Basket Co
Brookwood
Ritchie Gra
Dare Co
Guntey Bros. Kiwanis
Bruner Ivory—Hempstead Co
Lhr. Co
Gra. W. Rubison Co
SCSI
Bruner Ivory—Kiwanis Club
Gunter Bros —Hempstead Co
Libr. Co
Geo
M'system—Life & Casualty
Eysket Cy
Hempstead Co. Lbr. Co—Rotary
Aes of — World
Brookwood Io
Bruner Ivory—Life & Casualty
Guiter Bros
Brookwood Gru
Standard Oil Co.--Basket Co. Hempstead Co
Kraft Cheese
Ritchie Gyo
American
W. Robison
Standard of
Basket Co.—'System
Ritchie Gro
Benokwomi Gro
Thursay
Mareh
Wordman of
World—Life & Casualty
Woodman of World—Rotary
SCI
Gunter Bros.—Rotary
Armerican Legion
Kilt Cheese—Life & Casualty
Lby
W. Robison Co
Gunter Bros. SC
Standard Oil Life & Casualty
Three of Us Deepens a Past Romance in Convoluted Heart
Martha and Paul confront a tangled past as Suzanne’s whispers complicate their renewed closeness. Paul insists on honesty while Martha weighs lingering feelings and the strain of an absent husband. A long drive and bitter doubt set the stage for a final, painful reckoning tomorrow with Billy.
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pAtt
Elliott
Martha
Bill
Joss
Paul
Remare
Bunway
Hassip
Suzanne
Reiren
Hells
Billy Yo
Long-running local club schedule and dental fact
A dense listings page shows weekly meetings among groups like World, Kiwanis, Rotary, American Legion, and Woodman of World, with multiple cohosted events across Hempstead County libraries and grocers from January to April. The entry ends with a dental fact describing elephant tusks as elongated upper incisor teeth growing downward in front of the eye sockets.
Caravan for China parallels Candide and Gulliver with satire
Frank S. Stuart's Caravan for China parodies Voltaire and Swift by framing a 12,000 mile quest of Simon Islick, a mercenary, financed by two Roman brothers, through Rome era intrigue to the Chinese empire. The tale blends sly humor with sharp commentary on contemporary trends and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulliver
Frank S. Stuart
China
Doubleday
Doran
Stuart
Voltaire
Dean Swift
Islick Simon
Solditx
Raine
Yellow Man
Simon
Straigh
Helen
Asiy
Calas
Gale snaps Hangmans Tree in Londonderry after 250 years
A powerful gale blows down Londonderry's famed Hangman's Tree built after the 1690 siege. It was the last of 13 trees planted to honor the Apprentice Boys who shut the gates, marking two and a half centuries of endurance before the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londonderry
Ireland
James II
Carns ven for China a readable tale of danger and fate
The reviewer notes Stuart’s novel blends multiple plots as a murderer and brothers scheme against Sinton at home and at the Chinese emperor’s court. Simon survives attempts, then returns to a second scheme to free his beloved amid perilous twists. The book uses modern idiom and portrays universal human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eryone
Sinton
Simon
China
Mr. Stuart
He Ling
Ancient belief ties wedding ring to heart finger
The ancients thought a small artery ran from the third left finger to the heart, inspiring the custom of wearing the wedding ring there. The text also mentions a crowded principality of the Mediterranean with a population of 24,000 in 0.799 square miles.
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Nature
Dru
Dean
Soree
Buddy Starks
White Way
Haynes Bros
Hone Hardware Co
Hare
Ogether
Dolores
Church Hill
Floyd Scott
Parthenia
Boyles
Jim Gienn
Syrilla Savage
St. Mark
Willie Morgan
Henry , White
Walnut Grove
Davy Flowers
Lela Flowers
Zion M Hill
Self Stokes
Anna Strong
Betty Wallace
Pauls
Marthy Huntly
Air Transport
Brookwood Grocery. Basket Co
Ivwry
American Legion—Sus
Woodman of World—Hempstead Co
Lbr. Co
Motary
Lhr
McRae Feed CO
Gale
Rin Custom
A&p Bread
Dot
Scott Tissue
van Sali Bo
Sunnyfield
Wilson
SWIFT
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