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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1945
Page
3
Social Calendar notes a Whitfield Lodge No 259 special meeting at 7 36 Friday night in the Masonic hall to confer a masters degree. Mrs W A Madggett and Mrs J A Henry led games with winners Mrs C A Graves and Mrs Zeylon Holly. Hostess served dessert and coffee to 17 members present.
The General Workers Council of the Methodist Church School hosted a Wednesday fellowship supper in the church recreation rooms with a speakers' table adorned in white chrysanthemums and crystal candle holders. Albert Graves presided over the business meeting, and Rev. Roy Hozendorf and Rev. Van Harrell delivered inspiring talks. hospitality committees were listed with multiple members named for kitchen and dining room duties.
Mrs Corbin Foster and Miss Rose Harrie were hostesses to the Jett B Graves Sunday school class on Thursday evening at Mrs Foster s home. Mrs Hollis Luck chaired the business session where new officers were elected including President Mrs Zeylus Holly Vice President Mrs Zeylon Holly and Treasurer Mrs Kenneth
Mrs Jennie Harris announces the marriage of her daughter Annie Merle Harris to Eulas W Burke on January 2 at 2 00 pm The ceremony was at the bride s home officiated by Rev Leroy Samuel The bride wore powder blue wool jersey and black accessories Burke is the son of Mr and Mrs Sydney Burke Route 3 Hope The bride is a Blevins High School graduate and works at Southwestern Prov ing Ground Burke works at Ped River Ordnance Depot Texarkana The couple will reside in De Ann
Mrs Harvey A Nelson and Lula Nelson with young Harvey Jr arrived from Richmond to visit the Garland couple in Emmet. Petty Officer Aubrey Bailey spent Wednesday in Hot Springs. Dr F A McClure discusses bamboo in the Americas. paper and rayon possibilities, plastic impregnation, and durable finishes. More than a million Mexican Indians cannot speak Spanish.
Saint Marks Episcopal invites parishioners to morning prayer and a sermon at 11:00 AM on Sunday January 21 at Corner Elm and Third. Rector H B Smith presides and attendance is welcome.
The Rev Clyde Hart former pastor of Immanuel Baptist El Dorado will preach at First Baptist Church on Sunday Morning Worship at 10 50 a m Sunday School at 9 30 a m Guernsey service at 2 30 p m Baptist Training Union 6 15 p m Evening Worship 7 30 p m Midweek Prayer 7 30 p m led by W N Nichols Choir 7 30 p m Thursday Public invited to all services
The notice lists Glenn Hutton as minister at First Christian Church on N Main and West Avenue B. Activities include Bible School at 9 45 a m, morning worship at 10 50 a m, a sermon How Daniel Prospered, a 2 pm elders meeting, a 5 30 pm animal mounting demonstration by Alfred Zimmerly, a 6 15 pm junior fellowship, an evangelistic service at 7 30 pm, Neon Cross dismissal, a 7 30 pm keyboard club, a Wednesday study and prayer at 7 30 pm, a Thursday men s fellowship at 7 30 pm, and a wild duck dinner hosted by Arch Moore and hunters.
Robert B. Moore serves as pastor with services on Sunday January 21 1945 at 9:30 a.m. chimes church school 10:00 a.m. special music and sermon by the pastor vesper service 5:30 p.m. sermon by the pastor youth fellowship group 6:30 p.m.
The Church of Christ at 5th and Grady Streets lists Bible School at 10:00 a.m. Preaching at 11:00 a.m. Young Peoples Meeting at 6:45 p.m. Preaching at 7:30 p.m. Midweek Bible Study Wednesday night at 7:30. Minister Waymon D. Miller presides.
Ruth Millett discusses the strain of wartime marriage, noting that shells and shock affect the home front. She argues many war wives face temptations from three classes of men: bored partners, predatory wolves, and unattractive drifters seeking ego boosts during men’s absence.
The Hone Rotary Club announces four lectures by speakers from the Rotary International program. Dates span January 29 to March 19 with topics on the South Pacific, Russia, North America, and China. Lectures begin 7:30 p.m. at City Hall auditorium with school events and notes on ticket prices.
Authorities in Quito enforce a work or pay draft requiring men aged 25 to 50 to serve on road gangs for two days or hire substitutes. In the decree's first three days, 50 men registered and all paid $2 each to hire substitutes for the required labor.
A wartime note discusses the peril of infidelity as a service spouse faces isolation overseas. It urges wives to recall loyalty and avoid compromising situations during long separations and travel.
Alfred Zimmerly, WW II veteran, speaks Sunday and shares trapping experiences in West Texas. Exhibits include bob cats fox lynx and badger mounts. Dr F C Crow endorses the event arranged by the Christian Youth Fellowship and Scouts Executive. Parents invited.
Washington reports a German counter-offensive reshaping civilian life in the United States. Food is tighter with meat rationing rising to 85 percent and major canned vegetables reordered. The War Production Board freezes output levels, halting expansion of consumer goods and shelving new home construction.
A message from five District Prayer and Bible Conference superintendents and Rev E J Robison thanks the Hope community and Hope Gospel Tabernacle for hosting the Assembly of God gathering. They praise the citys warm reception and note ample rooms, memory of the spiritual conference, and wish blessings and homecomings for soldiers.
Rev. Van W. Harrell district superintendent will speak at 11 o clock Sunday morning at Emmet Methodist Church for the Crusade for Christ, announced by pastor Rev. George Cagle.
Wartime measures freeze worsted yarns and suspend civilian coat production, cut passenger tire supply to five million, and lower home temperatures. Draft boards widen age limits to 38 and seek under 26 farmers to fill essential roles while targeting least essential workers. The War Manpower Commission imposes ceilings on about 200 areas and the spot authorization program is shelved.
A Georgia dinner table debate in 1807 recalls Eli Whitney's cotton gin and the shift from labor intensive processing to mechanized production. Speakers like William Clayton and Harvey Earle compare prices, discuss future cotton dominance, and recount Whitney’s invention at Phineas Miller's Savannah area plantation. The scene shifts to gen tleman talk, with Mrs Earle's cue prompting departure as one guest, Robert Harrison, sleeps mid conversation.
William E Gilroy argues over interpretation of Jesus non-resistance teaching in Matthew 4 to 6. He urges balancing literal scripture with common sense, recognizing a Kingdom whose ideals guide daily life amid a largely unchristian world.
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