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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1938
Page
4
Local church groups postpone meetings for the Fourth of July week. Town residents plan travels to Vicksburg and Florida, with updates on relatives visiting, work shifts resuming, and a wave of social events. Obituaries note passing of former residents Parker brothers in Texas and Arkansas.
The ten day Bible School at Hope Gospel Tabernacle ends Friday night with commencement exercises at o'clock. It reports the church's largest and best program yet with about 12 children daily, eight teachers and helpers, and notable progress in Bible truths and handwork. A boys class built a miniature ark and Noah figures for display. Teachers include Mel Olivet, Mrs Bernice Bradley, Miss Regini Basye, and Mrs Cecil Coleman among others.
The library added titles for children ages 12 to 17 including Herbert Earl Diver by Bergeane Lanier Lard y the Great by Fulton Reed Kunglar Passage by Howard Living Forest by Arthur Heming Haunted Airways by Tharmay Bur A pember of adult replacements also made Ashes of Desire by Pamela Wynne The Dim Banter by Temple Bailey The Flaming Forest by James Oliver Curwood The Glory of Youth by Temple Bailey
The June meeting of the Mr. Nebe Tame Demonstration club met at Mrs. Walter Jones’s home with eight members and four visitors. Demonstration covered wearable color choices. Reports on poultry and dairying were given. Next meeting slated for July 21 at Mrs. Dorsey Burns. Also notes from Oak Grove include Rev. Fred Harrison of Hope preaching, and several local families visiting relatives and attending a Providence singing.
The New Theatre presents a double feature Saturday with Three Mesquiteers in Outlaws of Sonora and Charles Starrett in Dodge City Trailed. The Fighting Devil Dogs serial rounds out the day. Sunday and July Fourth offer Sally Behave with Sally Eilers and Neil Hamilton, plus a starry supporting cast.
Weekly lesson reflects on Moses and Joshua calling, the spies report, and the choice to follow Jehovah. It contrasts faith and fear, urging decisive loyalty to righteousness amid social decay, linking ancient Israel to modern civic moral duty and national welfare.
Sunday school as usual at 2 p m. Alexander will reach the preaching service at 2 30. Drive out to this service miles north of Mhepo on the Blevina highway. Independence Day is July 4 but some may celebrate on July 3. The pastor preaches on As We Forgive and the evening service with supper. Baptist Training Union at 7 p.m. questions about moral standards will be addressed. The First Baptist Church welcomes visitors to all services.
Fred Tareison, pastor, leads morning worship at 10 55 with subject Can a Christian Be Paratic The Lord's Supper to be solemnized if service. Evening sermon series begins The Lord is My Shepherd from Psalm 23. Intermediate Young People League at 7 pm. Holiday weekend urges attendees to invite guests to church services.
Sydney report says the defense minister urges secrecy over Commonwealth plans. Officials prohibit officers from discussing military matters in public, even on street corners, to protect national security amid a secretive defense posture.
Sunday night notes show Miss Rema Nell Mullins visiting Mrs Edna Woodul. A later line records the speaker and Mrs Burl Ress spending Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Leo Collier.
Bert Webb pastor leads a Missionary Sunday at WOPE GOSPEL TABERNACLE. A communion service at 11 o clock precedes worship while a Sunday night evangelistic service features a special message, singing, and Tabernacle orchestra. Children’s Church and Bible Study meet earlier in the day.
The C. W. Naill Shows begin a weeklong engagement in Hope starting July 4 on the Hope Gin company lot East Division street, sponsored by the American Legion post. The program features a large minstrel show each night plus many other attractions. CG, W. Neill is owner and manager.
Preston Grover Washington reports on a departmental pact that grants Congress a two hour beat when WPA or PWA money is announced for home states. The piece notes politicians push favorable reports, while reporters resist the routine, and describes desolate conditions near the Capitol as Congress strings along through a tense election year.
Rev. Thomas Brewster, pastor, leads morning service at 10 55 and evening service at 7 30 with Sunday school at 9 45. The pastor will address the men s class during that time.
An observer notes lavish panels in the capital, a Senate gallery pause for quiet, a clerk gliding past a desk, pigeons cooing above draped marble, and a wish for Billy Rose to stage a circus. The fragmented scene ends with a bus conversation about reading on government time.
An ancient Egyptian ox cart used for transporting sacred animals to sacrifices, dating to about 200 BCE, is displayed at the New York Museum of Science and Industry in Rockefeller Center. Found in a Nile temple vault, the walls sealed so tightly water never penetrated during floods. the wood remains firm despite age.
Everett S. Dean and his wife relocate with two children to Stanford University as he takes the head basketball coach post on campus September 1. A 1921 Indiana graduate, Dean has led basketball and baseball at Indiana since 1924.
London report says Count Court daughter Reventlow arrived from France and won his freedom on a $16,000 bail after facing a magistrate on a charge of threatening his wife Barbara Hutton with bodily harm. He pledged not to contact her, claiming no pistol was carried, amid a dispute over their son Lance.
An itinerant visitor in Gallup asked the sheriff for weekend lodging in the jail to rest. The sheriff refused, citing no accommodations for others. The man smashed a door glass with a doorstep and was sentenced to 90 days.
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