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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1942
Page
6
Tom Burke and Judith elude pursuers underwater then board a white schooner. Cold, exhausted, Judith clings to a bunk as Tom vows protection and a risky kiss sparks mixed feelings. A raid by Heavy and Karl erupts with threats, bindings, and a looming cliffhanger.
July 6 events include Circle No 1 of the Women's Belt y of Christian Service led by Mrs M M McClough with Mrs D Jordans co est at 4 oclock The Ladies Auxilary of the Free Baptist church hosts Circle No 2 at 2 oclock Circle No 3 led by Mrs S F McFaddin Circle No 4 led by Mrs Steve Carrigan The Wesleyan Guild meets at Mrs Joe Bk home Garden club hosts Jardenta at 8 oclock July 7 Morriston engagement Miss Mary Athline Brannan to Lt Indler Mulburt Pinney ceremony July 19 at 6 pm at the Morriston Methodist church
Congressman Clyde T. Ellis, candidate for the United States Senate, will address citizens of Hope and surrounding area at 4 p.m. Tuesday July 7 on his program for Total War Total Peace and the Emancipation of Arkansas. He has spoken five times daily since starting his campaign and will also appear earlier in Bearden Parkers, Arkadelphia, and Gur on. He is known for fighting cheaper rural electrification and lower freight rates and introduced the Arkansas Valley Authority bill coordinating dams for hydro development flood control and navigation across Arkansas Louisiana Texas Oklahoma and Missouri.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Bright was honored on her birthday with a supper party at the Diamond. Guests included Mary Joe Dickinson, Jake Aslin, Marty Stuart Jackson, Donald Westbrook, Mickey Boyett, Bobby Shaver, Mary Jane Hearne, Ledford Bell, Ella Joe Edminston, Richard Stanford, Sara Jane Murphy, Jack Crank, Norma Jane Duke, Charlene Allen, Frances Bruner, and J P Stanford, with a pastel table and sweet peas as the centerpiece.
A church group from First Methodist led by Rev K I Spore attends the Christian Adventure at Magnolia A and M with Barbara LaGrone Betty Ann Benson Mary Ester Edmiston Hazel Spillers Dorothy O Neal Marian Starr Claudia Agee and Narlan Spore among participants Pvt Thompson Evans Jr returns from Wichita Falls for a family visit after a two week relatives tour Mrs B C Hyatt returns home from Monticello and Little Rock joined by her brother Stuart Spragins of Little Rock, Mr and Mrs William Mecitt visit Garland City T R Billingsley guests of Mr and Mrs Tom Greenwald extend stay Mrs W J Greenwald and son Jim join Mr and Mrs Greenwald in Sugarland Kay Greenwald accompanies them Mr and Mrs Carl Jones and Kitty return from Ozarks trip Jesse Brown visits Mena and Siloam Springs Edsel and Watzell Nix back from Texarkana Billy Nuckelt and son William come from Waco for Independence Day weekend Enola Alexander leaves for Little Rock to visit friends J T Bowden and daughter move to Childress Texas.
Marines in dress uniforms will visit Hope from July 8 to 14 to interview applicants for enlistment. Eligible ages span 17 to 51 for duty ashore afloat and in the sky with various assignments. general duty up to 84. over 30 to 51 for naval guard posts. Staff sergeant roles available for qualified radio men.
Local society notes list guests visiting from Washington Oklahoma and Texas. Sergeant Charles W. Woodul has been named at Camp Haan California. Donald Louis Oglesby born June 30 at Julia Chester hospital. Nurse Aide course enrollment planned at Hempstead County Municipal Court room Tuesday morning.
Private Paul M. Simms writes from Camp Barkeley Texas in the Quartermaster Corps praising training, weight gain, and Army life. He reports high morale good food and capable officers while emphasizing the unit supplies the fighting men and a resolve to defeat enemy forces. He notes fellow Hope boys Lt Royce Weisenberger and Capt Lex Helms and urges homefront support as the 60th division gains experience.
In Seattle on July 6 AP: veterans from the Dutch Harbor raid urge U S citizens to work hard and stay quiet as they convalesce in Seattle. Pvt Bob Milam Corp Bruce Richardson and Corp Louis Prentice recount near fatal bomb blasts and praise the steel drum that saved Prentice from shrapnel. Civilian heroes at Dutch Harbor also noted.
The Hope Boy Scout organization review board will meet at the Chamber of Commerce office at 8 o'clock Monday night. All members are urged to attend.
Mrs John Vesey chair of the Hempstead County Red Cross appeals to Hope women to enroll in training for the Volunteer Nurse Aide Corps. With war creating a nursing shortage nationwide the Office of Civilian Defense and American Red Cross seek 100000 volunteers to serve hospitals clinics and health agencies. She warns that air raids or flu epidemics could overwhelm local resources and urges a focus on simple routine duties to assist graduate nurses.
Four men Blackie Floyd Robert Patterson Ivan Ballinger and Claence Sauiers aided natives during bombings. They ignored danger cared for the injured and sheltered patients while opening their homes to Native civilians in need. Grace Moore of Redwood New York and Margaret Quinn of Pittsburgh Pa describe their 48 hour sleep deprivation and bravery. No women or children were killed in the bombings according to the nurses who were evacuated for service elsewhere.
An 80 hour training course will prepare Nurse's Aides to assist graduate nurses in war work. Women 18 to 50, U.S. citizens, fit and able to serve 150 hours annually without pay are invited to enroll. The program blends 35 hours of glass work and 45 hours of supervised practice at Julia Chester Hospital, with placement in hospitals and clinics afterward. Apply to the Office of Civilian Defense, Red Cross, or Mrs John Vesey.
Hollis F. Shultz Co L 359th Inf promoted to technician Sth Grade. He hails from Patmos Ark. A note mentions customary confinement for a father after a birth among some peoples.
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