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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1942
Page
7
Tom Burke and Judith hide beneath a wharf as pursuers flood the area. A white schooner off shore offers shelter while a tense rescue plan and forbidden feelings unfold. A sudden attack tests their resolve as three men close in aboard the vessel.
July social calendar listings detail Circle No 1 of the Women's Guild of Christian Service led by Mrs M M McClough and Mrs D B Jordan at Saiess, Circle No 2 led by Mrs Ralph Routlen, Circle No 3 led by Mrs E B McFaddin, Circle No 4 led by Mrs Steve Carrigan, plus Wesleyan Guild gathering at Mrs Joc k home. Engagement of Miss Mary Athline Brannan and Lt. Hulburt Pinney announced with ceremony planned July 19 at the new Methodist church. Bell and Brannan families noted. Miss Brannan is Arkansas State Teachers College alum and Michigan Eng course graduate Lt. Pinney stationed at Southwest Proving Ground. A bridal buffet hosted by Miss Mary Della White featured white garden decor and a bridge game. Also reported are a July 4 country club party with dancing and al fresco supper and several local marriages, including Mable Gertrude Kirk to J Henry O Steen in Waco, and Stella Mae Willis to Sergeant Elmer Purtle in San Angelo. The couples will reside in Waco and later return to Hope.
Congressman Clyde T. Ellis seeks the U S Senate on a platform of Total War Total Peace and the Emancipation of Arkansas. He has spoken five times daily since his campaign began and will address Hope and surrounding areas at 4 45 p m Tuesday after appearances at Bearden Suprema Arkadelphia and Gurion. He champions cheaper rural electrification and lower freight rates and pushed the Arkansas Valley Authority bill to coordinate dam projects for hydro development flood control and navigation across five states.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Bright celebrated a birthday with a supper party at the Diamond. Guests included Mary Joe Dickinson, Jake Aslin, Mary Stuart Jackson, Donald Westbrook, Mickey Boyett, Bobby Shaver, Mary Jane Hearne, Ledford Bell, Ila Joe Edminston, Richard Stanford, Sara Jane Murphy, Jack Crank, Norma Jane Duke, Charlene Allen, Frances Bruner, and J P Stanford.
The Magnolia church scene lists Barbara LaGrone Betty Ann Benson Mary Ester Edminston Hazel Spillers Dorothy ONeal Marian Stuart Claudia Agee and Marlin Spore attending Christian Adventure in Magnolia Reverend K J Spore will instruct and Pyl Thompson Byvans Jr returns from Wichita Falls Texas Mrs B C Hyatt visits Monticello and Little Rock Brother Stuart Spragins from Little Rock joins family in town Local trips include Mr and Mrs Wiliam Mecit from Garland City Mrs W J Greenwald and son plus Kay Greenwald visit Sugarland Texas Carl Jones and Kitty return from Ozarks Jesse Brown visits Mena Siloam Springs Edsel and Wanzell Nix back from Texarkana Billy Duckett and son William from Waco Enola Alexander departs for Little Rock J T Bowden and daughter relocate to Childress Texas.
Marines will tour Hope July 9 through 14 interviewing applicants for enlistment in the Marine Corps. Eligible ages range from 17 to 51 for various duties ashore afloat and in the air, with assignments to Fleet Marine Force, radio or telephone schools, aviation, amphibian tractors, and other branches after recruit training. Staff sergeant appointments possible for qualified radio men.
Local notes list area residents visiting relatives and guests from Oklahoma Texas and Florida. Names include William K Fowler Harold Stephenson Lula Smith Cline C Smith Mary Allee Urrey Dorothy Bryant Dan Boyce and Charles W Woodul with updates on moves and visits. A birth announced is Donald Louis Oglesby born June 30 at Julia Chester hospital. Nurse Aide course recruiting notice asks interested to report Tuesday morning at the municipal court room.
Pvt. Paul M. Simms Jr of Company A 415 Quartermaster Battalion reports from Camp Barkeley Texas. He praises the camp conditions the training program and the morale of the men while stressing the essential non combat role of the Quartermasters Corps and urging support from readers at home. He notes Arkansas men in the unit the upcoming challenges ahead and expresses confidence in defeating Germany and Japan.
In Seattle on July 6 AP reports wounded Dutch Harbor veterans urge U S citizens to work hard and keep quiet while continuing to push war material production. Pvt Bob Milam Corp Bruce Richardson and Corp Louis Prentice recount their Aleutian raid injuries and escape. They convalesce at an Army hospital in Seattle. Civilian heroes at Dutch Harbor include a tavern operator and a curio dealer.
The Hope Boy Scout boards of review will meet at the Chamber of Commerce office at 8 o'clock Monday night. All members are urged to attend.
Mrs. John Vesey, chairman of Hempstead County Red Cross Nurse's Aide Committee, urged local women to enroll in training for the Volunteer Nurse's Aide Corps. With war, a nursing shortage grows nationwide. the Office of Civilian Defense and Red Cross seek 100,000 volunteers to aid hospitals, clinics, and health agencies in emergencies or flu outbreaks.
Grace Moore of Redwood New York and Margaret Quinn of Pittsburgh report four men Blackie Floyd Robert Patterson Ivan Ballinger and Claence Sauters aided natives during bombings. They cared for the injured evacuated to shelters opened their homes to civilians and worked 48 hours without sleep. No women or children were killed in the bombings.
Mrs Vesey announces an 80 hour training course for Volunteer Nurse’s Aides open to American citizens aged 18 to 50. Enrollees commit to 150 hours per year unpaid service, with initial 35 hours classroom study and 45 hours supervised practice at Julia Chester Hospital. Graduates may serve in hospitals clinics or health agencies with supervision. Apply at Office of Civilian Defense, Red Cross, or Mrs John Vesey.
Hollis F. Shultz of Patmos Arkansas, with the 359th Infantry, Texas Camp Barkeley, promoted to Technician Grade. It notes a local custom about a father entering confinement after a baby is born among some peoples.
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