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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1931
Page
2
Nance and family from Nash Tokio attended a Sunday charity event in Murfreesboro. W. G. Bright of Hope visited the gathering to support the cause. The day featured a community effort and meaningful local engagement.
Mrs. I M Bennett of Almyra Ark urges farm families to attend the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture Farmers Week August 4 5 6 7. She notes 4 H Club boys and girls are eager to attend and that the trip through the Ozarks makes an ideal vacation with mountain scenery. She cites a Almyra family who spent 42 dollars for a four day trip including camping fuel and food, showing a full family vacation can cost little and be valuable for 4 H youth and parents alike.
The Belton community reported new officers for the B P U and a refreshed Sunday program. Health is generally good with a few recovering. Belton beat Bingen in a picnic event with Homer Harris hitting two home runs. In another game Tokio defeated Belton. Attendees included local youths at Doyle, and Mrs Sevedge from McCaskill attended Bettie Daniels’ birthday dinner at the Ely home.
Preparation for graveling the Blevins slope highway No 29 is under way with a short stretch already spread near George Schooley farm three miles north of Flope and seven miles north of Mape. Truks haul clay soil for a foundation while gravel shipments head toward Hope to shorten the haul. Warning signs at cross streets urge caution as work aims to finish within about 61 days.
The third game of the season between the Blevins juniors and Hope will be held at Hope Thursday afternoon. Both teams hold one win, and fans anticipate the matchup. Star player Bil sie Brown, age 10, has been sensational in prior games. Aubrey Stewart, previously injured, is expected to join the lineup.
Tomatoes and cucumbers are being shipped from the McCaskill packing sheds amid hot sun and necessary culling. Cucumbers are near end of the car lot shipments while tomatoes suffer blistering on crusted fruit, with better yields on lower land and life fields. A rain and cooler weather would aid farmers in this section.
The Blevins Juniors rallied in the ninth to beat Hope 11 to 10 last Thursday after trailing. Key players included Hubert Hile with five hits and catching, Chester Stephens with nine strikeouts, Gerald Sheffield four hits and the winning run, and Bill Foster driving in several runs. Aubrey Stewart was sidelined by an injury from organizing the team.
County health nurse Miss Mitchell visited Blevins last Wednesday to examine children entering school this fall. Twenty four children were examined. she will return Thursday to begin free typhoid shots for interested children and adults.
Camden Ark A record black berry crop is being harvested in Ouachita County this summer. Many unemployed are taking advantage of this bounty. Berries are selling as cheap as 25 cents a gallon.
New York reports indicate industrial activity has fallen to December levels with some improvement in sentiment following measures to reduce intergovernmental debt. Analysts note a sobering mood after prior optimism, as autumn approaches and fiscal policy actions unfold.
Mr. James Bailey Bingham, over seven years old, died at Blevins last Thursday. He was a native of Louisiana but had lived in Blevins for years. He left no immediate family, only two nephews Ewell and Joe Bingham and two nieces Mrs. Echongen and Tree Bingham, all of Blevins. The report notes a sudden death with limited readable details.
Nes A S Ware entertained a number of her friends at an infernal shower on Tuesday afternoon June 30 in honor of Miss Tez Noles bride elect. The rooms were decorated in yellow and white. Gifts were hidden around the house and the rhdo greet found them by following a tiny yellow thread. The bride received a cook beals with each guest writing a juvenile verse. The hostess served a Lonrypting Julie carried out the yellow and white theme. Those present included Mrs BH Nolen and many others with several Misses Thalia Nolen Louise Bonds Charline Stewart Opal Haren Mau Peachey and Ince Nolen.
Memphis resident Leslie TL Cassi, a warehouse employee, drowned while swimming at Blue Lake in Crittenden County Arkansas. Services will be held there Monday following the Independence Day incident.
Tomato shipment at Blevins remains active with regular forces at the packing shed. graders must maintain first class fruit quality as 44 percent cull rate this year due to blistering from earlier conditions. A good rain would prolong the harvest. housewives busy canning early tomatoes for winter.
McCaskill baseball team drops a tight 5 to 4 defeat to Okey last Saturday. The McCaskill lineup is mostly freshman players showing solid promise in their debut season after a prior 12 to 10 win over Yancy.
Mrs Barak Duke aged, longtime resident of Blevins, died last Wednesday night at her home near Near Blevins. Funeral held at Oak Grove Church on Thursday evening conducted by Rev L C Lin. Survived by husband T M Duke and son Maenrod Duke. She had belonged to the Methodist church since childhood and was greatly beloved in the community.
Lima reports an official communique stating 20 officers at the Arequipa garrison attempted a coup led by Lieut Alvi. Loyalists reportedly court-martialed rebels as reinforcements hurried to Arequipa amid the unrest.
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