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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1938
Page
4
A poetic verse outlines three laws of courage and endurance, urging starting against opposition, choosing a quitting point, and keeping hope alive amid trials. The piece nods to personal resolve and the duty to persevere, framed as a rural weekly reflection beside notes on weather, theater previews, and community visits.
A British labor statute evolved after a near paralysis from a general strike, limiting strikes and picketing while allowing collective bargaining as standard. The law also bars union political use of dues without consent, blocks certain government-employee unions, and permits injunctions against union spending in illegal strikes. In Evansville Indiana a truck crash scattered more than $40 in nickels collected from amusement machines as bystanders rushed to gather the coins.
Donald Essig reported a theft in Fort Wayne in which a thief broke a window of his automobile and carried off the steering wheel. Police filed the incident as a reported theft.
A miscellaneous party was hosted Friday evening at Mrs. Will Fil Waller’s home as a special compliment to Miss Mary Urban, who is to wed E.8 Alexanders soon. Lovely summer flowers adorned the rooms and the gifts were numerous and attractive. An ice course with cake was served to 25 guests.
By Carod Day the pattern 8968 dress features a graceful stress effect with a flared skirt and wrap sleeves creating a slim waist. The design suits silk crepe or taffeta and comes in sizes 16 to 42 with specific yardage. The Spring and Summer Pattern Book is 92 pages, 25 cents for the pattern and 1 cent for the book, mailed from Chicago.
The Saenger theater screens The Comrades, with Robert Young killed in a staged assassination. Robert Taylor Franchot Tone Miss Sullavan and others witness the rehearsal as director Borzage cameras roll through a rain soaked alley.
St Mark's Episcopal has no Sunday school and morning prayer at 11 a.m led by a lay reader. First Methodist Church lists pastor Fred R. Harrison with church school at 10 a.m and morning worship at 10:55 a.m. The evening service at 8 p.m. features a sermon on How Jesus Tempts Us and a call to vote for Christ through attendance.
Dr. Jol Crockett, president of Arkansas College Batesville, will preach at 11 o'clock and address the Men's Bible class at 9 45 a.m. Sunday School and Christian Endeavor meet at the usual time. There will be no evening preaching service.
Pastor A Harmonond away at Young People's Conference on Petit Jean mountain Morrilton. Sunday school attendance dipped just under 100 last week. April averaged 127, May 106. No morning or evening worship this Sunday. Lord's Table to follow Sunday school. regular services resume next week.
Law repeal legacy continues with measures proposed to cap highway speeds. Rep W H L Abington suggested governors to limit cars to 45 mph, while a letter urged rural highway speed regulation to curb accidents without broadly slowing safe travel. The pastor’s return will trigger erection of lawn benches and platform at Lawn Chapel.
In Hempstead Chancery Court Board of Commissioners of Street Improvement District No 11 Hope Arkansas plaintiffs vs 5161 delinquent lands lots blocks or parcels and J B Saners et al defendants Board of Commissioners of Curb and Gutter District No 7 Hope Arkansas plaintiffs vs 5162 land in said district and J B Yates BP defendants
Under a 1938 Hempstead County decree a chancery commissioner will auction multiple parcels in Hope at the courthouse. The cash sale covers delinquent taxes, penalties and costs with the specific lot described as part of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 12 South Range 24 West. Sale dates June 25, 1938.
Thirty five Hempstead County Farm Bureau members met in Guernsey on June 10 with H H Huskey presiding. They supported amendments to the farm program including 1) each farmer receiving his cotton allotment by January 1 for cropping plans and 2) parity pricing for production. Mentioned were continued 3% land bank interest, possible cotton parity payments in 1938, pasture expansion payments, trench silo construction, and a county Farm Bureau meeting set for June 18 at 2 30 p m at city hall along with a State Bureau gathering at the Experiment Station.
Court orders a county seat relocation from Washington to Hope after voters sign a petition. Election set for June 11, 1938 with public notice and sheriff duties outlined.
Sealed bids are invited for furnishing office space for the Hope Office of the Arkansas State Employment Service. Proposals must show location, shape, and detailed improvements for a ground-floor area about 30 by 60 feet. Bid deadline June 11 13 14.
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