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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1930
Page
2
Buecher and Lynn led a demonstration last Tuesday at the high school with seven boys and 32 girls. Prizes are planned for this fall as Miss Buecher delivers her talk to the judging panel and receives approval. Vice President Harold Jary and Ethlene Ste managed the session.
A fragmented report notes service expansion in north county with lines and fare improvements. It mentions a company statement and possible route changes described in terse OCR text.
In a rambling springtime vignette the piece wanders from youth and love to rustic pleasures. It celebrates poke salad thickened gravy wild onions and cornbread as seasonal treats. The narrator skims town life fishing poles and a storefront display then dwells on food as a cure for social and political ills.
The senior class at Blevins High School, small in numbers with five graduates in May, elected Clyde Self president Edyard Bonds vice president and Audrey Derryberry secretary and treasurer. Herman Brown and William Cumtoings are other members. Class colors are purple and gold with honeysuckle as the flower. A class speaker will be chosen later. Junior and senior class play rehearsals begin this month.
Mr and Mrs Luther Burns left for Little Rock to join Mr Burns. Mrs Elvin Bruce and son visited Hope. Mark Jackson of Bingen and Wansacting business in Blevins and McCaskill. Jim Bearden and Benson census enumerators in Blevins. J J Dunn, recently operated on at Prescott, returned home convalescing. Abe Cox, veteran of 61, visiting relatives near Blevins. Charles McClury of Saratoga in town transacting business. C B Brooks family moved to Blevins. Luther Burns family moved to Little Rock. Lille May Browns visiting the Browns in Texarkana. J D Baynham and T B Black spent night with Freybargers. Mesdames Stephens and Bailey drove to El Dorado to visit Aleene Bailey. Julia Duckett and Warren Nesbitt transacting business in Hope. J A Austin treated at Prescott hospital for flystrike on head, brought home improved. Ben Mullens returned to Blevins after five months typhoid fever and paralysis. Chris Peachey of Denver and his mother visited Blevins. Mrs Lewie Urvey slowly improving from Brights disease. Miss Kathleen Brown underwent appendicitis operation in Brescalt. Herbert Stephens Jr visiting Rio Grande Valley with truck growers.
Miss Colie Tanner missed classes last week due to her sister’s illness while Miss Lola Brier led instruction. February prizes were awarded to top scholars with Hendrix Auto Company and Hope Star praise. a March surprise prize is teased. An omission of J. W. Foster from the prize list is acknowledged. Open house is planned next Friday at the state experiment farm with Superintendent Branch expected. Names of top students in each grade are listed for Week ending March 7, plus family visits and a funeral attendance noted.
Petitions circulate to consolidate Friendship Avery's Chapel and Belton districts with McCaskill school. If approved by the state department this would cost about 9000 dollars for an addition and raise the school rating. Signatures forwarded to County Superintendent E. B. Austin for transmission to Little Rock.
Wall Corneting left for Avery Texas last Tuesday to take a job at a large lumber firm in the area. His family will follow later to establish their future home. Miss Bibel and Bernice Bruce spent Saturday night with relatives in Blevins and returned to Delight on Sunday where they teach in the public schools.
McCaskill residents and visitors reported travel to Hope and Patton for business and family. The group included Hope, Art Seale, Joss Tenstoy and others, with several trips noted to Malvern and Prescott. Community updates mention jobless concerns, school connections, and a medical note about Benawscht’s condition.
The text describes planning colorful family meals to enhance appeal and shared enjoyment. It lists menu items like spinach soup, cheese sandwiches, tomato salad, peaches, tea, and includes a gelatin dessert prep with whipped cream and syrup. The tone encourages visualizing impact and sensory details to elevate family dining.
Radishes and related crops in northern Hempstead face a late start by a week due to cold weather. Rail expenditures rise, vats and sheds expand on the N W Railway line, and new pumps install this week. Growers push for top quality greens and tadiah with circulating water to outpace rival markets.
Eugene Stephens, owner of Stephens Candy at Blevins, expanded from one Leuck unit two and a half years ago to six trucks and six salesmen. Branch houses now operate at Horatio and Magnolia, covering about ten southwest Arkansas counties. Clarence Leverette became sales manager and handles purchasing from about 60 candy firms. buyers note a large 1920 volume with 1945 projected to rise about 30 percent. The firm emphasizes fair dealing and service as its growth foundation, with a big business built on those principles.
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