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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1937
Page
5
Poem by James Whitcomb Riley filled with sorrow as a bereaved mother laments no child to die and shares sympathy for New London Texas victims. Mentions visitors to Memphis and Tampa, a quarterly store meeting in Hope, and a postponed Arkansas Social Work conference set for March 29.
Annual pledges to the church budget will be received during the 10:55 a.m. service. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. includes classes for all ages, with a vesper service at 5 p.m. Youth group at 6:15 p.m. Midweek service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. A Hope Association B T U meeting for district members will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the church educational building.
The revival at Hope Gospel Tabernacle continues despite bad weather with Brothers Hawkins and their team delivering music, singing, and preaching. Nightly services run next week, Monday featuring Family Bible night with gifts for oldest Bible and largest family. Sunday School at 9 45 with a 4 class for all, Bible Study and Children's Church at 6 30, and a concluding Sunday night program.
Pastor Fred R. Harrison leads a closing sermon series at First Methodist Church on the glorification of believers at death. He ponders child salvation and youthful victims of a Texas school explosion, then announces the Easter play For He Had Great Possession to be staged at 7:30 p.m. with a cast already published, emphasizing Christ’s message for abundant life.
The sermon outlines Jesus crucifixion as a historic death shared by two others, yet unique in purpose. It stresses the divine sacrifice, Jesus yielding to fulfill love and grace, and notes Mary at the cross with John, highlighting human tenderness within the divine tragedy.
Eva Bonds of Blevins dies at her brother Edgar M Bonds home on Saturday morning March 13 after a long illness. She lived much of her life in Hempstead County taught school for years and was active in local social life. She is survived by five brothers and three sisters and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral held Sunday at Macedonia with Rev Williams and Rev Thompson. burial in Macedonian cemetery. Attendees included relatives from Hope Benton Texarkana and Shreveport.
The Gen e val public and Young People's Byworth Leagues plan meetings at Babom Church of Christ with Gilbert Copeland as minister. Services include Sunday school and prayer meetings. An invitation is extended to all locals for church activities and youth gatherings led by church leaders.
Sweet Home minister W E Sherrill led a regular appointment Sunday. Visitors from Prescott included Mr and Mrs Louis Urry Miss Imogene Nalin and Coy Nalin. Eva Jane Thomas shopped in Prescott with Algie Thomas family. Estelle Carman enjoyed a visit in Prescott. M H Montgomery attended Eva Bonds funeral at Macedonia. Jack Stone husked in Prescott Monday morning. Ramon Smith Magnolia guest of J M Sullivan family. Uncle Berry Wilson Prescott weekend visit with Mollie Wilson family. Letha McDougald weekends with Letha Gorham near Meclashill. Ralph Harris was Sunday dinner guest of his grandparents.
Neighborhood greetings and visits are listed with families from New Liberty Hope Providence Nevada county Farwell Texas Green Laseter and Otwell. Illness of Miss Jessie Orwell and well wishes appear alongside mentions of Mr and Mrs Rogers and relatives involving Payne Bearden Arrington and Tittie daughter. The piece also notes the largest government herd of buffalo in Yellowstone and the largest privately owned herd in Pierre South Dakota.
I M Stephens Jr and M T Ward visited Prescott and Hope for business on Tuesday. Horace Honea and family attended the funeral of their uncle Clark Warren in McCaskill on Friday. K Y Spears J A Wade and Tom Philips spent Friday in Gurdon.
Arkansas enacts reforms across finance and trade including price leveling for labor and retail goods, outlawing rebates, and fixing minimum prices on established-name goods. Law expands protections for trademarks, regulates fur trading, barbering, dendstry and chiropody, restricts out-of-state insurance sales, and requires capital for mutuals. New measures loosen auto financing rules, empower eviction for rent nonpayment, promote barge transport on White River, and expand freight rate oversight while aiding farmer participation in conservation and rural electrification.
Reverend Floyd Hawkins drew a record Thursday crowd at Gospel Tabernacle on North Main Street for a revival sermon titled What Shall I Do With Jesus. Several converts were reported as a 3 year old singer entertained the audience. Friday’s young peoples meeting will feature The Great Cost of Salvation. Hawkins will preach at 11 am Sunday and again Sunday night on What Does America Need Most.
The 1949 Arkansas legislature expands farm tax relief and public works. It creates soil conservation districts, enables rural electrification cooperatives, funds county extension salaries, and improves livestock theft penalties. A state forestry program, game and fish reforms, flood control, and a new industrial commission aim to boost rural employment, tourism, and regional markets. Farmers receive sales tax exemptions on self-produced goods.
The Thalian leader Haile Selassie is to send a representative after an interview obtained by G Wars ce. The invitation caused sorrow yet a pacified stance shows a possible middle ground for future talks.
Patmos 4-H at Patmos High School March 18 1937 with 43 boys 45 girls in attendance. President Jack Latferiy led, Frances Huett read minutes, and roll was called. Members learned towel making cookies and rope halter skills while leaders Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Smith attended. Allen Home DemonstrationClass met March 17 with 12 members, one new name, creed, songs, devotions, and project updates.
A fragmented clipping quotes Bishop Cannon charging Hoover with allowing repeal of the 16th Amendment while Andrew Mellon is said to move enforcement to the background. Other remarks critique public belief in electricity, patent medicines, and makeup perception, ending with a garbled mayoral line.
The passage presents disjointed quotes on women’s political opportunity, a New Jersey marriage remark, a street encounter about bread and cake on a birthday, a lyric line about a tramp, and a note on how the Chinese tell time by eye analysis. The text reads as scattered, dated, and lacking coherent narrative.
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