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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1937
Page
5
A reflective piece urges leaving the future to fate, saying many fears never come true and that faith sustains. It notes how foreboding shadows often darken life more than actual events, then folds into local social notes about visits, PTA and UDC activities, Legion Auxiliary events, and community gatherings in Oglesby and Texarkana.
Report from Barcelona describes continuing street fighting as a four day revolt by anarchist factions against Catalan and Valencia governments aligned with the Republican Madrid regime. Fuse rebels opposed by government forces, with clashes on Syxtin Py Street noted.
A Sam Scott family reunion from Arlington Texas formerly of Hempstead County was held Sunday May 2 at Marlbrook church. Attendees included numerous Scotts and in laws from Nashville Ark Dierks El Dorado Lite Rack Camden and Arlington with a church service and picnic luncheon under trees.
Weekly Sunday School lesson reflects on Abraham as a man of faith and his prayer for Sodom and Gomorrah. It contrasts true prayer with mere emergency supplication, highlighting mercy, grace, and the test of faith through righteousness. The lesson urges modern readers to emulate divine mercy rather than tyranny.
Hopewell home demonstration club met May 4 at Mrs G W Iggins with eight members and two visitors. Miss Bullington demonstrated candlewick bedspreads. Plans were made for the county council. Refreshments were served. a cordial gathering noted. Centerville Home Demonstration Club notes show May 3 meeting with Mrs Guy Linaker. nine members, seven visitors, one new member. Members shared favorite vegetable salads and Bullington demonstrated candlewicking. games and refreshments followed. The next meeting is planned with Mrs Lee Jones James.
Wilkes-Barre based Kirbys, linked to a vast rail empire, built a multigenerational charity trail in the Wyoming Valley. Their public park, Kirby Park, and the Angeline Elizabeth Kirby Memorial Health Center symbolize a civic creed celebrated amid national attention for philanthropy across colleges, churches, and schools from Hobart to Tuskegee and Piney Woods.
The piece describes a city endowed park and health complex in Wilkes-Barre funded by Fred Kirby to memorialize his mother. It details a civic health organization integrating public and private health services, including clinics, laboratories, and welfare institutions, with a notable solarium for children. It also recounts Kirby’s business origins with Woolworth and the family’s influence on retail and community health initiatives.
The New theater on South Elm Street reports a donation of 24.28 dollars to the Will Rogers Memorial hospital. R. V. McGinnis, manager, announced the Friday contribution. Funds support hospital maintenance at Saranac Lake New York for needy theater and film employees. Theaters nationwide aided the campaign.
Local notices detail visits and guests across Mt Pleasant and nearby towns. Blevins Wallace hosted by J A Wade, Charline Stewart returns from Magnolia hospital for summer with Stewart family, and multiple Friday Saturday Sunday gatherings feature Bonds Hunt Wade Yokom Stewart and others in Hope Prescott Kilgore and Magnolia. Washington coverage cites Rep James W Wadsworth on congressional greenhouse debate and early California long distance line recognition as historic.
John Wilson was elected student council president after a campus vote held Thursday, with the term starting in the 1937-1938 school year. The week featured a Who's Who contest and electioneering by campaign managers, with platforms outlined in auditorium speaking events.
Sermon and revival plans announced by Pastor Bert Webb at WOPE Gospel Tabernacle. Services include Sunday school 9 45 a m and morning and evening preaching, youth activities, baptisms, prayer meetings, and a large evangelistic service with Odom quartet and choir. Community urged to attend and help transport elderly members.
A black-face minstrel will be given at the Shaver Springs community house Tuesday night May 1. The WPA musicians will play. Proceeds from the performance will go to help buy furnishings for the building. The public is invited.
The text notes a telegraph line opened in 1878 serving principal towns and about 40 stations. In 1930 Thomas A. Edison asked for photos of the equipment. Three large milling firms financed the line, its main goal was to convey information about water supply for hydraulic placer operations.
Wayne H England will leave Hope Saturday to attend the national Red Cross convention in Washington DC May 16. Mr Briggs land chairs Hempstead county chapter. From Washington he goes to New York and then Chicago for a Mutual Life Insurance representatives convention with Mr England and his son Gene accompanying.
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