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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1944
Page
3
Memorial services to be held at Sweet Home Church on May 14 with program starting at 10. The public is invited. Sophocles wrote 114 tragedies.
The notice lists renewal dates and indefinite validity for Blue stamps A-8 through J-8 and others in various ration books, meals like Meat Cheese Butter and Fats with April 9 and 24 start dates for red stamps, Sugar stamps 30 31 in Book 4, Airplane stamps 1 and 2, and gasoline coupons A B C with a policy change reducing weekly gasoline allowance from three to two gallons in A books.
In Friday May 11 calendar items the Garden club meets at Mrs Roy Allison with Mrs Oliver Adams assisting. IT A Council at the high school meets at 6 oclock for PTA related duties. Evening events include OES and various lodge and church circles with multiple attendees and a busy social schedule.
Lt. Col. Garnett Martin departed yesterday for Camp Shelby Mississippi after extended visits with relatives and friends in Hope.
Mrs Oliver Mills is a patient at Julia Chester hospital where she underwent a tonsil operation.
Cpl Judson Hairston arrives safely in New Guinea from near Hope. S/Sgt Kenneth Cox visits his mother in Fulton after two years in India. Pvt Lyle Allen returns to Camp Kohler California after furlough with his parents. Ruth Bird promoted to corporal at Kelly Field and serves as Medical Technician with an Air Base unit. her sister Mrs Cecil McNew lives at 408 East 3rd Hope. Sgt Lloyd Hicks stationed in England at an Air Service Command Control Depot.
Henderson State Teachers College alumni plan a program at the annual meeting on commencement day Sunday May 21. The session will explain the Alumni Letter sent to alumni in the armed services and celebrate the response from servicemen worldwide. A gala day with streamlined exercises and a special program is planned inviting all graduates to attend.
An amateur program will be presented at Verger High School auditorium on Thursday night May 11 at 8 15 o clock. The program will feature latest song hits dancing and comedy acts. The public is invited.
The petroleum industry estimates it needs 35 000 new employees in the production division in 1944 to meet stepped up production goals.
Kiwanis Queen committee chairman Henry Haynes reports rapid entry flow for the Ki-Y Queen contest. A final announcement is expected by week’s end as receipts from the minstrel support the Ki-Y club for teens in Hope. First rehearsal of the end men occurred last night under Tom Lavin.
Electrician First Class Hubert Blackie Elliot was honorably discharged from the navy after two years of service, largely in combat zones, due to wounds received in action. He returns this week to reunite with his wife, having served in North Africa Sicily and Italy.
Capt. Maurice Britt, former University of Arkansas football star, will be flown to Fayetteville for the Medal of Honor presentation on June 5. He is a patient at Lawson General Hospital and will be accompanied by a physician, two nurses, two aides, and his wife. Maj. General Harry J. Collins of the Rainbow Division will present the medal at the university commencement exercises.
R H H Shuptrine 52 a Magnolia Petroleum company commercial agent in Texarkana for 25 years died in a local hospital after a lengthy illness Survived by wife four children and brother R Craig Shuptrine Memphis newspaperman Funeral services were held here this afternoon
A tale recalls Cleopatra dropping a pearl into wine. The ad promotes Udga tablets for stomach ulcers and indigestion, claiming double money back if the first dose fails. Sold by John P. Cox Drug Co. and local drugstores.
Arkansas farm bureaus from 11 counties urged U S Senators and Representatives to investigate OPA ceilings on cotton manufactured goods. Rex Karsey said labor costs must be included in parity price formulas to avoid farm labor shortages and sustain wartime farming. Representatives from Hempstead Columbia Lafayette counties led the delegations at the meeting in the county courthouse.
The First Baptist Church at the Guernsey crossroads will be dedicated next Sunday afternoon after morning preaching and a dinner on the grounds. Rev Curtis Puryear will preach at 10 30 Sunday morning, followed by a 2 oclock Sunday School and a 3 oclock Dedication Sermon by Rev W R Hamilton.
Tur ner T. Doolin of Conway was elected president of the Arkansas Funeral Directors Association at the annual convention. Jesse B. Gregg Jonesboro and William M. Moseley Camden named vice presidents. Clarence A. Roth Little Rock re-elected secretary treasurer. Jamies P. Sims Benton chosen chaplain. E. M. Holt Blytheville sergeant-at-arms. Doolin succeeds Pat Kesshaw Helena Little Rock for 1945 meeting. Charles Evans of Arkansas Power and Light urged action against creeping government domination after the war.
Charles Hires Colebaugh 51 editor of Collier's magazine died today in New York Hospital after a three week illness. He leaves a widow, his father Henry Hires Colebaugh and a sister Mrs. George B. Weckman of Philadelphia. Veudeville originated with a show opened by B F Keith in a vacant downtown Boston story in 1883.
A compiled snippet lists names and positions across multiple counties including J. R. Burrus Vice-President Ashdown Miller County Alvin Cox Vice-President R 4 Texarkana Nevada County J. H. Langley President Prescott Ouachita County Clint Adams board member Camden Sevier County Quay Cunningham President Lockesburg Union County Willis Fudge President El Dorado Pike County Goodlett Webb Secretary Murfreesboro.
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