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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1944
Page
3
A historical notice lists dates when ration stamps and gasoline coupons became valid or extended. It notes blue, red, sugar, airplane, and gasoline stamps across multiple books with indefinite or extended expiration, and details changes to weekly gas ration averages.
William George Saunders, Seaman First Class, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Saunders of Washington, arrived home on furlough from the Pacific theater after serving in major battles. His brothers Earl Ray is in England and Tandy Saunders is a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines.
May 15 social events at First Presbyterian and First Baptist churches with auxiliary circles meeting at multiple homes. Mrs C W Tarpley leads a program at 4 PM, followed by social hour. Circle 1 meets 2 30 at 217 West 5th Street. Circle 2 due to illness meets in educational building at 2 30. Circle 3 hosts 8 o'clock at 422 East 2nd Street. Circle 4 hosts 2 30 at 309 North Main. Circle 5 at 615 South Elms Street at 2 30. St eel Episcopal auxiliary meets at Mrs J T West at 1.
The American Legion Auxiliary plans a meeting at the Surgical Dressing unit from 1 to 4 oclock. Mrs. W M Ramsey will host the group at social hour afterward.
On Wednesday May 17 the Lilac Garden club meets at Mrs Tom Kinser's home with co host Mrs Floyd Porterfield at 3 pm Members should bring a flower arrangement A separate Bardenia Garden club luncheon is at Mrs S D Cook's home at noon Members should wear hats made from pard in flowers
The Friday Music club gathered at Mrs Gar rett Story's home with Mrs J C Carlton in charge of an evening program titled Twentieth Story Music featuring American compositions in family groups. Mrs A W Stubbeman and children Ruth Ellen and A W Stubbeman Jr performed tunes for two and three parts while Janets and avid McKenzie sang nursery songs with Jim McKenzie on piano. During the business meeting, retiring president Mrs Carlton passed the chair to new leader Mrs Hendrix Spraggins who named committees for the year. Mrs D R Pickard will head the car book committee assisted by Mrs B W Edwards and Mrs Dick Watkins, while Miss Mary Louise Keith was named chair of membership and draws. Mrs Carlton will handle club publicity.
A reunion of the D. W. Citty family was held Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Matthews of Ozan. Lt. Warner Citty, who leaves soon for port embarkation, was named honor guest. Attendees included D. W. Citty of Mineral Springs and family, Lt. and Mrs. Warner Citty and sons, Mike and an, of Fort Smith, Clifton Ditty and daughter Dianne of San Antonio, J. W. Gist and family, and J. T. Worthington and sons.
Jerry and Jimmy of Prescott, Mrs. H. B. Ditty of Ashdown, Mrs. Ada Goodlett and Mr. and Mrs. Matthews appear in the reader notices column as named individuals connected to local events or records.
Mary Ellen Harwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melmuth Harwell of Nashville, married Pfc. Ernest Young son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Young of Nashville. The ceremony was at the officiating minister Reverend Hollis Purtle home on Monday in May. Private Young is stationed at Camp Barkley Texas. Mrs. Young is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Prichett of Hope.
Mrs. Jack Meek and daughter Carolyn visited Bradley for Mother’s Day with Mr. and Mrs. K. G. McRae. Janet Lemley of Little Rock was hosted by Judge and Mrs. W. Kendall Lemley. Donald Reece, USNR, returned to duty after visiting Hope. Mrs. Royston Green visited Hope before joining her husband in Naval Aviation Machinist school at the University of Oklahoma. Wanda Collins of Little Rock visited her parents in Hope.
Mrs Leonard Ellis has been removed to her home on East Second Street after a tendonomy at Julia Chester Hospital.
Nancy Hill of Hope, a senior at the University of Arkansas, is named among those elected to Mortar Board for outstanding scholarship and extracurriculars. She belongs to Chi Omega AEC YWCA Mixed Chorus Probe Scope and Pre Med club.
Marine S/Sgt Lyle J Wiggins of Hope recently promoted at Marine Corps Air Station Mojave California where he serves as an aviation mechanic with a fighter squadron. He enlisted in St Louis in January 1943 received recruit training in San Diego and studied aviation mechanics in Norman Oklahoma. He is the son of Mrs John Wiggins of Hope and worked in St Louis before enlisting.
Tom Mull executive secretary of Arkansas Game and Fish commission will speak at the First Presbyterian church men’s supper Tuesday at 7 30 in the auditorium. He will show technicolor films of state parks and native game and fish. All members and friends are urged to attend.
Lyle Brown of Hope, prosecuting attorney of the Eighth Judicial circuit, was elected president of the District Attorney Association of Arkansas at Hot Springs after the Arkansas Bar association meeting adjourned. The group will push a legislative program including an habitual criminal law and repeal of the act allowing a wife to testify for her husband.
A brief AP service note from Greensboro shows a soldier and his wife using a parked police cruiser to reach a bus terminal, prompting the officer to play along. The wife then mocks the driver for mistaking a police car for a taxicab. The second item comments on unemployment in New York.
The quartermaster remount depots have sold 17,000 head of horses recently to farmers as part of the army service forces program for postwar adjustments.
A tall navy uniformed WAC private from Camp Carson salutes as he passes a Colorado Springs police officer. The brief encounter highlights military police protocol in a city setting.
In Boise Idaho the hotel chef served turkey at the Idaho Cattlemen’s Association annual dinner amid calls to lift beef rationing to boost consumption. The event highlighted tensions between producers and policy on meat supplies.
In Decatur Illinois the Wrens again nested in gardening shorts hung by Dr B L Fryxell head of James Millikin university English department. The birds previously reused the same pants last year and the nest remained intact over the winter.
H B Hayes, a former Army friend now at the U S Marine Hospital in Galveston Texas, asks The Star to help locate the mother of Lintz Jennings. He recalls Jennings had a sister and a brother wounded at Pearl Harbor and that Jennings was headed from Indio California.
The Hinton Home Demonstration Club met May 8 at the club house with Mrs Edyth Rider presiding in the absence of the president and vice president. Members sang and prayed, discussed a Service Boy's quilt, and heard a canning reading by Mrs P A Hendrix.
The article notes that U S forest fires each year burn timber sufficient to construct about 215 000 five room frame houses, highlighting the scale of timber loss and its impact on housing.
A playful reminiscence about an Egg smashing incident at the Mocambo club featuring Errol Flynn as a passive figure. The piece wonders who ordered the egg and why it was on the tray, noting the glamor and mystery of that morning scene and the humorous byplay among two arguing women.
American and British press reporter Stoyan Pribichevich describes entering Partisan Yugoslavia 10 miles behind the front, meeting Maj Randolph Churchill and Marshal Tito, riding with Partisan guards, and witnessing the Anti-Fascist Youth Congress with 800 delegates as flags flutter and the crowd chants alliance.
Link reveals Kip Greer, Norma’s brother and his bomber comrade, died in his arms. Tilda Courtright reacts with fear and urging secrecy as the pair confront Kip’s true identity and Norma’s past. The pair sense danger as Kip’s name unlocks painful memories and new connections.
The Hempstead County Library held its regular monthly program on Friday May 12 at Washington with Mrs Joe Jackson as host and Miss Kathleen Johnson guiding. Activities included a devotion on The Christian Homes a talk on Story Hour for Children the origin of Mothers Day piano solos readings and a review of The Curtain Rises by Quentin Reynolds. About 20 visitors attended and a luncheon was served to staff.
The California Supreme Court upheld two lower courts and ruled the paternity case against Charlie Chaplin must proceed. Chaplin had sought dismissal arguing a court settlement and blood tests showed he could not be the father. Four justices would have approved a hearing. two dissented.
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee voted unanimously to approve James V. Forrestal's nomination as secretary of the Navy and gave him an ovation after the vote.
In a storm of applause Tito greeted 800 delegates, many aged 15 to 25, forming a youth wing of his movement. The gathering, featuring voices honoring Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin, pledged lives and honor to the liberation struggle and rejected a return to old orders.
Dr. Walter G. Allison age 75 and Dr. R. C. Lewis of Hope were arraigned before U S Commissioner Thelma Owens in Texarkana on narcotics violations with bond set at 1000 dollars. Allison pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the federal grand jury while Lewis waived the hearing. In Texarkana federal court Judge Harry J. Lemley sentenced Dr. James E. Cox of Rosston to 18 months in a federal institution after a narcotics conviction.
Washington reports mounting debate over one commander for land sea and air forces with a Stimson backed plan. Lt Gen McNarney outlines a cabinet allied staff and three deputy chiefs while Navy leaders weigh delay tactics as the Pacific and Atlantic fronts loom.
The committee approved Forrestal's nomination to succeed the late Frank Knox just before his arrival, reversing the usual order of appearance before questioning. Applause greeted Forrestal as the committee rose in tribute.
Ground farm wastes have long been employed to polish and burnish metal surfaces, leveraging natural abrasives and organic residues to improve luster and finish without synthetic compounds. The practice reflects traditional recycling of agricultural byproducts into finishing processes.
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