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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1931
Page
2
Bright Star clubs meet after classes in Miller County schools to study cooking canning gardening poultry and room improvement while boys explore stock judging farming and farm life. This year Miller County aims to boast the largest 4-H enrollment in the state with just under 1000 members enrolled so far.
A brief social item notes Mr and Mrs Hert Scott hosted over the weekend with G D Eley and Nash in Prescott. Family acquaintances shared a relaxed visit as Sunday plans were discussed.
W V Tompkins of Prescott will address a Wallaceburg township community meeting at Blevins High School auditorium Sunday afternoon May 24. Sponsored by the churches to boost respect for law, the talk aims to rouse citizens to civic duty. Thompkins is a noted attorney and former partner of Governor McRae.
At the Magnolia A M alumni banquet held May 15 1931 a resolution was adopted allowing all students who completed one or more years of satisfactory work in high school or college to qualify as alumni. The advisory council was empowered to form college clubs in communities with sufficient former students and to edit an alumni publication. Officers were elected including Henry B Whitley as president Theo Middlebrooks as vice president and Miss Bessie Russell as secretary with Peter Gordon and Milton Talley named to the advisory council.
Nature offers a unique entertainment spot in the Ozarks with a cave nightclub near Bella Vista in Northwest Arkansas. The underground cave remains cool in summer and hosts a four month resort season. Previously opened with a 21 piece University of Kansas orchestra, the venue attracts visitors from Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Louisiana and Kansas.
Sweet Home locals hosted Bro Hama of Prescott for a regular appointment on Sunday. A large audience, mainly young folks, attended his discourse. Harvey Montgomery visited with Sanford Bonds after the service. Miss Cathrine Brown led the Young People's program. Miss Ethel Spears returned to Prescott to resume school after a weekend home stay. Mrs Lama Yarberry, visiting relatives, is now in Prescott. Randolph Bernard of Blevins spent Sunday with his grandparents J A Huskey and wife.
The town record notes John Wilton and Marie Ward attending singing at Evening Shade Sunday. News arrives that Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Hatch have lost their son S. C. Hatch. Also, Mr. Jankins of Benton visits his son Carl Jankin for a spell.
H Cough, chair of the state drought committee and state Red Cross chairman, proposed a rhymed slogan for a safer farming system. The verse suggests a garden and no cow, a smoke house and a sow, twenty four hens and a rooster, promising more than you are used to for farms in Arkansas this year.
More small grain especially oats was planted in north Hempstead county this year than ever before. There is scarcely a farmer in Wallaceburg or Redland townships that does not have several acres of this crop. Many are harvesting their oats this week and a good yield is assured. Many will be able to finish their crops with the feed their oats produce.
Lige Bearden and family visited Hone Sunday night with Mrs. Cora Livingston and family. Mrs. Mary McPherson returned home after a two week visit with relatives. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Olen Smith on Sunday. Rucy Gray of Prescott stayed Saturday night with Dewey Worthy. Mitchel McCaully and family visited Sam Atkins on Sunday. H. W. Timberlake and Mrs. Fred Caldwell hosted a chicken dinner on Highway 29 Tuesday to aid workers on the highway. Miss Gladys Williams left Wednesday for a visit with her sister in Loneview Texas.
Walter A. Post, a farmer near Naponee Nebraska, records a purebred Holstein cow Betty Mercedes Pledge Lysonsa producing 23,964 pounds of milk and 2,790 gallons in 305 days, with 54 pounds of butterfat and an average of 76 pounds per day, matching this year’s output.
The Ozarks berry section prepares for the strawberry rush with forecasts of good yields and prices. Bentonville area production may run about 15 percent of normal, while the Arkansas Ozarks overall expect about 50 percent of a normal crop. Growers anticipate $600 to $800 per acre, with many new fields coming into production. Federal state shipping point inspection service is available though not mandatory. Local community notices follow, including church services, visits, and a birthday.
LONDON. tipping will continue in the House of Commons dining room despite objections from some members because removing it would raise salaries and thereby push up food costs.
Springdale residents Mr. and Mrs. Wayt, aged 92 and 88, are praised as Arkansas’ oldest married couple. The pair recall early motoring, note financial pressures over 20 years, and credit good health to daily exercise and humor. They remember Springdale’s auto days before modern travel.
A total of 180 ballots were cast in the Blevins Special District school election with 100 at Blevins and 80 at McCaskill. Directors elected include Roy Bonds and H B Eley for three and two year terms, J J Bruce and M L Nelson for two years, and T L Shackleford and S F Leslie for one year. The election also approved an eighteen mill school tax and a loan from the revolving loan fund. only two opposed the loan.
Ozark farmers plan to grow over 59 000 acres of tomatoes for canneries this summer with a total crop of about 125 000 acres and potential revenue near 1 250 000 dollars. Projected prices sit around 10 dollars per ton as canneries prepare to start in late June after bean packing ends.
Magnolia reports after Extension reorganization 14 clubs formed in Columbia County with 526 members enrolled. Among them 300 girls study gardening canning room improvement and poultry. A county council of club presidents and secretaries has been created and has elected officers for the year, per Miss Etna McGaugh home demonstration agent.
Mrs A J Robins of Ozan dies Monday at 1 30 pm after extended illness. A 73 year old Hempstead county pioneer, she belonged to the Ozan Baptist church and was active in church and community work before illness. She is survived by her husband A J Robins, two sons J P Robins of Haynesville La and E A Robins of Victoria Texas, three daughters Mrs Ava Crenshaw of El Dorado Mrs Exa Goodlett and Miss Lilian Robins of Ozan, and many relatives. Funeral and burial will be at St Paul at 3 30 Wednesday afternoon.
Blevins veterans attended a Nashville service school on Sunday under American Legion auspices. Attendees included A. H. Wade Pete Wade Bert Carter and others. Visitors noted Myra Hamby and her children from Prescott visited Mrs. Warren Nesbit last week. Mr and Mrs W W Duckett of Hope visited Mrs W S Duckett Sunday. Ora, sister of Mrs., was in Hot Springs. Mrs B F Steele of Prescott visited her son Rev W J Whiteside this week. Mrs W L Warlaw and her mother Mrs Montgomery visited in Hope Sunday.
Johnny Risko, long labeled The Spoiler, delivers a dramatic comeback against Max Baer, rising from a battered start to unleash a ferocious rally. The bout ends with Risko declaring a stunning upset as Baer admits Risko’s late-onslaught decided the fight. Risko’s feisty charge and crowd-pleasing attack earn him enduring attention.
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