Ghostly Ode and Church Social Minutes
A fragmentary column notes a mix of literary verse and local notices. It mentions Drs. Charles and Etta Champlin and Miss Mathieu Mitchell visiting from Little Rock for the Ostrapathia State convention, and a sequence of church and social events hosted by the First Baptist Church including a Woman’s Home Missionary Society meeting, a world tour fundraiser, and remarks on youth needs. The item records multiple social visits, upcoming meetings, and decorations for gatherings around Hope, Arkansas, with references to area churches, schools, and residents such as Miss Phil Amis Tharp and Mrs. G. Frank Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Hawaii
Chdeavor ‘Society of the First Baptist
First Baptist Church
Petit Jean
Mount Petit Joan
U S Graft Probes Opened In Philadelphia And New York
Federal inquiry expands from Detroit to Philadelphia confirming graft concerns in the Internal Revenue Service and Customs Service. The World Telegram reports five Justice Department operatives probing irregularities, laxity, and possible millions in losses, with Morgenthau and Treasury officials cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan
Treasury
Ford
Treasur
Civil Service Commission
Philadelphia
Alvin F. Fix
J Department
New York City
Custome
New York
World-Telegram
United States Customs Service
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
The
Customs Court
Shover Women Meet at 8 on Wednesday
The Shover Springs women plan two meetings for Wednesday night May 30 at 8 to organize and elect officers for a community canning kitchen. Kitchens not organized by June 7 risk losing available equipment, so local women should attend. The annual work at Walercresk graveyard is also set for Wednesday May 30. attendees with relatives buried there are urged to bring tools and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shover Springs
Walercresk
Church's Charges on Smith Revived at General Assembly
In Montreat North Carolina commissioners of the Presbyterian Church in the United States opened the annual General Assembly with renewed charges against Dr Hay Watson Smith of Little Rock over orthodoxy. A previous official inquiry found insufficient evidence to warrant formal action against the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreat
N. C
Hay Watson Smith
Little Rock
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Little
Local Family Socials Mix Across Oak Grove Area
Oak Grove residents and relatives visit each other during the weekend and week, with numerous calls on Ernest Ross and Catherine Ross, visits among the Jones, Ross, Tomlin, and Sanders families, shopping in Hope, and a party at Oscar Philips home. Several names and places recur, including Bennie Jones, Mattie Jackson, Catherine Ross, Garvie Tomlin, and Patmos, plus mentions of Evening Shade and Shower Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvie Allen
Hattie Jackson
Jaidy Allen
Leonard Wise
Catherine Ross
Missy Catherine Jross
Hiattred Jackson
Fred Camp
Patmos
Charlie Williams
Marvin
Tomlin
Jewell Ross
Marjorie Ray
Sanders
Gracy Tamiin
Fran Mullins
Algie Sherimin
Missy Juwell Ross
Lee England
Shaver Springs
Aye
Bennie Jones
Catherin Ross
Hope
Dinunie Wright
Garrie Tomlin
Waller Boyett
Myr
Burnie Jones
Roy Tamtin
Bright Star
Garvie Tomlin
Rarl Ross
Bitte
Barbie Anne
Ernest Hoss
Mattie Jackson
Towie Frante
Grugie Tomlin
Roger Willams
Hostom
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Local church services update and guest preachers
The First Baptist Church schedules Sunday school at 3 45 a m and morning sermon at 1 00 p m The evening sermon at 6 01 p m features Rev W Clyde Hankins formerly of DecAre Ark and Rev Alonzo Cagle of Owensboro Ky will deliver the sermons Pastor Rev Wallace W Rogers notes no morning service tomorrow due to a trip to Mineral Springs for a graduation message and announces a 7 30 p m Sunday night service with midweek worship Wednesday at 7 0 p m focusing on Chronicles.
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Mineral Springs
Xelypol
W. Clyde Hankins
Wellington
Texas
Hankins
Rogers
Wag
Att
Federated Clubs Close Convention in Arkansas
Delegates to the 11th annual General Federation of Women’s Clubs meet in Ho y Springs Arkansas wrap up a week of sessions praising crime control bills and studying equal rights amendments. They protest firearm bill deletions, back Nye-Vandenberg war profits probe, and endorse examining old-age pensions unemployment insurance and state labor laws. Nominees for 1935 triennial presidency are Mrs. Robert Campbell Lawson of Tulsa and Dr. Josephine L. Peiree of Lina Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoy Springs
Ark
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Nye-Vandenburg
Federation
1934 Squad Emerges for Hopeful Season Bow
The 1934 squad opened spring football with a 0–0 tie at the high school field as two fresh teams, chosen from the Bobcat roster, competed after two weeks of practice. Coach Teddy Jones highlights promising newcomers Stone G Brown Payne Elliott Kesterson O Donnel C Brown and Hitchcock with Payne Elliott and C Brown in the backfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobcat
Teddy Jones
Stone
G. Brown
Payne
Elliott
Kesterson
O'Donnel
C. Brown
Hitchcock
Nashville
Scrappers
Use Bobcats
Brown
Madison
Harper
Spears
Pete Brown
Buffalo
Jones
Holly
Shreveport
Stead
Cosel Jones
Bese Blockinyy
Presbyterians End Training School at First Presbyterian
The Stanford Leadership Training School closed at First Presbyterian church after a Friday night supper served by the Presbyterian Auxiliary. Twelve study periods based on Unit W48 of the Assembly's standard training course drew average attendance above 30, with highs to 55. Director Miss Allen Bowman led the course with support from Patterson of Morriston. Reading texts included Shields and Spratt works, plus Newton and Strither. A model clash by Miss Bowman featured as a highlight. Arkadelphia and Gordon delegates attended for credit, with staff council gathering Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Auxilary
Asembly
Migs Allen Bowman
Ussolate
Department of Religious Education
Assembly
Dap Patterson
Morriston
Synod of Arkansas
Shields
God
Newton
Land
Jesus
Spratt
Strither
Carrier
Miss Bown
Miss Bowman
Workers Council
Arkadelphia
Gordon
Father of Pal Is Barrow's Tip-Off
GIBSLAND La Sheriff Henderson Jordan of Bienville parish traveled to Shreveport with Irvin Methvin father of Henry Methvin alleged Barrow gang member He claimed taking the elder Methvin to Shreveport for safe keeping after visits to his home and fear for safety Methvin allegedly tipped off authorities about the ambush that killed Barrow and Bonnie Parker in a nearby field Barrow and Parker were pursuing a hideout near Alabama Bend Dallas burial Clyde Champion Barrow was buried at sunset in West Dallas with Bonnie Parker to be moved to her mother's home Funeral crowds viewed the killer and his partner Raymond Hamilton who described Clyde and Bonnie before a funeral home crowd Hamilton who served time after a prison raid led by Barrow is to be released soon The state seeks the death penalty for Hamilton and others in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibsland
Henderson Jordan
Bienville Parish
Shreveport
Irvin Methvin
Henry Methvin
Barrow Gang
Methvin
Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Pai
Alabama Bend
Dallas
Texas
Clyde
Champion Barrow
Tomn
Trinisfer
Emma Parker
West Dallas
Clifford Andrews
Job
Burrow
Raymond Hamilton
Bonnie
Outlaw
Eastham
Equal Labor Rights Sought by National Woman’s Party
Mrs Burnita Shelton Mannhe Washington Attorney and representative of the National Women's Party spoke at a General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Arkansas. She urged a women’s equal rights amendment and a resolution to Congress, calling for regulation of firearm sales in the ordering bill before Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Act Springs. Ark— UP
Burnita Shellon
Canning Kitchen at Columbus Is Ready
The Columbus community kitchen, erected by ERA labor, was completed Friday under supervision of CR White of Columbus and local volunteers. Opening ceremonies are set for Monday at 2 30 PM with local supporters supplying miscellaneous items.
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Columbus
Mystery of a buried body and a Texan warning
SAM McMATH of Hope Arkansas recites a tale from Villa Aguila where Fred is accused of killing a man and hiding the corpse. Edwards pressures him as Paul and others flee across the Rio Grande to hide the evidence, a planned reburial thwarted by rain and river works. Mexican officials, a snitch, and laborers search the scene, finding no body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Bel Rio
Paul
Edwards
Rio Grande
Texas
Villa Aguila Sans
Coahuila
San Antonio
Villa Acue
Mexico
Sam McMath
S. G. Norton
Hope
Arkansas
Men in White at the Saenger
Clark Gable and Myrna Loy head the cast in Men in White at the Saenger Sunday and Monday. Based on Sidney Kiggsley's NY stage play, the film follows a surgeon trainee torn between love and professional ambition, with tragedy in a hospital love triangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Ferguson
Hachberg
Jean Hersholt
Laura
Gable
Leison
Barbara
Elizabeth Allan
Hersholt
4 Billion Writeup by Cities Service
The Federal Trade Commission completed its story of how Henry Doherty built Cities Service into a 1 billion dollar concern with a small investment. Robert E. Healy and A. E. Lundvall presented the growth from a 36 million property to a 1 billion status, detailing large write ups and giant holding companies. Burgs questioned valuations while defending the holding structure and Doherty’s control amid stockholders meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingon
Federal Trade Commission
Henry
Lundvall
Campiles
Commission
Torive
Lyundvall
Robert Burgs
Cities Service
Doherty
Phone Rate Probe Awaits Congress
LITTLE ROCK A proposed conference of rate investigating agencies from five Southwestern Bell operating states will be postponed until after Congress acts on the communications bill. Arkansas public service leader P A Lasley says state commissioners favor delaying the joint appraisal until federal statute allows it, with a mid July target discussed after a June plan. The bill has cleared the Senate and awaits House action in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Congress
P. A. Lastey
Tee
Arkansas
Lastey
Public Service
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Tates
Lasley
Senate
House
Harmony Social Roundup At Geo McMillan Home
Harmony residents and relatives visited the Geo McMillan home Friday afternoon for social calls. Numerous neighbors including Mrs Althaire Rogers and Miss Martie Rogers of Hinton were noted guests. Several families along with Rev McWilliams and others spent Sunday and Tuesday sharing time with local residents and attending social events.
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Milan
Nidit
Joe
Leach
Lovie Boyles
Milton
Mary Ropers
Ray Rogersie
Melip Jordan
Shower Springs
Geo
Crews
Hope
H. B. Sanford
Virginia Vines
Piabes
Heat Rogers
Laure T Rogers
Hodant
Althaire Rogers
Martie. Rogers
Hinton
Geo. McMidlan
W. B. Sanford Sr
Bea Gray
Gertrude Holloway
Denver
Ella Hodnut
New Hope
Aline McMillan
Ray McWis
API
Wran
Ray McWilliamas
Geo. McMillan
Herold
Sanford
Ralph Roger i
Ange Sherman
Henry Pickard
Fay
Autrey Wilyson
Les Purdie
J. W. McWilliams
Exam. Mullins
Ren
Plla Hodunt
Edwin Britt
Merrial Huckabee
Euests
Thad Vines
Phad Vines
Milton Broyles
Irene McMillan
Son
Ray McWilliams
Nellie Leach
Sox
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Ockety
Si Henry
Iti II
Shane
Jane ix
Drs. Charles
Etta Champlin
Hiss Mathieu Mwitchell
Little Hook
Ostrapathia
G. Friunk Miles
EB. M. Hall
J. F. Carter
Miss. Frances Patterson
Henderson State Teachers College
Wilginsburg
Phil Amis Tharp
Hope Public
J. B. Slone
Little Tuck
Rufus Dilly
Wisest Man of
Chicago
Pris. Mar
Mr. and
May. D. Franklin
Bride
South Main Street
Sid Bundy
Willenke
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Boylist
Edwin Bassett
W. Mt. S
Jhose
Dossett
Katie McDaniel
Annie Sue Andrews
Enola Alexander
Frances Snyder
Wallace R. Rogers
Harriett Grace Story
Frances Darnell
Johan Tiley
Warren
W. T. Wood
Eminet
M. Q. Branton
T. J. Reynolds
City
Anna Dell Wel Elaing Rey Nelds
Herman Branton
Velorien Smith
Houston
Spe
Hugh Pence
Mary Pence
Conway
Steve Carvigat
H— Mesdames
C. M. Murrington
Jota McCall
W. S. Berry
Henry Turner
Texarkana
Bal
Chas, Bacler
Peet
Broadway
Saenger
Duke Ellington
G Wil Double N Progueam
Warren Wilson
Ginger Rogers
Upperworld
Kit Carson
Richard Arlen
Shower St
U. S
Philly
Washington
Federal Governiment
Revere
Shover
Church
Smith
Oak Grove
Hes
Wallace W. Rogers
Federated Clubs
Presbyterians End Training School
Pal
Hot Springs
Anny
Money Beck Guarantee
Moreland
Lewis Beanty
Anaire Wayne
England
Life Insurance
First National Bank
Hope, Ark
Bond
Ward & Son
Diners Pressing Shop
Hope Music. Co
Motelakaia
FLOYD
Ladies Specialty Shop
Guaranteed Radio
Hempstead.Co
Hoyt Andres
ROY Anderson & CO
PINES
Collier's Lake
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