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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1931
Page
2
Notice indicates the faculty and administration plan a formal opening for the public. The event is expected to occur on a Friday morning with an inspection of the building beforehand and an afternoon program.
Miss Kerting Hones and friend Mise Allette Yokem were guests of a friend in Blevins as they attended a Friday football game and joined local high school pupils on a hike Friday night. Mob. Nelson visited Brescott Monday while Blevins P T A met Monday night. Eaton and son Douglas of Hope helped install lights at the new school building in Bleving. WG Johnson of Blevins route 1 was a business visitor in Hope early Tuesday.
SG. Stone, McCaskill ginner and merchant, oper ates the McCaskill gin and says running a gin for a season is hard work. By noon Monday the gin had produced 1352 bales this season, up from an earlier 1400 projection. He now plans to quit at 1500 bales, noting limited cotton in the hills but substantial untapped bottom land still to pick.
North Hempstead County farmers report unusually large sweet potato yields this season with many harvests underway. Community drying houses in the area are expected to operate at full capacity and several carload shipments are anticipated from the McCaskill section later in the year.
The young people's meeting at this place drew a large crowd Sunday evening with a nice program. Mrs. Allen Moore led the session. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Steward and their son Dwight at the McDougald home Sunday afternoon. Carrie Mae Husky left for Texarkana to pursue a business course. Bro. Brook Still of Delight visited Saturday and preached in Prescott Sunday. Mrs. Mount Montgomery visited Prescott on Monday.
The town of Blevins is buzzing over a Barred Rock hen owned by Miss Sue Stephens reputedly the county’s most remarkable producer. Hatched April 7, 1930 the bird laid its first egg in December 1920 and by last Sunday, November 1931, had reached 294 eggs with a month and a half left in the year. The hen shows no broodiness or moulting signs and is expected to keep laying, valued for potential profit. Other notes report local visits by Nashville residents and community happenings as well.
Lower general admission to Oklahoma football games will be $1.50 for all home games. Basketball price cuts are under consideration. Lewis Salmon has returned from Kansas trip reporting heavy snow in northern regions.
Bowen plots to trap the jewel thief known as the Fly by luring him with the necklace in Jupiter's private safe. Mary agrees to a staged risk maneuver to provoke a confrontation, while police hesitation and legal risk loom.
Blevins overwhelmed Princeton 46 to 0 on the local field last Friday with Shorty Yokum scoring nineteen points on three touchdowns and an extra point. Guy Lee added two long touchdown passes from Honea, Husky blocked a punt for a score, and Earl Culpeper finished with a safety-like effort. Arlis Lee converted three extra points on plunges. Harald Gorham left with a broken collarbone, a setback for the team, while Chester Stephens returned from an injury to boost the lineup. Next week Blevins travels to Delight as hopes run high.
Patrick Ebeneezer Bryson born Mississippi September 9 1846 died October 27 1931 at his daughter Miss P Honea in Blevins aged 85 years 1 month 19 days. He moved to Arkansas with family as a boy and enlisted in the Confederate army at 17. He married Emily Beene at 23 and they had six children three surviving. He was a longtime Methodist lay leader and Sunday school superintendent and steward. He lived a quiet religious life and died peacefully after a night of repose, W J Whiteside.
The school carnival Saturday night drew a good crowd and proceeds were directed toward paying the library debt. Ralph Scott, a Hendricks College student, visited parents Mr. and Mrs. Bert Scott for the weekend. Mrs. Budge Bryant of Prescott stayed with sister Mrs. John Gaines. Mrs. Floyd Wortham and daughter Ruby of Smackover were guests last weekend. Maxine and Dorothy Sevedge of Ouachita College Philadelphia stayed with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Al Sevedge. Mr. and Mrs. Gus McCaskill of Prescott were guests of H. B. Eley and Alvis Stokes. H. B. Eley and Alvis Stokes visited Hope on Monday. Miss Mary Leslie and Leeta Doniels of Belton were here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester McCaskill and Miss Thelma Bruce attended the circus at Nashville last week. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hampton of Brest Texas are visiting relatives here.
About 1500 turkeys are being fattened in the Blevins area for market. Most will reach the Thanksgiving market with the rest slated for December Christmas holidays. Growers report rapid gains after starting the fattening ration, crediting weather and thrifty birds for the gains.
The Blevins senior class met October 27 and elected officers for the 1931 32 school year. Elected were Herold Gorham president and Oren …
Mrs. WJ. A. Sanford of Tokio owns forty paper shell pecan trees with an expected harvest of 1000 pounds or more this season. The crop is described as exceptionally large and of fine quality. Officers and committees are named for a meeting including Stephens as vice president, Catherine Brown as secretary, and George Curtis as treasurer. A motto committee is appointed with Harold Huskey Elsie Gorham Thelma Dodson. Colors and flower selection includes Earl Culpepper The Leich Catherine Brown and Mrs. Coker as class sponsor.
North Hempstead county farmers plant fall grains on large acreage to protect soil and provide pasture and a spring feed crop. The crop offers cover, winter livestock rations, and potential profits from pecan grove sales, with citizens planning home pecan trees as a good investment.
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