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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1932
Page
2
The Ster's Platform supports a county highway program to build an all weather road each year, reducing dirt-road mileage. It backs scientific agricultural programs that aid Hempstead county farmers and promotes cooperative effort. It urges continued state highway progress, tax reform, and a more efficient budget system.
The Atlanta speech by Franklin D Roosevelt outlines a practical reforestation plan to employ jobless workers in Arkansas. He calls for thinning and culling overgrown stands, protecting forests from fire, and marketing timber, with a threefold program to boost prosperity and curb waste. The State Extension Department will lead a statewide effort, using unemployed workers funded by surplus farm crops, to care for timber and advance forest resources.
A Philadelphia millionaire who died recently left a fund to provide life incomes of 1200 dollars a year for widows of U S presidents. The piece argues democracy should consider regular provision for presidents widows, not rely on private bequests. It notes many presidents left modest estates and some widows faced real want.
Samuel Insull faces formal arrest in Athens as developments unfold. Col. Frederick S. Greene, New York Public Works superintendent, defends his department expenses while critics press for accountability.
R L Byers of Shever Springs was in town Wednesday. Joe Wagoner, a trunk seller for a St Louis firm, visited Hope Wednesday. A caller stopped at this office. Postmaster Gibson misplaced a bunch of keys last Sunday.
Ten years ago Mrs H H Crow of Little Rock formerly Miss Hilda Simp econ arrives today for a visit with her sister Mrs E O Wing field. Miss Wilma Rolk spent the weekend with friends at Prescott. R L Gosnell of Nashville was in Hope on business this morning stopping at Hotel Barlow.
A new 160 foot high self moving mooring mast weighing over 500000 pounds has been installed at the Sunnyvale naval hangar to moor and drag Akron and Macon dirigibles into the hangar.
Bright Star Health is valued in the community. Sunday school attendance was light but an uptick is hoped for next Sunday. Many residents visit relatives, attend dances, and help neighbors with family gatherings. Miss Mabel Rosenbaum returns to school after illness. A playful dialogue about the football scrub team closes the notes.
In a brief exchange cited by the Boston Transcript Willie asks his father why his hair appears longer than the elder man's, while the father notes his own hair surpasses Willie's. The dialogue reflects a casual family moment captured in the newspaper's page excerpts.
Washington reports that US exports of aero nautical products in January to June 1932 rose 8.4 percent from the prior year, with 1932 exports valued at 1,635,679 dollars, up from 4.2 percent in 1931.
A man rushes into the station asking if he can reach the Boston train. The agent replies it already left five minutes ago, prompting a prompt, brisk exchange.
Pauline Strong, a Mt. Pleasant freshman, daily travels 75 miles to attend college and returns each evening, outdoing the oldtimers who walked miles to school. Her routine highlights a notable long-distance commute among students in the era.
The Last Mile at the Saenger Theater features a powerful prison drama with a spectacular breakout led by the sinister Killer Mears. A superb cast including Howard Phillips Preston Foster George E Stone Alec B Francis and others delivers a tense moving performance reminding audiences of restrained passions and fate.
The 8-A history class led by Miss Whitfield Cannon held a mock election in which Horace Jewell acted as Governor Roosevelt and Orin Akins as President Hoover. Five speakers debated platforms. Alva Middlebrooks presided, and Thomas Greenlee supervised ballots. Roosevelt won 15 to 1.
The Magazine Club led by Miss Martha Wiburn reviewed the November Ladies Home Journal with talks on Louise May Alcott’s life by Ivy Smith, disease research by Frances Bryant, the Sawdust Evangelist Billy Sunday, Alice Roosevelt Longworth sketch, Vicki Baum short story Film Face, and Film focus discussion. The senior high group emphasizes reading and enjoying varied magazines.
In an 8 B history class turned voting precinct, Roosevelt and Garner won the mock election by a five to one margin over Hoover and Curtis. Campaign speeches were broadcast to class members acting as radio fans.
An enthusiastic pep meeting was held at the old Garland high school last Thursday night by students and graduates. Songs and yells were led by Hendrix Spraggins Helen King Canon Louise Lewis and Cor ley Tedder. Everyone gathered around a large bonfire and formed a snake canoe before the Prescott Hope game.
A light verse from Tit Bits recalls a girl asked if she proposed during Leap Year. She replies with wit that she will not marry a fool and will not propose to those who would be fools enough to marry her.
A compilation of short jokes about love and marriage with lines about Tom and two women, a doctor and snoring, teething babies, and a husband wife misperception. Includes humor from Answers Pathfinder and The Humorist.
Steve Carrigan opens a Armistice Day program at Hope High School recalling November 11, 1918. He urges students to build a strong nation while the Glee Club and Boy Scout lead songs and flags are honored. Pep and character themes frame school pride and sportsmanship lessons from a North Little Rock trip.
Students toured Little Rock with mixed success. One girl got lost and blistered feet while others clambered the State house stairs. Some heard KGWI broadcasts at Marion Hotel and many sought Roosevelt-Garner buttons but found none, only Hoover ones signaling a party tilt.
The Cottage hosted a faculty and senior girls tea prepared by the home economics class under Miss Ruth Taylor. Guests signed the Cottage Book as Lois Hanson and Marianna Padgitt presided. attendees included Bertha Hamilton, Hazel Putnam, Lora Faye Taylor, Miss Whitehurst, Mrs. Dean, and many others.
Wild-haired boys and shiny-nosed girls with missing teeth gathered on campus for an initiation of the pep squad. New initiates performed a bath of strange rituals before chapel, shouting Rah Rah Rahs. The group now totals sixty members after adding 37 newcomers.
Imagined scene shows the Senior Home Ec class tidying the cottage and clearing water glasses in the cafeteria. Roy Lewis named Notre Dame football captain as Mary Nell Carter wears no socks in winter. Foster Finley keeps silent while juniors are entertained and hopes hinge on a football team.
Hope High School witnesses a pep squad initiation on November 15 as Marion Brummett introduces Professor Bummetsnitz Luther Hollaman a famed inventor. The pedophone scene features students acting as keyboard feet while D L Dillard pumps a large handle. a shy mishap ends when the assistant flirts with a girl in the audience.
National Book Week is celebrated this month from November 13 to 19 with emphasis on literature. English teachers showcase late books and solicit discarded copies for donation to the high school library, highlighting reviews by Emily Newell Blair and Kenneth Roberts and favorites among sophomores and English classes.
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