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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
3
Members of the Jett B Graves Sunday School at First Methodist Church will hold a dinner roast at Fair Park Friday evening at 7 oclock hosted by Mrs Earl Clifton Mrs Ben Edminston and Mrs B W Edwards. If weather is bad the event moves to the church.
Hope Chapter No 328 O M S will hold a regular meeting Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Hall with two officer vacancies to be filled and installation to follow. All circles of the W M S at the First Baptist Church will gather at 2 30 Monday afternoon for a social meeting.
Fourteen workers are listed in the Red Cross Surgical Dressing report for Wednesday. A total of 1080 dressings were produced by the group led by supervisor Mrs. Robert Wilson and including Mrs. D. B. Cutler, Mrs. Nick Jewell, Mrs. J. S. Wilson, Mrs. H. J. Lemley, Mrs. W. K Lemley, Miss Mary Lemley, Mrs. Jewell Moore, Mrs. C. P. Tolleson, H. B. Vineyard, Mrs. A. E. sani, Mrs. T. M. Bonds, Mrs. Reed, and Mrs. C. D. Lester.
Lilac Garden Club gathered Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs S G Norton with Mrs J A Henry as associate hostess. President Mrs W O Beene led a brief meeting approving a $2 donation to Mrs Leo Robins for the Army and Navy Hospital Hot Springs and funds to buy Christmas gifts for the hospital boys. Program chair Floyd Porterfield presented Fall flowers Indoors and Out assisted by Mrs M M Smyth. Displays arranged by Mrs A L Black and Mrs Marion Buchannan. Dessert and coffee served to 18 members.
Mrs Leonard Ellis Mrs Speedy Hutson and Mrs Houston Wolf hosted a social for Mrs Gus Haynes Sunday School class at the Church Monday evening. Mrs Otha Taylor president led a brief business session. Flowers were sent to Mrs Haynes who was ill and could not attend. A delicious supper was served to 13 members present.
Mrs A T Jewell and Mrs Ira Yocum welcomed Gardenia Garden Club members at Mrs Jewell's home. President Arch Moore led business and fund drives for Army and Navy Hospital and Camp Hospital Xmas gifts. Members displayed fall leaf arrangements. first place awarded to Mrs Arch Moore.
Iris Garden Club members met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. A A Albritton’s Rosston Road home. Fall arrangements with red roses and chrysanthemums adorned the rooms. The group, led in the president’s absence by Mrs. A A Halbert, planned Xmas gifts for troops at Hot Springs Army and Navy Hospital. Mrs Bill Smith spoke on Shrubs Care Through Winter, assisted by Mrs C P Tolleson, and Mrs Owen Nix won first place in the flower arrangement. A dessert course followed.
The Star offers half rate subscriptions for service members worldwide with the paper donated. Address changes should be reported promptly, and overseas APO/FPO subscriptions require a written request from the serviceman. Keep expiry dates noted since overseas readers are not automatically warned.
Sgt John A Hervey has returned on a 30 day furlough from Australia and New Guinea to Little Rock and will visit Hope friends. Cpl Arthur Bright arrived from Fort Meade Md for a ten day visit with his mother. Pte Edward Virden, recently back from sixteen months overseas, returns to Virginia for reassignment. Mrs Minnie Cole returns from visits in California and Oregon.
A recent survey shows more than 75 percent of Bermuda hotels and guest houses will be ready to accommodate guests within three months after hostilities cease.
The Arkansas Baptist convention adjourned its Russellville session after selecting El Dorado for the 1945 meeting and authorizing purchase of a privately owned Russellville hospital. Next year’s session will be in El Dorado with Rev. Victor Coffman to preach. Rev. Lloyd Sparkman named alternate preacher. Trustees may buy and run the Russellville hospital as a Little Rock hospital branch using surplus funds. Five new executive board members were named for terms to 1947: C. E. Lawrence, A. B. Hill, R. O. Barker, B. H. Duncan, and J. T. McNew.
Hollywood glamour lingers as Greer Garson enjoys the perks of stardom at MGM. Tea comes with gifts, dressing room redecorations, and gown racks as she jokes about future scenes. She jokes about Gus Eisell at Radio City and jokes about Go Go the poodle disrupting visits while reflecting on film lengths.
Leo convinces Virgil to let him retreat to California for six weeks seeking distance from Ginger. He plans a long scenic drive and aims to see real America with oranges and palm trees, staying at the Plaza on Vine Street in Hollywood if needed.
The proposal envisions a framework law to underpin negotiations with a foreign country, aiming to create a stable basis for a forthcoming commercial treaty. The measure signals official intent to streamline talks and secure reciprocal trade terms.
Brig. Generals Bliss and Ranklin reported to the Army Surgeon General that DDT insect powder left no mosquitoes in a recent Pacific inspection area, once plagued by the highest malaria rates.
Judge Milton J. Helmick former Shanghai US Court judge sails to survey Chinese legal system for postwar American interests. He notes Americans may face Chinese court suits after the war, unlike wartime military handling, as China seeks machinery and heavy industry imports.
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