This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 28 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1932
Page
3
Poem lines praise distant seas and peaks. Notable visitors include Mrs J G Williams, Evelyn Briant, and several local hosts in Texarkana and Shreveport. Local social notes mention weddings, new births, and bridge club gatherings with prize winners and hostess duties. The Arkansas education meeting features Miss Drusilla Knt and Miss Edith Thomas as speakers.
Telephone 321 hosted visitors Mr and Mrs Homer Carpenter of Texarkana. Miss Beryl Henry entertained Miss Pearl Williamson DeQueen city superintendent of public schools. Mrs J Proctor Hill of El Dorado visited A M Saunders family. Friday Music club gathered at Mrs R T White with the Choral club directed by Mrs J C Carlton followed by Study club and program mentions.
Churches announce Lord's Day Bible study at 10 o'clock and services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with the sermons titled Divine Ownership Human Stewardship. A cordial welcome is extended to all attendees.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m Worship and Sermon at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Board of Stewards at 1 30 p m Epworth League at 6 45 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m Pastor J L Cannon leads the services and gatherings.
The First Baptist Church plans a 10 55 worship service led by Pastor Wallace R Rogers. The sermon titled His Own will follow prayers hymn scripture reading and offertory. After the evangelistic hour the ordinance of baptism will be administered with the pastor baptizing a number of candidates.
The First Baptist church Sunday school has earned the A-Standard from the Southern Baptist Convention Sunday School Board. The recently completed training school raised staff to meet the standard, placing Hope’s First Baptist Sunday School among a limited group in the state with this achievement. Attendance has grown steadily due to a careful system.
A romantic comedy set in a radio studio stars Bing Crosby Kate Smith the Boswell Sisters the Mills Brothers Cab Calloway Burns and Allen Arthur Tracy Vincent Lopez and more. Crosby clashes with a rival woman, gets fired, and a grand gesture by Erwin restores his job after a major broadcast.
The article notes a new grading system and scientific approaches to Sunday school work, comparing it to day schools and old one room cabins. Diplomas mark teacher study, psychology informs practice, and nonmembers are welcome with classification officers guiding newcomers. A friendly greeting awaits all who attend.
Elizabeth Arnett, director, notes the B Y P U draws eighty plus youths each Sunday for an hour of worship. The group is split into junior intermediate and senior units with all join in a final program. Visitors are welcome and new members urged to visit and stay to work. Meeting time is 6 30 with ending preaching service becoming a youth hour.
W R Anderson minister leads a Sunday program with 9 45 a m Sunday school in departments and 11 00 a m worship on A Universal Need. Evening vesper at 5 00 p m features The Threefold Symbols of the Spirit with solo by Mrs Dabney. 6 00 p m Young People's Society meeting and 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer service.
Five o'clock vesper service at the Presbyterian Church features a procession and readings. Music includes Day Is Dying in the West Hymn 390 and Lord I Hear of Showers of Blessing Hymn 579, with an offertory by Mrs. Ward Dabney and a sermon on The Threefold Symbols of the Spirit.
London report says the Buddhist Mission plans a 50900 temple in the city and aims to raise at least part of the funds from Buddhist countries. The mission has won a number of converts, primarily women.
Three Hope football teams won Friday afternoon with one narrow loss. The Bobcats shut out Benton 13 to 0 at Benton. At Bradley the Babbittens won 12 to 6 over their opponent. The 7-B lightning Bugs crushed the 7-A Bulldogs 18 to 0 on North McRae. In Oaklawn Park the Hope Tigers fell 14 to 13 to the Hot Springs Bulldogs.
Edward Hicks, a 552 pound man in a cotton sack attire, rode a truck from a circus side show to reach Lake Village then Greenville Mississippi to pick cotton, after touring cars proved inadequate for ferry access. The incident drew spectators in McGehee Arkansas as winter quarters began.
The Hope Bobkittens earned their first win of the season by defeating Bradley 12 to 6 at Bradley Field. A first quarter touchdown came on a long pass from Cargile to Green. Bradley tied it at 6 after a 50 yard punt return, then Hope scored in the third on a 30 yard run by Cargile. Both teams failed on extra points.
Before about 300 fans at Oaklawn Park the Hope high school negro football team lost 14 to 13 to Langston High Bulldogs of Hot Springs. Langston scored early, Hope answered with a 60 yard pass play for a second touchdown, but extra points failed. Next Friday the Tigers meet Pine Bluff negro team.
Roy Pearce described a bold defense when a rising armed threat held him up with a fountain pen rather than a gun. The assailant claimed the name David E. Smith and faced charges that included auto theft.
Hope wins 14 to 5 over Benton in a game featuring substitutions like McKee for Harper and Schooley for Herper. Benton’s Merrell, Hopkins and Crook led yardage while Hope’s Schooley and Brown scored touchdowns with Berry converting the extra point. Benton totaled 192 yards to Hope’s 104 with five penalties for 70 yards.
Mrs. Callie Agan a former Hempstead county resident aged 65 died Saturday at her home in San Antonio Texas Friends here learned She was an aunt of Mrs John L Wilson of this city and sister in law of James Rider of Patmos Her body will arrive in Hope Sunday at 1150 a m and will be taken by land to the old Wilson cemetery at Lewisville where funeral and burial services will be held at 230 o'clock Surviving is one son Arthur of San Antonio Texas
Arkadelphia citizens attend a series of meetings by the Arketch Chamber of Commerce to promote river transportation on the Ouachita River. They plan to urge the federal government to build locks and dams between Arkadelphia and Camden to restore navigation year round, noting New Orleans boats can reach Camden and a continuous channel could reach Arkadelphia.
A Sunday fish fry at Uncle H Calhoon’s had attendees including Elmer Calhoon and family of Liberty Mrs Allie Malone and children John Rogers and E C Calhoon of this place Rosa Lee Rogers visited Rosa Lee Brown of Piney Grove John McSwiaffie and family from Artisia spent the weekend with Mrs Bradford and children Elmer Calhoon E C Calhoon and Mrs Malone visited Grandpa and Grandma Malone of Emmet Sunday. Mr Wilson is improving while Mr Prince remains ill Tom Cusick and Lafayette Sinclair attended a DeAnn party Friday night.
Albert C. King, 45, a lecturer who uses rattlesnakes in street talks, has recovered from two bites. After being bitten a few weeks ago he is slowly recovering from another bite and plans to retire from his hazardous business.
State music examinations will be held November 1 to 4 in four cities across Arkansas. Examinations cover piano violin orchestra pipe organ band public school music harmony and history of music. No exams at the annual convention. Examiners listed for Ashdown Batesville Camden El Dorado and others with names from Fort Smith Jonesboro Hot Springs and additional institutions.
Two masked men broke into Edward C. Allen's Houston residence early, slugged the 70-year-old, and after discovering nothing in his wooden leg, searched his clothes and took $70. The victim pleaded poverty, but the loot was taken.
Calvin Sager of Saginaw Michigan applies for a job at Ohio penitentiary as an electrocutioner. Governor White says Ohio does not seek an electrocutioner and that the warden must fill the post under law.
Local brief lists residents and visitors with kin and friends. Names include Gladys McDougald Carrie Mae Huskey J. R. Huskey and J. J. Pierce. The column covers travels, cotton picking trips to Texas, church meeting attendance at Pleasant Hill Church and various visits across the community.
Houston witnesses recount Huey who argued the Bible is a good book and threatened to cut a man with a razor. B F Longnecker, 65, testified Huey menaced him after a Bible dispute. Judge Scruggs released Huey and ordered him to stay away from St. Joseph's breadline.
San Francisco report says Hial McCreery, captain of the 1927 Stanford football team, mistook a creature at a dinner for a possum and tackled it, only to realize it was a skunk after the grab. The incident involved Mrs. Stewart Lowery’s estate as the scene.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.