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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1951
Page
3
A severe weather event floods streets and damages homes, leaving residents without power and hindering travel. Local officials warn of continuing rain and urge caution as emergency crews respond to flooded intersections and damaged properties.
Churches listed include Unity Baptist, Our Lady of Good Hope, Pentecostal, St Mark's Episcopal, Church of Christ, First Presbyterian, First Christian, and First Methodist with detailed weekly service times Sunday School promos at First Christian, evangelistic and revival notes at Pentecostal, and auxiliary meetings for women and youth planning upcoming events across multiple venues in town.
A church page urges growth toward God and straight living in a reflective sermon style. It discusses how early influences bend youth, warns against neglect by parents, and promotes habits of patience, kindness, and integrity. Sponsored by local businesses encouraging churchgoing and community responsibility.
Birth announcements from the State Health Department list numerous families in Hope and nearby towns. Children born include girls named Brenda Joyce Karen Ellen Laveta Frances, and Mary Brenda, plus boys named David Royce and Edward Bruce, among others. Local couples from Hope, Patmos, Washington, Fulton, Ozan, and surrounding places are credited with births during the past month.
Earl N. Martindale, Hempstead County PMA Chairman, urges farmers to increase winter cover crop acreage this fall with emphasis on te gumé varieties to harvest more seed. Seeds are plentiful and prices low, but orders should be placed now to avoid shortages later. He stresses soil protection and organic matter gains from increased production for 1952.
A community notice lists the Negro Community meeting at Mirage Turner home and a Sunday gathering at Lonore Baptist with Rev F. K. Powell. It notes visitors, arrivals from Gary Indiana, and pastors and services at local churches including Garrett Chapel, Rising Star, Beesee Memorial, Church of God, Bethel A M E, Church of God in Christ, and Mt Zion G M E with service times.
James W. Velvin of Lewisville Arkansas died at a Little Rock hospital. He was a farming and oil interest holder, vice president of the Fire National Bank of Lewisville, vice president of the Walsh Lumpkley wholesale drug company of Texarkana, and a director of the Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Company of Shreveport. He chaired the Lewisville water district for 25 years. Survivors include his widow, four children, two sisters, and a brother Charles Velvin of Pine Bluff. The obituary notes his business roles and community leadership.
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