The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-05-15
OGDEN NEWS
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Ogden. May 13-(Special)- 1.-The
good cid summer time is here at last
after being delayed for some time.
THE busy crop season has now be-
gun.
All the public schools, churches,
Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, and
other organizations have closed on &C
count of small pox.
Mothers Day" was anticipated to
be celebrated by a school program and
all 5ey picnic on the grounds of the
school building, but was prohibited
by small pox.
Mrs. Ernest Smith of Little Rock
visited with the family of DR.. L. N.
HUT Tuesday evening. She left here
Tor Fouke where she and Miss Gatha'
Hugens will visit with the formers
mother, Mrs. Pape.
William e. Smithson left Monday
evening for Waco, Texas, Camp Nc
Arthur. to enter the training camp.
He is in the Aviation corps.
Mrs. E. A. Velvin returned home
last week from Camp Funston, Kan
sas. where she went to visit her broth
er, Edd Neal, before his departure for
France
Mr.. and Mrs V. NJ Crouch of Ash
down, formerly of this place, were
welcome visitors here last week.
DR.. P. H. Phillips of Ashdown was
here Saturday in the interest of the
small pox situation He and DR.. HUT
are making desperate efforts to pro-
hibit the spread of the disease and it
is hoped no new cases will prevail.
At the present no cases have been fat
al.
Those who accompanied Emmett
Smithson as far as Texarkana were
Misses Addie Crouch. Ethel and Ber-
tina Smithson Mrs. J. H. FurlOw,
Messrs. B. Hutchinson, John Smithson
and Mr.. and Mrs w B. Leatherwood.
Prof. A. ]. Bryant and family left
last week for Dierks, to make their
home Mr.. Bryant leaves US with best
wishes and high accommodations and
we regret very much to give him and
Miss Hudgens up. But Mr.. Bryant re-
signs on account of i'll health, and Miss
Iiudgens has accepted a position with
the public schools of Ashdown.
Ogden is not the only place where
small pox is raging after all. 1t is
learned that there are numerous
cases at Ashdown, Pine Prairie and
WILDWOOD
Mrs Edith Holmes will leave in a
tended visit with her daughter, Mrs
Chas. NJ WEIGH
Mrs. James Flemming and two sons
of Ashdown passed through Ogden last
week for Red Water, Texas, to visit
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Fuller have just
returned from a motor trip to Colora
do They report splendid time
Donald Hooks one of our boys in
the service visited friends here last
week
Mrs. w. J. Mcdowell and family Wis
tied relatives ct Pine Prairie Sunday
afternoon
Those who attended the show at
Ashdown Saturday night were Misses
Ethel, Minnie and May Smithson and
Messrs Bant Hutchinson and Donald
Hooks, Miss Gatha Hudgens, Mrs. !.
n HUT and Mrs. J. H. Furlow, and
Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Le2therwood.
Quite a number o. new residences
are going up in Ogden, among them
is the new store just completed by j.
V. Nunnely
1t is reported that most of the ma
terial is on the ground for the con-
struction of the new bridge across the
river, and work will begin in the
near future.
AS soon as the small pox epidemic
passes over, the Methodists anticipate
making a lot of improvements on the
church. such as arranging lights
painting seats, etc.
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