Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-19
STATE NEWS 5
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 Stephens.-Graduatin exercises at Stephens High School will be held Friday, May 27.
 Ozark.-The Ozark Concert band will give concert every Saturday night during the summer.
 Corning.-G. B. Oliver, local attor. ney, has let a contract for a $30,000 hollow tile residence.
 Hermitage.-The graduating class of the grammar school gave an enter tsinment recently.
 aragould.-Progress in farm work in Greene county Is slower this spring than for many years, on account of excessive rains and cold weather.
 Evening Shade.-Mrs. Eliza Goodwin celebrated her eighty-eighth birthday at the home of her son, B. W. God win, near Ash Flat, recently.
 ozark.-Thieves entered Wakefield & Co.'s store recently and stole cloth. ing and other goods. A pane of glass was removed from & rear window.
 Paragould- work has begun on the new First Presbyterian chuYch, which will be erected at the corner of Main and Seventh streets.
 Pine Bluff.-A campaign to raise $12,000 to carry on the work of the As soctated Charities has been inaugu. rated. ..o
 rayettevilIe.-The University of Ar kansas is now sending out wireless telephone concerts. It is the first college to do so.
 Fayetteville.-Miss Fern Wimberley of Eureka Springs will teach music and art in the University of Arkansas summer school.
 Brinkley.-The Rusher hotel here has announced new schedule of rates. All $4 rooms will be reduced to S3.50, and $350 rooms to S3.
 Mammoth Spring-The Mammoth Spring Commercial Club has elected D. c. w. Culp, president, and J. H. Caldwell, secretary
 Bald Khob.-Local talent from Jud- sonia staged a play, Diamonds and Hearts" at the high school auditorium. The play was we'll received. The pro ] eeeds will be used for the benefit of | the Bald Knob baseball team. Stephens.-One Of the many social I functions which usually mark the be ginning of the end of school, took place recently, when the Juniors en tertained the Seniors at the home ot Miss Mary Lee Yarbrough.
 Monticello.-The new Masonic lodge nall here, erected at cost of $18,000 has been opened for use. Opening ot | the new hall was celebraueu with a 6ve-course dinner at which more than | 600 were present.
 Corning -Sixty-nine Clay county students recently were presented cer- tificates issued by the State Depart nent of Education at the annual Clay county grammar school graduating ex- ercises at Corning
 Hope.-The home of W. E. Rhodes, | 1n Park avenue, was destroyed by fire | recently. The family was away from home and the origin of the fire is un- the house, which was only partially in- sured.
 Newport.-The Boy Scouts and "Hy Y" boys are to build clubhouse on | the banks of Bergen lake, Jackson eountys finest fishing stream. The contract for the clubhouse, which will be two large rooms, kitchen and screened-in porches, has been let to William Bengel.
 aragould.-Heavy rains through out Greene county will further delay farmin expectations for several days. The ground has not been dry enough to cultivate inthis county three days in succession for the past six weeks, and the farmers are very late with their planting.
 Bearflen-The third monthly sales Jay was held here recently. A large crowd of farmers from Dallas, Oua2hi- ta and Calhoun counties was present w. R. Rich of Crossett made an ad. dress on Better Farming" A biz parade was staged.
 Fayetteyille-A gold medal has just been presented by o. L. Wolf of Springdale, to the best ir7promptu speaker in the Periclean Society at the University of Arkansas, in a con-