The Pulaskian., 1921-05-12
Arkansas
 Happenings
Told In a Manner That win Give You All the News
 At a Glance.


 Hsrdy.-Rural free delivery has been started on Route No. out Of Hardy. The route covers 9 1-4 miles. Lockesburg.- Train service was cut of from this place recently by high water following a heavy rainstorm.
 McNeil.-Graves Bros. have bought the H. Anson sawmill at Buckner and will move it to Buena Vista.
 Judsonia- Strawberry picking is we'll under way here. Local growers shipped out many carloads.
 BentonvilIe. Miss Morris Knott, ;t former Bentonyille girl, will graduate in May from the University of Cali fornsa.
 Stephens.-Heavy rains continue ta retard crops, and business generally is at standstill here. Streams are swollen and lowlands are oyeriowed.
 Walnut Ridge.-J. R. Rice, proprie- tor of the Park hotel at Hoxie, will soon begin the erection of an airdome adjacent to the hotel.
 Batesville. Marie Ratliffe of Arkansas College gave her piano graduating recital in Alumni Hall re- gently. She was assisted by the col lege quartet.
 Judsonia-Turner Johnson, truck driver. had narrow escape recent ly when histruck was struck by fast train while he was passing over a grade crossing here.
 Judsonia.- Streets in the business section of Judsonia have been grav- eled A movement is on foot to gravel from Main street to the railroad sta ton.
 Paragould.-Dr J. E. Paris, who has been with the City drug store as pharmacist for the past seven years, has resigned. He is succeeded by W. s. Bragg.
 Pine BIuff-At meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Club recently, election of officers was held and plans for the cotton carnival to be staged by the club were dis cussed.
 Pine BlufAEThe closing exercises of Whitehall school were held last week. The program included talk by County Superintendent w. P. Keith, who praised the work done the past year by the teachers and pupils.
 Fayetteyille.-Dr Bradford Knapp, dean of the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture, was the prin- cipal speaker at a meeting of farm CTS and business men at Lincoln last week.
 Augusta Ina Zoo Curtis of Haynes has been employed by the Laura Conner High School Board of Directors to conduct the classes in expression during the next school term.
 Hardy-Citizen of the Winsted community are building a telephone line to this town, distance of IA miles. The Rural Telephone Com pany, owned and operated by farmers of this county. now has about 400 tele- phones in use.
 Fayetteville. but three coun- ties of the state are now reached by the General Extension work of the University of Arkansas, through lee lures. plays, correspondence school, general information, films, records and club study outlines. The three coun- ties are Izard, Stone and Van Buren
 Conway.-A Memorial Day pro- gram will be presented Sunday, May 29. by the American Legion. Sunday was selected for the occasion instead of Monday, the national Memorial Day, to avoid conflict with the grad uating exercises at the public school.
 Higden.-The following members of the City Council have been sworn in: Mayor, R. B. Pate; recorder, Raymond Smothers; aldermen, c. G, Coleman, H. M. Ward, c, c. Parks, l.. S. Clark, w. M. Muller; treasurer L. E. Henderson; marshal, R. L. Nc, Lester.
 Knobel.--The Western Union Tele graph Company has a crew of men here stringing several additional wires, including two or three copper wires, which will give this place di rect connection with Poplar Bluff and St. Louis At present telegrams arc relayed by way of Little Rock.
 Gurdon-Committee have been ap pointed by the Gurdon Board of Trade to arrange a program for a big Fourtf of July celebration to be held here Governor McRae and others will bt asked to speak.