Pocahontas star herald., 1926-04-01
holland

| NOLAND
Trifes make perfection and perfec-
tion is no trihe.
Mr.. and Mrs Ira Tyler are visiting
relatives near Imboden.
Homer Ragan has purchased the
Allen White team Of horses
Mrs. Lucille Pyland was a Saturday
evening shopper at NOland.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ferguson have
moved to the NJ f. Sloan farm.
Mrs Winnie Ragan and Mrs. frankie
Oglesby and family spent Tuesday OF
last week visiting Mrs. Lulu Collins.
A. p. Weatherly of Pocahontas was
out last Monday morning scaling the
Pearl Pyland timber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scott and fam
lily were Saturday visitors with Aunt
Jane lVaggoner at Birdell.
Miss Fern Myers returned home Sat
urday from a visit with Miss Dorsie
Smith at Cedar Ridge.
Mrs. Jno. SlaytOn Of Pocahontas and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Young of Swifton
were holland Sunday guests.
Miss Tillie Osterkamp of st. Louis Is
visiting relatives and taking part in
our social festivities.
Mrs. Lulu Leathers is at the bedside
of her mother, Mrs. Jos. Easter, who
was taken suddenly i'll last week.
Jacl, Goode has had the misfortune
to lose one of his teams of work mules
by death since our last report.
Mrs N. Il. Pyland has returned from
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Lena
Young, at Swifton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Shivley of the
Shivley farm, were trading and greet
ing friends at NOland last Saturday
afternoon.
The Bramlett brothers Of near Poca-
hOntas spent Friday night visiting old
acquaintances i'm this community.
Mrs. Frankie Oglesby and Mrs.
Gladys Pyland and family were Satur-
day callers with Mrs. Evalyn Sisson.
Mrs. Dorsie Smith, accompanied by
her brother, Bob, drove into Walnut
Ridge last Sunday, where they spent
the day visiting friends.
East Maynard, we note that you say |
'all the correspondents" (Herald of |
cJurse) ARE fine, except one" mean
ing which one isn't fine?
< very charming nine-pound baby
daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
p. Il. Barnes at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Newt Davis on last Friday.
Mrs. Daisy Shivley and little ones
were Sunday guests with her mother,
Mrs. Myrtle Mellon, and other relatives
at the Ragan farm.
John Clark has returned from trip
through western Arkansas. John says
if the world extends east as far as it
does west. it sure is a big place.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Slayton. c. Il. Nit
chell, b. Nj. Leathers, Newt Davis,
Pearl Barnes, j. f. Scott, Pearl Py
land and b. f. and Noble Sisson were
transacting business in Pocahontas last
Saturday.
l.. A. Smith gave dance at his home
on Wednesday night; Johnnie Batta
followed with one on Friday night,
honoring his fathers birthday: another
occurred at Ross Herndons on Satur-
day night.
Mrs. virgie Cox, Mrs. Emma d.
Level and Mrs. Lulu Ragan were mar
keting eggs here last Wednesday. Miss
Grace West and Mrs. Opal Ferguson
were Noland Friday shoppers from the
Sloan farm.
We note with interest in n recent
issue of the Herald, Hollands article
Ten O'Clock People" 1t recalls very
graphically this writer's experience, to
whose lot it has fallen to do quite a
bit of travelling over the county. Some
trips extended into the night hours.
especially during the winter months.
In pouring rain, driving rain, or blind
ing snow, we have passed your homes
and seen you seated around your fire
place or reading lamp. You have no
idea how comfy" you looked Have
even seen you raise your head mt the
sound of our horses hoOfs and the ex-
preston on your face registered as
plainly us any subtitle 81 wonder who
could be out in such night as this !"
(Just a bit of reminiscence)
A ten o'clock bed time, or better still,
nine o'clock bedtime, would revolu-
tionize the life of our juniors. 1t
would mean longer sleeping hours,
more rest, stronger physique, sweeter
dispositions, brighter eyes, higher
grades, greater mental efficiency and
higher moral standards. Add to the
bedtime regulation, the supervision Of
the child's leisure, his reading matter,
his associates (bOth adults as well as
pals of his own age) teach him in
dustry, thrift, economy, the value Of
time and money, honor, self reliance,
honor, chivalry, respect for all human
ity and reverence for the Divinity
TOO large an order you say" 1t can't
be done; at least not in my environ
ment. Not In every detail. No, but
the responsibility becomes ours when
we enroll as parents in the school of