DeWitt Era Enterprise April 9, 1942

Arkansas County, Arkansas Genealogy Trails

DeWitt Era~Enterprise
April 9,1942

In and Around Alymra

Mrs. Dude SHURD and children spent Sunday in DeWitt at the PIKE home.....Jeanne and Bernie BOLTON, Crawfordsville, spent the weekend at Thomas HOLLINGER's home. They accompanied Miss Ethel BENNETT to Crawfordsville Sunday afternoon.....Mrs. Guy BENNETT was Easter dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. I.M. BENNETT.....Miss MCILNAY was in Almyra vicinity Monday..... Kenneth JONES was in Little Rock Saturday.....Henry BENNET, Sr. is on the jury at Stuttgart.....Henry BENNETT, Jr. and Harry NEUKAMN are on the jury at Stuttgart....."Bud" FINLEY is home with his family for a few days.....Mr. and Mrs. Marvin BENNETT were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glen VOS, Little Rock, Easter night.....Mr. and Mrs. Anton SORENSON, Mr. and Mrs. N.F. BOLLING, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll HOLLINGER, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas HOLLINGER and children, Jeanne and Bernie BOLTON spent Easter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I.R. HOLLINGER.....Mrs. CORE, Little Rock, mother of Rev. CORE, has been in Almyra the past week.....A large group of local residents attended the funeral of the late Joe ROSENCRANTZ at Stutgart Friday.....Mr.a nd Mrs. M. Henderson and family spent Easter at the home of Frank DAVIS.....Mr. and Mrs. COOSE spent part of the day Easter at his parent's home near DeWitt.....Mr. and Mrs. Marvin BENNETT and daughter visited relatives in Little Rock and Redfield over the weekend.....Carlos Gene KESTNER spent Saturday with Henry Harold BENNETT, Jr.....Willard LAWSON was out of school last week due to an attack of chicken pox.....Mrs. Frank THOMASSON spent Friday in LIttle Rock. She visited her daughter, Mrs. Gene BALDING.....Mr. and Mrs. Henry BENNETT and son were Sunday dinner guests of the Tollville Parish at a dinner given in the new St. Peters parish house.....Rev. and Mrs. CORE spent Monday in DeWitt as guests of Rev. Vaught.....Mr. and Mrs. Dee BAKER and Bill ate Easter breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. Lawson BENNETT.....Mr. and Mrs. Roy VICE visited Warren ASHER at a military station in Missouri Easter.....Miss Ethel BENNETT, teacher at Crawfordsville, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. W.H. BENNETT, Almyra.....Dude SHURD is in Chattanooga, Tenn. He is moving his sister and family to Almyra.

Who's Who at DeWitt

Local Interests about Folks

Mrs. Lester RAINES is a patient at St. Vincent's Infirmary, Little Rock, where she underwent a major operation the first of the week.....Mr. and Mr.s Garland HARRIS, Mrs. J.M. HENDERSON, 3rd, Miss Inez MILLER, Mrs. Percy SNARR and Bunyard CONNELLY drove to Little Rock Wednesday for the day.....Mrs. C.N. RUFFIN spent the first of the week in Little Rock attending a state W.M.S. meeting of the Baptist church.....Toppy JOHNSON is ill at the Army hospital at Camp Robinson.....Mrs. Reba EPPERSON was called to Detroit Mich., Tuesday because of the serious illness of her sister, who was injured in an accident there Tuesday morning.....Mrs. Robert WILLIAMS was taken to St. Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock this morning for a major operation.....Mrs. O.G. HUNT of Atlanta, Ga., spent last week here visiting her sister and brother, Mrs. Annie LACOTTS and W.C. FREEMAN, and other relatives..... T.F. HUDSON, Junior at Arkansas State Teachers College, Conway, spent the Easter holidays here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.B. HUDSON. T.F. was recently elected president of the Sigma chapter of the Sigma Tau Gamma, national fraternity.....Dr. Virginia WILLIAMS and children were visitors in Stuttgart Monday night.....M.J. WELLS of the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Sill, Okla., is here visiting his mother, Mrs. Eula WELLS, and other relatives. He has been with the Army fourteen years.....Mr.s John ALLEN of Pine Bluff spent the weekend here with her mother, Mrs. C.C. FALLS.....Mr. and Mrs. Raymond FOX of Pine Bluff spent the weekend here visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank FOX and Mr. and Mrs. O.F. ALLEN.....Mr. and Mrs. Hubert WOODSON spent Sunday in Wabbaseka.....Joe LINSLEY, stationed with the United States Air Corps on the Eastern coast, was the guest of Miss Hazel HAMPTON Sunday.....Miss Mary WOOD, who was employed at the Western Union office here during the leave of absence of Mrs. Bill JOHNSON, local operator, has gone to Crossett, Ark., and is employed by the Wester Union Telegraph Co., there. Mrs. JOHNSON is back with the local office.....Mrs. W.H. DAVIS, SR., spent the weekend in Little Rock.....Mis Allice TOWER, freshman at State Teachers College in Conway spent Easter here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph TOWER.....Gerald SUMMERS of Little Rock and son, Jimmie SUMMERS of University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, were guests over the weekend in the home of their aunts, Mrs. Tup PARKER and Mrs. Duce PIKE.....Mr. and Mrs. Herman CORDELL and family spent Sunday in Stuttgart with Mrs. Cordell's sisters, Mrs. Eddie JACOBE and Mrs. Maurice MCCOLLUM.....Mrs. W.L. VANDERFORD who has been a patient at Drennen hospital, Stuttgart, returned to her home here Sunday.....Robert LEIBROCK, student at University of Texas, Austin, Texas and Miss Gladys LEIBROCK of St. Louis University, St. Louis Mo., were home for spring holidays and Easter visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto LEIBROCK.....Aubrey UNDERWOOD spent several days last week in St. Louis attending a Division meetin of his company.....Miss Ada DAVIDSON spent the weekend in Fort Worth, Texas.....Mrs. Edna SCARBOROUGH of Little Rock, spent the weekend here, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. BOYDSTON.....Miss Ellen MENARD spent Easter in Clarendon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.K. MENARD.....Miss Frances HAYDEN, Miss Gertrude DANNER and Miss Odetta SISEMORE spent yesterday in Little Rock whre they took Civil Service Examinations.....Mr. and Mrs. WIlliam DAVIS, JR., spent the weekend in Little Rock, visiting relatives.....Miss Florence ADAMS was home from Arkansas State Teachers College, Conway for Easter.....Mrs. Jim BRASWELL of Little Rock spent the weekend here with her mother, Mrs. R.H. ELLIOT.....Miss Frances MARTINDALE was in Little Rock over the weekend.....Miss Lorraine STEDMAN, who is employed in Little Rock, spent Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie STEDMAN.....E.D. DANNER, freshamn at State Teachers College, Conway, spent the weekend here with his father, Harvey DANNER.....Miss Mary Katherine FOX, student at Ouachita College, Arkadelphia, spent Easter here with her mother, Mrs. June FOX.....Sgt. Eart WRIGHT of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., spent the first of the week here visiting relatives and friends.....Miss Lousie ROWND of Little Rock visited her parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Carl ROWND, Sunday.....Don HOOVER of Monticello A. and M. College visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.A. HOOVER, over the weekend.....Born February 28, to Mr. and Mrs. R.H. TURNER of Honolulu Hawaii a daughter, Sherry Sue. Mrs. TURNER, formerly Miss Ruth LOWREY of this city, has signed for passage for herself and baby and plans to return to the states for the duration of the war. Her husband is stationed at Honolulu with the Army.....Mr. and Mrs. Hugh GUTHREY returned yesterday from San Diego, Calif., where ehty spent their two weeks vacation.....I.T. MCADAMS returned Monday from Davis hospital in Pine Bluff, where he has been a patient for two weeks.....Mrs. Nye Ray AX and little daughter left Monday for Pine Bluff to reside. Mr. AX is engaged in defense work there.....Miss Irma Ruth ATKINS, student at Texas State College for Women, Denton, Texas, was home for spring holidays and past week, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.D. ATKINS.....Mr. and Mrs. Ted MULLER were in Little Rock over the weekend.....Mr. and Mrs. R.H. MADDOX has as their weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. Opie HARTIE and daughter, Marjorie, of Conway. Mrs. HARTIE is a sister of Mrs. MADDOX.....Miss Lois WHITEHEAD was home from Hendrix College, Conway, over the weekend visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. R.H. WHITEHEAD.....Quinn LAFARGUE, JR., and Taylor LAFARGUE were home from Monticello A. and M. College for Easter.....Mrs. T.M. LOEB returned the latter part of the week from Maryland, where she was called recently because of the death of a relative.....Miss Winona CONDRAY was home for Easter holidays from State Teachers College, Conway, visiting her mother, Mrs. C.E. CONDRAY.....Miss Jessie Lee WIMBERLY visited homefolk in Star City Saturday and Sunday.....Miss Ruth HUTCHESON spent the weekend in Buckner with relatives.....Mrs. Roy SCHULTZ of Little Rock spent the weekend here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. LATIMER.....Mrs. W.E. HOSSER, Mrs. Lester YOUNG and Mrs. Ruby HART spent last Thursday in Pine Bluff.....Mr. and Mrs. R.F. PARKER were in Conway Sunday, visiting relatives.....Mrs. Katherine WILLIAMSON visited relatives in Forrest City over the weekend.....Mr. and Mrs. Tom BOWERS spent Sunday in Carlisle, visiting relatives.....Mrs. George LEIBROCK and daughter, Miss Delores LEIBROCK and Mrs. Lois SCHALLHORN and daughter Mary Jean, spent Thursday and Friday of last week in Memphis.....Doyle HESSER left Monday for Baltimore Md. for Army aircraft training.....Mr. and Mrs. Elmer FERGUSON spent Friday in Little Rock.....Mrs. W.R. WAITES and daughter, Miss June WAITES, will spend this weekend in Little Rock, visiting relatives.....Mrs. Edgar FITZHUGH, Mrs. H.C. FERGUSON, and Mrs. Lawson FLY visited H.C. FERGUSON, JR., at Camp Robinson, Monday, and attended the Army Day activities there.....Mrs. J.T. WORD and son, J.T., JR., of Sweet Home were in DeWitt Sunday, visiting Mrs. WORDS's daughters, Mrs. Lois SCHALLHORN and Mrs. J.S. COLVERT.....Charlie ALTER, freshman at University of Arkansas, Feyetteville, was here for the weekend visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen ALTER.....Mrs. Eddie JACOBS of Stuttgart spent Saturday here with her mother, Mrs. Mable HILL.....Mrs. Bill CHENEY and daughters, Billy Ruth and Rosemary, motered to Pine Bluff Monday, where Miss Billy Ruth CHENEY has accepted a position.....Miss Mary DALLAS, Ralph LEUBKE, and Lyndon and Glyndon NORRIS spent the weekend at Wynne, visiting the H.H. TURNER family.....Miss Mildred SHIREMAN spent Saturday and Sunday in Little Rock.....Mrs. H.S. JOHNSON and daughter, Lula Mae, and Miss Mildred GRAY visited Alvin JOHNSON, a patient at the base hospital at Camp Robinson, Wednesday.....Mrs. W. E. HESSER spent the weekend in Memphis.....Mr.s Bill LEE and little son, Warren of Conway, and Miss Irene MORGAN of Helena, were here over the weekend visitng Mrs. LEE's and Miss MORGAN's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.L. MORGAN.....Mrs. Julian BROWN is spending several days in Ulm with her mother, who is ill.....Miss Sally LITINSKY of Asheville, N.C. is the house guest of Miss Rosine LOEB.....Miss Elizabeth EDDY was home from Conway, where she attends Henrix College, for a weekend visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank EDDY.....Mr and Mrs. Jess TURNER of Humphrey spent Sunday in DeWitt with Mr. and Mrs. F.R. KINDLE.

County Briefs

Mrs. Richard WILSON of Bayou Meto is a patient at Drennen hospital in Stuttgart.....Mrs. A.R. PRANGE of Crocketts Blubb left last Thursday for Los Angeles, Calif., for a month's visit with her children, Mr. and Mrs. Richard PRANGE, Miss Lois PRANGE and Joe PRANGE.....W.E. VANSICKLE returned Satuday from Drennen hospital, Stuttgart, to his home at Tichnor.....Sandford MERTENS of Camp Bowie, Texas, has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry MERTENS, at Casscoe several days.

Olena News

Pvt. Victor GIRARD, who is with the U.S. Army, stationed at Camp Robinson, visited his mother and other relatives here Saturday and Sunday.....Mr.s Carlos Patrick and children are recomering from the mumps.....Mr.s Luther BOYET, left Monday for her home in Buffalo, New York. She spent several days here wit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl HARRIS.....Mr. and Mrs. H.X. STROH and family attended the Sunday school and HDC pot luck dinned at New Providence-Turley school house Sunday.....Mr. and Mrs. R. GOODWIN were hosts Sunday to their children and grandchilren., Those present were Mr. and Mrs. C.A. RAABE and daughter, Dorris; Mr. and Mrs. Frank GOODWIN and daughter, Joe; Mr. and Mrs. J.J. STONE, and family; Mr. and Mrs. Car GOODWIN and son Carl, Jr.; Mr.a nd Mrs. H.O. GOODWIN; Mr and Mrs. Ralph RAABE and son, Mr.a nd Mrs. Lloyd GOODWIN and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James PEARMAN and Mr. and Mrs. Webster HILLMAN.....L.B. BAKER of Jonesboro visited his sister, Mrs. H.O. GOODWIN, Sunday.....Mrs. A.W. WRIGHT, Aljah, J.R. and Mrs. Cordellia STEEL spent the weekend in Fordyce visiting Mrs. WRIGHT''S mother, Mrs. Joe COFIELD and other relatives.....Mr. and Mrs. Earl HARRIS and family, Mrs. Luther BOYET and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert TOWNSELL and children enjoyed the Easter Egg hunt at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cary PIKE Sunday.....Mr. and Mrs. Robert FINLEY and family have moved from Hughes to the J.B. PETERSON farm, where Mr. FINLEY has employment.

PAMPAS NEWS

David JONES and family have moved to Benton, Arkansas.....Miss Maxine PARKER, who is attending shcool at Pampas spent the weekend with her parents at Crockets Bluff.....Miss Lurlaine MILLER of DeWitt has been ill the past two weeks and is now at her home with her parents.....Mrs.Henry, Joe, Fritz, Oria, Otis, and Clyde MILLER, also Mrs. B.W. JONES and Mrs. Lee DAVIS attneded the Easter egg hunt Friday afternoon at the school house.....Joe MILLER and sons, Carl and Joe, attended the stock sale Saturday eveing in DeWitt.....Leo MORGAN is at the Davis Hospital in Pine Bluff where he is seriously ill with the measles and pneumonia.....Little Miss Pauline MORGAN is at her grandmothers, Mrs. Phil WAGES, with the measles.....Mr. and Mrs. Wardlow STILLWELL enjoyed Easter dinner with his sister, Mrs. Roy GEORGE, of the Sunshine community.

Parker News

Big Lagrue Sunday School, 10a.m. Earnest PARKER is Supt.....Mr. and Mrs. Leo HALL spent Wednesday in Memphis.....Mrs. Bob MILLER of Van visited her daughter, Mrs. Arthur ALLEN, a few days last week.....Clyde THACKER of Camp Robinson spent the weekend with hom folks. He and Miss Lola HEARN were married Saturday night and Clyde returned to Camp Robinson Sunday evening.....Mrs. John WALLER and daughter of HAgler are spending this week with her parents.....Mrs. Bob MILLER and Mr. and Mrs. Auther ALLEN visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lester WEAKLEY Sunday.....Mrs. Leo HALL attended church services in DeWit Saturday night.

Stanley Point News

Rev. V.D. KEELEY preached a nice Easter sermon Sunday afternoon.....Mrs. N.L. BROWNING and Pherby POWELL attened the County Council meeting in Gillett Friday.....Mr. and Mrs. Odell HARRISON and children spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R.E. HAGEMAN of Gillett.....Shirley COOK visited in the Rand home Sunday afternoon.....Lynn POWELL, daughter, and grandson were Stuttgart visitors Sunday.....Mr. and Mr.s Richard POWELL and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence STRICKLAND Sunday.....Mr. and Mrs. Talbert FOX were DeWitt visitors Sunday.

Johnston News

Vernon BULLOCK and Willard BULLOCK of Camp Robinson, Little Rock, were home for the week-end.....Clifford BULLOCK and some friends from near Gulf Port, Miss. wer here for Easter.....Ed BULLOCK visited his son, Robert of Stuttgart Friday night.....Mrs. Herbert BULLOCK was buried last Tuesday in the Van Camp grave yard.

Gillett News

Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. SCHMIDT of Stuttgart enteretained the members of their family and their familes in their home in Stuttgart. All of their children being present who were: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Holzhauer and family; Mr. and Mrs. Erich Lehman and family; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, Mr. and Mrs. George L:ehmann all of Gillett, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Beumer and daughter, Mrs. Emelia Able and children, Henry and Rudolph Schmidt of Stuttgart; and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Schmidt of Texarkana, Tex.

Charles Wallace who is with the U.S. Army stationed at Wichita Falls Texas, spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn WALLACE, last week.....Mr. and Mrs. E. LESLIE and daughter Peggy Lou, of North Little Rcok, visited relatives and friends here and in DeWitt Sunday.....Mrs. Fred COLLIER, Mrs. V.D. KEELEY, Mrs. Fritz EICHLER and Miss Mardele TRUAX spent Wednesday shopping in Little Rock.....Mrs. H.S. Jones, Mrs. T.P. BASS, Sr., and Mrs. Raymond KRAFT, Mrs. Melvin GRAVES and daughter, Judith Ann of DeWitt visited Mrs. Clive COLLIER and Mrs. E.C. RICHEY in McGehee Wednesday.....William PLACE and Miss Vida June MOLL who are students at the U. of A. at Fayetteville spent the Easter holidays with their parents here.....Mr. and Mrs. E.C. RICHEY and son, E.C. Jr., of McGehee, Mrs. Gene ALPE of Lake Village, Mr. and Mrs. F.J. BASS and daughter, Mary Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Terrence BASS and son, Pat, were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. T.P. BASS, SR Sunday.....Mrs. W.H. WALLACE was called toWainwright, Okla, Thursday to be the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Dora CONNERS, who is seriously ill.....Miss Corenna MORGAN who teaches school at Cabot, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred MORGAN.....Homer PLACE made a business trip to LIttle Rock Friday and was accompanied home by his sister, Miss Ruth Ann PLACE who spent the weekend.....Maurice TRITES who is with the US Army air corps at Jackson, Miss., spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. TRITES.....Miss Alma LEUTJEN who is teaching school at Hampton, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.O. LEUTJEN.....Mrs. J.M. JACOBS, SR who has been visiting her sons, Russell and J.M. Jr, in Memphis, returned home Saturday.....Mr. and Mrs. SIMS of Little Rock were the dinner guests of Mrs. Sims' sister, Mrs. Frank TRITEST, and Mr. TRITES, Sunday.....Miss Doris Mae CARLIN who is attneding school in Memphis and Mrs. Pauline SHOPTAW who is employed in Little Rock were guests of their mother, Mrs. Blanch CARLIN, Saturday night and Sunday.....Mr. and Mrs. George BAUER of Russellville, Edward BAUER of the U of A at Fayetteville spent the wekend with Mr. and Mr.s John BAUER.....Miss Betty Gay OAKSMITH of Stuttgart was the guest of Miss Betty AYERS Friday.....Mrs Cordella PURDY who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. HAGEMAN, the past few weeks returned to St. Louis Sunday where she is employed.....Mr. and Mrs. Roy McDonald of North Little Rock, Pete MCDONALD of monticello A. and M. were the guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John MCDONALD, Sunday.....Arvin FRENSTENBERG of Little Rock spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Sophie FRENSTENBERG.....Norval VIZZIER of Memphis Tenn., spent several days last week with his mother, Mrs. J.A. VIZZIER and brother Jimmie.....Mrs. B.J. Bass spent the weekend visiting her son James, in Little Rock and was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. N.E. DECAMP Sunday.....Paul HUGHES of Monticello A and M., Mrs. Robb HUGHES and daughter, Antoinette, spent the weekend with relatives in Little Rock and Pine Bluff.....Chester CHRISTINE who is with the U.S. Army at Camp Robinson visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday.....Mr. and Mrs. Alfred CARLEE and children of Stuttgart, Mr. and Mrs. Lenord WALLACE of Little Rock spent Sunday in the W.H. WALLACE home.....Mr. and Mrs. Howard PATTERSON of Little Rock spent Saturday night and Sunday with relatives here.....Misses Emma Jean and Irene WALLACE of Little Rock spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn WALLACE.....Mr. and Mrs. Charles MENARD and family of Little Rock spent Easter with their son Wilbur and Mrs. MENARD.....Mr. and Mrs. L.T. STRATTON of Stuttgart were the guests of Mrs. Stratton's sister, Mrs. Gob. EDMONDSON and Mr. EDMONDSON, Sunday.....J.J. CAMPBELL who is employed in defense work at Pine Bluff spent Saturday with relatives here.....Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. MARTIN spent Monday in Little Rock.....Miss Louise ARBAUGH of Little Rock spent Saturday night and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Bob LOWE, and Mr. LOWE.....Mr. and Mrs. Chester LOWE and son Chester, Jr., visited Dr. and Mrs. A.M. LOWE Saturday night and Sunday.....Mr. and Mrs. Frank MOLL, Mrs. W. L. TRITES and Will MOLL spent Wednesday in Pine Bluff.