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THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
VOLUME 2.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST, 25, 1916
NUMBER 5
McCRORY soldier boy
is KILLED ON BORDER
Oliver P. Gentry, Former Manager of Mills Here Is Buried
at Deming, New Mexico.
In a letter received Tuesday
from Private Tom Price of Com
pany H. First Regiment, Arkan/
sfls National Guard, now station
ed at Deming, New Mexico, we
are informed of the death of Mr.
Oliver P. Gentry, a former citi
zen of McCrory and who resided
here at the time he enlisted a few
months ago at Newport. The
letter follows:
NEWS FROM THE BORDER
Deming. N. M.} Aug. 19,1916.
The Home News,
McCrory, Ark.,
Gentlemen:—
Oliver P. Gentry, a sojdier in
theU. S. Army, was buried to
day in a lonely grave on the
plains not far from Deming,
New Mexico. His death was
caused by a fall from a motor
truck.
He had been enlisted in the
army about two months and had
gained a great many friends
among the soldiers. It was a
very sad day for them.
Mr. Gentry was the former
superintendent of the Kelly Han
dle Company’s mills located at
McCrory, Langton and DeView
and he had gained for himself a
good reputation with the handle
company.
A Soldier Boy.
Notice to M. H. S. Pupils
On the first two days of school,
September 4th and 5th, pupils
who failed to make their grades
last year, or were conditionally
passed to the next grades, may
take the examinations to remove
such conditions. By making a
general average of 80 per cent
^ith not more than one subject
below 75 per cent, pupils who
ailed or were conditioned be
come full-fledged members of
t eir classes. Pupils who wefe
conditionally passed will be per
mitted one month's trial in the
to! owing grades. Those who
ai ed must take up again the
^airie work as pursued last year.
e hist and second grades
I"111 u0ccijpy Miss Wells' roomi
ne third and fourth Miss John
^ns room; the fifth and sixth
:!SS.Jones> room; Miss Tarplev’s
n Usie will be the room
1 Cupm*] by Mr. Willis’ pupils
Jtar; the seventh grade will
occupy room 5. All high grade
students will occupy the study
hall, which will be in charge of
the principal.
The first two days will be used
for lesson assignments and reci
tations, so all pupils, whether
conditioned or not, will be ex
pected to be present.
The different teachers will hold
ehaoel each morning at the usual
time in their own rooms.
The grades for promotion will
be: A general average of 80 per
cent with not more than one sub
ject below 75 per cent.
+ Examinations will be given
every nine weeks, or four times
in the year. Pupils who are not
tardy more than four days; who
make 97 per cent in Deportment
and 93 percent in daily work; all
who meet these conditions will
win exemption from examina
tions, and they will not be re
quired to attend school on exam
ination days.
Members of the football and
basketball teams must have a
general average of 75 per cent
in all subjects previous to games
before they will be allowed to
take part in match games.
All who are neither absent nor
| tardy for the entire schoolyear
of nine months will be granted
! Certificated of Award at the same
time the graduates receive their
diplomas.
Mrs. H. C. Sparks.
Mrs. H. C. Sparks succumbed
to an attack of intermittent *fe
ver and congestion at her home
at Morton this, Friday, morning,
Aug. 25, 1916, at nine o’clock.
The deceased was a devoted
member of the Methodist Church
She was 58 years old and leaves
four sons, two daughters, one
brother, two neices and four
grandchildren.
The remains were shipped to
Wynne and laid to rest in the
Smith Chapel Cemetery about 12
miles south of that city. We ex
tend our heartfelt sympathies to
the bereaved family.
Mrs.Genia Lewis is home from
a two weeks’ stay in Hot Springs
where she took a course of baths
in the health giving waters of
the Vapor City.
Estimate for Rock Road
The State Highway Depart
ment has prepared the estimate,
plans and cost of the proposed
rock road from Fakes to Fair
Oaks, with a mile north and
south from MeCrory and a mile
south from Jelks.
It has been filed with County
Judge Hutchins and he has
already signed and returned the
petitim required to be sent to
the Highway Department. The
Department will at once prepare
a petition and send it here for
the property owners to sign ask
ing the county court to create
the special road improvement
district.
The preliminary estimate
shows that there are 15 and 17
one hundredths miles of road to
be constructed. Tt will all he
graded and have an eleven foot
crown of rock six inches thick.
The estimate follows:
“53,300 cubic yards of embank
ment at 20c, $11,060.00.
144 teet of 18 inch pipe at
$1.75, $252.00.
192 feet of 24 inch pipe at
$2.50, $480.00.
333 cubic yards concrete cul
verts and headwalls at $10.,
$3,330.00.
1,100 tons per mile or 16,690
tons of Little Rock crushed
stone, shipped, hauled, spread,
sprinkled and rolled for base 11
feet wide and four inches deep,
at $1.75 a ton, $29,207.50.
700 tons per mile or 10,620
tons of Forrest City grave),
shipped, hauled, spread, filled,
sprinkled and rolled for the top
11 feet wide and two inches
deep, at $1.20 a ton, $12,744.00.
Overhead and incidentals,
seven per cent, $3,995.14.
Total cost, $61,068.64, or
$4,025.62 per mile.
The estimate includes metal
and concrete culverts, but does
not include bridges for Cache
River and the Bayou. The esti
mate recently made for the rock
road from Wynne east to the
Crittenden County line was
$4,200.00 a mile.
Mrs. J. F. Morgan spent a few
days this week in Little Rock.
Fletcher Davis of Augusta
spent a few hours here Sunday.
Mrs. W. D. Hinson is home
from an extended visit to her
mother, Mrs. R. M. Galloway, in
Newark.
Mr. and Mrs. D. 0. Harton
and baby arrived Monday from
Conway for a visit to his sister,
Mrs. J. H. Crossett.
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McCrory,
Ark.