The Pulaskian., January 29, 1915, Image 1

About The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929

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A Weekly Newspaper
for Pulaski Heights and
Pulaski County
Published on Friday
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Dollar a Year
■Volume One.
PULASKI HEIGHTS (Little Rock Postoffice), ARK., JANUARY 29, 1915.
Number One
' LIES ARE BACK
IF HEALTH CLUBS
TWO ORGANIZA i folPfc FORMED
TO MAKE PULASKI HEIGHTS
ARKANSAS’ CLEANEST CITY.
WORK WITH CITY OFFICERS
Mrs. Carrol D. Wood Starts Move
ment in Hillcrest and Second Meet
ing With Strong Representation
From First Ward Is Held.
Fair notice is given to all germs
and insects that there is no place for
them in Pulaski Heights. Not even the
familiar house fly or musically-in
clined mosquito will be permitted to
stop in passage, even though it be but
to rest its wings.
This is not a mandate from Town
Marshal Hawkins but a genuine
declaration of war from the house
wives of the city. With brooms and
soap, rakes and matches the ladies are
going to make Pulaski Heights the
cleanest and healthiest city in all Ar
kansas.
Two organizations have been formed
to carry on the clean-up crusade and
it is expected that a club will be form
ed in each ward of the city so that the
work may extend to every section and
be thorough in its scope. The first
club was formed in Hillcrest, at the
home of Mrs. T. L. Cox and Mrs. Car
rol D. Wood was elected president.
A second club, the Pulaski Heights
Health Club, was organized Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. J.
F. Loughborough on Prospect avenue.
At this meeting Mrs. Carl Baer was
elected president; M]rs. Ashley Cock
rill, vice president, and Mrs. C. E. Cas
ueuerry, secretary. 1 ue executive
committee is composed of the above
ladies, with the addition of Mrs. W.
C. Garrison and Mrs. Loughborough.
The ladies who have enlisted are:
Mrs. H. H. Kirby, Mrs. McCormick,
Mrs. Stockman, Mrs. L. H. Bradley,
Mrs. E. J. Clancy, Mrs. Lyda Dice,
Mrs. W. G. Sprague, Mrs. C. O. Car
penter, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. G. W.
Emerson, Mrs. V. B. Curtis, Mrs.
George Firman, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. M.
J. Manning, Mrs. J. B. Webster, Mrs.
J. S. Draper, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. O. E.
White, Mrs. Edgar Moss, Mrs. F. B.
Lc-nning and Mrs. Sam A. Cochran.
Another meeting, to discuss further
plans and perfect the organization,
will be held at the home of Mrs. J. F.
Loughborough on Wednesday morn
ing, February 3, at 10 o’clock. All
ladies who will give their help to this
movement are invited and urged to at
tend.
Mrs. Wood and the Hillcrest ladies
are busy with their plans and will hold
frequent meetings to further the work.
These ladies do not expect to per
form the whole task alone. They have
asked and have been extended the co
operation of Dr. Boyce, the city health
officer, Mayor Bradley and all the city
officials. The moral influence of these
ladies’ clubs, it is recognized, will be
a great help to the better health move
ment.
AUTO DRIVE THROUGH WATER
WORKS PARK IS SUGGESTED.
There isn’t a finer view in all the
Ozark mountains than that to be ob
tained from thei ridge upon the crest
of which is located the waterworks
reservoir in Pulaski Heights, where
the Water Company has an eighty-acre
park.
It is here that thousands of chil
dren come in the spring to gather vio
lets and wild flowers. The Water
Company has shown its pride in the
natural beauty of the place by cutting
out the underbrush and encouraging
the growth of grass and flowers.
Now it would be a splendid thing if
the winding roadway leading from
Prospect avenue up to the reservoir
could be converted into an automobile
driveway that would permit the hun
dreds of pleasure parties that come
to the Heights on summer days to
drive through this beautiful woodland,
circle the reservoir and pass out over
one of the newly-paved streets to the
westward.
No one ever visited this spot that
was not inspired by the magnificent
view—the river and Ft. Logan H.
Roots on one side, and the city of Lit
tle Rock with its circling hills on the
other.
You will help along your local paper
if you will ask the merchant you trade
with to give a share of his advertis
ing to The Pulaskian. When you pay
your bills write on the margin of the
check, “Do you advertise in The Pu
laskian ?"
CITIZEN REID HEADS
LITTLE ROCK BAR
Former Congressman Chas. C. Reid.
Pulaski Heights likes to see her cit
izens forge to the front—and they usu
ally do. .The most recent instance was
the selection of Former Congressman
Charles C. Reid as president of the
Little Rock Bar Association. Since
the photograph was taken Mr. Reid
has somewhat changed his facial
make-up, but no appology need be
made for his appearance here with
out a mustache.
Alderman H. C. Lockler is the proud
father of a fine boy.
Mrs. J. P. Reid and children are vis
iting relatives in Yazoo, Miss. *
Judge M. J. Manning has returned
from a business trip to Stuttgart.
The G. W. Streepys have moved
into their new bungalow in Hillcrest.
Mrs. J. S. McDonnell has gone for
a winter-end visit with friends in Flor
Miss Ruby Scroggins of Louisiana
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. G. M.
Waller.
Mrs. C. O. Carpenter and little son
have returned from a pleasant visit
with friends at Amity.
The little baby of Sidney Mase on
Twenty-fourth avenue has been ill
with pneumonia, but is better. *
Teams are at work reducing the
grades on some of the streets inter
secting with. Prospect avenue.
Mrs. Fay Chew is expecting a visit
from her mother, Mrs. Baxter, who
has many friends on the Heights.
Mrs. Arbona, who has been the
guest of Mrs. J. P. Streepy, has re
turned to ner home in Hot Springs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Aiken entertained
with a card party at her home on Fri
day. About :i0 guests w'ere present.
P. F. Carey, manager of the John
Deere Plow Company, has moved from
Forest Park to 204 North. Pine street.
Lowell Moss, son of Mr. ad Mrs. E.
E. Moss and a graduate of the Uni
versity of Arkansas, has accepted a
position w'ith the DuPont Pow'der Com
pany at Wilmington, Vt
Twelve Blocks of New Streets
North of Prospect Being Paved
Work the first of the week was start
ed on the pavement of twelve blocks
of streets in the district lying north ol
Prospect avenue and between the
waterworks plant and Pine street
improvement District No. 8. The
streets to be paved are:
Martin street, from Prospect tc
Tenth.
Valmar street, from Prospect tc
Tenth.
Ninth avenue, between M ait in anc
Valmar.
Eighth avenue, from Martin to Pine
connecting with old district No. 4.
Pine street already has been graded
and paved from Prospect to Ninth
Oak street has been paved up tc
Eighth street, as kittle Re-Maple. Val
! entine street will be paved, thus com
1 plating the pavement from the en
! trance to Pulaski Heights to the As
sembly Hall.
The pavement will be of macadam,
with concrete curb and gutters. The
new grades will conform to the estab
lished grades of the city. The work
will cost $12,000, or $1,000 a block.
The contractors are McCarthy & Peay,
and the engineering is in charge of
the Miller Engineering Company and
W. D: Holtzman Jr.
'Hie commissioners who have work
ed for months in promoting and per
fecting this important improvement
are J. B. Webster, E. J. Clancy and
J. F. Loughborough.
It is expected that the work will be
completed in 30 days.
Diplomas for 12 Graduates
of Pulaski Heights School
Twelve pupils received their diplo
mas at the mid-term graduations, Pu
laski Heights public school, this year,
five being girls and seven boys. The
graduates were:
Lucy Nan Browne.
Floyd Holwell,
Maydine McKay.
Hazel McKay.
Freeda Rose.
Reuben Bredlow.
Laster Dalhoff.
Robert Hughes.
Gerald LeFever.
Paul McKnight.
Frank Pattison.
Herbert White.
Mrs. Hattie M. Seaver, principal of
the school, is especially proud of this
class, and of Herbert White, the honor
pupil, who has a record of attending
school eight years without being tardy
a single time, or absent except a few
times in cases of sickness. A gold
medal was presented to this boy by
the Pulaski Heights School Improve
ment Association.
At the Baptist Church on Friday
Miss Virginia V. Hoge of Franklin,
Ky., a nelce of Mrs. J. F. Loughbor
ough, is a guest of her aunt in Pulas
ki Heights.
The Rev. J. S. Murphy and wife of
Forest Park are in DuVall’s Bluff,
where. Mr. Murphy is holding church
meetings.
Mrs. E. G. Wetzel and daughter,
Helen, of Lookout avenue, have gone
to Hot Springs to spend several weeks
in quest of health.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gordon of 822
Beech street were presented with a
little girl last Sunday. The mother
is convalescing at St. Vincent’s.
C. B. Maxwell’s many friends among
the patrons of the Mercantile Trust
Company have missed him from his ac
customed place at the bank, he having
been ill for two weeks.
H. H. Bowden of Eighth avenue,
who was ill for a few days last week,
is now at his office again. Mr. Bow
den is publisher of the Arkansas
night there was given a splendid en
tertainment under the auspices of the
Pulaski Heights School Improvement
Association, many patrons and pupils
attending and enjoying the program.
The folk lore songs rendered by the
children of the first grade, under the
direction of their teacher, Mrs. Jones,
made an impression upon the audi
ence, as did also the several selections
by the home talent orchestra, the ap
pearance of which was a happy sur
prise.
Miss May Manard sang and Sher
man Hall gave a solo and recitation.
Several of the children “said” little
pieces and there were a number of
other features.
The graduating class of 15 pupils
was present and presented to the au
dience. Mrs. B. B. Wright, president
of the association, presented a gold
medal to the honor pupil of the class,
Herbert White.
The class will be further entertained
tonight (Friday) at the home of O. S.
White, Games will be played and re
freshments served.
Farmer and Homestead, the state’s
leading farm paper.
The Rev. E. P. J. Garrett, former
pastor of the Pulaski Heights Bap
tist Church, has moved to Heber
Springs, where he has accepted a call.
The family made many warm friends
during their sojourn here.
Two new aldermen, both from the
Second ward, will take their seats in
the Pulaski Heights City Council at
its next regular meeting .Monday
night, February 8. J. H. Hicks and W.
H. Keeton are the new city fathers.
They were elected to take the places
of Dr. Edgar W. Smith and Charles
Hunter, who recently removed from
the city.
Mrs. Guy H. Mathis, who went to
Chicago for an operation due to a
broken arm, which accident occurred
six months ago, has so far recovered
that she expects to return home In
the near future. Mrs. Mathis is one
of the city’s most talented musicians
HIGH MUSICAL HONOR
PAID MISS BRADLEY
Miss Brunnelle Bradley.
Friends of Miss Brunnelle Bradley,
daughter of Mayor Bradley of Pulas
ki Heights, are pleased to learn of the
signal recognitioni of the young lady’s
musical talent at the University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, where she is
now finishing a two-year course in
vocal and instrumental music. Dur
ing the temporary absence of her vo
cal teacher, Miss Bradley recently was
placed in charge of her class and
proved herself a competent instructor
as well as a thorough student.
and it was feared that the Injury
would impair the use of her arm, but
she writes to friends at home that she
now has the free use of the entire
limb.
Graves Peay entertained the mem
hers of the Senior Class of the Little
Rock High school at his home in Pu
laski Heights last Friday evening with
games and luncheon. Those who en
joyed the event were: Misses Loreno
Baker, Camile Green, Lucile Nor
throp, Laura Mitchell, Magenta Grace
and Gladys McCulloch, and Messrs
Charles Ashton, Clifford Pinckney
Curtis Jones, Newell Van Frank, Car'
Oates, Kenneth. Le Fever, Willard
Selle, William Voss and Graves Peay
Carl Cates and Curtis Jones won the
favors at cards.
CHURCH NOTES
Plaski Heights Methodist Church,
the Rev. S. R. Twitty, pastor. Sun
day school 10 a. m. Services 11 a.
m. and 7:15 p. m. Midweek prayer
service on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
Pulaski Heights Raptist Church,
Assembly Hall, Oak and Prospect.
Services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sun
day School at 9:45; Prayer meeting
Wednesday night.
First Presbyterian Church, corner
Sixth and Walnut streets, the Rev.
Samuel Stanworth, pastor. Sunday
School at 9:45. Services at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
St. Mark’s Church (Episcopal), cor
ner Woodlawn and Ash streets. Sun
day School at 9:45. Services at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Forest Park Methodist Church—
Sunday School at 9:45 a, m. Preaching
services as announced.
Where Public and Private Improvements
Co-Operate to Make a Pleasing Effect
ALL PHONES WEST
TO CENTER HERE
NEW WOODLAWN STATION IN PU
LASKI HEIGHTS WILL SERVE
THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS.
WORK FOR SIXTEEN GIRLS
Operators Comfortably Provided for
in Bungalow Exchange—Switch
board and Equipment Will Cost.
$60,000—Opens June 1.
That handsome new bungalow the
builders have Just completed opposite
Oak street station, in the heart of
Pulaski Heights, is the new Wood
lawn exchange of the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone Company,
in which is now being installed an
elaborate switchboard Lj be ready for
operation by June 1st.
This is Little Rock's first branch
telephone station and its establishment
requires a re-arrangement of the en
tire telephone book. All city phono
numbers will have affixed the word
“Main,” and all numbers of phones
operated from the new sub-station will
be coupled with the word “Wood
lawn.”
The selection of a name for this
CYbh'llirro uraci loff 4 a Mia Dnlnnlrl
Heights City Council. The Telephone
Company only specified that a word
of two sylables be chosen. Among the
names proposed were Ozark, Hillcrest,
Prospect and Pineland, but Woodiawn
•was preferred not only because it is
easy of enunciation but because it is
the name of one of the streets on
which is located the exchange proper
ty.
Nearly a Thousand Subscribers.
Woodiawn exchange will open with
950 subscribers, its line serving all of
that territory west of the Iron Moun
tain tracks, from the river to the pen
itentiary. The building and is equip
ment will cost when completed about
¥60,000. The switchboard and central
office apparatus is of the Western
Klectric Manufacture and of the latest
type.
Sixteen young lady operators will
be employed at the Woodiawn ex
change and for their comfort lunch
and rest rooms have been provided.
Indeed the interior of the bungalow
is as homelike and inviting as the out
side. It is divided into one long room,
for the switchboard, and three small
rooms for the use of the employes.
The building is simply a work place.
All business between the public and
the company will be transacted at the
company’s headquarters, Seventh and
l-iouisiana streets, Little Rock, as in
the past.
The building of this exchange is due
to the rapid growth of the company’s
business in Pulaski Heights and the
western part of Little Rock. At pres
ent all calls from this district are
handled through the main office.
The volume of traffic increased so
rapidly that it became necessary to
tablished In Pulaski Heights because
of its easy access and central location.
Woodlawn is the telephone center for
an area as large geographically as the
City of Little Rock, east of the rail
road.
That the telephone people have an
eye upon the future is indicated by
the fact that they have reserved a
space on their Woodlawn avenue lot
for a larger exchange building at some
later time and have so constructed
their present building that it easily
can be converted into a manager's
residence. ,
One of the Pulaski Heights’ citi
zens, S. C. Poage, is division plant su
perintendent of the company and has
had much to do with the planning and
construction of this model exchange
and its equipment.
Before the exchange is placed in
operation a new issue of the telephone
dirctory will be published, showing
all telephone numbers under the new
arrangement.
BAPTIST CHURCH CALLS DR.
CREASMAN OF NASHVILLE,
TENN.
The Rev. C. D. Creasman of Nash
ville, Tenn., has been offered the pas
torship of the Pulaski Heights Bap
tist Church, and it is expected that
he will accept the call. Dr. Creas
man preached for the congregation
two Sundays ago, and was well receiv
ed. The former pastor of this church
has gone to Heber Springs, Ark. '
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