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Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum accepting applications for 2024 Writer-In-Residence

The Hemingway- Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center is pleased to announce its 2024 writer-in-residence position. The residency will be for June 1-30, 2024, and includes lodging at a beautiful loft apartment on the downtown square in Piggott over the City Market coffee shop. The writer-in-residence will also have the opportunity to work in the studio where Ernest Hemingway worked on A Farewell to Arms during an extended stay with his wife’s family in 1928. The residency includes a $1000 stipend to help cover food and transportation.

Man’s Best Friend

Man’s Best Friend Okay dog lovers, this one is for you. Down through the annuals of time, we find evidence of man’s relationship with dogs, probably more so than even the horse, which is probably the next most important friend to mankind.

Veteran attributes military for transforming cotton picking life

Darrel Roberts was born on November 9, 1928, one year before the great stock market crash on Wall Street in 1929, at his grandfather Roberts’ farm located five miles southeast of Corning on Hwy. 135, as had his father before him. He was the fifth and middle child of nine children born to Elmer an Ada Mae (Vines) Roberts. He is a first cousin to the late Marylea Vines, author of the Courier column, “ Rambling Vines”.

Armed Services Editions, a staple for World War II servicemembers

One of the achievements of the Army Library Service during World War II was the publication and distribution of the Armed Services Editions. Armed Services Editions (ASEs) were small paperback books of fiction and nonfiction. The ASEs were edited and printed by the Council on Books in Wartime (CBW). The CBW was guided by publishers, booksellers, authors, and librarians in this publishing effort to distribute over 122 million paperbacks for free distribution to U.S. Servicemembers and they formed the nonprofit, Armed Services Editions, Inc., in spring 1942 in an effort to encourage what they believed was the most valuable thing that bookmen could undertake in the conduct of the war. W.W. Norton’s phrase, “Books are weapons in the war of ideas,” was popular with President Roosevelt and served as a contrast to book burning taking place in Germany.

The roles of the various branches of the U.S. military

Each November, people across the United States and its territories honor the brave men and women who serve and have served in the various branches of the countryÕs military. Veterans Day is observed annually every November 11 and honors the service of all U.S. military veterans. The day should not be confused with Memorial Day, which is celebrated each year in May and honors all military personnel who have died in service.

How to show your support for veterans

Supporting veterans is a worthy endeavor at any time of year, though such efforts tend to be more prominent in November. Veterans Day is celebrated annually on November 11 in honor of the millions of individuals across the United States who are military veterans. The day coincides with holidays such as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other countries and also honor military veterans.