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Crip Hall
Claris Gustavius "Crip" Hall (October 8, 1901 – January 14, 1961) was a noted lawyer and politician who served as the Secretary of State of Arkansas for 25 years. He took the nickname " Crip" following a lifelong handicap caused by a childhood case of polio. Early life and education Hall was born on October 8, 1901, in Social Hill, Arkansas, an unincorporated community near Malvern, Arkansas in the Ouachita Mountains, to John R. Hall and Elizabeth () Hall. He attended Malvern School District and played catcher on the baseball team. Following graduation, he attended the University of Arkansas, earning a degree in journalism in 1924. Hall was active on campus, becoming a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, serving as president of the sophomore class, and editor and business manager of ''The Arkansas Traveler'', the UA student newspaper. He also founded the Arkansas Booster Club. He married Nancy Pearl Johnson on October 5, 1929. Hall enrolled in the Arkansas Law School, now k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Hill, Arkansas
Social Hill is an unincorporated community in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States. Social Hill is located near Interstate 30 and Arkansas Highway 84, west-southwest of Malvern. The Ouachita River The Ouachita River ( ) is a river that runs south and east through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana, joining the Tensas River to form the Black River near Jonesville, Louisiana. It is the 25th-longest river in the United States ( ... is one mile to the east of the community.''Social Hill, AR,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 References Unincorporated communities in Hot Spring County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas {{HotSpringCountyAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arkansas Traveler (newspaper)
''The Arkansas Traveler'' (sometimes abbreviated to just ''The Traveler'') is the student newspaper of the University of Arkansas. It is printed four times a week and has an online edition that is updated daily. ''The Traveler'' is distributed free on campus and around the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and usually contains a mix of campus and local news coverage. Its Thursday edition is called the ''Weekender'' and provides a preview for the upcoming weekend. ''The Traveler'' is an affiliate of UWIRE, which distributes and promotes its content to their network. History Students at the university had published student literary magazines as early as 1895, but the first student newspaper was founded on Oct. 10, 1906, as ''The University Weekly.'' The newspaper was supported by student subscription and remains a student-operated publication. Its first editor was Joseph Othel York, a senior from Bellefonte, Arkansas, who published the paper weekly through the end of the academic y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |