The local post of the American Legion has been furnished with a Memorial
Certificate from the Republic of France, to be presented to the nearest
of kin of each soldier from Hempstead County who died in the service
during the world war.  The list of names, with their nearest of kin, is
as follows:

Corporal Theadore Fuller, Beulah F. Bowden, Rt. 2, Hope, AR

Pvt. Charlie A. Sims, Wm. R. Sims, Rt. 1, Fulton, AR

Pvt. Leonard L. Watkins, Lee Watkins, Rt. 1, Fulton, AR

Pvt. Robert Walker, Andrew Walker, McCaskell, AR

Pvt. Joe Gilmore, Mrs. Betsey Gilmore, Hope, AR

Pvt. George D. Schmale, W. G. Schmale, Fulton, AR

Pvt. Edgar Simmons, Wm. E. Simmons, Patmos, AR

Pvt. Willie L. Rowland, Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland, Fulton, AR

Pvt. LeRoy Bedford, Miss Shella Bedford, Hope, AR

Pvt. David Austin, Braz Austin, Yancy, AR

Pvt. Jasper Brown, Ruff Brown, Ozan, AR

Pvt. Preston Dobson, Mrs. Lula Dobson, Patmos, AR

Giles Foy Crane, U. S. Navy, Mr. Elias Wineas Crane, Bingen, AR

John Bentley Crews, U.S. Navy, Mrs. Kate Crews, Hope, AR

Roy Vernon Arnold, U.S. Navy, Mr. W. J. Arnold, Rt. 4, Hope, AR