Hope, 1953: The most famous person to come out of Hempstead County is pictured next to the teacher in this first-grade class photo. Referring to the future-President Bill Clinton, the back of the card said he was "a deep thinker and a bookworm." The average Arkansas teacher's salary at the time was around $2,000 a year. Card courtesy of Arkansas Post Card Company.
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