Blockton Notes and Honors Include Thanksgiving Gatherings
A long Blockton social with surprise party for Mrs. Bertha Scroggie on Nov 23 features kinfolk and neighbors playing Pinochle and sharing refreshments. Scholastic honor rolls list seniors Veneta Bentley Mary Hammer Patricia Wilcox and others. citizenship ratings mark several students as outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Adams
Veneta Bentley
Mary Hammer
Patricia Wilcox
Dona Cornett
Donald Shearer
Joanne Judy
Edward Brown
Leona Burns
Bonnie Ewart
Barbara Freeman
Marian Goin
Marilyn Thiig
Phoebe Johnston
Patricia Livingston
Dorothy Stephenson
Allen Avey
Janet Bentley
Kenneth Dukes
Monte Murren
Fern Weaver
Cecile Fluke
Joan McConehay
Wilma Lawrence
Billy Woods
Billy Freeman
Bertha Scroggie
E. O. Murray
Roy Fitzhugh
Roy Dean
Elmer Garst
H. A. Piper
Arda Hess
Mary Chilcote
Charle Parson
Leonard Scroggie
Gary Dean
Bertha
Junior Scroggie
Hopkins Ladies Council Pre-Christmas Party Noted
Hopkins residents gathered December 1 at the Worley home for a Christian church Ladies Council pre-Christmas party with holiday decorations and a Christmassy program led by Mrs. Erville Allison. Gift exchanges occurred among members as part of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Council
Charles Worley
Mary Hanna
John Wilosa
Orie Shell
Galen Ulmer
Fannie Robbins
Ladies Council of the Christian Church
Worley
Erville Allison
Albert Mutti
A. F. Mutti Jr
Fritzie
Sue
Champaign
Ralph Mutti
Mark Nicholson
Nicolson
Harry Ulrich
Des Moines
Ulrich
Fred Herbert
Hopkins
Thos
Hosman
Bedford
Joe H. Wright
Joyce
Joel
Baldwin
Kansas
Wright
Homer K. Ebright
Hopkins Social Calendar and High School Sports Highlights
Local social calendar notes visits and travels of families from Hopkins including the Torrey Saunders Kellogg and Turner households with plans to winter in Tucson and attend the Missouri University homecoming. Harold's cafe changes hands. Hopkins Rockets announce December schedule and basketball results show Lenox and Quitman match outcomes with county tournament reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Torrey
Herschel Saunders
Saunders
Wilda
Longmont
Colo
Henry Kellogg
Ed Schooler
Waldo Kellogg
Judy
Torrey
Mr. Saunders
Wek
Tucson
Ariz
Hardie Shleman
Ollie Reynolds
Harold
House of David
Barnard
Goetz A. C
St. Joseph
Prescott
Iowa
Bedford
Lenox High School
Lenox
Quitman Pirates
Bulldogs
Reading Hopkins
Quitman
Belle Starr's Daughter at Rialto Sunday and Monday
Rose, Belle Starr's high-spirited daughter, stars in a Western drama at the Rialto arriving Sunday and Monday December 5 and 6. The film promises a vivid, powerful western tale far beyond typical prior productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Starr
Rialto
Rose
Bandit Queen Rose Faces U S Marshal Clash in Cherokee Flats
The tale centers on the Bandit Queen of Cherokee Flats and a resolve to pit a determined U S Marshal against the Southwest's most dangerous outlaw. In the ensuing confrontation Rose herself is poised as the prize and focal point of the duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Flats
U. S
Southwest
Rose
Tap Roots at the Rialto in pre Civil War saga
A cinema feature Tap Roots screens Tuesday through Thursday December 7 8 and 9 at the Rialto. The drama follows the Dabney family in southern Mississippi as secession divides Lebanon County and a cavalry charge closes the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Rialto
Dabney
Mississippi
Lebanon County
Dabneys
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