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Newspaper
El Dorado Times
Location
El Dorado, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1966
Page
3
Mrs. Beverly Whatley 30 died Monday night in San Diego County California after a brief illness. She was the wife of John Richard Whatley formerly of El Dorado. Funeral services and burial will be in El Dorado with arrangements pending awaiting family arrival.
Richard Mackay 72 of 52% North Washington Avenue died suddenly Monday afternoon at home. A Birmingham England native, he came to America in 1820 and lived in El Dorado 20 years. He was a retired oil field rigger, 32nd degree Mason, Shriner, and British Army veteran. Survived by son John D. Mackay of Casper Wyoming, daughters Barbara Mackay and Edith of Indianapolis, and brother Herbert Mackay of Byron Wyoming. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at First Christian Church, Rev. Durward Penry officiating. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Rumph Mortuary in charge. Pallbearers listed.
Plans are nearing completion for the annual Civitan Club banquet at El Dorado High School cafeteria Thursday night. Wilson Matthews of the Arkansas Razorbacks staff will speak with Dr. Don Echols as master of ceremonies. The Wildcat player of the year will be honored along with other awards. About 300 are expected. tickets from Lewis Sporting Goods Store H and W Store Cook's Pest Control and club members.
Smackover the Buckaroos shut Hampton 55 36 on Tuesday night. Rutledge led Smackover with 17 points followed by Holloway 13 and Basinger 10. Hampton’s John Smith scored 18 and Henderson 10.
About Town updates greet El Dorado residents with a birth at Union Memorial Hospital and upcoming club events. A marriage license was issued for James W Allen Jr and Margaret Ann Baker. Fire Department handled a car fire at Union Memorial Hospital while Police reported multiple accidents at G and N Laundromat Rock Island tracks and Hill Street service alley intersections.
Mt Holly Hornets win two games and Norphlet Leopards take one in a three game set. Junior girls Norphlet 27 Mt Holly 20. Cheryl Watson 12 for Mt Holly. Catherine Manor 18 for Norphlet. Senior girls Mt Holly 55 Norphlet 52. Williams 35 for Mt Holly. Mt Holly senior boys 59 36? High scorers include Johnny Primm and Jimmy Jones for Mt Holly. Norphlet leaders Varnardo 21 and Squyres 17. Page County notes tax exempt food sales focus.
A brief note compares the short-tailed albatross to extinct birds like the Labrador duck the great auk and the dodo, suggesting its possible extinction in the Pacific Ocean.
The phrase recognizes Carlo as a preeminent leader or symbolic mother figure valued across a broad realm. The epithet reflects cultural esteem and historical reverence attributed to Carlo within narratives and spoken tradition.
The Fish Hatchery Road project in AH C bids totals about 5.9 million dollars with openings planned in December. Projects span Clay Cross Prairie Pulaski Lonoke and White with grading drainage bridges overpasses and road realignments on Arkansas 211 18 290 and the East-West freeway in Little Rock and County lines near Beebe.
About 240 acres were added to the Arkansas state park system announced by Faubus. Newton County gains roughly 200 acres of rugged valley land described as a natural wilderness. Dr. Ed Barron Jr. turned the land over at a price around 23 thousand dollars. Fulton County receives land with a spring feeding about 200 million gallons of cold water daily into Mam mouth Spring, with renovation plans for the spring area to boost tourism.
Eureka Springs officials led by Mayor Jan Bullock cut the police force from seven to two and asked Police Chief Jerry Colvin to take a 100 dollar monthly pay cut. They moved the police office to Basin Park Hotel, shut off street lights, and considered gas pumping on city property and other cost cuts to save up to 1500 dollars monthly as legal fee bills and elections costs strain the budget.
In Arizona, 17 year old Raider Yslas, once near death from a football injury in October, is appointed to the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis Md He remains hospitalized in good condition and was announced by Rep Morris K Udall A Tucson hospital scene and recovery frame as the story moves from tragedy to an unexpected step toward a military career.
Joseph P Kennedy father of the late President John F Kennedy underwent minor surgery at the New England Baptist Hospital to remove chest skin lesions. He remains for several days of observation before flying to his home in Palm Beach. Queen Mother Elizabeth 66 checked into King Edward VII Hospital in London for a routine checkup expected to last a day or two.
Roger Smith suffered injuries after falling from a cruiser he built in his hillside Bermuda yard and ending up in the water two feet below sea level. The incident occurred during a boating mishap near the coast.
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