04 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1961
Page
1
Hope Star of Hope Arkansas details the Star Publishing Co staff and address, subscription rates, advertising contacts, and Associated Press affiliation. The notice enumerates editor names, building location at 212 14 South Walnut Street, and coverage areas for subscriptions by carrier and air mail.
Birth announcements list multiple families in Hempstead County including Hollis Shuster Huckabee Lumpkin Bearden Hicks and other Hope Emmet and Rosston addresses. Names cover James Hollis James Shuster Raymors Moody Lumpkin Daniels Bearden Hicks Me Kamie Moore Adams and others with given children James Marlan Jr Bonnie Gail Jeanette Teresa Lynne Cecilia Ann Stephen Edsward David Alan Dwayne Rodell and more.
From Hempstead Courthouse records, multiple divorces appear including Musadere Raschke versus George Bernett Raschke and James Marvin Erwin versus Jessie Marie Ray Erwin. Civil docket shows Clyde Monts and Carl Lee Bostic versus Tol Tol Tox Oil Co with judgments sought of 706.80 and 5000.00 respectively.
Governor Faubus met with about 30 influential Arkansans to map support for a $76 million building and spending program. A $60 million bond issue must pass by election, with a $16 million omnibus bill tied to it. Participants included W R Stephens Truman Baker Olen Hendrix J Orville Cheney and Rolla Fitch.
The notice lists newborns with parents and addresses in Hope and nearby towns. Included are Stanley Eugene, Charles Willis, Annet, Vala Dean, Janet Annette, Karen Nell, Avis Terry, Norman, Kenneth Eugene and others born to families such as Langston, Thomas, Phillips, Patterson, Carter, Rhodes, Gant, Pickers.
Members of the 47 Bridge Club met at Mrs. Jim Nelson's home for a dessert bridge with camellia arrangements and iris centerpiece. High score prize went to Mrs. E. R. Ward. Other attendees included Mrs. O. W. Watkins and several listed Prescott residents. Engagement announced for Miss Cormie Belle Harvey to Max Glaze with June 10 wedding planned in Prescott.
New York AP report says folk singer Pete Seeger aged 42 was sentenced to one year in prison for contempt after refusing to answer questions about possible Communist affiliations. He had earlier been convicted on 10 counts and refused to discuss political beliefs before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1955.
The Gazette reported a successful meeting with several prominent attendees. Included were W.R. Witt Stephens financier and Grant County representative, Truman Baker of Searcy chairing the Highway Commission, state Board of Control member, J. Orville Cheney Revenue Commissioner, and Rolla Fitch Alcoholic Beverage Control director.
Garland County sheriff's office seeks two hitchhikers who assaulted a 60 year old man, tied him up, and robbed him before fleeing. One suspect named C. E. Bagby of Hot Springs is identified in a partial description from the AP report.
Voters in Fort Smith Arkansas choose between two mayoral candidates Bob Brooksher a former FBI agent and B G Hendrix Sebastian County coroner and two city commissioner hopefuls Lloyd McDonald cleaning firm owner and James Yarbrough former state representative in a runoff after surviving the March 22 first election Lawson Cloninger was elected municipal judge in that vote.
The San Francisco Art Commission will honor hydrant No 12 with a brass plaque at 20th and Church streets to commemorate its role in stopping fires and quakes after 1906 water mains failures. The event preserves a historic civic artifact in the city.
County agent Calvin J. Caldwell warns that cutworms feed at night and can damage corn cabbage onion tomato and other crops. Control includes soil dusting with toxaphene and dieldrin or using paper collars. Early cabbage worms such as imported cabbage worm looper and diamond back moth can ruin cabbage. dust with mala thunk dust or malathion spray mixed with soap to greens.
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