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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1957
Page
3
FRE estimate offered by Andy Andrews at 7-3867 for LATO aluminum window screens and doors. Weather-Whipper Aluminum Awnings promotion notes 15-1 month window.
A 1957 community page notes advice on using the unconscious mind for inspiration. It lists a series of local meetings: Vergecr Band Mothers will meet April 17 at 7:40 p.m. in the Band building. Hope Civic Improvement Association meets April 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Hicks Funeral Home. HD Club at Third Street Community Center on April 1 with health education focus. New Farmers of America Peach Blossom Federation in Harris Gym on April 16 1957 opens 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. session. public invited with admissions 10c-23c. Pastors 17th Anniversary: guest churches and pastors listed for tonight.
Hollywood writer Hubbard Keavy recalls lavish mansions linked to fame. He describes Jack Mey Dermat’s bizarrely styled home with tunneled entry, stolen baptismal fountain chandelier, and practical jokes. He notes Harold Lloyd’s Beverly Hills mansion taxed at 313000 yearly and Norma Shearer Thalberg’s Santa Monica oceanfront estate with a six car garage and private soundproofed rooms.
The Associated Press reports Southern Association standings with Memphis atop the table at .667, followed by Atlanta, Nashville, Mobile, Chattanooga, New Orleans, Birmingham, and Little Rock. Yesterday Mobile beat Little Rock 7-1 while Memphis defeated New Orleans 6-0 and Chattanooga routed Birmingham 13-0. American League and National League listings show team records, pending games, and scheduled matchups including Baltimore versus Washington and Boston versus Baltimore with pitchers noted.
Nanette Fabray headlines a semimusical comedy A Man's Game on NBC Aluminum Hour next Tuesday. She rehearses a pitching role while discussing a possible film series and her upcoming marriage to writer Rancid MacDougall, with NBC slated to sign her for a new weekly show about running a floral shop gathering place.
The narrator recalls a hillside home built by Frank Lloyd Wright with 288 feet of shelves in the living room, followed by 268 feet of books bought secondhand. Marion Davies’ famed beach cottage, with 24 bedrooms and baths and 932 servants, is described as opulent, costing about 1 million in the 1920s. The piece mentions Pickford and Fairbanks in the 20s and a distinctive replica of an old Date saloon in a rambling stucco house, reflecting a glamorous era of design and living.
The 1948 baseball season opens with the Yankees and Dodgers defending titles as 161 games begin across cities including Baltimore and Washington. Notable matchups feature the Orioles vs Red Sox in Baltimore and Senators at Yankees Stadium, with stars Mantle and Ford highlighted and pitchers Pierce and Spahn among others set for opening duties.
Court records list multiple defendants in Hope Arkansas on April 15 1957. Entries include Morrison driving while intoxicated plea guilty fined 50 dollars and one day in jail. Williams no driver's license forfeited 5 dollar bond. Muldrow failure to yield right of way forfeited 10 dollar bond. Martin disturbing peace forfeited 25 dollar bond. Collier hazardous duty forfeited 10 dollar bond. Davis running stop sign forfeited 5 dollar bond. Ingram drunkenness fined 10 dollars. Mike Campbell Frank Garland drunkenness pleas guilty fined 10 dollars. Maxwell drunkenness forfeited 10 dollar bond. Eddie Lee Stuart assault and battery dismissed. Rufus Shaw disturbing peace dismissed. State docket shows Stone possessing beer pleaded guilty fined 100 dollars. Pounded entries including Bananna Supply Spiln Povett overjoad forfeited 25 dollar bond. Puckett improper passing forfeited 3900 dollar bond. Browning no passing zone forfeited 5 dollar bond. Martinez driving on wrong side of road forfeited 6090 cash bond. Thomas Glass speeding forfeited 3 dollars cash. York non-support dismissed. judgments by default awarded various plaintiffs including Oklahoma Ive & Supply Co. vs Hogan and others. overall docket shows numerous misdemeanor and civil action entries with payments and dismissals.
Oakland bout ends with Bob Satterfield stopping Ren Wise in 1 22 of the opening round. Satterfield, 144 pounds, improves to 47 victories 2 losses and 4 draws. Manager Ike Bernstein announces plans for Archie Moore style crown as top heavies duck the challenger. Wise suffers first defeat in 14 fights at 14 fights and 4 draws.
John Wesley Coombs longtime pitcher for the Athletics, Brooklyn, and Detroit, dies at 74 after a heart attack. A 50-game winner, he pitched complete World Series games including a 1910 shutout streak and earned his nickname in 1909. He later coached at Willits College, Princeton, and Duke, and scouted for the Athletics.
Two teenage boys admitted stealing five cars and breaking into two businesses in one night. James J. Price of Cilengordia California, formerly Russellville, received six years in the penitentiary. A 15-year-old companion was sent to the state Boys Industrial School for an indefinite period. Police said the spree included a car theft last Tuesday night and related actions.
Arkansas ripped 16 hits to topple Centenary in a rain dampened game as Jim Hunt drove in five runs and Don Horton added four hits. Seven Arkansas runs came in the seventh inning as Louis Hobson pitched through seven innings. Both teams were set to meet again tomorrow.
In Russellville the suspects stole a vehicle then took another in Conway before driving to North Little Rock and taking two more. They transported five cars to Petit Jean State Park, abandoned one, and returned. Back in Russellville they stole another car and broke into a skating rink and another business.
A Purdue horticulturist notes walnuts and hickory nuts benefit from soaking per person. Peanuts and popcorn require no water treatment. A reference mentions Egyptian pyramids built between 3000 and 1800 B C.
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