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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1965
Page
3
The Friday Music Club meets at 3 30 p m on April 23 in Mrs Jewel Moore Jr s home on the Rocky Mound Road with Mrs Clarence Geist as co hostess. A pot luck and dance are planned at the Hope Country Club for Saturday April 24 at 7 o clock.
A shower for Leon Willis at the family home in McCaskill and Friendship communities is set for Monday April 26. The Ann Wollerman Circle of the First Baptist Church meets 7:30 PM April 26 for Royal Service. The Ladies Golf Association tournament runs April 28 through May 12 with a $1 entry. contact Mrs. Henry Fenwick at 7-2212 or sign the bulletin by Monday April 26.
On Tuesday April 27 at 7 p.m. the Jett B Graves Class of the First Methodist Church will hold a pot luck supper at the church with hostesses named. Chapter AE PEO meets at 3 p.m. in Mrs Henry Haynes home with co hostesses. Flower Show School runs 8 30 a m April 27 28 29 at the church open to all.
The Hope Junior Auxiliary will meet on Wednesday April 28 at 10 am in the Community Room of the First National Bank. An executive meeting preceeds at 9 30 am.
Hope women attended a two day Outing in Scouting training in Prescott Tuesday and Thursday this week. The course includes an overnight at Camp High Point Me na Girl Scout Camp and is the last of the third training session to prepare leaders for girl instruction.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy District 4 gathering convened April 21 at the Old Tavern in Washington. President Mrs H C Whitworth opened the session with invocation by Mrs W B Osburn, pledge led by Mrs J Battle, and welcome from Mrs Alice McClerkin. New officers announced include D H Ritchie Texarkana as president, Robert Cobb El Dorado as vice president, C M Lewis Magnolia as secretary, Wilbur Jones Ozan as treasurer. Arkansas Division president Mrs R M Burrow attended with a program and slides A Visit to Richmond Luncheon served and five chapters represented.
On April 20 the DeAnn Lilac Garden Club gathered at Mrs. Leroy Samuel's home with co hostess Mrs. Hollis Samuel. Mrs. LeRoy Samuel gave a devotion from Nomans 1 1 3 and led prayers with Mrs. Hollis Samuel. Mrs. Luck spoke on Flower Arranging with lines balance and focal points aided by magazine pictures. Each member brought a crescent arrangement judged by Mrs. Luck. Lillie Clark won first, John Burke second. Vanilla nut cake nuts and coffee or cold drinks served.
U S mediator continues from page one as union demands are fully met. No joint meetings scheduled after the last session on Wednesday. The wage policy committee accuses companies of refusing realistic bargaining and proposing a two percent cap, limiting raises to seven cents yearly with no other benefits. Steelworkers average four dollars and forty cents per hour in wages and benefits, and a strike would idle about 425000 workers. The last steel strike in 1959 lasted 116 days.
The Victory 4-H Club met to order with president Robert Cash on April 9 at the club house. Louise Cramer led songs, Rita Kay Downs gave the devotional, and pledges were recited by Shirley McMillen and Helen McCorkle. Nancy Stevenson kept minutes and roll. Plans were set to clean the club house yard on April 24. Hubert Shirley showed a film, refreshments were served to one visitor, 15 members, and five adult leaders.
The Dougan family reunion Sunday April 11 honored the late Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Dougan with attendance from relatives across Arkansas and Texas at Walter Dougan's Oran home. The Golden Age Club met April 22 at the Youth Center with 14 members and one guest. agenda included a new 2 pm start time and a door prize for Mrs. Dora Wortham.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Downs and family of Dallas visited Columbus with Mr. and Mrs. Pat Downs and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ellis of Hope over the weekend. Mrs. Steve Carrigan Jr spent Easter in Little Rock with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Prather and Mary Dena and attended a tea and garden party at Mrs. E Holman’s home.
Hospital notes list admissions in Hope including Elmer Clark Odell Parrish Burt Webster Elizabeth Webster Beulah Johnson James Polk and Opal Quillen Jo White Jamie Russell and Lon ey Wright. Discharges include Mrs John Penney baby boy Emma Stuart Roy Collier Julia Ann Johnson Kendell Yo com Mrs Edward As kew Jim Blackwood and baby girl. Memorial admissions include Opal Quillen Jo White and Mrs Jamie Russell. Discharges list R L McCain F L Faught Floyd Raley Robert Muldrew.
Miss Helen Miller and Terry Huckabee were married at 8 p.m. Friday April 2 at First Presbyterian Church in McGehee. The ceremony featured a double ring rite with nuptial music and a huckleberry arch. The couple will reside in Blytheville where they work at Blytheville High School.
A reader asks when to tell family about a terminal illness and whether to involve doctors now. Helen suggests honesty and joint preparation with loved ones. The second letter concerns handling a snoopy neighbor while a daughter date curfew and supervision.
Dear Helen asks if the Hope Chest tradition survives as brides replace silk hose and mending runs with wedding showers, noting the decline of old customs. The reader reflects on changes since earlier days of mending stockings and wonder how lasting the practice remains.
Thunder showers likely this afternoon and evening with night temperatures in the low 60s. Highs reach the upper 80s to mid 90s across Arkansas Oklahoma and Missouri with varying cloudiness and scattered showers through Saturday.
A Nampa Idaho report notes a Negro Klan member returning home with context suggesting community tension. The piece reflects local attitudes and neighborly concerns amid rumors and interaction among residents.
A reader asks for the author of a quoted poem about gossip and unspoken thoughts. The reply identifies the lines as from the 21st stanza of Will Carlton's STORY FIRST SET TLER, noting it among the responder's favorites.
A reader describes a large family facing daily troubles and a mother crying out Helen Help Us to seek guidance. The reply promises practical aid for family living and invites readers to share experiences for the column in Hope Star.
Larry Don Wright received the Joe Amour Award in a weekly assembly. The honor remembers the late principal and recognizes outstanding service. Wright is vice president elect of the Student Council and has held multiple school leadership roles with a 4.0 grade average.
On Record at Hempstead Courthouse listings include chancery and civil cases such as Bain Cox versus Cox and Dixon versus Dixon, plus multiple Turner and Myers matters. Marriage notices list White Jr to Scoggins, Randell Jr to Moses Marie Howard, Ward to Harvel, and others in Nashville, Hope, and Marshall areas. A missing person case concerns a husband who failed to return home after work with a car found near Boise and San Francisco reports and a Mission Emergency Hospital inquiry.
The wife told police her husband joined the Ku Klux Klan and spoke by phone from San Francisco Thursday night saying he would return home soon. She said he gave no reason for his disappearance and did not mention a San Francisco doctor.
Arkansas officials and engineers discuss I-30 bridge needs at Fulton and a high level bridge to meet future navigation. Feild proposes a five and a half mile channel from Red River to Texarkana. others urge reconsideration of low level bridges and continued study with support from regional agencies and local chambers.
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