Calendar of events and society notes in Hope area
The Ladies Bridge Luncheon at Hope Country Club on Thursday April 27 offers a $1.75 catered meal with reservations by April 25. Various clubs post meetings and hostesses, a bridal shower for Miss Buneva Wood and Randy Ross, and a May 1 joint dinner in the Hope High School cafeteria. Local church and civic group activities are listed, plus a brief report of visitors and births in Hope. In Eaton Rapids Michigan a 67-year-old grandmother, Maurine Morden, rides an adult tricycle attracting attention as she uses it for short trips around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hope Country Club
Thompson Evans, Jr
Jim James
Bill Routon
Buneva Wood
Randy Ross
A. B. Goodwin
Rosston Road
Wilma Garrett
George Prentice
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Maurine Morden
Engagement Announced for Miss Shirley Hartsfield and Mr Marcus Blakely
Miss Shirley Hartsfield of Hope Arkansas becomes engaged to Marcus Blakely of Nashville Arkansas. She holds a BSE in English from Henderson State Teachers College and teaches at Central Junior High Helena. He is Advertising Manager of The Nashville News. The couple plan to wed June 24 at Unity Baptist Church.
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Shirley Hartsfield
Marcus Ray Blakely
Miss Hartsfield
George Walter Hartsfield
Hope, Arkansas
Mr. Blakely
Henry Marcus Blakely
Nashville
Arkansas
Henderson State Teachers College
Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority
Heart and Key
Central Junior High School
Helena
Blakely
Theta Xi
Nashville News
Unity Baptist Church
Capote visits Garden City set of In Cold Blood
Truman Capote traveled 400 miles from Kansas City to Garden City to watch filming of his nonfiction novel In Cold Blood. He praised the production, noted the black and white shoot with unknown actors, and said John Forsythe resembles Alvin Dewey as Brooks aimed for accuracy.
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Bob Thomas
Garden City
Kan
Truman Capote
Kansas City
Capote
Wheat Land
Clutter
Richard Brooks
Brooks
John Forsythe
Alvin Dewey
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Forsythe
Dewey
HELEN HELP US Youth column on parental rights and college talk
A reader asks about custody in a divorce with four children and stepfather rights for the boys. The Helen Help Us column replies that legal backing and the mother’s agreement are essential, urging counseling before final decisions. The page also includes letters about college admissions and a note from readers in Travelers Rest, South Carolina.
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Helen
Hope Seanger plans big film week at Saenger and Dixie Drive In
A local cinema slate highlights The Pad and How to Use It tonight, Fun in Acapulco and Girls Girls Girls Friday and Saturday, plus Greatest Story Ever Told starting Sunday with Charlton Heston and John Wayne in a roadshow. Admission drops to 1.25 for adults and .75 for children, group rates available. matinees offered for churches or schools. The Dixie Drive In features The Lost Command in color and How to Steal a Mile Lion comedy, starring Alain Delon, promising lively entertainment all weekend.
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Saenger the
Charlton Heston
John Wayne
Alain DeLon
Lost Command
Extension Home Management Specialist Named
Mrs. Margaret P. Alexander of Hamburg is appointed Extension Home Management Specialist for the Arkansas Agricultural Extension Service, succeeding retiree Mrs. Crystal Tenborg. Alexander, with nine years in Ashley County, will develop educational materials for county home economists addressing family living problems. Born in Laneburg, she holds a 1941 Arkansas B.S. in home economics and 1965 graduate study at George Washington University and the University of Arkansas. She is married to Marvin M. Alexander and has four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret P. Alexander
Hamburg
Arkansas Agricultural Extension Service
C. A. Vines
Alexander
Crystal Tenborg
Vines
Ashley County
White County
Stone County
Cleburne County
Heber Springs
Alexandersa
Arkansas and the American Home Economies Associations
Arkansas and National Association of Extension Home Economiists
National Association
Lanebarg
Prescott
University of Arkansas
George Washington University
Washington
Farm Security Administration
Pulaski County
Marvin M. Alexander
Mary Alice
Susan
Barney
Claranda
J. L. Purtie
Alexanders
Methodist Church
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B. C. Hyatt
Charles Bat
Arthur Street
Cos
Hope B & PW Club
Career Club
Hope High School
Arkansas B & PW
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Centerville HD
Centerville Extension Homemakers Club
W. C. Beck
Howard Underwood
E. O. Bright
Vernie Goynes
Earl Ross
Hugh Bearden
Mamie Gentry
Extension Home
Delores McBride
Katie Altom
B.J. Willhite
Europe
Holy Land
Emmett Thompson
Dr. Thompson
Sam Kirby
Frank Irwin
Mr. Irwin
Little Rock
Gus McClanahan
Gus McClanahan, Jr
Fort Smith
Carol Harrison
Arkola
Okla
Dell
Florence McClanahan
Ray Burton
Houston
Frieday
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Bradley Alan
Kenny McKee
Jewel Moore, Sr
Hope
Grandmother
Ark
Ladies Specialty Shop’ Savings Club
Helen Bottel
Marie
College of Your Choice
Seven Sisters
John Looper
Travelers Rest
South Carolina
Helen Botte
Hope Star
Inc
Associated Press London
Samuel Pepys
London
Pepys
G. Bell and Sons
Civil Service
Tax Department
By Velda Seamans
Presley
Acapulco
Burtons
Richard Burtons
Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Virginia Woolf
Grosvenor House Hotel
Miss Mansfield
Tralee
Ireland
Jayne Mansfield
County Kerry
Denis Moynihan
Jack Pane
Joeyop
ABC
Carson
Jack the Ripper
Dillinger
Buddy Hackett
Paar
Bishop
East
Paul
CBS
Herb Alpert
Tijuana Brass
Ray Scherer
Robert McNeil
Margaret Alexander
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