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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1967
Page
3
Community society notes from Hope Arkansas dated August 2 1967 cover Vacation Church School planning at First Presbyterian Church and helper contacts, plus events at First Methodist Church VFW Auxiliary potluck, a Hope Duplicate Bridge Club results, and upcoming dances and engagements. Also included are Centerville Club and local family updates, travel notes, and a nutrition snippet on figs.
Mr and Mrs Venson Jones announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Gwen Parmer to Frank Hill of Texarkana Texas Miss Parmer is a 1964 graduate of Hope High and Andersons Business College and is employed at G and S Mfg Co Inc Mr Hill is a 1962 graduate of Texas High and is a senior at East Texas State University in Commerce Texas The couple will wed on August 25 The Parmer family home is 521 No Andres St Hope Ben Parmer is the father
A reader asks Helen Help Us for guidance as her husband teases her about TV blondes during prayers. The column invites teenage questions and promises candid, supportive answers without dodging tough topics.
In Hollywood notes, TV's season shows flexibility with specials gaining sponsor interest. Ads attract young audiences via Herb Alpert and Juana Brass and Telephone Hour, while dramatic musical specials command big budgets. Helen Bottel offers household advice from Hope Star column. fiction shifts include Virginian changes and Jerry Van Dyke comedy renaming Accidental Family.
Hollywood figure Ross Hunter criticizes ticket costs rising from 50 cents to several dollars as studios seek to recoup expenses. He notes The Dirty Dozen, Dr Zhivago, and roadshows command high prices while stressing the need for showings to reflect value. Hunter recalls Universal beginnings and asserts the industry must balance costs with audience accessibility.
The article recalls Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson with oblique figures on salaries, set costs, and director pay in 1950s Hollywood. It contrasts past rates with today’s values, noting star earnings, weekly wages, and Universal’s large budget allocations for future projects amid varying movie profitability.
Walter C. Parkes notes the profit in errors and cut rate pricing. A financier, endowed with surplus money, knows precisely how to deploy it for gain.
The Saenger shows Born Free tonite plus Dear Brigette with James Stewart and Last of the Renegades. Saturday night previews Welcome to Hard Times. summer free matinee Wednesdays. Dixie Drive In offers Gorgon and Dead Men Tell No Tales. Georgy Girl opens Sunday at Dixie. Welcome to Hard Times returns to Saenger for family viewing with Henry Fonda and Keenan Wynn. War Wagon with John Wayne teased.
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