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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1977
Page
2
The forecast from The Associated Press shows scattered showers and thunderstorms statewide through Friday. The outlook extends into the next several days with potential rain in many areas.
Hope Star from August 11 1997 provides the typical publication data and staff listings alongside a local weather forecast. The forecast projects scattered showers with a northern emphasis and cooler temperatures into Friday.
Congressman Ray Thornton will be in Prescott Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Bank of Prescott for an informal town meeting During August recess of the House he will also speak before the Hope Kiwanis Club on August 23 in Prescott.
Travis Hardaway Spring Hill School superintendent outlines registration for Thursday August 25 and first day of school Friday August 26 with early dismissal. Kindergarten entrants must be five by October 1 1977 have immunizations and a birth certificate. Other districts set start dates and half days for first week with full days by August 29.
Dayton residents vent anger as 375 firemen receive amnesty after a 19 hour walkout. City Manager James Alloway, under orders from the City Commission and Mayor James McGee, grants concessions including pay and hours after more than 15 fires destroy at least 20 buildings.
Obituaries report Mrs Annye Jim Crowson Scoggin age 88 who died Tuesday in a Nashville hospital. Funeral services were held at Latimer Funeral Home with burial in Ozan cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, three sisters, four grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Also noted is Mrs Victoria A Foster 94 who died in a local nursing home. Funeral services were held at Spring Hit Baptist Church with burial in Betts cemetery. Survivors include two sons, one daughter, a half brother, and numerous grandchildren. The article also discusses a series of fires of suspicious origin during a strike era, with authorities withholding arson conclusions and a Dayton center inmate recalling a sense of responsibility during containment efforts.
Community events include a Friday to Sunday revival at Netw Hope Community Church near Prescott with 7 30 p m services and 11 a m Sunday service led by Pastor Jerry Westshoreland. Other items note promotions, memorial funds, a revival at Midway United Methodist Church, band rehearsals, box seat reminders, a coffee break, fuel assistance applications, and a transportation cooperative. Supports organizers such as J Richard Hunt Associates Inc J R Hunt and local groups in Hope Arkansas Magnolia Ark Texarkana and Southwest Arkansas areas.
Funeral services for Ralph A Gordon Sr., 59, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cornish Funeral Home chapel in Prescott with Rev. Jerry Westmoreland and Rev. Darrel Bone officiating. Burial was in DeAnn cemetery. He died Wednesday morning in a Texarkana hospital after a short illness. A lifelong Prescott resident and World War II veteran, he was a pharmacist and owner of Buchanan Drug Store. Survivors include his wife Martha McGough Gordon, two sons Ralph A Gordon Jr and Clarence D Gordon, a sister Mary Sue Paraham of Camden, and two grandchildren.
Etner Eschenbath is cited with a proverb claiming youth beauty and old age comfort. The remark contrasts vitality with ease, reflecting a wry view on aging.
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