Social Calendar Highlights Local May Events
August 17 schedule lists American Legion volunteer shifts at Surgical Dressing rooms and a city hall officers installation followed by tea room social. Woodman Circle meets at Woodman Hall at 7:45. August 19 Hope chapter 328 Eastern Star meets at Masonic Hall at 8. Baptist YW A holds special meeting. church hosts mission study led by Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Haynes using The Larger Stewardship. Thirty five Women’s Missionary Society members attend al fresco party at church lawn with circles meeting and picnic supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Baptist Y.W.A
Y.W.A
First Baptist Church
Hugh Jones
Henry Haynes
Charles C. Cook
Martha Ann Alexander
Sara Jane Murphy
Mary Lee Rider
Jane Duke
Arlest Trout
Isabel Schooley
Roxie Jane Sutton
Betty Ruth Coleman
Roby Joyce Formby
Norma June Duke
Mary Joe Wilson
Mary Joe Dickinson
Tempie Faye Tolland
Ella Joe Edminston
Haynes
Jones
Society
Women's Missionary Society of the
Weekend Guests and Travel Notices Reported Across Cities
The column lists numerous social visits and travels. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Spencer hosted Mrs. Bullah Hayes and family from Little Rock. Mrs. Max Cox and Mrs. Berhaney journeyed to Chicago to visit relatives. Mrs. McWilliams visits Harvey Booth in Chicago. Mrs. Forster and son Ricky stay with the Youngs in town. Mrs. J. Jackson and Carl Jackson visit Pat and Casey in Texarkana and New Orleans. Sydney McMath Jr. visits Dallas. John Williams and George Green host from Texarkana. Oscar Greenburg sails from Hot Springs to New York. Thomas Honeycutt, Marine Corps, returns from San Diego to visit. Mrs. Gaines travels to Fort Lewis to join Staff Sergeant Gaines. C. W. Bridges moves to Tri-State hospital in Shreveport and is said to be improving.
Local Army Recruits Arrive for Home Visits and Training
Lieut Frank Robinson arrives to visit his parents near Hope after a year abroad. Gerald Lee Bales, son of Mr and Mrs Ross Bales, is now stationed in Canada. Pvt Fred Tullis, son of Mrs Flora Tullis Hope Route 4, reports to Camp Wolters Texas for infantry basic training.
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Frank Robinson
P. B. Robinson
Near Hope
Ross Bales
Gerald Lee Bales
Canada
Camp Wolters
Texas
Fred Tullis
Flora Tullis
Hope Route 4
Allied Drive Into Messina as Sicily Falls to Allies
Allied forces push into Mesina from the north closing the last axis escape routes after a 38 day campaign. British and American units continue pounding Italian and Sicilian targets with heavy air and sea bombardments, while capturing trains and destroying shore defenses. The Sicily invasion began July 10 with 160000 Allied troops landing on southern beaches. The note ends with an odd line claiming the harmonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin.
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Scalea
Gulf of Policastro
Cape Bonifati
Vibo Valentia Marina
Sicilian
Messina
Cape RizzZuto
Tce
Italy
Sicily
Middle East
Foggia Tortorella
San Nicola
Viterbo
Rome
Naples
Tiber
Imperia
Gulf of Genoa
Spadafora San Martino
Eisenhower
Allied
Monforte San Giorgio
Gessa
Lion Oil to Start Butadiene Plant in El Dorado
Lion Oil Refining Company is assembling a large butadiene plant near El Dorado Arkansas from salvaged equipment. The facility will boost synthetic rubber output, employing about 100 workers and producing enough rubber for 8 900 tanks, 17 800 Flying Fortresses or 1 375 000 car tires. Colonel T H Barton says the project opens new industry prospects for Arkansas.
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el Dorado
Southwest
Lion Oil Refining Company
South
Arkansas
Lion
Col
T. H. Barton
Troina battle entry by a seven man patrol
Lt. Stan Mastyl leads a seven man patrol toward Troina as American forces push to enter the ruined Sicilian town. The unit faces stiff German resistance across ridges and valleys, with early dawn movements and cautious orders from Major Charles Horner amid ongoing shelling and trench conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
AEF
Troina
Stan Mastyl
Philadelphia
No Man’s Land
Terry Allen
First
Mastyl
Death Writes the Last Edition
Journalists at the Midvale Ex press pursue a stab death of editor Joe Parker. Clem Evans and Pat Cleveland recover a threatening letter from Parker’s desk as Dave Elson returns, hinting at a motive tied to Parker’s papers. They drive home in a somber mood, weighing clues and their tangled past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Parker
The
Midvale Express
Clem Evans
Pat Cleveland
Society
Pat
Clem
Dave Elson
Dave
Parker
Evans
Express
Quiet Midvale Turn to Mystery in Parker House
Dave and Pat drive to the Parker home after a death on the block. They slip inside the study to find the room eerily quiet until bright lights suddenly engulf the scene and Pat screams, hinting at unseen danger nearby.
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Dave
Pat
Midvale
Desperate Fight Near Troina Under Fire From Skies
Allied units push through wrecked wheat fields near Troina as dive bombers join the assault. Snipers in a vineyard delay the advance while troops improvise cover with undershirts carried to the ridge. The scene mixes danger, dirt, and humor amid battlefield chaos.
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Troina
Vincent Burns
Woodhaven
N. Y
Henries
Booth
Dudley Dies at Home Here in Hempstead County
Charles A. Dudley 39 native of Hempstead County was found dead in bed at his home here. He had run a grocery business and owned the Dudley Flour and Feed Co. Funeral plans await relatives. Survived by widow, mother Mrs. Earl Dudley Sr., brothers W. C. Dudley Corpus Christi Texas and Earl Dudley Hope, and sister Mrs. John Milburn Gurdon.
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Charles A. Dudley
Hempstead County
Hempstead
Dudley Flour and Feed Co
Earl Dudley
W. C. Dudley
Corpus Christi
Texas
Hope
John Milburn
Gurdon
Picnic Wednesday for Presbyterians
Every member of the Presbyterian Church and Sunday School is invited to the annual picnic at Fair Park beginning at 7 p m on Wednesday August 18. Attendees are asked to bring only sandwiches as all other eats and drinks are provided by the Sunday School. Transportation will be arranged for those without it if they come to the church between 6 30 and 7 p m.
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Presbyterian Church
Fair Park
Bristol Twins Feature 15 Year Old Gene Shrewsberry
Gene Shrewsberry, age 15, of Bristol Virginia, plays for the Bristol Twins in the Appalachian League. He debuted in organized baseball with a triple and a walk in his first two plate appearances. The text also notes the sun is about 92,900,000 miles from Earth.
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Bristol
Bristol Twins
Gene Shrewsberry
Troina Siege Falls After Bombers Silence Snipers
Soldiers recount a diving air attack that silenced enemy snipers as they moved through Troina. Civilians waved white flags from balconies while U S troops scaled the ridge to reach the cliff city and breach the fortress line.
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Troina
Anderson
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Dorothy Heard
Woodman Circle
Woodman Hall
Hope Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Lloyd Spencer
Mrs. Spencer
Bullah Hays
Thomas Hayes
Hays
Nancy
Tommy
Little Rock
Max Cox
W. H. Berhaney
Port Huron
Mich
Chicago
George Henry
Marie Hill
E. M. McWilliams
Harvey Booth
R. R. Forster
Ricky
Shreveport
Mrs. L. W. Young
J. Jackson
Texarkana
Carl Jackson
New Orleans
Pat Casey
Mr. Casey
Sydney McMath, Jr
Jim Henrys
W. T. McMaths
Dallas
John Williams
George Green
Oscar Greenburg
Hot Springs
New York
Thomas Honeycutt
Marine Corps of
James Gaines
Fort Lewis
Washington
Gaines
C. W. Bridges
Tri-State Hospital
NEW Saenger
Allan Ladd
Loretta Young
Sam
Rialto
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Fay Bainter In
Hope Star
Harmonica
Benjamin Franklin
Ward & Son
Nassau Bay
New Guinea
Salamaua
U.S
Charles
Chuck) Horner
Doylestown, Pa
L and K Companies
Horner
Eer
Masty
Jack Belden
Time and
Life Magazines
Everett Booth
East
Death
Patricia
Mary
Davey
By Adeline McElfresh
Dave Whis
C. A. Dudley
Chas.a. Haynes Co
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