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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1955
Page
2
The passage notes residents returning home to Baldwin after a weeklong stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Boa rents and visits to friends in the area. The fragment mentions Mr. Boa rents as hosts and J. W. family connections in the social circle.
The de Gree Laster Club House hosted a gathering for about 35 band guests plus family on Thursday August 11. A long central table featured a crepe myrtle centerpiece. Supper was buffet style after prayer. Fred Hunt led games after supper. a regular club meeting will be held later.
New York born Broadway actor Kung Ben, a long-time Hollywood figure, is poised to become a Western star at Republic Studio. He gained notice after leading roles in The Last Command and Johnny Guitar, with his public image shaped by studio publicity and personal appearances.
A Defense Department report by a committee of officials and retired officers says American troops were not prepared for Communist indoctrination methods used on prisoners of war in Korea. It criticizes past preparations as inadequate and urges new programs to counter questioning by captured servicemen. The study also notes World War II lessons: Germans treated POWs punctiliously, while Japanese tortured prisoners without seeking indoctrination.
Ben, 22, a single New Yorker, joins Texas heritage days publicity stunt to ride 138 miles from Bracketville to San Antonio on a horse. Led by Happy Shahan, the trek unfolds during The Last Command premiere week as Ben faces a real challenge and Texans drop out, yet he stays aboard longer than planned.
Torrential rains in Hokkaido bury homes and farmland as the toll rises to nine dead with three missing. Diplomatic clash in The Hague as U S and Soviet embassy teams meet. Nepal permits an eight member expedition to tackle Lhotse, the world highest unconquered peak. Vienna radio departs after a decade as US troops exit Austria. Sultan Hamid’s sentence cut by six months on Indonesia’s independence anniversary.
The Rev. Anthony F. Lechner, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic church in Conway and former Duquesne University faculty member, died yesterday at age 58 from a heart attack while inspecting a new convent. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph church. Lechner served as pastor in Conway since 1951 after St. Mary's Mission Seminary in Norwalk Connecticut and prior service at St. Mary's in Detroit. He was among six counselors of the Holy Ghost Fathers in the United States.
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas reports on the financial procedures of several state agencies including the Arkansas Burial Association Board will be heard today by the Legislative Audit Committee. The committee aims to check executive branch expenditures. Travel expenses for Burial Association Board employees were questioned last meeting and State Sen Roy Riales of Mena, a paid field auditor for the board, was challenged but Attorney General Tom Tentry ruled Riales does not violate the Constitution’s civil office prohibition.
A congressional committee examined POW treatment in Korea and noted indoctrination efforts by Russians and Red China. It found 4428 of 7190 American captives survived, with few charged with offenses. It criticized lack of a formal prisoner code and presented Eisenhower with a proposed future code.
Dorothy Dix answers readers about engagement, dating while engaged, divorce, and love. A teen asks about balancing a soldier fiancé and another suitor. other letters discuss leaving for independence, money priorities, and a college romance.
Atomic Energy Commission researchers at Argonne National Laboratory described tritium as a potential aid for commercial laundries to clean greasy clothes and as a radioactive tracer for studying action and disposition of hydrogen in processes. They noted tritium is produced by neutron bombardment of lithium in reactors and exists only in tiny natural quantities.
ST. JOSEPH Missouri four persons were killed yesterday and a fifth died today in two highway accidents near the city ten people were injured. The dead include Mrs John Lange 46 Elkhorn Iowa Ole P Olson 76 Festus Mo and Mrs Genevieve Ambdenstock 31 Elkhorn Iowa Olson's wife died today. The other victim was Mrs Myrtle David of Mound City Mo.
The Prescott American Legion Auxiliary gathered Monday evening at Mrs. L. L. Mitchells home with Mrs. Alta Grantt assisting. President Mrs. J W Gist led a salute to the flag and a prayer by Mrs. Ss W Scott. The Preamble was read in unison and a program on Membership presented by Mrs. Scott. A dessert course and cold drinks were served to 15 members and two guests, Mrs. Dallis Atkins and Mrs. J V Fore.
Edith Ann Henley was honored by her parents Mr and Mrs Whit Henley at their home on Tuesday afternoon for her sixth birthday. After gifts and games, cake and ice cream were served to guests Jerry and Jimmy West Moreland Susie and Sandra Ward Frances and Barbara Howard Louise and Betty Buchanan Johnny Ledbetter Rosemary Lee and Gay Henley.
Rotary District 201 leader Dr Matt Ellis, president of Hendrix College, spoke at the Prescott club meeting in Lewson Hotel, outlining goals for local clubs. He highlighted the Crippled Adults Hospital project in Memphis, the Rotary Foundation education program, and expanding Rotary study within clubs. The visit included an assembly with officers and committee chairs and remarks on strengthening local resources. Several local residents and guests were listed as attendees or visitors during the day.
Central Arkansas shows clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change this afternoon and tonight into Saturday. Highs in the low 90s, lows around 70. Northeast and Southeast regions expect similar clear to partly cloudy conditions with highs near 90s and low 70s. Northwest Arkansas forecasts clear to partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 90s and lows in the 60s.
Glenwood resident Horace M Wade son of local pastor Dr J A Wade has been named director of personnel for the Air Force Strategic Air Command and was recommended for promotion to brigadier general He was born in Magnolia and is a University of Arkansas graduate whose father pastors Glenwood Methodist Church
A Vermont woman, Olgie Lamear, plans to repeat her 1400 mile trek from Vermont to Clarksville Arkansas in a one horse wagon. She passed through Cleveland 900 miles from her Arkansas destination with four goats, three dogs and 20 chickens. She aims for Ozan near Clarksville and previously lived in Tastleton Vermont after her 1948 trip.
About 75 horsemen plan a 176 mile ride from Harrison to Little Rock for the 1955 state livestock show beginning Oct 2. They will travel with a chuck wagon and camp along the highway, aiming to reach in a week and will be guests of the Livestock Show Association. Gov. Faubus intends to join on the final leg from Morrilton.
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