Local Social Calendar and Wedding Festivities Preview
A long list of social events, rehearsals, and parties is outlined, including skating reception at the Methodist church, breakfast at Bariow Hotel, a Sunday music program on KXAR, Fidelis class picnic at Fair Park, McNeill Abraham wedding rehearsal dinner, and multiple invitations and bridal party arrangements across August with named hosts and guests.
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Fidelis
First Methodist Church
Fair Park
Local social notes and hospital admissions
Corrina and Going Mr and Mrs Guy Downing and daughter Marilyn Kaye of Little Rock visit Mrs Guy Downing and relatives. Dr and Mrs G E Cannon returned from Rochester Minnesota. Mary Alice Urrey weds William Muriel Dorsey of Grand Prairie Texas in Rockwell. Couple to live in Arlington. Bride a Hope High School graduate. Guests include Mrs Talmadge Hardy and Mrs Jimmy Howell of Minden. Gerald Lee Bales and Frances Helen visit from Badger Wisconsin. Katherine Rising returns to Texarkana after visiting grandparents Lon and Ora McLarty. John B Koonce of Oklahoma City visits his mother Mrs J B Koonce. Norman Bradford relocation to Plainview with parents. William Keliner of Fort Worth visiting Hope. Admitted: M D Downs Hope. Discharged: Mrs O L Roberts Hope. Branch Admitted: George Ross Rt 4. A Tennessee boy loses two teeth to a firecracker by accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice Urrey
Texas
W. Curtis Urrey
Mary Alice
Dallas
William Muriel Dorsey
Grand * Prairie
Tex
M._5
Dorsey
Henderson
Rockwell
Miss Urrey
Arlington
Hope High School
Tyter Commercial College
New London, Texas
Tyler Commercial College
Bethel A.M.E. To Observe Men's Day
Bethel A M E will observe men s day with H L Miller in charge of the men s class and lay teaching. W Rutherford and J D Varrence lead the adult women class and Lela Toney heads the primary department. At 10 am the men s choir will sing and at 3 pm the Ever Ready Quartet of Shreveport will present a musical program. Public invited.
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Bethel Ame Church
H. L. Miller
W. Rutherford
J. D. Varrence
Lela Toney
Shreveport
House Packed Up to Leave Washington
Washington Aug 26 The house prepared to adjourn for the year as members departed for home. Senate business would alone continue for a month with committee meetings canceled. Adjournment timing remained uncertain, while a few members planned to stay for sporadic sessions and others to attend. Senate discussions centered on backlog of legislation and lament over slow progress.
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Washington
House
Senate
Leach
Hehina Sehedwe
Charles W. Tohey R
M. H
Softball Pitcher Notches Two No-Hitters in Tourney
Aug 26 Cam pred to Carp Jerry Nied, a pitcher with no-hitter credentials, threw two no-hitters at Camp Chaffee in the Fourth Army softball tournament. He blanked Brock Medical Center 1-0 and Fort Still 3-0, totaling 59 strikeouts in 35 innings as Sandia faces Fort Bliss in the finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forl. Smith
Carp
Jerry Nied
Nied
Sandia
N. M
Camp Chaffee
Brock Medical Center
Fort Still
Fort Bliss
Truman deflects ambassadorship question at White House
President Truman jokes about future ambitions after a visit by 96 teenage girls led by the American Legion Auxiliary. He says he cannot promise ambassadorship plans five years ahead, noting his term will expire, prompting reporters to push for a clear stance. He likens himself to Calvin Coolidge in 1927, refusing to say more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twc
White House
American Legion Auxiliary
Poe
Truman Leamednels
Ion Calvin Couvlidge
Golf Widow and a Husband Obsessed with Golf
Dorothy Dix counsels a golf minded husband risks his marriage as he pursues constant play. The letter-writer seeks affection and companionship while the husband prioritizes golf over Sundays and holidays, risking marital rift. Dix argues golf must be shared rather than worshipped and urges part time play to spare wives.
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Miss Bixt
Nancy
Ifhushanas
Hais
Dorothy DIX
Islander Path to Happiness in a Conflicted Marriage
A guidance column advises a young woman married too soon to adapt rather than divorce. It argues against judging cross cultural marriages, urges finding joy with husband and baby, and stresses personal resolve to create a comfortable home despite past mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Leavig
Dorothy DIX
Hic Bell Syndicate
Bridge Panel Considers Renaming Mississippi River Bridge
Members of the Memphis and Arkansas bridge commission meet in Memphis on August 26 to discuss renaming the new Mississippi river bridge still under construction. The panel had nicknamed the bridge the E H Crump bridge, but Crump declined to have his name used.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis and Arkansas Bridge Commission
Mississippi River
E. H. Crump
Crump
Heavy Rains Aid Forest Fire Fighters
Heavy rains aided firefighting efforts across western forests as a Payette National Forest blaze in Idaho expanded to over 2,000 acres. The toll rose to 20 dead among volunteers and crew. fires also threatened Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Firefighters faced dry leaves and limited rain in New England while Stanislaus National Forest in California aimed to control a 6,500 acre fire. Yellowstone rains helped mop up four big fires. Black Hills in South Dakota suffered its worst blaze in 10 years. Marines and foresters worked near Delta Canyon in California as the peninsula fire burned over 12,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette National Forest
Idaho
America
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Ourlumn
New England
California
Stanislaus National Farmat
Yellowstone National Park
Edmund B. Rodgers
South Dakota
Black Hills National Forest
Delta Canyon
Marine Camp Pendiclon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thone
Senter
Dorothy Henry
Ming Rosemary Coop
Pogge McNeill
Bariow Hotel
Bil Duckett
Bob Franklin
Bill Witla
Bill Willis
Dale Rosa Dunn
Dora Lou Franks
Hendrix Spraggins
Jessie Clarie Brown
Norma Jean Archer
KXAR
North
Louisiana
Fred White
Mary Della White
Nosemary Coon
Louis Ward Howard
Vf. CG. Whitworth
Dora Lov Franks
Pegee McNeill
Rosemary Coop
South Elm Street
Carolyn Sue Cornelius
Kathryn Halle
Rogemary Coop
Mary Roy Moses
Pogee McWeir
Joe Moody
Jud Martindale
Tone
Frazer
Waren
Douglas Robert Ostesloh
Toyce Compton
WGA
Icsure
Don Red
Carson City
Meg Randall
Merry Antrim
Arthur Franz
Corrina
Going
Guy Downing
Marilyn Kaye
Little Rock
Paul H. Jones
G. E. Cannon
Rochester
Minn
Talmadge Hardy
Jimmy Howell
Minden, la
Alva Rey
Nelson
Gerald Lee Bales
Frances Helen
Badger
Wisconsin
Bales
Ross Bales
Robert Bales
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Katherine Rising
Texarkana
Lon McLarty
John B. Koonce
Oklahoma City
J. B. Koonce
Norman Bradford
Mr. Bradford
Mrs
George Bradford
Plainview, Ark
William Keliner
Fort Worth
Hope
Josephine
M. D. Downs
O. L. Roberts
W. H. Biter
Ang Litlerson
Washington, Ark
George Ross
Rt 4
Miss Dix
Moutine
Pontite
Quilty Vuilliaini
Fisher
Hempstead Motor CO
United Press
Serer
Herbert Burns
Connie & Paris Fashion
Seventeen
VOGUE
Chas. A. J J. Es
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