Community Christmas Events Roundup in Fair Park
A series of holiday activities and society notices fill the Fair Park area from December 11 to 15. Includes cleanup day at the Girl Coat Little House, Mary and Martha Class Christmas dinner, Hope Country Club Dance, candlelight service, Girl Scouts open house, multiple church circles and meetings, and a Homemakers Club Christmas party with readings and gift exchanges.
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Fairark
Mary and Martha
First Methodist Church
Presbyrian Church
Paul Rawson
S. Bill Morris
Bettiester
F. L. Gostell
Girl Scouts
Melonville
Ocber
Fair Park
Wesleyan Service Guild No. 2
Heettage House
Bruce Duke
Hinton Davis
Liberty Hill Home Demonstration Club
Jack Huckabee
Wesleyan Service Guild
E.R. Brown
Duplicate Bridge Winners at Hope Duplicaté Club
At the Hope Duplicaté Bridge Club Winners Game held at the Hope Country Club Wednesday night December 9 four guests from Texarkana joined locals. Mr and Mrs Bill Brown Mrs Sidney Lee and Mrs Floyd Bell. Mrs R L Broach and Luther Hollaman took first among three tables. second place was tied between Mrs Emmet Thompson with Ken Daniels and Mrs Sidney Lee with Mrs Floyd Bell.
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Hope Duplicaté Bridge Club
Hope Country Club
Texarkana
Bill Brown
Sidney Lee
Floyd Bell
R. L. Broach
Luther Hollaman
Emmet Thompson
Ken Daniels
Brookwood and Garland PTA Meetings Highlight Christmas Programs
The Brookwood PTA met December 9 in the school auditorium with Mrs. Minor Polk presiding. Mrs. Jim James led the devo and theme From Whence Cometh Our Light while Mrs. Roy Taylor shared a Christmas story. Earlier, sixth graders presented the Jingle Bell Polka and Mable Bramlett contributed a piano arrangement. The meeting adjourned to January 2. In Garland, December 9 session opened by Mrs. Calvin Smith with first graders singing Christmas carols and Rev. R B Moore Jr delivering a message on Spiritual Education. Room count was won by Mrs. Gines and Mrs. Reeves.
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Brockwood Pta
Brookwood
PTA
Minor Polk
Jim James
Sam Andrews
Mable Bramlett
Andrews
Clark
Lester Godwin
Roy Taylor
Garland School Pta
Calvin Smith
R. B. Moore
Gines
Reeves
Coming and Going in Hope Holiday Visits and Travel
Mr and Mrs L A Annette depart today for Florida to spend holidays with daughter Carolyn LaBranche and family. Harold Stevenson of Paris France visits Idabel Oklahoma parents and aunt Mrs Raymon d Jones in Hope. Mr and Mrs Carl Hicks Columbus Road just returned from Ft Sill Oklahoma where they saw Lt and Mrs Billy Hicks and two daughters. The Joe Polk family DeQueen visited Hope on Thursday.
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Harold Stevenson
Paris
France
Idabel, Okla
Aymond Jones
Mr. Jones
Carl Hicks
Columbus Road
Ft. Sill
Okla
Billy Hicks
Hospital Notes Memorial Admits and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges: Mrs Grodon Gilespie with Hope Obie Hamilton Fulton Miller Stuart Deirks admitted. Frank Burke discharged. Eva McDonald admitted. Mary Snell Cynthia Jordan Hope Mark Sparks discharged.
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Grodon Gilespie
Hope
Obie
Hamilton
Fulton
Miller Stuart
Deirks
Frank Burke
Eva McDonald
Lewisville
Mary Snell
Emmet
Cynthia Jordan
Mark Sparks
Hicks announce birth of daughter Cindy Ellen Hicks
Lt and Mrs Billy Hicks of Fort Sill Oklahoma announce the arrival of their second daughter on October 30. She weighed 5 pounds and is named Cindy Ellen. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Carl Hicks of Columbus Road and Mr and Mrs Jack Hendrix of Arkadelphia.
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Billy Hicks
Ft. Sill
Okla
Cindy
Eilen
Carl W. Hicks
Columbus Road
Jack
Hendrix
Arkadelphia
Faubus Urges Money Ideas for Arkansas Voter System
Governor Faubus on Wednesday urged sponsors of the new voter registration system to propose ways to finance it. Arkansas County Clerks Association President Berlon Davis estimated about 250000 dollars would be needed to set up the system as Amendment 44 passed in the Navy general election.
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Little Rock
Guv. Orval E. Faubus
Navy
Berlon Davis
Arkansas County Clerks Association
Acquitted by Insanity Plea in Pine Bluff Case
Clarence Carpenter 28, Negro of Jefferson County, was ordered committed to the State Hospital by Circuit Judge Henry W. Smith after a verdict of acquittal by reason of insanity on a charge of assault with intent to kill and maiming. The assault targeted Robert Wise 56 in a cotton field. Hospital evaluations had twice found no psychosis.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Clarence Carpenter
Jefferson County
State Hospital
Henry W. Smith
Carpenter
Robert Wise
Dear Abby column readers weigh class and romance clashes
A reader asks if a janitor can insult a secretary and if class affects behavior. Abby says class does not define worth and urges calm. Other letters address grandchildren misnaming, a teen brains and dating issue, and a breakup in a discreet, direct tone.
War in Vietnam Presses Laos Air Strikes Policy
The final White House statement on Taylor's consultations notes increased supplies from North Viet Nam to the south and says air strikes in Laos aim to slow that aid while signaling the United States will assume greater risk to thwart the Communist conquest in Southeast Asia. Officials hope leaders will grasp war dangers and pursue peace settlements.
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White House
Taylor
Viet Nam
Laos
North
Red China
United States
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Weather Tonight and Saturday for Arkansas
Central Arkansas partly cloudy tonight and Saturday mild with lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s. Northeast Arkansas partly cloudy and mild with lows in the 30s to 40s and highs mostly in the 50s. Northwest Arkansas clear to partly cloudy with lows in the 30s and highs mainly in the 50s. Southwest Arkansas clear to partly cloudy with lows in the 40s and highs near 60. Southeast Arkansas partly cloudy with tonight’s lows in the 40s and Saturday highs around 60 to 66.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Northwest Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas
Southeast
U.S. Agrees Aid Increase To Fight Viet Cong
The communique states the United States will provide more military and economic aid to strengthen the government’s programs. It hints at expanding the war abroad and tightening efforts to curb Hanoi’s infiltration of men and equipment backing the Viet Cong.
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U.S
Hanoi
Charges of additional evidence in Meridian case
Federal prosecutor argued for new evidence while defense moved to dismiss the charges. Judge granted the motion and discharged Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price, releasing them from bonds as negotiations continued. FBI agent Henry Rask testified Barnette admitted a signed confession, but defense objections halted admission.
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Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Meridian
FBI
Henry Rask
Atlanta
Owen
Barnette
Rask
Cullen
Miss Carter
Bar
Weir Farm Sale Upheld by Court in Arkansas
In Dermott near Dermott Arkansas the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis upheld the sale of James Weir's farm to satisfy a 16972 judgment for overplanting his 1959 rice allotment. Weir still possesses the farm while buyers seek eviction in a separate suit. A public auction in Lake Village netted 60000 before funds were impounded to satisfy 1960 and 1961 overplanting judgments.
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Little Rock
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
James Weir
Dermott
U.S
J. Smith Henley
Weir
Weirs Farm
Lake Village
Arkansas Supreme Court Declares Razorbacks No 1
Associate Justice Sam Robinson grants a petition from two University of Arkansas students asking that the Razorbacks be declared the nation’s No 1 football team. The court edict names Arkansas atop national rankings.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Razorbacks
Arkansas Supreme Court
Sam Robinson
University of Arkansas
Defendants Stand on Objection After Agent Testimony
In the jury box the defendants did not appear persuaded by the agent's confession testimony. Their attorneys returned to the courtroom to announce that they maintained their objection.
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Nette
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