Christmas events brighten Hope calendar in December
A Hope Arkansas society note lists multiple December gatherings. The Jett B Graves Sunday School Class hosts a Christmas party at Diamond Cafe on December 18 at 7 p.m. The Cosmopolitan Club hosts a Christmas dinner December 18 at Mrs. F.M. Horton’s home. Chapter 328 Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. December 18 in the Masonic Hall with a gift exchange. A Grade 3 Christmas party is planned at Mrs. M.S. Bates’s home December 19 at 7 p.m. and a 2 piano recital by Mrs. C.C. McNeill’s students December 20 at 2:30 p.m. The annual candlelight Joy Gift Service is December 21 at 5 p.m. at a Presbyterian church, with nursing home parties December 22. Gifts, tickets, and refreshments are requested for several events.
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Jett B. Graves
First Methodist Church
Diamond Cafe
Hollis Luck
Arch Wylie
Garland Medders
William Oglesby
Hugh Gilbert
Cosmopolitan Club
Pam
F.M. Horton
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
C.C. McNeill
First Presbyterian Church
Heritage Manor Nursing Home
Pauline Fraaler
Heritage Manor
Hopeful Tops
Hope High School
Beryl Henry
PTA
Juanita Nicholson
Hope
Pete Shields
Bennett Wood
Everett Vinson
First United Methodist Church
Doug Haynie
Dear Helen Help Us Draft Letters to the Draft Board
A 1969 Hope Star reader column features letters to Helen Bottel about drafting, wedding photo norms, and wartime ethics. Topics include deferral vs draftability, wedding photography timing, and a critique of My Lai versus Hiroshima in war ethics, urging peace and questioning obedience under military rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Francis
Frances
Helen Bottel
Hope Star
Inc
Christmas gathering and family visits noted in sparse text
The event describes a Christmas display on a mantle and a gathering of Mrs. Luck and 13 regular members who enjoyed the story The Brightest Star told by Mrs. Houston Gunter. Gifts were exchanged around a traditional Christmas tree. A tiny bell was a guest favor and dessert with coffee was served. Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Cash and others from Waco and Prescott. Mrs. Cash’s health improved after a hospital stay. Mrs. Pluddleston returned from Omaha Texas with relatives. A wedding in Dulas was noted for Miss Vicki Lee Herod and George Sidney Johnson.
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Circle 5
WSCS
Wesley Huddleston
Circle
James Burke
Leonard Wibberly
Hope Jaycees
Jaysettes
Douglas Building
Dick Schroder
Luck
Houston Gunter
Robert Cash Haq
Sidney Cash
Waco
Tex
Elmer Hateli
Arkana
Theodore Cash
Lettie Avery
Prescott
Ree Bass and
Lloyd
Iece
Vicki Lee Herod
George Sidney Johnson
Dulas
Hee Haw returns to CBS with barnyard humor and stars
AP reports Hee Haw resumes on CBS with its familiar country humor. Roy Clark and Buck Owens anchor a large cast of country singers including Hag gar d and Tammy Wynette. Viewer reception hinges on whether old jokes stay funny or become corny.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York (Ap
Hee Haw
CBS
Okie
Muskogee
Merle Hagagard
Roy Clark
Buck Owens
Haggard
Tammy Wynette
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Luther Spicer
Elmer Wagner
Sbyterian Church
Dee
Yale Party
Jaycees and
Jaycettes
Beryl Henry Pta
Rose Garden Club
Ned Furtle
Nanette
My Lai
Hiroshima
Vietnam
Army
Paul Newman
Fedric March
Irichard Boone
Hombre
Sophia Loren
Blo eRe Sii Vann
Hristmas
P.J
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Mary's Fashions A. K
W.b.pluddleston
Omaha
Fielding Huddleston
Emily
Mrs. Fielding Huddleston
Jewel Moore
Sistie
Joan Martin
ARK
Tiny Tt
Ls Migs Viekt
Johnny Carson
Esofa
Seat of Honor
Glory Brand
TIMEX
Jade East
Old Spice
Brut
Whitman
Dorothy Gray
Lord Briargate
Tussy
Kedak
John P. Cox Drug CO
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Polaroid
Erry Cloth
Mheighbream
Bo Yaad
Kamar
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