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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1961
Page
5
The Cosmopolitan Club and numerous local groups plan Christmas dinners and parties from December 19 to 21. Activities include gift exchanges, potluck suppers, guest speakers, piano recitals, and joint Sunday School classes with decorations, carols, and club member pledges.
Fragmentary note recalls Mrs Cline and Franks guests from Fayetteville visiting Mr and Mrs Dale Dunn over the weekend. Other names appear as Vincent Keith Janet and Mrs Tutt with Bridge Club mentions. The text also notes Dallas children and a Christmas function with Mrs Be Diamond and local relatives.
Dorothy Dix counsels a reader from Ut ah in distress over three children including a 19 year old son and a teenage girl in trouble. She urges a family council, shared parental responsibility, and lawful backing if needed, stressing the parents must unify to protect the minors and their happiness. The column also notes a bridge club gathering at Mrs H C Whitworth’s home with Christmas decor and prize winners.
A public notice lists Mie and utyopdh L Lawson of ahnoyince welcoming a baby boy born eight days ago, with paternal and maternal grandparents named. An advisory to Helen discusses marital strain from a working wife, urging understanding, affection, and shared responsibility, while a separate letter concerns a sister without personal spending funds and a need for costly corrective shoes for a child.
AP dispatch from San Francisco notes Sergeant Sargent, badly injured in a November Camp Noderts accident, will meet his brother Leonard on Friday for the first time since 1953. The 57-year-old sergeant, blinded in one eye and missing an arm and leg, is a patient at Letterman General Hospital awaiting the Army’s Operation Jingle Bells. Weaves in Christmas present tradition.
A reader asks how to help a sister in a violent marriage where financial strain and doctor visits have escalated tensions. The response suggests consulting a psychiatrist via Helen Worden Erskine and staying out of the couple’s conflict. Dorothy Dix advises discreet, professional guidance and mailing a stamped self addressed envelope for help.
Federal agents broke up a counterfeit operation in St Louis seizing about 37 000 in highly deceptive notes. About 7 500 in fake 5 and 10 dollar bills passed locally. Garry Stigall led the St Louis Secret Service office and named Paul Eugene Kesterson and Joseph Ziggin as printers. Authorities found 2 000 in incomplete notes and two photo plates at the printer’s shop. A separate seizure at a St Louis filling station yielded 25 000 in counterfeit bills. The report also details military veteran Leonard Sargent and a benefit operation for his travel expenses.
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