Coming and Going in Hope Holiday Returns
PFC Greg Faught arrived in Memphis Tennessee for a 15 day visit before returning to Hope. His parents Mr. and Mrs Cecil Faught and sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs David Beasley met him in Memphis. Greg recently served in Spain France Greece Italy Sicily Lebanon and Crete. AB Michael Hartsfield will arrive from Chanute AFB Illinois for Christmas with Mr. and Mrs Ed Hartsfield and Karen. Mike is grandson of Mrs. J R Goins and Mrs. Homer Cobb.
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Pfc
Greg Faught
Memphis
Tenn
Hope
Cecil R. Faught
David Beasley
Greg
Spain
France
Greece
Italy
Sicily
Lebanon
Isle of Crete
AB Michael Hartsfield
Chanute Afb
Ill
Ed Hartsfield
Karen
Mike
J. R. Goins
Homer Cobb
Widow Sees Value in Life Insurance After Loss
A newly widowed 27 year old with two children recalls opposing life insurance, regrets not taking policy earlier, and advises future widows to heed salesmen. Abby’s column also addresses teen pornography, dishwashing habits, and holiday greetings advice in reader letters.
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Abby
Beaties for Friends of the Aged Poem Shared in Christmas Letter
An editor notes a Christmas letter from Willie Lou Terrell, a retired teacher in Waco Texas, including an anonymous poem about aging. The verses express gratitude for understanding, patient listening, and supportive companionship through fading strength and memory.
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Willie Lou Terrell
Waco
Tex
Henry W Stilwell
Christmas Cakes and Dishes From Ancient Family Recipes
A long vintage menu lists an elegant white fruit cake with raisins candied peels pineapple cherries nuts and flour blends plus a dense yeasted fruit bread dough and doughnut pretzel pastry methods. It outlines mixing kneading rising shaping and baking steps for festive treats.
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California
Raisin Cinnamon Bread Snails From Christmas Fruited Mix
Recipe notes for making raisin cinnamon bread dough with milk yeast sugar egg butter and cardamom. Bake rolls like jelly rolls cut into half inch slices, rise until double, and bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes yielding about two dozen snail shapes.
Christmas Pretzel Dough Start for Holiday Treats
A simple dough method uses active dry yeast, lukewarm milk, ground cardamom, and other pantry ingredients to form a festive Christmas pretzel base. The steps guide mixing and rising for a soft, aromatic dough ready to shape.
Almond Paste and Raisin Pretzel No-Bake Treat
A simple recipe blends 8 ounce almond paste with California raisins. Soften almond paste in a double boiler, spread until smooth, then sprinkle raisins on top. Yields one pretzel serving.
Christmas party by Rose Garden Club with tree display
Mrs Rose Luck hosted the Rose Garden Club annual Christmas party. Decorations centered on a lighted Christmas tree with handmade ornaments. Mrs Houston Gunter opened with prayer, Mrs Roy Taylor shared a Christmas story The Birds Christmas Carol by Fre douglas Wiggins, and Mrs Lawrence Easterling won the prettiest wrapped gift. Guests enjoyed a decorated dining room with green-iced cakes tree mints nuts coffee and hot punch.
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Rose Luck
Rose Garden Club
Houston Gunter
Roy Taylor
Douglas Wiggins
Lawrence Easterling
Hempstead Republican Women Host Christmas Party
The Hempstead County Republican Women's Club held a Christmas party at Mrs Lynn Harris's home with a decorated entertainment room and tree. Prizes were awarded to several members, punch and sweets were served, white elephant gifts exchanged, and Mrs Helen Hatch read the Christmas story. Secretary vacancy filled by Mrs Paul Klipsch. Mrs Haskell Jones visited from De Queen.
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Hempstead County Republican Women's Club
Lynn Harris
Paul Klipsch
Haskell Jones
John Zweifler
Ron Etherton
Harris
Helen Hatch
Hospital Notes and Community Announcements
Memorial Hospital lists numerous admissions and discharges for Hope and surrounding towns including Gerald Nutt and Mrs. Haril Louis Gulley among others. New arrivals note births for Gulley in Prescott and Muldrow in Hope while Branch General and St. Bernard report brief patient updates. Community meetings and holiday programming are listed for December 20 to 24 with a Bible verse closing the notice.
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Harold Baker
Paul Oller
Betty Hedger
Alfred Bearden
Sherri Grizzle
All of Hope
Cherrie Slatton
Darby Fontaine
Texarkana
Tom Gathright
Saratoga
Rosie Thomas
Ozan
Earl Jones
McNab
Harrl
Louis Gulley
Baby
Prescott
Gerald Nutt
Mineral Springs
Ethel Moore
Fulton
Roy Biddle Jr
Emmet
Larry Muldrow
Hope
Branch General Hospital
Doris Brown
Gerald Formby
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Joyce Purtle
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Ments
Bernice Humbert
Sandra Sundberg
Brenda Banks
Eloise Dennis
Nancy Maroon
Nancy Adams
Bess Overton
Diane Hastings
Dianne Simmons
Tonite Tubrsday
of Them
Women’s News
Annette Rogers
Mrs. Harris
Etherton
Klipsch
Jim Gary
Hatch
ST. Bernard Hospital
Jonesboro
Jimmy Williams
Emma Lee Williams
Hickory
St. Bernard Medical Center
Ark
Garrett Chapel Baptist Church
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
Centenary College Choir
Will K. Andress
Channel 12
James
Henry Ward Beecher
Samsonites
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