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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1977
Page
2
The Southwesterly winds may push warmer temperatures across Arkansas today while a low pressure system to the west could bring a cold wet Christmas. Arctic air is expected to follow, signaling a sharp cold snap.
Friday edition details the Hope Star publication, staff roles, circulation data, and classified advertising rates. It lists editors, departments, and advertising contacts, plus subscription prices and crossstate mail options for Arkansas and neighboring counties. A weather forecast notes a Christmas front with colder temperatures and possible showers.
Special services will be held at Grace Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Saturday with preaching at 11 a.m. Christmas gifts will be given to children. Sunday services begin at 10 a.m. and a program titled A Long Ago Christmas will be presented at 11 a.m. City offices close Monday for Christmas. Garbage pickups shift to Tue Fri. Edward J. Cooper life story airs December 26 on KXAR.
Christmas morning services are set at Pentecostal Temple COGIC December 25 at 6 am with Rev L A Allen presiding and Rev W T Keys preaching. A mixed chorus will perform with Tina Major on organ. Union Baptist Fulton also hosts December 25? at 6 30 pm. The Black Girls Society presents the Miss Black Society Pageant December 2% at Verger Gym 7 30 pm with a post pageant dance at Hope City Park. proceeds aid community improvements.
Obituary notices honor Alvin L Spotanski 65 who died at home with funeral in Herndon chapel and burial at Westmoreland cemetery, and recall Irma Thomas 74 of Guernsey who died in hospital with service at Herndon chapel and Water Creek cemetery burial. Also noted are Herb B Lamb, Chloe Beggs Tollett, Robert F Neeley, and Rev Walter A Lawson with service details, survivors, and burial plans.
Robert Huff, 10, climbed onto a roof and slipped down the chimney when locked out. He became wedged in the damper area about 10 feet from the firebox. Firefighters freed him after a difficult rescue. he suffered no serious injuries. In Iowa, Graceland College received a farm gift attached to a cattle herd from Paul and Marjorie Thompson, aid provides, with two children set to attend next year.
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