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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1955
Page
2
Society notes show the Cosmopolitan Club meeting on Tuesday December 27 at 7 45 p m in the home of Mrs Jim McKenzie. Associate hostesses include Mrs Teddy Jones Mrs R E Jackson and Mrs George Newbern. Each member to bring a home made gift for exchange.
Mrs. Frank B. Kirk and Frank of Baltimore Maryland will arrive Saturday to spend Christmas with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whitworth.
Hinton Home Demonstration Club installed new officers during a December 12 meeting at Patmos School with Mrs. Tom Drake serving as mistress of ceremonies and Mrs. Jimmie Griffin being installed as the new president.
A paratrooper was evacuated to Madigan General Hospital at Ft. Lewis, about 40 miles southwest of Seattle. It was unclear if he would be moved later to Seattle or if Mrs. Horan and their three children would travel to Madigan.
Harrisburg reports Rep. Paige Varner plans to put President Eisenhower's name on the Pennsylvania presidential preference primary ballot on April 24. He says the move is his alone and not based on signs of reelection. Horst may veto and Varner would bow to his word if he says no. The only declared entrant so far is Democrat Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower won 863,660 votes in 1952 Republican primary and 28,600 in the Democratic primary.
Hollywood flurry as a reporter in Santa suit crashes the Four Star premiere of I'll Cry Tomorrow. Stars Darryl Zanuck, Joan Bennett, Judi Jordan, Russ Tamblyn, Venetia Stevenson, Dana Andrews, Debbie Reynolds and others react with holiday whimsy while Liberace brims with showy festivity. The piece ends with a note on fish habitat temperatures.
Mrs. Tommie Gibson retires as president while Mrs. Clyde Huckabee hosts December 1 Christmas party for the Liberty Hill Home Demonstration Club. The group sang, shared prayers, exchanged gifts, and collected food and toys for the Crippled Children's Hospital in Little Rock. Next meeting set for January at Mrs. J. L. Light's home.
Prescott Garden Club met at Mrs. Roy Loomis home with Mrs. Watson White Jr. assisting. Christmas arrangements, poinsettias, and a “Holiday House” report highlighted the afternoon. A quiz, carols, and dessert followed, with members and guests attending various social events in the area. Major and Mrs. Bill Ward welcomed a daughter, Lisa Ann, born December 20 at Cora Donnell Hospital.
Members of the American Legion and Auxiliary and their families attended a Christmas supper Monday evening at the Hut. David Hanning led carols and performed with pianist Miss Mary Yancey, while Miss Helendale Ledbetter played a piano solo. After supper, gifts were distributed from a decorated tree, hosted by Mrs. W. C. Woosley, Mrs. Julia Gann, Mrs. Kelsey Stewart and Mrs. A. A. Ingersoll.
Mr. and Mrs. Milburn Tippit hosted Betty Tippit’s eighth birthday with a Tuesday afternoon party at their home. Prizes went to Phyllis Ann Dildy, Bobby Ann Taylor, and Carolyn Haltom. Ice cream and a red green decorated cake with a miniature Santa topped the celebration. Favors were Christmas coloring books. Guests included Wanda Ruth Taylor, Betty Sue Earhart, Bobby Rollins, Mary Beth Zumwalt, Becky Payne, Gail Hunter of Emmet, Mrs. Joe Hunter of Emmet, and Mrs. Hendrix Dildy assisted.
The pansy ranks among the oldest flowers grown in gardens with a long history of cultivation. Its ornamental value and color variety have kept it popular for centuries in horticulture.
Atlanta moves to desegregate its Bobby Jones municipal golf course after Federal Judge Boyd Sloan orders compliance with the Supreme Court ruling. Mayor William Hartsfield notes pools and playgrounds remain segregated, and the city must open the golf course or close it, with $100 awarded to plaintiffs Dr. H. M. Holmes Alfred Holmes and Oliver W. Holmes for case costs.
In Springfield Minnesota, Harold Krueger hosts a Christmas dinner tradition with Schwartz sausage stew made from duck blood, giblets, necks, wings and dried fruit. Dumplings accompany the dish and two tables separate generations, while an American fare option is served to others.
Radio exec Cooney challenged a $24 fine for a lost license plate after Nandell McDougle faced a 10 day vagrancy sentence. Judge Larsen reduced the fine to nine dollars and arranged bus fare, allowing Nandell to leave for home, while Cooney paid bus costs totaling six dollars more than the original fine.
A reader asks how to handle in law intrusion on an eight year marriage and a year old child. Dorothy Dix condemns ingratitude and urges letting grandparents see the baby, then counsels churchgoing and a change of heart. A second reader asks about waiting for a Navy boyfriend, noting a teen must not vow eternal commitment for years ahead.
The serial began in 1851 in the National Era, an antislavery newspaper from Washington. It introduced Uncle Tom's Cabin to readers as a staggered publication across 1851 and 1852.
The W. T. Hart Rotary Club met Tuesday noon at the Broadway Hotel with Ernest Hesterly introducing Hart who delivered amusing anecdotes. Gifts were donated for the Goodfellow boxes. Other guests included T. H. Bardwell D. K. Bemis and Rev W C Land of Hope. Mr and Mrs Louis Simpson of El Dorado were mentioned as recent visitors.
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