Community Society Notices For February Events
Society pages list multiple gatherings for February 1 through February 8. The Band Mothers Auxiliary meets February 1 in Cannon Hall at 7 30 p m with an executive at 7 o clock. Game Night February 2 at Hope Country Club at 7 30 p m hosted by Dr and Mrs Brents and Mr and Mrs Gardner. The Alpha Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma hosts a meeting February 2 at 7 p m at Mrs Thomas Hays home with Mrs Paul Klipsch as associate hostess. Poplar Grove WOW Circle holds a February 2 monthly business meeting at 7 20 p m in Woodman Fall. Laties Auxiliary to the VFW meets February 2 at 7 30 p m at the hut on Highway 1687 with membership contest closing and reminders to attend. Garland Brownie Troop 8 meets February 2 at Little House in Fair Park with Mary Gail McRae as hostess. Woman's Auxiliary of St Mark's Episcopal Church meets February 3 at 7 30 p m in Mrs Frank Hoyn's home. Gardenia Garden Club meets February 8 at 2 30 p m at Mrs Gus Haynes' home with co hosts L F Higgs on and Howard Byers.
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the Hope Country Club
Harold Brents
Jack Gardner
Alpha Delta
Delta Kappa Gamma
Thomas Hays
Paul Klipsch
Poplar Grove
WOW Circle
Woodman Fall
VFW
Highway 1687
Odell Collier
Lois Collier
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Frank Hoyn
Gardenia Garden Club
Gus Haynes
L. F. Higgason
Howard Byers
Valentine Exchange at UDC Meeting Date Set
The UDC plans a Valentine exchange at 2 30 Thursday February 4 hosted by Mrs A E Slusser at her home with co hostesses Mrs S L Reed and Mrs J F Gorin Also the Wesley Club of First Methodist Church enjoyed a party in the church recreation rooms with games led by Mr and Mrs Foster Miss Marion McQueen and Miss Kathleen Broach Furnishings included cookles and card drinks served to a long list of attendees including Dennie Dickerson Bobby Rider Larry Patterson Johnny Dean Terry Don Thirman Jerry Chambless Ford Ward Joe Crain and many more.
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Wesley Club
First Methodist Church
Roy Foster
Marion McQueen
Kathleen Broach
Dennie Dickerson
Bobby Rider
Larry Patterson
Johnny Dean
Terry Don Thirman
Jerry Chambless
Ford Ward
Joe Crain
Bill Johnson
Jimmy McLarty
Max Henry
Nancy Dean Reese
Judy Keeley
Sharon Foster
Nancy Tooley
Mary Joe Henderson
Brenda Vickers
Arlene Rogers
Sharon House
Shirley Allen
Francine Allen
Cherry Meyers
Carol Meyers
Carel Coop
Edwina Whitman
Judy Kay Wright
Charlotte McQueen
Janice Bailey
Penny Franks
Betty Bryant
Linda Collier
Lana Thompson
Suzanne Booth
Johnny Turner
Johnny Snell
Tammy Carl Jones
Billy Frank Walters
Teddy Jones
Memories of China Bitterness Faces a Young POW
AF Correspondent speaks with Ling Yuan a 19 year old Chinese POW released from Korea and landed in Formosa. He recalls harsh war memories and his resolve to avoid returning to Communist rule. He names his family in Chungking to illustrate fears of reprisals.
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Spencer Moosa
Formosa
Korea
Ling Yuan
Taipeh
Jing Yuan
Ling Yugan
Red Banner
Szechwan
China
Ling
Yuan
Chu Men
Chungking
Tam
Births in Chungking as Communists seize cloth stock
Ling Yuan’s family faced seizure when the 1949 Communist advance reached 20 Nan Men Chungking. His father, a cloth vendor by day and tailor by night, hid his meager stock to avoid confiscation. The Stanfords, Richard Harrison and Patrice Re, welcomed a daughter on January 8, with Mrs. Stanford and Ling Yuan’s sister Eunice Brown noted among relatives. A “people's court” phrase appears in the account.
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Chungking
Ling
Eunice Brown
People' Court
Ling Yuan Ter
Joe B.brown
Spat
People's Hope Court
Visiting kin bring in weekend guests across two states
Coming and Going notes George Wylie Shipp of Memphis visiting his grandparents Mr and Mrs George Crews. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Douglas and daughter Joan of Houston were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Clarence Baker and Ruth Baker.
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George Wylie Shipp
Memphis
Mrs
George Crews
Lawrence Douglas
Joan
Houston
Clarence Baker
Ruth Baker
Ling Yuan’s flight from China to Korea amid war broadcasts
A disrupted radio schedule sketches the life of Ling Yuan, a boy married at 14 who fled family tradition, was caught by Communist drafting, crossed into Manchuria, and later North Korea as the Korean War expanded. His story unfolds alongside radio programs from NBC ABC CBS and MBS noting war, suspense, drama, and music.
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Ling Yuan
Swat
Szechwan Province
Manchuria
Korea
Red China
Yalu River
North Korea
York
NBC
China
America
CBS
Ethel Merna
ABC—& Opera
Television Schedule Highlights From KCMC
The listing details KCMC channel programming for Tuesday February 2 with tests at 2:45 and 8:00 pm. It includes The Secret Storm On Your Account Happy Home Show Movie Previews Rocky Jones City of Hope Western Theatre Edwards News The Big Playback Milton Berle This is Show Business U. S. Steel Hour See It Now News Headlines Channel 6 Theatre and sign off at 14:05.
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CBS
NBC
ABC
Earth Age Measured Back to 4.12 Billion Years
Chicago researchers using atomic time measures push Earth's origin to at least 4.12 billion years ago based on uranium decay in meteorites. They note a molten surface phase lasting about two billion years early in Earth's history, with lead produced from uranium isotopes guiding the dating method.
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Robert Goldenstein
Chicago
Cotton Men Study Means of Production
Harold A. Young of North Little Rock Ark council president told the National Cotton Council convention opening that the industry must streamline efforts to lower production costs and raise product quality to boost exports and compete in markets. He predicted higher cotton exports for 1954 despite synthetic competition and noted regional mechanization gaps. About 1,000 delegates from 18 states are expected for the two day meeting as Young prepares to become Board chair.
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Alanta
Cheanly
National Cotton Council
Harold A. Young
North Little Rock
Ark
Young
Cecil H. Vollerette
Arizona
Arizonian
South
Ling Yuan's wartime tale of prison camps and red persuasion
Ling Yuan recounts life in a Chinese civil war era prison inland of Kose and a Koje Cheju transition, where internal guards among land red prisoners watched loyalties shift. He describes Allied screening in 1952 for return to Red China, his refusal, and eventual transport toward Formosa while Indian guards warned of possible repatriation.
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Ling Yuan
Pusian
Kose
Red China
China
Koje
Cheju
Jie
Ming
Formosa
Capote Sees New York as 24 Hour City Insight
In a 1960s profile, Truman Capote praises New York as the only city that never sleeps and can supply books or shirts at 3 am. He discusses his literary career, upcoming projects, and views on film, television, and art, noting Italy's improvisational cinema and his own nonattendance at TV.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Truman Capote
Capote
Rome
Fim
Haiti
Osear Wilde
Celorbia Pictures
Vittoria de Sica
Italy
Marilyn Monroe
Lfe
Ste
Fragmentary reminiscence of Ernest Hemingway and Capote
A terse, imperfect reminiscence references Ernest Hemingway and Truman Capote. The speaker muses on permanence, art, and the tension between life and writing, noting Capote’s calm reply and remarks about art becoming the sole reality.
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Band Mothers Auxiliary
Cannon Hall
UDC
A. E. Slusser
5. L. Reed
J. F. Gorin
John [Wayne
Lloyd Nolan
Walter Abel
News of the Day
Bugs Bunny
Bergen
By Spender Moosa
Jdnas Mason
Tae Newton
Ick Burton
King Midas, Jr
King of the Sky
Kcmc Television
Rephan’s
Beacon
Casey Suger
Iboys Jackets
Gannon
Earth
St.Joseph
Wilma Boswell
Carmen
Boswell Sisters Beauty Shop
Ruth Ellen Vann
Herloise Miller
Mananéy
Ernest Hertingway
Tiwemian Capote
Berry
Coats
Gotham
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