Local Society Notes Highlight February Meetings
Brookwood PTA and DAR chapters hold February gatherings in town venues while clubs plan programs including Small Trees for the Home Yard. Local residents host events at homes and country club, with travel and wedding news from Hope community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cain
DAR
Howard Waddle
J.G. Martindale
Roy Stephenson
Hope Lilac Garden Club
L.C. Collins
J.W. Feild
Connie Ward
Robert Vandivere
Hope Ladies Golf Association
Hope Country Club
John Beatty
Tatum - Basye
Virginia Diane Tatum
Warren Kent Basye
Houston
Tex
First Methodist Church of Houston
Charles Samuel Tatum
Texas City
Warren Basye
Basye
Annie Erwin
Hope
B. N. Holt
Neon Ceiling television drama stands out in World Premiere
NBCs World Premiere feature The Neon Ceiling is a sensitive drama about adult immaturity and a child forced into responsibility. Gig Young, Lee Grant, and Denise Nickerson deliver moving performances as a disturbed mother, her daughter, and the man who helps them. The story ends with a hard but hopeful separation, not a happy ending. Westmoreland and his wife visit the Taj Mahal during a worldwide tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
NEW York (Ap
NBC
Gig Young
Lee Grant
Denise Nickerson
Charlie
Henry Fonda
ABC
Nielsen Report
Andy Griffith
Agra
India
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Taj Mahal
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Rights in campus protests versus college power
An AP public service piece discusses student free speech and assembly, noting colleges are bound by the Constitution. It contrasts peaceful protests with disruptive actions, cites disciplinary rulings, and covers cases on permit requirements, blocking access, and age-based penalties, plus a brief Vatican/AP note on Apollo 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
Will Bernard
Does a Girl Have To and The Manikin Dilemma
A reader laments finding a male manikin for a school project and is advised to check thrift shops or dumps. The column also discusses pregnancy worries, parental responses, and abortion ethics with Joyce offering views on safe driving and gender roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Salvation Army
P.S
Safer Roads Pray for Fewer Lovers on the Road
A commuter columnist defends cautious driving amid a playful clash with readers. The author jokes about romance on the road and argues that car ownership and insurance should place the driver in control, with partners as passengers at a safe distance.
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Society
Brookwood Pta
St Mark's Episcopal Church
Gunter
H. O. Kyler
Sparks
Dennis Downing
Karen
Mike
Lafayette
Ind
San Bernadino
Calif
Elbert May
Capt
Downing
Purdue University
U.S. Air Force
Peter O'Connor
Marilyn and Kinney
el Dorado
Mrs
Leland Warmack
John R. Graves
al Graves
Albert Graves
Aspen
Colo
Lillie Gibson
Little Rock
Kenneth Gibson and Son
Lester Reppond
Jimmy Jones, Jr
James H. Jones
Hope B & PW Club
Diamond
Virginia Hosmer
Nike Club
Hope Iris Club
Owen Nix
South Bonner
W. I. Stroud
Herbert Cox
Hope Cuntry Club
Rose Club
Rose Garden Club
W. M. Sparks
Houston Gunter
Atale
Silla
Ark
STAR
Joe Amour
Chicago
Louis Cheskin
Mike Huckabee
Dorsey Huckabee
Hope High School
Bobby Whitmarsh
KXAR
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
Hope Schools Publicity Department
Helen Hel
By Helen Botte
Joyce
Buenos Aires
FORD
Arkansas
Mavericks, Ltd
Galaxies
Lincoln
Mercury
Hope Auto
West Second Street
John Connally
Sekou Toure
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