Community Calendar and Club Notices
Local society page lists a benefit party at Columbus Grade School on Wednesday at 7 30 with sandwiches coffee and lunchroom sales. A Lasater Home Demonstration Club meeting is set for Thursday at 2 30 at the home of Fred Hunt. First Baptist Church hosts an aging program Thursday at 7 with guest soloist Mrs Haskell and Rev Veley. Jim Compton to preside. Women’s Club to meet at Barlow Hotel Thursday at 7. Brownie Troop 1 meet Thursday after school. Melody Maids meet Saturday at 10 at 908 South Main with host Toni Thompson. Elementary Teachers of Hope District Schools hold regular meeting at Fulton Elementary with discussion on Individual Differences and School Promotion.
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First Baptist Church
Haskell
Veley
Jim Compton
Ibs
Bamquet
Melody Maids
Toni Thompson
908
South Main
Hope
Fulton Ele
Religious Group Sues Wickes Over Town Ejection
Five Jehovah's Witnesses seek 210000 in damages from Wickes Arkansas officials and residents alleging threats and forced departure from the town on Sept 20, 1950. Plaintiffs claim violence, intimidation, and removal from homes and businesses. defendants deny the charges in a cross complaint. The suit names Mayor W C Watkins, Marshal Owen Cornelis, Virgil Kimbrell, Lonnie Richardson, Gary Brewer, Lewis Mills, and Kelley McCorley. Wickes lies between Mena and DeQueen in Southwest Arkansas. The case was postponed due to counsel illness.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Wickes
Wayland Porter
H. A. Markham
W. Q. Markham
J. F. Dawson
Markhams
Porter
Oklahoma
Dawsons
Texas
W. C. Watkins
Marshal Owen Cornelis
Virgil Kimbrell
Lonnie Richardson
Gary Brewer
Lewis Mills
Kelley McCorley
Arkansas
Mena
DeQueen
PTA and church notices plus engagement reported
The Fulton PTA plans a February meeting and a Valentine program for the public. Spring Hill PTA met February 10 with president Mrs. Frank Smith. Mr. Houck spoke and showed a film I Am An American. Guests Miss Sara Lauterbach and Miss Beth Bridges attended. fifth grade won the room count. The engagement of Marjorie Lee Sawyer to Arnold Alton Robbins was announced. Beacon Sunday School Class met February 12 at Mrs. Hulen White’s home. an inspirational devotional was given and members played games. Business Woman's Circle of the First Presbyterian Church met to study the ten commandments and discuss budget and nominating committee. dessert was served. Homer Jeter is recovering after surgery in a Texas hospital.
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Spring Hill
PTA
Frank Smith
Houck
Clark
Smith
McGee
Sara Lauterbach
Beth Bridges
Galloway
Europe
Robbins
Tom Collins
Beacon
First Baptist Church
Hulen White
Jones
Brack Schenck
Lester Hobbs Hosate
First Presbyterian Church
Lester Hobbs
Paul Klipsch
Hazel Pritchett
Dorsey McRae, Sr
Hamilton Hanegan
Kefauver Attacks Corrupt Politicians in Speech
Senator Estes Kefauver warned that corrupt politicians threaten democracy as communism does. Speaking to Inland Daily Press Association readers, he urged newspapers to expose corruption, praised press coverage of Senate hearings, and emphasized accountability for both bribe givers and takers.
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Chicago
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
The
Tennessean
Inland Daily Press Association
Kefauver
Wefvic Tson
Senate Crime Investigating Committees
Hospital Notes With Patient Admissions And Discharges
Hospital notes record admissions and discharges including Mrs Mary Duncan and Miss Mary Rose Calhoon at Hope hospital. Also listed are Mr T Compton Mr T and Compton Hope and Miss Nancy McGee Bradhy ere jute with names garbled. The fragmentary text catalogs several patients connected to Hope with mixed legible and unreadable entries.
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Josephine
Mary Duncan
Hope
Mary Rose Calhoon
Mr. T
Compton
Nancy McGee
Bradhyere
Study aims to map earth aurface with precision from Khartoum
The Air Force plans a long careful study to chart large areas of the earth from Khartoum in February to avoid rain and dust clouds that obscure the view. The goal is to achieve less than a 200-foot margin of error, demanding months of preparation and extreme heat endurance.
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Khartoum
Air Force
Napa
Eclipse Path Across North America Reveals Vast Nightfall
A garbled but readable note describes a solar event moving across the continent. It mentions a sweep of 9 000 miles from the Handtor to the mid Atlantic and references Nevada and northern areas as the arc of the phenomenon. The details are fragmentary but indicate a wide geographic eclipse trajectory.
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Atlantic
Three Minutes of Sun Eclipse Requires Big Prep
Washington reports the next total solar eclipse will last only three minutes. Government scientists pick viewing sites, with Dr George Van Biesbroeck leading a team to Khartoum after eight weeks of planning. Concrete foundations support a large tripod telescope camera for National Geographic Society coverage.
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Washington
Khartoum
States
de. George van Biesbroeck
Yerkes Observatory
van Biesbroeck
Pentagon
National Geographic Society
Sudan
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A. M
Itendar
Inesday
Columbus
Taday
Nteee
Fen Laseler
Fred Hunt
Rged
Barlow Hotel
Merlin Coop
Royce Smith
Sue Bolts
Suzanne Sommerville
Ft. Smith
Fdr, JR
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York County
Manhattan
Albirtha Brown
Fulton Pta
Homer Jeter
Texarkana
Jane
Denally
Korea
Rialto
Jute
Z “Hose
Setie _ Bobuy
Byers
Si Packer
Nevada Range
North Amerigh
Youngstown
Seo
Walla
Hamm Tire & Appliance Co
S. Walnut
Dodge
Bayer Ua
Rad Pop Costa Damm
Francis
Heidrich Herman J
Lou Orlando
Frye
Anginger
Dodge Footart
Theae
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