Community Society Notes Busy Week in Hope
Various church and club gatherings fill a week in Hope with meetings of the Faith Sunday School class DAR John Cain Chapter C3, a March of Dimes benefit basketball game at Jones Field House, Brookwood PTA, Lilac Garden Club, Garland School PTA Founders Day program with guest speaker Mrs C M Owens, Junior Auxiliary call meeting, Eastern Star Chapter 328, Senior Citizens potluck, Rocky Mound Homemaker Club lesson Away With Stains, Saturday potluck and card party at Hope Country Club, Valentine Dance details, and Shover Springs Extension Homemakers focusing on stain removal and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
Jones Field House
Pam
Jaycees
Kiwanis Club
Perry
Hope High
Garland School Pta
C. M. Owens
Texarkana
Owens
The
Ark
Congress of Parents - Teachers Association
PTA
Hope Junior Auxiliary
Chamber of Commerce
Rocky Mound
Clifford Messer
Valentine
Country Club
the Hope Country Club
Bill Hairr
Chris Petre
John Graves
Bob Kellam
Shover Springs HD Club
Shover Springs Extension Homemakers Club
Wilton Mullins
Gene Dillard
Darrell Dillon
Clarence Johnson
Clifton East
Homer Poindexter
Ciifton East
Floyd Mangum
Bob Dillard
Ethel Reece
Surprise Robbers Spill Cash After Bank Holdup
In Salt Lake City two masked men held up Chuck McKenzie, 20, as he arrived to deposit 1700 dollars from his restaurant. Startled, he raised his hands and the money sack flew upward and landed on the bank roof, highlighting a chaotic escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Chuck McKenzie
McKenzie
Army Major Thomason Decorated with Bronze Star
College Station Texas Army Maj William D Thomason a new military science staff member at Texas A M has received the Bronze Star Medal for merit as senior advisor to a Vietnamese army battalion Col Jim H McCoy presented the award at the university He previously served with the Military Adviso ry Command and as MI Corps assistant operations officer at Bien Hoa He also fought with the 12th Cavalry in Korea and the 7th Infantry in Germany A 1959 Henderson State College graduate Thomason teaches in the Military Science Department and is married to Bernadette with two children He is the son of Mr and Mrs Dayton Thomason of Hope Arkansas
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Jim H. McCoy
Thomason
Arm Military Advisory Command
MI Corps
Bien Hoa
12Th Cavalry
Korea
Mth Infantry
Germany
Henderson State College
Military Science Department
Arkansas College
Theta Alpha Phi
Phi Lambda Chiani
Tanglewood
Bernadette
Karl
Charlotte
Dayton Thomason
Main
Hope
Ark
Impossibles on Seven Hearts by Jean Besse at Bridge
Expert commentaries recount Jean Besse's seven heart contract where a spade lead and a criss cross squeeze threaten failure. Besse cashes clubs and trumps, discards to trap East, but partner’s seven is held for a down one. The piece highlights Mollo and Jacoby on dramatic hands.
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Victor Mollo
Jean Besse
North
Jean
West
East
Dummy
Aysa
Jehovah's Witnesses Plan Hope Circuit Convention
A spokesman for the Hope Congregation announced that the circuit convention will be held in Hope from March 1 to 3, 1968. Thirteen congregations and three isolated groups from southwest Arkansas will attend. Eugene Shuster, overseer, will assist as assembly servant and chair the Sunday afternoon public talk.
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Hope Congregation
Jehovah's’ Witnesses
Hope
Fron
Arkansas
Eugene Shuster
Arab Saboteurs Rounded Up in Nablus Raid
TEL AVIV AP military sources say 74 Arabs suspected of belonging to the El Fatah ring were rounded up in a large raid on Nablus casbah on the West Bank. Two arms caches were found as Israeli leaders Moshe Dayan and Haim Bar-Lev toured the area.
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Tel Aviv
el Fatah
Casbah
Nablus
Jordan River
Dafensa
Moshe Dayan
Army
Haim Bar-Lev
Youth Charged in Slaying in Hamburg Arkansas
Roger Chavis, 19, of Fountain Hill Ashley County was charged Monday in connection with the slaying of Leonard Kerlee, 19, of Fountain Hill, who was killed Saturday in Hamburg Arkansas.
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Hamburg, Ark
Roger Chavis
Fountain Hill
Ashley County
Leonard Kerlee
Weekend visits across states from Hope to Nashville
Coming. Going Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Jone and two daughters of Little Rock spent the weekend with Akins at collier tela. Mrs. Bob Shaddox visited Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Franks Friday and Saturday while Mr. Shaddox, principal of College HM Junior High School in Texarkana, attended the National Secretary Principals Meeting in Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Johnson and Mrs. Clyde Pardue of Houka visited Columbus and Sue Smiley in St. Louis. Elmer Neighbors went to Marshall, Texas, over the weekend returning to Hope Sunday night. Cecil Bumpurs of Hope, Dr. Suresh Prasad of Nashville, and Raymond Reeves of Nashville left Saturday for Charles City, Iowa for four weeks training. All are connected with the Mountaire Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Jone
Little Rock
Ric Oe
Akins
Atl
Collier Tela
Bob Shaddox
Aid
Clifford Franks
Mr. Shaddox
Collete HM Junior High School
Texarkana
Atlantic City
Mrs. Elmer
Marshall, Tex
Hope
Cecil Bumpurs
Suresh Prasad
Nashville
Raymond Reeves
Charles City
Iowa
Mountaire Company
Televised Benefit Show Fails to Impress at New York Venue
AP writer notes the Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Pearl Bailey benefit at Madison Square Garden suffered from poor sight lines and tangled microphone wires. Performers struggled to reach live audiences as cameras captured awkward angles. Rocky Marciano cagey finale fell flat while Andy Williams hosted a Golden Globes ceremony from a West Coast hotel.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Bob Hopes
YsOs
New
Madison Square Gardens
Hope
Bing Crosby
Pearl Bailey
Los Angeles
Viet+ nam
Barbara Eden
Miss Eden
Camersas
Rocky Marciano
Hope—t
Andy Williams
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Helen Help Us Youth Problems Page
A 1968 Hope Star column invites teen readers to send questions on family and social issues to Helen. It includes a mother drinking problem note and a teen’s dating concerns, with advice urging professional help, set against a family living guidance tone.
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USI
Brustolf
Helen
Landon blasts nuclear use in Vietnam at Youth Week dinner
Former Kansas governor Alf Landon warned Sunday night that deploying strategic nuclear weapons in Vietnam would be futile. He argued that winning against communism on the battlefield could still fail due to economic costs and law order strain at home, urging focus on a viable U.S. economy and social structure.
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Topeka
Kan
Vietnam
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
America
Fashion ads praise miniskirts and cheap dresses
The piece excites readers with playful critique of publicity pictures showing cute miniskirts and celebrates affordable Parkland Hetle dresses. It touts colors and styles for winter to spring, promotions, layaway, and worker-friendly prices from $2 to $23 in Hope, emphasizing accessibility and variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Wallle
Ralay
Parkland
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Herald Peterfield
Ropes Smith
John Cain
Dar
WHI
Heritage House
Lloyd Spencer
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L. ‘Ken Pergons
Robert la
Gtone
Brookwood P.T.A
Elmer Brown
Lilac Garden Club
Guy Downing
Harold Hendrix
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Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Senior Citizens Club
Golden Age Club
Youth Center
Tripoli
Dick Moore
H. C. Whitworth
Brack Schenck
Dewey Camp
Petruary 9
F. R. Moses
Mes
W. A. Mudgett
Mudgett
C. C. Lewis
William D, Thomason
By Oswald and
James Jacoby
Jehovah's Witnesses
West North East
South
Leta
Clyde Johnson
Clyde Pardue
Houlka
Miss
John Griffin
Columbus
Creighton
Mel Dowell
Sue Smiley
St. Louis
Mrs
R. E. Smiley
Saenger Tonite
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Thelma Ritter
Maurice Ghevalier
Helen Bottel
Helentfiver
Guy
Madris Aber
Dene Helen
Helen Boltel
Hope Star
King Feastures Syndicate
Ind
Association
Martin Landau
Carol Burnett
CBS
Robert Crean
Ralph Bellasky
Jane Wyatt
Keloys
Pangburn
Village Rexall Pharmacy
Ward & Son Drug CO
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