Calendar Highlights From Local Society Groups
The Ann Wollerman Circle meets February 24 at 7 30 PM for Royal Service at First Baptist. Presbyterian Women host World Mission at 9 AM in the chapel with a review of Christian issues in Southern Asia and a noon potluck. The Hempstead County Republican Women gather February 26 at 7 30 PM in Mrs. Clarence Guist’s home to discuss Civil Rights Bill. Chapter AE PEO meets February 25 at 3 PM at Mrs. Jewel Moore’s with co-host Mrs. Crit Stuart. Jett B Graves class hosts pot luck February 25 at 7 PM at Mrs. Reb Jones home with co-hostesses. Hope Chapter Jr Auxiliary meets February 26 with executive at 9 AM and general at 10 AM in First National Bank community room. Invitational Ladies Bridge Luncheon February 27 at Hope Country Club at 12 30 PM hosted by several members. reservations by February 24. Friday Music Club meets February 28 at 4 PM at Mrs. Talbot Feild Jr.’s home. program “The Parade of American Music.” Mrs. Dean Murphy hosts American Legion Auxiliary meeting February 18 at 7 30 PM. reports cover Americanism, junior activities, and Poppy Day. Flags donated to Paisley School by the auxiliary and a patriotic card project supported nationally. The DeAnn Lilac Garden Club meets February 18. Monty Monts presents azaleas and camellias, plus roses care talk. March meeting planned with Mrs. Wayward Burke.
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Hempstead County
Republican Women
Clarence Guist
Southland Heights
T. C. Porter Ws
Paul Klipsch
Dean Murphy
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Leslie Huddleston
Frank King
Ben Edminston
Glen Williams
Joe Keesey
Joe Jones
Cecil Weaver
Fred Formby
W. H. Gunter
United States
Paisley School
Paisley
Joe Keesley
Sarah Bagley
U.S
Cookie Jones
Peggy Franks
DeAnn Lilac Garden Club
C. R. Samuel
Jewel Burke
Monty
Samuel
J. M. Arnold
J. C. Burke
Cerry
B. J
People News From Hope and Nearby Trips
Coming and Going Mrs C J Barnes and her grandson Jeff Renfro went to Houston this weekend to attend the rodeo and visit Mr and Mrs Mount Revels and family. Mrs Melvin Redd is in Baptist Hospital in Little Rock for surgery Tuesday. Mrs John Allison left for Honolulu after visiting in Hope Morriston and Montrose.
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Melvin Redd
Baptist Hospital
Little Rock
John Allison
Honolulu
Hope
Morriston
Montrose
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Georgia
Richardson Is Best Director
Hollywood AP report notes Tony Richard winning top director honors as the Directors Guild of America names him the best director for the period. The piece emphasizes the award's significance within the industry and recognition of his work on the referenced film.
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Hollywood
Directors Guild of America
Tony
Tom Jones
Richard
Peggy Lee Weds Del Rio in Beverly Hills Nuptials
Friends report singer Peggy Lee and bandleader Del Rio wed in Beverly Hills on Saturday. The couple, both 43 and 30 respectively, will honeymoon in mid April. Lee, recovering from illness, obtained a marriage license Friday at her home. This is Lee’s fourth marriage and Del Rio’s second.
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Peggy Lee
Jack el Rio
Miss Lee
Beverly Hills
del Rio
Argentina
Dewey Martin
Brad Dexoe
Dave Barjour
Balaguer Plans Comeback Leads Dominican Revival
Former Dominican Republic president Joaquin Balaguer announced his comeback plan to over 500 partisans at a New York hotel. He heads the Reformista party, asserting renewed political leadership after exile two years ago.
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New York
Joaquin Balaguer
Dominican Republic
Balaguer
Reformista Party
Rockefeller Encouraged as Candidate for Arkansas Governor
Winthrop Rockefeller said increasing numbers of Arkansans want him to run after Gov. Faubus delayed a voter registration reform session. Faubus favored three registration bills naming assessors, county clerks and sheriffs as registrars, while Rockefeller urged the Legislative Council to study model voter laws.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Legislative Council
Rockefeller
Republican National
1963 Best Director Award Goes to TV Veteran George Schaefer
The director's annual dinners in Hollywood and New York crowned George Schaefer as the best television director for Pygmalion on the eve of the 1963 Academy Awards nominations. The honor highlights Schaefer's work and places him among top directors for the year.
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New York
Hollywood
Guild
George Schaefer
Dorothy Dix on What Makes Men Furious in Marriage
Dr Joyce Brothers summarizes Dorothy Dix style advice identifying common male irritants in marriage. Key points: evasiveness in discussions angers men, repeated nagging triggers childhood memories, and unsolicited pressures like constant reminders or generic criticisms worsen tensions. The piece uses anecdotes about restaurant choices attire and shopping to illustrate these dynamics.
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DR. Joyce Brothers
Dr. Brothers
W. McClear
W. McC
Church a Song to Lasting Fame and Weatherwax Family
Lester Weatherwax and his brothers formed The Weatherwax Boys and popularized The Church in the Wildwood through national tours from 1910 to 1921. Lester recalls the Wichita singer's life and the night in St Louis when the audience requested the hymn, boosting the church and song to lasting fame.
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Lester Weatherwax
Lester
Bill
Asa
Tom
Iowa
Wildwood
Tawa
Weatherwax Boys
United States
Canada
Wichita
St. Louis
Four Die as Camden Bridge Crash Involves 2 Cars
An automobile crossed three lanes of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and struck a Philadelphia-bound car carrying three people Sunday. The Camden driver Gordon Martorano 20 may have fallen asleep. The Philadelphia-bound car occupants were Craven L. Goodman Sr. 39 a Camden tailor his wife Maxine 33 and Carmiel Gardner 33, all from Camden.
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Camden
Benjamin Franklin
Gordon Martorano
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Craven L. Goodman Sr
Maxine
Mel F. Gardner
Weatherwax brothers spread tale of little brown church
The Weatherwax brothers built programs around the song of the little brown church in Bradford Iowa once near Charles City. The church, built 1857 near Nashua after extinction of the Bradford town, was restored by 1915 16 and became a rural shrine. Asa n Weatherwax died in 1940 Tom in 1962 William is 90 in a rest home Lester retired in 1962 after 32 years as Wichita minister of music.
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Wild Wood
Charles City
Iowa
Bradford
Town
First Congregational Church of
Nashua
Little Brown
America
Weatherwax
Weatherwax Boys
Wildwood
Asan
Tom
William
Lester
First Methodist Church of
Wichita
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Jett B. Graves
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Reb Jones
Leland Warmack
Chester Hunt
Hope Chapter Jr
First National Bank
the Hope Country Club
Thompson Evans, Jr
Duffie D. Booth
George Newbern
E. Sc. Wassell
Evans
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Ed Creasey
Talbot Feild, Jr
Roy Stephenson
Lilac Garden Club
Saenger
Caretakros
Vincent Foster
Earl O'Neal
Crit Stuart, Jr
Be, P. Young, Jr
George Frazier
B.C. Hyatt
Don Evans
Kinard Young
Clyde Monts
Camelot
Haskell Jones
Lance
Herman Smith
Phil McLarty
Leland Lavender, Jr
Raymond Franks
Paul O’neal
Brian Syron
Australia
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Richardson
Smokey
Treasure Island
Calif
Chester Nimitz
Pacific
Nimits
Fredericksburg
Tex
David Crystal
Dorothy Arden
Arbe Originals
Janet Henry
Vanity Fair
Dorothy DIX
Phree
Cadillac
Off. Pho
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Res. Pho
Hope PR
Diane
2Nd St. In
Bell Syndicate
PLAID
South Main St
Cash Savings
Ann Page
A&p
Jane Parker
Hersheys
California
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