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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1975
Page
8
The Third District Arts and Crafts Club held a dinner in the Holiday Inn Banquet Room with Walter McDonald of Texarkana as guest. He painted a memory scene from Alleene Ark and offered art tips while entertaining sixty five members with humor.
Column by Lew Koch highlights three Pilot Books guides aiding job seekers after layoffs. It reviews How To Get the Job You Want After 40 by Maxwell J. Harper and Arthur Pell, Profitable Part-time Home Based Businesses by Gary Null, and the 1975 Directory of Franchising Organizations. The pieces advise cautious agency use, flexible, low cap ventures, and franchising options, with examples from McDonald’s to H&R Block. Take heart, a firing could be the break you deserve.
Mrs Clifford Messer hosted the Rocky Mound IH C club meeting with six members and one visitor. In the absence of officers, Mrs Aaron led. Devotional used Solomon 8 7, and the group sang Precious Lord Take My Hand. Eyeopeners included a crewel picture and a decorated soap bar. Mrs Opal Byers and Mrs Louise Dudley taught the window dress lesson and discussed window treatments. Members shared preferred window treatments. Mrs Byers won the door prize. Dudley reported nursing home visits. A poem was read and homemakers prayer recited. Refreshments served.
A collage of reader questions and Abby replies. Topics include pallbearer duties on a second wife’s anniversary, dangers of pantyhose related infections and advice to wear cotton panties, and the social clash over smoking in public spaces. The column closes with Abby offering contact details and request for a booklet.
A packed list of meetings and activities includes a pants making workshop at the Farm Bureau Building led by Wanda Williams. P E O Chapter AE meeting at Mrs. Frazier's home with co host. an Antique Show tied to Hope’s Centennial Year. a Whitfield Lodge Entered Apprentice degree. Hope High School Booster Club planning All Sports Banquet. AARP meeting at the Douglas building with program. Jett B Graves Sunday School Class potluck at First United Methodist Church. Cosmopolitan Club gathering with social customs program. Union Baptist Church revival from Feb 26 to Mar 2. Hope Junior Auxiliary and Senior Citizens Luncheon on Feb 26. Hope Council of Garden Clubs meeting Feb 27. Country Club Ladies Bridge Lunch with reservations.
Wanda Williams outlines how tornadoes form and when to expect them with peak season in April through June. She explains tornado watches and warnings, shelter guidance for homes without basements, and safety steps such as battery radios, avoiding phone calls during alerts, staying away from windows, moving to a safe interior room, and aftercare like wearing protective gear and checking for gas leaks.
Succulents and cacti store water in stems and leaves, thriving in sunny dry conditions. Water sparingly, about half as often as other plants, and adjust by season. Winter needs are very infrequent, roughly every two weeks, while spring to fall can be weekly or when soil feels dry.
Memorial Hospital records list admissions including James Ridling Mrs Clifford Taylor Miss Velma Goss and others from Hope and Prescott plus Patmos and Rosston. Dismissals include Mrs Howard McMillen Ernest Duffie Walter Boyette and more from Hope Prescott and Washington. Branch General Hospital admits S B Anderson and Dorothy Jansen both of Hope and dismisses Annie Jo Hamilton and Hubert Knowles, both of Hope.
Shimmering knits for men showcase a vast shimmer selection from pastels to bold shades, resembling silk. The fashion notes highlight a rising trend in men's leisure wear featuring outerwear shirts with button plackets, broad sport collars, and cuffed ends.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Baker hosted weekend guests Mr and Mrs Don Goodell of Houston Texas Mr and Mrs Mel Thrash and daughters Pam and Arin traveled to Little Rock to check on Mrs L E Holt mother of Mrs Thrash who lives in an area hit by the storm Saturday Mr and Mrs P L Perkins took their daughter Mrs Bill Rolen to Little Rock on Sunday from where she flew back to Washington DC
Readers ask about painting to create space. Use light colors for walls and trim, paint the same color to unify surfaces, and remember color chips read lighter than finished walls. For enamel over varnish, test area first and consider a stain sealer if discoloration appears.
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