Local Society Calendar Promises Social Season in Hope
The Friday Music Club hosts an Opera Listening Program and covered dish lunch on January 3 in the Douglas Building with Mrs. Clarence Geist guiding and Mrs. James, Mr. Larry, and Mrs. Calvin Smith as hostesses. A dance at the Youth Center on January 3 features Rock Creek Reunion, admission $4 per couple. Further gatherings include church and club meetings through January 6, plus numerous holiday family trips and engagements across Hope and Texarkana communities.
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Douglas Building
Clarence Geist
James
Larry
Calvin Smith
Youth Center
Rock Creek
Admis
Sion
Pope Paul Likely To Push Peace Efforts In 1970
Pope Paul may pursue a symbolic peace trip to Hiroshima and renewed talks between Nigeria and Biafra. In 1969 he renewed offers to aid reconciliations in Vietnam and the Middle East, with Caritas shipping aid to wounded and homeless. He also met with Nigerian and Biafran delegates in Uganda, though with vague promises.
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Dennis Redmont
Associated Press
Vatican City
Paul
Hiroshima
Japan
Vietnam
Middle East
Vatican
Caritas
Pope Paul
Africa
Uganda
Bialan
Asmy
Television and Bowl Games Dominate New Year’s Day
Broadcasters called New Year’s Day television a football orgy as bowl games and parades filled 12 hours of viewing. NBC and CBS carried USC vs Michigan and Texas vs Notre Dame while ABC aired That Girl and Family Affair. Viewers used a second set for soaps and game shows amid the heavy football slate.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Pasadena
CHS
NBC
ABC
Mississippi
Arkansas
CBS
Texas
Notre Dame
University of Southern California
Michigan
Penn State
Missouri
Jim Nabors
Reunion Report Highlights 1969 Hope Country Club Event
Christmas holiday gathering at the Country Club in Hope drew Clans of 1969 with David Watkins as Master of Ceremonies. Attendees included Mrs. John Pierce of Crossett, Jimmy Jones, and Hope Public Schools Superintendent, plus a long list of local residents and guests.
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Hope
David Watkins
Mra
John Pierce
Crossett
Jimmy Jones
Judy Weaver
Burson
Joan Cook
Mathis
Martha Gilbert Nations
Judy McDowell May
Anna Cole Gilbert
Buddy Ball
Sue Moore
Gilliam
Linda McCorkle Langley
Nancy May
Purtle Thurman
Joyce Riley North
Valdene Tonnemeker Blackmore
Judy Ratecliff Anderson
Mary Ruth Calhoun
Martin
Sarah Ellis Rothwell
Linda Rogers Burgess
Polly McGoy
Catherine DelVacchio Cottingham
Patricia Jexzek
Home Is Where The Jobs Are In Household Work
Ernie Hood, information officer for the Labor Department, notes household work is a major female occupation with over 2.5 million workers. Most are in the South, many titles used, few require formal education, and opportunities are expected to grow through the 1970s.
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South
West
Police Use Holiday Overtime To Aim At Crime
Detroit AP reports 168 patrol officers donated over 1,200 unpaid hours in December to cut crime in a high risk black precinct. Leaders say the effort improved police community relations as residents welcomed the gesture, while some business owners sought more visible police presence.
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Detroit
Tatrolman Joseph Wall
Tih
Erie
Gian Givartt
Adelle Donaldson
Wahl
Bill Hayes
Hayes
Laura Heed
Wall
Annie Watkins
Uist
Chrismas
Lee
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Society
Saal
WMS
First Baptist Church
Hilman Koen
The
First Presbyterian Church
Hempstead County
Republican Women's Club
Citizens National Bank
Rose Garden Club
Arthur Nolen Caudle
Mary Virginia
Charles Neal Sherman Usnr
Marshall Neal Sherman
Atlanta
Shariny
Baylor University
Waco
University of Texas At Austin
Texarkana College
Coupl
Austin
Dot
Rick Stone
Amami
Iowa
Homer Stone
Houston
Corning
Florine Miller
Clifford Franks
Harry Shiver
F.C. Crow
Kyler
Texarkana
Cincinnas Hill
H.O. Kyler, Jr
Norma Shaddox
Russellville
Charles Clifford Franks
George Fish
Monticello
C.M. McCauley
Rison
Matt McCauley
Bobby Tucker
Dillon McCauley
Dell McClanahan
Billy Frank Simpkins
Ozark
Gus McClanahan
Ft. Smith
Robert McGraw
Sara
Baytown
Tex
Nancy Pate
Nashville
Floyd Crank
Jack Crank
David
Darrell Crank and Sons
Los Fresnos
Pope
Etecs
Glenn Batch
Gion
Ieee Path
James Garner
Gayle Shunnicutt
Marlowe
Ark
Ofteer
Rome
Abesman
Paradise
France
Virtue
Ohio College Town
Mewspaper Enterprise
T Ernie Hood
Labor Department
U.S. Labor Department
Washington, D.C
Marlon Brando
Richard Boone
Assay Hitchcocks
Psycho
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Hope Federal Savings & Loan Association
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Hope Federal
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