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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1950
Page
5
Earth tremors shook the Dover coast last night rattling doors and moving furniture. Seismographs in London logged small shocks arising within 150 miles while tremors were felt in Calais and Dunkirk. Reports from France noted the simultaneous event across the channel.
Social and Personal phone numbers 1268 1269 listed for hours. Several church and school groups announce meetings and events for Wednesday and Thursday including prayer services Circle No 3 Hostess Mrs Dodds John Cain DAR luncheon 12:30 at Barlow hotel Garland P T A 3 30 at school Paisley P F T A executive board 2 30 Thursday First Christian choir rehearsal 7 36 Thursday Hope B and W Club 7 at Barlow hotel Health and Safety chair Miss Annie Sue Andres Hope High P T A meets 3 30 with program by Mrs Sparks Camelia Garden Club 2 30 Friday wedding Margaret Claudean Stewart to Wilson Garner Britt at First Baptist parsonage Saturday 7 30 pm reception at the Britt home. Wesleyan Service Guild meets Monday at Mrs B R Brown home with program on Love.
Miss Janet Euston McGhee of Nokomis Illinois and John J Sale of Nokomis wed in a 4 PM Thursday double ring ceremony at Rev Fred Harrisons Texarkana home. The bride wore a beige suit with yellow orchids, with matron of honor Mrs David A McGhee Jr in rose and brown accents. Out of town guests included the McCulleys from Hope Arkansas. The couple teach and work in Nokomis and reside at 509 Water Street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Gilbert hosted a dinner near Crossroads on Sunday honoring their uncle J. T. Gordon for his 81st birthday. Guests included relatives from Patmos Fulton Texarkana Columbus Hope and Guernsey. Gifts were given and photos taken before the gathering adjourned. The W S C 8. met at the First Methodist church at 3 pm Monday with Mrs. L B Tooley presiding and Mrs. George Newbern assisting.
Mrs. John Phillips of Longview and Mrs. Howard Erwin of Texarkana visit their sister Bis. W. & Honea and Mr. Honea. Seth Anderson flew home to Eureka California after visiting his mother, Mrs. Olga Anderson.
A reader seeks guidance on whether a unemployed suitor should reveal intentions to a girlfriend. Miss Dix urges honesty, urges the man to tell her, and notes the value of honor over mere inclination. Several letters discuss affairs, marriage duties, and the cost of deceit in relationships.
Mrs Pink Horton J L Stuart Melson Frazier and Mr and Mrs Lee Holt of Washington attended the funeral for Mrs Mary Davis Tuesday morning. Admitted and discharged lists include Ruth Elien Boswell Ury McKenzie V A Ragon and others with new birth notice for TF C Sumner’s son born January 9. Branch admits Milton Rogers Emmet Lendon Yocum Hope.
A fragmented report from Prague hints at a dance paper praising the polka and samba amid trade union discussions. The piece suggests the event aims to lift workers’ spirits and shape public mood during tense times.
An exhausted couple in a quiet home hears a window latch, triggers a late scare, and calls police. Officers arrive with two drunk, are escorted away, and the couple end up laughing and pledging to never fight again, amid a shared, tender moment.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the Chinese generalissimo, departed New York for San Francisco en route to Formosa to join her husband. She expressed gratitude for sympathy shown to China and wished readers luck and God bless you, citing her prior radio pledge to defend Nationalist China.
A murky report from a news agency notes figures on farm and city populations and mentions a tentative government statistics rate. The context implies concern over a transportation incident and a divided public outlook.
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