Ladies of the Eastern Star Host Banquet and Meeting
The Ladies of the Eastern Star plan a banquet at Hotel Barlow at 6 PM Thursday. Hope Chapter No. 328 O E S holds a regular meeting at 8 PM in the Masonic Hall where Nina G Warnock will make her official visit. Jett B Graves Sunday school class meets at Mrs Corbin Foster's home at 7 30 PM for monthly business and social gathering.
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Ladies of the Eastern Star
Barlow
Hope
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Nina G. Warnock
The
Eastern Star of Arkansas
Jett B. Graves
Corbin Foster
Rose Harrie
Hammons Herod Engagement Announced for Mary Frances Hmmons
Mr and Mrs Hammons announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Frances Hmmons V 3/C U S N R to Ensign Roger Hugh Herod Jr U S N R both of New Orleans Louisiana. The wedding is set for Sunday January 28 at five o clock in New Orleans.
Lilac Garden Club Meets at Pat Casey Home
The Lilac Garden Club gathered Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Pat Casey’s home with Mrs. W Warren as associate hostess. President Mrs. W. O. Beene led the business meeting and program chairwoman Mrs. B L Rettig presented Getting Down to Earth. Guest speaker Mrs. Jack Sullivan was introduced.
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Lilac Garden Club
Pat Casey
W. Warren
W. O. Beene
B L. Rettig
Jack Sullivan
Gardenia Club Hosts and Bird Themed Meeting afternoon
Mrs. H G Heller and Mrs Arch Moore hosted the Gardenia Garden Club at Heller's home. Arch Moore led the session with a roll call on favorite birds and a bird program by Mrs Lanky Callicutt assisted by Mrs Irvin Urrey and Mrs R E Cooper. Each member brought a handcrafted triad house and Callicutt won first prize. Refreshments followed for ten members.
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H. G. Heller
Arch Moore
Gardenia Club
Gardenia Garden Club
Lanky Callicutt
Irvin Urrey
R .E. Cooper
Hospital Notes on Mary Frances Irvin
The many friends of Miss Mary Frances Irvin regret to learn she is a patient at Julia Chester hospital after an appendicitis operation on Wednesday. Her condition is reported as satisfactory.
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Mary Frances Irvin
Julia Chester Hospital
Columbus 4-H Club Plans Year and Fundraiser
The Columbus 4-H Club met January 16 at Columbus High School to enroll members for the coming year. Miss Estrook, Home Demonstration Agent, and Oliver Adams County Agent led the meeting. Members agreed to sell cookbooks to raise funds for a postwar 4-H dormitory in Fayetteville. Under Adams, boys visited J. O. Johnson farm for a demonstration on treating ox warbles. Next meeting set for February 20.
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Columbus
Columbus High School
Missestrook
Oliver Adams
Fayetteville
Mr. Adams
J. O. Johnson
Cate
Spring Hill 4-H Elects Officers and Plans Book Sale
The Spring Hill School 4-H Club met January 11 1945 at 10 15 a m in the sixth grade room. Officers elected for the year include President Helen Atkins Vice President Harvey Foster Secretary and Treasurer Roth Jane Starks Reporter Mary Rush Johnson. Thirty eight students from Spring Hill Schools 4th 5th and 6th grades enrolled in 4 H projects this year. Girls plan to sell cook books made by the Council of Home Demonstration Clubs. Proceeds will fund a 4 H girls dormitory at Fayetteville after the war.
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Spring Hill
Helen Atkins
Harvey Foster
Roth Jane Starks
Mary Rush Johnson
Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Fayetteville
Cigarettes as Bargaining Power Emerges in Shortages
The piece notes a wide use of cigarets as currency amid rationing. Restaurateurs entice diners with post meal cigarettes while desperate hobos and shoppers trade smokes for rides and services. Old ladies may join lines to swap money for cigarettes, a new social bargaining tool.
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Washington
Fred MacMurray Buys 950 Acre Sonoma Farm
Hollywood star Fred MacMurray, from Beaver Dam Wisconsin, purchased a 950 acre Sonoma County farm to relax from film work. The property includes 40 acres of prune trees, a large apple orchard, milking shorthorns, and sheep, with MacMurray planning to visit between movie shoots.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Fred MacMurray
Fred
Beaver Darn
Wis
Sonoma County
Calif
Leap Girl Knocking and Cotten’s Relaxed Star Image
The piece highlights Joseph Cotten as Hollywood’s most relaxed man of the year. It notes his preference for country living over farming, his varied acting roles from octogenarians to juveniles, and his easy charm with fans. It also touches on his past business ventures and light anecdotes about his laid back approach.
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Gloria Whoozis
Hollywood
Joseph Cotten
Mr. Cotten
Alfred Hitchcock
Cotten
Cotton
Was
Tip Top Salad Co
Miami
Orson Welles
Welles
David O. Selznick
Joe
Virginia
Deanna Durbin
Claudette Colbert
Ingrid Bergman
Ginger Rogers
Jennifer Jones
Bobby Sox
Brigade
Dime Store
Newport
English visitor sparks gossip in 1807 Augusta discussion
In Augusta in 1807 rumor and humor swirl around Mr. Cecil Lowther a spring arrival tied to the Earl of Lonsdale. Guests at Balaam Gun ter’s crossing await a grand dinner while locals debate land, migration, and boredom as Balaam travels toward Alabama with kin and livestock in tow.
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Georgia
Cecil. Lowther
Augusta
Etion
Harvey Earle
Lowthern
Earl of Lonsdale
Lord
Mr. Lowther
Henry Jewell
Nat Poole
The
Chronicle
Lowther
Bay Cotten
Joseph Hutchinson
India
Earles
Balaam
South Carolina
Wiliam Clayton
William
Mr. Clayton Schanangyne
U S War Casualties Far Exceed World War I
U S combat losses in the current war total more than 2 1 2 times World War I figures. World War II casualties reach 686,389 across Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard versus 259,735 in World War I. Army and Navy breakdowns show large increases, with overseas personnel around 6,000,000.
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Joseph L. Mylerashington
U. S
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Henry L. Stimson
Ardennes
Stimson
War and Navy Department
War time tree supply and bond drive urged
The OWI warns Christmas trees will be scarce this year and urges buyers to secure trees and buy War Bonds promptly. Allies plan another Big Three meeting amid talk of weather affecting the enemy. A Japanese news agency says over 70 Japanese generals are involved in the war effort.
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OWI
Anther
Judge McDuffie to plead guilty in own court
U S District Judge John McDuffie plans to plead guilty in his court next Monday after being arrested by a federal game warden for possessing two doves in excess of the legal limit. He said he will enter a guilty plea and accept the penalty. A separate note from Montgomery reports State Rep G C Walker describing a pigeon based navigation aid at a Clanton airport as a trainer pilot uses a released pigeon to guide back.
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Mobile
Ala
U.S
John McDuffie
Montgomery
G.C. Walker
Chilton County
Walker
Clanton
Donors Offer Tobacco Fertilizer Prizes at Meeting
In Danville Virginia on January 18 a tobacco meeting asked prize donors to leave items at the American Bank. Bank President Wayles Harrison’s phone rang with a donor asking which door to use and what was being given. A donor offered a ton of tobacco fertilizer, prompting a surprised reaction.
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Danville
American Bank
Wayles Harrison
Missing Shirt Button Sparks Incongruous Wedding Rumor
A playful lament notes a man’s single status may hinge on a missing shirt button. The verse suggests several missing items could imply marriage, weaving humor around domestic life.
Promise to Deliver Note Mentions Fertilizer in Lobby
A fragmentary message says a letter will be sent and asks for a reply. It hints that a fertilizer may be placed in a lobby if the recipient changes their mind. The text reflects a terse communication with unclear context.
Oklahoma City Justice of the Peace funds new guide dog
Wayland McCarty, a blind justice of the peace, said it would be a long wait for another seeing eye dog after his aged animal. Friends contributed $362.50 to help McCarty obtain a replacement, and he has appointed his dog court bailiff.
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Oklahoma City
Wayland McCarty
Hi Aoe
McCarty
Oklahoma Driver License Renewal Sought by Soldier in Italy
Safety Commissioner J. M. Gentry considers an unusual wartime request from Lt. Col. Ross H. Routh fighting in Italy. He asks that his Oklahoma drivers license be renewed and sent to him at once.
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Oklahoma City
J. M. Gentry
Ross H. Routh
Italy
Oklahoma
Martinez Run Over Twice In City Accident
Albuquerque report says Thomas L. Martinez was hit by a car while crossing, then run over by a second vehicle as he lay on the street. Neither driver stopped. Hospital attendants said he was not seriously hurt.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Thomas L. Martinez
Martinez
Arkansas Adjutant General McAlister Visits Capitol
Brig. Gen. L. McAlister, Arkansas' new adjutant general, arrives at the capitol in full dress uniform with service stripes. He is greeted by a doorman and asks where to locate the sales tax division during his first capitol visit.
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Little Rock
Ark
L. McAlister
Arkansas
Capitol Building
Archaeology Via Bombs Reveals 17th Century Yarmouth
German bombing victims exposed extensive 17th century relics in Yarmouth England making it possible to trace the town layout from that era. The find provides new insight into the original street plan and settlement pattern prior to later rebuilding.
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Yarmouth
England
Pan American Highway Project Still Needs Bridges
The Inter-American Highway from the Texas border to the Panama Canal requires several new and replacement bridges. The 3.35 mile segment in Washington opening news notes the route through Mexico Nicaragua Costa Rica and Panama is now open and expected to be finished in 1947.
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Texas
Panama Canal
US Public Roads Administration
Mexico
Icaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
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