Local Club and School Notices Shared for January Events
Community groups in Hope Arkansas announce January gatherings and activities. Cookie materials distribute to Girl Scout workers from Paisley and nearby high schools at Little House in Fair Park. Daffodil Garden Club hosts interior decoration program. Eastern Star, PTA chapters, F H A style show, and various meetings set through January 27. A Saturday game night at Hope Country Club includes potluck and games. Cub Scout Pack 92 meets January 25 at Brookwood school. Royal Service program at First Baptist Church Monday night. Republican Women plan January 26 meeting with bronze plaque for membership gains. Garden Club coffee January 27. Legislative notes from Legion Auxiliary meeting. Wedding of Linda Still and Paul Coates reported in parish setting.
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Paisley
Brookwood
Garland
Hope
Little House
Fair Park
Neighbrhood
Ann Wollerman
First Baptist Church
American International backs youth market over Oscar nods
AI owners James Nicholson and Samuel Arkoff say their 1965 releases aim at under 25s, not Academy voters. They spotlight Beach Party and later titles while snubbing traditional Oscar contenders as irrelevant to their box office strategy. An unrelated PEO Sisterhood meeting in Southwest Arkansas marked its 96th birthday with talks on education and scholarships.
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Hollywood
American-International
Tis
American International
James H. Nicholson
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Muscle
Bikini Beach
Edgar Allen Poe
Vincent Price
Boris Karloff
Sergeant Deadhead
Nicholson
P.E.O
Arkansas
DeQueen
Nashville
Ashdown
Magnolia
Hot Springs
Arkadelphia
Malvern
Hope
Henry Haynes
Jim Robertson
Cottey College
Nevada
Home Demonstration Council Meeting Rescheduled
The Home Demonstration Council meeting is moved to Saturday January 30 due to a conflicting event. This change shifts the scheduled date from January 23.
Circle 5 WSCS Meeting at First Methodist Church
Circle 5 of WSCS at the First Methodist Church met January 18 in the Mary Martha Class room. Mrs. Paul Bain chaired the business meeting with several reports. Mrs. Hershell Patterson led the prayer program, assisted by Mrs. LaGrone Williams. After benediction, hostesses served dessert and coffee to 14 members.
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Circle 5
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Mary Martha
Paul Bain
Hershell Patterson
LaGrone Williams
Bill Reinhardt
Velda Seamons
Fulbright Refused Post Says Fulbright Refused Post
Time Magazine reports in January 1960 that Senator J William Fulbright of Arkansas asked not to be considered for secretary of state. Rumors circulated he might get the post under Kennedy, but Fulbright told Kennedy he did not feel he possessed the temperament for the job.
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New York
Time Magazine
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John F. Kennedy
Arkansan
Kennedy
Funeral Notices and Local Visits Highlight Texarkana Chronicle
Many attend Mrs. Josie Smith’s funeral in Texarkana including Mrs. J. S. Mc Dowell Mrs. C. C. Collins Mrs. Aubrey Collier Jr of Hope and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Alford of Stephens The report also notes hospital discharge and family visits from Greenville Lexington Houston Little Rock Arkadelphia Malvern and Ouachita Baptist College ROTC ceremony and Rotary Club talk.
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Josie Smith
Texarkana
J. S. McDowell
C. C. Collins
Aubrey Collier, Jr
All
Hope
E. H. Alford
Stephens
Garrett Story
Greenville, Texas
Garrett Story, Jr
E. T. Russell
Lexington
Hope Federal Officers Elevate Staff At Annual Meeting
Hope Federal Savings and Loan Association announces promotions and new officer appointments at the annual membership meeting held at 209 Main St. Fred O. Ellis becomes Executive Vice President, Leonard F. Ellis advances to Secretary, and Marcine V. Abbott is elected Assistant Secretary. Existing officers J. P. Duffie, N. T. Jewell, and Albert Graves are re elected. Duffie and Graves also win three year director terms.
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Hope Federal Savings & Loan Association
Main St
Fred O. Ellis
Leonard F. Ellis
Marcine V. Abbott
J. P. Duffie
N. T. Jewell
Albert Graves
Duffie
Frank J. Hill
Charge Against Firm Dismissed by NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board regional office in Memphis dismissed charges that Virco Manufacturing Co. of Conway Arkansas failed to bargain in good faith with the United Steelworkers of America. The investigation found no merit and production has resumed though the striker remains in effect.
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Associated Press
Memphis
National Labor Relations Board
Virco Manufacturing Co
Conway, Ark
United Steelworkers — of America
John Reynolds Jr
Beach Party film a major beach comedy hit
The report notes Beach Party, produced for $750000, became AI's biggest hit with a $3.5 million gross and helped proliferate swinging seaside epics, while hor ror comedy failed to catch on.
Economics Rise Backed by New Statistics and Reports
New York AP reports President Johnson’s view that business is improving is supported by recent government data and private industry reports. Growth appears driven by general business vigor, not just auto or steel sector spurts, with durable goods orders rising and personal income increasing alongside payroll gains.
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New York
Johnson
Baring Cross Bridge Opens in Little Rock 1873 Race
The Baring Cross Bridge at Little Rock was completed in 1873 and the first train crossed the Arkansas River crossing on December 21. Wagons relied on ferries until 1897 when a steel bridge allowed free wagon traffic in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Arkansas River
East R. Island Tops Northeastern in Tight Matchup
In college basketball results, East Rhode Island defeated Northeastern 87 to 77 while Amherst beat Middlebury 65 to 61. Vermont routed Norwich 89 to 77. Florida State defeated Georgia Tech 72 to 65. Kansas State beat Kansas 71 to 63 as Dayton bested Chattanooga 96 to 80 and Evansville defeated Southern Illinois 81 to 80.
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Associated Press
R. Island
Northeastern
Amherst
Middlebury
Vermont
Norwich
South Fla. State
G. Tech
Midwest
Kansas State
Kansas
Dayton
Chattanooga
Evansville
S. Illinois
Too Early to Tell Cause of Wreck
Brig. Gen. Murray A. Bywater says it is too early to tell if a nylon cord found in a KC135 tanker jet engine contributed to the Wichita crash that killed 30, damaged 11 houses and affected 25 to 30 more. Engines were sent to Tinker AFB for checks.
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Wichita
Kan
Murray A. Bywater
Bywater
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Escaped Prisoners Back in Custody
Two Cummins Prison Farm escapees who went four days without food were recaptured near Tamo Jefferson County about five miles from the prison. Authorities identified them as Thalbert Stephens 26 of Doniphan Missouri and Lloyd Solley 41 of Plainview Yell County. They were found in prison clothing running through a wooded area north of U S 65.
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Mitch LaGrone
Chris Petre
Dorothy Lawrence
Order of the Eastern Star
Spring Hill P.T.A
Bodcan P.T.A
F.H.A
Spencer
the Hope Country Club
Eddie Whitman
Kinward Young
Lyle McMahon
Harold Brints
Cub Scout Pac 92
Brookwood School
Hempstead County
Chamber of Commerce
Council of Garden Club
First National Bank
Royce Weisenberger
American Legion Auxiliary Leslie
Frank King
Homer Beverley
Linda Still
Lee Still
Paul Coates
Mary Elizabeth Coates
R. B. Moore, Jr
Prescott
Bob Thomas
KXAR
PEO Sisterhood
Our
Martha Barham
Carolyn Maxwell
Marcelete
Elsie Chism
Myra Lemley
Mann
Marcelete’s
Beauty Salon
S. Walnut St. Hope, Ark
Saenger
THE
David Gordon Newbern
Mrs
George Newbern, Jr
George Dodds
George Allen McGill
Ouachita Baptist College
Dean Murphy
Stamps Rotary Club
Leonard Shelton
Houston
Troy Sheltons
Iva Sadler
John Earl Sadler
Mt. Calm
Tex
Sheltons
Haskell Jones
Presbyterian Church
Hope Federal
Shipley
Menard
White River
Arkansas Post
Leonard Ellis
Gene White
Marcine Abbott
Wirco
Frankfurt
West Germany
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Ing
Er Mommy
John P. Cox Drug CO
Hope, Ark
Montag
Whitman
Cbeteen Super
Telson
Clairol
Magnesia
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