Hope Area Society Notes Busy Week Of Meetings
The Hope Jr Auxiliary meets in the Community Room of First National Bank Wednesday at 10 with a 9 16 executive board. Thursday features Ladies Bridge Mincheon at Hope Country Club at 12 30 with hostesses. DeAnn Lilac Garden Club gathers 2 pm at Mrs Ronnie Burke home. Spring Hill PTA meets 7 30 pm at the school. Friday Music Club holds a 4 pm gathering at Mrs McDowell Turner’s home. The Martha Hairston Circle meets Monday at Mrs W A Gunter Sr’s home with a program on Christian Citizenship. Amanda Tinkle Circle No 5 met Jan 20 at Mrs Fred Gray Summitt St. A miscellaneous bridal shower honors Mrs Buddy Putman at Unity Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Duplicate Bridge at Hope Country Club reports high scorers. Hope Country Club hosts a Friday potluck and cards. Victory Home Demonstration Club met Jan 9 with officers elected. Sprouts Garden Club met Jan 15 at Garland School auditorium with Dr H Rogers giving a talk on backyard bird sanctuary.
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Hope Jr
First National Bank
the Hope Country Club
Thomas ©. Hays, Jr
Gordon Bayless
Henry Fenwick
L. Murphy
Martha Hairston
First Baptist Church
W. A. Gunter
George Young
Gus Haynes Jed
Gunter
Lester Silzes
Earl Christian
Frank Ward
Carstan King
Herbert Honeycutt
W.M.S
Buddy Putman
Unity Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Young People’s Department
James Gaines
Harry Phillips
Tip Wood
Olan Reeves
Thurman Ridling
Victory HD Club
Victory Home Demonstration Club
Pauline Thompson
Onward Christian Soldiers
James Ellis
Betty Duncan
Hempstead County
Ada
Orvill Holshier
Joel Willett
Bill Burke
Jacky Willett
Clayborn Rowe
Dexter Alford
H.D.C
Arie Calhoun
Jack Sumpter
Jerry Goad
Cecil Smith
Sprouts Garden
Rogerson
Sprouts Garden Club
Garland School
Joe David Key
Kevin Guerin
Karen Beggs
Gloria Geno
Tina Martin
Balinda Evans
Dr. H. Rogers
Women Club Winners Named At Garden Event
The senior garden clubs announced prize winners from a recent arrangement contest featuring dried materials driftwood and a small bird. First Kevin Guerin and Clay Lehman second Ruth Alice Edwards Mary Lou Huckabee third Douglas Byrd Tina Martin.
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Pat O’mallen
Sam Huckabee
Kevin Guerin
Clay Lehman
Ruth Alice Edwards
Mary Lou Huckabee
Douglas Byrd
Tina Martin
Huckabee
Local social notes cite moves and visits across Arkansas towns
Mrs J E Polk and Mrs Flinn Greathouse of Little Rock visited Ruth and Pearl Polk and Mrs Roy Sutton Monday. G O Bryant to move to Little Rock by Feb 1 for Missouri Pacific transfer. Houston Gunter family moved from Patroon to Hope to manage Hempstead Manufacturing. Mrs William Glover Malvern visiting Dorsey McRae Sr. Duckett family from Malvern hosted by W M Duckett and relatives. C C Collins and Cleo Hungerford travel to Shreveport to be with hospitalized Alfords. Frank Smith, grand master of Arkansas Masons, surprised Whitfield Lodge Tuesday night.
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J. E. Polk
Flinn Greathouse
Little Rock
Ruth
Pearl Polk
Roy Sutton
Houston Gunter
Elaine
Mark
Hope
Patroon,Texas
Hempstead Manufacturing Company
William Glover
Malvern
Dorsey McRae
Dorsey Glover
Susan
Nancy
Frank Smith
Arkansas
Whitfield
Masonic Lodge
Kennedy Library Drive Gains Public Backing Near Harvard
Public enthusiasm for President John F Kennedy Library grows as more than two million dollars of the ten million goal is raised. A $1 million gift from the Kennedy Foundation leads donors, including individuals with gifts from one to fifty thousand dollars. The library, planned near Harvard, will be funded publicly and turned over to the federal government for public access after completion.
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Whenington
John ¥. Kennedy
Kennedy Foundation
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Harvard University
White House
United Nations
Joseph P. Remedy
Steven Susith
Sargent Shriver
Golden wedding for Alkersons with large family
John and Mrs Alkerson celebrated their 50th anniversary at Tulson home while Mr Alkerson recovers in Memphstead County Hospital. Their 10 children and many relatives gathered as a golden cake with ten roses honored each child. The couple, married February 2 1914 at Eveningshade, have 34 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
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John Alkerson
Mempstead County Hospital
Alkerson
Ilness
Selma Williams
Oregon
Reb Ebling
Thelma Bryant
Pat Fuller
Johnnie Rowe
Charlie Atkerson
California
Jamnita Baker
Louisiana
Carless Atkerson
Mich
Dean
Yer
Hawaii
Keath
Gereon Atkerson
Atkerson
Virginia Whatley Betrothed to George Mann in Texarkana Wedding
Mr and Mrs James C Day of Texarkana announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Virginia Ruth Whatley to George Eugene Mann. The wedding is set for March 29 at First Methodist Church Texarkana Arkansas. Virginia attended Texas Woman's University Denton and earned a BA in English from the University of Arkansas. George is a University of Arkansas graduate with BS ME and pursuing BSC E. The couple's grandparents include Mr and Mrs BC Whatley of Hope.
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James C. Day
Texarkana
Virginia Ruth Whatley
George Eugene Mann
Clifton &. Blake
North Little Rock
First Methodist Church
Arkansas
Texias Woman's University
Denton
Texas
Philomathia Literary Social Club
Land
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Mr. Mann
Little Rock University
Miss Whatley
B.C. Whatley
912
East Third Street Hope
Dear Helen Dorothy Dix on spoiled kids marriage failure
A mother describes a daughter and son in law who wed at 17 and 22, moved south, ran up debts, and strained family ties. She questions how to save the marriage as disruption and money woes destabilize the home and threaten the couple’s future.
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Baby
Moth
Helen
Cane
Struck Killed on Birthday in New Orleans
New Orleans AP report notes Grady Brumfield died on his birthday Tuesday. Family planned a birthday observance as authorities investigated the fatal strike.
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New Orleans
Grady Brumfield
Defends Bible Reading Ruling at Shippensburg Speech
Associate Justice William C. Douglas told an audience at Shippensburg State College that majority opinion on Bible reading in public schools does not affect constitutionality. He said the Constitution protects the minority regardless of majority views.
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Shippensburg, Pa
William C. Douglas
U.S. Supreme Court
Shippensburg State College
Douglas
Tippits Wife Now Has $600,000 for Children and Home
In Dallas a widow of patrolman J D Tippit who was slain near the Kennedy case inherits 600000 plus. She plans to stay in a pink brick south Dallas home with Allen 14 Brenda 10 and Curtis Glen 5. She says she will use the money as God would have and to rear the children.
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Dallas
J. D. Tippit
Kennedy
Tippit
Allen
Brenda
Curtis Glen
Metairie Boy Killed Crossing Road After School
Grady Brumfield, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Brumfield, was struck and killed by a car while walking home from school after finishing tests. Two schoolmates said he ran into the vehicle’s path. The incident occurred in suburban Metairie and the family is mourning the loss.
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Grady
Albert Brumfield
Metairie
Worldwide Briefs: Fire Injures Dove Schary in Manhattan
AP reports motion pictures producer Dove Schary and his wife Miriam escaped a 13 room Manhattan apartment fire. Schary treated for a left arm sprain and both returned home after a late play. Fire origin undetermined. confined to their unit.
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New York
Dove Schary
Miriam
Manhattan
Schary
River Basins to Meet for Pollution Hearings in KC
Washington AP Senator James B. Pearson said delegations from the Arkansas Missouri and Mississippi river basins will be invited to a Senate subcommittee hearing in Kansas City on March 16 to 17 to discuss water pollution issues.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Arkansas, Missouri
Mississippi River
Senate
Kansas City
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DeAnn Lilac Garden Club
Ronnie Burke
Irvin Burke
Spring Hill P.T.A
McDowell Turner
James McLarty
Amanda Tinkle
W.M
Hope Duplicate Bridge Club
P. Young, Jr
Elizabeth Bridewell
Harry Hawthorne
Marie Hendrix
Tully Henry
R.P. White
Hope Country Club
Kinard Young
Brack Schenck
L. J., Webb
E. FE. Wassell
Homar Beverley
Lester Godwin
Ene Andrews
Kelly Bryant
Saenger
Ward & Son Drug
Harold Hendrix
Sweet Home HD Club
Sweet Home Home Demonstration Club
J. B. Warnken
God Bless America
Elya Reese
Bettie Duncan
Joyce Floyd
C. A. Phillips
Guernsey
George Holt
Dail Ravenscroft
Oris Thornton
Troy Burson
T. A. Smith
Thomas Williams
G. O’bryant
Lite Rock
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
W. M. Duckett
William M. Duckett, Jr
Dorsey
Houston
C. C. Collins
Cleo Hungerford
Shreveport
W. ©. Alford
J. Kennedy Library
Shipley
Mom
Pop
Sis
Helen Worden Erskine
Dorothy Dix
Bell-McClure Syndicate
Joe‘s City Bakery
March of Dimes
Lara Impson
Hempstead
Joe Jones
Mrs. Atkerson
Sy Helen Worden Erskine
Jess
Sommelands
Daughter
By Patricia Curran
Denver
Ed C. Johnson
U.S
Colorado
New Delhi
Nehru
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Indira Gandhi
India
Santa Monica
Calif
Dobie Gillis
Dwayne Hickman
Carol
Madrid
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Spain
Boston
Norman G. Dyhrenfurth
Mt. Everest
Massachusetts
John E. Powers
State Senate
Sitk Pesanti
Betty Rose
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