Social and Personal Notices and Club Events
Social and personal notes from January 26 include Mrs Henry Haynes hosting at home with Choral Club practice at Mrs Garrett Story's on January 27. An Alatheaa Sunday school party was postponed due to weather. Mrs Henry Haynes conducts Baptist Bible study for the Women’s Missionary Society with new members welcomed. Miss Simms honors Miss Bruner at a dinner before Wheaton College departure. Gooding-Bacon: Margaret Gooding and Richard Gooding wed in Detroit on November 30, 1942. now at 4852 Guilford, Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Haynes
Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Entry Haynes
Tinynes
Herold Porterfield
Donald Moore
Floyd Duke
Simms
Bruner
Carlene Bruner
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Katherine Mae Simms
Coming and Going in Arlington and Nearby Areas
Mrs Charles Yontz nee Meriam Carlton and daughters Caryl and Nancy Bale of Arlington have arrived to spend months with the Carlton family before Lt Yontz ships to Cleveland Ohio. Mrs Ray Parker of Little Rock visits her sister Mrs Lloyd Spencer and Mr Spencer for a few days. Mr and Mrs Jim Henry of Dallas visit the Terrell Cornelius and Lt and Mrs J T Bowden as their daughter arrives from San Antonio to see relatives until Friday. Lt Bowden serves with the Air Corps at Randolph Field. Mrs Micky Williams visited Texarkana Saturday. Mrs S A Taylor and daughter Billie Jean left for Del Monte California to establish a new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Yontz
Meriam Carlton
Caryl
Nancy Bale
Arlington
Ely
J. C. Carlton
A) Yontz
Cleveland
Ohio
U. S. Navy
Ray Parker
Little Rock
Lloyd Spencer
Mr. Spencer
J. T. Bowden
San Antonio
Lt. Bowden
Air Corps
Randolph Field
S A. Taylor
Billie Jean
del Monte
Calif
Commission Trims Insurance Funds
Little Rock January 26 The legislature's Joint Budget committee reduced the insurance department's requested appropriation by 2000 and approved the Park Commission's 16400 request matching 1941-42. Travel and workman’s compensation costs were trimmed, but salaries for several staff were raised. The Workmen's Compensation division added ten new hires at 15000 annually, while other reductions were made to examiner, statistician, travel, and reporting line items. The Racing Commission received a stable 15800 budget, unchanged from two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Insurance Department
The
Park Commission
Racing Commission
Plastic golf ball may replace rubber cores in time
Science develops a plastic pellet golf ball that tests at about 90 percent the efficiency of rubber core balls. The USGA allows it within weight and size limits and speed tests. Early prototypes showed explosive sound and sling on misdirected shots, but complaints largely eased in newer models. Manufacturers anticipate prices as low as 15 cents if adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Claassen
New York
Tiseph Dey
United States Golf Association
USGA
Horton Smith
Lille
Hogan wins San Francisco Open with 279 total
AP report notes Ben Hogan captured the San Francisco Open in 279 strokes. Sam Snead finished with 282 after rounds of 69 and 68 to take second place. Also mentions Hank Greenberg signing Tigers contract for 1940 to move from first base to outfield. Four-year-old Poettetmpoon won a seven-furlong Santa Anita race in 1:23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Today
Ben Hogan
Sam Snead
Hank’ Greenberg
Detroit Tiger
Poetmpoon
Santa Anita
Senator Cleer Pushes Arkansas University Appointment Bill
War Department report notes Senator John Cleer of Springdale introduced a bill to repeal a law letting county judges appoint students to the University of Arkansas. He argued the appointments did not relieve students of fees, but recipients believed they did, causing dissatisfaction and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
John Cleer
Springdale
University of Arkansas
Cleer
State College Could Become All-Male MacArthur Military College
Little Rock note states a bill by Senator John The Moore proposes converting Arkansas state colleges into an all male MacArthur Military College. The measure would have the boards of Henderson State Teachers Arkadelphia Arkansas State Teachers Conway Arkansas State Jonesboro Arkansas Tech Russellville Monticello A. and M. Magnolia A. and M. decide if they want the designation with a final decision if multiple boards favor it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
MacArthur Military College
John the Moore
Helena
Henderson State Teachers
Arkadelphia
Arkansas State Teachers
Conway
Arkansas State
Jonesboro
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
Monticello A. & M
Magnolia A.&.m
Adoption Petition In Hempstead Probate Court
In Hempstead County Arkansas a petition for adoption of Kenneth Gilbert Mattison was filed January 28 1943 by David A Griffin and Louise Griffin. The notice requires appearance within twenty days to show cause or the petition may be confessed and an adoption decree entered. Dated Hope Arkansas January 26 1943. Leo Ray Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Kenneth Gilbert Mattison
Kenneth Maurice Mattison
David Albert Griffin
Louise Lewis Griffin
Hempstead County
Hope
Arkansas
Leo Ray
Barbara Kay Mattison
Baseball clubs seek warmer spring conditioning plans
In New York a sports page roundup notes the three major clubs agree to avoid solo training in warm climates until camps open. Giants and Yankees push road work. Dodgers envision small groups for early March conditioning. Babe Ruth’s harsh take on northern spring work provokes varied reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eddie Brannick
Giants
Ed Borrow
Yanks
Dodgers
Rickey
Babe Ruth
Dixie Walker
Bushwicks
I Am a Murderer Chapter Excerpt Reveals Vaughan Dunbar Identity
Lieutenant Thatcher and Captain Meehan discuss a mysterious man who appeared in Cynthia Merriwether’s life. He used a clever disguise, committed a public crime, and vanished, leaving little trail. Authorities exhaust possible leads and seek insights into Dunbar’s early life and wealth tied to Cynthia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kxey
Thatcher
Meehan
Cynthia
Mitchell Grace
Henry Prentiss
Lieutenant Thatcher
Captain Meehan
Mr. Stewart
Vaughan Dunbar
Selfsume
Garden City
Witching voyage ends with promise of Hawaii for Cynthia
After Thanksgiving Cynthia sails with Anne to Honolulu aboard a ship touching Los Angeles and San Francisco. Henry Prentiss Grace and Fred West share a toast in the cabin, planning changes and new scenes as they bid farewell from the pier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia
Honolulu
Fred West
Anne
Henry Prentiss
Hawaii
Mitchell
Grace
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Miss Pretty
Goodby
Prentiss
West
Mitchell Grace
Tim Costello
Third Avenue
Pvt H Phillips Enters Engineer Training at Fort Leonard Wood
Private Howard C Phillips of Hope Arkansas has arrived at the Engineer Replacement Training Center at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for an intensive program in preparation for combat engineer duty. He is assigned to the Tilt Engineer Training Group (Colored).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Leonard Wood
Howard C. Phillips
Hope, Ark
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Tilt
Men Wanted for Surveyor Staffs
The U S Employment Service at 201 East 2nd Street Hope seeks men to interview for surveyor staff roles including engineering aides transit men radmen and chainmen with civil engineering skills. Do not contact if currently employed in essential activities at their highest skill level. Rheumatic fever causes more deaths in children ages 10 and up than any other disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Employment Service
East 2Nd Street
Hope
Hogs to Start Sports in Own Back Yard
Fayetteville January 26. University of Arkansas plans a daily class of sports activities to develop new material for varsity football basketball and track. Dr Eugene Lambert director of athletics says he wants athletes from high schools and junior colleges who did not participate in varsity or intramural sports or who developed after initial rejection. He cites Wear Schoonover and Jesse Wilson as examples of players who joined varsity later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varsity of
Arkansas
Eugene Lambert
Lambert
Brown
Wear Schoonover
Jesse Wilson
Fayetteville
Rubber Director Jeffer s Priority Clash With Armed Services
President Roosevelt faces a decision on whether Rubber Director William M. Jeffers should receive overriding priority for the synthetic rubber program. Army and Navy officials argue such priority would clash with aviation gasoline, chemical warfare plants, and Naval escort vessels, while Jeffers accuses military interference of hampering war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
Roosevelt
William M. Jeffers
Armed Services
Jeffers
James F. Byrnes
Army
Navy
Brynes
Council of State Governments
Baltimore
Office of War
Barbara Kay Mattison Adoption Notice in Hope AR
Notice announces an adoption decree filed January 26 1943 in Hope Arkansas regarding Barbara Kay Mattison. The document identifies parties and requests aid to all whom it may concern. It records a petition for adoption and the entry of a decree on that date.
Rubber Director Jeffers in clash over material priorities
Washington faces a high stakes dispute as William M. Jeffers clashes with Army and Navy leaders over control of essential materials for aviation gasoline chemical plants and naval escort vessels. Congress weighs debt expansion and tax reforms as officials seek funding for war and manpower needs amid a looming 210 billion dollar federal debt.
Better Hearing Puts Many To Work On War Jobs
Thousands join war industry with Sonotone aids as hearing enables efficient labor. Government views hearing aids as essential for civilians and workers, urging hearing checks and fittings to contribute to the war effort.
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Henry Vaynes
Hastss
Cosmopolitian Club
Lawrice Martin
Asie
Mra. Garrett Story
Alatheaa Sunnday School Hoss
Tainer
Bertha Sparks
Mary Catherine Bruner
Zelpha Keith
B. Billett
Frances Simms
Vaporus
Rialto
Richard Arlen Clereter, Morris Jean Parker
Andrew
NEW Saenger
Macmurray
Paula
Binheesd
Ano Miller Belly
Rhode
Jerry Colonna
Jim Henry
Dallan
Micky Williams
Texarkana
Commission Trims Insurance Funds
Sports Mirror
State College
Hugh Fullerton, JR
Wide World Sports
Wilbur Jennings
Richmond
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Entleman
Joe
Joe Choynsk
Jim Corbett
Sim Jeffries
Tom Sharkey
Jack Johnson
Corbett
Gentleman Jim
Ring Historia Nant Tleisher
Billy Delaney
Corbett and
Jeffries
Choynski-Corbett
Benicia
Tye
Billy
Towa State College
Tiugo Qlapalik
Huge
Otopalik
Morris
Markey
Life Press
Nassar Boulevard
Mineola
Merriwether
Bill Stewart
Fortune
Colonel Merriwether
Chicago
Denver
Canada
Stone House
Broken Hill
Clb
Meyriwether
NEA Service
Ince
Pvt. H. Phillips
Vinson
Rep
Maas
Appropriations Committee
Hope Star
OWI
Office of Censorship
Congress
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Donald M. Nelson
Amy
Economic Stabilization
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gurney
England
House Foreign
Bloom
Jen Lease
House Committee
Faw Aviation
Ee Thehouse
Chamen May
D - Ky
Militaryfairs
D - Ga
Naval Affairs
Lea
D - Calif
Bob Elmore
United States
Pam
Barlow Hotel
Max W
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