Social and Personal Notes From Daisy Heard Page
Social and Personal items note editor Daisy Heard byline with events at First Methodist church and a bridge party hosted by Mrs. Herndon Jr. Mentions of Mrs. Charles Jr Miss Ann Wagner and Ray Parker’s celebration. Includes Talley Cornelius marriage announcement of Lou Cornelius and Herman A Talley with Leadville Colorado residence and mining connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lay
Christian Service
First Methodist
Charles Jr
Ann Wagner
Middlebrooks
Gses
Ray Parker
B Parker
Little Hock
Spencer
Talley
J. H. Talley
Magnolia
Magnolia High School
Magnolia A
And
University of Colorado
Irons Building
Leadville
Irons Mining Co. of
Colorado
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Births
In El Dorado Mr and Mrs Robert LaGrone Jr attend a Community Concert featuring violinist Albert Spalding with host family Mrs S E Gilliam. Notices list visits in Memphis Hobbs New Mexico and family rotations as Lt Swain attends naval school in Jacksonville and Mrs Swain stays with sister. Birth announcements include a son to J B Shuford Hope and a daughter to J R Garber Southwestern Proving Ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert LaGrone, Jr
el Dorado
Charles Bunker Swain
Humble of and Refining Co
Hobbs
N. M
Swain
Mary Jones
Emmet
Jacksonville
Fla
Maurice Wilver
East Second Street
Kits Protect Soldiers Against Snakebite
Tarpon Springs Florida wartime donation by Paul Saunders a 30 year old Chamber of Commerce secretary funds and ships safety kits for Army Medical Corps. Each hollow plastic cylinder kit includes a tourniquet a knife to cut around wounds a pump to draw venom two ammonia capsules iodine swabs boric bandages and three pump openings for different bite locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Paul Saunders
Chamber of Commerce
Army Medical Corps
Schools In Shifts Kansas City
Two Sedgwick county Kansas rural schools have been forced to operate on shifts due to increased enrollment from children of war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sedgwick County
Kansas
Hope zone leaders plan war information network in January meeting
Zone leaders for Ward One through Ward Four in Hope Arkansas met with the Black Plan system committee and Home Demonstration Agent on January 25. Sector and block leaders were assigned new materials for home visits and the Share the Meat Campaign and rides program continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Plan System
Hope
Arkansas
W. M. Cantley
W. Q. Warren
B. W. Edwards
S. G. Norton
Mary Foster
Allhousewives
Piney Grove Home Demonstration Club
J. A. Fowler
Fred Richards
RB. Smith
Otis Slims
James Cox
Christine Naugher
Weisenberger Promoted from Lieutenant to Captain at Camp Barkeley
Royce S. Weisenberger, 35, a Hope Arkansas attorney and former Arkansas legislator, promoted from first lieutenant to captain at Camp Barkeley. He serves as assistant adjutant, war bond officer, judge advocate, and military intelligence officer. He and his wife live in Abilene with their two children. his Hope home was 305 Faster Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Royce S. Weisenberger
A Hope
Ark
Arkansas
Weisenberger
University of Arkansas
Arkansas House of Representatives
Abilene
Hope
Faster Avenue
Captain Weisenberger
Wer
C. J. Weisenberger
Hope Route One
County Home Demonstration Clubs plan 1943 war effort
The Executive Council of Home Demonstration Clubs held its first 1943 meeting at the Home Demonstration Avent office. Officers announced plans for the yearbook and production program urging more milk beef pork and poultry. Clubs helped by buying war bonds and stamps as part of the county effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Earlin McWilliams
County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Hempstead
Home Demonstration Club
Earlie McMilligans
Shover Springs
Troy Irvin
Marlbrook
Floyd Matthews
St. Paul
Irvin Betts
Liberty
Cc. R. Willard
C. R. Samuel
County Council of Home
Weir
I Am a Murderer Chapter XXII Summary
Norman Tinker plans a river exploration to assess upstream water routes for barge access. John Frye and his son paddle upriver. John is injured in rapids and drowns. Martha Frye accuses Norman of murder. The boy is spared during a struggle to escape toward the Settlement, aided by Martha and the boy reaches the Settlement days later. A drifting report of a baby in a brown canoe surfaces as Sheriff Raven remains distant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Office
Norman Tinker
John
John Frye
Martha Frye
Norman ‘Tinker
Sonny
Noreman Tinker
Pris
Fartha
Norman
Tinker
Sheriff Raven
Spokane
California
Naval Gunner Wins Medal For Saving Life
Liverpool England report: Jason Easley, a U S Navy gunner, and William R Jones of the British National Fire Service receive the silver medal from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society for rescuing American seaman William Robson 42 during a smoke screen incident at a dock. Hagley from Amita Louisiana also involved in the perilous rescue. The society calls the act one of its most gallant investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool, Eng
Jason Easley
U. S. Navy
William R. Jones
British National Fire Service
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society
Hagley
Amita
Jones
William Robson
United States
Army Furniture Appeal Spurs Offer of Worn Mat
Tulsa Tribune reports an appeal for public furniture donations for Army camps. The next day a reader contributed a well worn but serviceable wrestling mat for living rooms at the camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
VPI
The
Tulsa Tribune
Dusseldorf Hit by RAF Bombing Raid in Rhineland
London reports a heavy RAF assault on Dusseldorf with several hundred tons of explosives and incendiaries. Lancasters and Halifaxes led the raid, a four night campaign tied to U S Air Force strikes and Copenhagen bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Dusseldorf
Rhineland
Air Ministry
Reich
Copenhagen
Germany
Wilhelmshaven Naval Base
Emden
United States
High Command
Berlin
Helgaland Bay
England
Britain
U S Fighters Intercept Jap Night Raider
In New Guinea near Port Moresby American night fighters for the first time in 108 attacks intercepted a Japanese night raid. Three bombers dropped bombs with some damage but no casualties. Pilot Robert Fauvot of Cape Girardeau Missouri reported hitting a plane, which fell out of formation and lost altitude before darkness ended the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ern Hugland
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Robert Fauvot
Cape Girardeau
Husky
Don Fauvot
University of Missouri
Baby Chicks Rush Season in Missouri Hatcheries
Springfield Missouri January 28 baby chicks rush the season to ease meat shortages though Army reserves cod liver oil. Clerks sort mail as thousands of chicks move in perforated cardboard boxes from hatcheries to farms a full month early. Shippers predict the earliest and possibly biggest spring crop Ozark Mountain folks have yet produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ozark Mountain
FDR Messages Troops From North Africa Return
President Roosevelt announced via Eisenhower that he is returning to the United States with renewed confidence that American soldiers in North Africa will be victorious. He commends officers and men who landed, fight in Tunisia, and train for future combat, praising their alertness, pride, and equipment. He urges North Africa armed forces to carry on with the will to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
United States
Tunisia
Dimout Dance Devised by Soldiers Reported in Belfast
A recent Belfast note suggests a new fad, the dimout dance, may have been created by accident amidst U S Army band activity. The item hints at spontaneous public interest during wartime soundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
U. S
Allied air and ground actions near New Guinea noted
Allied forces pressed on the northern New Guinea coast with raids on Lae Malahang Mubo and Finschhafen while Sanananda area mop up continued. In the 24 hours to 6 p.m. 22 Japanese were killed and six captured between Gona and Sanananda as Mitchell bombers achieved notable strikes on Lac and Malhang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lae
Malahang
Mubo
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Gusmata
New Britain Island
Sanananda J
Close Senate Vote Forecast on Flynn Nomination
Washington January 28 Associated Press poll shows the Senate likely to deadlock on Edward J Flynn's appointment as US ambassador to Australia. Twenty Democrats and a Progressive oppose. 31 Republicans and Democrats support. 20 undecided personal views could decide. Mood hints split along party lines but not strict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Senate
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Rpublicans
Vass
Wallace
McClell
D-Ark
Throu
Caraway
Charity dance relies on lamp light as power fails
During a charity dance the electric lights failed and musicians used a kerosene lamp in the center of the platform. Bundles surrounded the dance floor while attendees borrowed flashlights to light the room. After each interval the flashlights were extinguished to conserve batteries, yet guests enjoyed the event and extended the dance by an extra hour.
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Daisy Dorothy Heard
Fs. R. V
NEW Saenger
Ann Miller
Betty Rhodes
MacDonald Carey
Phillies
A Voss St
Bill Elyott
Tex Ritter
Adele Mara
Rialto
Andrew
Richard Arlen
Buster Crabbe
Sage Valley
Lynn Roberts
Mrs
Orie Reed
Memphis
Hamilton Orton
Marilyn
Ashdown
J. L. Rodgers
Elizabeth Ann Hendrickson
Popular Bluff
Clyde Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Roy Stephenson
Julia Chester Hospital
Ginanne Graves
Albert Graves
J. B. Shuford
Juli Chester Hospital
J. R. Garber
Southwestern Proving Ground
J. D. Allen
Bodean
Royce Weisenberger
Army
Morris Markey
NEA Service
FDR
W. A. M. Goode
Admiral Sampson
New York
Key West
F. J. Hilgert
Havana
Spain
Hilgert
Weyler
Newsr
Maine
Santiago
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Pacific
Flynn
Cox and Gibson Brug
Bob Elmore Auto Supply
Hope, Ark
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