Local Society Notes Highlight Meetings and Visits
Community groups report meetings at the First Christian and First Presbyterian churches. Mrs. Gorin hosts a missionary society session, with Mrs. Duckett leading and Miss Middlebrooks reading. Families visit Warren and Gulfport areas as Elizabeth Bridewell returns from Baker Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Frank Gorin
J. R. Floyd
W. W. Duckett
Elizabeth Middlebrooks
Elizabeth Bridewell
Baker Springs
Springs Mrs Terrell Cornelius Hosts Bridge Club
Springs Mrs Terrell Cornelius entertained the Tuesday Bridge Club with two tables of play and summer flowers. Favors went to Mrs Tully Henry and Mrs Robert Campbell. Refreshments followed. Miss Ida Hatch is ill at her South Elm street home. Captain Wing of West Point, now bound for Fort Sam Houston, will retire after 430 years of service. Garland Robison hosts Frank Robison returning home from two years at school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Carrigan
North Elm Street
Harry Lemley
Minnie Gal‘tor
B. L
Terrell Cornelius
Tully Henry
Robert Campbell
N. T. Jewell
North Hervey Street
Ida Hatch
South Elm Street
Duncan Wing
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Garland Robison
Fulton Road
Captain Wing
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Army
Frank
Contract Bridge Favorable Breaks and Bold Bidding
The article discusses how favorable breaks in contract bridge can foster optimism and risky bids. A declarer played well to reach a game, but on the next hand a vulnerable pair bid for a small slam and went down several tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bridge League
Bridge Play Reveals Declarer Win In Spade Contract
South opens with 1NT and after a sequence the declarer in 4 spades doubles, wins a series of tricks including a heart king ruff and two big clubs. North ends with limited liquidity as declarer advances diamonds and discards, showcasing precise timing to secure the hand.
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West
North
East
South
Declarer
End Play Secures Four Odd Contract Despite Close Miss
The narrator notes a neat end play that secured four odd, though the hand could have been defeated if South opened with the ace of clubs. The article argues the hand should not have been bid to game, even though the game contract was achieved.
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South
Spring Hill Homecoming Celebrates Singing and Dinner
Last Sunday events in Spring Hill featured a homecoming with singing and a plentiful dinner. Bro. Ham mock delivered a fine 11 o'clock sermon while Bro. Rackley missed the meeting due to a fall. A baby girl weighing seven pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Foster. Twins Little Don and Benn Turner marked their seventh birthday on July 4. Wash Hutson and Mr. Steed visited town on Tuesday. Reba Morris and Lorene of Smackover stayed with Aunt Mrs. Felix Foster this week. Frank Ward visited last Friday.
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Bro
Hammock
Bro. Rackley
Cleve Foster
Little Don
Benn Turner
Frank Turner
Wash Hutson
Mr. Steed
Our Town
Reba Morris
Lorene
Smackover
Felix Foster
Frank Ward
Quiet Fourth of July Local Recreation and Visits
The Fourth of July passed quietly as residents observed with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs Smithy Vaughn visited Prescott with kin while Mr and Mrs Robert Mayton and children stayed near Patmos with Walter Mayton’s family. Mollie Williams and sons from Texarkana vacationed with relatives here. Leonard Townsend from Texarkana visited Jess Collins and family, and Mr and Mrs Keel joined J A Smith and family. Charles Hunt from Hope spent days with his sister Mrs Perry Johnson. John Morgan and family spent the Fourth with Edd Turner’s household, and Walter Cornelius family visited with Edd Turner. Sarol of Texarkana spent Sunday and Monday with local friends.
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Smithy Vaughn
Prescott
Robert Mayton
Walter Mayton
Patmos
Mollie Williams
Henry
Bill
Texarkana
Leonard Townsend
Jess Collins
Keel
J. A. Smith
Charles Hunt
Hope
Perry Johnson
John Morgan
Edd Turner
John Harvell
Walter Cornelius
Sarol
Sez Hugh: LL Good Garage Mechanics Are Cartoonists
A playful local item notes Hugh asserts that skilled garage mechanics double as cartoonists. The brief hints at humor within workshop life and names a few shops or figures in passing. The piece preserves a light, folksy tone without sensational detail.
Haltoms Visit Fairview Friends Tuesday Night
Mr and Mrs Millard Haltom of Fairview spent Tuesday night with Mr and Mrs Eddy Smith in a social gathering highlighting local friendships and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Haltom
Fairview
Mrs. Eddy Smith
Bombing Lesson at Pearl Harbor Teaches Pupils Seaplane Targeting
In Honolulu the VP Squadron 1 at Pearl Harbor rigs a 14 foot high platform shaped like the bow of a PK-1 seaplane. A bomb sight is installed and a moving floor target tests pupil pilots as instructors direct the exercise.
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Honolulu
VP Squadron 1
Pearl Harbor
Long Arm of Law in Britain Features Tall Hunstanton Woman
Norfolk newspaper highlights Miss Hill of Hunstanton who aspires to be a police officer. At 6 feet 5 inches tall with a reach over 9 feet she weighs about 210 pounds. She can write her name on an 8 foot 6 inch wall without standing on tiptoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norfolk
Miss Hill
Hunstanton
Farmers Hope Rain Ends to Save Cotton and Patches
Willisville farmers plead for a pause in rain as they risk losing cotton and truck patches. Social notes mention visits between Mixon Bailey, Pascal Simpson, and Addie Lou Waters. Birthday party hosted by Mrs. Olie Martin. Cranks pond gathering with the Franks, Baileys, Simpsons, and Glenn Dale. Lois Herring visits Alta Herring. Seward Silvey returns from Eureka Springs for health. Wallace Martin heads to Kansas for wheat harvest. Lera Marlar listed with unclear detail.
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Mixon Bailey
Pascal Simpson
G. Clack
Longview
Tex
Ths Place
Addie Lou Waters
Lara Waters
Ogla
Ethel Waters
Alta Herring
Lois Herring
Olie Martin
Erbin Franks
Glenn Dale
Cranks Pond
Reunion Triggers Longer-Stand Suspicion in Missing Man Case
In Birmingham a man missing for twenty years, Henry A. Askey, appears at his sister Mrs. J. P. Jones home for a family reunion with about three attendees. The next day he vanishes again leaving no address.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry A. Askey
J. P. Jones
Askey
Temple man visits father in Hope and asks for suit
Jack Shiver of Temple Texas is visiting his father John Shiver and brothers Ernest and Harry in Hope. A local quip from a Muskete, Vienna, features a joke about a debt and a request to make a suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Shiver
Temple, Texas
Hope
John Shiver
Brothers
Ernest and
Harry
Vienna
Card of Thanks for Othel W. Arnold
The Arnold family expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for kindness during illness and death of husband, son, and brother Othel W. Arnold. They appreciate the floral offering and invoke a meeting in the hereafter. Mrs. Lorena Honea Arnold, Robert M. Arnold and Family.
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Othel W. Arnold
Lorena Honea Arnold
Robert M. Arnold
Couple Plan Three Day Honeymoon Then Separate
Marianne Elizabeth Carter and Jack Moffett announced a three day honeymoon before a months long separation. If they reunite they will travel to Hong Kong to finish their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Marianne Elizabeth Carter
Jack Moffett
Hong Kong
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Hot Springs
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