Social events and births noted in Hope community
An active July schedule runs at the Hope Country Club with an adult dance on July 26 hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. LiL Webb, a mixed golf event July 27, and a bottle show at the Douglas Building. A 2:30 PM service July 27 at Hope Methodist and a promotion party at nearby churches feature guest speakers, while travel updates include recent family vacations. A birth announced July 17 in DeQueen adds Jay Edward Wheatley to Morton and Mrs. Wheatley with grandparents listed.
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Hope Country Club
Sam Andrews
Lil. Webb
Morton Wheatley
DeQueen
Jay Edward
B.W. Edwards
Hope
J.C. Wheatley
Malvern
Garrett Chapel Baptist church marks 17th anniversary on KXAR
Garrett Chapel Baptist church hosts a two hour radio anniversary program from 2 to 4 PM Sunday July 27 on KXAR. Choirs soloists provide music and listeners are invited to call in requests during the broadcast.
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Garrett Chapel Baptist Church
KXAR
Garrett Chapel
Revenues Dept. Inks Friden Model 800 Inserter
Commissioner of Revenues B. Bryan Larey announced the Department has purchased a Friden Model 800 high speed mail inserter from Singer Corp. capable of 6,000 envelopes per hour and handling sizes up to 10 by 14 inches. The machine is a key upgrade to speed and versatility for a large mail system with nearly four million pieces annually.
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Bryan Larey
Department of Revenues
Friden
Singer Corporation
Larey
Texas
Arkansas Department of Revenues
Engagement Announced for Verna Gail Harmon and Dean Thornton
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Harmon of Hope announce the engagement of their daughter Verna Gail to Dean Thornton son of Mr and Mrs C C Thornton also of Hope The couple plan to wed September 13 at the First Assembly of God Church in Hope Verna Gail is a 1964 Hope High School graduate and attended Evangel College Springfield Missouri She works at First National Bank of Hope Dean is a 1962 Emmet High School graduate attended Henderson State College and works at Arkla Gas
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Kenneth Harmon
Hope
Verna Gail
Dean Thornton
C.C. Thornton
Hope High School
Evangel College
Springfield
Missouri
First National Bank of Hope
Dean
Emmet High School
Henderson State College
Arkla Gas
First Assembly of God Church
Barbs By Phil Pastoret Hospital Gift Shoppe Jab
The column jokes about hospital staff counting with numbers on the intercom and mocks a hospital gift shop as a place to buy Aunt Elsa a birthday present, poking fun at holiday gifting in medical settings.
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Elsa
Apollo 11 coverage honors eclipse of spaceflight era
AP reports eight day voyage wrap with live satellite feed from the Hornet and splashdown coverage by ABC CBS NBC. Navy Chaplain delivers praise aboard recovery ship as astronauts talk with President Nixon. CBS praised coverage but commercial interruptions affected splashdown. NBC stayed with story. Western Union satellite link cost listed at 1175 for first ten minutes.
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Jerry Buck
New York
Cape Kellfeedy
Outer Space
Pacific
Navy
Cmdr
Sohn A. Purto
Hornet
Nixon
ABC
CBS
NBC
Manned Spacecraft Center
Walter Cronkite
Walter M. Schirra
Hawaii
Houston
NASA
Mars
Marle
Goldstone
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
New
Western Union
Honolulu
San Francisco
Nevada County Air Force traveler enjoys Hawaii life
Margaret Rettig, a 21 year old administrative specialist with the 6486th Air Base Wing at Hickam AFB Hawaii, has covered 5000 miles in eight months. A Prescott Arkansas native, Rettig joined the Women in the Air Force to travel and meet people. She plans further travel to Alaska and Spain and hopes to study at the University of Hawaii.
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Hickam Afb
Hawaii
Margaret Rettig
Air Force
Nevada County
Arkansas
Margaret
A.M. Rettig
Prescott
Ark
Hickam Air Force Base
Rettigs
Women In the
WAF
Billy Joe
Army Air Corps
Edith Ellen Rettig
Plattsburg Air Force Base
N.Y
Prescott High School
Holyoke
Mass
National Transparent Plastics
Spokane
Wash
Honolulu
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Hickam
Alaska
Spain
Europe
University of Hawaii
Rettig
Helen Help Us Youth Column The Military Man Myth
Readers submit letters debating whether military service makes a man of a boy. Veterans, spouses, and young readers present strong views on discipline obedience and the costs of war. Voices examine growth, fear, and the tension between freedom and order with a housing of wartime sentiment.
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Helen
Charles
Army
Dave D
Vietnam
Mike
APO
San Francisco
B.C
Armed Services
Steve Routon Page at the Convention
Steve Routon son of Mr and Mrs W R Routon of Hope serves as 4 page for the Arkansas Constitutional Convention in Little Rock the week of July 21 He is a Hope High School Spanish Club member set to be a sophomore this fall The 1969 Convention has 100 delegates elected from Arkansas House districts and will be voted on in 1970 All convention and committee meetings are open to the public
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Steve Routon
W.R. Routon
Hope
Little Rock
Steve
Hope High School
Arkansas House of Representatives
State Capitol
Homemakers Tip For Calm Outings And Freezer Space
A homemaker's guide suggests carrying a plastic bag with soapy cloth to wipe a favorite toy tossed overboard to stop crying in public. It also advises calculating freezer needs, estimating three to four cubic feet per person for a family that shops weekly.
Reddin Leaves LAPD to Anchor KTLA News Panel
Former Los Angeles police chief William H. Reddin quits as city top cop after 16 years to become KTLA news anchor. Reported pay around 32 thousand yearly salary with unconfirmed 100 thousand bonus. KTLA owner Genie Autry pushes ratings against rival George Putnam at KTTV. Reddin discusses career shift, fears, and the Goodness Story community feature while avoiding controversy and stressing reach to broad audiences.
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la Angeles Gates
Alter Cronkite
Eric Severesd
Newacanter
KTLA
Genie Autry
Reddin
George Putnam
KTTV
Autry
Monterey Park Lions’ Club
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Hope Methodist Church
Century Bible
The
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Nashville Methodist Church
Paul V. Galloway
Roy B. Schilling
Hendrix College
Lyle Brown
Century Bible Classroom
Jett B. Graves
First United Methodist Church
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Elmer Brown
Corbin Foster
Harry Hawthorne
Giles Foster
Royce Weisenberger
B.N. Holt
Cecil Delaney
Cecilia
Carla
Arizona
New Mexico
California
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F.B. Ward
Natchitoches
Guy Card
Y.C. Coleman
Martin Green
Irving, Tex
New Orleans
Midsummer Karls
Diane’s Beauty Salon
Revenue
Shipley Studio
Verna Gail Harmon
By Phil Pastoret
KODAK
Ward & Son Drug CO
Courtesty
Nevada Co
Air Force Traveler
USAF
P.O
Texarkana
JO Margaret Rettig
Gustave Batted
Dixie Drive-In Theatre
Wiko Wreed
Green Berets
Wayne Janssen
Hutton
Rocky Mound
Bluff City
Hilderbrand Grocery
Pleasant Hill Loop
Emmet
Columbus
Boyce
Martin
Luck Ranch
McKee
Ozan Washington
Tollett
Castleberry
Homemakers
Walt Disney
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Arthur P Jacobs
Ers
Richard Flersdes
Rigbord Attenborsugh
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