Local Social Calendar Highlights Weekend Events
Community notices detail gatherings at First Baptist church and various homes. Events include a 3 PM service for service members families, a June 6 bridge hosts evening, and a 4:30 PM Children of the Confederacy meeting at Miss Katherine Ann O’Dwyer’s home. A Tuesday Club reception featured Defense Stamps and a handkerchief shower for Mrs. Buford Poe, with floral decor and several members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Lowthorp
the Children of the Confecracy
Katherine Ann O'Dwyer
George Ware
Minor Gordon
R. L. Broach
Social Calendar: June Events In Hope Chapter Gatherings
Social calendar notes events in Hope on June 4 and 6. Hope chapter of Order of the Eastern Star meets at the Masonic hall at 8 o clock with Mrs CG A Raynes hosting. Pat Claiborn chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy gathers Friday at 4. All musicians invited to First Methodist church recreation rooms at 8. Rose Garden club hosts at Mrs I O Kyler’s home at 3 with associate hostesses. Afternoon pilgrimage to members’ burdens ends at O A Graves garden. Service Prayer Group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Hope Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
the Masonichal
CG. A. Raynes
Pat Claiborn
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Rose Garden Club
I. O. Kyler
Hamilton Street
Q O. A. Graves
Luther Rogers
Garrett Stroy
Jeff Murphy
Rose Club
O. A. Graves
North
Washington Street
Was Daddy Surprised by the New Baby and Bible Distribution
Ensign Gardner Pollich took a long distance call from Los Angeles and heard babbling as his wife announced the birth of Christine Carol. The American Bible Society distributed more than eight million volumes of Scripture during 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Ensign Gardner Pollich
Los Angeles
Christine Carol
The
American Bible Society
Incentive Lives in a Hole in the Ground Pueblo Coto
Murray Wilson, a local resident, describes surveyors working near Pueblo as snakes emerge with warm weather. He says the snakes delay the project but crews press ahead, expecting to finish ahead of schedule this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Coto
Murray Wilson
Byrd blasts government car costs amid war effort
Edson in Washington notes public ire over 18 048 government autos traveling 211 866 978 miles at a 1941 taxpayer cost of 4 812 561. The piece frames Byrd as urging restraint, calling saving gas and rubber a holy crusade amid wartime economy. It links the issue to rationing and ministerial talks, citing prominent locals and a wedding as backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Flood Byrd
Berryville
Atlantic Seaboard
Byrd
Joint Committee
Uncle Sam
Coming and Going in Conway and Nearby
A list of city visitors and guests includes Gordon McHenry and Tom Hill of Conway staying with James Hanah Ward. Mrs Hartwell Gree son and Carie Jane Prescott visit from Prescott, Ms Allen Voss new to the city hosts, Miss Mary Della White of Holly Grove visits relatives, Mrs Roy Anderson travels to Hot Springs, Mrs R A Boyett returns from Dallas to the city, Mrs William Glover and son Dorsey of Malvern reside with the McRaes during Officers School in Baltimore, Lt Lester Hobbs departs for Fort Warren after visits, Mr and Mrs Herman Aldridge and Linda Frances of Little Rock visit relatives, and Staff Sergeant Dick Moore of Jefferson Barracks is guest of his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon McHenry
Tom Hill
Conway
James Hanah Ward
Dale Wilson
Hartwell Greeson
Carie Jane
Prescott
Roy Anderson
Hot Springs
R. A. Boyett
Arlen i
Oliver
P. D. Smith
Dallas
The
City
William Glover
Dorsey
Malvern
Dorsey McRaes
Glover
Baltimore
Lester Hobbs
Fort Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Herman Aldridge
Linda Frances
Little Rock
Aldridge
J. A. Sullivan
Mary L. Carter
Dick Moore
Jefferson Barracks, Mo
Jewell. Moore
Government car fleet sparks critic at Senate hearing
The piece questions 18,948 government owned cars and 862 chauffeurs, arguing many are used for nonofficial purposes. Senator Wheeler accuses officials of private use and urges scrutiny of all high ranking aides. Agriculture leads with 4,513 cars and 15 chauffeurs, followed by Interior with 3,252 cars and eight chauffeurs, and the Federal Security Agency with 3,104 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Christopher
Harold Ickes
Burton K. Wheeler
Butte
Mont
Senator Wheeler
Hille
Cain
Byrd
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Ickes
Federal Security Agency
Paul McNutt
Panama Canal traffic tops with 212 cars and 150 chauffeurs
The report notes the Panama Canal handling 212 cars, the highest count, with 150 chauffeurs. Other agencies listed include Commerce with 184, Federal Works Agency 982, Veterans Administration 308, TVA 779, totaling under 1000 cars. The text defends canal operations by stating chauffeurs move their bosses to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Federal Works Agency
Veterans’ Administration
TVA
Panama Canal
Canal
America
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Buford Poe
Bill Wray
Poe
Lawrence Martin
Raymond Jones
Milton Eason
R. £. Henderson
Dale Jones
Bill Brasher
Martin Coop
W. W. Hyman
Charles Thomas
Herbert Lewallen
By Galbraith
First Methodist Church
the Service Prayer Group
Daddy
Rialto
Glen Ford
Martin Eden
Clark Gable
FBI
Saul
Saenger
Brian Donlevy
Miriam Hopkins
David R. Boyett
Carcille Lynch
Silas H. Lynch
David Ruffin Boyett
R. A. Boyett, Jr
Texarkana
Highland Park Methodist Church
Marshall T. Steel
Carole King
Martha Manning
Lovely van Raalte
Bemberg
Edson
Washington
Tommy Wilkes
SWU
Zeta Tau Alpha
SMU
Dave Thompson
Edith Boyett
All of
Hope
David Warren
Bowie
G. G. Neilson
Decatur
Methodist Church
Ralph Routon
William Routon
Freddie Pallen
Dorothy O'Neal
Peggy McNeil
Lawrence Albritton
Patsy McPherson
Martha Wray
Nina Dean Compton
James William Morrow
Lyle Moore
J. Hazel Patterson
Carolyn Hamilton
Norma Jean Archer
Louise Collier
Jo Ann Card
Jessie Clarke Brown
Gwendolyn Evans
Heny Ruth Coleman
Dorothy Moore
Mary Lee Cosk
Matilda McFadden
Nancy Joe Coleman
Eva Jean Milam
Kinard
Allen Voss
South Main Street
Mary Della White
Holly Grove
Theareei
Ail Atk
Theatres Aenger
Rialto Matinee Daily
Fiesta Starg
Arrid
American Institute of Laundering
Gal
Jug
Canova Coffee
California
Sunkist
Food Department
Old Joe All Grain
Jor
Stubart
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