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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1965
Page
3
Calendar item notes a Wesleyan Service meeting on Monday June 13 at 7 30 pm in the home of Mrs J W Perkins 228 North Hervey Street with Miss Kathleen Broach as co host. Mrs B N Holt will lead the program and the discussion topic is Women in the Church in New Nations.
The Ann Wollerman Circle of the First Baptist Church meets Monday June 14 at 7 30 p m in Mrs Horace Fuller's home 112 East 16th Street. Builders Class meets at 7 30 p m in Mrs Roy Leeward's home with co hosts Mrs Armin Ayers and Mrs Rufus Crawford. The Baker Home Demonstration Club meets at 7 15 p m in Mrs Anna Lee Roberts's home. aand Mary and Martha Classs of the First Methodist Church host a family picnic Tuesday June 15 at 6 30 p m at Fair Park inviting class members and families bringing a salad relish or vegetable.
Friday June 18 Mrs James W Branch and Mrs Sam W Strong entertain Miss Diane Helms bride elect of Larry Jones of Pine Bluff with a seated tea at the home of Mrs Strong Friday afternoon.
Wesleyan Service Guild No 2 meets at Mary Anita Laseter’s home on Monday June 21 at 7 30 p m to begin the new church year with all members urged to attend The Fidelas Sunday School Class of First Methodist Church plans a potluck supper Tuesday night June 15 at 7 in Mrs J W Frankson’s home along Hwy 67 East with members urged to attend.
The Business and Professional Women Club held its regular meeting at the Diamond Cafe as Mrs. Martha Stephenson installed officers for the new year. Norma Jean Delaney became president with Velora Bright as 1st vice president, Tempi Keesey 2nd vice president, Opal Hervey recording secretary, Margie Vickers treasurer, and Mary Andrews corresponding secretary, while Hazel Pritchard completed her term as past president. The event included speeches and presentations of pins and a past president’s pen. Other local notices mention residents visiting relatives and traveling between Washington, D C, Mobile, and Miami with varied greetings at Petit Jean Mountain and Hardison Hall.
A club honors its president for tireless work and leadership during her term. Members gather in a tribute to commend dedication, service, and achievement in guiding the group through a successful year.
Brenda Gail Smith daughter of Dalton and Dawn Smith of Route 3 Hope and Leon Harrison Jr son of Leon Harrison Sr of Bodan exchanged vows Friday June 11 at Unity Baptist Church with Rev Gordon Renshaw officiating. The bride a 1965 Hope High and Four States Beauty School graduate works at Hazel and Virginia’s Beauty Shop. The groom a 1963 Bodan High School graduate works at Corn Belt Hatcheries. They will reside at 202 West 13th Hope.
Hope Iris Club closed its year at Town and Country on Tuesday June 8 with 11 members present. Mrs A A Albritton greeted attendees and two guests Miss Ann Arnold and Mrs Robert Rodriguez of Denver Cole joined. President Mrs Harold Stephens announced officers will keep current slate except new secretary Mrs Jimmy Arnold and new treasurer Mrs Owen Nix.
The text notes Ralph Beaty and family visiting, Ree Bass returning from Huntsville Alabama with J. D. Hammons, and Theo Witt C. C. McNeill hosting in Little Rock with Jack Witt and Suzanne McNeill. H A Spraggins and son Barry celebrated a BS in business and industrial management at Southwest Missouri State. Ann and Dick Arnold began summer school at Arkansas A&M Monticello. Homer Andrews of Midland Texas visited Richard Arnold. Charles Thompson and Greg Philadelphia Mississippi plus Bill Horn Huntsville Alabama stayed with Bill Alderman.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sage of Little Rock announce the arrival of twin boys on Saturday June 12. David Wayne and Ronald Allen weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces and 5 pounds 1 ounce at birth. Grandparents are Wallace Sage Prescott and Shurman Ridling Hope.
Congress moves into rocky waters with voting rights union shops foreign aid health care for the elderly minimum wage and military pay raises among key issues. Major bills await House and Senate action including housing urban development and an antipoverty package as adjournment prospects slip past Labor Day.
Miss Esther Louise Lolly Prather wed Ross Copeland Honea in a 4 30 p m ceremony at First Presbyterian Church with officiant L T Lawrence. The couple will reside at 1601 Fair Park Boulevard in Little Rock after a reception and trip. both families are from Little Rock and Stuttgart.
A reader panel laments excessive beauty queen contests and mocks the Miss America craze. The letter writer argues the pageant chain erodes sincerity and promotes phony images while suggesting a satirical Miss I Didn’t Run This Year contest.
A year and a half after Nancy Ann Coppern Tunnelton West Virginia faced cataract surgery delayed by dangerously high blood pressure. Readers' prayers and cards helped lower her BP, enabling the operation. She has permanent lenses and near perfect vision with improved health and faith.
Astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt receive Chicago civil honors as Vice President Humphrey and Mayor Daley greet them at O'Hare. A midday ticker tape parade follows a noon downtown event and a student Q and A session. Civil rights groups plan protests over de facto school segregation and traffic disruptions.
A 1965 Hope Star column shows readers thanking Helen Bottel for her supportive advice. Letters express gratitude for friendship and the impact of the advice on marriages and daily family life. The missives illustrate hopeful, heartwarming endings and audience affection for the advice column.
Rose Ann Williams of Hope has accepted summer employment at Radio Station KXAR as a vacation replacement. She will fill in for Melvin Redd in traffic through September, and also assist Verlain Jones and Mary Anita Laseter with air jobs during their vacations. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell Williams and just finished her freshman year at Texas Women's University.
London AP reports African and Asian leaders urge the Commonwealth prime ministers to dissociate from U.S. Viet Nam policy and press Britain to end white rule in Rhodesia. They demand a strong statement rejecting U.S. support and breach tensions among member nations ahead of the talks.
Spokesmen deny changes to the official welcome and parade amid alleged de facto segregation in public schools. White and MacDivitt spent Sunday in Houston with families, attending church and swimming. The astronauts will stay in Chicago tonight and fly to Ann Arbor for University of Michigan events Tuesday.
Moscow reports a split in world communism with China attacking Kremlin leadership. Pravda cites a resolução by Portugal’s Communist party for a world conference to settle the feud. Kosygin calls Vietnam a rally point as Beijing warns of covert moves.
Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda told reporters on arrival that Viet Nam must resolve its own problems and U.S. troops should withdraw. He said the United States role in Viet Nam is unsatisfactory. British sources say Harold Wilson will push a nonaligned backed path to bring Viet Nam to negotiations without preconditions. Johnson has made a similar appeal but rejects Viet Cong representation.
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