Social and Personal Notes From First Baptist Society Circles
Daisy Heard editor notes social gatherings for Circle No 1 at Mrs Spragens home Circle No 2 at the church Circle No 3 at Mrs Walker Circle No 4 at Mrs Turner Circle No 5 at Mrs Burns with meeting times listed In addition the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at Mrs Ernest O Neal with Mrs Linus Walker and Mrs Bal Cal ob-hos-
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Macech
Tn Wrmen's Misonary Society
First Bapst
Sprageins
the Women's Missonary Society of the First Baptist Church
The
Font
Wereen's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
J. J. Walker
Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
John Turner
Sterbert Burns
American Legion Auxiliary
Ernest O'Neal
Linus Walker
Bal Cal
Rummage sale for Paistey P T A planned this week
An appeal to women in the city asks for donations of clothing with a rummage sale set for Saturday March 20. Mrs Albert Graves will run collections at 202 before Friday March 19. Proceeds fund a local school project.
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Paistey P. T. A
Albert Graves
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
The
D. B. Thompson
B. W. Edwards
H. Q. Kyler
W. W. Johnson
George Ware
Tom Purvis
London transit cuts tickets to save 600 tons paper
London Passenger Transport Board announced in November, typically the driest month, that 600 tons of paper were saved by shrinking ticket sizes during 1942. It also salvaged 600 tons of old tickets and 300 tons of old records for pulping, reflecting significant waste reduction efforts.
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London
London Passenger Transport Board
Church News Highlights From Local Faithfuls
Multiple churches list weekly schedules led by pastors such as Rev. W R Hamilton and J T Gilmore. Services cover Sunday School sessions, morning and evening worship, training unions, prayer meetings, youth activities, and special sermons with topics like Your Present Choice and The Sin Of Compromise. Congregations invite all to attend.
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First Baptist Church
Third
Main Streets
First Methodist Church
Pine
Robert
Moore
First Presbyterian Church
Thos. Brewster
McEdwin Harkers
Young Peoples Meeting
Army raises nursing enlistment age to forty five
The Army increases the nurse enlistment age from 40 to 45 years. Announcement came from Mrs. Homer M. Adkins, wife of the former secretary of the Bert Cross state nurse recruitment committee, detailing Arkansas’ 1943 quota. Minnie Hauk, famed American mezzo soprano, is noted as the first to perform Carmen on stage.
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Lille Rock
Marcel
Army
Homer M. Adkins
Forernur
Bert Cross
Arkansas
Minnie Hauk
Carmen
Hollywood wit and the long road to fame for Robert Benchley
The piece profiles Robert Benchley’s remarks on Hollywood, noting his reluctance to name a sharp quip for the place. It recalls his career, joking that fans mistake him for Dorothy Parker, and mentions his 24 Berchely short films and nearly 18 years splitting time between New York and Hollywood. Benchley’s Life magazine critic background and role in events with Donald Ogden Stewart are noted.
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Ey Modin
Hollywood
Robert Benchey
Benches
Etter
Benchley
Warner
Dorothy Parker
Hallywood
Bob Wildback
Pictures
Robert
New York
Donald Ogden Stewart
Old Life Magazine
Forged Army Order Shocks Pat Friday in Elmira
In a Chicago to Elmira arc Pat Friday confronts a flight plan, a signed Army order, and a web of deception. Ed Bryan reveals another Carr signature forging Miss Stuart to replace Pat, thrusting Pat into danger as the mystery deepens.
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Pat
Jimmy Carr
Loraine Stuart
Chicago
Loraine
Jimmy
Sce
Air Field
James Carr
Mira
Pat Friday
Australia
Elmira
Ed Bryan
Patsy
Stuart Dame
Ake
Stuart
Carr
Miss Stuart
Jimny
Detective Bureau
Lille
Atlanta
Heart Attack Fatal to Mrs West After Car Crash
Mrs. Charles West, 72, died in a local hospital yesterday following injuries from a Thursday crash on West Third Street near Hope City limits. Louis Lansing, a passenger in the car, is held on charges of driving without a license and driving while drunk. Mrs. West, longtime Hempstead County resident, operated a boat landing at Red Lake near Fulton and is survived by two sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Charles West
Heart
West Third Street
Hope City
Louis Lansing
Armed Service
Red Lake
Fulton
Ben Hecht Benchley’s Rise From Free Draws to Talkies
The article traces Benchley’s path from a no contract era drawing accounts to Fox Studios where he secured 2000 dollars to bring his family home and later 5000, launching a test talkie The Treasurer’s Report. He becomes a regular actor in Metro productions and the Astaire Leslie film The Sky’s the Limit while lamenting the loss of his writing credits.
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Fox
Amily
Europe
Benchiey
Metro
Pete Smith
the Sky
Fred Astaire
Joan Leslie
Benchley
Benchely
New York
Pan
Library notes show branch circulation across Hemstead county
February activity at Hemstead County Library system reports Blevins 898 books to 349 borrowers, Washington 660 to many, Fulton 770 to borrowers, Hope Headquarters 1381 books and 40 zines to 1178 borrowers, plus 1300 books circulated through Guernsey Howe Patio Rocky Mound Spring Hill schools. Branch hours vary with Fulton and Washington open limited afternoons. The text ends with an unrelated note about platinum foil thickness.
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Hemstead
Blevins
Washington
Fulton
Hope Headquarters
Guernsey
Howe
Patio
Rocky Mound
Spring Hill
Washington Libbey
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