Becky Garrett and Rodney Steele to wed in June
Mr and Mrs Burgess Garrett of 212 East 16th Street announce the engagement of their daughter Becky Lynn to Rodney Greer Steele son of the Rev and Mrs Norris Steele of Hope. Becky will graduate Hope High in 1975 and Rodney, a 1972 graduate, attends Centenary College in Shreveport. The wedding is set for June 20 at 7:30 PM at First Baptist Church with invites extended to friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Garrett
East 16Th Street
Becky Lynn
Rodney Greer Steele
Norris Steele
Hope
Miss Garrett
Hope, High School
Mr. Steele
Centenary College
Shreveport
First Baptist Church
Miss Kim Williams Weds Dale Edward Nagle in Pasadena
Miss Kim Diane Williams and Dale Edward Nagle were married at Pasadena Boulevard Methodist Church in Pasadena Texas with Rev. Robert Pate officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Williams, wore a white satin gown with pearls and beads. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs F R Slusher of La Porte. The couple will reside in Pasadena where he works as a Fire Inspector and volunteer firefighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Diane Williams
Dale’. Edward Nagle
Pasadena
Tex
Pasadena Blvd. Methodist Church
Robert Pate
Glen. Williams
Barney Powell
Ivan Williams
All of Hope
F. R. Slusher
la Porte
Gwen. DeHart
E. C. Summers
DEAR ABBY: schnorrers and car favors spark plea
Abby addresses a reader who resents being a taxi for friends and fears being used for rides. The writer seeks recognition of gratitude beyond thanks and explains her finances and dismissed club plans. The column pills discuss setting boundaries and not letting herself be exploited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Schnorrers
March events and fundraisers listed for area churches clubs
A long women's page lists events from March 20 to 25 including a youth revival at Pleasant Springs Baptist Church with speaker Ricky Parker, a Hope Country Club Dinner Card Night, a March of Dimes Walkathon sponsored by Phi Beta Lambda at Red River Vo-Tech, bake sales at various stores, church building fund drive by St Peter's C.M.E. in Ozan, cemetery board meeting at Mt Moriah C.M.E. in Washington Ark, a gospel sing at Macedonia Church, an Air Show concession stand by Epsilon Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi for playgrounds, revival at Corinth Baptist Church near Bodcaw with film shown, Cosmopolitan Club meeting, Jett B Graves class potluck, AARP chapter meeting with Rebecca Daniels, Bingo Night by Progressive Young Black Women's Club, PEO Chapter AE meeting, Washington trip talk, Whitfield Masonic Lodge degree, and a general reminder Attend Church Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane Garner
Pleasant Springs Baptist Church
McCaskill
Ricky Parker
Shower honors bride-elect in Spring Event
Miss Donna Atkins was feted at a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted by Mesdames Carolyn Whitley Rayford Ferguson Preston Sinyard and Miss Becky Sinyard in the Assembly of God Fellowship Hall. She wore a pale blue dress with a white carnation corsage and guests enjoyed punch cookies mixed nuts and mints near a spring flower arrangement. Her wedding to Steve Gilbert is set for seven in the evening on Saturday March 22 at the First Assembly of God Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Atkins
Carolyn Whitley
Rayford Ferguson
Preston Sinyard
Becky Sinyard
Assembly of God Fellowship Hall
Miss Atkins
Steve Gilbert
Assembly of God
Dear Abby letters on inheritance and postmarital money
A widow mother married a younger man. After her death the widower flaunts wealth and dates young women. The siblings fear losing their inheritance and ask for a legal loophole. Abby declines to give legal advice and suggests consulting a lawyer.
Reunited Adoptee Finds Heritage Through Group
Donna Cullum, an adoptee and mother of two, spent 12 years seeking her roots. She found her biological mother and seven siblings, then in 1974 started Yesterday's Children to help other adoptees recover heritage. In under a year the group aided 45 adults in locating birth families, with all reunions described as happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Cullum
Ms. Cullom
Dearie
Adoptee demands her identity and seeks rights
Ms. Cullom fought agencies to learn her birth origins and joined a federal suit led by Patrick Murphy to grant adult adoptees the right to know their biological parentage. The effort seeks to stop agencies from denying this identity and supports the 5 to 8 million affected adults seeking reunions through Yesterday's Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Ms. Cullom
Jecrerniores
Ed Cullom
Patrick Murphy
Chicago
Supreme Court
Murphy
Evanston
Cullom
Lewis
Hospital and Memorial Admissions and Dismissals
Hospital admitted list includes Marie Erwin William Joe Erwin and Rhonda Porter all of Hope. Dismissals cover Mamie Conway Roberta Davis Willie Whitmore Alice Patton Chester Rosenbaum Betty Hughes and others. Memorial Hospital admits Shirley Hill Lula Bell Johnson Odeal Ray Lettie Hickman Tracy Bobo Robert Gamble all of Hope John Echols Saratoga. Dismissals include Jackie Dailey Becky Tetteller Bob Turner Herschel Johnson Ola Hollis John Robbins Letha Bailey and Charles Carlton Rolston Mary Spates McNab Clyde Snelgrove Emmet. Col and Mrs Dorsey Fuller of Lawton Oklahoma visiting Mrs Thelma Fuller who has returned home from St Michael Hospital Texarkana where she has been a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Erwin
William Joe Erwin
Rhonda Porter
All of Hope
Mamie Conway
Lewisville
Roberta Davis
Garland
Willie Whitmore
McNab
Alice Patton
Hope
Chester Rosenbaum
Fullon
Betty Hughes
Saratoga
Memorial Hospital
Shirley Hill
Lula Bell Johnson
Odeal Ray
Lettie Hickman
Tracy Bobo
Robert Gamble
John Echols
Jackie Dailey
Becky Tetteller
Bob Turner
Herschel Johnson
Ola Hollis
John Robbins
Letha Bailey
Charles Carlton
Rolston
Mary Spates
Clyde Snelgrove
Emmet
Three Hope Babies Born in March in Local Family News
Mr and Mrs Dayton Washington of Hope welcomed daughter Shasma Keila LaJuana born March 5 weighing 8 pounds 4% ounces. Mr and Mrs Barney Green II of Hope welcomed son Jonathan Kent Green born March 6 weighing 5 pounds 12% ounces. The Randy Martins of Hope welcomed son Keith Allen born March 12 weighing 7 pounds 9% ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Washington
Hope
Shasma Keila
Births in Hope and Blevins Area Mar 17 19
Cradle Roll notices report Jacob Adams Fisher born March 17 in Blevins weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces. Michael Joe Rhodes born March 17 in Hope weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces. Rebecca Lynn Holt born March 19 in Hope weighing 7 pounds 19 ounces. Grandparents Holt Browning and Thelma Holt of Hope. great grandparents Lula Browning Winnsboro and J W Thomas and W Wright of Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Fishers
Fishers
Blevins
Jacob Adams
Rhodes
Hope
Michael Joe
Paul Holts
Rebecca Lynn
Clinton - Browning
Thelma’ ‘Holt
Lula Browning
Winnsboro
J. W. Thomas
W. Wright
Also Mentioned on This Page
Becky Garrett
Rodney Steele
Clyde Davis Photo
Becky Lynn Garrett
Kim Williams
D. E. Nagle
Dean Abby
Women’s News
Annette Rogers
Hope Country Club
Bob Gladney
Lynn Harris
Phi Beta Lambda Fraternity
Red River
Vo- Tech
Hope Fair Park
Southside Baptist Church
T.G. & Y. Family Center
Hervey Square
West Department Store
Village Shopping Center
St.Peter’s C.M.E. Church
Ozan
T. J. Williams
Mt. Moriah C.M.E. Church
Rt. 1
Washington, Ark
F. D. Adam
Smith Brothers Gospel Singers
Macedonia Church
Columbus
Epsilon Omicron Chap. of
Beta’ Sigma Phi
Corinth Baptist Church
Bodcaw
Pat McNair
Gulfport
Miss
Marvin Cain
Cosmopolitan Club
Frank Horton
Jett B. Graves
First United Methodist Church
Mesdames
W. W. Oglesby
Ben Rice
Jennie Collins
R. L. McCain
Horace Stone
James McLarty
Mamie Gentry
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
Douglas Building
Rebecca Daniels
Progressive Young Black Women’s Club
Hope City Park
P.E.O
George Frazier
Washington
Nona Knox
Whitfield
Masonic Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N.y. News Synd., Inc
John
Mom
la Costa
Jands
Jand S
L.A
Calif
Lasky Dr
Beverly Hills
Wanette McKee
Fair Park Coliseum
Wanda Williams
Lew Koch
Col
Dorsey Fuller
Lawton, Okla
Thelma Fuller
Col. Fuller
St. Michael Hospital
Texarkana
New York Strip
Idaho
Verna
K. Dy
Dixie
Detroit
Paramount Pictures Presents
Vesa Pam Grier
Margaret Barry
Iow Kar
John Force
Maka ‘Gataon
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