Bethel AME church hosts spring events and roast
The Usher Board of Bethel AME Church sponsors a weiner roast on the church lawn Saturday night March 30. On the first Sunday in April the annual Stewards program is at 3 p.m. Kings Hill and McNeil AME churches will be special guests with Rev A C Burton delivering the message. Bethel members are asked to contribute 2.40. The Quarterly Conference is on the 2nd Sunday in April at 2 30 p.m. Rev A L Scott and Lonoke Baptist Church join as guests with Scott delivering the message.
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BeBee Memorial Cme
Bethel Ame Church
Kings Hill
McNeil Ame
A. C. Burton
Bethel
A. L. Scott
Lonoke Baptist Church
Rey
Scott
Spacious raised home with porches and screened area
Large front porch and side screened porch plus upstairs screened porch. Three bedrooms two baths. Expansive living and dining rooms with a sunny kitchen. Exceptionally beautiful hardwood floors. All electric with elevator and stairs. Priced to sell with liberal financing. Vacant now. Shown by appointment only.
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Cornelius Heights
Bobcats Place Ath in Camden Track Meet
Hope Tracksters traveled to Camden for a six team meet. Seniors placed fourth while Camden led the senior division with 69 points and Smackover had 42. In the junior division Camden dominated with 90 points. Smackover had 31 and Hope 24. Buddy Jordan set a pole vault record at 1 feet. Porterfield won the 100 yard dash heat and the 440. Al Dridge led multiple events with second-place finishes. several teammates also placed in relays and sprints.
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Hope
Camere
Juntos
Camden
Smackover
Mineral Springs
Buddy Jordan
David Porterfield
Jordan
Aldridge
Burnett
Samuels
Wray
Horton
Pardue
Aslin
Watkins
Ball
Arkansas Tourist Season Opens
Arkansas tourist season begins earlier than usual with state park openings across the system. An open house is planned at Mather Lodge in Petit Jean State Park, and additional events are set at Lake Catherine and other parks as closures and construction shift opening dates. Queen Wilhelmina State Park near Mena will have a mid May formal opening.
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Arkansas
State Publicity and Parks Commission
Mather Lodge
Petit Jean State Park
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Lou Oberste
Lake View
Lake Catherine State
Hot Springs
Lake Catherine
Oberste
Devil's den
Mt. Nebo
Queen Wilhelmena
Mena
Two Negroes Gain Access to Bath House After Refusal
Two Black men, M. T. Blanton and Henry Hardin, were admitted to the Buck staff Bath House after an initial denial. They had been refused entry in the morning, met with officials, then returned in the afternoon to be allowed in. The incident follows federal orders forbidding racial discrimination at leased mineral bath facilities worldwide.
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M. T. Blanton
Henry Hardin
Buckstaff
Robert H. Atkinson
Tar Springs National Park
Orland Koonce
Bath House
Atkinson
Blanton
Arguments on Ending Boxing by Jim Becker
AP sports writer argues boxing should be abolished for good after war era campaigns. The piece criticizes the sport as brutal and harmful, noting ruined lives, brain injuries, and fatalities while challenging even the idea that boxing offers opportunities or entertainment worth defending.
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Jim Becker
Associated Press
NEW York Fap
Negroes Held in Jail After Sit In at Pine Bluff Hotel
Negroes remained jailed on charges of violating city lettering ordinances and a state leave premises law after a sit in at a Pine Bluff hotel Monday. Six were arrested. one posted bond and was released claiming claustrophobia. Demonstrators protested Tuesday with 18 marching outside the jail while awaiting trials.
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Young
Norman Young
Probate Notice in Hempstead County Ark Estate of Herndon
In the matter of the estate of Marl C Herndon deceased last known address 400 South Main Street Hope Ark date of death February 22 1963 case 1657 administrator R V Herndon appointed March 20 1963 all persons with claims must verify and file within six months from first publication or be barred notice published March 28 1963 and March 30 1963
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Hempstead County
Ark
Marl C. Herndon
South Main Street
Hope, Ark
R. V. Herndon
South Main Street Hope
Arkansas
Prosecutor Convicts Estes on Mail Fraud and Conspiracy
Prosecutors said Estes bilked about 100 individuals and up to 48 finance companies totaling about 24 million dollars via fake mortgages or fertilizer tanks. A jury convicted him on four counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy, each with up to five years in prison. nine counts were acquitted and he awaits further trial.
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Estes
Three co-defendants plead guilty in same indictment case
Three co defendants pleaded guilty earlier to five counts in the same indictment. They are Harold E Orr of Amarillo and Coleman D McSpadden of Lubbock, each sentenced to 10 years, and Ruel W Alexander of Amarillo, six years. Another jury convicted Estes on a state charge of swindling last fall at Tyler, fixing his sentence at eight years. The chief defense lawyer asked to keep Estes free on 100000 bond while an appeal is drafted. Judge Thomason granted the request, ordering a pre sentence report from a federal probation officer. It took 49 hours and 45 minutes for the jury to reach a verdict.
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Harold E. Orr
Amarillo
Coleman D. McSpadden
Lubbock
Ruel W. Alexander
Estes
Tyler
John D. Cofer
Thomason
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