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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1977
Page
2
The National Weather Service forecast says a low pressure area moving from the Louisiana Gulf Coast through the southern region will bring an end to rain in Arkansas by Tuesday.
Arkansas weather remains unsettled with showers and thunderstorms likely. A Bermuda high anchors warmer afternoons midweek while rainfall totals vary across towns from Little Rock to Texarkana, with highs in the 70s north and 60s south and overnight lows mostly in the 60s.
Blevins High School announces top graduates Patricia Crouch and Glory Glasgow. Patricia, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Crouch Route 1 McCaskill, earned leadership roles and a 1975 social studies award. Glory, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kermit Glasgow Route 3 Prescott, starred in sports and activities and will play in the Conway all star game. Baccalaureate and commencement set May 15 at 4 p.m. with Paul Choate delivering the message.
The Community Development Program sewerline project will start Monday or Tuesday on Avenue B Hervey and 4 North. Avenue B may close for one day as the line crosses Washington Street. Other work won’t affect traffic. Barnes Construction Company of Springdale, Arkansas is the contractor.
President Carter signed legislation boosting federal housing programs with more than 400 million dollars in additional authorized funding. The White House announced the measure increases funding for housing assistance payments and related programs.
The Star Hope Arkansas explains how to submit Letters to the Editor. Letters must be signed with a real name and address, pen names allowed for non personal issues, but direct attacks on public officials require the writer’s name.
A Prescott woman writes from Arkansas criticizing Hope downtown mall parking meters after a brief shopping trip. She explains she split shopping between Hope and larger malls in McCain, Jonesboro, and Chicago, noting meters annoy shoppers and promising continued patronage if downtown selection improves. She signs as Mrs. Robert W. Reynolds.
Warren Plyler of All Around Town Hempstead County is named a million dollar producer along with 35 others at the state Farm Bureau gathering at DeGray Lodge Arkadelphia. Plyler earned the engraved bet for surpassing one million dollars in new life insurance volume in 1976.
Funeral services for Mrs. J L Wright a Hope native were held at Clarksville Funeral Home at 2 p m Monday. Burial followed in Fairview cemetery. Born July 29 1912 she died Saturday in a Clarksville hospital. She was a United Methodist Church member. Survivors include daughter Mrs Pat Duncan of Fort Worth and brother James P Howell of Monden La.
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