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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1950
Page
6
Society notes announce Hope Band auxiliary meeting moved from Monday May 1 to Monday May 8. Brownie Troop led by Mrs Manuel Hamm meets at 4 pm Tuesday at Garland School and walks to Fair Park.
Mrs Ralph Lehman group met at Garland school at 4 pm Tuesday then hiked to Fair Park for a picnic. Girl Scout Trang 2 at Brookwood school May 3 planned ecards sale and hikes for Saturday. 13 scouts attended. Alpha Zeta Beta Sigma Phi pledges trained at 7 pm Thursday led by Miss Bettye Babb. first Invocation to life book discussed. Committees for the year appointed. Girls State selection to be announced by American Legion auxiliary. Eunice Brown to wed Richard Stanford announced by her parents Joe and Mrs Brown.
Juana Stanford and the late Mr Sidney R Stanford distant details. A Texarkana wedding is planned for Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Bob Walker hosted a surprise housewarming at their Edgewood Street home with about 20 guests and many gifts. The First Methodist church in Hot Springs hosted the noon Sunday April 238 wedding of Miss Virginia Sue Martindale and William Edward Findley in a double ring ceremony with gladioli, snapdragons and stock. The bride wore navy crepe, hat and gloves, attended by her mother as matron of honor and Carl Cullat as best man. Out of town guests included relatives from Cleveland Ohio and Hope Arkansas. The couple will reside at 508 West Grand Avenue Hot Springs after a northern states honeymoon. Mr Findley has military service background.
Washington may 4 a new nationwide crime probe is to be conducted by a special Senate committee led by Senator Estes Kefauver. The panel will, with a hired staff, investigate crimes across cities amid questions whether a nationwide crime syndicate exists or if organized crime is concentrated among local mobs.
Mrs Byron Heiner and daughter yron Denson of Texarkana spent Thursday with her mother Mrs I F Russell. They were accompanied home by Little Miss Marsha Ann Fuller for a visit. Mrs Harley White and Mrs J A Longino returned to Magnolia Thursday afternoon after spending several days with Mrs C D Lester here. Hollis Upton of Waxahachie ex and Mrs T L Epton at Nashville were Wednesday guests of their sister Mrs Doyle Rogers and Mr Rogers. Mr and Mrs Z B Adkinson and family of Shreveport have returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs Bill Rothwell and other relatives here.
Hospital notes show admissions including Julia Chester and Mrs. Arthur J. Yates along with Mrs. Haddix and Jimmy Jones. Discharges include Mrs. Lente and Mrs. Patton plus Rt. 1 Hope resident Jimmy Jones and Mrs. Robert YB Patinos.
A discussion outlines how states permit pari mutuel bets at licensed race tracks while banning street or offsite wagering. Massachusetts committees estimate U S betting surges to about 21.5 billion dollars yearly, with much taxable revenue flowing to government from licensed venues.
A fragmentary OCR snippet mentions counts, a number near six hundred, a reference to ten thousand dollars, and mentions of boards and a track, with unclear names or places. The readable elements require cautious reconstruction of a brief news item.
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