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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1961
Page
5
Society notes list events for May including Garland P T A Summer Roundup for preschool children entering Garland in the fall with parents invited. Also notices for Chapter 328 Order of Eastern at Masonic Temple and various club meetings through May 19.
Sunday visits and lunches across Pine Bluff and Morrilton are noted along with church circle meetings at First Baptist and First Methodist. Entries mention May 16 duties, lunch hosts, guest visits, and forthcoming Poultry Festival in June and a Variety Show in July.
The hostess served a delicious dessert plate after members filled pledge cards for the new year. The event drew 18 attendees who completed their commitments.
Mrs Oliver Mills flew to Atlanta last Friday for the wedding of her niece Miss Karen Kreuter to James Edwards at Peach Street Presbyterian Church Saturday. Mrs Mills returned Sunday. Mrs A H Futrell has just returned from Mother's Day visit with her daughter and family in Manila Arkansas.
Hospital notes record admissions and discharges in Hope and Texarkana towns. Notable items include births announced by Mr. and Mrs. Esther Harvel of Hope and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Abicrombie. Several patients join and leave local hospitals across multiple listings with names and towns.
Emmett E. Miller a 44 year old West Memphis bookkeeper is set to stand trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court Wednesday over an attempted bombing at Philander Smith College in Little Rock. Miller was one of three men arrested by FBI agents last July 12 and indicted on a misdemeanor charge of attempting to commit a felony. The other two men were not indicted by the grand jury. federal charges against all three were dropped months later and the case was referred to county authorities. Miller and Robert Lynn Parks of West Memphis were arrested near the college. a 30 slick dynamite bomb was found beside a college building. Hugh Lynn Adams of Bassett was also arrested at about the same time.
President Kennedy planned talks with Prime Minister Diefenbaker in Ottawa on his state visit, aiming to urge Canada to join the United States in lending money and sympathy to needy Latin American nations. The discussions will address aid, Cuba policy, Southeast Asia, and Africa as well as North American unity against rising global forces.
A damaged clipping notes a dispute over a notch on the southwest corner of the Arkansas boundary, tracing back to inherited claims from the French Louisiana era and tied to a family seated in 1BdL.
Mostly cloudy with showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Chance of locally severe storms in the north portion this afternoon and evening. Partly cloudy and cooler Thursday with highs mid 70s to upper 70s and nights in the 50s to 60s. Precipitation total through April 1961 was 16.26 inches, up from 14 inches last year.
A Hempstead county farmer near Hope cultivated a massive watermelon weighing 195 pounds marking a remarkable yield for the region. The feat highlights local agricultural prowess and draws interest from nearby growers and markets.
Dorothy Dix counsels a reader torn between an older married woman with children and marriage averse urges. She warns of practical strains, urges weighing age and strength, and cautions against impulsive love. Letters from readers in New London and Paris illustrate universal relationship tensions and home life stresses.
Actor Gary Cooper was laid to rest after a Saturday death from cancer. The Beverly Hills service drew a star studded crowd, with mourners keeping a dignified tone. Cooper’s widow Veronica and daughter Maria 24 showed no veering from composure as pallbearers and attendees paid tribute. His mother Alice Brada Cooper 87 sobbed openly at the graveside as Jack Benny and others offered condolences.
A high Austrian official said preparations are underway for an informal summit between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev in Vienna in early June. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.
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