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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1977
Page
3
Local pageant calls for girls ages 3 to 17 to enter four divisions for the Cinderella event at Fair Park Community Center on May 31 at 6 PM. Judges will score talent, party dress, and sportswear. contact Kathy Akin at 777-5107. The state pageant occurs July 5-9 in Jonesboro.
University of Delaware Extension gardening expert Dave Tatnall advises keeping garden blades sharp. Use a metal file held at a 45 degree angle and sharpen hoes shovels spades trowels and other cutting digging or cultivating tools.
Mrs. Paul Spears hosted a Monday night gathering of the Associated Women for Harding with fifteen members present. President Mrs. Milton Peebles presided as reports from the treasurer and secretary were given and plans were laid for a Porch Sale.
A collection of Dear Abby excerpts covers accepting handicapped children, guiding an adult daughter living at home, and a call to support AASK for adoption of special kids. The page also notes a financial pledge to Harding College, bake sale plans, and local meeting details with hostesses noted.
A Thursday quote features Matthew 6 24 about loyalty to God over mammon and a Carver remark praising nature as an unlimited broadcasting station where we can hear God speak if we tune in.
Mrs J A Collier Sr marked her 84th birthday with a dinner hosted by her daughter and granddaughter in Searcy. Attendees included relatives from Fort Smith Dallas Texarkana Memphis Little Rock and Hope along with many gifts notably a money tree containing 84 one dollar bills.
St Robert H. Smith, a University of Arkansas graduate, prepares for Fort Knox assignment while visiting Jim and Susan Harris. Susan Dark and her son Nicky from Los Angeles visit Opal Barger. Johnny Dark performs with Tony Orlando and Dawn in Tahoe and appears on Merv Griffin on June 9 and July 8. Hope welcomes Virginia Cheney back after 30 years in Dodge City. Prescott hosts visits from Kilgore, Magnolia, Texarkana and Hope families, including Walthall and Haltom relatives, plus Pry and Ramsey groups.
Easy rhubarb strawberry cobbler with biscuits baked on top. Fresh rhubarb and strawberries mingle in a quick sauce of sugar and cornstarch, then topped with buttered sugar orange biscuits and baked until browned.
Community groups list activities for May 20 21 and 22 including Music Club program at a member’s home Daffodil Garden Club spring luncheon and officer installation Youth Fellowship burger and barbecue sale at the W O W hall a porch sale at Harley Sisson’s office a Watermelon City CB convoy to Nashville a Charlotte Goad birthday open house and family reunions plus church homecomings and a note about tomatoes and sugar in recipes.
Memorial Hospital lists admissions and discharges for Hope residents including Mrs. Lester Williams Mrs. Shirley Vern Veronica Armstrong and others. A new arrival Mr and Mrs Gary McBay welcomed a boy born May 18. Wadley Hospital Texarkana holds Joan Nocasser in Room 572. Nevada County Hospital Prescott announces Mrs John Rushing as patient. visitors not allowed.
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary met in the hospital conference room. New members Wilma Dugger and Edna Lewallen were welcomed. Dorothy Prather and Kenneth Hamilton received 100 hour pins. Officers named: John Rushing president, James McLarty vice president, Milton Peebles secretary, Kenneth Hamilton and Rose Luck treasurers. Summer break announced. next meeting on the fourth Monday in September. Spears Carpet Mills donated carpet, Oakcrest Funeral Home and Harold Stephens pews, Bible from Dr. Martindale’s grandchildren.
The Hope Star outlines submission rules for society news including four day deadlines after events, telephoned notices for coming and going items, and mailed or delivered articles for clubs and weddings. Wedding items must arrive within a week. photos cannot be returned unless a self addressed stamped envelope is included.
Louis Kimball from Park City, Utah, has recovered a wallet he lost in Stockton, California, in 1942. A Stockton hotel wall discovery led to a police inquiry, and Officer Jim Watson located the owner, delivering the returned billfold after decades.
The advice suggests using camouflage strategies for heavy hips and thighs, recommending straight leg trousers and A-line skirts while avoiding tight fitted clothing to minimize attention to shape. It emphasizes practical styling over bold silhouettes.
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