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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1956
Page
5
Mrs R L Gosnell presents junior and senior high piano students in recital at the High School Auditorium Friday evening May 25 at 7 45 o clock. The public is invited. The Builders SS Class of Garrett Memorial Baptist Church will
Society reports an ice cream social at Fair Park tonight at 7 36. Members urged to attend with freezers of ice cream and others bringing cookies or cake. Also piano recitals at junior and high schools this week, Poppy Day observance, and band auxiliary meeting. Circle 5 WSCS meets at church with devotional on faith and pledge service. Beta Phi meets at Chamber of Commerce with cultural program on entertaining guests and formal dining.
Mrs Ched Hall plans to spend June in Monte Vista Colorado with her daughter's family Dr and Mrs John L Stewart and children. After a two week vacation here Mr and Mrs Chas W Walters left May 23 for Rockford Illinois. He visited relatives in Fulton his sister Mrs Jack Brown and brother Frank Walters of Hope and his brother Oscar in Pine Bluff. Charley Wade and wife with his mother and aunt Mrs J C Pate toured Tennessee visiting relatives in Jackson Parle Gleason and Trenton.
Admission notes list Mrs. Mary Etta Arrington of Hope Route 4 Inez Rudd of El Paso Texas and Robert Rudd from Fi Pa So Texas. Discharges include Johnny Breeding Hope Route 4 Mr Tom Bryan Hope Route 1 Mr Kenneth Witt Hope Mrs Floyd Pharris Jr and baby boy Hope. Branch discharged entries mention Mrs Garrett Willis Hope and Mrs WM Thompson Emmat.
Aggie Boyle, a lifelong resident, rejects modern conveniences like central heating and stoves, preferring an iron pot over a fireplace. She recalls harder, self-reliant days, downplays hospitals, and notes shifting roles for women. She questions city life and says she’s content with a small, stable place near the land. She values hard work and a simple home over urban amenities.
Washington reports 85 new polio cases last week, a sharp drop from the 245 seen in the same week last year, marking the lowest weekly total in the period tracked. The article notes the decline and compares year over year figures.
State PSC pledges action as MidSouth Gas raises base rates across 54 Eastern Arkansas communities while Arkansas Western and Ark-La pursue higher industrial contracts. University of Arkansas faces about 3000 more annual expenses from a 17.5 cent minimum, with ongoing disputes and new contracts filed as Western plans a 750000 loan for exploration and drilling amid continuing public health notes and polio vaccine data.
Three Arkansas Medical Society districts convene in Tyronza in a tented gathering with Dr. L. H. McDaniel as host. Officials from national and regional medical groups, dental figures, senior students from three medical schools, and notable guests like Hugh Roy Cullen and Erle Cooke Jr. are expected. Thousands may attend as the event welcomes all interested.
Harold Flowers of Pine Bluff was elected secretary of the Jefferson County Republican Party. M. D Moran was chosen as chairman with Warren Liebling as first vice chairman, Charlie Knott as second vice chairman, and Carl B. Haim as treasurer in last night's meeting.
At year end 1955 Arkansas Western Ark-La and Arkansas-Missouri Power Co lead regional gas production and distribution. Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Co once served Fort Smith industries before 1954 dissolution, Fort Smith Gas Co absorbed distribution and Stephens Production Co took over wells. Arkansas-Missouri Power holds Northeast Arkansas franchises and buys gas from pipelines.
A reader asks how to keep a married man interested while another widow with a child contemplates writing him. Dorothy Dix cautions against pursuing a married man, urges waiting for a good partner, and stresses protecting a widow's reputation.
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A letter from a divorced father explains his daughter’s college graduation and multiple honors. He notes the mother has not remarried and the girl resides with maternal grandparents. He seeks Dorothy Dix’s counsel on handling the situation and parental roles.
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