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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1951
Page
5
Mrs Edwin Stewart presents grade school and junior high piano pupils in recital Monday evening May 28 at 4 o clock in the high school auditorium. Public invited.
Weekend visits and family gatherings span Fort Worth Hope and surrounding areas. Notables include Betty Richards visiting relatives in Hope, the Butler family from Harrisburg visiting J T workers, and a Butler Garrett Memorial Baptist Church youth class meeting at Ruth Taylor's home. Also listed are visitors from Oklahoma City Texarkana Atlanta and Shreveport, plus a Beta Gamma Sigma initiation at the University of Arkansas honoring Archie D. Malone of Hope.
Formal notice outlines the marriage of Miss Fay Reed daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Reed of Nashville to Billy Pettit of Hope Arkansas. Nuptials occurred at Reverend E D Gallochs home in Hope on April 28 with a white crepe dress and navy accessories. The couple will reside in Hope where Pettit works in the bindy business and is a Hope High School graduate. Mrs Pettit was a member of Nashville High School’s sapphire class. Emmet P T A hosted a buffet supper May 25 at the high school cafeteria honoring Mr and Mrs W G Tarver for six years of service, with pink roses and kinshasta daisies, and a gift of an electric Hercolater to the Tarvers in front of about seventy five guests.
Hospital notes show admission of Graydon Anthony from Hope and Rita Green at Rt 4 Hope.
Chickasha Oklahoma May 22 Perle Mesta U S minister to Luxembourg spoke to graduating seniors at Oklahoma College for Women on equal ity for women She arrived from Washington for the commencement address In Oklahoma City she said she is a feminist and urged women to be heard saying they are as intelligent as men if given a chance not seeking domination but partnership.
May 28 edition reports nominees for state offices with many candidates from both parties. Wins in counties named, election slated for tomorrow. Several births announced including Elizabeth Ann and Jennifer Jean, with families in Hope, Rosston, Prescot, and surrounding towns.
The 92 year old Camden News society editor Elizabeth Ann Sifford died in a car crash on state road 7 near Camden. Driver Frank G. Bauksch was seriously injured. Sifford served two years as society editor and is survived by her mother and sister. The weekend toll included multiple deaths across Arkansas, with details of unrelated cases described.
Australia prepares a state funeral for Field Marshal Sir Thomas Balmey, once top Australian military officer under MacArthur in World War II. He died at Heidelberg Military Hospital, Melbourne, aged 67 after a year of illness. Balmey led Allied forces in the Middle East and oversaw island hopping campaigns. He received marshal’s baton last year on a wheelchair after pneumonia.
Berlin reports that Russian zone railway workers found a split rail this morning, preventing a possible wreck of the American military train from West Germany. The train crept at under two miles per hour as the last coach cleared the danger.
A tense dispute over Iran’s oil nationalization tests Western resolve as Tehran sets a seven day deadline to begin talks on transferring control of the Anglo Iranian Petroleum Company. Britain warns against appeasement while weighing military options if Tehran’s order falters. U.S. and other powers urge peaceful settlement.
The docket lists numerous defendants with varied offenses and penalties including forfeited cash bonds from 1 to 910.00, cases of driving under influence, improper parking, assault and battery, and possessing intoxicants. The report also mentions a civil matter, labor complaint, and a murder investigation description with deputy sheriff Willian Rigpy addressing the scene.
Gulfport Mississippi May 24 law officers search for clues in the double killing of a pregnant woman and a young boy found bludgeoned on a rocky beach. Footprints signs of scuffling and stained clothing are primary leads. The woman 24 to 28 attractive brunette seven to eight months pregnant. The boy about seven or eight years old. Autopsy described blunt force trauma to heads and facial injuries. Sheriff Quave noted no evident weapon and described the beach scene as featureless. Pass Christian and Biloxi area officials tied the case to a local incident earlier.
The funeral for John Arthur Marcum, a 92 year old Confederate Civil War veteran, was held at the Baptist church in Aiita. He died Friday, leaving no surviving Confederate veterans in Arkansas. He was the second Confederate death in Arkansas this year, following Sam B. Rusavll of Hobart Springs who died last March.
G A Richards owner of WIR Detroit WGAR Cleveland KMPC Los Angeles dies at about 62 in Miami Florida Long had faced FCC hearings over alleged distortions of political content and efforts to influence audiences He denied charges and indicated plans to appeal FCC recommendation against renewal of licenses to operate his three stations
In Bathday Kentucky a car crash injures and possibly kills several people after losing control in rainy conditions. Mrs Laois Moon and a young sailor are among those affected as vehicles collide and debris blocks the area. James Los Anpolas and others report loud honks and emergency responses in the scatter of nearby yards. The incident disrupts a crowded street as authorities investigate the wreck and its victims.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a spring event in Shiny province with an instruction about a baby Todor and a four week period. The readable portion lacks clear names, places, or dates to fully identify the notice context.
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