U D C Picnic Postponed From June 5
The U D C picnic announced for Thursday June 5 has been postponed to a later date. All members are instructed to note the change.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1947
Page
3
The U D C picnic announced for Thursday June 5 has been postponed to a later date. All members are instructed to note the change.
On Friday May 30 piano pupils led by Mrs. Ted Jones and Mrs. Ralph Routon perform in spring recitals at First Christian church and High School auditorium both at 8 pm with public invited. Circles 1 2 and 3 of the W S C S at First Methodist meet Monday at 4 pm with associates. Executive Board of Women s Work meets 3 pm in church parlors. Women s Missionary Union of First Baptist holds a business meeting with time change noted. St Marks Auxiliary Unit 1 meets at 3 30 pm Monday. Garden clubs plan a June 5 picnic at Fair Park with speakers Mrs James Patterson and Mrs John Rea.
Little Miss Brenda Hamm celebrated her sixth birthday with a party at the home of her parents on South Elm Street on Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5. The Hamm home featured pink and white sweet peas with balloons marbles and gum as favors. Guests included David Armstrong Ann Cale Joe Black Ginger Wallace Clara Lou Urrey Sandra Hobbs Sue Moore Mary Margaret Daniels Charles Wylie Larry Baker Marylin Marlar Jerry Dodson Elizabeth Ann Williams Mickey Pate Bobby Pate Mary Epplier Kitty Jones Sue Houston Cary Case Jan Robison and Larry Silvey.
Mrs. E. O. Wingfield has returned from a visit with her sister Mrs. H. H. Crow and Mr. Crow in Little Rock. Miss Jacqueline Tippitt and Carolyn Tippitt of Prescott will arrive Friday to join Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrell who will leave Saturday for Denton, Texas to attend the graduation of Miss Frances Harrell at TSCW on Monday.
The 24 hour period ending at 7 am today saw a low of 47 degrees after a chilly day with a high of 63 degrees, according to the University of Arkansas Experiment Station.
Sunny skies favored picnics and parades in most regions while the north endured top coat temperatures. Light scattered showers touched California Iowa and Florida as the weather bureau noted hot muggy conditions southeast and frost in the north. Chicago logged 1 degree while Jamestown North Dakota fell to 25 above.
A Missouri Florida Special train derailed near Mansfield killing engineer Byrd Duncan and fireman Louis Sanders, both of Springfield. An express car worker, A Q Smith, suffered head lacerations while no passengers were seriously hurt. The train was en route from Miami to Kansas City when it tumbled down a 30 foot embankment, rupturing rails and injuring several cars.
The narrator recalls Flora Tolliver in Otsego during a Christmas vacation. Flora, appealing to two wealthy bachelors, eloped with Bob Finneran, then faced tension over finances and gifts. A staged dinner party exposes strain from credit dress purchases, Bob’s concern with cash flow, and Flora’s social ambitions.
Flora and Bob Finneran endure a troubled year of marriage marked by poverty quarrels and Bob’s drinking. Flora deserts to her mother while Bob joins the Canadian army in 1914, prompting Flora to sue for desertion and lack of support in New Jersey as the tale continues.
The International Sunday School Lesson for June 1 reflects on the divided Israel with the northern kingdom falling to Assyria and the southern kingdom lasting longer before Babylon. It highlights unity, justice, and righteousness as essential to national strength, noting Hezekiah and Isaiah during a deliverance prophecy amid a plague and Assyrian threat.
Hezekiah, praised as a good king, erred by showing envoys from Babylon all his wealth and palace treasures. The act, seen as vain leadership and idolizing riches, could provoke assault and invasion as in many eras.
Dorothy Dix discusses social agencies favoring aging homeless children with families over institutions. Boarding parents merit credit for happiness in homes, while adoption remains lengthy. Readers ask about deafness in toddlers and parental rights. Dix advises hearing aids may help and that married couples deserve own homes free from in-law control.
North Little Rock May 30 Two firemen were injured one seriously when part of a brick wall caved in on hoseman Bill Moncrief during a fire that leveled the two story Elks Club building at ird and Poplar streets. Fire Captain Raymond Henson suffered a foot injury. Loss estimated at 100000. Records were removed from the front office by firefighters. Adjacent Chamber of Commerce building sustained no major damage. The blaze began at the rear and spread rapidly. A mortgage burning event was planned for tomorrow night to fund repairs from 1943 fire damage.
London May 30 two men looted jewels and furs from the bedroom of Princess Romanvsky Pavlovsky wife of Prince Jonnovitch of Russia 1939. They were discovered by police and fled as pursuers chased them through London life. Brig Gen Andrew Clark heard the robbery and joined the chase. One suspect fell through a glass roof during the pursuit.
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