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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1955
Page
7
An Arkansas Journal of Education editorial praises Miss Jones as a classroom teacher shaping future society. It argues teachers deserve higher pay tenure and status as education becomes a lifelong, nationwide priority with adults studying more and media promoting school improvement.
Gov. Orval Faubus appoints Sam Rorex of Little Rock as First District chancellor to replace the late Rodney Parham. Rorex serves until after the November 1956 election and assumes office January 1957, not eligible for the term. The district covers Pulaski Prairie White and Lonoke counties with two divisions. Guy E. Williams remains the other chancellor.
Numerous social events are reported from Prescott including Mrs Charlie Neimeyer's pink and blue shower at Mrs Cunningham's autumn decorated home with 18 guests. Lions Club and Kiwanis Club meetings at Lawson Hotel feature guest speakers and piano music from Willisville and Nevada County farmers. Several gatherings in Little Rock and Texarkana include brunches and a homecoming visit, with locals attending Hendrix College events and family invitations.
Ville native who spent youth in Yell County and served as former state legislator and prosecuting attorney. He was United States attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas from 1939 to 1946. Recently he has served as chancellor by election of lawyers in the court.
A series of social weekend visits across Arkansas included Bill Ward and Jim Hamilton couples at Fayetteville for University of Arkansas Homecoming activities, visits in Little Rock by Miss Elvise Hudson and Miss Jackie McMahon, and attendance at Texarkana and Shreveport events. A Hendrix Henderson game in Conway plus a Broadway show report and a factoid note on tin can production in 1954 conclude the notes.
The Arkansas State Electric Co operative Association says it will intervene in a case before the Arkansas Public Service Commission. It plans to oppose Southwestern Gas and Electric Co.’s bid to serve 10 Fayetteville and 21 Springdale customers now served by Ozarks Rural Electric Co op. Southwestern cites a 1955 act allowing private utilities to serve in annexed areas.
Pendleton Oregon senator Wayne Morse urges fixed parity for major U.S. crops, calling out a one-way farm policy. In San Francisco Maxwell D Taylor and William Dean are hailed as Army heroes linked to Taejon. Gloria Vanderbilt denies romance with Leopold Stokowski after divorce, saying she is focused on children and career.
Co op spokesmen argued the act allows compensation by the prize utility for loss of customers under the annexation and Southwestern refused to order a trade, citing the law as the basis for opposition.
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