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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1955
Page
4
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Mt Zion CME Church led by Rev J M Manting with morning worship and Sunday School in session. Lonore Baptist Church led by Rev J C Coby with morning worship and evening service. Rising Star Baptist Church junior choir visited St Stephens Baptist Church in Stephens Arkansas for a program with Rising Star participating and a lunch hosted by St Stephens Jr. church members. Union Mission met Charity Baptist Fulton with six bands and other visiting churches, sermon by Rev J W Valume, total money raised 51 dollars 31 cents. Julia Woods reporter.
Camden B's recovered a Hope fumble on the opening play and after a turnover and early scoring drive the Camden team defeated Hope 28 to 19 before a small crowd at Hammons Stadium. Hope travels to Arkadelphia tonight for a district conference clash. both teams finish with a 3-5 record.
Charles Fowler sprinted 73 yards for a first quarter touchdown as Hope B's led 7 0. Camden answered, took a 14 13 lead at halftime, and traded scores through the second half. Shoffner Mayes and Rowe starred as Camden outpaced Hope 28 20. Hope finishes 3 3 on the season with wins over Camden Magnolia twice and losses to Prescott twice and Camden.
Hope Junior High Bobkittens defeated Texarkana Avenue Junior 26 to 6 at Texarkana. Donald Booth scored three touchdowns and Johnny Turner added one. Coach Wayne Taylor praised the team for a strong season finish with five wins, one tie, and one loss. In another game at Hammons Stadium, the Ogles by grade school beat Paisley 39 to 13.
Arkansas seeks to finish 3 2 1 in the Southwest and stay above .500 at 2 pm Saturday against SMU in Dallas. The Mustangs push for second place and Cotton Bowl shot as Arkansas backs try to overcome a backfield injury to Preston Carpenter and a shifting lineup amid a split T era.
Yerger High School’s Tigers defeated Garland County Bulldogs 13-0 at Hot Springs. Hope, Tyus, and Shaw led the offense with a first half touchdown and a second half score while defenses held the Bulldogs to 68 rushing yards and 50 passing yards. The win keeps Yerger atop the standings heading toward a key game in Little Rock Friday night.
Top teams face key on the road tests as Maryland and West Virginia chase bowls. Pittsburgh helps shape WVU’s Sugar Bowl bid while Maryland and others like Yale Duke TCU Notre Dame and Auburn seek conference titles and national implications.
Northwestern senior Jim Galladay, 24, is hailed as possibly the fastest man over 100 yards as the AAU records panel considers his 9.2 second time from the Big Ten relays in Evanston. The committee will decide whether to adopt the mark as a new standard amid expected debate.
In Los Angeles Charlie Green of 165 pounds outpointed Esau Ferdinand of 1652 pounds in a local bout. In Dallas Henry Miramontes 116 defeated Buddy Bag ttt 117 on points. In Philadelphia Tommy Martin 135 stopped Mickey Rosatti 127.2 in a scheduled match.
Mississippi travels outside the conference to take on Houston while Auburn aims to beat Georgia Tech to stay in contention. UCLA hosts Washington on the West Coast as Oregon State meets California. Oklahoma, top of the AP poll, should down Iowa State. Ohio State Michigan and Michigan State at home face Iowa Indiana and Minnesota. Also Army Navy Harvard Brown Cornell Dartmouth. Florida Tennessee Tulane Vanderbilt Wake Forest Virginia. Wisconsin Illinois Purdue Northwestern Marquette Holy Cross. SMU Arkansas Stanford Oregon.
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