Traditional Priskagiving day rivalry closes season
SSPE Rock and surrounding teams clash in a series of high school basketball games as the season winds down. Fort Smith hosts a regional match, Texarkana hosts its annual classic, El Dorado visits Gansden, Conway hosts Morriston, Booneville plays fish, and Hot Springs visits Tigers. Other notable games include Northwest Arkansas clashes and Eastern Arkansas matchups like Helena vs Wyane, Walnut Ridge vs Pocahontas, and Piggott at Rector.
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Sspe Rock
Buren
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Texas High
Schoo A Lever
Texarkana
Gansden
el Dorado Wildcats
Morriston
Conway
Sid Booneville
Northwest Arkansas
Springdale
Rogers
Bentonville
Siloam Springs
Helena
Wyane
Walnut Ridge
Ouachita Reddies Face Key Turkey Day Tilt Thursday
The 1953 Arkansas college football season concludes Thursday with clashes between Henderson State Teachers and Ouachita College of Arkadelphia. Henderson, undefeated in state play, aims to halt the Tigers and claim the state title. nearby rivals Arkansas Tech and Hendrix meet in Clarksville as the title race tightens.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Henderson State Teachers
Quachita College of Arkadelphia
Henderson
Tigers
Arkansas ‘Tech
Russellville
Ozarks
Clarksville
Quachita
Arkansas State
Hendrix
Rivalry renewals and conference clash at Jonesboro and El Dorado
Lis McAdoo notes classic clashes Thursday as Hendrix leads Arkansas College against Arkansas State with Jonesboro on tap. Monticello A M and Magnolia A&M square off in El Dorado to crown the Little Three champion. The fasces flag and music publishing fee trigger debate in England. Crime and Panama Canal labor context noted.
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Conway
Hendrix
Arkansas College
Arkansas State
Jonesboro
Monticello A. & M
Magnolia A. I & M
el Dorado
Community Notes From Oak Grove and Nearby Areas
Oak Grove and nearby residents share updates as families welcome new neighbors Bennie Jones and Howard Collier. Illness casts a pall with Mrs. Mike Porter gravely ill, while neighbors visit Clarence Sparks and others. Various calls and visits mark a weekend in the area with multiple relatives sharing time together.
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Marshall Beck
Clarence Sparks
Mike Porter
Bennie Jones
Howard Collier
Shower Springs
Lee Ward
Willisville
Clarence Spaaks
Hattie Jackson
Cathleen Ross
Ben
Thanksgiving events and visits mark Holly Grove town notes
New Hope residents hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Jack Hartsfield and Roy Dyer from the CCC camp at Gierks over the weekend. A Thanksgiving program at the local church preceded a sale of contributed products to fund church repairs. Local youths planned a Red Lake picnic on Thanksgiving day. Jessie Schooley returned from a two week visit to El Dorado while A J Arrington went back to Boonville after a three week family stay.
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Jack Hartsfield
Holly Grove
D. P. Watkins
Roy Dyer
Gierks
Redlake
Jessie Schooley
el Dorado
A. J. Arrington
Boonville
Census hints on regional population and economy
The text notes 200,000,010 families in Asia and 880,337 gallons of whisky plus 7,350,584 prescriptions issued in the United States in 1932. It mentions baby carriage use beginning mid nineteenth century in the west and that the Libyan desert was once fertile.
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Asia
United States
Real estate ads urge quick buys as market rallies begin
The piece urges readers to review real estate ads carefully, arguing that opportunities may not recur. It cites improved prices for wheat textiles and furniture since 1929, notes rising prosperity, and urges action within weeks to buy homes at low costs before values rise. It highlights strong demand and heavy ad-booking by a motor wheel manufacturer.
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Little Rock, Or
Haynesville
Ouachita-Reddies
State College Mason
Lis McAdoo
England
Music Publishers’ Society
Country
Samuel F. Smith
America
Scoland
Panama Canal
Panama
Nilliam Gibbs McAdoo
Ruth Selwyn
Secretary of the Treasury
Hollywood
Marie Dressler
Oak Grove
Libyan Desert
Timate
Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Chesterfield
Columbia Coast-To-Coast Network
RS Tosotca Co
NRA
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