Miss Sandra Hicks to Wed Richard Hill Helms December 17
Rev and Mrs. Raymond Hicks announce the engagement of Sandra Lorriane Hicks to Richard Hill Helms of Arkadelphia. Sandra is a 1974 Caled High School graduate and senior Home Economics major. Richard works with his father in the dairy business. The wedding will be December 17 at Morris Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Raymond Hicks officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hicks
Rosston
Sandra Lorriane
Richard Hill Helms
Ralston
Otis Fulton
Arkdelphia
Cale High School
Arkadelphia High School
Morris Missionary Baptist Church
Paper globe crafts for festive decor ideas
Easy inexpensive paper sculpture instructions transform 20 circles into a geometric globe. Step by step folds form halves that join to a full sphere, with topiary options and decorative bowls. Add color, then consider ordering Dusty Pilot’s Christmas Craft Book for $1.50.
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P.O
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Birth Announced for Huckabee Family Son John Mark
Mr and Mrs Mike Huckabee former Hope residents now in Ft Worth Texas announce the birth of their son born Sunday November 28 weighing 5 pounds 15 34 ounces He is named John Mark Grandparents are Mrs Pat House and Mr and Mrs Dorsey Huckabee all of Hope Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Fury of Lake Charles Louisiana and Mr and Mrs Virgil Huckabee and Mrs Eva Garner also of Hope
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Mike Huckabee
Hope
Ft. Worth
Tex
John Mark
Pat House
Dorsey Huckabee
Frank Fury
Lake Charles
Virgil Huckabee
Eva Garner
Federal minimum wage hike takes effect January first
The Labor Department says the federal minimum will rise from 2.20 to 2.30 per hour starting January 1 1977. Farmworkers receive 2.20. chain stores with 250 000 or more in annual gross pay the 2.30 rate, while smaller branch stores are exempt. The changes extend coverage under amendments to the 1974 Fair Labor Standards Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Labor Today
Portrait art lecture by Scott Medley at Old District Arts
Scott Medley, Public Information Coordinator of the Ark Tex Council of Governments, lectured at Third District Arts and Crafts in the Douglas building. He demonstrated portrait framework and urged artists to plan, express a clear idea, and balance simplicity, emphasis, and excitement in their work. Medley, from Texarkana, urged teaching portrait art if public interest grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third District Arts & Crafts
Douglas
Jack Spates
Scott Medley
Ark- Tex Council of Goverments
Medley
Texarkana
Weekend Visitors Share Time in the Area
Mr and Mrs Gene Howard and guests from Guatemala visited Mr and Mrs Rance Pate and the Hawleys over Thanksgiving weekend. Rita Gore of De Queen, formerly from Hope, visited friends in the area.
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Gene Howard
Jeanne
Steve
Shreveport
Rance Pate
Charles Hawleys
Shirley Hood
Howards
Guatemala
Cezar Parres
Carlos Reavas
Gloria Garcia
Rita Gore
de Queen
Hope
BPW Mid Year Board Meeting in Hot Springs Arkansas
Arkansas Federation of BPW clubs meets at Arlington Hotel Hot Springs for a two day Mid Year Board of Directors session beginning December 4. Workshops address the 1976 77 national program theme The Third Century Women In America Women In The World with President Eva Evans presiding.
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Arkansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Arlington Hotel
Hot Springs
Federation
Eva Evans
Hot Spriigs
Joan Gredell
Harrison
Anna Trexler
Magnolia
BPW
America
el Dorado
Janet Griebel
North Little Rock
Francelle Ledford
Bertha Orlick
Aragould
Elizabeth Brooks
Little Rock
Linda Burke
Hope
Carol Humpnes
Greenwood
Young Careerist
Tracey Parker
Joy Johnson
Trade work praised for skills over college path
Dear Abby columns recount a mother’s worry over a son quitting college for a trade. A doctor–plumber tale, a divorced mother sharing custody, and a Christmas gift swap with a sister illustrate biases and practical choices. Readers urged to value talent, fairness, and clear communication.
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Abby
Mom
Hospital Notes from Hope and Lewisville
BRANCH GENERAL HOSPITAL admits Vers Justin Diaz and Luther Creech among others. A new arrival is a boy born November 27 to Mr and Mrs Justin Diaz Hope. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL lists multiple admissions and discharges including Rex Huckabee and Della Hamm with a new arrival Curtis Brown Lewisville also born November 27.
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Emma Hartsfield
All of Hope
Kathy Byrd
Thelma Bishop
Ora Williams
Elnora Beliford
Harold Sparks
Alvin Gordon
W. A. Williams
Jewell Byrom
Herman C. Warren
Don Gates
Cassandra Randle
John Jones
George Briggs
Mamie Conway
Lewisville
Curtis Brown
Community Calendar for November and December Meetings
Hope Junior Auxiliary meets Monday November 29 at 7 30 p m at the Chamber of Commerce office. The executive board gathers at 7 p m. Weight Watchers holds weekly Mondays at 5 30 p m at St Mark s Episcopal Church Sunday school building. Alcoholic Anonymous and Al Anon meet every Monday at 8 p m at the House of Hope near Fair Park. Gardenia Garden Club hosts Christmas meeting December 2 at 7 p m at the Heritage House with $5 exchange gifts.
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Hope
Chamber of Commerce
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Alcoholic Anonymous
al- Anon Family Group
House of Hope
Jones Street
Fair Park
Gardenia Garden Club
Heritage House
Community notices and club meetings listed for December
Answer call for TOPS AR 94 details. Weekly club meetings like Cosmopolitan Club on Tuesdays and Hempstead County Historical Society on Dec 2, plus A N A Dutch treat dinner at John’s Restaurant and Hope Chapter O E S meetings. Garland PTA Bazaar set for Dec 4 in Hope.
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District 16
A.N.A
John’s
Nashville
Garland Pta
Hope
Country Club dance and Stamps PTA holiday event notices
Christmas dance at the Country Club December 11 from 9 p m to 1 a m features Sudden Change with a female vocalist. Guests allowed. reservations via listed phone numbers. Stamps PTA holiday twirling festival December 4 at 8 30 a m at Stamps School Gymnasium. entry blanks via Alice Anderson 800 Antigo St., Stamps AR 71860.
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Stamps Pta
Stamps School
Alice Anderson
Antigo St
Ark
Notable quotes on strength and charity from Romans and Ruskin
A compact reflection cites Romans 15 1 urging the strong to bear with the weak for mutual edification and notes John Ruskin’s view that every great man is aided by others to gain good from all things and people
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John Ruskin
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Sandra Hicks
Richard Dill Helms
Ross Helms Sr
Arkadelphia
Harl Glass
M.H. Hicks
Sandra Lorriane Hicks
Dusty Pilot
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Womens News
Annette Rogers
Seott Medley
Old District Arts & Crafts
Playhouse Theater
Joy Stillwell
Tom Webb
Nelda Woody
Sammi Raley
Dianne Smiley
Shirley Jackson
Richard Arnett
Eloise Bell
Newport
B&pw Club
Miss Evans
Cecil Durham
Bearden
Hilda Lee
Blytheville
Brownie Ledbetter
Trexler
Doris
Dear Ax Bby
Chicago Techune
NY News Synd Inc
Henry D. Wixey
USAF
Henry
L.A
Calif
Cosmopolitan Club
Ralph Hale
Joe Watkins
Tomye Power
Hempstead County
O.E.S
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
Citizens National Bank
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
Paramount Pictures
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