Community Meetings and Social Notices Roundup
A dense list of local group gatherings fills the week with PTA meetings at Woodruff and Brookwood schools, church circles at First Baptist, and the Hope Duplicate Bridge Club hosting Master Point Night. Also noted are engagements, a New York based marriage announcement, and the District 12 American Legion conference in Hope with local leaders presiding.
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Hope Duplicate Bridge
The
Hope Country Club
Texarkana
Birth for Fayetteville Couple of First Child
Mr. and Mrs. Don Oglesby of Fayetteville welcomed their first child on Wednesday October 7. The newborn boy weighed 5 pounds and 27 ounces at birth and has been named.
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Don Oglesby
Fayetteville
Burr hints at Perry Mason finale and new TV projects
AP television writer Cynthia Lowry reports Raymond Burr, the longtime Perry Mason star, suggesting this season may be his last. Burr cites other interests including art galleries and regal aid organizations and mentions a potential new series titled The Power with him as governor.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Raymond Burr
Madal
Héctor
Perry Mason
Burr
Atd
Burt
Regal Aid
Don Fedderson
Mason
de Gail
Patrick Jackson
Motion: Picturé
Conrad Nagel
Neil’ Hamilton
Arlene
Judge
Stuart Erwin
Mae Clarke
Ray Collins
Lt. Tragg
Perry
Weekend Guests and Family Reunions Across Town
Coming and going as Mr. and Mrs. A A Repower and Mr and Mrs A Dowell spent the weekend in Fort Worth with Mr and Mrs McDowell. Mrs Dowell attended a Spring Hill family reunion at the Brooks Collins home. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs Br Alford of Stephens with the McDowell and Collins households. Jeffrey Barr of Houston visited the Jimmy Miller family. T B Fenwick Sr returned from a week visiting relatives in Missouri Tennessee and Kentucky. Sr and Mrs Dale Wylie visit Arch Wyle and family on their way from Fort Hood to Ft Wolters where Lt Wyle begins ten weeks helicopter training. Mrs Jett Williams returned from San Antonio. Mr and Mrs W H Sheckelford and Mr and Mrs Louis Schneider of Little Rock are visiting Hope friends. Mrs Frank Trimble is home from Athens Ohio after visiting Dr I F Murphree and family.
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William J. Chonski
Newbergh
N.Y
Marilyn
Dennis J. Downing
Stewart Air Force Base
Elbert N. May
Hope
Seot
Texas
Amarillo Air Force Base
A. A. Repower
Ard
A. Dowell
Fot. Worth
Am J. S. McDowell
Spring Hill
Brooks - Collins
Dale Wylie
Arch Wylie
Fort Hood
Tex
Ft. Wolters
Lt. Wyle
Dear Abby readers recall wedding shoe customs across cultures
Readers share anecdotes about passing the bride’s shoe at weddings to raise money for various purposes, including the groom’s headwear prank, a Polish custom, a French cook’s fund, and Hungarian dances. The letters note differing traditions, origins, and the humorous intent behind these practices across cultures.
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Abby
Episcopal bishops absolve Jews of blame for crucifixion
The House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church issued a blunt declaration repudiating any special blame on Jews for Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. The bishops called deicide false and stated all people share responsibility, addressing long cited tensions with Catholic and Jewish communities.
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George W. Cornell ST. Louis
Oddy
House of Bishops
Episcopal Chaves
Christ
Dear Abby wedding coin custom from Yugoslavia tale
The column notes a bride slipper coin tradition from Yugoslavia where only small coins are used to show the groom can afford a wife. The gift was for the bride, not the groom, and signified the husband’s ability to support a marriage.
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Abby
Yugoslavia
Sidewalk cleanup plea in Hope Arkansas letters
Citizen MRS KENNETH RUSSELL urges Hope city to beautify business district by cleaning sidewalks in front of the old First National Bank. She notes out of town comments on the eyesore and suggests a community broom effort as a remedy. Editor adds that vacant buildings and unimproved lots worsen the sidewalk issue.
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Wesleyan Guild
Christ
Amnie Russell
Dent
Royce Weisemsberger
Sam Anirews
Davis
Wesleyan Service Guild
Weisenberger
the Star
First National Bank
Kenneth Russell
Box
Hope
Ark
Ediitor
Church Division Over Prayers Revisions At Council
At a council session Catholic bishops press for restoring original language that blames no group. The Protestant Episcopal convention moves to permit use of new prayers in weekday services as part of a broader revision of the Book of Common Prayer.
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Protestant Episcopal Convention
Layalergy
House of Deputies
House of Bishops
AMA Founded in Philadelphia in 1847
The American Medical Association was organized in 1847 at Philadelphia Pennsylvania establishing a national medical body. The formation brought together physicians to advance medical standards and professional cooperation.
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The
American Medical Association
Philadelphia
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Homie
Alfred de Black
Nashville
Daffodil Garden Club
Bob Osburn
Cherry Street
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
The_Bodcan
PTA
W.M.S
First Baptist Church
George Young
S. Pine
Per Moses
Metrc
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Bill Watson
L. N. Garner
Luck
Washington
Don Ryans
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R.J. Broach
Syd McMath Wee
Patline Lowry
Lucille DeGravier
Sydney Lee
Floyd Bell
Chester M. Avery
Prescott
Dorothy Inez
John Thomas Hicks
Ezra Hicks
Emmet
Hicks
Midway Methodist Church
American Legion and Auxiliary
District 12
M. M. McCloughan
Jno. W. Ellis
A. Slimmer
Legion
J.B. ‘Ball
City of Hope
Joe Jones
Peggy McCorkle
Susan Turner
Juliana Fenwick
Legionnaires
Wesleyan
James McLarty, Jr
Hazel Castle
Elmer Brown
Ashdown Methodist Church
J. W Perkins
Mission Study
Guild Number Two
Royce Weisenberger
Perkins
Herbert Lewallen
L. McCain
Ben Edminston
Roy Stephenson
B.C. Hyatt
P. H
Rexall Drug Store
de Vary
Gibson
Eternal Wear
Bovis
Sean Sthout
Jofin P. Cox Drug CO
Gad Elan Sts
Hope, Ark
Saenger
Pome Ave Wen
Rio Bravo
Rts
Monster
Goliath
Billy. Don
Orville Oglesby
Hone
H. E. Williams
Fort.smith
Br. H. Alford
Stephens
J. §. McDowell
C. C. Collins
Jeffrey Barr
Houston
Jimmy Miller
T. B. Fenwick, Sr
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Jett Williams
San Antonio
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W. H. Sheckelford
Louis Schneider
Little Rock
Frank Trimble
Athens, C
Men. Lew
L.H. Byrd
Dear Abby
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Weil
Bride
William Hopper
Barbara Hale
Collins
Wesley Lau
Milwaukee
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Calif
Caif
McNavoht Syndicate Inc
Lehman
Westinghouse Television
World OF Color
Westinghouse
Hope, Arkansat
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