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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
5
Society column highlights a busy schedule with Girl Scout leadership meetings at the Little House and various club gatherings. It also covers the Bayless Cahe wedding at First Methodist Church Gordon with Horace Cabe and Harold Cabe among the wedding party.
The Gordon wedding united the bride to Mr. Cabe with a navy blue dress and wine accessories. The bride wore orchids and was escorted by her father. After a Florida Cuba wedding trip, the couple will reside in Gordon where Mr. Cabe runs a department store. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. K. G. Hamilton and daughter Carolyn of Hope.
Mrs Comer Boyett hosted the Wednesday Contract bridge club on Tuesday with two tables in the card rooms. After several games, Mrs Dick Forster earned the high score prize while guests included Mrs J W Branch Mrs W R Herndon and Mrs Dick Forster. The host served a dessert course. Eleven members attended the Kappy Neal Hooking club meeting at Mrs W M Cantley’s home as an all day gathering with afternoon snacks and drinks.
The Wednesday club met at Myra’s home with Syd McMath and Mrs. Syd McMath coordinating games. Mrs. Kelley Bryant won the birth score, and Mrs. Roy Powell topped the guests’ scores. Hostess served pie and coffee to all attendees, with Mrs. W. R. Herndon and Mrs. Roy Powell among pie guests. Me and dirs O A Graves honored visiting ministers with a luncheon in Barlow’s main dining room. A crystal bowl with yellow and red chrysanthemums centered the table for Rev. and Mrs. Fred Harrison Arkadelphia, Rev. and Mrs. B C Rule Fine Bluff, Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth L Spore, Master Harlan Spore, Miss Beryl Henry, and Mr. and Mrs O D Graves.
Personal Merition Mrs Harold Wright Blizabath Stuart of Tampa Texas stays with Mr and Mrs C C Spragns and Mrs Comer Boyett Mrs Dick Forster and Mes Lille Moore host Wednesday at Alatan Fosters country home near Fulton Mr and Mrs J Proctor Hill and Mittlegon Phrip of El Dorado visit Lon Sanders family and relatives R B Thompson daughter Alma Thompson of Texarks visit Irwin Urrey Richard Perdue Logan freshman Hendrix college selected to sing with Hendrix Choristers by J Glen Metcalf son of L D Perdue of Logan with many local friends Patricia Duffie returns from Fort Worth Remmel Young back from Memphis.
Ruth Millett notes how jokes about draft dodging damaged the happiness of a engaged couple Jim and Mary who spent four years planning a wedding. Office coworkers teased them, dulling their joy and revealing a cruel streak in people toward others' happiness. Millett urges stopping the jokes and letting love proceed despite drafts.
Hollywood producer Edgar Selwyn, calm and unflappable, endures a nervous habit of stomach ulcers. A former Broadway figure now back in production, he recalls turning down money and a big Metro contract in 1928 to pursue independent projects. He set no salary to begin and made only one first film before Hollywood acceptance grew.
A vintage etiquette item presenting questions on proper theater behavior. It covers standing for latecomers, saying sorry when passing, whether to leave during exciting moments, refraining from hissing at officials, and how a woman should handle gloves. It includes suggested responses and a sample scenario on removing a nat.
Eighteen Ferdinand children ride daily to Huntingburg high school on a six mile loop owned by the pupils’ parents and neighbors. The $1 yearly cost funds the private railroad ring operation providing daily transport.
A veteran recalls Adolph Zukor in 1912 proposing Famous Players with tested stage properties and seeking $2500 for a quarter stake. The plan faltered, later leading to Paramount. Selwyn formed All Star Feature Film Co and starred in Pierre of the Plains, while considering a return to John Carroll and MGM. He also acted in Cecil DeMille's The Arab amid a tempting two week offer.
An aged reminiscence recalls Samuel Goldwyn and his early 20th century partner Selwyn, noting a $1000 check, the creation of a company, and enduring collaboration. It highlights Goldwyn as a bold showman admired for audacity and vision, with World War era travel and enduring trust despite ups and downs.
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