Friday and weekend society events fill Hope calendar
In Hope area listings for October 30 1969 society pages note a Youth Center dance after the high school football game for 6th to 8th graders with named chaperons, a Halloween party at Hope Country Club October 31, and church and club meetings the following week. Pre nuptial showers honor Verna Harmon bride elect of Dean Thornton, with gatherings at Fellowship Hall First Assembly of God, a lingerie shower hosted by Mrs Larry Careman, and a W.O.W. hall miscellaneous shower. Also reported are a Jaycees district meeting in Prescott with Hope attendees winning a travel Trophy, a Horton family reunion in Columbus Ga and Vietnam departure for Horton, Iris Ross a hospital patient, and a large Nelson family reunion with many out of town relatives attending from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Center
Yetger
Ith
Robert Neville
Harrison Ross
Nadene Castle
Jean Butler
Verna Gale Harmon
Dean Thornton
First Assembly of God Church
Opal Cox
T. C. Crawford
Johnnie Bryan
Larry Careman
Sharon Carman
W.O.W. Hall
Miss Harmon
Darlene Sthyard
Edith Warren
Ora Fry
Gaylen May
Alice Arnett
Engagement announced for Mary Jane Ford and Paul Henley
Engagement announced by Mr and Mrs Benjamin Dale Ford of North Little Rock for their daughter Mary Jane to Paul Guesner Henley son of Mr and Mrs Perry Hamilton Henley of Route 1 Hope The bride elect is a 1966 North Little Rock High School graduate and will complete a BA in Humanities at Hendrix College in December The groom elect is a 1969 Hendrix College graduate with a BA in Social Science He played basketball and track and held leadership and athletic honors at Hendrix Church plans a December 27 wedding at St Edwards Catholic Church Little Rock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Dale Ford
North Little Rock
Mary Jane
Paul Guesner Henley
Perry Hamilton Henley
Route 1
Hope
North Little Rock High School
Hendrix College
Alpha Tau Honorary Society
Hope High School
St. Edward's Catholic Church
Little Rock
Alpert’s NBC special a mixed bag with many commercials
Television critic Cynthia Lowry notes Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass show on NBC mixed in quality. The hour overemphasizes commercials, with some moments of style and satire by Petula Clark and Alpert. The piece mentions other 1969–70 programs and midseason worries across networks CBS ABC NBC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
New York
Alpert
Petula Clark
Hee Haw
Nion
CBS
Leslie Uggams
Johnny
Dear Helen Readers Debate Date Rules and Reputation
A reader asks about girls approaching boys and explains a lively but cautious dating setup. Helen counsels natural behavior, avoiding oversexed display and sham personas, urging girls to let suitors pursue and to value honesty, freedom, and parental approval in a complex social scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Alrous
Butec
V.N.P
Cook
Grapefruit Diet Claim Promises Quick Weight Loss
An advertisement touts a “Grapefruit Diet” promising 10 pounds lost in 10 days with a fat burning claim. It cites rapid early loss, no hunger, and a money back guarantee for a $3 price, urging readers to mail for a copy of the plan.
Births in Pine Bluff County Named for Me Tes
In Pine Bluff area a birth notice lists parents Mis and Le Ge with Dorothy Matti of Paine as relatives. Details are fragmentary but indicate a newborn child born to the family with local connections and naming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Mis
Pine Bluff
Dorothy Matti
Paine
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Society
Hope Country Club
Pam
W.C. Bruner, Jr
Bennett Wood
Womens Society of Christ
Ian Service
First United Methodist Church
Dorcas
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Arlene Frith
North
Washington
Jaycees and
Jaycettes
Prescott High School
Gwen Webb
Ruth Ann Anderson
Helen Plyler
F. M. Horton
Columbus
May
Frank N. Horton
Horton
Vietnam
Iris Ross
St. Mary's Hospital
Evansville
Ind
Nelson
Stan Harris
Houston
J. M. Nelson
San Carlos
Calif
Colonel Nelson
Oklahoma City
Bob Nelson
Paris
Tex
Jimmy Whittle
Mesquite
Bill Williams
Blytheville
Worthy Irvin
Nan
Nashville
Roy Gosnell
Arkadelphia
Mary Jane Ford
STAR
Sat Television and Radio
Cash
ABC
Neeworka Ape
Ice
Atong
Ape
Masie Lena
Brady Boneh
Mr. Deeds
Pat Paulsen
Engelbert Humperdink
Helen Bettel
U.S
Gulf Co
P.O
Lincoln
Nebraska
Riel
Eros Neusine
Dorothy Gray
Sale
John P. Cox Drug CO
Hope, Ark
Ucrest
Alka Seltzer
Laurel
VICKS
Livemrivad
Haas
Walgreens
Rubinstein
Nyquil
Sys
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