Society notes and wedding plans fill September activities
Chapter 328 Order of the Eastern Star meets September 1 at 8 p.m. Circle 1 WSCS meets September 5 at 9:30 a.m. at a member’s home. Labor Day picnic September 5 at Hope Country Club. Circle 4 WSCS meets September 5 at 2 p.m. Hope Music Parents Association meets September 6 at 7:30 p.m. B and P W Club dinner September 8 with Ray Lawrence on Public Relations. Federation of Garden Clubs luncheon September 8 at 12:30. Sharon Kay Greene and Don Meade announce wedding plans for September 4 at First Methodist. Circle 2 WSCS will not meet September 5. business meeting September 12 at church. Various local visits and homecomings noted. TV and film industry commentary by Cynthia Lowry discusses Brodkin and other producers shifting genres.
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WSCS
First Methodist Church
Ernest Neil
Johnny Green
T. S. McDavitt
E. P. Young, Jr
Hope B & P W Club
the Diamond
Ray Lawrence
Hope Federation of Garden Clubs
Circle 2
Wardens Accused of Wrongdoing In Arkansas Prisons
Governor Faubus fired Tucker Prison Farm wardens E T Fletcher Jess Wilson and BE G Mays demoted about 15 of 23 trusties and ordered transfers to Cummins Prison Farm after state police uncovered prison wrongdoing including extortion whipping and lax security conduct that may have stretched for almost a year A plainclothes officer under Bishop uncovered these abuses and the governor said a new isolation ward would ban the whip like feather strap once built.
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Bill Simmons
Associated Press
Little Rock
Orval Faucus
Faubus
O. E. Bishop
E.T. Fletcher
Jess Wilson
BE. G. Mays
Tucker Prison Farm
Jim Bruton
Tucker Prison
Cummins Prison Farm
Bishop
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Cummins Prison
Governor’s Office
State Police Criminal Investigation Division
State Police
Eugene Hale
Hale
Wedding Vows Unite Melinda Jones Beggs in El Dorado
Miss Melinda Lou Jones and Charles Ray Beggs wed at the First Methodist Church in El Dorado with white gladiolas and daisies in a palm backdrop. The bride wore peau de soie lace gown with a lace bodice and pearl accents. Ann Jones served as maid of honor. Jerry Beggs was best man. A reception followed at the Jones home and the couple planned to live in Magnolia after a short honeymoon. Attendees included family from Waldo, Pine Bluff, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Camden, and Magnolia.
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Sharon Kay Greene
Don Meade
Magnolia
First Methodist Church
Robert Moore Jr
Phil Trotter
la Mare ‘Que
Texas
Jane Grigg
Hope
Judy Greene
Waldo
Kathryn Quillin
el Dorado
Melinda Lou Jones
Hastings Jones
Charles Ray Beggs
W. B. Beggs
Prayser
Melvin Ballard
Robert Hitchtower
Chantilly
Ann Jones
Jerry J. Beggs
Cleveland Jones
Jim Bob Hightower
C. H. Jones
O. W. Harris
Robert Hightower
Sharon Jarrell
Owen
W. R. Rushing
Camden
John Meek
Pine Bluff
J. A. Powell
Little Rock
J. P. Jarrell
Hot Springs
Syndy Rushing
Chichester
Henry C. White
Lonoak
Tommy Davids
Pepys Almost Missed Great Fire of London Scoop
AP reports that 300 years ago Samuel Pepys nearly slept through the inferno near his Seething Lane home as his cook Jane woke him at 2 a.m. on September 2 1666. He rose after dawn, noting in his diary the distant blaze at Pudding Lane and Farriner’s shop as the fire raged through wooden London streets.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
Samuel Pepys
Pepys
Jane
Diarist
Seething Lane
Tower of London
Pudding Lane
Thomas Farriner
Pepys Describes Great Fire Of London Night Tour
Samuel Pepys records the blaze that consumed over 800 houses, with fire bursting along Fish Street and a vast arch of flames seen from the Bankside. He notes people sheltering, pigeons returning to burning homes, and a night of horrid crackling as churches and houses burned across the city.
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Pepys
Jane
Fish Street
Weather Station Report for 24 Hours Ends Friday Morning
Weather data shows a high of 90 and a low of 68. forecasts predict clear to partly cloudy skies in Arkansas with little temperature change tonight and Saturday. Widely scattered mainly afternoon and evening thunder showers expected, highs Saturday 84 to 94, lows tonight 64 to 72.
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Tion
Arkansas
Helen Bottell Help From a Newspaper Panel
Advice column fragment from 1966 features multiple reader questions about marriage fidelity, infidelity schemes, household spray habits, teen independence, and parental worry. Helen Bottell offers terse responses and moral guidance addressing marital strain, divorce ruses, domestic routines, and youth autonomy with a Family Living emphasis.
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Johnny Les
Gts
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John Burgess
Jud Martindale
Hope Music Parents Association
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R. T. White
Circle
Arch Moore
Ellington
Manuel Hamm
Jett Williams, Jr
Jett
Houston
F. Russell
John Scott Andrews
Andy Ane Drews
Yosemite National Park
Calif
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Conway
Mrs. Minor Palk
James Dorson
Elston Willis
Dallas
Charles Dudley
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Kim
Willis
Calvin
Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Herbert Brodkin
Shane
Brodkin
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Brooks Brothers
David Dortort
Cartwright
Carl Reiner
Nat Hiken
Tyan Tors
Flipper
Daktari
Irwin Allen
Allen
ABC
Levi's Californians
Rephan’s Man
Dixie Drive-In Theatre
the Satan
Ipcress
Goldfinger
Aur Saltz
MCAS
Michael Caine
Stone
Molly Flanders
ARK
Mattinee
James Bond
Ann Mangquer
Paris
Ann Manquer
London Lawn
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West Hollywood
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Hope Star
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Kxar Kolumn
Hempstead County
Nonth
K. X
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Esults
Bobcats
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