Local society notes frame weekend events in Hope area
Friday and weekend society items list a thrift shop sale at 113 S Walnut on Saturday from 9 30 to 12 30 with bag sale for 1 00. Meetings include Hope Chapter No 328 OES Thursday at 6 30, Pat Cleburne UDC at 11 30 Thursday, Reese Jackson reunion Sunday at Fair Park, Labor Day picnic Monday at Hope Country Club with hosts and picnic lunch, Democratic and Republican clubs meeting Tuesday, and American Legion Auxiliary Jr unit meeting to elect officers. Also Gary Merrill buys a lighthouse at Cape Elizabeth Maine and plans year round remodeling.
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S. Walnut
Hope Country Club
W. H. Gunter, Jr
Lowell Harris
Lester Sitzes
Royce Smith
American Legion Auxiliary
Leslie Huddeston
Little Court Room
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Gary Merrill
Merrill
West
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
Houston
Texas
L. Ja R. Joe Jones
Leslie Huddleston
Susan Reardan
Sandra Flowers
Joe Jones
Unit 12
Auxiliary
Astrodome
Yankee Rebels
Baltimore
Maryland
American Legion
Questions and Answers About Social Security Benefits
A Q and A on disability rules and widow benefits. Topics include how long illness must last to qualify for disabled widow or disability benefits, six month waiting period, age restrictions for disabled widows, reporting return to work, and required covered work for qualification.
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Social Security Office
Texarkana
Texas
Glenda Bozeman
Social Security
Bookmobile Schedule Update for Local Routes
A brief notice notes changes to the bookmobile schedule as crews remove the glass dome and lantern when the lighthouse ceases service. The updated routes and timings will be posted by the library.
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Home
Disney TV strategy after Walt dies keeps empire thriving
AP report notes Walt Disney’s death leaves a powerful TV plan intact with the Wonderful World of Disney entering its 18th season. Ron Miller explains the Disney method of reusing theatrical films, segmenting them for television, and occasionally re releasing animated features like Pinocchio for new audiences.
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Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Walt Disney
Disney
Ron Miller
NBC
ABC
California
Miller
Helen Help Us! Youth Questions and Neighborhood Nuisances
A serialized column featuring teenage dilemmas and reader questions on relationships and daily annoyances. Letters discuss a neighbor with multiple families, horn-blowing piano students, bicycle thefts, and humor about aging with Vitamin C. Responses advise caution, neighborly talk, stricter courts, and practical tips.
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Helen
Jay
Ola
Appalachian Schools Face Rural Crippling Problems
Associated Press writer Janet Stashar reports Dr. Eugene Hoyt detailing major Appalachian district woes at a Senate hearing. He cites scarce health services for rural students, high first grade failure rates, low per pupil spending, below national salary averages, and widespread accreditation gaps. He urges regionalization via ARC services to pool resources, gain technology, and cut costs.
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Appalachian
Janet Stashar
Associated Press
Washington
Appalachia
Eugene G. Hoyt
Appalachian Regional Commission
Senate
Hoyt
Select Committee On Equal Educational Opportunity
ARC
Regional Education Service Agency
Real Tip for Captured Horses
In Sacramento a mounted deputy’s horse escaped and was found several blocks away with a two way radio on the saddle. Lloyd Gibbs used the radio to contact a dispatcher who ordered the officer reunited with the steed in a brief rescue scene.
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Sacramento
Calif
Willard Dillon
Mounted Park Patrol
Llnyd Gibbs
Gibbs
Dillon
Interested Dear Interested Not Believing Cing
A terse note challenges belief and perception, using playful misspellings and a cryptic tone. The author signs with initial H, addressing an audience labeled interested and grayheaded. The message hints at skepticism and irony rather than a straightforward statement. It reads like a personal aside or literary aside in a column.
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Society
Hope Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Pat Cleburne
United Daughters of Confederacy
el Matador
Reese-Jackson
Fair Park
Hope
Democratic Women’s Club
Bill Watson
Carolyn Drive
Hempstead Co. Republican Women's Club
Haskell Jones
Lynn Harris
Clarence Geist
Lighthouse
Boyce
Thompson
Columbus
Luck Ranch
Ozan
Tollett
Castleberry
Dixie Drive-In Theatre
Showtime
Yorga, Vampire” and
Beast of
Night
National Convention
Shamrock Hilton
Panama
Jones
Susan
Sandy
ARK
STAR
Wth
New York
Lincoln Center
East Germany
Mark Huessy
Jericho
East Berlin
George. Peppard
Bacron & Cotton
ORLON
Krinkle & Reptile
Handy Lewis
Woov Permanent Press
Thrifty DE
Antiqu
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