Society Notes and Wedding Announcements Date September 7
A busy Hope area social page lists dances at Hope Country Club September 7 guests Mr and Mrs Greycott Anthony and Mr and Mrs William Butler, Eastern Star and PTA meetings September 5 9, and a September 25 wedding at Forrest Hill Baptist Church. Inclusive items cover club nights, church circle meetings, a lawn party for Miss Marilyn Shiver, and receptions in local homes with guests and host families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Country Club
Greycott Anthony
Mev
William Utler
Bobby
Josiln
Earl D. Ward
T. J. Sitbey
Boden
Mary Ann Thompson
Honora Mias Shiver
F. M. Horton
A. A. Albritton
Marilyn Shiver
Albritton
Trousseau
Harry
Shiver
Mary
Anita Laseter
Personal Mention and Hospital News Update
Mrs. and C Fuller of Fort Worth Texas are noted in a personal mention. Mrs Earl O Neal recently underwent an operation at Barnes Hospital in St Louis. The column includes travel notes under Coming and Going for May with AFL Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C,. Fuller
Fort Worth
Texas
Earl O'Neal
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Central High clash as National Guard guards crowd scene
White mobs confront a Black student group outside Central High while National Guard officers control the line. A 15 year old boy, Terrance Roberts, is stopped as others plead entry to the school and a Black girl sits on a street bench, sobbing as authorities disperse a crowd of about 50 whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Srildlers
Central High
Xe Justice
Graf
Plane crashes into Berkeley homes killing pilot
A Navy jet struck two unoccupied homes in Berkeley during a routine flight, killing Lt. John St. Renshaw. The crash occurred as families were away for the day and on the first day of school, sparing residents but destroying the Mayer and Schneider homes and leaving clothing and furnishings ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Charles Schneiders
Raymond Meyers
Hone
Berkeley
John St. Renshaw
Centerville
Mayer
Renshaw
Schneider
Ruth
Linda
Charles
Richard
Lorena Stevens
Jennings
Meyer
Brursey
Lambert-St. Lewis Airport
Nila
Partuxent River
Boxing Expression Origin Tossing Sponge Ends Bout
The boxing term arose when a fighter cannot start the next round and the second throws the sponge into the ring to signal the end of the bout. This practice gave rise to the phrase tied to surrender or call for a halt in competition.
Prescott Wedding Mentioned In Weekend Social Notes
Sides of Shreveport while her husband is serving in the Far East spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Montgomery and attended the Harris Avery wedding in Prescott.
Arrival of 9 baby reported at Memorial Hospital
Hope area notices list Mrs Cecil Delaney and Mr Lonnie Gali of Saratoga and Mr Dale Duin of Hope announcing the birth of a baby boy. Names included Noel Wilson, Lugg Johnson, and other local residents. The garbled text confirms a hospital birth notice from Memorial Hospital with multiple family references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gones
Lac
Mi Pais
Bing
Hope
Adoptive Hearts and Dilemmas in Dear Dorothy Dix
A reader asks about adopting a child amid age limits and suggests educating a young girl. Dorothy Dix urges considering other needy groups, urges official channels, and cautions about confidence in such a life-changing arrangement. Other letters discuss gifts, dating multiple boys, and a pregnancy dilemma with practical guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dix
Van Buren School Integrates 23 Negro Students
Van Buren, under a Federal court order, integrates 23 Negro students into its previously all white high school on the first day. The top three high school classes are desegregated this year with gradual expansion each year until the system is mixed. Only one Negro senior girl reported. in Ozark, a voluntary plan for integration sees three Negroes attending yesterday. Superintendent Corbin notes minimal resistance and plans for first grade integration next year. The note mentions Australia’s Great Barrier Reef as unrelated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
Cone
Ozark
A. Por Smith
Chris D. Corbin
Integration Troubles Hit Charlotte Schools
Turmoil marked a Charlotte initiative on desegregation as white students taunted a Black tenth grader Dorothy Counts and a crowd hurled objects. police intervened and she was escorted to class. Two other Black students faced jeers while entering nearby schools during an abbreviated session of the voluntary integration program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotle
N. C
Lie Roel
Charlotte
Steensboro
N. J
Dorothy Geraldie
We Harding High
Slige
Gote
North Curo- Jing
Jeft Lwa
Cuslavus Roberts
Central High
First Integrated Classes Arrive at Ft Smith School
At Fort Smith a single Negro student entered the previously all-white school as gradual integration began. Superintendent Corbin noted most Black children did not enroll, while the boy Charles Wilder attended with his father and sister. Police prepared for possible unrest but expected no violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smitita
Elines
Chilg Corbin
Cobh
Tab Fie
Bert
Fork Smith
Charles Wile
Eighty More Victims Buried After Jamaica Train Disaster
Kingston Jamaica reports that private funerals will honor eighty more victims of the nation’s worst rail disaster as bodies were transported to Kingston. Many remains lie in wreckage near Kendal station five miles from Murtlewit, while rescue teams continue searching and sorting through the debris. A separate Birth Notice from Ford in Dearborn Michigan announces the arrival of a new Edsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Williams Kngston
Jataicam
Kingston
Nias
Dinoxe
Hall Cay
Alee
Mali
Kendal
Moute
Mnatclewitly
Tang Beelmpces
Also Mentioned on This Page
Order of the Eastern Star
Hope Baird
Cannoh Hall
Spring Hill P.T.A
Hope Duplicate Bridge Club
Diamond
Womans Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
First Baptist W.M.U
W.M.U
First Baptist Church
Beaty
Jesus
Smith
Hodge
Pakistan
Jewel Hunt
Giveri Lh Tharridge
Shirley Jossif
Btdé
Bill Thompson
Bobby Joslitt
Carl D Ward
Dallas
Southern State College
Magnolia
Garrett Story
Traumerci
Brahm
H. O. Kyler
Webb Laseler, Jr
V. C. Brown
Kyler
DeQueen
L. B. Barnum
Carolyn Story
Ryan
Aldo
Raynen
Guam
Reston
Afl
Montgomery
Junior
C . Mapreline
Madeline
Dolly
Dorathy Dix
Danny
Dan
Australia
Barrier Reef
Dale Ellis
Ft. Smith School
Osister
Ghesand
Blah
Charville
Inken
Mit’ Aid Nut Expect Il
Bualer
South Main &T
Mrs. Maude Cooper
An . Oakcrest Ambulance
Oakcrest Chapel
Second
Hope, Ark
Diane's Beauty Salon
S. Main
Edith Diane
Waed Niuhott Ue
Luitile Niehals
Ford Motor
Dearborn
Michigan
Eidsel Dunlor
Texarkana's
Vincent Peale Mon
Gordon McRae
Fred Waring
Dr. Peale
Grim Lobby
Texarkana
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