Local Society Notes Highlight Meetings and a Wedding
The week’s society notices cover meetings of the Metha G4P Church class, Cosmopolitan Club, Brookwood Cub Scout Pack 92, and various bridge and PTA events with hostesses named. A detailed wedding: Miss Sherry Ann Collins wed Carroll Wesley Messer in a family Collins home ceremony officiated by Rev. Carlton Roberts, with a reception, attire described, and several out of town guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry Ann Collins
E. H. Colins
Spring Hill
Carroll Wesley Messer
Cliftfort Messer
Collins
Carlton Roberts
Rocky Mound Baptist Church
Harold Wright
Bobby Messer
Linda Galloway
Betty’ Smith
Nita’ Messer
Oklahoma City
Okla
Darrell Messer
Pine Blutt
West Berlin Assured by Gen. Clay
West Berliners were told by President Heinrich Luebke at a West Berlin opera house dedication that Gen. Lucius D. Clay remains a steadfast defender after the blocade. The message aims to ease fears in West Germany of a possible U.S. deal with the Soviet Union amid Cold War tensions. Ann Wallerman Circle of Fire Baptist met with 13 attendees. prayer opened the program, with Easter-themed gifts and a devotional led by Mrs. Horace Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Wallerman
Baptist
First Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall
Miss Bates
Horace Fuller
Othe
Charles Reynerson
F. J. Burroughs
Hu. D. Haynes
Annie
Sue Andres
Henry Haynes
Coming and Going and Berlin Crisis Reflections
Benton residents host families before deployments to Korea and Texarkana while Western Berlin tensions rise. The piece notes Miss Mary Ann Arnett’s visit to Ft Smith, a wedding planned October 14, and Emmett Barrett moving to Texarkana Junior College, alongside British and American media speculation on Kennedy policy toward East Germany, West Berlin access, and possible recognition of the East German frontier as the border. East Berlin evacuees surge as residents flee and refugees cross the border continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Arnett
Ft. Smith
L. A. Arnett
Mary
Cpl
Jim Robbing
Corpus Christii
Texas
Dorothy Dix Advice on Inviting Children to Family Luncheons
A reader resents a mother-in-law’s demand to leave her two children at home for a family luncheon honoring relatives returning from Europe. Dorothy Dix counsels against retaliation, urges inviting all in-laws and children, and offers tips to manage behavior and hospitality without harming relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Europe
GOP Leaders Plan Strategy for 12 House Senate Seats
AP report says three party leaders meet with former President Eisenhower and Barry Goldwater to blueprint a tough campaign against Democrats. GOP aims for gains in both chambers, Miller and Wilson eye House gains, Goldwater targets nine Senate seats as Republicans seek momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
GOP
Gettysburg
House
Senate
Wiliam E. Miller
Bob Wilson
R-Calif
Congress May End Next Tuesday In 1961 Session
Washington AP reports Congress aims to adjourn by Tuesday night at the latest after a volatile session. Three major appropriations bills remain: foreign aid, public works, and a final supplemental catchall. Senate and House differ on totals but conference aims to wrap up with plans to close Saturday night failing due to Republican opposition.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate House
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Kennedy aides brace for GOP on foreign policy and domestic programs
Close associates report President Kennedy and advisers expect hard hitting Republican attacks on foreign policy and domestic programs. Eisenhower recently criticized Kennedy’s management of international developments, especially the Berlin crisis, with Miller Goldwater and Wilson joining the chorus.
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Asociates
Miller
Berlin
Goldwater
Wilson
Surviving Passenger Identified After Turkish Airliner Crash
ANKARA Turkey AP says one survivor amid wreckage of a Turkish airliner crash. Twenty eight people were killed including Bernard Javens a Rye New York civil engineer with Sotony Mobil Oll Co. The survivor Solin Kototatoglu a Turkish banking official was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
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Ankara
Turkey
Erie
Solin Kototatoglu
Berard Javens
Rye
N.Y
Sotony Mobil. Oll Co
Young Democrats Elect Officials in Hutchinson Event
In Hutchinson Kansas on Saturday national figures and local youth groups gathered as Gov dival BE and Faubus of Arkansas reviewed guardsmen attended a memorial service and spoke at a junior college Young Democrats meeting during the South Division Association meeting Ted Woolf of Little Rock was elected a vice president of the group.
Prouty Debate Stirs Tax Bill on Du Pont Stock
Leader Dirksen said Prouty warned objections would arise though he was absent to explain. Democratic senators questioned the measure tied to Du Pont and stockholders who could receive GM stock. The bill would cut the anticipated tax on GM stock from about $1 billion to roughly $359 million as Senate business continued and conferees prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Whiston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Senate
Congress
du Pont
General Motors
Mansfield
Senate House
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Pat Lack
Marie Cook
M's
Frank Wattery
Tom Middlebrooks
Cosmopolitan Club
Lyla Brown
Royce. Smith
R. E. Cooper
C. C. Lewis
Miss
Sherry Celling
Brida
Carrel
Messer
Brookwood
Afjiraday
the Hope Country Club
George Peck
William Routon
Mitch LaGrone
Hempstead County
PTA School of Information
Hope Junior High School
Digeret
Andrew Wood
Texarkana
Nevada County Council of the
PTA
Hope ‘Economics
Laneburg High School
E. D. Trice
National Congress of the
VEW
VFW
Lena Massingill
Ramsey-Cargile
Lords
Jetty
Lloyd
Coco
Dixie
Tony Curtis
Pat Boone
Tommy Sands
Objed Hares Ie
Aaa Pazaar
Velda
West Berlin
Gen
Clay
Hot Springs
South Edgwood
Hope
James Moore
Benton
Thelma Moore
Korea
Charles Moss
Ernest’ Woodward
Spring ‘Field
Oliver Moss
Arthur Moss
Emmett Barrett
Unior College
Luebke
U.S
West Germany
East Germany
Germany
Daily Mail
Bruce Rothwell
Rothwell
Oder-Neéisse Line
The
Daily Express
United States
Soviet Union
the Express
Konrad) Adenauer
Free Democrats
East
Dorothy DIX
Helen Worden Erskine
Uelen
Focal
M.C.A
E.C
Helton Worden -Erskine
Gell Syndicate
Young Democrats
Mary's Beauty Shop
Bim
Warners
Warner’s
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