Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1955-1980

Glen Pace,. minister of the mission effort, as · well as Downtown Church of Christ · 'weak spots' in our country ,for the past 19 years, will where help is needed to leave October 8 for assist in VBS and Magnolia, \\'here he will evangelistic efforts. So, I am serve the Downtown (South not exactly leaving a weak Jackson) Church. churcQ to struggle, but He is a native of Grubbs, rather one of the where he finished high brotherhood's strongest to school. He is also a graduate serve others. My o~ people of Freed' Hardeman College have treated me with such and ,Arkansas College. royalty that has caused H~ served as minister for years to pass without churches at Snyder, Texas thought of ever leaving. 1:he and Malvern and· Benton atmosphere of our own city before moving to Searcy. and county is such that I feel He is a member of Rotary at ho~e. wher~ ev~r I_ pause Club, American Legion and a for a visit. H~vmg buned our board member of Arkansas d~d, married our young, Cancer Society. He is a baptized the pen!te._!lt and veteran of World War u counseled with the troubled, where he served with ~ plus laughed with the merry United States Marines. and rejoiced with the happy Regarding his move to gives to my family and t~ me another city after his long a foretaste_ of what~ beh_eve tenure at Searcy, pace said, H~ven will . be. Sometime "Leaving Searcy isn't easy dunn~ the week of Qctober ~' for my family and me. It has we will move to Magnolia become our home. My .wher~ I will preach for the friends are here both in and Downtown (south Jackson) out of the church of my faith. church. I just couldn't leave ' There ai:e such binding ties ArkaMas." • l that I am at loss for words to express. We have been received with su~ kindness and ~quality that each person I see seems like a personal friend. The Lord has blessed the church where I preach and the city and the county in which all of us live. · The Downtown Church now has nine elders to oversee its work, five of this number are also capable preachers. Seventeen deacons assist in depart– mental work. There are two office secretaries, a youth director and an educational director. We send nearly o~ forth of our annual budget into the mission field. Our young people go on annual trips to Puerto Rico, where we maintain a full time Miss Tawna Jenkins and Mickey Lane Pounders, both of Searcy,· will be married ·tonight at 7 p.m. at the .College church of Christ in Searcy. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mrs. R. E. Stevens of Jefferson ·City, Missouri ·and Mr. James C. Jenkins of Eugene, Missouri. Pounders is the son of Mr. and · Mrs. Steele Pounders of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Miss J.enkins is a junior nur– sing student and a member of the - Regina social club. Pound~rs graduated from Harding ii) . 1976 with a B:s. ·in elementary education. While _.at Harding, he ~rticipated in the A C~ppella · Chorus, Belles and Beaux, and was a member of Chi Sigma Alpha social club. He wa, · named to Who's Who Among . ~eriean .College Students a~ Outstanding Young Men of America. He teaches at the Bald Knob Elementary School. · . All friends are invited to attend the ceremony. · · 11-l'l • li she was·the oldesf living member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a charter member of the Searcy Home Demonstration ·Qub; and a charter member of the Searcy Garden Club and on various occasions spoke to the club on growing ~d arranging fiowers, as she 1 taste. - Coca-Cola. dies Mrs. A. W. Hoofman, well was an authority on the k n o w n r e t •i r e d ..__ ______ ___ businesswoman and church - leader, passed away this Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock at a local nursing home, after a long illness. Sh,? was a native of White County and lived in Searcy for half a century. ··The former Laura Lawson, daughter of the late Luella McClain and.James Lawson, a pioneer White County family, she was born in Plainview February 13, 1887. She was married to A. W. Hoofman, also from an outstanding White County family, December 24, 1908 and to this union were born four children, a son, Vaughan _ and a daughter, Fay, who died -in infancy and Elwanda and Doris, both of. whom survive her, Mr. Hoofman having preceded her in death in 1962. The Hoofmans celebrated their Golden wedding anniv~ry .in 1958. i Mrs. Hoofman, as long as her health would permit, was an active member of the First Baptist Church where she taught various Sunday School classes for 25 years. She was a leader in her local Women's Missionary Union as well as in the Association of Women's Missionary Unions• subjects. Mrs. Hoofman was instrumental ·in the ~in– ning and promotion of the flower exhibits which became an annual affair and each year is sponsored by the Searcy CoWICil of Garden Clubs. ' Owner of a local florist shop for 16 years, Mrs. Hoofman ha<I the only fiorist smp in Searcy for the first 12 years. Survivors include two daughters~ Mrs. Robert S. Bell, Sr. and Mrs. Albert Yarnell; two grandsons, Robert Scott Bell, Jr. and Arthur Watson -Bell and two great grandchildren, Robert Scott Bell, Ill and Laura Eli7.abeth Bell, all of Searcy; and one broiher, James ·.· Lawson of San Pablo,_ California, Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Cturch, ; ·with the Rev. David Crouch and the Rev. T. K. Rucker of Little Rock conducting the Bervices. Burial will be in ·Oak Grove Cemetery, with the .Daniel Funeral Home in charge. Brittain-Tatom ' ' 11 Miss Beth Brittain and Monte Tatom will be married on Dec: 16 at 7 p.m. at the Cloverdale Church of Christ in Searcy. 'lbe bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Brittain of Bloomington, Indiana. Tatom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben E. Tatom of Hurst, Texas. Miss Brittain is a junior nur– sing student and a member of Phi ' Delta social club and Alpha Chi honor society. Tatom graduated from Har– ding in Dec., 1977 with a B.A. in Bible. He will receive a B.A. in elementary education this December. He is a member of the Timothy Club and SNEA. All friends of the couple are invited to attend.