YESTERYEARS FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009
65 Years Ago
January 8, 1944
NEW YORK — Mrs. Herbert Hoover, 68, America’s first lady from 1929 to 1933, is dead.
With former President Hoover at her side, she died unexpectedly at their Waldorf Towers apartment last night, shortly after she was stricken with an acute heart attack.
FOR SALE — For black people: Ideal building lots, located on Saracen, King, Bell and High streets, just west of North Spruce St.
“These lots are selling fast.”
$10 cash, Balance $5 per month.
Phone 1032
Taylor & Co.
Insurance, Loans and Real Estate
50 Years Ago
January 8, 1959
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Poole of Dumas celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a reception given by their children in the Poole home Sunday afternoon, Dec. 28. The Poole’s were married in Wilmar Baptist Church on Dec. 27, 1908. Mrs. Poole is the former Miss Willie Elizabeth Moore.
Among the recent graduates of the Pine Bluff Practical Nurses School, who recently passed their examinations and received licenses from the state board for licensure are: Mrs. Letha Bragg, Mrs. Carrie Brashears, Mrs. Josie Carter, Mrs. Ivor Crick, Mrs. Robbie Ferguson, Mrs. Hazen Lemens, Mrs. Vera Lybrand, Mrs. Ruth Moran, Mrs. Ruth Terry and Mrs. Jessie Tipton, all of Pine Bluff.
25 Years Ago
January 8, 1984
LOS ANGELES — In a few years, a drug used to treat former Senator Jacob Javits for Lou Gehrig’s disease may be widely available to reduce the symptoms of the fatal nerve disorder.
It is “entirely possible” that the experimental drug, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, or TRH, could be available within three years for the estimated 15,000 to 30,000 Americans with the disease, said Dr. W. King Engel, a University of Southern California neurologist.