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Page Four--Courier News, Blytheville, Decembers, 1976 Miss Cook Couple Vows in Will Say Texarkana Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Cook of Del! announce the engagement and approaching marriage of Uieir daughter. Leslie Ann.

to Bobby Lee Hogue, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hogue of Texarkana. Tex. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs- U.

W. Moore and the late Mr. Moore of Blytheville and the late Mr. and Mrs. Leslie M.

Cook of Quincy. Wash. She graduated from the University of Arkansas with a BS degree in home economics education and was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She is employed as a public relations assistant with Southwestern Electric Power in Texarkana. Mr.

Hogue is the grandson of Mrs. Jimmy Hogue and the late Mr. Hogue of Texarkana and the late Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pickens of Lockesburg.

Ark. He attended Texarkana i College and Southern State University majoring in business administration. He is self- em ployed with Bobby Hogue Construction in Texarkana. Vows will be pledged Saturday. Jan.

8, in the First United Methodist Church in Texarkana. Ark. Chocolate: One of Most Favorite Flavors By TOM HOGE AP Writer. Too much rain followed by a marathon drougb: in Africa has damaged Ghana's cocoa crops, driving up ihe cost of the bean and causing ibe price of chocolate in America lo skyrocket. But chocolate is still one of man's favorite flavors.

The rich chocolate we know today is a far cry from the bitter draft that Hernando Cortez quaffed in. the, halls of Monte- nima during the explorer's conquest of Mexico in the lth century. It was some time before people enjoyed chocolate in its present form. Cocoa laced with chunks of hot pepper was a popular drink in the court of Charles II, since the ladies of that day were convinced that the fiery liquid would keep them slim. Most Europeans found the flavor of cocoa too bitter for their liking, however.

Then an enterprising chef hit upon the idea of sweetening it with sugar and opened up a whole new field of cooking. Americans did not get their first taste of cocoa until 1755, and a decade later, John Hannan began manufacturing it in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. By 1900, the United States had become second only to Germany as the world's largest consumer of cocoa. With the soaring price of the cocoa bean, confectioners have been casting about for some alternative. They have tried soybean, coconut and corn kernel oil, but cocoa butter must be an ingredient of candy in this country before it can be labeled chocolate.

Substitutions, I am told, must be listed as "confectionery coating" or "compound coating" or some such designation. According to a survey by the National Geographic Society, candy manufacturers have been'at work in their laboratories trying to come up with an actual double for the costly cocoa bean, but so far most of the results have been rejected as gritty, waxy, flat or too sweet. For those who wish to stick cocoa, here's a simple recipe for a rich chocolate sauce from the files of food writer Carol Cutler. l-3rd cup sugar 1 cup milk 3 tablespoons cocoa 4 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons rum 1 tablespoon orange liqueur Put all ingredients into blender and blend 1 minuU. Pour sauce into small pan and bring to slow simmer.

Simmer for 1 minute. Makes cups. Veteran Actor Has Role of Papa ten Boom Arthur O'Connell, twice an Academy Award nominee, has the role of Papa ten Boom in "The Hiding Place" which begins Thursday and continues through Sunday at the Ritz Theatre in Blytheville. The movie, produced by World Wide Pictures, is based on Corrie ten Boom's best-selling book of the same title. It relates the story of Miss ten Boom, a Dutch Christian who organized and led an underground movement to assist Jews in escaping capture by Nazi forces during World War II.

O'Connell was an actor for 14 years before he decided to study acting and then paid $1500 to the famed Mme Maria Ouspen- skaya to teach him. "It was worth every dollar spent," he recently recalled, "because she taught me how to study, how to analyze, how best to prepare for a role." O'Connell's latest teacher, although the fellow did not realize it, was the Dutch chauffeur who drove the star between an Amsterdam hotel and the movie sets at Haarlem, a 45-minute drive where a part of World Wide Pictures' "The Hiding Place" was filmed. O'Connell portrays her father, a disciplined, deeply devout Christian who made a living, such as it was, as a watch repairer and housed his family in the upper two of a three story building which also contained his shop. "During our daily trip," O'Connell commented. "I talked a lot with the driver so I could hear him speak and study his manner of speech.

"He spoke English, and his talk was a good study in the English language as a Dutchman spoke it. That is what I wanted, because I wanted to take to the film all the nuances of English that a man of Holland would give to it" Regarded by many as one of America's foremost character actors, O'Connell reached the acting profession in a roundabout way after winding up two years of university at St. John's College in Brooklyn. N. and sent by the Great Depression into first the job of job hunting and then the job of trying to find work he might enjoy.

He did not care much for the first work: in the engineering department of the York Edison Company, nor did the job of salesman for R. H. Macy in New York particularly please i As a door-to-door salesman with magazines as his product he found some gratification as his earnings peaked at SI 10 a week good for those days of the '30s. But a friend named Helen Leatherwood took him away from the world of commerce -indirectly. She was an actress.

One day he accompanied her on a round of agents' offices; in Dell PTA To Meet Dell parents and teachers will have a musical program directed by Bill Jones when the Dell PTA meets Wednesday at 2:45. Hostesses will be mothers of fifth grade students. A meeting of the executive board will be held at 2:15 preceding the meeting. Harmony Club Meets In Hendrix Home Members of Harmony Music Tanda Nicholson, Stephanie Club, a nationally federated Eatmon, Baline Reid, Debbie Junior Music Club, met in the Ferguson, Susie Leggett, Susan home of Mrs. W.

E. Hendrix Bullord, Chip Ross, Leanne yesterday afternoon for their Stiles, Julie Long, Rhonda December meeting, Mrs. Brinkley, Jamie Davis, Monette Hendrix, Mrs. T. L.

Stanford Davis and Lisa Belknap. and Mrs. Charles Carter are Technique and Correct sponsors of the club. All are Posture were discussed by the members of the senior sponsors with Mrs. Carter organization, Orpheus Music Club, a member of the National Federation of Music Clubs.

Performing on the program were Natalie Bray, Jamie King, demonstrating these qualities while performing a Kabalevsky number. The holiday was emphasized during the social hour. SP. to OPENING OF HIS CLINIC 407 S. Walnut Ill PH.

563-3430 fift.1flt..Mr»i. MIHU. IOtn7t.Wlf,,M. CLOSED ON SA TURD A YS one, he was mistaken for an actor, offered a role. He, no actor, accepted.

The play was "The Patsy." He made his stage debut with the Franklin Stock Company, playing at Dorchester, Mass. O'Connell won the Antoinette Perry and Daniel Blum awards for his stage performance of Howard Bevans, the suitor, in the William Inge play, "Picnic" a performance which paved the way for his film debut opposite Rosalind Russell in the celluloid version. The cinematic role won him his first Oscar nomination. His second came for his portrayal of Parnell McCarthy, the country lawyer, in "Anatomy of a Murder." O'Connell, who never considered changing his real name for professional purposes, has a long list of screen roles no less than 50. All but four of his films were made in the United States, with some filming taking him to Holland and to England and to Austria.

Television has treated him well, and he has appeared in a large number of segments of some of the top-rated series seen on the home screen. And from time to time, he has added to a long list of stage roles filled during his first 15 years of acting all of those years devoted to the legitimate stage. Blue-eyed and with graying- blonde hair, O'Connell is an inch short of being a six-footer, keeps in trim condition by daily walks now have gotten up to where I hike about ten miles each And there was a time when he was a regular horseback rider and swimmer. The actor was born in New York City on March 29.1908. His father.

Michael O'Connell, the maitre d' at the Murray Hill Hotel, died when the boy was only two years of age. Three older children also were left. They were William, the oldest, who was to become a judge in New York and live until 1972: and two daughters, now Mrs. Kathleen Murphy of Detroit, and Mrs. Juliet O'Connell.

a widow, of Jackson Heights. N. whose husband's surname was the same as hers. After his father's death. Arthur O'Connell was sent to Flushing, N.

to live at the home of his mother's sister, Mrs. Charles Koetzner. His sisters made their homes with other relatives. The other son remained with his mother, Mrs. Julie BjTne O'Connell.

until her death, when the son who was to become an actor was only 12 years of age. Now divorced. O'Connell lives in a sprawling bachelor-type apartment in Westwood. He was married in 1962 to Mrs. W.

Laird Dunlop, a widow and the former Anne Hall, a Washington, D. socialite. They were divorced 11 years later. Coming Events Trinty Baptist Church Women, Current Mission group. 1 p.m.

Bible study group, 7 p.m. Junior Members, Dud Cason Unit, American Legion Auxiliary, Little Hut, 6 p.m. West junior High Band Concert, cafeteria, 7:30 p.m. Baptist Women, Memorial Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m. Joy Rebekah Lodge 57, 2148 Edwards, 7:30 p.m.

Rebekah Lodge 18, IOOF Hall, Harrison at Marguerite, 7:30 p.m. TOPS Club, evening group, hospitality room, First National Bank, 7:15 p.m. Portraying Papa ten Boom in the movie "The Hiding Place" is Arthur O'Connell, twice an Academy Award nominee. The movie is scheduled for Blytheville's Ritz Theatre Thursday through Sunday. Performances each night are at 7:30 and matinee performances are at 2p.m.

Saturday and Sunday. Today is the final day to purchase tickets at discount prices. Adult tickets at discount prices are at the box office, two dollars. Tickets are on sale at both downtown banks, at Plaza Drug, Motor Supply, 211 West Ash, and Hawks Pawn Shop, 322 East Main. Blytheville BPW Members Attend State Meeting a i Bly the vine's Business and Professional Women's Club attended the Mid-Winter Board Luncheon Held Mrs.

Edward Watson was hostess for a covered-dish luncheon in her home Wednesday for senior citizens of RJdgecrest Baptist Church. Red roses centered the luncheon table. The hostess presented the devotional and prayer was led by Mrs. Agnes VanCIeve. Meeting of the Arkansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Arkansas Saturday and Sunday in Hot Springs.

Theme of the program was "Women in America, Women in the World, the Third Century." Eva Evans of Hot Springs, state president, presided. Mrs. Hilda Lee, a member of the Blytheville club, presented special vocal music at the Saturday afternoon session. A highlight of the banquet on Saturday evening was a performance by the Playhouse Theater of Texarkana. president of the chapter, Miss In addition to Mrs.

Lee, others Juanita Davis, state nominating attending from Blytheville were chairman, and Mrs. Madalynne Mrs. Janet Robertson, VanCIeve. Polly's Pointers DEAR POLLY My Pet Peeve is with those places that sell only large ice cream cones and not the small ones. When children from ages two to five are given one, about half has to be thrown away.

MRS. R. M. DEAR POLLY Make a mitten to fit your hand out of a scrap of oil cloth. Then with a needle and thread, tack an old discarded powder puff (a large one) to the mitten and have a dandy shoe polisher that keeps the hand from getting soiled.

-MRS. W. C. ROTHROCK DRUG for fine cosmetics and perfumes Germaine Monteil Nina Ricci Chanel Faberge Guerlain (Shalimar) Elizabeth Arden Helena Rubinstein Lanvin Rochas Parfums Rive Gauche Licensed Cosmetician il MtltTH I I I I M10NE-76H451 SSKSSWSKSSKS Memoriam In Memory of My Precious We bad a little treasure once. She was our joy and pride.

We loved her, too well, For soon she slept and died. All is dark within our dwelling, Lonely are our hearts today, For the one we loved so dearly Has forever passed away. Daddy G. C. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Only 4 p.m.

'til closing All You Can Eat aii you can Chicken Fried Steak! aii you can Mashed Potatoes Gravy I all you can a TXdS ToaSt! aii you can eat Salad from the Salad Bar! When we say "Come Hungry," we mean it. This fantastic Monday Tuesday Wednesday (4 p.m. 'til closing) special is ABSOLUTELY UNLIMITED. And if you buy coffee, tea, or a soft drink with your meal you can have unlimited refills on them, as well! So, on Monday, Tuesday, or 4 p.m. 'til closing 2200 East to Bonaiuuiy and Come Very Hungry..