Summer weekends at Lake St John attract regional guests
The article notes a recurring pattern of trips to Monroe area camps with visits from New Orleans and Tennessee Valley Authority officials. It highlights Lake St John as a communal playground for swimming, boating, fishing, and dancing, with multiple families and guests from Monroe, New Orleans, and beyond enjoying the season's gatherings. A birth is recorded for Sergeant Hector E. Slaughter and his wife Dorothy Upshaw Slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Miss
John Stewart
Navy
New Orleans
Kurt Touchstone
John Sherrouse
R. C. White
Bill Junod
Sally Favrot
Monroe
Lake St.John
Fensky Terzias
Leo Terzias
Lady Haas
Milledge Marie Haas
Hugh O’connell
Leo Terzia
Jean Terzia
Martha McHenry
Duffy Brown
Fensky Terzia
Milton Eugene
Sergeant
Hector E. Slaughter
Community notices and club events in West Monroe
Readable items include initiation meeting of Monroe Assembly No. 5 at the Masonic temple 7 30 p m with Masons and Eastern Stars invited Frances Hotel hosts Sigma Phi Omega summer dance from 10 p m to 2 a m by invitation Welcome Garden club meets at Frances Hotel 3 p m with flower arrangement slides Circles of Stoke Avenue Methodist Church meet at 2 30 p m No 1 No 2 Bobashelas Book club hosts at 3 45 p m Catholic Daughters of America members celebrate a birthday party Fortunes and games noted more social updates among local families births and travel notices
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Monroe Assembly No. 5
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Masons
Julia Reed Club
C. R. Pedigo
Fairview
Sigma Phi Omega Fraternity
Frances Hotel
Welcome Garden Club
Stoke Avenue Methodist Church
J. Zufall
Moore St
R. L. Hales
Polk St
Bobashelas Book Club
W. D. Clark
Parnell Street
West Monroe
H. A. Gentry
K. D. Hayes
Catholic Daughters of America
Fairbanks
Julia Scott
Actress Virginia Bruce and J Walter Ruben Welcome Baby Son
Actress Virginia Bruce and film executive J Walter Ruben became parents to a 6 pound son yesterday. Bruce already has a 9 year old daughter Susan from her late marriage to John Gilbert.
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Hollywood
Virginia Bruce
J. Walter Ruben
Miss Bruce
Susan
John Gilbert
Maternity Frock Pattern 8013 Offers Convertible Collar
The 8013 maternity dress features a simple shirtwaist style with a convertible collar and adjustable waist. A sleeveless cardigan jacket adds versatility, concealing imperfections and fitting occasions. Available in sizes 12 to 20, 40 and 42 with yardage details and pricing.
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News-Star— World
106Th Avenue
New York
N. Y
Louisiana beauty barbers hold ninth annual convention
About 1,000 beauticians and barbers from across Louisiana attend the Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians convention in Monroe at Hotel Frances. A special New Orleans to Monroe train ferries delegates. 35 chapters represented. a style show at 8 p.m. Sunday and a banquet Monday night.
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Louisiana
Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians
Hotel Frances
Otis Johnson
Monroe
New Orleans
Johnson
The
Beauticians
J. J. Clouatre
J. O. Pilcher
Ruth Norman
Neal Fuller
Vera V. Crowe
Bastrop
D. H. Burns
Sterlington
Cassiye B. Ringo
Mary Jane Elmore
General Will Get Arlington Burial
Major General Robert Alexander aged 77 longtime wartime commander of New York's 77th division died Monday night at a veterans hospital. He began service in the Sioux campaigns of 1890 91 and fought in the Spanish American War Philippine insurrection the Pershing expedition against Villa and World War I. He is survived by his widow and two sons William a colonel at Fort Devens Massachusetts and Robert Jr. of New York.
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New York
Robert Alexander
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Arlington National Cemetery
Alexander
Pershing
Villa
William
Fort Devens
Mass
Robert, Jr
Land owners respond swiftly to war land use appeal
Major Niels I. Poulsen announced prompt responses to the army’s land use appeal. Land agreements pour into Camp Beauregard as Colonel R. B. Cole, with Lt Col George Madison coordinating in Ouachita Morehouse Union and Lincoln parishes. Radio appeals on KMLB at 6 45 a.m 3 40 p.m and 5 50 p.m spur volunteers like a Morehouse farmer driving 27 miles to speed Uncle Sam’s use of his land.
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War Department
Niels I. Poulsen
Army
Camp Beauregard
R. B. Cole
Louisiana
Poulsen
George T. Madison
Monroe
Ouachita
Morehouse
Union
Lincoln Parishes
Madison
KMLB
Ouachita Parish
Uncle Sam
Rainstorm Disrupts New York Traffic
A torrential rainstorm paralyzed New York City causing subway outages and street flooding. Two fatalities were reported as a pencil peddler was struck by a truck and Martin Costello died from electrocution while trying to activate lights at St Catherine's Maternity Hospital.
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New York
Martin Costello
St. Catherine's Maternity Hospital
Holland Tunnel
Manhattan
Jersey
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Autumn Avenue
Roosevelt joins Donovan staff as military advisor liaison
Captain James Roosevelt eldest son of the president has joined Colonel William J. Donovan's information office staff. He serves as a military advisor and liaison between the information office and other government branches after returning from a world tour as a military observer. The coordinator of information was created by executive order to collect and apply data for national security.
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Washington
James Roosevelt
William J. Donovan
Roosevelt
Information Office
Marine Corps
Marine Corps. the Office of Coordinator of
Deaths Mrs Ruby Jourdan and Mrs Ida Brunson
Mrs Ruby Hallman Jourdan 37 of 618 Oak street died Wednesday after a brief illness in a local sanitarium. Funeral at 4 p.m. Thursday at Dixie Funeral Home chapel with Rev I L Yeager. burial in Springhill Cemetery Swartz. Survived by husband A L Jourdan two children Lenora and Bobby Carter and four siblings. Mrs Ida Mae Brunson 73 died at 308 Stone Avenue after extended illness. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday First Baptist Mangham with Dr A K Perego. burial in Gwin Cemetery Mangham. Survived by two daughters, two sons, one sister, two brothers. Pallbearers listed. Funeral arrangements Dixie Funeral Home.
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Ruby Jourdan
Ruby Hallman Jourdan
Oak Street
Chapel of the Dixie Funeral Home
I. L. Yeager
Stone Avenue Methodist Church
Springhill
Swartz
Jourdan
A. L
Ida Mae Brunson
Stone Avenue
First Baptist Church
Mangham
A. K. Perego
Gwin
J. C. Liles
Monroe
Powell Brunson
Winnsboro
Henry Murry
Tom Murry
Nolan Murry
Paul Malikowski
J. H. McCabe
Los Angeles
Calif
King McCabe
Dallas
Tex
John Brunson
Gaynor Brunson
Frank Brunson
Floyd Brunson
Jack Brunson
The
Dixie Funeral Home
Jack Womack
Montgomery Street
West Monroe
First Baptist Church of
Chatham
A. E. Prince
Roger Hearne
Chatham Cemetery
Fred Willhite
Alfred May
Herbert Womack
Roy Steele
Lloyd Salter
Gordon Powell
Orleans Politician John J. O'Neill Dies at 74
John J. O'Neill, 74, longtime civil district court clerk and New Orleans political figure, died after a four month illness. He served 21 years as clerk and shifted Old Regular forces to align with Governor Sam Jones' administration. Born in Ireland, he came to New Orleans at 18. Survived by his widow. An unrelated tribal note follows.
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Orleans
New Orleans
John J. O'Neill
Civil District Court
O'Neill
Sam Jones
Ireland
Benning soldiers pass on home trek
About 900 vehicles of the north column of the fourth division moved through the Twin Cities on their homeward run from Dry Prong maneuvers to Fort Benning Georgia. The convoy, in nine serials with 100 cars each, took 2 hours 40 minutes to pass. They were delayed to 9 30 am and planned bivouacs in Vicksburg Mississippi Demopolis Alabama and Fort Benning. An additional detachment of 800 men in 140 vehicles moved through Tuesday.
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Twin Cities
Fort Benning, Ga
Winnfield
Ruston
Columbus
Vicksburg
Miss
Demopolis
Ala
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Azulikut
Atie Pate
Betty” Apily
Migs
Nan Buckner
John ‘ Bennett
W. A. Hamer
Louisville Avenue
James P. Pope
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Tenn
Hamer
J. T. Pope
Jonesboro
Robert A. Tucker
Bobby and
Eunice
Amarillo
H. C. Gamble
Oklahoma City
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Alex
Howard Shipley
Wilverstein
America
Chicago
Leonard Hicks
Laura Slater
Thankful Black
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Marguerite Burgoyne
Rosalie Marsalla
Florence Dupree
Grace Aaron
Mattie DuBos
Isabelle Nash
Mercedes Ritter
Genieve Lohan
Olivia Scott
Leonia Biggar
Beatrice Looney
Lizzie Morris
Josephine Blanks
Zephyr Tarver
C. H. Foster
St. John Street
Port Gibson
Gilbert and
Wisner
Foster
J. W. Trezevant
Delhi
Elizabeth Ward
Alice Kelly
Gilbert
J. E. Foster
Cheyenne
Wyo
C. H. Foster, Jr
Drew Hearne
Freddie Spillers
W. E. Spillers
Ikey Harper
Katherine Springfield
Billie McClary
Patsy Rowls
Billie Robertson
Imogene Rawls
R. L. Spillers
Sonny Fitzgerald
Mrs
Edgar Brown
Waterproof
I. J. Ferguson
Shirley Ann and
Barbara
Memphis, Tenn
Louise Anderson
Margaret Louise
Bob Staples
Bedford Drive
Baton Rouge
General Hospital
J. J. Staples
Calhoun, la
Lester DeLouche
Judith Karen
Riverside Sanitarium
Ben Davidson
D. L. Davidson
Arlington
Nisery
Donovan
Silvertone
Rembrandt
Bernhardt Bldg
Home Appliance CO
Grand
Benning
Dennis O'Keefe
Louise Campbell
Roger Pryor
Paul Hurst
James Newill
Yukon Flight
Sing Sing Prison
Louisville
Are
Bob Benchley
Desert
Collier
Quentin Reynolds
Missouri
Dennis Morgan
Wayne Morris
Technicolor
Errol Flynn
Coca-Cola Company
Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Walnut Street
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