Couple Wed in Emerson Home Ceremony
In Emerson Mississippi a wedding took place Tuesday afternoon July 18 as Miss Bessie McFall wed William Gordon Nixon in a double ring ceremony at the McCollum home. Rev Gray Wilson officiated before a small gathering with gladioli and summer flowers. The couple will reside in Monroe Louisiana where Nixon is maintenance superintendent of the Virginia Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude McCollum
Emerson
Bessie McFall
McCollum
William Gordon Nixon
W. F. Nixon
Bryceland
Gray Wilson
Locksburg
Ark
John Savage
Waterloo
Hugh White
Nixon
Monroe
Virginia Hotel
Local city attorneys form plan for state association
Louisiana municipal attorneys will meet in Alexandria on August 15 to organize a state wide association. Frank H. Peterman Alexandria city attorney leads effort stressing shared municipal law problems. He cites goals to unite to oppose unwise legislation and harmonize laws for communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Alexandria
Frank H. Peterman
Peterman
Mrs. Elizabeth Keller, 72, Dies in Monroe Hospital
Elizabeth Keller, sister of Pauline Bernhardt who headed the Bernhardt office building project, died Sunday in a local hospital at 3 p.m. Funeral rites are planned at Peters Funeral Chapel with Msgr. Vandegaer officiating and burial at Catholic Cemetery in Bastrop. She leaves nephews and nieces including W. J. Riley and Col. L. F. Rolleigh, among others, and had lived in Monroe for 12 years after stints in Houston and Mart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Keller
Pauline Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Monroe
Peters
N. F. Vandegaer
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Msgr. Vandegaer
Bastrop
Philip Bernhardt
Hugh Lennon
Joe Trammell
R. L. Wood
Peter J. Garilli
John Fretwell
Keller
Elizabeth Rolleigh
Houston
Mart
Tex
W. J. Riley
John Doyle
Shreveport
L. F. Rolleigh
Eugene Bolleigh
Camden
Ark
A. D. Bernhardt
Clinton Sprinkle
Durham
N. C
Earl Jones
North Sixth Street
West Monroe
Monroe Hosts A Parade Of Visitors And Social Parties
Monroe showcases a steady stream of visitors with luncheon bridges at Mrs. C W Wallace on Island Drive honoring Miss Marion Crawford of Shreveport and Miss Lafayette Royster of Raleigh North Carolina. Guests enjoy pastel flowers, high scores prizes, and purse sized gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Wallace
Island Drive
Marion Crawford
Shreveport
Lafayette Royster
Raleigh
N. C
Bridge
Safayette Royster
Barbara Faulk
Clayton Kilpatrick
Nan Drew
St Matthew's Center Calendar and Teen Birthday Note
The weekly calendar lists handicraft quiet games story hour and junior softball at St Matthew's Church with age groups and private party blocks, plus a Girl Reserve and TAMS sponsored event. Jimmie Lee, son of G A Lee MM 3/c, celebrated his sixth birthday at his grandparents' home with gifts including a war bond and a crowd of relatives and friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Girl Reserve
Jimmie Lee
G. A. Lee
Aleutian Islands
Tex
Carole Eady
Peggy Neal
Emma Jeane Duffy
Lee
G. F. Myer
Harold McCormack
Walter Thomisee Jr
Donald Duffy
Georgia Tubberville
Walter White
Neal
May Randolph
Red Cross Surgical Dressing Calendar
Red Cross announces a weekly schedule for dressings at headquarters and community posts. Sessions run Monday 5 to 9 pm, Tuesday at the Army unit and American Legion home, early evening Wednesday and Thursday slots, with Sterlington and Fairbanks units also holding sessions at Sterling ton locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Legion
Sterlington-Fairbanka
Sterlington
Army Wives
American Legion Home
Cadet’s Wives Club
Avanced Cadet Club
South Grand Street
Dress pattern 9013 offers year round suit look
Pattern 9013 features a slimming gored skirt and soft bodice with scalloped closure in women's sizes 34 through 48. It requires 33 8 yds of 35 inch material for size 36 and comes with a needlework motif pattern. Order instructions included for News-Star-World Pattern Dept. 155 M Jefferson St. Chicago Ill.Payment requests specify twenty cents for patterns and fifteen cents for Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star—World
Pattern Dept
Jefferson St
Chicago
Ill
Marian Martin
Coming Events From Church and Women’s Groups
Multiple meetings are scheduled this week including the Woman's Society of Christian Service at 3 p.m. Tuesday, the Presbyterian auxiliary executive board at the church, and several Baptist and Presbyterian group sessions in the afternoon. Delta Rho Delta hosts a bowling party at 8 p.m. and a social at Ouida McGee’s Bastrop home the next day with a gathering at Frances Hotel at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Presbyterian Auxiliary
Woman's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
Ridge Avenue
W. M
Delta Rho Delta
Ouida McGee
Bastrop
Frances Hotel
Wives clubs schedule and regional ration notices
The item lists activities for Army and officers wives at Selman Field Monroe and Lake Charles areas including golf and swimming sessions with clubs and balls provided. It also notes visits by Maj M D Cross and others, plus recent travel of several residents. Ration stamp validity and dates for Meats Fats, Processed Foods, Sugar, Aircraft stamps, Gasoline, and Fuel Oil are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shnes
Lithe Iula Bond's Pill Ad Claims Quick Constipation Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Bond's Lithe Iula as a scientific preescription laxative for temporary constipation. It promises a morning action without interfering with duties, advising one pill at bedtime and noting pleasant taste and caution to use as directed. The package contains twenty five for 25c and claims rapid relief.
War Today Sees Turkey Could Join Allies in War
Berlin reports Wednesday may bring Turkey to break ties with Germany and join the Allies, granting air and naval bases and opening a Danubian front. This shift would cut Hitler off from Bulgaria and Romania, threaten Hungary, and accelerate Allied plans in France, Normandy, and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt Mackenzie T
Poess
Berlin
Turkey
Germany
Sid
Hitler
Alles
United Nations
Balkans
Bulgaria
Romania
Danubian
Hungary
Rumania
Normandy
Italy
France
Haly
Fuehrer
Colored Lodge Celebrates Fifth Annual Event
Trinity Lodge A F M observed its fifth annual celebration Sunday at Luton Chapel Magnolia street at 2 30 pm. Rev H W Watkins and Rev J H Allen delivered sermons. A parade formed at DeSiard and 11th near the K of P Hall at 2 pm with the 25 30 air base from Selman Field led by Lt Henry McCully. F O West is grand master. Members thanked the public and Monroe city officials for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lodge
F. M
Luton Chapel
Magnolia Street
H. W. Watkins
J. H. Allen
DeSiard
Llth Streets
K. of P. Hall
Selman Field
Henry McCulley
F. O. West
Monroe
Man Lifesaving Fact On Water Use
It states that human life cannot sustain more than about 60 hours without water though survival without food can span weeks. The note emphasizes water as essential and life sustaining.
Soldier’s letter inspires WAC award to Pvt Lucille Berman
The typical WAC of the ATC honors Pvt Lucille Berman of the ferrying division Love Field Dallas Texas based on letters from soldiers. Three days after her award she marries Cpl Bernie Berman of Jacksonville Florida who wrote the winning letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATC
Port Pvt
Lucille Berman
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
Harry Conover
Berman
Cpl
Bernie Berman
Jacksonville
Fla
Wac Women May Enter Medical Technician Program
The United States Army Recruiting Service announced that applicants to the Women's Army Corps can qualify for the medical and surgical technician school. Enlistment in the WAC with a high school education is required, followed by a five week Fort Oglethorpe orientation and three months of training at Camp Atterbury. Graduates receive a diploma and are assigned to a medical installation post training. Interviews for interested candidates will be held at the Army Recruiting Station on Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Recruiting Service
Women’s Army Corps
Women's Army Corps
Fort Oglethorpe
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Army School
United States Army
Post Office
Steel pennies to continue in use amid mint officials’ note
Washington officials confirm steel pennies will stay in circulation despite retirement plans. The zinc-coated pennies, first minted in 1943 with 1.1 billion produced, will wear out or vanish over years while some machines still misread them. About 34 million women aged 18 to 49 are noted in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
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Virginia Cummins
R. L. Cummins
Lidell Avenue
Ruth Sholars
Betty Keith
Mary Virginia Gregory
Orville Stone
Mason Smith
Charles Finkbiener
John White
Billy McNeil
Bob Griffin
John Griffin
Jackie van
Alma Canning
Fay Glass
Joyce Perkins
Cleta Perkins
James Baham
Jack
N.C
Gladys Sperry
Sperry
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Pensacola
Monroe Business and Professional Women’s Club
Esther Greene
Bernard College
Columbia University
Miss Green
Monroe Club
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Milton Butler
Johnny Houston
Butler
Catherine Bradley
Breard
E. L. Crump
Ruston
Helen
Sgt
Louie Sisemore Af
Billy Gates
Manitou Springs
Colo
Camp Carson
Gates
E. B. Wood
Eros
C. C. Bell Jr
Lieutenant Bell
Fort Bliss
el Paso
James A. Doyle
Peggy Jean and
Billy Doyle
Yonkers, N. Y
Mecca
Cornelia McHenry
Joan Boardman
Dorothea Girault
Sandy Rowe
Miss Crawford
Satchie Naiden
Vyvian Harper
Clayton Kilpat
Annie Rose Wyly
W. F. Trieschmann
W. D. Brown Jr
Annie Ethel Wyly
Captain Burgoyne
India
A. J. Wyly
G. S. Hopkins
J. G. Wyly Jr
Patsy Evans
Phallie Evans
Lawrence Lacey
Martha
Suzanne Brown
William Wyly
Hawaii
Miss Wyly
James Graves Handley
St. Pettersburg
Hundley
Lee Hawkins
Lieutenant Hundley
F. C. Hundley
Mansfield
Fluitt Hundley
Austin, Tex
T. R. Moore
Neice
Jayne Alson Napier
Ashwood, Tenn
Monroe News- Star—World
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Sheer
TAMS
Betty Bawcom
Muskogee, Oklo
Mas
John D. Spaulding
America Principala
America
Dessard 8&T
Municipal
Selman Field Officers Club
Officers’ Wives Club
Municipal Pool
W. N. Clark
Ola Clark
A. A. Rogers
Okaloosa
Ray Higginbotham
Ann
Georgetown
S. C
B. Beasley
Orange
Mrs. Russell Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Goodwater
Ala
Colored Lodge
Wac’'S
United States
Laurel Fa
PUREX
Sah
Roselyn Simmon’s
Beauty Shop
North Third St
Ture
Rembrandt. Bernhardt Bldg
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