Weddings Highlight Social Calendar In Wartime June Rush
Wartime society notes describe weddings as daily events across months, with brides rushing to altered plans and modest gowns. It notes a shift from grand gowns to wartime elegance, and lists recent marriages including Mary Louise Toler to John Ed Rabin in Monroe and Virginia Wright to Lt Karl Kraft in San Antonio, with plans to reside in Farmerville and DeRidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Wright
Virginia
Karl Kraft
Albert Shirkey
Travis Park Methodist Church
San Antonio
Texas
Kraft
E. L. Kraft
Clarks
Louisiana
DeRidder
Lieutenant Kraft
Caribbean Crisis Ends In Water Polo Pursuit
Bill Talcott dives from a Caribbean liner to recapture Nazi agent Constantine Webber von Stampf amid a dangerous chase near Abas Island. The pursuit includes gunfire from a launch, multiple escapes, and a dramatic rescue of June Paterson as the mystery of the plot unfolds. The narrative segues into library notices and local civic updates from Monroe and West Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Talcott
Caribbean
New York Harbor
Anegada
Webber von Stampf
Talcott
Constantine Webber von Stampf
June Paterson
Captain Pringle
Leonard Halsey
Constantine
Webber
New York
Saint Thomas
Martha Swenson
Swantzig
Martinique
Struthers
Jackson
Abas Island
Winters
von Stampf
MacDowell
Sebastien
Abias Island
Halsey
Bastrop Band Mothers Host Picnic and Honor Professor Jefferson
Bastrop Band Mothers hosted a Chemin-a-haut park picnic to honor Professor Lowery Jefferson, organizer of the Bastrop band, presenting him a $50 purse. Pat Pourri closed its year with a luncheon at the Louisiana Hotel, featuring a patriotic table, several toasts, and entertainment by Mrs. W. T. Smith and Miss Alma Goss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Chemin-a-haut Park
Lowery Jefferson
Professor Jefferson
Pat Pourri
Louisiana Hotel
F. L. Billington
Hadley Leavell
P. F. Dunn
Flood Madison
Jarkspur
A. C. Volk
Estelle B. Harris
H. I. Seligman
Nathan Bolton
W. T. Smith
Alma Goss
J. B. Spier
J. C. Goodwin
Benton Kelly
Lucy Jane Harris
Chemin-a-haut
Shirley Campbell
James Justice
Mary Moss Madison
Emile Liles
Betty Jane Robinson
Talmadge Forman
Mary Lou Cole
Jack Pyle
Jean Dave Larche
Billy Hauser
Lucie Pugh Nunn
Kenneth Sawyer
Meta Frances Ramsaur
Roosevelt Eppinette
Miss Harris
J. N Jones, Jr
Real estate transfers in Ouachita parish clerk's office
Real estate transfers recorded yesterday show H. A. McDonald et al selling to Wayne J. McDonald lot 1 square 5 Flour noy's first addition in West Monroe for 2884 dollars. J. S. Cotton sold to Mrs. Carrie Johnson lot 2 of section 12 township 17 north range 2 east for 1300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
H. A. McDonald
Wayne J. McDonald
Flournoy
West Monroe
J. S. Cotton
Carrie Johnson
Boundary shifts recount 787 changes along US Canada line
A historical note describes a 26 1 2 mile stretch between New Hampshire and Quebec where the boundary line changes direction 787 times. The dense description highlights the complex path surveyed along the border, reflecting early cartography and border delineation challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Quebec
War Defense Bond Drive Proposed in Local Meeting
The War Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds parish committee will meet at Hotel Virginia on Monday at 8 p.m. to plan a house to house pledge campaign aiming to reach every income earner. The drive seeks to fund the war effort and prevent inflation while creating U S treasury securities for individuals, supporting the army, navy, Marines, and air corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds Parish Committee
Hotel Virginia
America
United States Treasury
United States
Treasury Department
Sixteen men accepted into Marine Corps recruit class
Sixteen men were accepted for enlistment at the United States Marine Corps recruiting station here during May. Staff Sergeant C. R. Simmons announced Saturday listing enlistees: Lewis M. Breard Jonesboro Floyd D. Williams Ruston Ervin T. Mitchell Delhi George B. Buchanan Winnsboro William M. Johnston Jr Bastrop Will L. Hayden West Monroe Calvin S. Fluitt West Monroe George A. Davis Rayville John V. Collins Jonesville William A. Powell Jr Lake Providence Thomas L. Hogan Many Earl M. Cotten Jena Lee R. York Colfax Eugene Tredell Oak Grove Homer D. Massingill Monroe James B. Trapp Ferriday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Corps
C. R. Simmons
Lewis M. Breard
Jonesboro
Floyd D. Williams
Ruston
Ervin T. Mitchell
Delhi
George B. Buchanan
Winnsboro
William M. Johnston, Jr
Bastrop
Will L. Hayden
West Monroe
Calvin S. Fluitt
George A. Davis
Rayville
John V. Collins
Jonesville
William A. Powell, Jr
Lake Providence
Thomas L. Hogan
Many
Earl M. Cotten
Jena
Lee R. York
Colfax
Eugene Tredell
Oak Grove
Homer D. Massingill
Monroe
James B. Trapp
Ferriday
Kernan Promoted to Colonel at Keesler Field
Biloxi Mississippi June 6 4 Lt Colonel W F Kernan formerly of New Orleans and post quartermaster at Keesler Field has today been promoted to colonel The promotion was announced by the adjutant general s office in Washington He has been stationed here since July 1
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Biloxi
Miss
W. F. Kernan
New Orleans
Keesler Field
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Women of Ouachita Urged to Volunteer for War Bond Drive
Women in Ouachita Parish are asked to attend a meeting at the Vil Ia hotel to pledge support for defense savings bonds. Jack Rogers urges house-to-house canvassing to accelerate the drive, calling on every woman with spare moments to aid in the campaign during a critical one week period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
Louis Bromfield
Seven Tempest
Vaughan Wilkins
Elizabeth Seifert
Anne Parrish
Lona Henry
J. L. Barnard
Slave Driver's Bend
Harry Kroll
Cliffort Knight
Mary R. Rinehart
Mr. South
John Potts
R. D. Farr
Elmer Slagle
Kurt Thies
Guy Stubbs
J. H. Trousdale
Bernard Biedenham
C. K. Dickard
Thomas Gilhula
Barkdull Faulk School
Fred Fudickar
Flota Davidson
Jack Rogers
Ouachita Parish
Vilia Hotel
Morgenthau
Rogers
Uni States
Treasury Department
Defense
Volun
Womer
Bend
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Farmerville
San Antonio, Tex
Keewaheba
J. C. Toler
Mary Louise
John Ed Rabin
Bolton Tabor
Cross
la. Tech
Rabin
United States Public Health Service
Ralph A. Gulley
Gerry
Paul Marcus
J. L. Marcus
Marcus
United States Army
Camp Wolters
Gerry Gulley
Miss Gulley
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Barron von Stampf
Steward
Irons
Casanova
Mr. Talcott
Seth Pringle
Lowell Byrd
Bastrop High School
Country Club
Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Edith Hobbs
Monroe Hospital
James McCormie
McCormie
Sterlington
MrCormies
Boysie Spier
North
Washington Street
Tina Collins
General Hospital
Penny Pennington
Bess Cash
Mineola
Tex
Miss Cash
Tallulah
Walter Farrell
Billy
Los Angeles
Calif
Walter Farrell, Jr
Farrell
E. B. Fosse
Charles Heath
Darnell
Broff Folse
Sheppard Field
Mrs. Rich
Patricia
Martha Ann
Mr. Rich
Camden, Ark
Ed Guidroz
Ann
South
Don Quinn
Cadet Don Quinn
Lillian Quinn
Mizell
Quinn
Mississippi
C. E. Smith
Bastrop Grammar School
Shreveport
Smith
Bastrop Aaa
The
Department of Commerce
Dessard
Bandman’s Pharmacy
Josephine Anne Ladart
Sam Ladart
Columbus Social Club
Loretta Ladart
Ross Ladart
Marine Corps
Oo Kernan
Marilyn Mussett
Dorothy Jean Holt
Bamford
Gene Ruth Wilson
Parish
Clarice
Margaret Anne Lee
Ann Turner
Betty Ap
Quachita d Goldah Roan
W. Monroe
Goer Bros Toast
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansa
Arlington Hotel & Baths
Ozark Foothills
Whispering Pines
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Arlington Hotel & Baths Hot Springs Natical Park
Arkansas
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