Vacation Pleasures Spark Urban Social Scene
A nostalgic portrait of summer escapes and social whirl in Monroe with seaside drives, barbecues at Clyde and Anna Brown’s, and fashion filled gatherings. Notable mentions include Aimee de Graffenreid's wedding, Thelma Gunby stepping in as maid of honor, and profiles of Mona Weaks and Violet Meyer amid lush parties and lake days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Gunby
Aimee
Thelma
St. Claire Hayden
Lowell Hayden
St. Claire
Violet Meyer
Mona Weaks
Doris Beamen
Hame
Delta Beta Sigma Three Day Convention Program Outlined
Delta Beta Sigma sorority announces a three day convention in this city focusing on Tri State chapter activities. June calendar highlights include registration and barbecue on Monday at Bernstein's, a Backwards dance at Frances hotel, delegates breakfast and meetings Tuesday at Frances hotel, and a tea dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Beta Sigma
Delta Beta Sigma Sorority
Tri State
Frances Hotel
D. B
Pupils Give Annual Recital At Ouachita Parish School
Mrs. James E. Davis showcases music pupils in an annual recital at the Ouachita parish school auditorium. Highlights include Betty Register’s Your Land and My Land and Barbara Sackett in La Paloma and Spinning Wheel. The event concludes with top student awards and a wedding announcement for Miss Dessiemae Williams and Mr. W Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Davis
Ouachita Parish
Land
Maryland
Betty Register
Barbara Sackett
Jane Humphries
Joe
Mary Louise Fudickar
Donnelly
Billy Register
Schutte
Conrad
Spinning Song
Elsemreich
Kathleen Mize
Rachmaninoff
Hermoine Driskell
Spinning Wheel
Hill
Peters Furniture Company
Kamenio Ostrow
Rubenstein
Mary L. Fudickar
Lasson
Francis Fowler
Dix-Barron
Edwin Morris
Walsh
Mendelssohn
Octave Register
Mozart
Evelyn Roll
Bobby Register
Charles Rod
Fine Arts Club Hosts Final Meeting and Local Weddings
Members of the Fine Arts club hosted their year end program at the Business and Professional Women’s clubhouse with songs, poems, and an invited talk by Judge Schulze. The issue also notes the marriage of Miss Bernice Wood to Thomas L. Wrenn and profiles Miss Margaret Welsh Poag of Whitworth College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fine Arts Club
Business and Professional Womens Club
Darwin Nicholls
Leon Hammonds
Lee
Wayne D. Wamsley
F. C. Holden
H. J. Fernandez
Arthur F. Tate
Ben J. Sterne
Judge Schulze
Walter Mize
Jackson
W. Veasey
Henry Mayo
Fred G. Thatcher
Stella Vinson
Bernice Wood
Simmie Wood
Thomas L. Wrenn
E. L. Wrenn
E. E. Huntsberry
First Baptist Church
Natchitoches Street
West Monroe
Margaret Welsh Poag
Whitworth College
Brookhaven
Poag
Whitworth
Prominent Nuptial Event At Grace Church
Aimee deGraffenreid and George Allen Kimball wed at Grace Episcopal Church on Friday night. The ceremony featured magnolia decor, seven branched candelabrum lighting, an organ concert, and a white cathedral aisle as guests watched the bride in a Bergdorf Goodman mousseline de soie gown and crimson satin slippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee deGraffenreid
W. H. de Graffenreid
George Allen Kimball
Louis R. Kimball
Springhill
Grace Episcopal Church
Louisiana
George Gunby
E. F. Hayward
Grace Church
B. D. Allbritton
Ivey A. Faulk
R. M. Troy
H. F. Madison, Jr
J. W. Kingsbury
J. H. Morrison
Neice
St. Clair Hayden
Beryl Madison
Austin Miller
Robbie Lee Hanna
Paula Kimball
Lovell Hayden
Mousseline de Soie
Bergdorf Goodman
Mrs Morrison Hosts Dinner Honor Miss deGraffenreid on Virginia Roof
Mrs John Landry Morrison hosted a dinner on the Virginia roof garden in honor of her sister Miss Aimee deGraffenreid and her fiance Mr Allen Kimball. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lovell Hayden Jr and many others, with five courses and Sherry during the turkey course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Morrison
Virginia Roof
deGraffenreid
Virginia Roof Garden
John Landry Morrison
Aimee deGraffenreid
Allen Kimball
Miss de Graffenreid
Georgette
Mr. Kimball
Lovell Hayden, Jr
R. M. Troy
E. F. Hayward
George Gumby
T. Pemberton
Allbritton
H. F. Madison
Paula Kimball
Robbie Lee Hanna
Beryl Madison
W. H. deGraffenreid
Austin Miller
Ivey Faulk
Billy Hayden
St. Claie Hayden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe
Mineral Wells
White Sulphur Springs
North Fifth Street
Clyde
Anna Brown
Aimee de Graffenreid
Allen
Doris
Lillian Williamson
Kiwanis
Ching Wooten
Hawaii
Ching
Georgine Cole
George Holmes
Hugh Goodwin
China
Japan
Orient
Europe
England
Goodwin
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Ann Platt
J. W. Platt
Adelia Sandel
Percy Sander
D. B. S. Dell
Bernstein
Rondo
Clementi
Helen Tip
Sweet Heart
Darlin
Stothart
Nadie Belle Morris
Lange
Jane Moore
Kimbel
Frenchy Edwards
Silver Moon
Audrey Weaks
Rome
Paull
Dolly Smith
Dessiemae Williams
W. Cook
Fine Arts
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