Monroe Baptists to Attend Olla Encampment June 20
Large turnout from Monroe First Baptist and northeast Louisiana churches plans to attend the annual Baptist encampment at Olla opening June 20. Program features include Bible Exposition, evangelistic preaching, church problems, and missionary addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe First
C. R. Shirar
W. F. Town, Jr
John L. Dodge
M. A. Treadwell
J. W. Buckner
Dana Terry
George Nelson
Burton A. Miley
Earl Guinn
The
Baptist Training Union
Grace Walker
Forest Seaman
D. D. Cantrell
F. W. Hart
Women's Missionary Union
Hannah Reynolds
J. T. Hastings
Board of Directors
Friends
Monroe
Liberty
Kennedy the gamest veteran marked by grit and charity
William T. Kennedy a double amputee and longtime VFW and Legion member attends the Monroe encampment after his 42nd major operation. Despite pain he enjoys reuniting with friends, keeping scrapbooks, and sharing memories, with his wife by his side as his constant aide.
James Zeigler Rites Held For 13 Year Old Boy
Rites were held at the Zeigler home in Eros for James Zeigler 13 who died in Charity hospital Shreveport after 68 days in an iron lung. He survived by parents and two brothers Eldridge Zeigler and J B Zeigler Jr. The death was due to encephalomyelitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Zeigler
Charity Hospital
Shreveport
Eros
Young Zeigler
J. B. Zeigler
J. B. Zeigler, Jr
Eldridge Zeigler
Nevada
Louisiana
New Star and Morning World
First Federal S&L Declares Semiannual 2 Percent Dividend
The board of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Monroe declares a regular 2 percent semiannual dividend payable June 30. The 1933-founded institution notes earnings in the past six months cover reserves and undivided profits. President Clyde R. Brown heads a board including T. O. Bancroft and James Heard Jr along with several directors. Investments are insured up to $5,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Monroe
Clyde R. Brown
T. O. Bancroft
James Heard, Jr
G. B. Cooley
S. J. Rogers
W. W. Kellogg
Robert M. Breard, Jr
J. E. Marx
Henry Biedenharn
Claude Harrison
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation of
Washington, D. C
Insurance Men Win New York Trip for Top Production
A. T. Stout district manager and E. D. Tweddle agent of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company earned expenses paid trips to New York City for outstanding new business. Monroe district ranks second in Louisiana production behind New Orleans. Sheriff Campbell improves and returns home after serious illness at Ferriday hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Stout
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Bernhardt Building
E. D. Tweddle
Delh
New York City
Monroe
Jefferson Standard Company
Greensboro
New York
New Orleans
Shreveport
Stout
Lousiana
Campbell
Ferriday
Eugene P. Campbell
Ferriday Hospital
Vidalia
Archbold to Attempt Australia Africa Flight Over Indian Ocean
Richard Archbold the aviator scientist of the American Museum of Natural History plans a June departure from Onslow in a twin engined flying boat Guba to fly from Australia to Africa across the Indian Ocean. The aim is to chart wartime transport links and establish bases at Cocos Diego Garcia and Mahe islands with potential routes to Lisbon and Mombasa to bypass danger zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Archbold
American Museum of Natural History
Australia
Africa
Indian Ocean
Guba
Onslow
Great Britain
Cocos Island
Diego Garcia Island
Mahe Island
Lisbon
African
Mombasa
Mediterranean
Singapore
Crummiest Order Holds Scratch Session of Cooties Pup Tents
Members of three pup tents of the Military Order of the Cooties convened at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall for a scratch meeting. Officers from Pelican and Gotto Go pup tents in New Orleans and Shreveport directed the session, with jokes and names like lousing, crummy duffle bag, and shirt reader. The gathering included examinations of R. L. Smith, Edgar Davis, and James A. Noe, who were found to be lousy, and a parade preceded the meeting. An informal revival and farm agent notes followed in Baskin and Ferriday areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Order of the Cooties of
Louisiana
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Holden H. Crouch
Pelican
Shreveport
H. Pontiff
Gotto Go
New Orleans
Charles Borcher
Gotto Go Pup
Hide Gimlet 9
Harry L Clark
Pelican Pup
Hungary Coote
Quartermaster ) White
Thomas McBride
Pelichennia Pup
J.C. Menendez
Pelichann
Pup
Jane Turrentine
Henry Solozano
R. L. Smith
Edgar Davis
James A. Noe
G. No Mills
Monroe
Colonel Fordyce Dies in Hot Springs Arkansas
Colonel John Ro Farivee, inventor and World War veteran, aged 69, died in Hot Springs after a ten week illness. Named by Roosevelt in 1925 to the Desert Cam canton, he contributed to southwest history and engineering projects including Camp Pike and Camp Joseph T. To Ratinsen in Little Rock. He invented several key processes related to river terminations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
John Ro Farivee
Southwest
Presdent Roosevelt
Canton
United States
Puke
Joseph
Ratinsen
Little Rork
Electrification Work Under Way In Rural Areas
Preliminary work is under way on a 212,666 rural electrification project by the Dixie Electric Membership Corporation to serve nearly 1500 rural residents in East Baton Rouge Livingston St Helena and East and West Feliciana parishes. Consumers will pay monthly installments to retire a government loan over 20 years. The system is to be in operation by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Dixie Electric
Livingston
St. Helena
East
West Feliciana Parshes
Septemeber
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Wortheast Louisiana Group
Tryon
N. C
Mrs. Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Kennedy
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Legion
Wiliam T. Kennedy
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bill
Joseph C. Menendez
Hotel
Virginia
Legion
P. P
P. P. Tung
Paint Products Corp
North Grand St
Fair Ferriday
Ray Stuart
Inter-Urban Transportation Company
Alexandria
Natchez
Miss
California
San Francisco
Stuart
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Eugene Barwick
Greenville
Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners
Veterans’ Hospital
Goodman
Eros Lad
Walnut St
Monroe,La
Grand Street
Sean End
Fifie Walsworth
Concorda
Go L Burieson
Tensas
Camp Grant Walter
Cate Faide Poultry School
Chotea
Fordyce
Arkansas
Song
Little Rock
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Monroe Furniture Company
North Third Street
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