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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1936
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Senator Ryland and a governor candidate with 19 reads, suggesting ongoing party activity and contested leadership. Readable details are limited, but the fragment hints at regional political maneuvering and party alignment shifts.
Several Louisiana Tech faculty members plan summer study abroad or advance work at universities around the world. Anna Idtse sails from New York on a Scandinavian cruise and tour. Addie Lois Fine studies in Madrid. Elizabeth Bethea paints in Provincetown and studies at Columbia. others pursue PhD or master's work at Peabody College LSU UT Dallas and Cincinnati Conservatory. Faculty on leave expect to return for the fall semester on September 14.
W T Mitchiner elected president of East Carroll parish police jury for a fourth year. F A Babb reelected secretary treasurer. Dr W H Hamley named parish physician. R S Guenard and A T Phillips on finance committee. R K Howard appointed with the president to prison board. O Z Goode reappointed parish road foreman. A one cent gasoline tax proposal for road maintenance to run four weeks before possible adoption at July meeting.
Progress is reported on several Monroe area highway projects. Nelson Brothers near Winnsboro to Alto expect slab pouring done by Thursday or Friday, with two more months for shoulder work. Central Construction pours toward Jones from the Arkansas line, Sullivan Long and Haggerty finish graveling from Louisville to Highland Park. A C Campbell near Sicily Island should pave in 2–3 weeks, closing the Rayville Vidalia gap. Doulut and Ewing start the WPSO project in Union Parish from Conway church to Quigley, with state supervision. Montgomery gets a WPSO order in Catahoula on Jones Bayou Monterey road. Missouri Pacific overpass work awaits orders from Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel.
The 59 year old insurance man died after his car left a ditch and overturned 17 miles east of Monroe Thursday night. The service was held at 1908 Jackson Street with Rev. Ernest D. Holloway officiating. interment followed at Hasley cemetery. Survived by widow and a son, John Ed Barker, plus a brother and a sister.
First Methodist Church announces its annual vacation Bible school starting Monday at 9 am with enrollment in three classes primary junior and intermediate Educational director Miss Elizabeth Langford leads activities Sessions run 9 to 11 am except Saturdays Two week program offers study topics How We Get Our Food Discovering Gods Outdoors How Nations Share Our Church and certificates for progress. bus or streetcar tickets accepted for travel.
Rev. L. T. Hastings, pastor of the First Baptist church in Monroe, learned of his mother Mrs. W. S. Hastings’s death in Lewisburg Tenn. and left for Tennessee with Mrs. Hastings. Their son Brownlow, now in North Carolina, plans to join them. Mrs. Hastings had been seriously ill since last winter and her funeral time was not announced.
Four broadcasts on KMLB will instruct veterans on bonus procedures. Hugh Wallace opens at 9 15 a m to explain mail handling, followed by William Rodriguez at 1 p m and Robert E Ellington at 3 p m. L W Davis closes at 6 30 p m. The same week a district Eastern Star instruction class will be held in Newellton with ritual work led by Mrs Battle from Shreveport.
The Ruth shop at 141 DeSiard Street announces a Frigidaire cooling system under manager I W Jaffe. An even temperature will be maintained, keeping the store cool during hot months and inviting for customers trying on dresses.
In Jena Louisiana on Monday the Olla Baptist church will welcome the Monroe Baptist Orphanage children. The youngsters travel in their own buses to present a program showcasing the training they receive at the orphanage and to show the public what they have learned.
In Crete locals pursue orange shooting as a pastime with a 50 yard drop challenge by severing the fruit’s tiny stalk. The quirky game blends orchard skill with precision aiming as natives attempt to drop the orange onto a target from a distance.
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