Remembering a Festal Day of the Colored Folk
An evocative reminiscence describes a June celebration once common among Black communities, detailing wagon processions, dress, food, and social mingling with white neighbors. The piece notes changes over time from vibrant colors to subdued styles, while still preserving the festive spirit and memories of gatherings, gifts, and photography. It concludes with a local social note about the Eakin family visiting relatives in Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Mous
Darkey
Nuptial Event Planned for Miss Ritchie
Miss Jennie Martin, a bride to be, honored at a Friday morning bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs. Marvin Green and Mrs. Jack Ritchie at the Ritchie home. Zinnias roses and shasta daisies decorated in rose, green and white with dainty bridal motifs and gifts for high score winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Martin
Marvin Green
Jack Ritchie
Margaret Rainwater
Mary King
Columbia
Miss Rainwater
Miss King
Green
Ritchie
Dorothy Henderson
Ernestine Elder
Mildred Mays
Mary Gill
Mary Barksdale
Mollie Lawler
Evelyn Ponder
Mary Sue Pyburn
Virginia
Olivia Peden
Novel Program Arranged by Club Women at Garden Party
Club women plan a garden party at their Jackson Street clubhouse Tuesday night chaired by Mrs. Marie Wamsley with assistance from several members. A novelty program features electrically amplified violins by Mr. Wamsley, a Cake Walk under Mrs. Jewel McQuiller, prize cakes, and an instrumental ensemble with Mr. Alfred Henon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Street
Marie Wamsley
Louise Harberson
Alma Loeb
Lou Ella Work
Laura Aucoin
Mae Read
Eunice Lee
Alma Terry
Gertrude Slay
Beatrice Thurman
Mary Hester
Regina Moffett Boss
Sadines Estes
Clyde Sanders
Maude Mayo
Alfred Hennon
W. D. Wamsley
Beatrice Skirvin
Seseeeees
McQuiller
Beautiful Sunset Wedding Ceremony Ends With Honeymoon
Recount of a wedding in Shreveport with Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds hosting a reception for numerous friends and relatives from Monroe, Alexandria, Tyler, and beyond. Afterward the couple departed for a Gulf Coast honeymoon before returning to settle in the city. Nearby community notes include Logtown society events and several local visit announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma J. Leslie
Shreveport
Frank Stanley
Monroe
C. E. Wilds
W. S. Keith
Alexandria
Walter D. George
George Martin
Tyler
Tex
Julia Conger
L. Hartman
Minden
Martin
W. N. Reynolds
Robert W. Davis
R. H. Henderson
W. M. Davis
Stewart Hunt
Ernest Shirley
W. R. Cook
Mary Moffett
Eugenia Smith
James H. Martin
Marvin Green
H. T. Richardson
Glen Lachey
and Mirs
Alec Hunt
W. S. Harrell
J. O. Hastings
Bernard Ford
Robert Taggert
W. H. Allen
Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Gulf Coast
Dorothy Wilenzick
New York City
Society Calendar Honors Louise Theus With Events
Society calendar lists coffee hours and bridge in honor of Miss Louise Theus. Theus-Cook bridal party rehearsal at Miss Louise Graves home. O E S initiations at Louise McGuire chapter. Thompson Wood Lee Auxiliary call meeting and refreshments. Missionary circle programs, bridal breakfast, and the marriage at Judge Theus home. Garden party by Business and Professional Women. Presbyterian auxiliary program meeting. Pan-Hellenic summer dance at Riverside Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Missionary Society
Circle Six
Circle Five
The
Baptist Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Louise Theus
Frank Cook
E. T. Lamkin
T. O. Bancroft
J. C. Theus
Business and Professional Women's Club
Presbyterian Auxiliary
Walter McGee
Circle No. 5
Circle 6
Pan-Hellenic
Riverside Country Club
Lovely Ceremony Unites Popular Couple (Continued from Seventh Page)
The wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Parra drew guests from Rayville Monroe and Lake Providence. The bride wore a veil and lace hat, carried ferns and white rose buds. The couple honeymooned in New Orleans and Louisiana, with home to Oak Grove. Also notes Miss Fische Wilder recovering after a recent operation and improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Jean Wall
Mr. Marcus
Mendelson
Mrs. Parra
New Orleans
Louisiana
Oak Grove
W. W. Kelly
Marie
Harrison Jordan
George Wesley Smith
Rayville
Percy Brown
Monroe
Matthew C. Redmond
Parker and Mat
J. P. Brown
W. D. Brown, Jr
Rebecca Brown
J. E. Brown
Newton Hill
Tib Mitchiner
Nantelle
Zell S
F. H. Snyder
Ted Snyder
Lake Providence
Marriage of Dora Mae McDonald to Charles Shultz in Monroe
Miss Dora Mae McDonald and Mr. Charles Cecil Shultz wed at the McDonald home on June 14. The ceremony featured floral altars and music by Mrs. Louis Hullum and Miss Hadley Leavell. After a trip to Chicago for the World's Fair they will reside at 706 South Second Street. The couple’s announcements and a wedding reception at Dr. S. A. Collins home followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Ely Lewis
C. B. Lewis
West Side
Miss Lewis
Dora Mae McDonald
Charles Cecil Shultz
W. W. McDonald
McDonald
Louis Hullum
Hadley Leavell
Cadman
W. W. McDonald, Jr
Jonesboro
Mary E. Perdue
Oscar McDonald
Shultz
Chicago
Washington
South Second Street
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Boulder University
Colorado
Mr. Shultz
West Virginia
Monroe
Louisiana
South Third Street
S. A. Collins
Fraternity Men Attend Phi Kappa Convention in Mobile
Monroe representatives led by Amos Smelser Durwood Griffin and Miss Lily Thompson travel to Mobile Ala for Phi Kappa National Convention. Open house boat ride dancing ball tea and a grand ball at Battle House flagged events through Wednesday with a beauty cup awarded at the Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Mobile
Ala
Amos Smelser
Durwood Griffin
Eta
Phi Kappa
Lily Thompson
Mobile Bay
Old Battle House
Grand View Park
Mobile Country Club
Lily Thom
Miss Thompson
Smelser
Mr. Griffin
Messers
T. J. Bronne
Duke Hodge
Paul Fink
Buster Baur
Mary Tom Montgomery
Billy Stroud
Bernstein Garden Gala in Twilight Garden Fete
Garden club hosts a twilight affair at Mrs. Henry Bernstein’s Riverside Drive home. Guests in summery attire mingle amid lush plantings as Burgess Poole Imperial Dance Orchestra performs. Prologue narrated by Miss Lallage Feazel. program features dances, night scenes, and flowers donated by Monroe Nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bernstein
Riverside Drive
Garden Club
England
Burgess Poe
Virginia Hotel
J Kennan
Lallage Feazel
King Smith Studio
Washington, D. C
Feazel
Lallage Feaze
Regina Moffett
Roberta O'Donnell
Armandine Renaud
School of the Dance
Irene Quinn Renaud
School of Dance
Martha Renaud
Irene Quinn
Renaud
June Griffin
Margaret Mulhearn
Aurora
Monroe Nursery
Bernstein
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mancipation Day
Colored People of
Southland
Clarence Eakin
Clarence E., James, Harry
Vanessa
Eliottsville, Ind
Mr. Eakin
E. M. Stringer
Pershing Avenue
Monroe Beauty School
Harrison Street
den of Progress
Bella Gcerck Davidson
Woman’s Shop
Miss Ritchie
Logtown
E. M. Granberry, Jr
Columbia Road
Wallace Trew
Jewel McQuiller
Mmnes
J. B. Filhoil
Victor David
Joe Lowe
Bill Luton
Herbert Todd
W. A. Calloway
Reed
J. G. Haynes
Shipp
J. B. Filhoil, Jr
Mattie Reid
C. E. Watts
Monticello
W. ?. Trew
B. H. Grayson
Mr. Granberry
O. J. Diglane
McGee
Miss
R. B. Arant
Flora Mae Arant
Louise Sewald
New Iberia
Bertha Alice Masur
Equestrienne
Miss Fische Wilder
Dr. Mosley
Miss McDonald
Charles C. Shultz
Hope Producing Company
William W. McDonald, Sr
Dora Mae
Fraternity
Monrom Music Study Club
Wiss Evelyn Roll
Octave Register
Mountain Echoes
Sarah Regan
Sweet Home
Barbara Sackett
Hermoine Driskell
Mary Louise Fudiker
Louise Goza
Jane Humphreys
Katherine Mize
Jane Moore
Johnette Register
Evelyn
Marjorie Rolls
Flora Glen Yarborough
Jas. E. Davis
Little Helen
W. F. Sackett
Harold Roll
al Burial Association
St. John St
J. T. Bolton
Anna Bolton Smith
Lillie M. Tomlinson
Dallas
Texas
Sam Wilder
Eugene Huggins
Vicksburg
Mrs. Huggins
Ruby Wilder
Mrs
Joe Mason
Walker Bros. Me. 1
Stern's Poultry Co
Mason
Stern’s Poultry Co
Winnsboro, la
Ity Shop
Zarus Phone
Gaites Hi-Boys
Ford Levi Stationery Co., Inc
DeSiard, Corner
Walnut
Ouachita Parish
DeSiard
Luckies
Jergen
West Monroe
Traflex Razor
Woodbury
Louis Phillippi
Angelus
Merrell
Bayer
Gillette
Grove
Lydia E. Pinkham
Soe
Sandman’s
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