Community Guests Share Weekend Visits Across Parishes
A parade of visitors includes Mr. and Mrs. Oren Williams and son with Miss Sallie Williams of Junction City, and extended families from Parkdale Ark and Monroe at J. T. Williams home. Attendees at the Minden encampment include Rev. and Mrs. Bond and others.
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Oren Williams
Sallie Williams
Junction City
J. M. Caldwell
Parkdale, Ark
George Weathers
Monroe
J. T. Williams
Five Arab Nations form Middle East defense pact
In Alexandria Egypt five of seven Arab League states Egypt Saudi Arabia Syria Lebanon and Yemen unite in a defense pact amid Jordan's boycott. Iraq refrains awaiting Jordan’s possible October league council entry. The pact accompanies a note to Washington London and Paris outlining arms terms and rejecting permanent borders and external interference.
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Grace Episcopal church to break ground on 65000 dollar education building
Ground breaking for Grace Episcopal church's new two story education building took place Saturday at 2 p m witnessed by about 30 people. Bishop Girault M Jones led the service and broke the first ground with Father David Jones and W W Kellogg assisting. The $65000 project by Monroe architects H H Lands firm includes classrooms offices and a choir studio with plans to be finished in 180 days construction to start Monday June 19 by McBride and Son of Bastrop.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Richard Morri
Girault M. Jones
Louisiana
Jones
Grace Church
David Jones
Edward Hayward
W. W. Kellogg
Owen Johnson
Richard Morrison
H. H. Land
Monroe
McBride and Son of
Bastrop
Farmerville Social Roundup Of Visiting Kin
Lt Col and Mrs Coleman Stripling and daughter Sherrie from Fairbanks Alaska spent time with Colonel Stripling’s aunt Mrs Sam Gibson. Numerous relatives and friends from El Dorado Tex Rayville Shreveport Dallas Dallas area visited Farmerville residents over the past week including the Gosses Turnages Hollises and Hawkins along with several trips to Galveston Houston and spots in Tyler and Junction City.
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Coleman Stripling
Sherrie
Fairbanks
Alaska
Colonel Stripling
Sam Gibson
Mr. Gibson
Lott Jones
Charlie Albritton
Farmerville
Harley Jones
Monroe
Galveston
Houston
Local social notes span visits and camp at Grant Walker
Dodson er J Hogan visits Sam Pepper in Midway after a stroke. Families from Monroe Winnfield and Arcadia visit relatives. 4 H Club attendees at Camp Grant Walker listed. U S consumer spend on medical care noted at about four cents of the dollar.
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ER. J. Hogan
Jonesboro
Sam Pepper
Midway Community
Dodson
4-H Club
Camp Grant Walker
Donald Ray Simpkins
Ben Pullen
Micky Simmons
James Stewart
Jerone Murphy
Sue Gates
Lynn Gates
Jo Willa Womack
Margaret Rose Womack
Jimmie Nell Campbell
Fay Stewart
Mrs. Mauus Gates
Doc Farrar
U. S
Local Socials Report Weekend Visits and Church Events
End guest Mr and Mrs Pane Turner and Carol of Denton Texas Mrs C R Walters made a business trip to Jonesboro Tuesday Mr and Mrs Harry Walker were recent guests of her brother Wesley Robertson in Bogalusa Their mother Mrs Amma Robertson returned home with them Mr and Mrs D E Gaar and Linda of Monroe visited here over the weekend and attended the revival Mrs Lula Roberts of Tullos visited Mrs R A Norred recently The Rev and Mrs Troy Kelly and children of Oregon are visiting in the home of Mrs Kellys parents Mr and Mrs J E Terrel The Rev Kelly will be guest speaker at First Methodist Sunday
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Nedra Shaw
Arcadia
L. G. Shaw
Winnfield
Mrs. Pane Turner and
Carol of
Denton, Texas
Harry Walker
Wesley Robertson
Bogalusa
Amma _ Robertson
D. E. Gaar
Linda of
Monroe
Troy Kelly
Oregon
L. P. Moreland
Bienville
Methodist Church
Moreland
W. H. Carroll
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
Connor Signs For Third Season With Grid Bears
George Connor a Notre Dame veteran tackle signed for a third season with the Chicago Bears. Owner coach George Halas planned to assemble the squad at St Josephs College in Indiana for 1950 NFL camp opening. Connor, from Chicago, is 25.
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Chicago
George Connor
Notre Dame
Chicago Bears
George Halas
St Joseph’s College
Rensselaer
Ind
Connor
Local Church Assignments and Community Notes
Community notices list clergy changes with Rev Moreland to Bienville and Rev Carroll to Monroe, plus families relocating to Ruston for tech attendances. The piece also covers visitors from El Dorado and New Orleans, a youth trip sponsored to Angola, and a June 7 birth in the area.
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D. Floyd
LaSalle Parish
Angola
Olla
H. W. Meredith
Mr. Meredith
Don Finley
Myron Lindsey
Benny Williams
Bobby Brooks
Jimmie Harris
Tracy Vickers
Cedric Vickers
Jimmie Freeman
Jerry Randall
Wayne Brewer
James Lee Carroll
James Roy Carter
Harold Colvin
Tommy Collins
Tommy Freeman
Lightning strike kills 78 year old in Montreal home
A lightning bolt struck a Montreal house on June 17 fatally trapping Adrien Raby aged 78 inside as the fire spread. Firefighters battled flames, and Raby could not escape the blaze.
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Montreal
Adrien Raby
Immigration more drove U S population rise 1900 to 1910
Between 1900 and 1910 the United States saw a larger contribution to population growth from immigration than from natural birth increases. The era marked heavy arrivals from abroad shaping demographic change and urban expansion.
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U. S
Local families visit relatives in multiple towns
Calhoun and nearby communities report homes visited by relatives and friends. Kenneth Baker and family from Austin travel to see Mrs. Mary Baker and sister Mrs. Richard Fuller. Guerdon Caraway and family from Jonesboro visit sister Mrs. Frank Smith. Elinor Humble of Shreveport spends weekend with mother Mrs. Sallie Humble.
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Kenneth Baker
Austin, Texas
Mary Baker
Richard Fuller
Mrs. Guerdon Caraway
Jonesboro
Frank Smith
Elinor Humble
Shreveport
Sallie Humble
Monroe native James Schneider to join TVA in Knoxville
James D. Schneider of Monroe and son of Mrs L C Schneider 1713 North Fourth St has accepted a public management assistant role in the Tennessee Valley Authority office of the general manager in Knoxville Tennessee He is a Tulane graduate and a current University of Pennsylvania political science graduate student slated to receive a master's degree in August before moving to Knoxville.
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James D. Schneider
Monroe
L. C. Schneider
North Fourth St
Tulane
New Orleans
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Tenn
Schneider
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Estimation of Negro Population Share in United States
A rough estimate places about ten percent of the United States population as African American. The remark reflects demographic discussion common in period reporting and reflects the era's statistical framing.
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United States
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