Second Period Opens at Camp Ki-Ro-Li
Floyd D Huddleston announces Camp Ki-Ro-Li reopens today at 2 p m with Scouts from Monroe Lake Providence Tallulah Winnsboro and Gilbert. They check in at 2 assign quarters receive a physical recheck and swim mer’s test. A Vesper service follows at 6 p m led by Rev Ernest D Hollowe.
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Ki-Ro-Li
Floyd D. Huddleston
Monroe
Lake Providence
Tallulah
Winnsboro
Gilbert
Huddleston
Ernest D. Holloway
First Presbyterian Church
Boy Preacher With Navy Furlough Returns Home
Rev Charles Holstead a United States Navy chaplain returns home on furlough to West Monroe He preaches at Ridge Avenue Baptist Church at 7 45 PM and has a remarkable youth in ministry being licensed ordained at 16 while serving as pastor He says naval Christian work is a wonderful experience and invites friends to hear him again Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holstead
United States Navy
Ridge Avenue Baptist
West Monroe
Young Holstead
Ridge Avenue Church
Louisiana Baptist College
Navy
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Pythians to Make Little Rock Trip
Fl Mire Temple 187 of the Knights of Khorassans will travel to Little Rock Arkansas Saturday to perform degree work for a Dekeys initiation. Monroe Temple Pythian Sisters meet Monday night with a large class to be initiated. Stonewall Lodge No 8 Knights of Pythias welcomed seven new knights last Thursday. Homer Chilton leads the Dokey softball team urging Dokey support for tomorrow’s game with Spatafora’s Pharmacy.
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Fl Mire Temple
Knights of Khorassans
Little Rock
Ark
Pythian Sisters
Monroe Temple
Stonewall Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Homer Chilton
Dokey
Recreation
Spatafora’s
Halts Vaccination by East Carroll Dogs
A temporary injunction barred East Carroll parish police jury from using civilian workers to vaccinate dogs against rabies. Dr. B. W. Waxman of Lake Providence filed suit, contending the emergency ordinance was illegal, beyond powers, and allowed unlicensed veterinary practice, depriving him of income. Hearing set for July 1 before Judge Frank Voelker. vaccination by jury-appointed agents to cease in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
B. W. Waxman
Jack Wyly
Frank Voelker
Waxman
Deaths JOE EVANS and MANDY WORKS
Joe Evans 64 died in a Little Rock hospital Saturday morning. He served 33 years as a Missouri Pacific fireman and lived in McGehee Arkansas. Survived by daughter Mrs Roy Banister Lake Charles and grandson Henry Banister. Funeral 3 30 p m at Hixson Funeral Home. Mandy A Works 71 died June 18 in a local hospital. Funeral June 19 at Mount Pleasant Church. Survived by eight children, two brothers, one sister and 13 grandchildren. Burial arrangements include sending her body to Little Rock for interment Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Evans
Little Rock
Ark
Evans
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe
McGehee
Roy Banister
Lake Charles
Henry Banister
Lewis Evans
E. C. Evans
Salley Graff
Mandy A. Works
Mount Pleasant Church
Edmonds Funeral Home
J. T. Garret
Floyd Gordon
Clara Clements
Tulsa
Okla
Sam Jones
Strong, Ark
James Long
Springfield
Oregon
Leon and Grady Works
Chatham
Arthur Works
Enos
Walter Works
West Monroe
Jerry Balock
Steve Balock
Jonesboro
Syler Nunn
Bota
Tex
Luther Branch
Thomas Griggs
Coy Hearne
Clyde Hearne
Ed Thompson
J. D. Chatman
L. H. Martin
Jim Benson
C. H. Hill
M. W. Hunter
Tom Newton
M. C. Redmond
John Breard
R. C. White
A. C. Warner
Claude Harrison
Willard Eckhardt
William McCaa 79 Died At Wisner Louisiana
William Burton McCaa 79 died at his Wisner home. Survived by wife a daughter Janie and a son Ben both of Wisner. two sisters and a half brother. grandchild and two great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 9 am at Wisner Methodist Church with Rev. W H Carroll. Burial Midway Cemetery Meadville Miss. under First National Funeral Home Winnsboro. Pallbearers listed.
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Wisner
William Burton McCaa
Janie McCaa
Ben McCaa
J. A. Davis
Malvern
Ark
Josie Stokes
Fort Necessity
Pat McCan
California
Wisner Methodist Church
W.H. Carroll
Midway Cemetery
Meadville
Miss
First National Funeral Home
Winnsboro
E. O. Cannon
W. A .Tucker
H. W. Gilbert
L. A. Braswell
Leon Scott
Ed Cupit
President Truman Hitches Ride For War Vet At Alfalfa Picnic
Frederick News notes President Truman picked up a disheveled Marine five miles from Washington. The two shared stories of Iwo Jima before Truman’s security detail guided the man to Middletown. The encounter occurred during an Alfalfa Club picnic at Joseph Himes estate.
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Frederick
Washington
Devil Dog
Iwo Jima
Frederick News
President Truman
Alfalfa Club
Frederick County
Joseph H. Himes
Ohio
Middletown
Here
Bidault Announces New Coalition Government In France
President George Bidault said a coalition cabinet including Communist and Socialist members along with his Popular Republican Movement would be formed today to end the French government crisis. Communists signaled willingness to compromise on wage demands, Socialists agreed to participate, and Bidault expected a resolution by evening or afternoon.
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Paris
George Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
France
Bidault
Few Mississippi Negroes Qualify for White Primary Voting
In Jackson Mississippi on June 22 a survey found only a handful of Negroes have qualified to vote in the July 2 Democratic primary. Registration by Negroes remains sparse, with Hinds County leading at 372 and Harrison about 300. Perry and Copiah show one each. Poll tax rules and literacy tests govern eligibility, with some veterans exempt from the tax.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
United States Senate
House of Representative
Theo G. Bilbo
John Rankin
Congress
Rankin
South
Columbia
Tenn
Hinds County
Harrison
Washington County
Greenville
Jones County
Laurel
Hancock
Pearl River County
Bilbo
Forrest
Lawrence
Claiborne
Leake
Attala
Franklin
Newton
Lafayette
Quitman
Tallahatchie
Clay
Chickasaw
Walthall
Stone
Montgomery
Issacuena
Sharkey
Rankin and Lee
Lamar
Perry
Greene
Webster
Lowndes
Yazoo
Scott
Simpson
Choctaw
Copiah
Stolen Cattle Found in Morehouse Jail Two Accused
Artie Hart a white man and Jasper Fitch a Negro were jailed in Morehouse Parish charged with theft of six cattle near Collinston. Cattle were loaded on a truck at the Tilbury place and caught while being driven away after a local buyer reported a suspicious offer. Willie Fitch was questioned and released.
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Bastrop
Artie Hart
Jasper Fitch
Morehouse Parish
Collinston
Henry Tilbury Place
Fitch
Tilbury Place
Tilbury
Sheriff's Office
Hart
Willie Fitch
Building permits issued for railroad town equipment building
A and L M Railroad plans a one story concrete block and metal building in the 2700 block of Louisville avenue for Harper and Vincent town equipment. Amount not to exceed 3500 dollars with S G Gilbert the contractor. Women in Hungary enjoy wearing many petticoats and sometimes exceed twenty at once.
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Hungary
West Monroe Court Fines For Disorderly Conducts
Lee Andrew Traylor and Tommy Crow, both charged with fighting and displaying dangerous weapons, were fined $15 or 15 days each. Louie D. Stone was fined $7 or 7 1/2 days for being drunk and disorderly. One case withdrawn and seven traffic violators fined a total of $22.
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Lee Andrew Traylor
Jesse S. Heard
West Monroe
Tommy Crow
Louie D. Stone
Elderly bride and her young husband to perform in Huntington show
A 79 year old Mrs Delbert Sprouse and her 18 year old husband known as Shorty will perform in a hillbilly show with a Huntington W Va amusement park. They traveled from Gladys Kentucky to pursue a one day stand and may tour if successful. Mrs Sprouse left a 13 dollar monthly pension and rejected New York offers.
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Park
Sprouse
New York
Huntington
Kentucky
the Park
Racially charged arrest in Baton Rouge rape case
Police hold 39 year old Jesse Parker on rape charges after a white woman was assaulted in a pasture near Baton Rouge. Two witnesses and the victim identified Parker who escaped after a knife wound in a scuffle with a couple in a parked car near Bogan's pasture. Parker had been released from Angola in 1943.
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Baton Rouge
Jesse Parker
Fred Parker
Parker
State Penitentiary
Angola
Bogan
Births and Local Announcements at St Francis Sanitarium
Mr and Mrs John L Tolar announce the birth of a daughter on June 21 at St Francis Sanitarium. Mr and Mrs M D Stivers Calhoun La announce a daughter born June 20 at St Francis Sanitarium. Mr and Mrs Roy Redd Monroe announce a son born June 16 at St Francis Sanitarium. Mr and Mrs Jerry Mays Monroe announce a daughter born June 16 at St Francis Sanitarium. Mr and Mrs C S Read Farmer Ville La announce a son born June 1 at St Francis Sanitarium. Palm nuts are an important source of food for the natives of equatorial Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Tolar
St. Francis Sanitarium
M. D. Stivers
Calhoun
Roy Redd
Monroe
Jerry Mays
C. S. Read
Farmerville
Equatorial Africa
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Silverstein
Ilverstein
North Louisiana
Friendship Temple
Castle Hall
St. John Street
A Silverstein
Cherirge
Louisiana
J. Warren Day
Fort Worth
Optimist District 7
John R. Chambers
Wichita Falls
District 7
New Optimist Club
Mandy
Mary S. Eckhardt
Mary Susan Eckhardt
H. C. Eckhardt
Winnsboro Clinic
First Christian Church
R. T. Watson
B. B. Martin
M. G. Moore
E. R. Dawson
E. H. Williamson
Roy Whitaker
Hary Newhall
Value Motors Securities Company, Inc
Walnut Street
Silverstein’s
Morehouse
Jail
West Monroe Court
Louisa, Ky
Delbert Sprouse
Shorty
Gladys, Ky
W. Va
Scotland
Aberdeen
Rialto
Merle Oberon
Turhan Bey
Thomas Gomez Gale Sondergaard
Trand
James Cagney
Sylvia Sidney
Michael Vivien Hiranda
O'Shea
Phil Silvers Ae
Gene Autry
Barbra Stank
Robert Cummings
Kxtra
Yfednesdary
George An Ava Gardner
Ens
Er Donlev
Ae Barbara Ee
Virgman
Phantom Thief
Chester Morris
Blaine
O'Keefe
Comd
Miranda
Ovietone
Nougi
KMLB
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Howard Hughes
Hell's Angels
Jack Buetel
Walter Huston
Thomas Mitchell
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