Peniel Church Revival Opens with Weeklong Services
Peniel Baptist Church in West Monroe begins a revival at 11 AM today and runs through the week of July 4. Daily sessions 9 to 10 AM Monday to Friday, and 7:30 PM nightly including Saturday. Rev. E N Weaver of Denham Springs leads with Foster C Wilson directing special gospel singing. Public invited.
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Peniel Baptist Church
West Monroe
Jonesboro Highway
Brown Paper Mill
E. N. Weaver
First Baptist Church
Denham Springs
New Pastor Preaches First Sermon at West Monroe Church
Rev W H Giles begins his first sermons at West Monroe First Methodist Church after relocating from Lafayette where he led for three years. Rev P M Caraway moves to Lafayette to swap pulpits with Giles by bishop order amid a statewide Methodist reorganization.
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W. H. Giles
West Monroe First
Burk No. 1 wildcat in Richland parish high gas flow
The Duncan Cook weekly conservation report highlights Burke No. 1, Richland parish six miles south of Rayville, as the area’s largest gas well in months. Open flow 30 million cubic feet daily with significant distillate. Total depth 3,315 feet, rock pressure 1,082 pounds. Four other NE Louisiana tests show varied results, including a dry abandon at 4,688 feet in Franklin Parish.
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Conservation Office
Minerals Division
Duncan Cook
Burke No. 1
Richland Parish
Rayville
Ford
Big Creek
Cook
R. T. Sellars Company
Burke No
Louisiana
Union Parish
Flowers for Mose Powell at Lamothe Funeral Home
Mose Powell a 1egro yardman for West Monroe families died after collapsing on the street and dying in an ambulance en route to St Francis Sanitarium. Coroner and police recovered 331.47 in coins from his ragged pockets during the identity search. Services were set for 2 pm at the colored chapel with burial at Camp Ground Cemetery. Powell lived alone near Short Washington and Twenty Fourth Streets and had a brother Joe in Green Valley and sister Mollie Powell in Swartz.
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Mose Powell
West Monroe
Lamothe
Powell
St. Francis Sanitarium
James T. French
Colored Funeral Home
Camp Ground Cemetery
Washington and
Twenty-Fourth Streets
Joe
Green Valley
Mollie Powell
Swartz
Grand High Priest of Louisiana to visit Monroe Royal Arch
Monroe Chapter Royal Arch Masons will host a Tuesday night meeting featuring Clarence M. Leland Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons Louisiana. Leland and accompanying officers will address Northeast Louisiana Masons with a brief business session and a main address. Light refreshments will follow. all Royal Arch Masons are invited.
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Monroe
Royal Arch Masons
Louisiana
Clarence M. Leland
Leland
Oakdale
Curtis B. Hair
Alex Stephens
Lee W. Harris
Alexandria
W. E. Leigh
Henry O. Hartman
Oliver J. Smith
D. D
Royal Arch
Grand Chapter
Leland Wright
Local Man Bennett Attends Red Cross Aquatic Course
Larry Means Bennett, a resident, returns from Natchitoches after completing a ten day Red Cross aquatic school for first aid, water safety and accident prevention instructors. O N McNeil, Red Cross life saving chair, says the course promotes accident proofing America and safer boating for vacationers.
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Larry Means Bennett
Natchitoches
Red Cross
Bennett
O. N. McNeil
America
McNeil
Moore Named First President of Bastrop Lions Club
Bastrop La June 22 Special Organization of a Lions Club has begun under Monroe club sponsorship. T C Moore local service station proprietor was named first president. Douglas Bickley Louisiana Power light employee elected secretary treasurer Max Brodnax tail twister and Don Quinn chairman in charge of charter night July 12 at Morehouse Country Club. Temporary meeting place City Hall with Arlie Williamson furnishing luncheon meals. Weekly meetings tentatively set for Thursday.
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Bastrop
Lions Club
Monroe Club
T. C. Moore
Douglas Bickley
Louisiana Power & Light Company
Max Brodnax
Don Quinn
Morehouse Country Club
City Hall
Arlie Williamson
Victory Gardens endure as 1946 program outline
Secretary of Agriculture affirms the name Victory Gardens remains in use in 1946. Five aims guide the program to boost home food production, relieve shortages, and support relief efforts. Red Cross offers canning gear for home garden produce via a free registry at 6780.
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Victory” Gardens
Victory Gardens
Anderson
Truman
United States
Red Cross Nutrition Service
Red Cross
Cousin in Buffalo Seeks Annie Brooks
A letter to the Buffalo mayor from Rosemary Stanley asks help locating Annie Brooks, who lived near Monroe two years ago and worked in photography. Police say Annie no longer lives here. she does not appear in directories and was not found at local studios.
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Rosemary Stanley
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Annie Brooks
Monroe
Annie
Unemployment Slightly Rises in Ouachita Area in May
The June report from the United States Employment Service cites Ouachita parish and Caldwell, Franklin, Morehouse, and Richland parishes. It notes a small May decline in total non agricultural employment, offset by new entrants. unemployment rises to about 3,600 with 2,000 veterans among the unemployed.
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United States Employment Service
W. H. O'Kelley
S. P. Riser
Ouachita Parish
Caldwell
Franklin
Morehouse
Richland Parishes
Selman Field
Riser
United States Employment Service Office
Qutchita Parish
Black Pepper Black Market Suspected After Brookhaven Man Arrest
H F Davis of Brookhaven Mississippi was arrested after attempting to sell pepper to Leonard Robinson who runs a Pleasant Grove store on the Monroe highway. Davis posted a 150 bond and was later detained by state police. Authorities recovered over 200 packages of black pepper in Davis car.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
H. F. Davis
Brookhaven
Miss
Leonard Robinson
Pleasant Grove
Monroe Highway
Davis
Robinson
Beekman School Election Tuesday Here for Bond Issue
Taxpayers in School District No 12 will vote Tuesday in Beekman on a 40000 bond issue for school improvements. Funds would cover building repair and site acquisition, with a 20 year span and interest not exceeding 3 percent. If approved a cafeteria is planned and more facilities for Ward 2 colored children. Board member Leon Johnson notes PTA support.
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Bastrop
Ward 2
Leon Johnson
Beekman Parent- Teacher Association
Final day to enroll in LSA extension class
The L S A extension class in Education No. 250 will accept enrollment through Monday June 24, the final date, as stated by W L Perkins director of extension at Northeast Junior College. The course, taught by Professor N N Nason, offers graduate or undergraduate credits and is open to juniors seniors and graduates. All prospective entrants are urged to enroll Monday.
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L. S. A. Extension
W. L. Perkins
N. N. Nason
Optimist Club Charter Presented at Monroe Hotel
The Optimist Club received its charter in a formal ceremony at Hotel Frances on Cherokee Terrace. A large Shreveport club delegation attended, with C. C. Bell Jr presiding and John Richardson and J. Warren Day delivering key addresses.
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Optimist Club
Hotel Frances
Cherokee Terrace
Shreveport Optimist Club
C. C. Bell, Jr
John A Richardson
Optimist International
Harvey H. Benoit
City of
Monroe
Shreveport
S. Burton Heard
Shreveport Club
John R Chambers
J. Warren Day
Optimist Club of
Greater Monroe
Optimist
Ope Timist Club of Greater Monroe Leader Jack Howard
Jack Howard serves as first vice president of the Ope Timist Club of Greater Monroe and is connected with the Entertainment Shreveport Club.
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Jack Howard
Opetimist Club of
Greater
Monroe
Shreveport Club
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Peniel
States of
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Murphy Sun Oil Company
J. E Holt
Gulf Rerg. Co
W. P. Beard
Magnolia Pet. Co
Lee Donnell
Franklin Parish
Sohio Pet. Co
Lee Rogers
Mason
Frank
Sinatra
United States Steel
Value Motors Securities
Company, Inc
Walnut Street
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Wyler
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