Legion to Stage Fourth of July Dance for Emergency Truck Fund
L. B. Faulk post of the American Legion plans a July Fourth rooftop dance at Hotel Virginia from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Henry Gantt and his orchestra will provide music. Mayor Arnold Bernstein endorses the event, highlighting the emergency truck's service to Monroe, West Monroe, and nearby parishes since November 11, 1929. The fundraiser aims to replace and upgrade equipment used in drownings, fires, floods, searches, and other disasters, with crews having recovered over 50 drowning victims.
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American Legion
L. B. Faulk
Hotel
Virginia
Henry Gantt
Dallas
Arnold Bernstein
Bernstein
Legionnaires
Hotel Virginia
H. E. Carney
Monroe
West Monroe
Minden
Strong
Ark
Felsenthal
Mrs J W Lee 44 Dies at Columbia Home
Mrs. J W Lee 44 died suddenly at her Columbia home Friday night after a heart attack. Surviving: husband Rev J W Lee. four sons A B Calk Dallas Calk Billy Lee Norman Lee. two daughters Mildred Odette Lee and Mrs Dwight M Hearne. four stepsons and four stepdaughters. many siblings and her father Samuel Bozone. Funeral 2 PM today at Methodist Protestant church Grayson. interment Welcome Home cemetery. A new aluminum treatment claim follows.
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J. W. Lee
Columbia
Lee
Rev
A. B. Calk
Dallas Calk
Billy Lee
Norman Lee
Mildred Odette Lee
Dwight M. Hearne
Baton Rouge
W. C. Lee
J. W. Lee, Jr
Henry Lee
Beaumont
Wilson Lee
Edna Lee
Bryan B. Gillespie
Kingsport
Winchester
Washington Douglas
State Line
Samuel Bozone
Grayson
I. L. Yeager
Monroe
Welcome Home
Ki Ro Li Camp Receives Troop Arrival and Honor Results
Camp Ki Ro Li opens final period as troops from Monroe Dubach Lake Providence Bonita Bastrop Wisner arrive under scoutmasters J B Mount C L Preston George Guier Roy Carnahan and others. Court of honor honors include Second class James Digby Hugh Benson Jack Guthrie Marion Guthrie Charles Roberts Thomas Williams John Sims and B H Rainwater Joe Davidson. First class awardees include Neill Kirkland Raleigh Whitehead Oliver Love Roy Carnahan Norman Kendall. Merit badges awarded to 36 scouts. 11 become junior Red Cross life savers after tests led by Parker McComb. eleven non swimmers became swimmers by period end.
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Camp
Ki-Ro-Li
Ouachita Valley
Camp Court of Honor
James Digby
Hugh Benson
Jack Guthrie
Marion Guthrie
Charles Roberts
Thomas Williams
John Sims
B. H. Rainwater
Joe Davidson
Neill Kirkland
Raleigh Whitehead
Oliver Love
Roy Carnahan
Norman Kendall
James Caldwell
Robert George
Arthur Thigpen
George LeBlanc
James Whitten
Buford Albritton
James Moore
J. C. Russell
Mac Davis
J. J. Martin
J. C. Penney
Jim Caldwell
Maurice DeBries
Joseph Young
Red Cross
Parker McComb
George Jackson
Camp Waterfront
Carl Carson
Edward Fleming
Jimmie Halstead
Smell Linked Spread Baffles Medical Scientists
Some contagious diseases whose spread has baffled investigation may be communicated through the sense of smell, according to medical scientists.
J. R. Smith Enters West Monroe Aldermanic Campaign
J R Smith of 228 Riverfront Street announced his bid for the West Monroe alderman seat left vacant due to B Harrell’s resignation. He joins Fred Mitchell and Tom Hicks in the race, citing labor interests and white supremacy emphasis. he plans little canvassing.
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West Monroe
B. Harrell
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
J. R. Smith
Riverfront Street
Fred R. Mitchell
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Harrell
Tom Hicks
Tom Hicks Transfer Company
Winn Parish
Smith
Quiet June wedding in Saint Joseph ties town and parish
Miss Lessie Vines wed Mr F L Hanna Justice of the Peace at the Saint Joseph clerk of court office on June 15. The bride, daughter of S E Vines, is a Waterproof La high school graduate and well liked. Groom from Opelousa La is described as industrious. An informal Lake Bruen party followed with sponsors Mrs Ameryne Clayton and Miss Carolyn Ratcliff and several socially noted attendees.
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Saint Joseph
Lessie Vines
F L. Hanna
Steve W. Smith
S. E. Vines
Waterproof
Opelousa
Lake Bruen
Ameryne Clayton
Carolyn Ratcliff
Buckles’ Beer Garden
Mary Jane Yourtee
Johnnie Lord
Elaine Levy
Myles Smith
Beulah Grayson
Tallulah
Cornelia Smith
Claude Clarke
Liz Rabb
Thomas Wade, III
John Bolin
Sally Gaines
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tensas River
William D. Brewer
Blanton Evans
Philip Watson
H. L. Biggs
Denton Brewer
Pollard Coleman
Benjamin Young
Hargrove
Newellton
Claude Earnest
Samuel T. Yourtee
Beulah Gray
Garden party guests with gardenias and silver settings
The article notes a tea table in Tallulah Louisiana with a dainty setup featuring gardenias and silver settings. Attendees include Miss Mary Jane Yourtee and Miss Elaine Long among the guests.
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Tallulah, la
Mary Jane Yourtee
Elaine Long
Folk School To Meet At Monticello In July
Superintendent Ashley Warlick announces a folk school to be conducted by Miss Mary Mims at Monticello high school on July 16 17 and 18. The three day event will offer five departments for children and seven for adults including homemaking agriculture music appreciation art appreciation health government and economics and library. The East Carroll parish school board sponsors the event with Warlick as chairman Jesse King as co chair and Mrs Mary W Hawkins as secretary.
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Lake Providence
Ashley Warlick
Mary Mims
Monticello High School
East Carroll Parish
Robin Adair inspiration linked to Irish nobleman
Historians suggest James Robert Adair, an Irish nobleman buried near Rowland, North Carolina, in pioneer days, inspired Lady Caroline Keppel’s ballad Robin Adair. The claim ties Adair to a widely known romantic song and places him in early colonial region lore.
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James Robert Adair
Rowland, N. C
Lady Caroline Keppel
Robin Adair
Jackson To Receive Field Force Of U S Land Bank
Judge J M Thomas announced that a 156 member field force of the federal land bank in New Orleans will be based in Jackson Mississippi to better serve Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. The bank's New Orleans offices will remain for now with other Farm Credit Administration entities while the Jackson site is readied.
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New Orleans
J. M Thomas
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Bank of
Jackson
Miss
Land Bank
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Thomas
William T. Myers
Washington
Federal Land Bank
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
The
Bank For Cooperatives
Production Credit Corporation
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
National Farm Loan Association
New Oreans
Farm Credit Administration of the Fifth District
Monroe Parks to Open Morning Playgrounds Weekdays
Recreation director Miss Lucyle Godwin announced five Monroe playgrounds will open each weekday at 9 AM starting Monday. Sites include Sherrouse Barkdall Faulk St Matthew s Lida Benton and Georgia Tucker schools.
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Monroe
Lucyle Godwin
Monroe Recreation Department
Sherrouse
Barkdall Faulk
St. Matthew's
Lida Benton
Georgia Tucker
Mouthless Buffalo Fish Displayed in Courthouse
A mouthless buffalo fish about 18 inches long, caught days ago in Clark's Bayou, Tensas parish, has been on display at the courthouse. Officials speculate the fish fed through its gills or by flesh absorption.
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Joseph
Clark’s Bayou
Tensas Parish
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