Red Cross Nurse Aide Volunteers Step Up in War Time
The sixth class in Red Cross Nurse's Aide instruction highlights volunteer workers joining army general and station hospitals. Surviving oil soaked sailors and overworked civilian hospitals illustrate the urgent need for aides. Call your local Red Cross chapter to enroll and help free a nurse for duty with the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Army
Atlantic
Red Cross
South Port
North Carolina
Lady In Blue
American Red Cross
Armed Forces
Community activities schedule and family visit noted
The page lists daily June and July programs including Handcraft Poster Making Quiet Games and Story Hour with times through July 1 plus a private party and TAM Night. It also notes Mr and Mrs W H Anders visiting New Orleans with daughter-in-law Mrs J H Anders and granddaughter Nancy after travel from Washington DC where Lieutenant Anders was stationed in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherrie Club
W. H. Anders
New Orleans
J. H. Anders
Nancy
Washington, D. C
Lieutenant Anders
San Francisco
Local Social Notes from Ferriday and Monroe
Ferriday Thursday afternoon Sewing Club met at Mrs Gene Robellia home with Mrs Augusta Taliafero as hostess. Dr and Mrs Harry Monroe hosted a party for the younger set in their home. Various families and guests visited in Monroe Rayville and Shreveport with engagements, travels, and visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Robellia
Augusta Taliafero
Harry Monroe
John Lohan
Catholic Aid Society
Bob Clayton
Social notes from Monroe and nearby towns
Mrs. Ted Barfield and Catherine visit relatives. Miss Dottie Eady is in Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic room 204. Mrs. Aline Wilds attends her son Lt Ashburn Wilds’s wedding in Port Arthur. Several locals travel, study, or return from college, including Thomas Flournoy to Louisiana Tech Ruston. A nurse’s Army plea urges women to join Red Cross Nurse Aide Corps. Families host picnics at Bernstein Park with many Peters relatives. Army wives’ activities and officers wives club events fill the week. Various locals visit, travel, or return from duty, with updates on several service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dottie Eady
D. W. Eady
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
Aline Wilds
Port Arthur
Tex
Ashburn Wilds
Mildred Coleman
Wilds
San Angelo
Sam
Army Nurse Corps
Army
Monroe
Red Cross
Vacation Bible School at Grayson Baptist Church Opens
Grayson Baptist Church hosts a two week Vacation Bible School from June 26 to July 7. Sessions run Monday through Friday at 8 30 a m for about two and a half hours, for ages three through eighteen with stories songs memory work handwork and supervised play. J C Hines leads as principal and Mrs Hines directs music with teachers G A Van Landingham R C Baggent Ludie Ferguson and Jeddie Hall. Rev J D Kitchingham and A N Valentine assist. A diploma party marks completion for those meeting attendance and work requirements. Other local visits are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson Baptist Church
J. C. Hines
Hines
G. A. van Landingham
R. C. Baggent
Ludie Ferguson
Jeddie Hall
J. D. Kitchingham
A. N. Valentine
St Joseph Visitors And Travelers Noted In Reports
St Joseph residents and visitors are listed with relatives and friends in Memphis Denver Lincoln Waterproof Tallulah Natchez Newellton and Tallulah. Notes include Cpl Magruder Smith Jr visiting from Denver and Captain Russell Ratcliff visiting his mother Mrs Paul Buford for two weeks. Archaeologists say first Americans crossed Bering Strait from Asia as hunting people 15 to 25 thousand years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Russell Ratcliff
Captain Ratcliff
Paul Buford
Bering Straits
Asia
Phi Kappa Sweetheart Alma Van Hook Visits Eta Chapter
Miss Alma Van Hook of Jackson Mississippi the Phi Kappa fraternity national Sweetheart completed a tour of all chapters. She was entertained during her Monroe visit by members of Eta chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma van Hook
Jackson
Miss
June Griffin
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Monroe
Eta
Club officers wives announce tennis and golf tournaments
The Officers' Wives' Club sports committee announces a tennis tournament at 9:30 a.m. on June 29 at the American Legion Home and a golf tournament at 9:00 a.m. in July at the Municipal Golf Course. Entries for both events are due by specified dates with contact entries to Mrs J Kirkpatrick and Mrs R J Stevenson. Prizes will be awarded to winners in both events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officer’s Wives
American Legion
Officers’ Wives
Officers’ Club
Officers Wives’ Club
W. H. Reid
Selman Field Officers
Cadet Wives’ Club
Advancex
South Grand Street
Tennnis
Amercan Legion
Shew
Winne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red ‘Cross
America
Leeding Desiers
Americra
Ferriday
William Mayer
Jeanne Marie
Ann
Francis Sawyer
Dennis Thomas
Mrs. Stanley Maxwell
Mrs
A. D. Shaw
Rayville
Mrs. Lyle Sheppard
A. H. Salisbury
Ruth Roy de Lis
Shreveport
R. Murray
Lucille Jones
Ruby Rabb
Bess Pierce
Denver
Colo
Mrs. T. B. Jones Sr
Lucille
J. Beasley
Nell Gribble
Mrs. B. King
Ted Barfield
Catherine
Thomas Flournoy
Eugene Flournoy
Principia College
St. Louis
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Satchie Naiden
University of Texas
Earl Naiden
Miss Naiden
Colonel Naiden
J. C. Monk
James C. Monk Jr
A. and M. College, College Station, Tex
Juanita Golson
Texas
Bernstein Park
Peters
W. J. Peters
H. S. Peters
C. M. Peters
Minza Rabin
Jimmie
Bobbye Gene
Thomas Peters
Barbara Ann
Francis Peters
Gail
Wesley Peters
Sharon
W. J. Peters Jr
Harry Peters
Lee Peters
Morris Peters
Joe Frank
England
Army Wives
American Legion Home
Municipal Golf Course
Wives’ Club
Selman Field Bowling Alley
Annie Lee West
Lady) Stahl
Northeast Junior College of
Mississippi
Bill Mayer
Greenville
A. M. Bergman
Catherine Wiseman
Cora Darden
Centerville
Margaret Francis Wiseman
Winnfield
B. L. Wiseman
Fred Brallier
Fay Thomas
Burdean Myers
Air Corps
Kelly Field
J. S. Myers
Bobbie Boyter
Camp Gordon, Ga
Mrs. B. Boyter Sr
Fred Burley
Betty
Baton Rouge
Pete Gore
Coffeeville
Grenada
Bill
David Cuthbertson
Sonny Gore
Camp Mendanin
Pinola, Miss
Shirley Wasserman
Marcus Pasternack
Joe Wiseman
The
States
David
Billy Cuthbertson
Bill Gore
Camp Mondamin
Pinola
George Bush
United States Navy
Boston
J. S. Pennington
Fred Kaigler Jr
Mrs. Kaigler Sr
A. E. Torras
Claudie Jane Crone
J. E. Love
St. John
Grayson
Gordon Mitchell Jr
Wisner
J. A. Warner
J. C. Hughen
Billy James
Junior
Joy
Beaumont, Tex
Verna Lee Estess
Port Arthur, Tex
Roy Estess
B. M. Wilks
Talmadge Hines
West Monroe
Percy Robinson
Start
Jimmy Wilks
W. C. Valentine
W. C. Hester
R. L. Meredith
Jonesboro
St. Joseph
Virginia Cox
Memphis, Tenn
Magruder Smith
Cpl
Magruder Smith Jr
Lincoln, Neb
Emile Ebert
Waterproof
Messrs
Albert, John and
Gwen Webb
Tallulah and
Natchez, Miss
Reeve Lewis
Reeve Lewis Jr
Mary Evans
Alonzo Lewis
Newellton
Katherine McGuire
Tallulah
Maurice Ursery
Grace
Episcopal
Fourth and
Glenmar Streets
Edward Farren Hayward
Grace Church
of the Church School
St. David’s
Serman
Illinois Central Railroad
Fourth Street
Grace Episcopal Church
Pelee
IK. M. Gates
Moroline Petroleum
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