Era ends adult schools program in northeast Louisiana
The FERA adult education program in northeast Louisiana wrapped up with 66 teachers and four principals in Ouachita parish, serving 2,248 enrollees including 127 white and 551 black learners. Activities included music, band, recreation, firemen and mill worker classes, illiteracy courses for 16 foreigners, gardening, canning, sewing and furniture rebuilding. Many teachers worked unpaid, reflecting strong community enthusiasm.
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FERA
Rebecca Cassell
Cassell
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Bernice votes to replace 1934 school tax
In Bernice Louisiana the school tax levy received broad support as 23 votes for a tax valued at $83,922 were cast in favor while 15 votes against, representing a $39,400 valuation. The measure replaces the expired 1934 levy.
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Bernice
Gly-Cas Aids Local Sufferers Says Monroe Resident
Miss Pear Ring of Alexandria praises Gly-Cas after years of indigestion kidney issues and insomnia. She reports restored appetite regaining health and normal sleep following use of Gly-Cas at Phoenix Drug Co Monroe. One dollar per box with postage paid.
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Pear Ring
Jackson St
Alexandria
Phoenix Drug Co
DeSiard Street
Miss Ring
DeSiard St
Monroe
Chapter VII A fogbound rescue of Gibbs sparks Zoe’s panic
Zoe anxiously wires Gibbs Lar kin at Pequot House Maine and frets over a possible engagement. The foggy seaside setting frames her waiting as family routines intrude and Katharine offers a wary confidant before a menacing intruder disrupts the moment.
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Zoe
Gibbs Larkin
Pequot House
Whyte Bay
Maine
Gracia McIlvaine
Social Week End Guest List From Monroe Area
Gil ber t Miss Dorothy May Sherrouse spent the week end in Monroe as the guest of Miss Clara Terzia. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Conner and daughter Mary Britton spent the week end in Natchez. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Calhoun Jr and Mrs. Amy Griffin were visitors in Monroe. Jane Merrill of Winnsboro was the week end guest of Edleen Gunn. Marion Lawrence, guest of Mrs. H. B. Rountree, returned to Tallulah. Mrs. C. B. Sherrouse with Mrs. Tom Gilbert and Mary Elizabeth Morris of Wisner visited Monroe. Miss Eula Turner spent the week end in Monroe. W. M. Snyder Sr spent Sunday in Shreveport. Dalton Williamson and G. Ray Porter of St. Joseph spent the week end here. Mrs. C. E. Scott spent a few days with relatives in Monroe. A. E. Wilder Jr of Ruston spent
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Mary Lou Porter
Nettie Cordell
Winnsboro
E. F. Kelly
Emma Gilbert
Ben McCoy
Baton Rouge
Charles Creig
Natchez
Miss
McCoy
Lennie Eason
Dorothy Creig
J. D. Lee
Monroe
J. W. Robinson
G. G. Conner
Dorothy May Sherrouse
Clara Terzia
Mary Britton
L. M. Calhoun, Jr
Amy Griffin
Jane Merrill
Edleen Gunn
Marion Lawrence
H. B. Rountree
Tallulah
C. B. Sherrouse
Tom Gilbert
Mary Elizabeth Morris
Wisner
H. S. Edwards
Shreveport
Eula Turner
W. M. Snyder, Sr
Dalton Williamson
G. Ray Porter
St. Joseph
Wisner Young Woman Returns From Bristol College
Wisner Miss Francis Gilbert, daughter of Mrs Fannie Gilbert, returns home last Sunday from Bristol Virginia where she attended college during the past session.
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Francis Gilbert
Fannie Gilbert
Bristol
Virginia
New trial denied in Carter mutilation slaying case
W M Carter elderly Laurel businessman was denied a new trial in Jones county circuit court after a life sentence for murdering wealthy widow Mrs Daisy Keeton. In a separate trial Ouida Keeton 34 received life for aiding the crime and testified Carter beat her mother and forced disposal of body parts.
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Laurel
Miss
W. M. Carter
Daisy Keeton
W. Joe Pack
Jones County
Carter
Mra Keeton
Ouida Keeton
Miss Keeton
Mississippi
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Gracia
Dr. Kaye
Lisa Parker
Captain Byrne
Fort Sill
Kitty
Edith Williams
Welfare Society
Strykhurst House
Ellen
Miss Katharine
Laurie
Mother
Vincent Club
Beacon Hill
Henry Parker
Kay
Bertine
Lake Junaluska
Ss. C
Montgomery
Ala
Julia Gilbert
John Reynolds
Jess Gilbert
John Barr
Oak Ridge
E. E. Ewing
Choud
J. A. O'Neal
T. L. Lewis
Texas
Mexico
Gilbert
R. T. Harberson
DeSlard
R.T. Harberson
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Pine Bluff
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