07 Apr 1944
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1944
Page
1
The program lists brides and tenors including E O Hinton Paul Mussleman J G Peck and others with Private Paul Roman plus basses Sergeant Albert Chambers Ellis Bairnsfather C D Wallace and W D Wamsley in a concert lineup.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at First Methodist with talks on using talents and evangelistic work. Easter cantatas planned for downtown churches include From Olivet to Calvary at First Methodist sung by a large choir with LeRoy Anspach. and a First Baptist cantata with new robes.
The Easter cantata Olivet to Calvary will be performed Sunday night by the First Methodist church choir under Mrs Estelle Sanders. Solos by Mrs A M Serex Miss Polly Cole and others and a quartet featuring Mrs Sanders Mrs Charles Bennett Private Paul Roman and Mr W M Wamsley. The choir will close with the Hallelujah chorus as Lieutenant Leroy Anspach plays organ.
A dense schedule lists a Delta Sigma fraternity picnic supper at 7 p.m. and a 10 p.m. dance, Fort Mire D A R meeting at the chapter house with Mrs. J. S. Drew, Alpha Delta Kappa guest, Easter concerts by Ouachita Parish High School choir, First Methodist cantata Olivet to Calvary, and O E S Dixie Chapter 179 meeting with Geneve Castles as guest. Also noted are garden club, church circles, Junior college play, and various women’s society gatherings through the week with locations and hosts named.
Fragmented listing shows Thursday Cross headquarters bustling Friday at West Munity Center with 1 pm event. Army unit and American Legion home sessions from 9:50 am to 12 pm and 1:30 pm to 4 pm. Sterlington Fairbanks unit gathers at the American Legion home. a Wednesday slot at 3 pm. Baton Rouge accommodations linked to Mr and Mrs DY Smith amid a ceremony at a foreshortened venue.
A compilation of individuals including Bates, Tempie Hegwood, Ada Smith, Noble Tarver, Ora Beasley, Mattie Edney, Annie Kreeps, Edith Adams, Pauline Streetman, Emma Nicholson, Edith Thompson, Pearl Williamson, Edith Karr, Thersa Bauer, Edna Collie, Linnie Whitaker, Thelma Elkins, Ella Hogge, Syrena Lewis, Grace Guillory, Lottie Roark, Isabelle Gibbs, Ruby Steward, Nancy Neyland.
Dickinson County Chronicle notes in Abilene on June 28 1878 that Topeka residents attend hug socials to stay warm. The piece lists steeply priced embraces including ten cents for ages 15 to 20 five cents to 30 and a dollar for hugging another man's wife. Old maids are two for a nickel and female lecturers are free with a chromo.
Four pupils at St Drews school in Erie bought one bond to fund a jeep for the U S troops. A letter from Lieutenant H McAloney said the jeep was the first automobile driven by United States troops to land on these shores since Pearl Harbor. The location of the jeep’s bar of fire is not known.
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