Mass Meeting Urges Rigorous Enforcement West Monroe
Resolutions denouncing lawlessness and pledging citizen support for a rigid enforcement movement were adopted by West Monroe residents. They called for better fire protection, city incorporation steps, and agreements with Monroe officials to secure fire department assistance and adopted committees to pursue protection, ordinances, and a cash-based city plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
West Side
Monroe
H. L. Greeg
C. C. Josey
Pat S. Hamilton
Henry Montgomery
Leon Wood
J. H. Watkins
Legion Day Observed by Ouachita Veterans in Public Program
Local veterans mark Legion Day with a Mass Meeting and public program at Ouachita and West Monroe schools. National field representative F. L. Whitman leads efforts to foster Americanism as a national watchword. Knights of Pythias band opens with a parade and concert, followed by vocal and spoken tributes at the City School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita
Monroe
West Monroe
Mass Meeting
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk Post No
American Legion
Moaroe
F. L. Whitman
America
Whitman
Knights of Pythias
DeSiard Street
Grand Street
Louisiana Savings Bank and Trust Company
Chase-Amman
K. of P. Band
H. L. Driskell
George Love
W. J. Rodriguez
West Monroe Plans to Raise Citizenship Morale at Rousing Meeting
Citizens and leaders gathered in West Monroe City Hall to organize a civic effort aimed at law and order, improved street lighting, fire protection, and crime reduction. Speakers urged a solid foundation of enforcement while the Chamber of Commerce pledged to support the mass meeting and municipal safety initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
H. L. Gregg
C. C. Josey
Pat S. Hamilton
West Monroe
Town Hall
South
J. H Watkins
Henry Montgomery
L. N Larche
Green Haynes
E. G. Calvert
Deals Here In Large Numbers At Small Sums
Real estate transfers and sales in West Monroe and Monroe show steady activity with multiple parcels changing hands. Sidney Freeman sells to C C Bell for 3400, Bell sells back 50 feet for 760, W L Bethridge sells lot four for 1800, Peter V David sells eighty acres for 1000, and other transfers including school trustees receive a small payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Freeman
C. C. Bell
Austin and
Eby
West Monroe
Steele-Madden
W. L. Bethridge
Benson Jones
Riverview
Monroe
Gordon Street
Peter V. David
Cyrille Pecastaing
Cornelius Groesbeck
Board of Trustees of
Chapel Hill Colored School
Claiborne Read
J. T. Garner
W. T. Collins
Whitman Delivers Stirring Americanization Addresses
Frank L. Whitman national field representative of the American Legion spoke at Monroe public and Ouachita Parish schools about Americanism. Teachers and pupils gave him an ovation. Rotary luncheon featured his address on Americanization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Frank L. Whitman
The
American Legion
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Rotary Club
Citizens Meet in Monroe on Tax Exemption Movement
A mass meeting of Monroe residents gathers at city hall this afternoon to discuss a movement aimed at exempting Monroe from parish taxation, a privilege enjoyed locally for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Frank P. Stubbs
Allan Scholars
Baton Rouge
Arnold Bernstein
City School Board
J. M. Breard, Jr
R. W. Germany
T. E. Flournoy
J. M. Cobb
City Hall
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Parish
Major Bernstein
Board of Education
Geo
Matthew Adams
Harding
SINN
Lloyd George
Leonidas Barkdull
Faulk
Frank Roddy
Rotary Clubs
U. S
Ouachita Iron Works and Machine CO
DeSiard
Trinidad
Roofing Products Weaks Supply Co
WM. McDougal, D. D
Temple B’nai Israel
Leon Cohn
Secy
Riverside Club
R. M. Breard, JR
Veterans’ Associations
Boy Scouts
Ladies’ Patriotic Societies
City School
GOD and Country
Auspices
Leonidas Barkdull Faulk
Knights of Pythias Band
Bob Burns
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