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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
6
Monyroe families head west for August trips including travel to the mountains seashore and fairs. Several families and individuals plan weddings visits and coastal getaways as the season's travels begin.
Coming Events list meetings for Readers Clique and Thompson Wood Lee auxiliary with locations and times. A Bets Delta sorority plans a Madame XX event at the K of Powall. Louise Tietale returns from Hollywood with Ruth Ravbory after visiting studios and meeting stars. various gatherings and visits are noted across the week.
A large Womack family reunion at the Quitman homestead on July 2 honored Mrs Sallie Womack on her 67th birthday with a grand dinner. Attendees included numerous relatives from Quitman West Monroe Monroe, Oak Grove and surrounding areas. Notables visiting or mentioned include Mr Morse Davis of the Panama Canal Zone and Miss Felice Bain from Pine Bluff.
Farmerville residents report guests and travels spanning two weeks with Monroe visitors Mrs. George Murphy and Gordon Murphy hosting, Miss Margaret Coenen from Reyville visiting Miss Mary Louise Smith, and Francis Williams returning from Wichita Falls. Jesse Mae Taylor visits Minden. Duke Selig and wife back from Dallas and El Paso trips. Ines Gunter of Delhi returns after staying with sister Mrs. Stein Baughman.
In a tense long scene narrator and Adam discuss motives and family secrets behind a murder. They piece together Elizabeth Anne and Barney connections revealing a lineage fear and jealousy theme. The woman’s past and a ring intertwine with an impending departure at the station.
Firemen answered 33 calls in July with 30 inside Monroe and 3 outside.house and 4 grass fires and 5 automobile blazes plus 12 miscellaneous calls occupied 11 hours of investigations. The Millsaps school adds a brick wing as Bawcomville builds a new parish school. tentative opening set for September 11, delays possible to September 18.
Ouachita Parish schools superintendent T. O. Brown reported on Tuesday that progress is rapid on enlargements at three parish schools. The Ouachita Parish High School project includes a two story addition with walls three quarters complete and construction advancing under the supervisor.
Miss Olive Lusk assistant to the registrar at the Northeast Junior College resumed duties Tuesday morning after a two week vacation in St. Petersburg and Daytona Florida a Baton Rouge group traveled by motor. Miss May Read secretary to Dean Calvert left Monday for a two week vacation in Louisville Kentucky and southern Indiana.
A joint meeting of the Garden Club and the City Beautification Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will assemble Thursday at 2:30 PM to draft a long range program. Led by Fred Fidickar and G T Frazer, members discuss park grounds, public buildings, private property, and highway plantings with officials to curb unsightliness. The push aims for a sustained effort, including a spring cleanup as a preliminary step.
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