Brides And Luncheons Highlight Summer Social Season
Luncheons and teas for Miss Joyce McKoin’s upcoming wedding fill the week in town. Hosts include Miss Cornelia Herron at the Frances Hotel and the Driskell home with Mrs. H L Driskell, while Miss McKain receives a rose point crystal gift. A Red Cross canteen corps meeting Friday at 9 am at headquarters closes the social update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce McKoin
First Baptist Church
Miss McKoin
Frances Hotel
Cornelia Herron
Miss McKain
H. L. Driskell
Hermoine Driskell
Driskell
Spurgeon Drive
Rene McCord
Marillyn Marshall
Red Cross
Selman Field
Red Cross Surgical Dressing Calendar
Red Cross sewing and dressing calendar listing sessions at headquarters and various posts. Times include Monday 5 to 9 PM at headquarters, Tuesday at Army unit and American Legion home 9:30 to 12 AM and 1:30 to 4 PM, Sterlington Fairbanks unit at American Legion home Sterlington 1 to 5 PM, with additional Wednesday and Thursday slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Legion Home
Sterlington-Fairbanks
American Legion
Sterlington
Upcoming social events and notices in Bastrop area
The notices list Delta Rho Delta hosting at Ouida McGee’s Bastrop home on Monday August 7 and women’s church circle meetings in Bastrop with addresses and times. Obituary notes mention Mrs Charles Bender of Houston and family travels to Houston for funeral services. Other items report visits, births, and travels of local residents and guests from Mobile, Monroe, Denver, and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Rho Delta
Ouida McGee
Bastrop
Frances Hotel
Charles Reid
Charles Bender
Houston
Tex
Mr. Bender
Reid
Charles Reid Jr
Rosanne Reid
James McCowan
A. C. Worsham
Mobile
Ala
McCowan
Monroe
John Worsham
Walla Walla
Wash
Memorial and church activities mark weekend calendar
Center calendar lists crafts and games on Thursday a m and afternoon story hour with teen events by St. Matthew's, Girl Reserve, and TAMS on Friday and Saturday. Obituary notes express regret over Sgt. Thomas Lee Rice's death in a German bombing raid during his 17th mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Girl Reserve
Thomas Lee Rice
Haggy Rice
Meridian
Miss
Rice
Paramount Theater
Sergeant Rice
Germany
Gold service emblems awarded to Ferriday workers
Gold emblems recognizing 40 years of service were awarded by Louisiana Power and Light Company to three Ferriday employees Len P. Wilder 20 years Bennie Sawyer 15 years and Scott Robinson 5 years Wilder formerly Ferriday district manager 1926 1941 and later led power supply for Camp Polk Sawyer and Robinson cited for their longtime service and community ties in Ferriday Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferriday
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Len P. Wilder
Bennie Sawyer
Scott Robinson
Wilder
Leesville
Camp Polk
Waste fats collection drive amid war effort guidance
Waste fats will be received at the fat salvage depot run by Mrs. Ben Stern Friday from 9 a m to noon near North Third and Olive. L L Price chair man of the Quachita parish salvage committee urges Boy Scouts to deliver collected fats to Mrs. Stern and, if unable to come, to have a Scout arrange submission. Kingfishers diet noted includes mice and insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Stern
L. L. Price
Quachita Parish
North Third Street
Olive Street
Price
Stern
Navy V-12 unit holds sunset review at Louisiana Tech
Officers of the Navy V-12 unit at Louisiana Tech invite the public to an 8 p m sunset review on Friday August 4 on the football field. A dance for the winning color company follows in the women's gym from 8 30 to 10 30 p m with no admission. Civilian students may attend. Music by the Tech Collegians. Judges include Ens T D Stewart Lt Carroll G Jones and Dr W E B Lockridge. Special guests Dean and Mrs Mitchell and Mayor and Mrs Richardson in the reviewing stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Navy
Louisiana Tech
Com. E. J. Aylstock
Tech Collegians
Ens
T. D. Stewart
Tech
Columbia University
Stewart
Portsmouth
Carroll G. Jones
Camp Howze
Tex
W. E. B. Lockridge
Louisiana State Guard
W. L. Mitchell
H. T. Richardson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cheniere Home
Jessie Coker
H. P. Carter
Janette Lewis
Stella Hodges
Mildred Walker
Jessie Lee Touchstone
Doris Walcot
Greenville
Randolph Macon College
Miss Walcot
Miss Touchstone
H. K. Touchstone
College Avenue
iLverstein
Louisiana
First Presbyterian Church
Stewart Scott
Fairview Avenue
H. V. Collins
North Second Street
W. E. Smith
Sterlington Road
Sidney Stroud
C. E. Barton
Wood Street
Walter Veach
K Street
J. M. Hilton
Jonesboro Road
A. J. New
Standifer Street
William Adams
Phanor Perot
Culver, Ind
Phanor Perot Jr
Culver Military Academy
L. P. Landry
Fred
Chicago
Ill
Detroit
Mich
Miss Marble Hood
Washington
New York City
L. C. Noland Jr
Nancy Claire
Denver
Colo
Sergeant Noland
R. L. Young
Ann Crandall
Ann Menefee
Beverly Hatchell
Camp Joyzelle
Ozark Mountains
Mrs
Walden J. Arnette
New Orleans
Mrs. O. M. Arnette
TAMS
Earle Coats
Jo-Jo
Long Island
Mosteller Stephens
Cornelia McHenry
Mary Moss Madison of
McHenry
Miss Stephens
Marion Learned
Alvah Learned
Mrs. Learned
Freeport, Tex
Jo Ann Ransom
W. R. Beam
Jackson
Mrs. Beam
A. C. Ransom
la. Power and Light Co
Cos Pepsi
Kennedy
Garin
Savin
DeSiard St
Rexall Products
United Drug Co
Dept. of Research & Control
Rexall
Otion
Fitch
Skat
Miner's
Alka Seltzer
Kotex
Hershey
Lifebuoy
Lux
Biolac
Dextrogen
Blue Jay
Liggett’s
Alf
Grove’s
Mile’s Laboratories
Gaby
Schick Blades
Tampax
Epsinc
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
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