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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
9
A lively look at how the country manor mistress managed diverse duties in 1609. She supervised spinners, weavers, cooks, nurses, tutors, and cleaners while also acting as chemist, physician, and brewer. The menu lists hot mutton broth, pickerel, larks, preserved cucumbers, onion pie, and strawberry jelly pudding.
Mr and Mrs Dan E Bivens III announce birth of son Daniel Lawrence on July 14 with grandparents Thelma Applewhite Winnsboro and Dan E Bivens Jr West Monroe. Shreveport visitors J D Cameron Jr family join Cameron seniors L P Wilder Calhoun and Lenard L Shlenker Jr. Bowles family hosts Ruth Bowles Terrel Linda in Monroe and William Bowles Jr Jackie after Everux Air Base France. Oden family stories: Pam Jeff visit Sam Oden Monroe and L W McKinney Delhi, returning to Jacksonville Arkansas. Sgt Bowles transferred to Montgomery Alabama.
A July party at Mrs. Guy A. Lune’s Winnsboro home honored Brenda Bryant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stanley Bryant as she prepares to wed Michael Randolph Tucker. Guests enjoyed Cootie games, gifts of silver, and a floral decor theme of white chrysanthemums caladium leaves and japonica.
Club memos list events for Louise L. McGuire Chapter Order of Eastern Star at Masonic Temple and Ouachita Rebekah Lodge initiation. Confraternity of Christian Mothers of St Paschal’s Church meets Mrs E E White. West Monroe Women of the Church executive board meets 7:30 a.m. Circle 5 of Women of Covenant Presbyterian meets 7:30 p.m. Wesleyan Service Guild covers supper and meeting at First Methodist. W.S.C.S. of McGuire Methodist Church hosts program and business meeting at 12th and Arkansas Road West Monroe at 7:30 p.m.
The camel-colored blazer becomes a key back to school entry led by Joe College and is predicted to rank just behind blue in popularity for the season. The trend signals a revival of smart casual style with a focus on versatile wardrobe pieces.
Dear Abby responds to readers on overreaction to a spouse’s party corsage duplicate and a sock issue. Readers discuss engagement concerns and trust as a thirty year old son faces a fiancée who dates others to test love. The tone remains wry and authoritative.
A confidential plea directed at Zip Code 90069 urges not to seize a man, claiming a happy husband stands nine feet tall. The message ends with a request for a personal unpublished reply and a stamped self-addressed envelope.
An old newspaper item offers Abby's booklet titled How To Have A Lovely Wedding for 50 cents. It invites readers planning marriage to send payment to Abby for the publication.
European fashion trends diverge from American looks with gilded fur coats in Germany, jump-on hats in London, American sportswear in Paris, Bermuda shorts at St Tropez, and cotton shifts for yachts. Noting shifts toward Eisenhower jackets and deer stalker hats, the piece surveys transatlantic style fads as they emerge.
A July 31 conversational hour at Mrs. Frank Smiths Baton Rouge home honored bride elect Miss Sharon Ann Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Matthew Carey Thompson Jr of Monroe. Guests included many named relatives and friends. Miss Thompson and James Irvin McGough plan a September 7 nuptial Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church.
Miss Ann Brock Andrews of Monroe, bride elect of Crowley’s James Arville Beard, was honored at a morning party at the Met Rouge home of Mrs. T H B Rankin. Co hostesses included Mrs. T Fitz Hugh Wilson. About 70 guests attended between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m.
The piece notes inner linings as key to fall raincoat style, urging bold solid and split color pile linings joined by wool plaids. It mentions many lightweight linings are laminated for added texture and warmth.
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