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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1941

Page

2

Prenuptial Affairs Honor Bride To Be with Garden Party Theme

Miss Shaughnessy, engaged to Guilford McCleery, is feted by friends with a string of prenuptial events including a breakfast party by Miss Sara Elizabeth Randle and a engagement gifts such as Haviland china. Attendees discuss upcoming nuptials and social plans in Monroe Louisiana era notices.

Mary Elizabeth Shaughnessy Miss Shaughnessy Guilford McCleery Sara Elizabeth Randle Randle Shaughnessy E. H. Evans Lela Liner Ruston Melba Liner Hodge Milton Smith Winnfield Baptist Parsonage G. A. Nelson Sara Carr Quitman Harvey Smith Jonesboro Mrs Smith Southern Advance Company Mr. Smith Jitney Jungle

Community Events Include Club Meetings and Socials

Local notices list Junior Knitters meeting at 615 Filhiol Street and the YWCA Business and Professional Girls Club gathering at 6 30 p.m. A coffee hour honors Miss Mary Elizabeth Shaughnessy. Various socials follow including dancing at Crystal Club, bingo at Labor Temple, and YWCA board and auxiliary meetings. Several residents host guests and attend outings and weekend gatherings.

Roland Brown Filhiol Street John Filhoil A. M. McMillan Mary Elizabeth Shaughnessy Business and Professional Girls’ Club The

Back to School Frock for Younger Girls

Presentation of a light top dress with dark skirt designed for younger girls as the first of the back to school styles. Pattern No 0001 in sizes 6 to 14 years uses 112 yards of 35 inch material for the skirt and 1 yard for the top. send 15 cents, name, address, pattern number and size to News-Star Word Today's Pattern Service in New York.

News-Star Seventh Avenue New York N. Y

Dances and visits mark social week with guests and travel

Members of the younger set anticipate a Crystal club dancing party Thursday honoring Miss Betty Jo Sheppard of Houston and Miss Joan McVay. Houston visitors Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick James bring two sons to stay with Mr. Allan Sholars and Mrs. Sholars on Riverside.

Evelyn Reims Galveston M. M. Emanuch Vicksburg H. G. Prophit, Jr Crystal Club Betty Joe Sheppard Houston Joan McVay Labor Temple Women's International Union Labor League Thompson Wood Lee Monroe Women's Society of Christian Service Stone Avenue Church Mary Elizabeth Shaughnessy Guilford McCleery Tei Mahr Joseph Biedenharn L. C. Biedenharn Ethelyn Perry Biedenharn Louise Pallum Washington, D. C Emma Louise Biedenharn Miss Biedenharn Berniet Bernard Biedenharn Kirt Touchstone Ethelyn Biedenharn Fred Hudson Pallum Louis Milner, Jr Lucy Eaton John Sherrouse Henry Biedenharn McGowan's Allan Scholars Satchie Cooper Henry Biedenham L. P. Milner C. C. Boardman T. O. Bancroft Morris Haas D. Y. Smith Gordon Wright Frances Faulk Kendrick James Marjorie Kidd Gay Noe Gloria Frances Major Carolyn Husted Adelaide Parker Tommy Wyatt Noe Maurice Frazier, Jr Harold Wood James A. Noe Betty Jo Sheppard James Allan Sholars Sholars Riverside Alton Simms Don Shreveport J. H. Edwards Mexico

Tomato Plants Aided by Light and Spacing Findings

Columbus Aug. 6 Artificial light speeds tomato growth in greenhouses says J. C. Hoffman of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster. Lamps from 60 to 500 watts increased fruit set and production with red light delays. spacing 612 square feet yielded 13.57 pounds per plot vs 451 square feet 9.73 pounds.

Columbus Vegetable Growers Association of America J. C. Hoffman Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster Hoffman Mazda

Wall Street Adopts Pulchritude for Page Girls

New York August 6. Wall Street banks such as National City train girls to replace page boys drafted into the military. Ernest R Esch says beauty plus brains is required. The program is said to be interesting and successful, with the girls enjoying the jobs.

New York Wall Street Financial Street Ernest R. Esch National City Bank Esch Page

World Conditions To Be Discussed At Church Talk

Public invited to hear two speakers at First Baptist church Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Rev Carlos Purgailis from Brazil and Rev Blumit from Latvia discuss world conditions from differing viewpoints. Purgailis will play violin with Florence Ziegler Allbritton on organ. Blumit will describe Latvia amid war. No admission charged.

First Baptist Church Carlos Purgailis Brazil Blumit Latvia South America Europe Purgailis Monroe Florence Ziegler Allbritton

Soldiers on Leave Blamed Police for AWOL Excuse

Two soldiers Clarence Bach and Blain Olson from Camp Beauregard were jailed by Monroe police on leave from Monday night and were to report at 6 am today. They claimed to be on leave and said they would be AWOL if not released, and officers released them after about four hours.

Camp Beauregard Monroe Uncle Sam Joys Jai Bach Olson

Montana cyclone travels around the world in 1925

A cyclone originating in Montana on February 23 1925 completed a global loop and broke up in the Gulf of St Lawrence about a month later, tracing a rare wide arc storm path.

Montana Gulf of St. Lawrence

Pronunciation Guide for Russian German Front Places

AP guide shows syllable accents for Mohovaya Petrozavodsk Ushomir Dernovichi Dnepropetrovsk Kiolm Korosten Tsevikov revealing how to say place names. It presents a phonetic breakdown with stress marks and brief transliterations for readers.

Associated Press Mohovaya Petrozavodsk Petrov Zavo Shka Ushomir Dernovichi Dnepropetrovsk Tsevikov

Local Social Roundup of Visits and Travel Across Texas and Arkansas

Mer Rouge and Bastrop residents report multiple trips visiting New Orleans, Lake St John, Mineral Wells, Austin, Hot Springs, Paducah, and Baton Rouge. Families greet relatives, vacationing, and attending church society events as members travel by car and plane during spring months.

Navy film Eyes of the Navy screened at Ouachita parish school

A MGM navy film Eyes of the Navy will be shown in the Ouachita Parish High School auditorium Thursday at 7 30 pm with free admission. A recruiting party from New Orleans including Ensign J R Stewart Chief Electrician's Mate William Blessing and Storekeeper First Class Moncrief will discuss Navy opportunities in regular and reserve components and a new enlistment program offering on site vocational training for the duration of the national emergency.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ouachita Parish New Orleans J. R. Stewart William Blessing Moncrief Ensign Stewart Navy Naval Reserve Monroe Post Office

Rural Electrification Allotments Totals 7.74 Million

The Rural Electrification administration announced 7,744,000 in allotments to 50 rural power projects across 24 states and the Virgin Islands. Notable grants include Ashley-Chicot-Union Electric Cooperative in Hamburg Arkansas for 172,000 and Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative in Winnsboro Louisiana for 75,000.

Washington Rural Electrification Administration States Virgin Islands Ashley-Chicot-Union Electric Coe Operative, Inc Hamburg Ark Northeast Louisiana Power Cooperative Winnsboro

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