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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1952
Page
7
Calendar item notes the wedding at First Methodist Church of West Monroe at 7 p.m. with a reception in the church social room. The note invites friends to attend through the medium.
Community events listed include Miss Billye Jean Wilson’s 8 p.m. talk at Mrs. C. T. Johnson’s home, multiple Circles of Covenant Presby terian Church meetings, a Delta Delta Delta party at Bayou DeSiard Country Club, and Friendship Temple activities. Also details for Women of the First Presbyterian Church circles, Memorial Presbyterian Church circles, luncheon honoring Addie Boggs, Garden Club meeting, Welcome Wagon Newcomers luncheon, YWCA Creative Writing class, Cypress Home Demonstration play night, and a Friday Womenless Wedding performance inviting public attendance.
Kathleen Trichel daughter of Harrisonburg residents and Sam E. Dale Jr. son of Concordia parish pair wed at the Trichel home with Rev. Benjamin Patrick officiating. The couple plans a wedding trip to New Orleans and will reside in Sicily Island during a teaching stint before returning. Mrs. Dale is an LSU LA Tech graduate and Kappa Delta Pi member. groom is a Louisiana Tech and LSU alum and former service member.
Mrs Ruth Poiboef returns from a two week Dallas vacation. Mrs Johnny Smith Elbert writes from Rome she will land in New York August 18 and travel to Chicago before returning home. Miss Eloise Cann and Mrs W S Vincent teachers in Monroe schools attended the University of Maryland Human Development Institute with Dr Dan Prescott and visited Washington New York and Williamsburg. Mr and Mrs Gladden Walters of New Orleans visited relatives in Monroe before heading to Virginia where he will enter service. Mr and Mrs Robert Thomas Green Jr announce the birth of son Robert Thomas Green III at St Francis Sanitarium with maternal grandmother Mrs Alva B Johnston and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert T Green Sr. Dr and Mrs William Bendel and Mrs Sam Bendel returned from a Miami vacation and flew to Nassau.
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service partners with the Louisiana State Health Department test a new anti coagulent rat poison named Pival. Trials show it kills rats by preventing blood clotting and may also control fleas mites and other ecto parasites in various animals. It works as both liquid and bait without slime in large grain warehouses.
Mrs. Euna D. Spielman guides August plantings for a fall garden with Louisiana dates and LSU extension suggestions. Beans, beets, turnips, carrots, and mustard lead the list, with broccoli cabbage Brussels sprouts and squash as options, plus emphasis on irrigation and pest control for success.
Monroe Civitan Club heard Leon Hammonds describe his Banff trip and Y's Men’s Club convention with color slides. Merle Lichtenfels accompanied him as the sole Monroe attendees. new member G. D. Gravette joined, and the meeting noted a Greentree Stables pony owned by George Poole.
A simple topping procedure coats broccoli with a butter or margarine crumb crust. Melt a quarter cup of fat, stir in three quarters cup dry bread crumbs until golden brown, then spread over the broccoli and finish with a warm melt.
At an outdoor worship day in Forsythe Park the Northside Methodist Church voted in a business session to buy a building site for a parsonage. The parsonage committee was authorized to proceed with plans for the home. Donations were pledged to purchase property on Marie Place at the corner of Orell and Milton streets.
Northeast Louisiana Farm Bureau delegates from Caldwell Catahoula East Carroll Franklin Lincoln Madison Morehouse Ouachita and Richland met in Monroe to review the motor vehicle safety financial responsibility act set to take effect October 1 1952. State Farm Bureau Federation representatives outlined how the law impacts farmers and how the bureau can assist members in complying.
The Miss Photogenic contest closes August 18 with about 300 entrants from the Twin Cities and northeast Louisiana. Entry is simple at Larry Robinson's studio for women aged 18 to 30. The winner receives a three day Delta Airlines trip to New Orleans and hotel accommodations, plus gifts from local merchants and a life size oil portrait from Larry Robinson Studio.
Seedlings should be planted when soil is workable after growth ends in fall and before growth resumes in spring. Planting at these periods reduces stress and aids establishment for healthy growth in the ensuing seasons.
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