New Vision of Motherhood Emerges in Era of Career Women
The piece argues for a modern mother image active and self confident, balancing career and home. It cites Dorothy Brown Thompson and praises mothers who juggle nursing, cooking, psychology, politics, sewing, reading, and social duties while supporting family. It also notes Bernice Louise Monroe and John Carlyle Fridge's approaching marriage with a garden bridge event in Oak Grove and lists attendees and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Brown Thompson
Make This Model At Home Pattern For Girls Frock 1918
Betty in a neat cotton frock demonstrates a simple pattern by Anne Adams. The pattern suits gingham or challis with a contrasting yoke option and comes in sizes 6 8 10 12 14. Order form asks for size name and address with 15 cents pattern and 25 cents for book and pattern together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Anne Adams
Interesting Affairs Complimentary To Miss Fontenot
Miss Mary Fontenot, guest of Miss Gladys Warner and Miss Maude Warner in Monroe, enjoyed several social courtesies last week. A Noe's Ark boat ride included a river swim and sand bar picnic with numerous young people and a bridge party hosted by Mrs. B. U. Hood. Prizes and gifts went to Miss Worthington and Miss Fontenot respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fontenot
Gladys Warner
Maude Warner
Monroe
Joe] Nichols
Elva Harris
Jessie Gray Worthington
Sara Florence Coon
Sara Ruth Buckner
Lois Bushnell
Bob
B. U. Hood
Happy Tidwell
Sadie Ruth Buckner
Lallage Feazel
Worthington
Fontenot
Warner
Crowley
Lake Charles
Mesdames
A. J. Sevier
W. R. Gilfoil
H. F. Cassell
S. B. Bettis
W. R. Rountree
J. M. Moss
Pittsburgh
Moss
Mr. Gilfoil
Omega
Dramatic Club
M. T. Young
Neal Holt
M. M. Lewis
Mason Spencer
A. G. Braylow
Myles Hopkins
A. L. Sevier
Alex Blanche
W. M. Murphy
W. C. Starrett
R. L. Baily
A. G. Bray
R. I. Gilbert
Elizabeth Bettis
E. B. Nelson
Benoit
Miss
Barnes Schicker
Little Rock
Att
Frank H. Reid
Mary Edmiston
Jane Johnson
Tendal
Owen Hamilton Boney
Tulsa
Okla
R. K. Boney
Methodist Camp Ki Ro Li Opens For Monroe Teens
Young Methodists from Monroe and West Monroe anticipate the Christian Advent ure camp starting Tuesday at Camp Ki Ro Li. Elizabeth Langford heads business affairs with Mrs. F B Neeley in charge of dining. Daily classwork and recreation with evening camp fires and storytelling fill the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
Ki- Ro-Li
Ahaut Faye Ava Naania Natn
Elizabeth Langford
F. B .Neeley
Neeley
Coming Events and Social Notices Center on Mrs McEachern and Dabney
Wednesday events include Mrs C C McEachern entertaining for Miss Eunice Benoit at The Catholic Ladies Altar Society benefit cake walk at St Matthews playground 7 30 p m. Mrs Maury Dabney leaves for Washington D C after hosting numerous Monroe social affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. McEachern
Bridge
Eunice Benoit
Catholic Ladies Altar Society
St. Matthews Playground
Judith Lane Ends Bond Plot With Norman Rift
Judith plans to build a dam with funds from the Bevins heirs while facing Norman’s opposition and a suspected betrayer in Scuthborne. Her Mexico trip, ally Slim Sanford, and engineer Cunard drive efforts to block Lampere’s meddling as Judith faces Norman’s costly departure and a stalled romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Date
Rio Diablo
Tom Bevins
Norman
Bevins
Mathile Bevins
Judith
Mexico
Slim Sanford
Justin Cunard
J. C. Scuthborne
Slim
Laredo
Texas
Cunard
Sanford
Seathborne
Morton Lampere
Scuthborne
Diablo Valley
Adith
Lampere
Delphy
San Antonio
Greenland
Houston
Hillendale
Ike
Dickens
Cha
Lige
Mathile
Joanne Bowman
Legion Auxiliary Delays Junior Baseball Until Convention
Preparations for the Lake Charles convention keep the American Legion auxiliary from entertaining the Junior baseball team until after the event. Social notes mention visits by the Florsheim family to Camp Beauregard and travels by Burgess and friends to Grand Isle. Irene Stroud visits El Dorado this week. Delta Beta Sigma to meet Flora Yarbrough on August 19 at 2 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
American Legion Auxiliary
Delta Beta Sigma
Flora Yarbrough
Rochelle
Eckhardt couple guests of Winnsboro son and daughter
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Eckhardt spent the past weekend in Winnsboro visiting their son and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Willard Eckhardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Eckhardt
Winnsboro
Willard Eckhardt
Pleasant social round colors Tallulah life with gifts and visits
A Friday evening surprise shower honored Miss Bertha Keller and Miss Dickinson at home with friends presenting personal and household gifts. The event featured peach ice cream and caramel cake. Guests included numerous Tallulah residents and visiting relatives from Baton Rouge, Greenwood, and Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Keller
Dorothy Dickinson
Miss Keller
Miss Dickinson
J. L. Coleman
Sarah Louise
E. O. Vaughn
I. T. Hill
Anita
G. M. Fuller
R. R. Spigener
Lyn Naylor
C. E. Speed
N. C. Porter
Tom Burg
Baton Rouge
Paul Barber
Haze
Jeanne Moberly
H. F. Cassell
I. M. Heflin
A. L. Scales
Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
A. J. Boswell
Orient
China
Fisher
Southern Baptist
D. L. Porch
Barbara Harrington
Japan
L. W. Gentry
America
M. A. Wroten
R. S. Gayle
Circle
L. A. Materne
The
Baptist Church
Bradley
Ark
Eveready Circle
L. J. Kathan
Tendal
H. W. Huckabay
G. L. Smith
George C. Purvis
Mary Edmiston
Hattiesburg
Frederick Tucker
Dorothy Fairly
Stanley Coad
Marianne Ward
George Webb
Frances Kathan
Billy Bray
Mabel Coleman
Jane Johnson
Mandeville Kell
Nat Bray
Georgette Ziegler
Frank Lopez
Cliff Adams
Ashton Cagnolatti
Major Pope
Otis Edgerton
Harrie Hue Devine
Tri-Parish Medical Association
Drs
C. H. Webb
Cloudy Skies Bring Heat Relief to Monroe
Monroe endured a 103 degree high on Monday before light evening showers cooled the day. The overnight low reached 74 at 9 30 PM, as Miss Katie Key noted, while the Natural Gas thermometer at city hall showed a 10 degree drop between 3 and 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Mercury
Katie Key
New Wrinkles Show Exterior Hospitality Through Door Knocker
A home owner replaces a standard knocker with a heavy six inch iron ring holding four or five large keys. The feature serves as a decorative and personal appointment signaling inward hospitality.
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Eve Bradford
Nell Grigsby
Whistler
Willie
Emon
Bernice Louise Monroe
Oak Grove
John Carlyle
Garden Bridge
Roberto
Marion Reeves
R. V. Reeves
Tom ‘Ly
H. T. Koerner
I. A. C. Monroe
C. H. Nee Iy
A. Nordereen
Juanita Cotton
Marie Koerner
Helen Long
Aline Helland
Elaine Briggs
Francis Briggs
Laura Turner
Margery Dan Kelly
Valerie McIntosh
Tommie Gaddis
Sue Williams
Laura Mai Williams
Gussie Ross
Alexina Disch
Mary V. Baily
Mattye J. Mitchiner
Derwood Griffin
Winona Lake
Wisconsin
Chicago
Verna Williams
Est Avenue
Gertrude Slay
Alexandria
Ie. A. Porter
Ty Ned
Dalis
Billy Allen
J. E. Kersh
Asher
S. Arrington
Quitman
Howard Donald
Las California
Arrington
Charles Carter
Laurel,ississippi
Benjamin Dawofiris
J. L. Adair
Atlanta
Georgia
Chattanoocs, Tenn
Helene D'Auby Gaines
J. G. Gaines
Fifth Street
Tune In Plough
Guy Lomberdo
NBC
Alin
C&et
Southside
Loop
Northside
St. Louis
Spirit of Progress
Chicago T
Kirkland
Chicago , & Eastern
Mlinoig Railway
Or, Swn
Pass
caNas, Tex
News-Star Daily
Monroe News-Star Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York City
Mae McIntosh
Flora Crye
Mae Richardson
Sol Meyer
Miss McIntosh
Ola V. Williams
Amite
Louisiana
Omar Williams
Nona Anthony
A. B. Gregory
Jane Gregory
Peggy Bubb
Tylertown
Boys’ School
Oxfords
ALL Ladies
Maury Dabney
Guy Stubbs
Washington, D. C
J. H. Birdsong
W. E. Johnson
Evelyn
C. V. McGimsey
Miriam McGimsey
Magnolia Park
Morris Bridges
New Orleans
John §. Johnson
Pine Street
H. H. Douglas
Galveston
J. L. Newcomer
Morton, Miss
Thelma Cloyd
Shreveport
Points
Charles Schulze
Fred Culpepper, Jr
Lydia E. Pickham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Judith Lane
Jeanne Bowman
Olim
States
Washington
Austin
Big Tom Town
Edgar Florsheim
Mary Ann Dixon
Dorothy Williamson
Camp Beauregard
Henry Florsheim
J. Porter Burgess
Jane Burgess
Sara May
Adams
Gordon Wright
Grand Isle
Irene Stroud
el Dorado
Jinky
Tallulah
Bella Scherck Davidson
DeSiard
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