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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1933

Page

2

Spring Optimism and Community Notes Parade

Poetry opens with spring imagery and Longfellow reference. Social items include Mrs. A Lisotta hosting the Joll iwee club on Breard Street Bridge, prize awards and a silver gift for the bride Mrs Phil Lisotta. Others report injuries, theatre plans at St Matthews, veterans dance, and travel notices among local families.

A. Lisotta Jolliwee” Club Breard Street Bridge J. T. Jacola Philisotta Frances Zagone West Onroe Gustine Zagone Catherine Meegan John Yarbrough North Fourth Street Doris Beaman Blanche Deas Judy Thornton Vicki Steele Joy Steele Jim Steele, Jr George Tidwell Charles Garretson Jack Parker Robert Garrison Virginia Mitchell Blanch Deas

Two Piece Chic Pattern 2545 From Anne Adams

Fashion pattern 2545 offers a stylish blouse and slim gored skirt with diagonal seaming puffed raglan sleeves and a large bow. Sizes 12 to 40. size 16 uses 2 3 8 yards blouse fabric and 2 1 8 yards contrast. Price 15 cents. pattern and catalog 25 cents. Orders to Monroe News Star Pattern Department New York City.

Anne Adams Monroe News-Star Pattern Department West 17Th Street New York City

Community notices and social happenings in Logtown area

Local events include a Wednesday benefit dance at Booster Club to raise funds for medical supplies, a Logtown Sewing Circle meeting, and a Friday puppet show by Monroe recreation department. Also reports on birthdays, gatherings, theatre rehearsals, exhibitions, and meetings of clubs and church groups with residents and visitors listed.

St. Matthew's Audium Booster Club Logtown Community Sewing Circle J. E. Doughtie Monroe Recreation Department St. Matthew’s Auditorium Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary North Second Street Monroe DeSiard Street Lloyd Surghnor St. Matthew's Guild St. Matthew's P. T. A Logtown Community Club

Ambitious Graduation Wish Turns to Dean Prank

A young graduate voices grand plans but the senior bluntly replies he wants to kick the dean in the pants as a bold gesture after receiving his diploma. The exchange hints at campus humor and rebellious mood of the moment.

Phone News Items for Mrs Nell Grigsby

Phone numbers listed for Mrs Nell Grigsby include 4800 for morning and midday calls between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. All other hours use phone 174.

Nell Grigsby

Sub Rosa Advice on Love and Parental Pressure

Dear Miss Vane counsels Betty on balancing parental disapproval with a two year romance. The column suggests arranging a talk with the young man, evaluating future possibilities, and using open communication to avoid heartbreak and social isolation.

Business and professional men to tour Lincoln parish farms

A 200 strong group of business and professional men will join 200 leading farmers on a 50 mile farm tour through Lincoln parish. The Ruston start is 8 am with a chicken barbecue at noon at the old Chautauqua grounds cooked by Leon Mitchell and served by Lincoln parish home demonstrator Sophie Stone and Bernardine McKnight. Focus will be pasture improvement herd and flock improvement and general farm betterment. The tour is directed by the Lincoln parish farm council county agent J A Shealy and the chamber of commerce.

Ruston Lincoln Parish Chautauqua Leon Mitchell Jackson Parish Sophie Stone Bernardine McKnight Chamber of Commerce Lincoln Parish Farm Council J. A. Shealy

Rail workers sell home tickets to spur travel

In a move to stimulate travel by train, 3,500 employees of a New England railroad system are selling railroad tickets directly to consumers in their homes.

New England

The Attic Intrigue Asleep While a Bride-to-Be Plots

In a tense attic scene Avis Arlen pretends fascination with relics while plotting to recover a vial of cleansing fluid to ruin a bridesmaid gown. The narrator toys with her nerves by detailing trap doors and hidden passages leading to fear and sleep as the hour of dancing nears.

Jim

Social notes from Tallulah clubs and church groups

Tallulah social page lists Friday club bridge at Mrs Buckner's with prizes for high Mrs Mason Spencer and low Mrs Claude Searles, plus a Chicago trip for several Tallulah visitors. Episcopal and Methodist societies meet at Dalkeith plantation and local church. numerous bridge parties, suppers, and birthday celebrations noted with attendees and hosts named.

E. A. Buckner Mason Spencer Henry Sevier Claude Searles A. L. Sevier E. M. Jones George Aitkin John Sevier Horace Lee Don Sevier William Wallace Ziegler Francis Jordan John Montgomery Tallulah Chicago Episcopal Guild George Webb Dalkeith Plantation Florence Pierson Annette Beers Phillips L. B. Collins Albert Sevier J. W. Holly W. M. Purdy David E. Holt David E Holt Will Sevier W. H. Pierson C. B. Claughton P. W. Byrd C. M. Harris Circle One Methodist Missionary Society J. R. Linton C. S Pierce Linton J. E Bethea D. H. Allen China G. E. Lanehart Charles Coltharp Trinity Chapter Episcopal Auxiliary Rountree George Yerger, Jr W. C. Starrett B. R. Coad G. L. Smith Z. L. Chambliss Jack Abrams H. W. Huckabay Davis Whitfield Richard Tate Florence Moore W. M. A. of the Baptist Church Dan Walker A. J. Boswell M. A. Wroten Harry Bankston L. A. Materne St. Agnes Catholic Church Book Club C. H. Todd Mary Katherine Bovine Nell Butler Batty Gagnolati Annie Scurria Circle No. 2 Missionary Society of the Baptist Church Paul Gaines H. B. Day W. R. Gilfoil Omega R. L. Baily A. J. Sevier Wiesdames P. Folk W. M. Scott C. H C. F. Hobson

Colin Hewitt Seeks Help As Hijack Plot Unfolds On St Lawrence

Colin Hewitt borrows Germaine Tremblay s boat and heads toward the club on the St Lawrence to warn Joe Lazarre of Captain Dollaire s men planning a hijacking. He must deliver a mysterious letter if possible while Levarre and the Mask backed gang threaten his life. Colin hopes Lazarre will help and discovers Germaine hidden aboard.

Colin Hewitt Germaine Tremblay St. Lawrence Joe Lazarre Captain Dollaire Lazarre Levarre New York Colin Germaine Dollaire Jacques

Germaine and Colin Plot to Handle Lazarre Dilemma

In a moonlit boat Colin and Germaine debate actions to warn Lazarre about a planned raid. He frets over exposing evidence and risks with the club while she reveals she slipped aboard to aid him. They plan to meet Lazarre and escape before the fireworks. Tomorrow, Colin faces an ambush.

Colin Lazarre

Price Basis Set by Cane Growers at Iberia Meeting

Leading Iberia parish sugar cane farmers adopted a 12 percent sucrose basis to price cane sold to refineries and endorsed a standard offered by buyers. Leon Landry, chairman, reported on last week’s Washington sugar conference.

New Iberia Iberia Parish Leon Landry Washington

Getting Up Nights and Rest Problems Declared

An advertisement claims nightly wakefulness robs rest energy and health, causing nervousness and joint ache. It promotes quick relief by reducing acidity and improving eye function with HOBOingffecti ki suede thsette kdoer.

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