Round Of Parties Held For Betrothed Couple
Betrothed Miss Doll Hudson and Mr Henry Biedenharn Jr plan a wedding on August 30. A Mexico themed supper party hosted by H K Touchstone featured festive décor and a menu of tamales and frijoles. Guests included Emma Louise Biedenharn Anne Scott Martha Wilton McHenry Gloria Major Jean Terzia Sally Peck Elizabeth Hough and others. Mrs Guy Stubbs will travel to Mexico City to visit son in law and daughter Earl Chumney. Mrs Stubbs and Mr and Mrs Chumney to return to Monroe in late September. Mrs Louis Hullum hosted a morning gathering for Miss Agatha Lacroix featuring a confection course with several guests. Mrs Albert Donnaud of New Orleans visited Clyde Paine and plans for more charm inspired gatherings. A motor trip to Shreveport for lunch with Mrs Ben Dawkins Jr. capped the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doll Hudson
Henry Biedenharn Jr
Barry Stubbs
Kurt Touchstone
la Mexico
H. K. Touchstone
Mexico
Emma Louise Biedenharn
Anne Scott
Martha Wilton McHenry
Gloria Frances Major
Jean Terzia
Sally Peck
Elizabeth Hough
Haydn Cutler
John Sherrouse
Walter Jacobs
Tommy Downes
Simon Hodge
Fred Hudson III
Joseph Biedenharn
Albert Donnaud
New Orleans
Clyde Paine
Donnaud
Shreveport
Ben Dawkins Jr
Social items sent to Violet Meyer in editor's absence
Readers are asked to forward all items of social interest to Violet Meyer when Eve Bradford is away. Contact numbers 4800 or 1976 are provided for submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve Bradford
Violet Meyer
Community Social and Ball Announcements Across Week
Catholic Daughters host a social Friday at the club rooms with Genevieve Lohan and Julia Scott presiding. Delta Sigma holds its 14th annual summer ball Saturday from 10 to 2 at Frances Roof. Entre Nous Club meets Monday at 8 p.m. at Katie B. Brooks home Route 1 West Monroe. Phi Kappa Fraternity hosts its 14th annual summer ball Thursday August 29 on Cherokee Terrace Frances Hotel 10 to 2. Miss Izabelle Kelly guests at Mrs. T. H. McMillan home after Columbia summer school in New York. Phyllis Marie Fontana recuperating from an operation. Mrs. H. K. Kilpatrick hosted Miss Molly Gayle of Shreveport at a Lotus Club luncheon with guests Clayton Kilpatrick Dodo Kellogg Barbara Faulk and Miss Gayle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Daughters of America
Genevieve Lohan
Julia Scott
Delta Sigma
Frances Roof
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Cherokee Terrace
Frances Hotel
Izabelle Kelly
T. H. McMillan
Miss Kelly
New York City
Columbia
H. K. Kilpatrick
Molly Gayle
Shreveport
Lotus Club
Clayton Kilpatrick
Dodo Kellogg
Barbara Faulk
Social Roundup of Honours and Travels Across Parishes
Mrs. O P Lowery hosts honor for Mrs John L Whitfield who will move to Jackson Mississippi at Clear Lake. Guests include Mesdames Hollis Albright Holt Richardson and the honoree. Notables visit from Los Angeles to Sterlington. Misses Wilds Moran enjoy cruises to Havana and Central America. G C Hall Jr Vivian and Turner Tulsa attend fare well for future Ontario move. Roy H Caygle Swartz moves home after operation. Delta Beta Sigma plans annual ball September 2 under new president Dodo Kellogg. Richard Kellogg heads to Henderson NC with Kellogg family return in September. E H Lacroix Agatha Lacroix from Baton Rouge visit Alf Reid. E B Shaver recovering at St Francis Sanitarium. Miss Molly Gayle Shreveport visiting Barbara Faulk. Kathereyn Harriet Blish Shreveport guests of Theus. Yvonne Bernhardt returns from St Francis after appendectomy. Carl McHenry returns from Colorado. Mary Lavinia Inabnet to Camp Sequoya Bristol VA then back to city. Summer campers return to Monroe from Camp Sequoya Barbara McKenzie Betty Jane Wilds Eleanor Raye Pauline Breard Sue Mary Moore Marness Lester. Camp Waldemar Texas closes Friday with banquet and closing ceremony. Those returning to Monroe named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Lowery
John L. Whitfield
Jackson
Miss
Clear Lake
Mesdames B. Hollis
Clay Albright
X. Holt
Leslie Richardson
City
Camp Sequoya
Bristol
Barbara McKenzie
Betty Jane Wilds
Eleanor Raye
Pauline Breard
Sue Mary Moore
Marness Lester
Camp Waldemar
Texas
Monroe
Local social notes reveal travel plans and guests
Gay Noe and a list of counselors join Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Shlenker as they plan a Florida motor trip for several weeks. Theus family and Ella Lois Milldrum head to Florida for a week. Elbert and Walters families plus Miss Walt ers visit Chicago Maniiswish Wisconsin Dells Kalamazoo. Florence Powers, Mary Moss, and other locals are noted with travels and hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Shlenker
Florida
Johnnie S. Elbert
Gladden Walters
Gladden
Narcissa
Sallie Walters
Baton Rouge
Chicago
Maniiswish
Wis
Wisconsin Dells
Kalamazoo
Mich
Social Notices From Lake Providence And Arlington Picnic
Lake Providence visits span Mrs Lucy Titone and the Salemis with relatives in Midnight and Baton Rouge. Olive Ann Guenard marks her thirteenth birthday with an Arlington all day picnic inviting friends including Tommy Rosen zweig Eddie Sue Bell and several others from Monroe Baton Rouge and St Louis. Other gatherings include visits from Frank Altman and twins Ellis and Leslie to Earl Altman in J L Marcus home Lin ville and a Sunday at the Marcus residence with guests from New York McGehee Pine Bluff and Tallulah. Judith DuBose hosts Barbara Herron of New Orleans with a group including Olive Ann Guenard Eddie Sue Bell and Patsy Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Ann Guenard
Arlington
Tommy Rosenzweig
Eddie Sue Bell
Betty Hill
Gary Frost
Mary Ferguson
Patsy Evans
Patsy Ann Land
Baton Rouge
Margaret Crump
Alice Booker
Graham Schneider
Bill Scott
Billy Trieschmann
Margaret Goode
Jim Eddy Phillips
Monroe
Roland Marcus
Lawrence Richards
Nick Hamiltton, Jr
C. A. Voelker
Hertaire Guenard, Jr
Earl Altman
St. Louis
Frank Altman
Ellis and
Leslie
J. L. Marcus
Rose Rosen
New York
al Ruskin
Joseph
McGehee, Ark
Jake Marcus
Adele
Pine Bluff
Jack Abrams
Bobbette
Tallulah
Judith DuBose
Barabara Herron
New Orleans
H. P. DuBose
Elizabeth Langhofer
Patsy Land
Night at the barge ends in suspected death and a tangled love plot
In a moonlit sea coast scene, Julia Gerald Adam and others chase a missing Ivan after an outing at a barge. A car arrives and Ivan vanishes, later found dead in the barge hold. The narrator contemplates Sandra’s manipulating schemes and a ten thousand dollar life insurance tied to Colonel Tack as motives unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff
Henry
Gerald
Julia
Adam
Sandra
Ivan
Mimi
Dan
Kay
Jove
Erin
Pennant
Tack
Memphis
Ozarks
Local travelers visit Camp Quachita in Thornburg Ark
A group including Margaret Goode, Charles Otto Reed, Leonard Kennedy, Nick Hamilton Jr, Graham Schneider, Tommy Rosenzweig, Bill Scott, Jack and Dick Mayfield motored to Thornburg Arkansas to visit Camp Quachita. They were joined home by La Verne Davis, Florence Bonner, and Helen Kay Van Fossen who vacationed at the camp and Miss Joan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton Rouge
Margaret Goode
Charles Otto Reed
Leonard Kennedy
Nick Hamilton
Graham Schneider
Tommy Rosenzweig
Bill Scott
Jack
Dick Mayfield
J. P. Davis
H. T. van Fossen
Thornburg
Ark
Camp Quachita
la Verne Davis
Florence Bonner
Helen Kay van Fossen
Joan
Social Visit Notes From Arkansas Guests
Richards stays with cousin Miss Eleanor Ayers Hill in Little Rock Arkansas. Mrs Bill Cantrell and daughter Kay of Dumas Arkansas visit Mr and Mrs Bert Haller while L S A students return home for a brief stay before the fall term. Also present is Miss Dorothy O Sullivan with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cantrell
Kay
Dumas, Ark
Bert Haller
Dorothy O'Sullivan
Two-piece pattern offers tailored blouse and flaring skirt
Today's Pattern features a two-piece suit with a larger collar blouse and a smart flared skirt No 8768. It uses fabrics like crepe flannel rayon linen and tweed corduroy with sizes from 12 to 20 and yardage details for 39 and 54 inch materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star—World
Seven Avenue
New York
N. Y
Local social notes detail visits and gatherings across several states
Mrs Mamie O Sull ivan and Dick Du Bose visit with relatives in their families. Sally Marion Smiley from Moro Ark visits cousin Florence Bonner. Judith DuBose and Barbara Herron of New Orleans visit Cornelia Herron in Monroe. Mrs G G Adams and son Jerry visit relatives in North Carolina. Mrs Richard H Johnson formerly Josie Babb of Evanston Ill visits F A Babb. Mrs Leon Harbin vacations in Yazoo City then Holly Bluff Miss to visit Maurine Harbin. Mr and Mrs W D Evans and children spent a month in Mount Olive Miss with Evan’s parents and nieces Cecile Sullivan and Katherine Odom. George Ann Childs visits Birmingham. Paul Geisler motor trip to the Ozarks. Fred Cook and Virginia Ann, Monroe and Kay Planku of Madison Wis visit Janie Russell. Mrs W F Trieschmann hosts bridge in honor of Mrs John T Cook of Memphis. prizes awarded. Guests include numerous local women. Vera Frost and Lois Harris host Emma Ingran Sunday school class social. E T Cowell wins prizes for amendments and naming states. Sterling Merrill wins floral rhyme. Guests include Baxter Deal and Marvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Evans
Dickie
Jane
Mount Olive
Miss
Vera Frost
Lois Harris
Emma Ingran
The
Methodist Church
E. T. Cowell
Sterling Merrill
And
Baxter Deal
Marvin
Ark and Louisiana residents attend graduation of health education degree
Thomson of More Ark and a host of relatives from Natchitoches Evanston Bastrop Lake Providence and Houma celebrate Mildred Nelson’s health and physical education degree from LSU A former Miss Nelson and Mrs Moore plan a trip west visiting Salt Lake City Carlsbad Cavern and Colorado Springs after commencement. Mrs Nelson visits Wyly Nelson in Houma during the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo W. Moore
Mildred Nelson
Bastrop Lake Providence
M. Nelson
Moore
West
Salt la’ City
Carlsbad Cavern
Colorado Springs
A. M. Nelson
Houma
Wyly Nelson
Rapides Parish Sees First Cotton Bale Ginned
Alexandria August 22 Ra ides parish's first bale of cotton of 1940 was ginned here late Wednesday by Jack Burnaman of LeComp te. The bale weighed 500 pounds after baling and was sold immediately. Unusually heavy rains this year shortened the ginning season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Parish
Jack Burnaman
Revival Services Begin at Methodist Church in Dodson
In Dodson on August 22 a series of revival services will run Sunday through the week at the Methodist Church. Rev. I Yeager of Stone Avenue Church Monroe and Rev Martin Corley of Chatham will lead with Thomas Ware directing the song service. Public attendance is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Methodist Chur
I. Yeager
Stone Aven Methodist Church
Monroe
Martin Corley
Chatham
Thomas Ware
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Guy Stubbs
Louis Hullum
Monmorning
Agatha Lacroix
Alf Reid
Hullum
Marion Learned
Ray Junod
Bunn Beasley
F. M. Johnson
Dick Allison
Henry Whitfield
Nathan Gaston
Warren Taylor
W. M. Harper
Fensky ‘Terzia
Briscoe Trousdale
Hallum
Entre Nous Club
Katie B. Brooks
Route 1
West Monroe
Phyllis Marie Fontana
Olen
Princess Lace
Desiard ST. Monroe, Louis
Ann Rutherford
George Roll
Los Angeles
Mary Ann Wilds
Margaret Moran
Havana
Canal Zone
Honduras
States
G. C. Hall Jr
Vivian
A. Turner
Tulsa
Okla
E.S. Markle
Roy H. Caygle
Swartz
Roy G. Caygle
Delta Beta Sigma Sorority
Gay Noe
Richard Kellogg
Henderson
N. C
E. H. Lacroix
Miss Agatha Lacroix
E. B. Shaver
St. Francis Sanitarium
Francis Faulk
Kathereyn
Harriet Blish
E. K. Theus
Yvonne Bernhardt
Mrs
Carl McHenry
Colorado
Mary Lavinia Inabnet
Lydia E. Pinkham
Esther Ewing
Jerry Biedenharn
Jane Rhymes
Cornelia McHenry
Betty Sue Shotwell
Lee Slagle
Ann Biedenharn
Arabella Bancroft
Clarice Slagle
Marguerite Lamkin
Joan Boardman
Jessie Lee Touchstone
Betty Sue Jones
Elmer Slagle
Martha Jane Hill
Mrs. Barlow Snabnet
Billy, Jack and
Barlow Jr
Gulf Coast
Ella Lois Milldrum
Forida
Florence Powers
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
Mary Moss
Bastrop
Raymond Woods
Kansas City, Mo
M. O. Reeves
George Yeager
M. O. Merritt
Doris Benedict
Baskin
Russell Sinclair
Winnsboro
Henry Biedenharn
Lake Providence
Lucy Titone
John Salemi
Johnnie Salemi
Salemi
Sam Domino, Jr
Virginia Hanso
Mamie O’sullivan
Dick DuBose
Sally Marion Smiley
Moro, Ark
Mrs. Marvin Thomson
Mr. and
Mrs. Baxter Deal
Barbara Herron
Cornelia Herron
G. G. Adams
Jerry
North Carolina
Richard H. Johnson, Jr
Josie Babb
Evanston, Ill
F. A. Babb
Leon Harbin
Yazoo City
Mr. Harbin
T. J. McMaster
James Griffith
Holly Bluff, Miss
Maurine Harbin
George Ann Childs
Mrs. W. H. Childs
Mrs. W. S. Childs
Birmingham
Ala
Paul Geisler
Fred Cook
Virginia Ann
Kay Planku
Madison, Wis
Janie Russell
W. F. Trieschmann
John T. Cook
J. H. Guenard
W. F. Booker
Cook
G. A. Langhofer
Emilie Keene
W. D. Brown, Jr
F. A. Williams
J. E. Brown
C. R. Evans
J. G. Wyly, Jr
T. E. Pinkston
C. A. Rose
Owen Brown
Sarah Cobb
Mesa
Ariz
F. H. Schneider, Jr
Ford Land
Rapides Parish
Switzerland
Stationery Company
OTA Et Hs
Suedes
Patent Crasan Ee
COHEN
DeSiard
Monroe, la
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