Patterned dresses and birthday clubs fill Monroe pages
Pattern No. 979 offers a simple girls frock with a full bodice and side sashes, sizes 6 to 14. The News-Star-World Pattern Service lists price and order details. A local “Birthday club” of eight girls celebrates anniversaries at the Rendezvous. Various social notes follow, with Miss Bennett honored for her birthday. Also reports travel, visits, and relocations among Monroe residents.
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News-Star—World Today
7Th Avenue
New York
N. Y
Monroe
Louise Chapman
Ruby Benoit
Wista Smith
Margie Reagan
Mary Elizabeth Milstead
Fannye St. John
Dot Bennett
D. L. O. Puckett
Miss Bennett
Camp Waldemar Echoes of Camp Life and Monterrey Trip News
Campers from Monroe share tales of field day wins by the Comanches at Camp Waldemar Kerrville Texas. Horseback riding by Jerry Biedenharn and Betty Sue Shotwell and canoe races led by Ann Brown highlighted the term. Thirteen girls spent three days in Monterrey Mexico visiting the Governor and Bishop Palaces and Terpsichore Gardens before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Waldemar
Kerrville
Tex
Monroe
Jerry Biedenharn
M. S. Biedenharn
Betty Sue Shotwell
A. T. Shotwell
Ann Brown
C. R. Brown
Guadalupe
Monterrey
Mexico
Governor’s Palace
Bishop's Palace
Horsetail Falls
Terpsichore Gardens
Clarice Slagle
E. C. Slagle
Jealous Wives Warned Over San Franciscan Service At Station
A San Francisco lead prompts filling station owners to hire two young women amid a man shortage caused by the draft. Mary Priznich, 21, works shifts with a second attendant to service cars, raising concern among jealous wives.
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Mary Priznich
D B S Alumni Meet and Church Circles Schedule
An alumni chapter meeting is set for 2 p.m. at Miss Beverly Peevy’s home. Beta Delta hosts a summer formal at Frances Hotel Cherokee Terrace from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Various church women societies hold member circles at listed addresses and times, with multiple circle leaders named. The Sigma Phi Omega fraternity holds its annual summer dance at Frances Hotel from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admittance is by invitation only.
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Beverly Peevy
Cherokee Terrace
Frances Hotel
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
C. H. Gibson
Gordon Avenue
C. A. Grey
Pargoud Street
W. C. Tanner
Grayling Street
W. L. Stevens
South First Street
West Monroe
T. J. Davis
St. John Street
Darier
Layton Street
Henson Coon
Auburn Avenue
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
R. B. Arant
Joe Williamson
North Fifth Street
J. J. Jones
Calypso Street
R. O. Hale
Glenmar Avenue
J. S. Pickard
Alexander Avenue
Blanche Collins
Hudson Lane
E. G. Courtney
Hall Street
R. Cassidy
Sigma Phi Omega
Frances
First Head of New Armored Force Dies
The obituary recalls General Adna R. Chaffee Jr. born September 23 1884 in Junction City Kansas He pioneered army mechanization at Fort Knox Kentucky and led the first armored force with early plans for mobile units and heavy fire power His wartime role followed early advocacy for modernized armored divisions and air corps funding during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Army War College
War Department
Chaffee
Daniel van Voorhis
Ater
Fort Knox
van Voorhis
Washington
General Staff
Air Corps
7Th Cavalry
5Th
Europe
United States Army
1St Armored Corps
Junction City
Kas
Adna R. Chaffee
Army
Oldest Mardi Gras Queen Caroline La Batt dies at 89
The oldest surviving Mardi Gras queen Mrs. Orlando H. Phelps formerly Caroline Louise La Batt died in New Orleans in her 90th year. She recounted how Rex chose her queen in 1877 after a rainy night ride with her future husband the duke who escorted her to the ball.
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New Orleans
Rex
Carnival
Orlando H. Phelps
Caroline Louise Labatt
Phelps
Local births announced from several area families
Mr and Mrs W P Renwick announce the birth of a son William Kenneth at St Francis sanitarium. Mr and Mrs J H Taylor announce a boy born at Riverside sanitarium. Mr and Mrs Robert Brock Rayville announce a daughter born at Riverside sanitarium. Mr and Mrs E F Brown West Monroe announce a son born Friday August 15 at St Francis sanitarium. Mr and Mrs Charles Garretson announce a son born Thursday at Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic.
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W. P. Renwick
Auburn Avenue
William Kenneth
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. H. Taylor
South Third Street
Riverside Sanitarium
Robert Brock
Rayville
E. F. Brown
West Monroe
Charles Garretson
Fairview Avenue
Vaughan- Wright-Bendel Clinic
Deaths Mrs R L Jowers of Rayville
Mrs. R L Jowers 49 of Rayville died at home Thursday night. She is survived by her husband a Rayville merchant two children a half brother and two sisters. Funeral at Rayville Baptist church with Rev John H Hooks officiating. Interment in Masonic cemetery Mulhearn Funeral Home in charge. Kowloon name meaning Nine Dragons in Chinese.
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Rayville
R. L. Jowers
Wilburn Pardue
Aito
Mary Lou Jowers
Lester Brown
Girard
Willie Mae Rogers
Gladys Monroe
U S Airmen Stand Ground as Tomahawks Chase Nazi Bomber
In Reykjavik during an air alarm American pilots stayed on the ground while US built Tomahawk fighters and British airmen drove off a German Heinkel bomber. The German plane vanished before engagement and US anti aircraft batteries remained silent. This marked the first such over flight since the July 7 occupation announcement.
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Reykjavik
United States
Iceland
North Atlantic
Man Discovers Perfect Wife for a Fisherman
Humboldt Tennessee man W M Stallings reports finding a ideal wife for a fisherman. The scene shows a man fishing on a hot day while his wife shelters him with an umbrella and fans him with the other hand.
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Humboldt, Tenn
W. M. Stallings
Stallings
Peeps Aid Cavalry Units at Fort Bliss Maneuvers
From Fort Bliss Texas peeps units participate in Third Army maneuvers. They coordinate with mounted troops and boost effectiveness with mechanized gear. The peeps machine works with the cavalry for rapid response in modern fighting.
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Fort Bliss
Tex
Three Building Permits Issued by Monroe Office
The Monroe building inspection office announced three construction permits Friday morning. A. L. Harrington received permission to remodel a two story frame residence at 1800 Riverfront Street valued at about 4000 dollars. W. M. Logan was issued a permit to construct a one story frame barn. John E. Zufall serves as building superintendent.
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Monroe
A. L. Harrington
Riverfront Street
John E. Zufall
W. M. Logan
Real Estate and Irrigation Plans Highlight Regional Development
The document references construction at 2400 DeSiard Street and a one story frame residence at Parker and Mississippi streets. It notes costs around $300 and mentions a Peoples Homestead and Saving association permit. It also discusses irrigation schemes included in a Russian plan for developing sparsely populated areas east of the Ural Mountains.
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DeSiard Street
Parker
Mississippi Streets
Logan
Ural Mountains
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Rayon Safe
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United States Testing Co
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Mardi Gras
Halifax
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Atlantic
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