Camp Waldemar campers report unflagging fun and trips
Letters from Monroe girls at Camp Waldemar Kerrville Texas describe field day wins by the Comanches and Tejas tribes canoeing and horse riding events. A Monterrey excursion visited the Governor's Palace and Terpsichore Gardens. Students Clarice Slagle Opal Elmore Virginia Elmore and Martha McManus are noted among travelers returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Camp Waldemar
Kerrville
Tex
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
Pattern 979 Dress Pattern Delights Pattern School Girls
Pattern No 979 offers a cute flattering frock for growing figures with an easy full bodice and side sashes. Pattern No 8979 covers sizes 6 to 14 years and requires 214 yards of 35 inch material. Send 15 cents to News Star World Today's Pattern Service in New York for the pattern and book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star—World Today
7Th Avenue
New York
N. Y
Area social calendar lists dances and church circles
An upcoming events page lists D B S alumni meeting at Miss Beverly Peevy's home at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Beta Delta summer formal at Cherokee terrace Frances hotel from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., multiple Woman's Missionary Society circles across several addresses, Woman's Society of Christian Service circles, and Sigma Phi Omega fraternity summer dance at Frances hotel from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admittance by invitation only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Peevy
Beta Delta
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
Carter
Layton Street
Henson Coon
Auburn Avenue
C. B. Alsin
Stubbs Avenue
Jordan Barton
Glenmar Avenue
W. T. Davis
North Second Street
Leon Wilson
Grammont Street
C. C. Calvert
College Avenue
J. M. Busby
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
J. Pickard
Alexander Avenue
Blanche Collins
Hudson Lane
E. G. Courtney
Hall Street
R. Cassidy
Sigma Phi Omega
Oldest Mardi Gras Queen Mrs. Orlando H. Phelps Dies
Mrs. Orlando H. Phelps, formerly Caroline Louise Labatt, dies in her 90s. She became the Mardi Gras queen after Rex chose her in 1877 and later married the duke who escorted her to the ball on a rain soaked night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Rex
Carnival
Orlando H. Phelps
Caroline Louise Labatt
Phelps
Local births Mark Seven New Arrivals Across Several Families
Mr and Mrs W P Renwick announce a son William Kenneth born Sunday at St Francis sanitarium. Mr and Mrs J H Taylor announce a boy born Wednesday at Riverside sanitarium. Mr and Mrs Robert Brock Rayville announce a daughter born Thursday 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 Garrettson announce a son Thursday at Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Rayville
Mrs R L Jowers 49 of Rayville died at home Thursday night. Survived by husband a prominent Rayville merchant two children Mrs Wilburn Pardue Alto and Miss Mary Lou Jowers Rayville a half brother Lester Brown Girard and two sisters Mrs Willie Mae Rogers and Mrs Gladys Monroe Girard. Funeral 4 p m Friday at Rayville Baptist Church Rev John H Hooks officiating. Interment Masonic Cemetery Rayville Mulhearn Funeral Home Rayville in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Jowers
Rayville
Wilburn Pardue
Alto
Mary Lou Jowers
Lester Brown
Girard
Willie Mae Rogers
Gladys Monroe
Rayville Baptist Church
John H. Hooks
Masonic Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
General Adna R Chaffee Jr Pioneered Army Armor Force
The text recalls Adna R Chaffee Jr born 1884 in Junction City Kansas and his push to mechanize the army. It notes his role in forming the first mechanized cavalry at Fort Knox and leading the 1st Armored Corps as WWII mobilization expanded. It also mentions his father Adna R Chaffee Sr, a chief of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
U S AIRMEN DO NOT CHASE NAZI PLANE OVER ICELAND
U S pilots stayed on the ground during an air alarm in Reykjavik as American Tomahawk fighters and British airmen drove off a German Heinkel bomber. US anti-aircraft batteries remained silent. The craft disappeared before British fighters reached range. first such intruder since July 7 occupation announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
United States
Iceland
North Atlantic
Man Discovers Perfect Wife for a Fisherman
Humboldt Tennessee August 22 W M Stallings reports he thinks he has found a man with a perfect wife at least for a fisherman The man was sitting on a box fishing on a hot day His wife held an umbrella over him with one hand and fanned him with the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt, Tenn
W. M. Stallings
Stallings
Peeps Aiding Cavalry Units in Third Army Maneuvers
Fort Bliss, Texas, troops participate in Third Army maneuvers as peep devices support mounted units. The peeps coordinate with cavalry, enabling rapid, versatile action across modern fighting routes, complemented by other mechanized gear increasing overall effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ade
Fort Bliss
Tex
Permits Issued for Three Local Building Projects
The Monroe building inspection office announced three construction permits Friday morning. A. L. Harrington received permission to remodel the two story frame residence at 1800 Riverfront Street. W. M. Logan was authorized to build a one story frame barn. John E. Zufall serves as building superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Building Inspection Office
A. L. Harrington
Riverfront Street
John E. Zufall
Irrigation Schemes in Russian Development Plan
The text notes extensive irrigation schemes in the Russian plan for developing the sparsely populated areas east of the Ural Mountains. It mentions a building project at 2400 DeSiard Street costing $1,000 with the owner handling construction and a remodel at Parker and Mississippi Streets costing $300 under W. M. Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSiard Street
Peoples Homestead and Saving Association
Parker and
Mississippi Streets
W. M. Logan
Ural Mountains
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eve C. Bradford
Opal
Virginia Elmore
Mary Jane Elmore
Marshall
Biloxi
Gulfport
Miss
Martha McManus
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Dubarry
Vitalis
BAYER
Schick
Des
Jeris
Ronic
Lucky Tiger
Prescription
Frey’s Pharmacy
M. Frey
Freeda Mickel
Hot Springs
Ark
Louise Chapman
Ruby Benoit
Wista Smith
Margie Reagan
Mary Elizabeth Milstead
Fannye St
Wm. K. McLaurin
Vicksburg
Houston
Vaughn Fields
Bertha Satterfield
Macon
Mary Edith Breard
Jack Breard
Dallas
Frances Michie
Monroe Public Library
Mexico City
Nell DeLee
Nashville
Tenn
John Duchkar
DeRidder
W. L. Moore
W. L. Moore, Jr
St. Louis, Mo
Virginia Vaughan
Jacksonville
Fla
Marvin Cummings
Hattiesburg
F.C. Eason
Carlisle McBride
Alexandria, la
Mrs
D. C. Harper
Siloam, Ark
Evelyn Jane Smith
John Hilburn
Cousin
Harvey Wright
el Dorado, Ark
Coffeyville
Ivan Garman
Near Dearing
Louisville
Rayon Stage
America
Better Fabrics Testing Bureau
United States Testing Co
Mary Priznich
Mardi Gras
Halifax
Britain
London
Lord Halifax
Atlantic
Canada
Kowloon
Hongkong Island
NEW Armored Force
Indiana
U. S
United Electric Service
Featuring
Lloyd Barham
His Drums
Cordur
Bella Scherck Davidson
Black Suedes
Brown Suedes
Tate
Vogue
Harper's Barger
Buster Brown
Shoe Department
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