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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1923
Page
2
Eva C Bradford office seeks donations by mail phone or in person for Goodfellows appeal. Readers urged to support underprivileged children as Christmas charity continues with community events and a Treasure Island gathering complete with games and a turkey dinner.
Monday through Thursday schedule notes gatherings of Alpha Delphian Chapter Book Club Baptist West Monroe YWMA Catholic Ladies Altar Society and Interdenominational Bible Study. Social visits report upgrades guests marriages and a newborn William Courtney Hare born November thirtieth.
Mrs Charles H Reid entertained her bridge club on Wednesday in a refined reception suite with bronze chrysanthemums. Five games were played using yellow folder score cards while mint favors and desserts followed. Gifts included a Dutch silver vase won by Mrs Fagin Cox and a polychrome wall pocket for Mrs Manning McGuire. Miss Margaret Porter wore attractive boudoir toilet items.
Mrs Blanche Granary hosted the Married People's Card Club at Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Oakley home. Chrysanthemums and soft lighting created a charming setting. Gifts of silk hosiery were won by Mrs Minnie Ruffin and others. a turkey supper followed with guests including Miss Wilma Perry and Mrs Marshall of Vicksburg Mississippi.
London Times lauds Hughes speech linking Pan Americanism with the Monroe Doctrine. It argues the Monroe Doctrine, while broad and open to abuse, has kept South America safe from invasion for a century without war and aligns with League of Nations ideals.
Dr. Peter Plotkin's two paintings will be shown Monday afternoon and evening in the City High School auditorium. One depicts George Washington as a Mason in red white and blue hues, the other shows Tolstoy as a peasant reader in a dim cottage scene from Yasnaya Poliana. Prof. E L Neville arranged the display for Monroe children and the public to view these works, praised as masterpieces and worth seeing.
Advent Sunday services at Grace Church Corner Oak and St John Streets include two Holy Eucharists at 7:80 and 11 a.m. with Church School and a 7:30 p.m. Evensong. The feast marks Advent’s joyous and somber themes as it anticipates Christ's second coming.
The rector will preach at 11 am on Advent and at 7:30 pm on The Strategist. A solemn day ends with望. Sunday morning service 114 Wednesday evening meetings at 8. A free public reading room in the Ou National bank building room 615 opens daily 1:30 to 4:30 except Sundays and holidays. First Church of Christ Scientist offers Sunday school at 9:30 and invites readers for rose bushes. PI Drug Stage.
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