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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1941
Page
2
Last week's social calendar featured prenuptial affairs musicales club meetings and football games. A standout event honored Miss Dorothymae Burge on her engagement with Mr. Alex Winn with a luncheon at the Rendezvous and ornate table decor.
A social gathering featured Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Neidhart with guests Mr. and Mrs. Reader McQuiller of Monroe. The Stei ner ru Scot meeting was set for Tuesday night at 7:30 with refreshments after the social hour. Sympathy extended to Mrs. Ila Ford for the loss of her mother Mrs. J. L. Culver in Birmingham. Malcolm Biedenharn and two daughters Jerry and JoAnn visited New Orleans for the weekend to watch a football game.
A lengthy notice lists Tuesday through Friday gatherings from local churches and clubs. Events include Nazarene W F M S, Girl Reserves Tres Angulus at YWCA, Stone Avenue M E S Circle meetings, St Matthew's alumni and altar society, Temple Sisterhood, First Baptist Woman's Missionary Society, Presbyterian auxiliary, and other area circles. Also noted are Northeast Junior College lounge sessions, Ouachita Parish P T A Consumer Education meeting with talks on shoes and hosiery, and Christmas party planning. The Neville P T A reports on November activities, and a marriage announcement for Victoria McNeese and Larry Kempsky.
People from Monroe and nearby areas visited relatives in Shreveport and New Orleans after attending the state teachers convention. The Calhoun Junior class held a Mulligan at Martha Jo Hale's home with many students participating. Home Demonstration club members gathered to discuss better breads and biscuits, pledge waste prevention, and elect new officers for 1942, with plans for a December Christmas party and the admission of a new member.
The death of famed strongman Sandow is linked to injuries suffered while single-handedly lifting an automobile from a ditch. He collapsed afterward and died from the trauma, with reports noting the hazardous strain of the feat.
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