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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1952
Page
7
Ferriday reports strong enrollment as Concordia Parish trade school classes begin and accept registrations through the week. Full time and evening options in commerce, carpentry, and farm mechanics are offered, with courses in commerce including typing and related skills.
Polio stricken Mary Ann Huff living at home in Van Nuys runs household and groceries by telephone using an adaptively rigged respirator. Her two young sons assist by retrieving numbers while she maintains independence and daily routines.
Former Northeast Louisiana State College librarian Miss Mary Clay has been appointed to the nominating committee of the Library Education division of the American Library Association. She is pursuing a master's in library science at Mississippi State College and recently spoke as LEA Schools Libraries chair in New Orleans.
Monroe Wholesale Drug Company announces a major holiday sales campaign to boost Christmas shopping traffic. The effort targets 168 local druggists, backed by newspaper radio ads, point of sale promotions, and gift catalogs under the theme Gifts Galore at your drug store. A Santa Claus display will draw customers, with Leon G. Sugar noting this will be the firm’s most intensive traffic-building campaign since its 1923 founding. The firm expects peak sales in sundries and toiletries and predicts the greatest shopping season in history.
Little Theatre director Stocker Fontelieu announced The Petrified Forest would not open Wednesday. Cast illnesses forced the postponement. an eight day run will begin Friday. Patrons with reservations should request a revision.
The Monroe Kiwanis Club presents a two show Grand Ole Opry event at Neville High School auditorium featuring Little Jimmy Dickens and other hillbilly stars. Matinee at 3 p m and 8 p m with tickets $1 25 for adults and 65 cents for children. proceeds fund youth programs and camps.
Scientists at Bell Telephone Laboratories develop a refrigerating device that reaches temperatures near absolute zero by liquefying helium. Tests at ultra low temperatures show unusual material changes, such as tin exhibiting extremely high electrical conductivity with a current that continues without diminishing.
American born in Russia and educated in France Victor Stoloff discusses making Egypts first English language film Tales of Cairo amid political pressures and near-confiscation. He notes Cairo's Arabic film industry and Cairo as Hollywood of the Arabic world before assessing Road to Bali with its breezy quips and cameo hints.
Shirley Ann King died Sunday afternoon in a local hospital. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max King of Monroe and sister to Bing Angela and Carlos King. Funeral arrangements under Hall Funeral Home will be announced later.
Mrs. Katie Gunther 52 of Rayville died in a Monroe hospital. Survivors include two sisters Mrs. C S Simpson Rayville and Mrs. Artie Morris Rayville plus several nieces and nephews. Funeral under Mulhearn Funeral Home direction with Rev Wendell Winkler officiating. Interment in Rayville Masonic Cemetery.
Lawrence McKinney known as Duke 52 of Lake St John died after a brief illness from a coronary at St Joseph Hospital Ferriday. He worked for John Sib ley Contractors and is survived by his wife three sons four sisters three brothers and six grandchildren. Funeral rites will be at Waterproof Baptist Church with interment Falcon Cemetery near Hope Ark. Lorena Pickett Toler widow of James J Toler of Morrow La died at 86 at her daughter’s Baton Rouge home after a lengthy illness. Hixon Brothers of Bunkie led funeral arrangements.
Burial at Big Cane Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Monday for Mrs. Toler, longtime member of the church and Eastern Star, with eight children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren among survivors. Pallbearers named. Edward G. Neuwirth Jr., 68, prominent former plantation owner and Utley Paint Co. secretary-treasurer, funeral held in New Orleans. Survived by three daughters and four sisters.
Three month old Shirley Ann King, daughter of Angela and Carlos King of Monroe, mourned by parents at graveside services held this afternoon at 3 oclock in Springhill Cemetery near Swartz. Interment under Hall Funeral Horae.
Red Cross chapter announces standard first aid and home nursing courses starting Tuesday evening and Tuesday morning for both colored and white residents. Chapter Chairman O N McNeil urges participation as self preservation. Egyptian Government caps cotton acreage at 30 percent for three years, affecting irrigated lands.
In Washington DC two streets bear combat themed names Fighting Alley and Donnybrook Lane reflecting a local naming debate. No further context provided.
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