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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1932
Page
6
Thomas Harris five year old son of Ollie Wooten drowned in the Ouachita River near Fondale while boating with family. The tragedy is a somber note in local river life as rescuers search the area.
Unsigned letter from Darragh claims Kellogg's All-Bran eases headaches and sleeplessness during sea voyages. The note promotes two tablespoons daily to correct constipation, describes bulking and vitamin B benefits, and urges use as a cereal or in cooking with red and green packaging from Kellogg in Battle Creek.
A 12 year old boy disappeared yesterday afternoon near Monroe and was found deceased at 8:40 pm by Fireman Jack Blanks after an emergency call from Deputy Hammonds. Fire Captain Faler and Jim Atkinson aided in the search. The body was recovered from about six feet of water near a houseboat where the Wooten family lived. Funeral services were held today at Davis Lawhead chapel with burial at Faulk chapel cemetery.
The Auxiliary of the local Legion post voted to repair old toys for under privileged children in Twin Cities. Work will be in Camp Fire rooms on St John street, marking the third straight year of the program. Four new members were welcomed: Mrs T J Lochbaum, Mrs Graves Grant, Mrs O C Roddy, and Mrs Ed Lohan.
Pupils from Miss Clarice Holmes will present an expression recital in Urania high school auditorium at 7 30 Saturday evening December 3. Participants include representatives from all parish high schools and two outside schools. A standout feature will be three year old Barbara Jean Higdon of Selma delivering her number with notable talent.
A cooking feature by Sister Mary suggests using nuts to boost nutrition in vegetables, salads, and breads. It provides recipes for Nut Pudding, Rotato Nut Balls, and Nut Croquettes, plus a sample breakfast lunch and dinner menu emphasizing nut meats and simple variations.
President-elect C. G. McCleery addressed the West Monroe Kiwanis at noon in the first meeting after the Thanksgiving interruption. Ouachita Parish High School quartet performed with members John Frantoni Brooks Owens Robert Faulk and Joe Medaries.
Two stubborn grass fires kept Monroe firefighters busy for several hours. Firefighters from two companies fought the blazes, one near the Fourteenth and DeSiard streets intersection threatening Kellogg Lumber piles, and another in the Highland Park addition.
Far mer John W. Hull recalls seeing a hawk seize a young rabbit during a hunt near Waynesburg P A The hunter fired at the flying rabbit and knocked it loose from the hawk. The bird continued but the rabbit dropped about 100 feet and Hull recovered it. The Rev Samuel Spencer corroborates the tale.
London reports Dean Inge suggests making cars higher to allow ecclesiastical hats and proposes a painless ejector to spill passengers from cars. The idea aims to ease hat wear for bishops and deans and cites safety and comfort concerns. DETROIT notes Henry Ford Hospital treats Ford as a standard compensation case after a gangrenous appendix operation performed by Dr. Roy D. McClure, linking illness to work at Ford's factory.
Hartford judge learns from Ralph Hadley that prospective ice ped dlers take a 20 lesson course covering refrigeration theory food storage and air circulation. In Scranton twenty five local boxers form a boxers union affiliated with the AFL saying promoters underpay prelim fighters.
Brain survival after death is possible says Sir William Hardy of the Cambridge research station. He notes consciousness fades but brain function remains capable of responding to narcotics and differentiating choleroform from ordinary poisons. Catalytic systems stay intact for hours.
Certificates of deposit totaling 16000 are being paid today to depositors of the Opelousas St Landry Bank and Trust company by the St Landry Bank and Trust company which absorbed it. Morris Hirsch president announced the payments are the first in a four year series. Bettina Pieri 83 has spent 68 years in bed in Massaciuccoli Italy as relatives died after paralysis struck at 15 and a nurse has cared for her 30 years.
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