Charity Is The Keynote Of Month
December brings gratitude for American living and charity. A group of Blue Triangle girls assist in St. Francis sanitarium free ward visits and fundraise while another carol group distributes holly to travelers on Christmas Eve. Mariliyn Marshall of Bristol rises as Curry Club president at Sullins College. Naomi Phelps and Bryan Brantley wed in Sterlington with ceremony by Rev. Burns. Levy Gremillion heads to Norfolk to begin a six year Navy term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
aPale
Tion
Mer Blue Triangle
Cobaiy
St. Francis Sanitarium
Charlotte Seeker
Rhoda Kellogg
Joy Mickel
Sophie Davidson
Cherry Bernstein
Biedenharn
Margo Strauss
Gwen Walker
Ann Brown
Camille Hancock
Lois Clement
Cieta Godfrey
Carolyn Rose Stauss
Betty Sue Shotwell
June Lewis
Jacqueline James
Betty Roddey
Vettye Bernhardt
Mary Anita Lerinou
Patsy Ziegan
Jean Hemler
Joan McVay
Mariliyn Marshall
Fred Petty
North Third Street
Sullins College
Bristol
Curry Club
Miss Marshall
Sul
Professor McIntyre
Sullins
Als
Herbert L. Phelps
Zion Hill
Naomi
Bryan J. Brantley
John W. Brantley
Farmerville
Rev
M. W. Burns
Brantley
Sterlington
Mr. Brantley
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Various Club Meetings and Social Events Around Town
Community groups hold multiple meetings at churches and clubs including the Women’s Society of Christian Service circles at Stone Avenue Methodist and First Methodist, Catholic Ladies Altar Society, Grace Church Junior Guild, and First Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union. Public notices cover open house at the Y W C A, Twin City PTA at courthouse, Dixie Welfare benefit show, and a Musical Coterie gathering with post event reception. The section notes the Lopoo Nathanson marriage and reports Mrs S E Huey’s hospital admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Stone Avenue Methodist Church
A. L. Ingram
Jackson
E. A. Williamson
South Third Street
Catholic Ladies Altar Society
R. R. Beaman
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church Auxiliary
Woman's Council of the
First Christian Church
A. Moss
C. H. Williamson
R. O. Ware
Twin City
P.T. A. Council
Courthouse
Dixie Welfare Club
West Monroe
Monroe
Catholic Daughters of America
Secret Room Clue Spurs Atlanta Family Tea Party
At a country house engagement celebration, Aunt Maggie hints at a hidden room and possible jade cache. The group recalls family histories and a kidnapping scare involving Hugh Brannen as Eve schemes for a share, then the scene shifts to breakfast and the mansion’s back passage where Aunt Maggie lies unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally
Bill
Claire
Bob
Maggie
Eve
Hugh Brannen
Chi Ae
Roswell
Darien
Georgia
Mittie Bulloch
Bulloch Hall
Theodore Roosevelt
Savannah
Atlanta
Kirk
Evelyn Pruittou
Graham
Andrew
Jade
Bessie
Aunt Maggie
Medora Field Perkerson
Miss Jerry John Named In Who's Who Among Students
Miss Jerry John daughter of Mr and Mrs Mize John Sr of 505 Breas avenue will receive a B S degree from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in June and is listed in the 1939 40 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for her combined leadership character scholarship and extracurricular involvement Theta chapter member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry John
Mize John
Breas Avenue
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
John
Theta
James F. Digby
L. Digby
North Fourth Street
Louisiana Tech
Digby
Omega Kappa Fraternity
Electrical Engineering Association
The
Tech Radio Club
Tech Engineer
Delta Alpha Rho
Gamma Epsilon
Neville High
National Honor Society
Sigma Sigma
Simple Easy Pattern for Girls Frock and Accessories
A home sewing feature promotes Pattern No. 8840 for sizes 2 to 6 years with a front coat like design and ric rac trim. Includes dress and panties, yardage estimates, and order details from Monroe News-Star World Today's Pattern Service in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe News-Star— World Today
Severth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Noted author to speak at Monroe Town Hall
Ella Enslow pen name Lena Davis Murray will address Monroe Town Hall at 8 p m December 10 in Northeast Junior College auditorium. She discusses rising education costs and has spoken to major groups including the Iowa State Teachers convention and Chicago Executives Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Enslow
Saturday Evening Post
Monroe Town Hall
Northeast Junior College
S. A. Moss
Miss Enslow
Lena Davis Murray
Cumberland Mountains
Tennessee
Mim Enslow
Iowa State Teachers Convention
Chicago
Jefferson City Town Hall
Manpower Debate Shapes Canada War Effort
Ottawa reports Canada’s manpower is tightly constrained as 12 million people supply raw materials while wartime needs split between armed forces and expanding war industries. Discussions cite Sir James Gardiner calling for flexible training of older workers and women to fill factory roles amid calls for mobilization balance and national urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Associated Press
Canada
Germany
Scandinavia
Low Countries
France
Britain
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Norway
United Kingdom
Europe
Army
Navy
Air Force
James G. Gardiner
National War Services
Gardiner
England
Birth Announcements From Multiple Louisiana Sanitariums
Birth notices from St. re Sanitarium report a boy for J K Perry Monroe a girl for Ray Martin and a girl for R T King West Monroe a girl for Lester Braddock Met Rouge Emily Ruth Braddock named after Ruth Faris. Jonesboro reports two boys at Hodge Clinic November 28 for Watson and Michaud families and a girl Betty Jean for Gerlington November 29. Winnsboro notes son Jack Russell born November 21 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bewden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Re Sanitarium
J. K. Perry
Monroe
Ray Martin
R. T. King
West Monroe
Lester Braddock
Met Rouge
Braddock
Ruth Faris
St. Francis Sanitarium
Emily Ruth Braddock
Jonesboro
J. C. Watson
Hodge
Winnsboro
Jack Bewden
Jack Russell
Rancher Says He Fought Off Bear After Chase
In Santa Fe New Mexico on December 2 a rancher named Dick Nunn reportedly shot a bear after it chased him and his horse. State game warden Elliott Barker confirms the tale and notes Nunn killed the 550 pound bruin after the bear dislodged him from the saddle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fye
N. M
Elliott Barker
Dick Nunn
Nunn
Rocky Ford man cites identical mileages on trips to Milan
J A Clevenger of Rocky Ford Colorado made two separate trips to Milan Missouri a year apart. He used different cars each time yet the speedometer showed exactly 743 miles for both journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Clevenger
Rocky Ford
Colo
Milan
Negro sentenced to year in state pen
Jasper Green, a negro, was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary by Judge David L Garrett after pleading guilty to stealing a cow from George Harrell of West Monroe. Green was arrested Sunday by the sheriff's office. The article notes an unrelated line about the interpretation of dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Green
State Penitentiary
David L Garrett
Green
George Harrell
West Monroe
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Levy Gremillion
S. F. Gremillion
New Orleans
Norfolk
United States Navy
Yilverstein
Cee Laos
Orsiano Sul
Welcome Branch Book Club
J. G. Hicks
1604 Island Drive
L. R. Ledbetter
W. E. Sander
Jackson Street
H. H. Land
Roger Frisbie
Amarilli
Mia Bella
Giulio Caccini
Henry Whitfield
Pressers
Dulies Goss
Jesus
Land
B. D. Allbritton
F. W. Allison
Beulah Doerr
Dallas Goss
Grayson Guthrie, Jr
Julius Kugler
Mary Grace Lawn
C. L. Moore, Jr
William Rodriguez
R. B. Rush
J. E. Thompson
Emma Louise Biedenham
Beatrice Lopoo
Benjamin Lopoo
Natchez
Vidalia
Martin A. Nathanson
New York City
Natchez High School
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
S. E. Huey
Chapter
Brannen
Paul Mitchell
Journal
Usua
South Carolina
Walter Brannen
Brannens
Walter
Goodrum
Kirk Pierce
Wallace Arnold
Alice
Jim Arnold
Wallace
Perge
Squire
Auntaggie
Theta Upsilon
Blue Jackets
Miss Tech
Shreveport Fair
Neville High School
Sigma Sigma Scholastic Fraternity
Home Economics UK
Frances Hotel
Joe E. Marx, Jr
Sig Marx
Marx
Leon Apgar
William Thurman
Pensacola
Fla
United State Air Reserve Corps
Apgar
Ey Licenwsao Cleaner
Weil
Coats
Style Shop
DeSiard
Xtra Mit
Science
Sly Tate
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