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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1936

Page

8

Monroe Toy Shop Brings Yet Discards to New Life This Christmas

Society editor notes Monroe shops overflow with gifts as the Christmas toy shop recycles discarded toys for children. Garden Club leads Yuletide illumination efforts with window wreaths and doorway lights. Social events fill Friday with teas and luncheons, welcoming guests from Los Angeles and local hosts on North Second Street.

Garden Club Thomas Sholars Standifer Sholars Los Angeles Joh. Parker Peyton Parker W. J. Neel Hillyer Parker Neel North Second Street Richard Downs Donna Graham John Sherrouse John Fox Graham

Etiquette for parents visiting schools advised during Education Week

Mrs. B F Langworthy outlines proper conduct for parents visiting schools, stressing goals such as understanding teaching methods and school aims. She warns against early criticism, urges open minds, and notes parents are part of a home-school bridge while encouraging involvement aligned with education.

B. F. Langworthy National Congress of Parents and Teachers

Community events and society notes unfold this week

A busy slate of luncheons meetings and social gatherings is listed from Friday through Sunday. Bertha Masur is the centerpiece of several events with invitations at the Virginia and Frances hotels and gatherings at Neville High and First Baptist venues.

Neville High School P.T. A St. Matthew's Parochial School Alumni Association

Thanksgiving visits and travels across towns and states

A sequence of brief social notes records visits and holidays across Louisiana Texas and Mississippi. Families such as Mrs Callie Underwood and David Underwood of Oil City Miss Barbara Pye at Louisiana college Pineville and Miss Clara Brewer at LPI Ruston are listed with relatives and friends in Liberty Good Pine Dallas and Alexandria. The note ends with a historical fact: the Stockton and Burlington Railway in England opened September 27 1825 as the world’s first public railway.

Callie Underwood David Underwood Oil City Barbara Pye Louisiana College Pineville J. T. Fowler Stockton and Burlington England

Murder Tonight by Laurence W Aymusis

Detective Inspector Kingsley Hylton from Scotland Yard visits the Reeves dinner party after the murder of Arthur Burdett Hope Enderton miser. The scene unfolds with sharp dialogue as Hylton and host James White compare notes amid a web of clues and concealed motives.

Aymusis Arthur Burdett Hope Enderton Miser Dr Chambers Alony Reeveses Old Burdett Indies

Detective Kingsley Hylton Visits Enderton Court Mystery

Scotland Yard detective Kingsley Hylton arrives at Enderton Court to investigate a murder. Perry notes the visitor and his bold claims, while the innkeeper comments on the curious case drawing much local speculation. The inspector travels the area, tracing steps toward the police cottage as night falls.

Mr. White Scotland Yard Enderton Court Kingsley Hylton

Kingsley Hylton Counts Steps to Police Cottage

An account notes Kingsley Hylton tallying his steps to a police cottage, detailing his measured approach and the sequence of events observed during the pursuit or contact with authorities.

Inspector hints at distrust in inquiry before murder talk

Hylton questions Sergeant White, stressing not to trust testimony and noting public gullibility. White reports the murder occurred on the night of the eighteenth as Inspector Hylton surveys the busy desk and grimly observes government employment statistics.

White James White

Social Roundup of Visitors and College Guests

Local residents hosted a long list of guests from Mississippi and Texas including Mrs. A C Clark Jr Merrigold Ms and Mr How ard Hearn and family Jonesboro Rev Rodger Baxter Baptist minister returned from New Orleans convention Bennie Boughton Pleasant Hill and Miss Sadie Vining Pioneer hosted by L O Boughton Ruby Mae and Beulah Curry hosted Miss Margaret Rid ly Harrisonburg Miss Felicie An zonole Independence Miss Litha Davis Trout Mary Louise Hadewood Dallas guest of Aunt Mrs B O Griffing S L Crownover Plaquemine guest at E D Bakers Francis Olla Boughton Oil City visiting parents Annette Humble business student Tyler spent Thanksgiving with G W Humble W R Graves Elizabeth Graves Buddie Blair LSU guest Others from Louisiana Tech attended LSU Tulane game in Baton Rouge with E T Lee and Mary V McConnell.

Ruby Mae Beulah Curry Margaret Ridly Harrisonburg Felicie Anzolone Independence Litha Davis Trout W. E. Hixon Janet Hixon Buddie Hixon E. T. Lee Elizabeth Graves W. R. Graves Buddie Blair Sara DeMoss Ada Preston C. E. McConnell Mary V. McConnell Baton Rouge

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Eve C. Bradford Monroe Mrs Calif Mr. Sholars Auburn Avenue Collens’ Pharmacy, Inc Holloway & Thompson Hosier Srings the Bell Thompson DeSiard St Harry St. John Bridge Prioleau Ellis W. A. Walker, Jr Fred Hill Nell Stevenson Bridger Thornhill Martha Jane Hill Chicago Ernie Cord Cords Catholic Ladies’ Altar Society R. R. Beaman Albert Horuff C. H. Dunaway W. J. Rimes I. S. Wood St. Joseph's Orphans Home Grace Ingledue Northeast Center Auditorium A. 8. Crowell Canton Miss J. E. Turley Greenville Pearl Griffin Washington Street Thomas Sandridge R. Bostick Clifford Johnson Paul Ramey Valiant Carrie By Adelaide Kerr Edward VIII Madame Jones iVenna Abe Marx Percy Sandman Bertha Marie Masur Teflis Grotto Masonic Temple First Baptist Church H. H. Land Allen Sugar Alyce Florsheim Virginia Hotel Review Club E. W. Leigh Louisville Avenue St. Anne’s The Altar Society T. W. Hardy Rochelle First Methodist Church Zucarro Gordon Avenue E. Roberson C. A. Morgan North Sixth Street W. C. Faulk B. B. Handy Riverfront Street J. W. Treadwell Morris Avenue Judson Smith R. H. Gannaway Louise Anne Avenue Roy Hale Glenmar Street J. E. Kersh Kersh Hotel Irene Ivy Page Arkansas Avenue A. Baughman Ellyn Baughman D. I. Hirsch Abe Arent Suzanne Hirsch Harriett Hirsch Harold Heinberg Freida Bridge Frances Hotel A. S. Tidwell Leon Sugar Herbert Rosenheim Sugar Home Mary O'Kelly Samuel Davis James Wyatt Dorothy Dayton Independent Woman National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Miss Dayton Meyer Greenwall Fort Worth Tex William Bruce Womack Helen Fern Hillyer Sealy Parker Little Rock, Ark Mrs. Norman Priest Shreveport Texas Henry Bernstein New Orleans Congregation of Temple B’nai Israel Ruth White Graham Waring Mr. Waring Sunshine Delicatessen N. Third St Fryers Clara Brewer Ruston E. R. Brewer Juanita Weaver Louisiana Normal Natchitoches W. O. Weaver J. R. Thornton Liberty, Tex N. G. Fox Harry Walden Good Pine George Benson T. W. Anderson Dallas, Tex Woodrow Prother Meadville, Miss Leslye Eubanks Tommy Marshall Joinerville, Tex W. D. Peters Tyler, Tex Alexandria Mrs. Fox S. T. Storey Ted Graham Bobby and Jerry Graham Gulfport, Miss C. B. Floyd Murder Laurence W Edward Perry Perry Mr. Perry Hylton Ecard London Lpor Kingsley Fulton Marchester Road Anni Spector Sergeant White Lawrence W. Maynall Hyston Mangham C. Noble Hatch Howard Hearn Jonesboro Rodger Baxter Baptist State Convention Bennie Boughton Pleasant Hill Sadie Vining Pioneer L. O. Boughton Mary Louise Hadewood B. O. Griffing S. L. Crownover of Plaquemine Mrs. E. D. Baker Francis Olla Boughton J. G. Boughton Annette Humble Tyler G. W. Humble F. C. Sheppard Hammond Lt Jackson, Miss Alford McConnell Pink Parham Stanley Brown William Bell Bob Bell Joel Thompson Norvel Thames Beryl Stark Marjie Wooten Lula Jones Rowena Butler Louisiana Tech Harry Nash, Jr Thelma Lutiker Faye Brunson Goripus Ill Baptis Roger Laws Johns Sb ‘Bie Bolin Nox Sions V A Lawrence Tibbett Wenda Constance Cummings Lin Europe Ramona Loretta Young Aw Crawford Taylor San Francisco Bold King Cole Claire Trevor Iden Vore Barry MU Ane
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