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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1940

Page

6

Mrs. Marx Hosts Afternoon Tea Guests Flaunt Fashion

The Martha home of Mrs. Joe E. Marx hosted a Thursday tea honoring Mrs. Joe E. Marx Jr. and guests wore elegant gowns in aquamarine blue and Como blue with gold embroidery. The reception featured bronze and yellow chrysanthemums, a candlelit dining room, and a line of 100 society attendees. Other notes include local visits, health clinic news, and an engagement and marriage report in Northeast Louisiana society pages.

Joe E. Marx Joe E. Marx, Jr Sig Marx Camille Marx Lillian Jean Ansell Jack Ansell Abe Blumenthal

Community events fill week with clubs and teas

A busy social week features the Wesome Branch Book Club open house at 1604 Island Drive, the Y W C A tea at 904 Jackson Street, and multiple meetings including Twin City FTA at the courthouse and the Catholic Daughters gathering. Also plans for concerts, health talks, and holiday gatherings across West Monroe and Northeast Junior College.

Wesome Branch Book Club J. G. Hicks 1604 Island Drive L. R. Ledbetter W. B. Sander Jackson Street Twin City F.T. A. Council Courthouse Dixie Welfare Club West Monroe

Engagement Party Attracts Troubles At Country House

Sally and Bill host a house party near Atlanta to celebrate Bob and Claire’s engagement. After dinner Aunt Maggie, who crashed the party, lies inert at the foot of the back stairs. Sally suspects she fell. The mood shifts as the event goes downhill.

Sally Bill Atlanta Bob Claire Maggie

Aunt Maggie Dead After Fainting Shock in Roswell House

Sally and guests crowd around Aunt Maggie in the Roswell house after she collapses. Doc and help are sought while suspicions rise about a possible murderer as telephones fail and fear grows. Alice fears a killer is loose while Bill and Kirk organize care and contact.

Bob Bill Alice Aunt Maggie Sally Claire Maggie Atlanta Kirk Eve Comatenet

Birthday cake cuts mark Pren tice Seymour celebration

Mrs Edward Seymour hosted a party for her son Pren tice to mark his second birthday with cake cutting and treats for children. Sister Mrs Glenn Holland of Dallas helped entertain. A list of gift bringers included Anne Jarrell Robert Kellogg Walter Kellogg and others. D L Cromwell moved home after a St Francis sanitarium stay for a broken hip. Louis Slater and spouse visited New Orleans after a game weekend trip.

Edward Seymour Walter Kellogg Baton Rouge New Orleans Prentice Seymour Glenn Holland Dallas Anne Jarrell Robert Kellogg Bill and Cherry Ann Connery Sally Oliver James Wal D. L. Cromwell St. Francis Sanitarium Louis Slater

Pattern and Dress Styles for Fall and Winter

Fashion notes advertise a versatile pattern 884 for sizes 14 through 42 with options for velvet skirts and lace trimmed looks in crepe satin silk and georgette. Includes yardage estimates and a mail order form from Monroe News-Star World Pattern Service. The page also covers a Fall fashion book, a Dr Grace Ingledue program at Northeast Junior College, and social notices including a bridge gathering, a marriage announcement, airline executives traveling to Los Angeles, and several hospital and visiting updates.

Jersey Monroe News-Star World Today's Seventh Avenue New York N. Y

Christmas Party Planned by Swartz Home Demonstration Club

Swartz community row reports plans for a Christmas party to be hosted by the Swartz Home Demonstration Club. At the meeting at Mrs. Morris Hart's home committees were formed for program and refreshments with members including Mrs. T. C. McGlohon and Mrs. M. L. Meek, and talks on Colonial homes from the Natchez Pilgrimage.

C. B. Hammett Cobb Bird Natchez

Local Society Names Gathered for Event

W. E. Quinn, Mrs G B Wilson, Mrs J K Bird, Mrs R Cobb, Mrs T G Johnson, Mrs M W Meeks, and Mra T C McGiohon listed among attendees for the upcoming community gathering.

W. E. Quinn G. B. Wilson J. K. Bird R. Cobb T. G. Johnson M. W. Meeks T. C. McGiohon

Also Mentioned on This Page

Qocie Eve Bradford Society Office Phare Mrs. Marx Rome Louis Hart Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic Norman Mendelson S. K. Heninger Portland Ore Louis Masur Louis Masur, Jr Tulane University J. T. Roye Vaughan-Wright-Bendel @ink R. W. O'Donnell K. W. Brown Oklahoma City Tulley Gibson Memphis, Tenn Richard Kellogg Ity Phi Beta Kappa Walker Omega Kappa Louisiana Tech Omega Kappa Fraternity School of Business and Economics Ouachita Parish Sigma Phi Omega Civic League of West Monroe Methodist Church G. D. Williams Walter Holloman R. H. Frost G B. Conley Sanatorium Civic League Red Cross Monroe Fairbanks Frances Page Louisiana Irene Knowles L. R. Antony E. B. Emmerich Oak Grove Methodist Church Oak Grove Dallas, Tex Holland Prentice Atkins Riverside Vélemin B Weil Cleaners Ste TUDOR Neme Zenith Darrett St. John Altrusa Club Frances Hotel Louis Hullum West Monroe Civic League Northeast Junior College Roger Frisbie Catholic Daughters of America Grace Ingledue Atortheast Junior College Bess Sharpe Y. W. C. A. Board DeWitt Milam Frank Stubbs Courtney Oliver B. Beasley H. A. McDonald H. F. Madison William Rodriguez J. R. White J. S. Drew George Holland Curtis Seamon Lucyle Godwin J. B. Kugler Chicago Bright School of Florists Aubrey Haas Julius Cahn Arnold Bernstein J. E. Walsworth Nashville Barrier Mae Walsworth Vanderhilt University Arive Betsie Plutarch Andrew Bessie Roswell Grace Medora Cease Junior College Ing Dr. Ingredue Gueets Northest Junior College Frederick Millsaps William Bendel Carl McHenry Travis Oliver A. G. McHenry Arthur Dryburgh James A. Noe Eve Bradford J. W. Neisler Wyatt L. Z. Neisser Hughie Blalock Quitman Rev R. W. Kitchenham Mesera C. FB. Faulk C. BE. Woolman Delta Air Lines Los Angeles Pasengers Douglas King Stubbs Sue Island Leon Sugar Mrs. J. L. Benckenstein Beaumont, Tex L. C. Harkness Fred Witt PYREX Durrett Vicks VapoRub VapoRub VICKS North Third St Freeh Oysters, Pt Sheaffer TT CF Aig 204
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