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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1936

Page

4

Christmas Social Pulse Brightens Monroe Year End

Society notes describe Yuletide preparations in Monroe with city wide lights a planned wedding at Temple B nai Israel and a series of hostess events. Prominent guests include Miss Bertha Masur and Mr Milton Gyrn of New York City with a reception at the Frances Hotel.

Monroe Garden Club P.T. A Bertha Marie Masur Milton Gyrn New York City Temple B’nai Israel Spnendee Terrace Francesotel Amos Hill Joseph Isaacman Mr. Isaacman New York Monroe Yuletide Mexico Mrs. Isaacman John Sherrouse Donna Graham Clarksdale Miss Graham City New Orleans Baton Rouge Mrs. Sherrouse D. I. Hirsch Abe Arent Suzanne Hirsch Harriett Hirsch Harold Heinberg Freida Bridge Frances Hotel Teflis Grotto Virginia Hotel Leon Sugar Herbert Rosenheim Sugar Home Mary O'Kelly Samuel Davis James Wyatt

Community notices share events and honors in Monroe

A crowded list of upcoming luncheons and meetings in Monroe covers Neville High PTA St Matthew s School Alumni and multiple missionary circles at Gordon Avenue and First Methodist. Also noted are society teas, a marriage, new worship experiments, and updates on local residents and guests.

Neville High School P.T. A St. Matthew's Parochial School Alumni Association St. Anne's the Altar Society T. W. Hardy Rochelle First Methodist Church Zucarro Gordon Avenue E. Roberson Louisville Avenue C. A. Morgan North Sixth Street W. C. Faulk North Second Street 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 Virginia Hotel Bertha Marie Masur Trinity Lutheran Church F. C. McMullen South First Street P. Hall Gordon Avenue Methodist Church T. G. Brown Vernon Street Cisco Pargoud Drive H. D. Dennis National Council of Jewish Women Arthur Brin Council America

Murder at Hope Enderton prompts mystery in interim notes

Sergeant White and Detective Hylton begin investigating Arthur Burdett murder. Burdett, squire of Hope Enderton, was miserly and unpopular with about a half dozen locals glad he is dead. Hylton and White form a wary partnership, though White remains slightly mystified.

Sergeant White Hylton Arthur Burdett Burdett Hope Enderton White Nyeton Way Mr. Lumsdale Enderton Court

Night murder in Enderton Court shocks village

Inspector questions reveal dead man Arthur Burdett and his fiery nephew figure. Shipley described as volatile, with rumors of Burdett hoarding thousands. Witness mentions a bar remark calling Burdett the worst of farthing-fumbling old fools. Authorities probe terms between uncle and nephew and possible motive.

Shipley

Community Notes From Local Bungalows And Visits

Bonita Shackelford recovering at home after emergency operation at St Francis sanitarium. Howard Arnold of the US Navy visits friends. Philadelphia Mississippi guests of H W Holdiness. Anthony and Paul French with Margaret Ann Reeves visit Vicksburg relatives. Akers family from Norwood Missouri visits Boyd Smith. Lillie Humphrey and Lou Anne Casey visit George Casey in Fort Smith Arkansas. Honeycutts host T L Honeycutt. H W Byatt to spend winter in Biloxi Mississippi. Attendees at Tulane LSA game in Baton Rouge include Jerome Cain Robert Swayze Paul Jones and others.

Craig Shackelford J. B. Shackelford St. Francis Sanitarium Jones Tulane

Jonesville Bridge Club Hosts Prizes Drawn

In Jonesville at Mrs. E. H. Scott home, Mrs. L. C. Spencer Mrs. Sam Griffin and Mrs. Thomas Carr Away won prizes. Guests included S. L. Marvin R. P. Boyd Charles Phillips Thomas Carraway Henry Attinger and E. H. Scott. Miss Willie Stroud visited over Thanksgiving from State Normal college Natchitoches.

Jonesville Bridge Club E. H. Scott L. C. Spencer Sam Griffin Thomas Carraway S. L. Marvin R. P. Boyd Charles Phillips Henry Attinger Willie Stroud State Normal College Natchitoches W. C. Stroud

Miser in the village is murdered in eerie house

Inspector Kingsley Hylton and Sergeant White investigate the murder of Arthur Burdett, a notorious miser living with one servant in a secluded manor. They seek motive over fingerprints, noting Burdett kept valuable cash inside a wall safe and left no clear clues. The case hinges on who stood to gain from his death.

Keats Peter Quennell Rowland Lord Byron Byron Pyad Burdett Arthur Burdett James Whith Kingsley Hylton Andrew Lumsdale Cheshire Hylton Sergeant White Laurence We Meynett

Ebony ties used on Mexican railway lines

The railroad in Mexico uses solid ebony ties in sections to support rails. Ebony flourishes in nearby forests and is so hard that holes must be drilled into it for railroad spikes.

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