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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1938

Page

2

Christmas Slows Up Social Life In Monroe

The community faces a slower social pace due to Christmas shopping with fraternal and sorority events providing some relief. The Delta Beta Sigma carnival raised funds for a December dance as toy shops in Monroe prepare hundreds of gifts for needy children and Mrs. Selig urges organizations to donate. Local families welcome relatives visiting from Detroit and Minnesota, while Legion auxiliary honors and newborns fill the social page with community notes.

Delta Beta Sigma Monroe Council of Social Agencies Jonas Ig Selig Mia Selig

Charm Advice for the Working Woman

Mrs. Hortensen outlines business etiquette emphasizing appropriate attire and charm. She argues for balanced costumes, professional conduct, courteous communication, and polite use of refusals to earn loyalty and avoid offense. Executives benefit from listening, offering reasons, and graciously saying no when needed.

Mrs Fitzpatrick Visits Family Then Heads Home

Mrs. F W Fitzpatrick of Indianapolis arrived Sunday to visit her mother Mrs Percy Sandel and brother Percy Sandel Jr. She will leave on the 23rd to join Mr Fitzpatrick in St Louis for the holidays. A joint Cemetery association and Temple Sisterhood meeting is set for Tuesday at 2 30 at the temple annex. Walter Meyer and daughter Violet are visiting in New Orleans. World motor vehicle production last year hits a record 6 352 000 units, about 1 percent above 1929.

Julius Lemle David Weingarden Joan Rita Weingarden Detroit Mich Kansas City St. Louis Haydn Cutler Rochester, Minn F. W. Fitzpatrick Indianapolis Ind Percy Sandel Percy Sandel, Jr Fitzpatrick Adelia Sandel The Cemetery Association Temple Sisterhood Temple Annex

R A boys enjoy steak supper and missionary program

The R. A. boys of a Baptist church held a steak barbecue at Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Baxter home then presented a missionary program for the Lot tie Moon Christmas offering. Attendees included Clarence Hixon Gwin Judd Billy Boies Bayard Chambers and others. Fox tails were once used as handkerchiefs.

R. A. Boys The Baptist Church R. M. Baxter Lottie Moon R. A Clarence Hixon Gwin Judd Billy Boies Bayard Chambers J. C. Tillman Roger Baxter Lee Baxter E. E B. Randall Missionary Society J. W. DeMoss Young Peoples

Social Roundup Notes From Baton Rouge Visit And Local Gatherings

Tallulah residents attend a football game in Baton Rouge while guests visit in Cleburne Texas and Water Valley Mississippi. Local clubs held gatherings with prize awards and devotional lessons at the Methodist Missionary circle.

Henry Sevier W. C. Starrett Lamar Lee L. G. Storey E. A. Buckner George Kimbrough Arnold Shields William Powell Baton Rouge

Police Report Shows 330 Trials In Monroe November

Monroe city court tried 330 cases in November with $779 in fines. City jail time totaled 290 days and state 690 days. Stolen property valued at $1489.65, recovered mainly four cars worth $907.50. Police filed 6 burglaries, 16 larcenies under 50, 11 minor assaults, 6 sex offenses, 7 DWI, 53 drunkenness, 10 disorderly conduct, 4 gambling, 1 investigation, 17 other offenses, 11 speeding, 34 reckless driving, 223 improper lights or brakes, 29 non observance of signals.

Monroe

Octacon House murder mystery unfolds on Cape Cod

Pamela Frye reports finding ambergris worth $50,000 tied to Marina Lorne a murdered artist's wife. Asey Mayo suspects a listening admirer as police close in on the hiding place amid a wet night in Quanomet with a mural scandal and a garage discovery.

Quanomet Marina Lorne Pamela Frye Asey Mayo Cape Cod Marina Asey Pam Ambergris Hanson Ditchwater Jack Lorne Nettie Hobbs Octagon House Pam Frye Marine Lorne Lorne Nettie

Left Handed Killer in a Cape Cod Mystery

Asey Mayo returns to action in Quanomet where Marina Lorne is stabbed and Pam Frye, accused by Dr. Cummings and locals of using a left handed blow, is blamed by officials. Mayo questions motives, guards a suspect, and weighs Pam’s innocence against a tangled family feud and town fever.

Berneath Pam Frye Dr. Cummings Doc Asey Hanson Pam Cummings Marina Aaron Frye Quanomet Otvel Decause Marina Lorne Nettie Hobbs Provincetown Cape Lorne Hobbs East Brinslow Ripley Asey Mayo

Firemen Report 99 Runs and 21 Calls in November

November activity shows 99 fire runs and 21 miscellaneous service calls per fire inspector L Hunnicutt. Firefighters spent 55 hours 27 minutes on fires and 15 hours 47 minutes on other services with 9400 feet of hose and 117 feet of ladders used. Trucks pumped water for 23 hours 19 minutes. fires of the month were classified.

L. J. Hunnicutt

Notable Fire and Snake Facts From The Region

A compact report notes one business building eleven residences and multiple incidents including seventy six grass fires six trash fires three automobile fires and two miscellaneous fires. It also records the diamond back rattlesnake reaching eight feet in length.

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