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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1935
Page
4
Incomplete quotation states only 11 A cases exist, attributed to Captain Savageon formerly of the unit. Details are fragmentary and identities are partially garbled.
A wartime item shows a boy too young to fight in Brooklyn offering his velocipede to Italy in a drive for scrap iron to supply munitions. The tale mentions Italian troops nearly immune to tropical danger and a medical director noting hospital wards closed for lack of patients.
The Morehouse parish Red Cross executive committee met at the city hall naming S W Boyd of Bastrop secretary succeeding W M Meeks. About 500 memberships were secured in the drive though the parish quota of 750 was not met. Half of each $1 membership goes to national Red Cross with the rest for local relief. Remaining treasury funds after past obligations will total about $200 for relief work and appeals for financial aid were discussed with police jury and city council. Attendees included Isaac Chapman chair M V Orr J D McBride W H Todd Jr Ray Griffin Pete Jeane Rev W H Giles and J R Fuller.
Federal Land Bank of New Orleans sold to E H R Sabens the northeast quarter and east half of southwest quarter of northeast quarter section 16 16 1 east with mineral rights reserved for 650 dollars. J Norman Coon sold to Addie Anderson McNeal and Key Anderson Lot 1 block 2 Claiborne road subdivision sections 39 and 40 18 3 east for 100 dollars. J Evans and William Young gave option to B S Braswell trustee for lease on south half of northeast quarter section 20 17 1 east for 400 dollars. Option expires December 30 and price was 10 dollars. Antlers of deer are shed every season.
G O McBride 51 of Weston community died after a long illness. Funeral held at Zion's Rest Church with Rev W A Monk. interment in church cemetery. Survived by five brothers A E McBride Cyr D F S S McBride and R F McBride. Maurine Austin infant daughter of I F and Mrs I F Austin of Hodge died last Tuesday. Funeral at Union Church in Hodge with Rev Miller officiating. Survived by parents one brother and one sister.
Hazel Cathey 22 died at Hodge after months of illness. Funeral services were held at Oak Grove Church near Arcadia with Rev. W C Caldwell officiating. Interment followed in Oak Grove Cemetery. She leaves her father Mr H D Cathey and mother Mrs Cathey, and six siblings all of Hodge.
M L Carey 83 died at his Downsville residence after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the Downsville Methodist church. He is survived by a son Dr V A Carey and a daughter Miss Sadie Carey both of Downsville.
Dr. J. H. Pankey was elected president of the Ouachita Parish Medical Society at the annual banquet and meeting at Hotel Virginia. Dr. C. A. Johnson was named vice president and Dr. Ralph Tolbert became secretary treasurer. Dr. Irving J. Wolff spoke on the retiring president’s address and Dr. J. W. Bodley shared a University of Tennessee surgery lecture with motion pictures.
AMITE La Dec 6 Joe Tycer a farmer near Husser La was back in the East Louisiana hospital for the insane after shooting his wife Mrs Lilly Tycer 35 and wounding her critically then slashing his wrists in a suicide attempt Their 17 year old son disarmed him and Mrs Tycer lost her left arm to buckshot at Charity Hospital Doctors said she had little chance to recover Tycer had been released from a state institution last spring and returned to the hospital with minor wounds.
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