West Monroe City Council Reenacts Liquor Ordinance 1999
Acting Mayor H A McDonald presided as West Monroe council met Monday night. The liquor license ordinance was reenacted for 1999 and licenses will issue after December 31. A water meter program was discussed with plans to install meters in all business districts. The council will decide on residential meter adoption later. Cypress street four lanes to open. railroad avenue renamed Park avenue. Millsaps principal Charles Eby urged extra precautions for school children.
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West Monroe
H. A. McDonald
Harry Williams, Jr
Monroe
Railroad Avenue
Park Avenue
Charles Eby
Millsaps School
Cypress Street
Civic Music Program Opens Monroe Season
The Monroe Civic Music Association launched its 1938 39 season before a large audience at Northeast Center auditorium Monday night presenting Margaret Speaks in a program praised for artistry and sincere interpretation. Alderson Mowbray accompanied at the piano, aiding the successful recital which featured works by Bach Schubert Grieg Debussy Bax Warlock Goossens and others.
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Monroe Civic Music Association
Northeast Center Auditorium
Margaret Speaks
Miss Speaks
Alderson Mowbray
Singing Meet Draws Record Missouri Pacific Boosters Crowd
A Sunday singing convention at the Ouachita Avenue clubhouse drew the largest attendance yet for the Missouri Pacific Booster club. Participants came from Farmerville Bastrop Rayville Tallulah Columbia Clarks Jonesboro Ruston and Shreveport while ideal weather helped the event run past 4 pm. The crowd stood outside or sat in cars as soloists quartets and special numbers filled the program.
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Missouri Pacific Booster Club
Ouachita Avenue
Farmerville
Bastrop
Rayville
Tallulah
Columbia
Clarks
Jonesboro
Ruston
Shreveport
Woman 77 Dies After Years Aided by Friends
Nancy Williams of Ward 5 died after a three day illness. For five years she lived under care arranged by the Thompson Wood Lee auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans, which provided clothes and support after she was found living in a parish hovel. She had no close relatives and received meals and goods from the group, with a small board allowance from police jury. Funeral was at Davis Lawhead and burial in Ward 9 cemetery.
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Nancy Williams
Thompson Wood Lee
United Spanish War Veterans
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
Daladier Forces End Strikes With Naval Staffing
Premier Daladier orders 259 sailors to man the liner Paris for a New York voyage, placing naval crews on transatlantic ships to break the Le Havre strike. Government also plans to sail the Paris from Cherbourg to pick up passengers and depart for New York amid ongoing labor unrest.
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New York
Daladier
le Havre
Cherbourg
Spain
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
France
Tre de France
Leon Jouhaux
General Confederation of Labor
Louis de Chappedelaine
Merchant Marine
Normandie
Valenciennes
Nantes
Jouhaux
National Economic Council
Confederation
Executive Council
WPA Employes to Hold Mass Meet at Courthouse
The WPA Employes association of America calls a mass meeting at the courthouse tonight at 7 30. Speakers will outline aims and benefits of unity on democratic principles. Joe S Peltier Eugene Cudd George Kuhn and H R Hearne will preside. All WPA workers invited. similar meetings planned statewide.
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WPA
Scouts Help Yale Toy Program In Oak Grove Drive
Boy Scout troop of Oak Grove launched a drive to collect discarded toys to recondition and distribute to needy children of West Carroll parish for Christmas. Toys will be given to families recommended by the parish welfare department.
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Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
Boy Scout
Ace” Brown
Postal Examinations Open for Two Postmaster Jobs
The civil service commission announces open competitive exams to fill postmaster at Chatham and Met Rouge third class offices. Chatham salary is 1300 dollars yearly and Met Rouge 1600 dollars yearly. Applications must be filed in Washington before December 16.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Chatham
Met Rouge
Tax Payments Show Increase in Ouachita Parish Taxes
Tax collections for Ouachita parish in 1938 rose after the month began. By Monday noon Sheriff Milton Coverdale reported $74 806.72 collected since mid November with notices pending and many inquiries from homeowners businesses and firms. The early payments and inquiries suggest a strong collection year.
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Ouachita Parish
Milton Coverdale
First Methodist Church elects officers and committees
At a church meeting the official board elected officers: Fred A. Coon president E C Gibson vice president Mrs Clyde Warner secretary treasurer. Multiple committees named including Christian stewardship fellowship personal evangelism lay speaking social welfare and more with numerous members listed. British railways spend nearly 88 million dollars annually to maintain tracks signals buildings etc.
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The
First Methodist Church
Fred A. Coon
E. C. Gibson
Clyde Warner
Tom Pharr
Mike John
L. L. Langford
F. W. Barnett
J. D. Petty
M. D. Swayze
W. B. Clarke
M. C. Redmond
C. V. Sanders
J. E. Walsworth
Dee A. Strickland
J G. Guthrie, Jr
Roy 0. Hale
C. C. McEachern
O. G. Elliott
W. B. Snabnet
W. Wamsley
Jack May
C. S. Walker
Walter Rhodes
W. C. Scott
John Madden
Ben Downing
W. B. Inabnet
Roy O. Hale
British Railways
Monroe Rebekah Lodge Members Attend State I O O F Meet
Members of Rebekah lodge No. 66 of Monroe attended the state I O O F meeting in Baton Rouge. Pauline Streetman F M Gravier and Ruby Coldwell received the Rebekah degree at the gathering. Monroe delegates and others from across the state joined a banquet at Hotel Istrouma and a homecoming program at the I O O F home in Crowley attracting about two hundred lodge members.
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Rebekah Lodge No
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Pauline Streetman
F. M. Gravier
Ruby Coldwell
Monroe Lodge
Capital
L. Y. Tarver
Real estate transfers in Ouachita Parish filed yesterday
Real estate transfers recorded at the Ouachita parish clerk of court show the Sherrouse Realty Company selling lot 6 block 8 Sherrouse addition Unit No 1 to E L Morgan and Mrs Annie B Mequet and D E Mequet selling lot 19 square 1 Splane Place subdivision for 75 dollars cash and other considerations.
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Ouachita Parish
Sherrouse Reality Company, Inc
E. L. Morgan
Sherrouse Addition
Annie B. Mequet
D. E. Mequet
D. B. Foster
Splane Place
Disturbed Sleep Remedies Advertise Four Day Test
Wakeful nights blamed on kidney conditions offered a four day test costing 25 cents. Claims to help kidneys remove acids causing irritation. Promotes juniper and seven other drugs formed into green tablets. Available from Bakets at local pharmacies in Monroe West Monroe and Ady.
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Sandman's Pharmacy
Monroe
E. G
Calvert
West Monroe
Ady
Campaigning for Tuberculosis Fight by Ouachita Health Group
Claude Harrison notes tuberculosis as the era's top public health menace. He urges intensified efforts citing its preventability and the ease of cure with early diagnosis, while detailing deaths and economic strain caused by the disease.
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Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Claude Harrison
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