Poll Tax Deadlines Set For Ouachita Parish
More than 11 000 poll tax receipts have been issued by the Ouachita Parish sheriff as the tax year 1933 nears. Payments must be completed by December 30 with a one day earlier deadline than usual since December falls on a Sunday. Taxes must be paid before January 1 to qualify to vote, while those delaying may incur property tax liens. A wet or dry election and a congressional vote are planned for 1934, with tax adjudications in progress on state and parish real estate seized for unpaid taxes.
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Sheriff's
Ouachita Parish
Sheriff's Department
Real Estate Transfers Involving DeSiard Street Space
Thursday records show J. B. Abrams leasing a 42 foot square corner space on DeSiard Street from Simon Shlenker and Isaac Lemle via Fred B. Cole. The three year lease starts October 15 1930 with rent 35 dollars monthly first year and 45 dollars monthly thereafter, drawn October 27 1930. Immigration to Canada estimated at 15000 per year.
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Fred B. Cole
J. B. Abrams
DeSiard Street
Cole
Simon Shlenker
Isaac Lemle
Proclamation Signed On Eighteenth Amendment Abolition
Undersecretary of State William Phillips signs the proclamation certifying enough states acted to abolish the eighteenth amendment. He signs in Secretary Hull's absence as pictured by Associated Press.
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William Phillips
Hull
Associated Press
Methodist Protestant Church announces Advent and services
The Methodist Protestant Church at Stone and South Third Streets lists Sunday school at 9 50 a m and the Lord's Supper at 11 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p m with youth directed worship at 7 30 p m. Prayer services, choir practice, and Bible study are slated across the week.
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Methodist Protestant Church
Stone and
South Third Streets
I. L. Yeager
Circle No. 2
G. B. Haynes
West Monroe
Trinity Lutheran Church Advent Services
Trinity Lutheran Church Weedmen Hath at 101 Jackson invites parishioners to Advent services starting with Sunday school and Bible class at 9 a.m. and worship at 10:45 a.m. Pastor H. H. Schaefer continues a sermon series on "Our Christian Life in the Light of Advent." Walther League meets Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the pastor's home.
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Walther League
Consecration of church officials marks new year
The church opens its new year with an 11 o clock consecration of board members led by the pastor who chooses The Quest Supreme as the theme. A pledge for support of the coming year will be taken. Regular services and meetings follow including Sunday school, Epworth League sessions, and a women’s society circle gathering.
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Epworth League
Board of Christian Education
Woman's Missionary Society
Christian Life Conference Plans Church Activities
The Congregational Church led by George H. Dierlamm lists the Christian Life conference at the parsonage Friday on the Historical Background of the New Testament. Pilgrim Daughters meet at Mrs. Dean. Mrs. G O Quinn leads Friday’s topic. Union Church holds school and worship. revival begins December 18 with nightly services.
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Christian Life Conference
Thessalonians
Dean
G. O’quinn
Pleasant Hill Church Church
Pilgrim Daughters
Advent Services at Grace Church Fourth and Glenmar
Grace Church led by Pastor Farren Hayward offers second Sunday in Advent services. The schedule includes Holy Eucharist at 7:30 a.m. and church school at 9:30 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 a.m. Y P S L at 7 p.m. The readings emphasize that scriptures prepare for judgment and testify of Christ.
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GRACE
Isaiah
Weno Peeeeee re Bible Study and Services
Sunday activities include a 6:45 a.m. Bible study period and an 11:00 a.m. worship with the sermon on Character Building from Matthew 7 24 27. Evening services at 7 30 p.m. cover The Sower with young people at 6 45 p.m. and a Tuesday Ladies Bible class at 2 30 p.m. A Wednesday 7 30 p.m. mid week study and hour of prayer continues Revelations.
Immanuel Baptist Church Baptism and Special Music Planned
West Monroe church adds several members by baptism last Sunday and will administer the ordinance after the evening service. A special morning concert features piano solo The Palms by Hermaine Driskell and vocal selections The Great White Throne by Mrs. James E. Davis and Kerr Brown.
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Immanuel Baptist Church
West Monroe Corner
North Fourth
Vernon
H. L. Driskell
Alexander, Monroe
James E. Davis
Hermaine Driskell
Leybach
Kerr Brown
Religious services outline kingdom and throne themes
The text outlines a church program with a concert featuring Octave Register and choirs plus an angelic chorus. It notes sermons on the Great White Throne and the Pleading Saviour, plus Sunday school at 9 45 am morning worship at 11 o clock and evening activities. B Y P U at 6 30 pm and baptism at 7 30 pm.
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Miss Octave
Men’s Brotherhood
W. M. Kirbow
H. G. Durgin
First Baptist Church West Monroe Weekly Schedule
Edward E Huntsberry pastor at First Baptist Church West Monroe outlines weekly services. Sunday school 9 45 am, morning worship 11 am with sermon by the pastor. Evening worship 7 pm, Y M C A and B Y P A activities, Wednesday day of prayer for missions, choir, boy scouts Fridays. Forty new members in three months.
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Nisg
R. L. Hales
Brotherhood
Jay
Edward E. Huntsberry
J. G. Cobb
W. S. Heard
O. W. Getchell
First Presbyterian Church Sermon Reflects On Civil Duty
Ernest D. Holloway urges church members to live holy lives amid public ridicule of the church. An unnamed American writer is quoted noting that true goodness aligns with church membership and civic duty, arguing man is a religious animal.
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First Presbyterian Church
Grammont
Catalpa
Ernest D. Holloway
Worship Invitation Amid Quiet Church Debates
A church bulletin quotes a moral stake about faith and society and invites members to worship this Lord's day, urging reflection on the balance between religious duty and personal conscience. The message foregrounds spiritual nourishment and community gathering.
Revival progress at Richmond Church of the Nazarene
The revival at the Richmond Church of the Nazarene, led by Evangelist C. J. Frost, shows good progress with increasing interest. Members are urged to attend and committees to follow the first three sections of the constitution. Services include Bible school 9 40 a.m. and evangelistic service 7 p.m. Sunday. W M S Friday 2 30 p.m.
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C. J. Frost
W.M. S
Central Baptist Church Invites Newcomers to Worship
Central Baptist Church at 3409 See Avenue invites new residents in South Monroe to join services. Weekly schedule includes Sunday school 9:45 am, morning worship 10:50 am with pastor speaking on Aggressive Christianity, B Y P U at 6:25 pm, and evening worship 7:30 pm.
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Central Baptist Church
Roger M. Baxter
Louisiana State Banks Seek Deposit Insurance
A report by Walter J. Cummings shows 171 Mississippi and 117 Louisiana state banks applied for full participation in the federal deposit insurance corporation. The list of banks covered will be announced just before January 1, 1934, when deposits of 2500 dollars or less are guaranteed. Apples contain about 82.5 percent water.
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Washington
Mississippi
Louisiana
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Walter J. Cummings
Negro Convicted Three Freed In Contempt Cases
In federal court Elmo Riley of Union parish was found guilty of contempt and sentenced to 60 days, suspended on request. Jewel Bilberry Henry Lloyd and Ben Jones were acquitted on charges of taking timber from Frost Lumber company properties despite a May injunction issued by Judge Ben C. Dawkins.
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Elmo Riley
Union Parish
Jewel Bilberry
Henry Lloyd
Ben Jones
Ben C. Dawkins
Frost Lumber Company
Judge Dawkins Rules on Fine for Pipeline Drips in Richlar Parish
Judge Dawkins considers fining a pipeline drip issue in Richlar parish while noting that since the issuance, numerous defendants have been tried and convicted in federal court locally and some have served jail terms.
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Dawkins
Richlar Parish
Ins Junction
New Iberia Plant to Begin Bagging Sugar and Rice
The Redman Burlap Bagging plant in New Iberia will start operations January 1 with 60 workers. A 50,000 square foot facility has been leased and machinery moved from Lake Charles, where the plant operated for 20 years.
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New Iberia
Redman
Lake Charles
Secret German alloy hydronalium promises light steel toughness
A new German alloy named hydronalium is said to combine aluminum lightness with steel hardness, claiming superior strength and reduced weight for advanced material applications.
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