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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1955
Page
7
Ex Navy men James Lovell Johnson and Gene Lee Skipper were transferred to a receiving station for assignment while others were sent to the Naval Training Center in San Diego for recruit training. Interested young men are urged to contact the Navy recruiter at room 303 Post Office Building Monroe for full information and to submit applications.
John T. Reagan announces November Navy enlistments from the Monroe Recruiting station. Names include Jackie Irwin 17 Clyde Stevens 20 Johnny Baxter 17 Roger Cote 18 Gene Skipper 35 William Evans 18 Roderick Johns 18 Bobby McDonald 17 George Conley 18 Huey Flint 19 Willie Miller 18 Lessell Jackson 19 Tommy Tatum 17 Billy Morris 20 Robert Cleveland 18 James Johnson 22 James Robertson 17 and others.
Arcadia High School principal Earl R. Hester resumed duties this week after a three month absence while recovering from a heart attack suffered during the opening day of school on September 8. He was stricken during exercises and has now returned to lead the Arcadia school.
Fires danger down in Concordia parish after recent rains reports James Stevens of the forestry commission He warns deer hunters to keep camp and warming fires small and cleared of leaves advising raking leaves away and not placing fires against logs He hopes past losses teach care to protect timber wildlife and future hunts
About 23 members of District F civil defense and ground observer corps left Monroe for the opening of the ground observer filter center at Shreveport. Gen Francis Woolfley attended the Monroe meeting earlier. A 250 person expected turnout from several states would join a banquet at Barksdale Air Base.
A Shreveport man named to organize lay groups backing chiropractic practice. J. A. Johnson appointed chairman of the organizing committee by Louisiana Chiropractors Association president William Boyd at a Sunday Alexandria meeting. Legal counsel Irving Ward Steinman discussed chiropractors legal status in Louisiana and noted Dr. Fields of Monroe who must appear in court December 12 to answer to injunction violations.
Fields contends the injunction was not violated as he maintains he does not practice medicine. The dispute centers on whether his activities fall under licensed medical practice and thus violate court orders.
A joint committee from Y Teens of the YWCA and HI Y clubs of the YMCA sponsor a float in the Christmas Parade under the Chamber of Commerce. The theme is Putting Christ Back in Christmas with Janna May as Mary Frank Hover as Joseph Phares Corder as the Roman soldier and a scene of Caesar Augustus tax decree.
Congressman Otto E. Passman pressed Budget Bureau officials in Washington to recommend adequate funds for the next fiscal year to accelerate the Lower Mississippi Valley flood-control, drainage and navigation project. He warned complacency would impede progress on the Old River control project and levee work, demanding substantial increases in annual appropriations beyond current levels.
Rhode Island, the nation’s smallest state, carries the motto Hope as its concise official slogan. The note highlights Rhode Island’s unique position among states with its single-word motto reflecting optimism.
A Monroe resident reports waking tired due to iron deficiency and nerve disturbance from lacking vitamin B-1. He now praises Sys Tone, saying it boosts energy and quiets nerves when taken with meals. Available at Virginia Pharmacy and local drug stores in Monroe.
Robert Fulton’s steamboat Clermont began regular service in 1807 marking a breakthrough in early steam navigation. The venture demonstrated practical propulsion and sparked rapid interest in river transportation and industrial progress.
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