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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1941

Page

3

Christmas Preview Thrills Monroe With Festivities

Last Saturday's Christmas preview drew large crowds through Monroe and nearby areas. Santa waved as shoppers filled streets and shops, with queens and maids from Monroe and surroundings hosted to a luncheon atop the Virginia Hotel. A football game and terrace dance capped a festive day, while a small dinner at the Vaughan home featured wild duck and fine china.

Monroe Santa Claus Monoe West Monroe Huncheon Virginia Otel Chamber of Commerce Twin Cities Prairies Hotel Laurence D. Vaughan Vaughan de K. Dickard Armand Breard D. L. Schieber

Lovely dress pattern and theater notes from Clare Tree Major

A pattern advertisement offers Pattern No. S082 in sizes M4 to 48 with panel front and lace edged neckline, plus a Fashion Book for home sewing. The column covers Clare Tree Major Theater's Sleeping Beauty cast Virginia Maddocks and Dennix Allen, Junior Charity League luncheon at the Virginia Hotel, and William Carroll’s fiftieth wedding anniversary observed quietly due to illness.

Monroe News-Star World Texlay Ith Avenue New York N. Y Junior Charity League Virginia George Spellings Snellings Pearson Dunn Ivy ©. Jordan C. B. Flinn Guy Campbell Henry J. W. Cummins Elliott Thompson Mary Buckner Marjorie Farmer William Carroll Carroll

Community Women Hold Multiple Meetings This Week

A dense schedule of club and church events appears for Tuesday through Friday. Activities include Business and Professional Women at the Virginia Hotel, Women’s Benefit Association at K P Hall, and numerous circle meetings at Presbyterian Auxiliary, Woman’s Society of Christian Service, First Baptist, and Grace Church auxiliaries, with addresses and times listed for members across Monroe. Also noted are youth and study groups, Christmas parties, and a forthcoming marriage announcement for Lois Kennedy and R J Thompson.

Virginia Hotel Pan Virginia Women's Benefit Association K. of P. Hall Father Anselm Recamp Church of the Little Flower Presbyterian Auxiliary John Naylor K Street A. V. Miller Alexander Avenue Street McGuffey Emerson Street Brown Kraft G. M. Snelling Riverside W. K. Olmstead Jackson M. L. Simmons South Grand Olive Sypes Glenmar Avenue Woman's Society of Christian Service The First Methodist Church C. H. McHenry Fairview Avenue A. C. Ransom J. T. Benson Peach Street C. C. Miller North Seventh Street J. Fink St. John Street P. A. Poag Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church S. A. Kincaid Lee S. V. Melcher Gordon H. S. Guibert South Second R. L. Russell E. Haner Sidney Flynn Ouachita Walter Rhodes Louisville E. M. Henderson Arkansas Earl Stovall Leon Sutton Bros S. N. Wilson Howard A. L. Peters Edgewater Gardens C. L. Dillingham Sherrouse Grace Church Alfred Hennen St. Anne's Circle R. L. Wood Park Avenue Stone Avenue Methodist Church C. W. Martin Lee Avenue Mr. N. Yeager Delta Beta Sigma Sorority Frances Hotel Terrace Delta Beta Fraternity Frances Hotel Wedne Central Grammar School P.T. A Frances Page Red Crom Robert Courtney Eleana Brinsmade Current Literature Club G. B. Watkins J. E. Bryant Gawego Club Business and Professional Girls’ Club Barkdull Faulk P Lois Kennedy Viola Kennedy R. J. Thompson Margaret L. Thompson West Monroe West Monroe Methodist Parsonage C. K. Smith J. A. Benson Mrs. Thompson Mitchell Lane

Portraiture work by Charles Rosen in San Antonio

Special work in portraiture under Charles Rosen of New York City, who is spending the winter in San Antonio. Miss Sara Elizabeth Randle, student at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, enjoyed a visit last week with her mother, Mrs. Robert Randle.

A. M. Freeman American Association of University Women Northeast Center Julia Hunter W. R. Hammond Sara Elizabeth Moffett Dean McKain Charles Rosen New York City San Antonio Sara Elizabeth Randle Southern Methodist University Dallas Tex Robert Randle

Visiting staff to be formed at Monroe Charity hospital

Dr. DeWitt Milam, superintendent, invites all doctors who joined the hospital’s visiting staff to a special meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The goal is to discuss and form a permanent visiting staff, replacing the current temporary group. The Monroe Charity hospital opened in July and has run at capacity.

DeWitt Milam Monroe Charity Hospital Milam

Ice in the human body under extreme pressure

The text explains that ice forms in muscle tissue only under extraordinary pressure exceeding 100000 pounds per square inch, causing ice to exist at ordinary temperatures due to the immense pressure.

Falstaff Gift Certificates Save Christmas Eve Woes

A humorous holiday note features Henry MacTavish seeking help for shopping on Christmas Eve. He finds solace in Falstaff beer and gift certificates offered by Andy MacLed, promising later exchange for Falstaff cases. The piece ends with a punchy reminder to not delay and get gift certificates now.

Henry MacTavish Mac Andy MacLed Henry

Trial Food Flight Set for January

Air Express will transport food from 48 states to New York in a January demonstration of how the nation’s 19 commercial airlines could aid in emergencies. Potatoes from Idaho sugar cane from Louisiana apples from Washington and Wisconsin dairy products will be shipped to simulate last minute emergency delivery. The event will end with an all American dinner at La Guardia Field featuring Monty Woolley, famed actor and former Yale professor.

New York Air Express Idaho Louisiana Washington Wisconsin la Guardia Field Monty Woolley Yale

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