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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1947

Page

2

Society Calendar Highlights December Meetings in Monroe

Local clubs and churches announce Tuesday and Wednesday gatherings across Monroe. Friendship Temple, Pythian Sisters elect officers at Castlehall while Women circles meet at multiple homes. Civic groups, Y Teens, and church auxiliaries schedule events through Friday with garden club and Messiah performances noted.

Friendship Temple Pythian Sisters Castlehall R. T. Watson Orange Drive W. M. Montgomery South Grand Street R. M. Kettenring Smith Avenue First Presbyterian Church F. W. Dawson North 7Th W. E. Smith North 3Rd Mark Stroud Rochelle G. M. Snellings Riverside Walter Veach K Street W. K. Olmstead Jackson Kumjoynus Blue Triangle Club Council of the First Christian Church Circle II M. W. Montgomery South Grand St Ciels Ili Smith St Stone Avenue W. L. Perce Mr. Thomas Warren Breard Milton Street Gleason North Second H. L. Wilson Glenmar C. C. Lucky Francis Barnett Business and Professional Women Ouachita J. C. Richardson South Third Uo. B. Naylor Sam Card Clayton West Monroe Blanche Doughty North Fifth Walter Rhodes North 8Th Parkview Baptist Church Delta Kappa Pi First Baptist Church of Monroe First Baptist Church Monroe Garden Club George Lester David Garrett J. H. Thatcher C. E. McKenzie Hollis Venable R. W. Whitecotton Fine Arts Club Frances Hotel Alta Faircloth Burl Hollis Peggy Morrison la Casa Tea Room

Little Theatre Opens State of the Union at Georgia Tucker School

Tonight and tomorrow night the Little Theatre presents State of the Union under Kay Crandall Causey at Georgia Tucker School starting 8 15 p m. The cast includes Elizabeth Lawrence Bid Causey Virginia Ann Foster and others with new staging and lighting built by local workers. Also notes on garden club Christmas tea and community notices.

Little Theatre State of the Union Lindsey-Crouse Kay Crandall Causey Georgia Tucker School Father Monroe Elizabeth Lawrence Mary Matthews Bid Causey Grant Matthews Virginia Ann Foster Kay Thorndyke Douglas Schumann Spike MacManus Bill Roberts Jim Conover James Assunto Sam Parrish Kit Walters Lullabelle Alexander Gilbert Findlay Colonel Alexander LaVerne Colvin Grace Draper Bert Bernheim Bill Hartley Carl Slakter Senator Lauterbach Coope Watson Norah Judy Caraway Jenny Warren Deckert Swenson Ange Glad Herbert Nobes Stevens Tom Lerwich Joe Findlay Tom Serwich Armandine Renaud Vera Burnside Lofton Betty Meredith Colleen Dent June Shultz Jeannette Brown K. Albert Ringo Helen Allen Helen Hart Joy Bernhardt Varieta Kennedy Palace

Clarence T. Cash Leads West Monroe Post Pallbearers

Clarence T. Cash, commander of the West Monroe post, assisted by pallbearers H. M. James J. W. Keene E. H. Miller N. O. Freeman Bailey Grant A. J. Hudson. Taps by Wallie Voinche and Russell Ray. Firing squad by John E. Bolte post officer of day with members of both V. F. W. posts. Pfc Ammons, of the Second Infantry Division Ninth U. S. Infantry, killed in action in France.

Clarence T. Cash West Monroe H. M. James J. W. Keene E. H. Miller N. O. Freeman Bailey Grant A. J. Hudson Wallie Voinche Russell Ray John E. Bolte Day Pfc. Ammons Ninth U. S. Infantry France

Sylvia Zaremba to Perform Chopin Liszt at Civic Music Recital

The Monroe Civic Music Association hosts a piano recital by Sylvia Zaremba at Northeast Junior College auditorium. The program features Chopin Ballade Op 23 and Etudes Op 25, Liszt works, Strauss Blue Danube, Bach and Paganini-Liszt pieces, with references to Zaremba's notable early career.

Sylvia Zaremba Civic Music Association Chopin Liszt Strauss Schumann Northeast Junior College Auditorium Bach Beethoven Elise White House Truman Monroe Civic Music Association Frederic Chopin Franz Liszt Johann Strauss Bach Liszt Paganini-Liszt the Lark L’alouette Glinka- Balakirew

PFC Ammons Rites Held At Riverview Cemetery

A colorful military funeral was held Sunday at the Rodney J. Hobbs post Veterans of Foreign Wars plot in Riverview burial park for Pfc. Howard Ammons. His remains arrived from Europe last Friday and were buried after naval and post rites conducted by the Rodney J. Hobbs post and the Hudson Leedy VFW post of West Monroe. Releigh A. Poulos presided at the grave as post commander.

Rodney J. Hobbs Veterans of Foreign Wars Riverview

Former West Monroe Pastor Rev. W. E. Neill Dies at 72

Rev. W. E. Neill, 72, longtime West Monroe pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church, died after a lengthy illness in Sherman Texas last Thursday. His funeral and interment were held there on Friday. The church once occupied a tent on Trenton Street in West Monroe.

W. E. Neill West Monroe Sherman Texas Neill Tabernacle Baptist Church Trenton Street

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