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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1934

Page

2

Social week in Monroe filled with engagements and visits

The social calendar in Monroe is busy with welcome events and prenuptial activities. Miss Caroline Dorman delays her visit to be hosted by Mrs. G B Cooley with autographing of Wild Flowers in Louisiana. Miss Margaret Eglin’s engagement festivities for her December wedding to Clyde Johnston feature a luncheon and games hosted by Mrs. Vinson Mouser and Mrs. Lloyd Johnston. Edna Marie Williams and Lonnie Wilhite announce their December Minden Kilgore wedding with plans to reside in Kilgore Texas.

Caroline Dorman Our City Monroe G. B. Cooley South Grand Street Miss Dorman Louisiana Miss Dormon Margaret Eglin Grayson Clyde H. Johnston Vinson Mouser Lloyd Johnston T. L. Sorrells Miss Stallings Miss Bushnell Miss Eglin Edna Marie Williams Lonnie F. Wilh'ie Kilgore Texas Minden Gus Williams Wilhite W. Riser Ruston

Community groups schedule Tuesday meetings across churches clubs

Regular business meeting of the Business and Professional Women at the clubhouse on Jackson street at 8 pm. Grace church auxiliary will meet at the Y. W. C. A. with Mrs. F. J. Cox at 3 p.m. Many church circles plan 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. gatherings at homes and churches including First Christian, Trinity Lutheran, Presbyterian, First Baptist, and First Methodist. A Little Theater production Her Husband's Wife opens at Central school auditorium at 8 p.m. Public invited.

Jackson Street Grace Church F. J. Cox St. Anne's Circle Catholic Ladies’ Altar Society Marie Dell Anders North Third Street First Christian Church J. R. Cullipher Lee Avenue L. H. Carter Presbyterian Auxiliary Griffith Grady Roberts Loop Road Louis Hullum Fairview Avenue Mark Stroud Alexander Avenue W. S. Hodges Lovers Lane W. £. Regan Glenmar Avenue D. M Moore Park Avenue Christine Moore South Grand Street Minnie Ruffin Central School Woman's Missionary Society Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church A. R. Holloway Louisville Avenue W. M. Washburn Arkansas Avenue Sam Allen John Calhoun Columbia Avenue Jacks.1 J. M. Munholland Arkansas Road West Monroe C. S. Swain Morris Avenue W.J. Porter W. A. Walker Pine Street Juanita Porter K. of Phall Twin Cities Northeast Center Junior College Logtown Demonstration Club Jewel McQuillar

Phi Kappa Sponsors Named At Tea Dance

Miss Jane Colbert and Miss Priscilla Hodge were named Phi Kappa sponsors for the coming year at a tea dance at the Phi Kappa house on DeSiard Road. A business session preceded the dance with plans for the year discussed, guests included Amos Smelser Peggy OToole Jim Cook Jane Burgess Pete Godwin and many others.

Phi Kappas Phi Kappa House DeSiard Road Jane Colbert Priscilla Hodge Amos Smelser Peggy O'Toole Jim Cook Jane Burgess Pete Godwin

Neville High Annual Chicken Spaghetti Supper and Carnival

Neville High School hosted its annual chicken spaghetti supper and carnival led by the Parent-Teacher Association. More than 500 guests enjoyed cake walks, raffles, games, and a student program featuring one act play Ginger Bubb and performances by the school band and soloists.

Neville High School Neville High School Parent-Teacher Association Ginger Bubb John Earnest Cole Francine Loeser Jack Liner Sybil Renaud Loraine Peddy Martha Hopson Minuet Maude S. Gill Lucy Williams Claude Oakley Lloyd Stewart Roberta Neal Tommy Downs Stunt Jane Landry Loraine Matthews Georgiana Williams Roberta Stewart Arlene Sager Geraldine Earl Neva Worthington

Community club and society events schedule

Election of officers will be held. Various clubs meet at 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. including the Twentieth Century Book club at Mrs. Arthur Dryburgh’s, St. Francis auxiliary, Millsaps P. T. A, Semper Fideliis, American Legion Auxiliary, and theater events. So This Is College produced by Theater Guild of Northeast Center of L. S. A. at auditorium. Evening dances and social gatherings listed at Crosley school, Cherokee Terrace, Plantation club, Lakeside Golf and Country club, and Frances hotel with noted hosts and performers. Mrs. L. D. Vaughan and Mrs. M. Vaughan visiting Mississippi. Mrs. F. E. Black discharged from St. Francis sanitarium to Rochelle avenue.

Twentieth Century Book Club Arthur Dryburgh L Street St. Francis Auxliary Millsaps P.T. A Semper Fideliis Club M. M. Munholland American Legion Auxiliary Legion Home Theater Guild of Northeast Center College Emma Alexander Ouachita Parish Camel Club Cherokee Terrace Frances Hotel Bob Foster Lakeside Golf and Country Club Delta Beta Sigma Sorority Plantation Club Delta Sigma Fraternity Bully Haynes Buster Baur Durwood Griffin Jake Chase Phi Kappa Fraternity Eta Billy Haynes Lakeside Country Club F. E. Black St. Francis Sanitarium Rochelle Avenue

Aspirin's freshness matters for full relief says USP

The United States Pharmacopoeia warns aspirin degrades with moisture, so keep it dry and well sealed. St Joseph Aspirin is moisture sealed in cellophane to stay full strength and effective, marketed as the world's largest seller at 10 cents.

United States St. Joseph

Community notes from Central Baptist group and local clubs

The Intermediate Boy's class hosts a party at Mrs. J. T. Johnson's home with guests listed. Missouri Pacific Woman's Club to elect officers Friday at 2 30, final meeting of the year with a social and Yuletide gift exchange. Stanley Reid's mother Mrs. W. W. Reid dies in New Orleans. Upcoming: three act comedy Up at Minty's at Crosley school Friday eight p.m. Cast and directors named. Locals visiting and traveling to Ruston, Birmingham, and Houston for various events. Logtown Demonstration club to elect officers Wednesday afternoon. Business and Professional Women's club to meet Tuesday at eight at the clubhouse.

Missouri Pacific Woman's Club Minty’s Circle Number 1 Presbyterian Auxiliary Crosley School West Monroe G. B. Cooley Central Baptist Church J. T. Johnson Clara Dunn Neema Campbell Hetty Griffin Sue Griffin Hattie Johnson Louise Davidson Mae Johnson H. B. Graham Bill Aikens Everett Johnson Lewis Johnson Wilton de Loach Lewis Noble Emmett Christman Warren Dent Arleigh Brantley Charles Johnson Ira Barton M. Barten Barten Minty Crosley Presbyterian Church Lallage Feazel Virginia Sheen Fannie Achsah Belt Grace Sue Kilgore Peter Charles Boyd Tillington Lola Mae Sherrard Kent Ulmer McDonald Dean Lalage Feazel

Reid Matriarch Dies in New Orleans at 69

Mrs. W. W. Reid of New Orleans aged 69 and mother of Stanley J. Reid of West Monroe died early Monday after a lengthy illness. The son had rushed to New Orleans as condition worsened. Survived by three daughters Mrs. Eddie Heisler Mrs. Joe Rainey and Mrs. Mike Wild all of New Orleans and several grandchildren. Funeral held in New Orleans Monday.

Stanley Reid New Orleans W. W. Reid Stanley J. Reid West Monroe Reid Monroe Eddie Heisler Joe Rainey Mike Wild

Norfolk Records Show Winter Snowfall at Eight and a Half Inches

United States Weather Bureau records spanning 65 years indicate Norfolk Virginia averages eight and a half inches of winter snowfall. The data highlight Norfolk as a moderate snow area in the mid Atlantic region.

United States Weather Bureau Norfolk

Tiger Island Escape on a Raft to a Volcano Island

Captain Vane Bo han scuttled his ship the Boidero with two white passengers aboard. Ivy Green and Harvey Bowers free the animals and build a raft to reach Tiger Island near two sealanes. They signal a passing gunboat for rescue but face danger from tiger and jungle as Bowers plans a future discovery.

Vane Bohan Crete Crown Ivy Green Harvey Bowers Helen Ivy Tiger Island Ivy Tahiti Helen Tropics Borneo Bowers Barrier Reef Coconut Grove Gowwernens Morris

Haddon Delivers Talk at Madison Parish Club

Haddon of St. Joseph spoke on the year’s experiment results at the Madison Parish Farmers Club meeting in the Methodist church social room. Baton Rouge extension chief Bate man discussed the future of the agriculture extension act. Mrs Richie led the musical program.

Tallulah Madison Parish Farmers’ Club Methodist Church C. B. Haddon St. Joseph Northeast Louisiana Experiment Station J. W. Bateman Baton Rouge Mack Richie

Sugar beet weighs 31 pounds in Yugoslavia field

A sugar beet weighing 31 pounds is reported as a world record weight by figures available in Ruma Yugoslavia. The owner estimates it will yield nearly six pounds of sugar from the giant root grown on a local farm.

Ruma Yugoslavia

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